The New York herald., 1865-06-10
SurreD1er OF the Forts at
Sabine Pass.
GALVESTON PRssAslT sccuPuRp.
; Capture Of the Rebel General
wulcox.
Destruction Of the blockade
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NE United States steamer Penguin, % sabine rs4.,
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The forts ~ Sabine rass TEXAS. surrendered 10 NE
United States steamer 0wasco The An~rao~n fAs sss
loisted over the works ~ four O'Clock r ~
We expect Galveston 70 surrender so-monow.
Pass.
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Ihasteu 10 transmit the gratifying intelligence of The
soeupaton Of the rebel fort ss Sabine Pa by the
sf the United States gunboss Owssco Acting vounsses
!. Lieutenant Commander Pennington.
may premise the details Of this affair by stating that
She Owasco arrived on the Pass the 18th OF March
from Pensacola and Galveston, and has been night
end day under steam, with anchor ready for slipping
now running in shore, picking up refugees who leave
1sbedom at night and commit their lives 10 the mercy
the sea in ral ski u another time running along the
coast the moment the top Of vessels spars present
themselves on the distant horizon. The cesseless
activity OF her officers and have n last been
warded by the fall Of this important position.
On the 10th inst heavy firing heard from the deck
f the Owasco; but the running high ri the
me the Captain did not think prudent TO run In shore
where there would be only inches Of water under her
Keel but waited until yesterday morning The sea
oeing then smooth he in Shore within range of the
snemys guns, and opened Are the fort Our nrs not
being returned he determined in his gig
soitre, and II he could ASCERTAIN where the firing
she day before. For this purpose the gig called
nWay the Captain taking counnnand hca
- near to the fort a. prudence would permit but
surned in about two hours his countenance flushed with
expectation, and after consulting with his officers
was determined to attack and carry the fort by
Accordingly the gig and hrst and third cutters were
sailed away with their respective crews. when tho
executive officer Mr. Sears called out for volunteers he
was responded to by "a hands," 10 anxious was esery
man in the ship TO second the skill and pluck Of their
gallant commander In his effort reduce this the nrs Of
she forts that line the Texan coast. The gig having
On board the Captain, Acting Volunteer Lieu.
tenant Commander Pennington, Acting Assistant Pay
master W. B. Coleman and . doubled crew, the
11st GUTTER commanded by Acting Master John Utter
having board Acting Assistant Surgeon J. Smith
and twenty-five men, and the third cutter commanded
BY Acting Masters Mate Duncan, and double crew. all
armed with spencers seven shooters and Sharp's rcs
besides revolve and cuasses then shot out from the
ships side and made direct for the fort This was at
past three n Among those who fortunate
enough to be part Of the expedition and had remain
board, there great excitement and anxiety for
heir brave comrades The men availed themselves Of
The rigging, and anxious eyes peerng through the
Ihe rebel rag Only single shot dsturbed the quiet OF
The scene, and, when the smoke cloud cleared away
glorious stars and Stripes saluted with golden ray by
The setting and the cheers Of its brave defenders
which is small nne FASHIONED excavation, after the
model OF Fort Morgan found five thirty FOUNDER
guns, all spiked with small files; rebel flag. lot Of
remnants Of United States property, taken from
ehe. wrecks Of the sachem, Clifton and Morn
returned since the occupation from sabne City, whittier
thc rebels rctreated and formally surrendered all the
public property Captain Pennington, stating that the
magazine OF the fort yet untouched, and that he
would explode il II Captain Pennington desired but
Captain Pennington thought il better to lot IL remain
The citizens, who cams down from the town. told
she Captain that Mauder had evacuated Gay the
homes that there had been only sSou. one hundred men
garrisonng Galveston since the 25th inst and that
opposition would be offered to the feet entering.
Also that they believed every fort battery down the
coast would ial Immediately without resistance
The people really lave some specie but get nothing
Tor II, and are consequently suffering from want
On receipt Of this intelligence Captain Pennington,
after seeing tho magazine Of the fort secured returned
" his ship and Immediately got under weigh or GslyeS-
ton, where arrived this morning, and after
ocation with the flag Officer returned again sabine;
% that long before this reaches you tho whole line OF
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nndor tue protection Of the Star Spanged Banner
This cheering news must not only be gratifying to the
country appropriate ''wind up of the great
belon" but also to the friends and families of the
Union soldiers confined in the abomnablc prisons
Sf Toxas, two OF whom have now on board
and who, after suffering unmenti0nable prvatiOns.
escaped to the coast and picked up by
boats The evacuation Of these forts by the rebels will
also enable the government TO withdraw the large
bockading neet from this coast thereby giving the
officers and men an opportunity OF once more returning
TO the temperate Northern cline. Too much credit
40 Pennington
officer Acting Master b Sears for the despatch with
which this affair carried into execution; also 10 the
officers and under their command ior euthupus-
tcay seconding the skill and pluck OF their gallant Cap
tain
THE owA-co
w Of the twenty three gunboss built for thc
Inent al the commencement Of the war; and sailed from
the Navy Yard Brooklyn in January 1862 for the West
Gulf squadron and has been almost constantly under
steam since that time having been in nearly every naval
engagement IN the Gulf having participated in the at
tack E@ts 81 Philip Jackson also up the Mssis.
slp with the "od salamandcrn She also, with the
lurict Lane, Wesned, Clifton and Sachem, forced her
way into Galveston at the tc that Me now celebrated
Harriet Lane captured and IL s curious fact that
when her battery opened yesterday the fort she
anchored close by the wreck Of former conors the
kachcm and Gil ton On the 26th OF September 1852
Capt Pennington, then IN command OF schooner
bombardcd tho fort Sabine Pass and sencinp the
guns held possession Of the river for time and on
She 10th OF May 1885, the Captain Pennington took
possession of the same fort and IN all human probab
" the guns will remain silent until an order, not
from Richmond, restores Their power OF speech.
have but little doubt that tho old Oaasco will
have time to rest her wearied ribs quiet river in
the North, after chequered OF three and half
years The officers OF the 0waeoo are as follows:
caDtain-Aciing Volunteer Lieutenant Commander j.
xctins Erster ard Erscui,vs 0Gcer--T u. Sears.
Xctslo Ass,sf1n I'aymoae--W. b. Coleman
Acting Asistanf Sswgeo,t--J J. Smith
Erg,reers-second Assistant, Acting Chief H. Bar
aowe Second Assistant X NJ Wheeler; Third Assis-
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