The Weekly Civilian & Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 8, 1862 Page: 2 of 4
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aiaptttliififM for tbc ^ A Norf<i|t
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any, b í v«rclb« Raí-ioi thr ap-
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pmt of ffcrlf 4Wr O.'fNiral T, B, 11 want, to tba
A«^j«ta l (tañera! «f tW Stale, «havlaf tba
aomWf nf w«n Oítreafoa has ■ # i« tba
9*«i)l«A lr ií«.
Farti « 1 É^ureí m >M tba a
•rrtlan, W* aotnetioM a^toa Vw>k the p-raitina
tbal Galreatnn ba4 furnfshed aa maar asen ia
ppmttol V? VH.mr fwpulaik a aar «i«mtr
va Tasan ■ ■" T% sí««<a ^rora- it, ¡ Sba -. ba* áa|
o«!t tima tbi*; bat aba baa (ira* bar b *t tal
a«l a 4' bar «pt al b Iba eaaaa, ■■; Bar' liilMiif
uwrabaata, boakiaa and prt>f<^ak*nal bm« ara
ia 4a iaM, a t a'l cU# « of bfr pnpoUtioa
n *a ParnUbed h«5r d«a pfnpoftfc . Witb
rulh'tn the-.r tajíifrial ln era*t «taring tbea* ta
tba f4e*, bar penpta ba*a ant f >«n*a<l &• éaat'
but bara i>t*fc#d iba r aUt ta behalf af Hbertr.
We bota vf anr ^ara sareraed Ibem, flrmn an
aa#réi t« a n of tb# lacti tb« fa*ta tbraa Sgn-
ira «:U b a Hbrtn k áa «a jaaliea: -
Hi«TvQrftKTats 1st brto* * Ta* \ statiI
T*í><vr*, Unkrrtt n, ^Urch S7th, 1961. i'
% Oí, J. T. \&M*K Mf*t*sé «nd ;*1
^p#rti¿ma C'f^íraí, ,(% -/ .i«ab')i>
Kt|i3—Tiiiit r«.nr f tficra m*r bara oAeial ln->
ftmMitinn \A th«* bnjnber a# mín, WabíUrt*<>í
G*.**!ít MJ «Vuntt. wHí ha*e«tJteraiitba mTÍOa
ni the P! ^i. r*fe StaU %a«*l *r«n.ta ío actual
aarrií^ I bare «". « Ikh í K>aab iltbla- • -
/ Kepari: :
ta fin ahttah^a ! «MhaT «wptuiaa
eran óf tba Svannhip
Lega Htsuivh viarut (I
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tba
In C^aii'ínr f C *aírr(
í* WcOrra? Captaia,.
In O> ptoy .>f t^art'ry,
M. Menard Capéala,
la e saiTv*n of tía ra Ir*.
G. Mel&han Capla^ ,..
le Citnpaay n# C ahry
D. Ii AtfM. n. C^pUia........
o Lrfuia Hur Vlrfi n< Co. *A**
1. L SlrKet-n t.'••-U
WW** Star U lna, Co. «B,>
H i'í'^í am,...... «*. !•
In Cuj r*nr of Arti
raff's
Ib &<ir.a«| o# A
MiMl
laCcaapfra? af
íb>. Wair
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la oew recru ta S*L«w #t4f tí M,
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fv^e*! tti'.Naiañ,!
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<>fRoeraaa4'<Ü9il' Pa^at Vacht, raani
bf ai, naiaa |ofc¿<irw br *8 ntae,' and..
nmrn tn Tttfx Caltmia.!f. Y. barbor.),.«..
1 o Ordiaáaae o0aa,0.8. A:t at üalraatoo,
Ait'iW .Aa.,..vi••.• •.• •>-*• ■< •■*•< •• v
Rna; kvM oe dat? at IVat H^adqaartera,
\% teai« n, , _ •' ''• - ^
* E.B. KkhntaCol.C^ an
Ir Qjírunaaattsra Departmental Hotu^a
and t^5 r«;*ti-nv ..................... (■..
•In O jtpaar «>f ArtáHerr,
i flcbnVder C#puín.,.....
In r*ja3-> tnr of ArulWr, (asetMMrej of
Gétmáa Cttkfcba. .
F.. Van ílortAn C«ptaio,
la ."Cira;~'\tw o{ L'jjfct Artilierr,
n. Van Horan LtCoic naixJ r*..
la tarrife n |rnar4 boata^
. . <' rntfc AÍi rf iiuntee. C. S. N ert
la rarMia u -mpaawa on Texas e aat, a
T^rrr'ahfifTOi'mt; ta B*j<-u Guarda, B< tta.
C^puín í on (ien. J. >.r*. n'a t taff. antf in
OHüpaaíea in Sí , and Tena.,.,*,*.......
In spirit e oni<r f t tú, an t nj* a the
Ei Gr&ode ia diSVnrni t rr^anie .......
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^ taat hand 4h*t tbff ÍNM
4M N Ibalr buata bat «et atnr-1 jr ra*
«M 4* k. It i*\tKs*m thai a « " mmm
rotear awt a Ir'a ea , batonjflnf >^lba _
tee^t parir, #i ra ñmm^m évtk. 'thm wmm?
artm Wi iba ramérer i alan fa^hab^T : b«t Wf
haad. Tha^ ruIrin^obalpU'r abt'afji tba máfb
nf aeearal iras h «nUaaa «r s<r«4Eaa« *&■*£
nh ch Wnaka K jpaafct |ÍW 4tmbí tha l ak which
kanéítád iba )4«b>i as* «¡filia enemr'x kand srttl
btte t*> bia lor|t aaarKinl. Kn dk< bl tha kmé
that m*ra tba tefeM^seapnow raa's henea btba
w«r«v,;
Tha ballet hnh.a in tba Taebt boar that
memj fired at cloaa q«*«rtar% ao Aiabt in a
aner to ti e fir*l ftra of «* frl<<nrtst for nutaas
:lbr? lbri:-|wiiaai:Abi^^ and fired. Iba. eaomy
*ou 4 bttea a?4<te the anrprtaa a>n>pl«<a • nd jrí -
'aa. .tlta; Vaebi's araai no warnio^aattt tbay
rdid- her. '.i
Wa do not tfeliarath«t anr ef onr frirnds ara
atther killad rtrbadlr w« no h*l, r«we tíu ir b >d«ea
anuid hará /' been: ftana ■ .«avdeck «r
aího-e. We flo baliteo that at h-*il at
aeemr i as falfien, and íljvm the shrta kl the 'ear*
spi ufd think ifwe. J: ;i- v.';;1
We do not [tbMi tba ewrmr hara aweb ta
e t- i ral ola ta tih^iTí^elvei uj - fru«r|be r attack
aa nur httla pilot boat.
We bí'pe art k* f te report the facta, if tba
Hantae w «tifinir te exei an^a pi L^aill. Wa
ha ra íifftanatklr pWntftte abara a TtM . I!
ther are treated with hadijrnttr < ur,.m«Hto is an
rr-f -r an er . a tooth for a tooth, a Ulb ftar a
m. The Sat tea bad her fia* at halfmut all
dijf Saturda
■ aée
j To'at ra aort ic! «o far aa kiK arc...... MH4
The pimJx'r "Í men in aerv ca bare been sj-
cerUired ft m * i£:U! iaf-Ttnatioa at*d peraonat
knuwSedjfe, abd can he relied on as correct. Ia
tar or three in*tsr.cea an catimata baa baen
ma«let tut the non bar repotted io aacb caaea
ta lesa than tlte correct one.
Wrb due reatMc^lair, roor r«tadt. aerrt.,
t,i;g*. b. howard,
BH|. Gaa. 1st Brigade, T. 8. T.
Th* IMnk AdíiHrtiwt1 aí¡d Regiater,
Iijrr ba*'** ''v-'-'V ..\: v ^
iatelil^iic** óf thf 4eatrviClio« f.f one
Wbrfc^di^a in Mkiia|^ Sound
v U * - U'Sehm mfjfMrl of aevi.-
> $'** ^c'Wich the C. S.. X. ntea-
■0^%'M awl " J'*? li&r wni to tbirr \
tóosipeatilcati
If* whol^ H • t bf emisert. Her
lér:■; waa a tlariw* a¡n4 er¡terprisuí^
aud ercr acjiae it the fadi ea^a^.-^>
tew l^ti'lpn w*á b futopi^gér of Ü:n>«-
t#^# biiT-
íerans^j
•*. bwt t; i - Mmv^lifcatbbe wan
I ti ord^ani f. She
lit. inio ?J;« r \t xl acrv¡jse nf Lineo!t;
rat a eust <tf *3 >jD99.
wa-r ■■': ••■'• ib- n- ",' : ■■', • !
*' o*r ü.x Ait & .s t~-— Deritíg a dábale on
14th npofi the bill te tlx the pay of
dt'Co*gtr*t ^r. Bcycc, irf South
bofib «binotta muarka,—
. r, tn,<Lttidof
til ar a* originally - mrxith
tarsraiatfsa blraa t# the Enemy.
As a satisfactory erideao* that at tiba
time the Uofal Vacht araa takes, then
were parties here- la eommnaioaiiua with tiba
en*rajr, a e pttbUab tba fiilliii lM| )|iwi iipnai
e^c« tfckrn from tbe Sew Y<v| |brid of Jan.
11. Focne < ae here n.nst bara fbrnisbed the
9«nt'^.tl t C«r ;Han Extra, which I aeatby Iba
ctu r ;•> {«. K.VtHii t. ■ the Herald. Tba traitor may
y¿t be apKmf b . Keep a sharp look but f r
h:r.u ■ "■■ - •,• " ■;' ' '■ '
A «jvr m/n.-v. th.e I5 ¡' jr -W-ce by the Liaeola-
? s !a (rir< n in tl. ct rrt'-p udaoca. Oar peo«
pla moat laágh at Mie attempt locoear their dle-
aatri>ns expediti' n, ani |q explain the facta pre-
sjnted by the Ciritian, sbowinf bnw desperate
«* tba.fig ii and the probablliUea of a heary
If-as It. th-e $ünÍH *# crew. The idea of cor gn-
i- g dowa w t! e Yaeht ia a diving bail ia rary
ridt :—
Froar th? Ifiar Yf rk Herald, Jan. 12.
Ths tinll Blarka4iar Hasdraa.
01;it NAVAL COimESPOSPEXCE.
tvmvrw BajcTKs, orr GsLvaaroM, D a^ 1W1.
%irht ÁfaStk
r
noth<
MtBltrm.
nata
f SaniUr.]
b on Texas
C0il8i#|
^cliocWNjy Colombia ami 275 Bales
of Coitoti Barnt.
LL Edward , Alex Folleti and 8
Men Al>dacted.
Great Kaval Kxpeditioa for New
Orlesm?. V
Jr
llbbiftr, a
HI weat
and earns
bmlaiad tha
Hih cobni st tba
and fii-ed s...pjnbr ah
M nt{fnner?, Captain
otf the Weat End, about S4
Galrea o«, a\ wv>a reaterdae,
anchor nfl San I.-si-i Fata. She
federate fisg at the fore, Enf-
a bnrírre at the asaia,
t wtf «ent out fWaa tba
tnavter'a storea, with exte&aira au
Capt Dart
i\* R^atmk
fo-u-yM
JZ*U
aver, >l%?ctc« to a high anlary at
Tb « Ctfrjfrraa will have devoir.
it a great; rmaaioo. It roay be that
of i his .tvrol oti«ilney may
10 aare tbe country at all has-
the moat atar! ling1 nteaaurea,
be wi r^—aryf fai order to do
aW.td have the c«wfidence of
what wouU flirt tliaibsore
dt«intete«tedneaa ia regard to
Afir-A /c I*t0rg*ttn$
'i A'1 fA! fHÍ y tkinj—Th*
Zitiifd (Jtrr tkf V*Y4vTtqf +
C - and * ?:>r >,sr- .4rrir*l./ tkf M
fk'tIrtoorT I Fítíflfía - Sat al nt —
jPiW Ae^f,t ttf th* Harming l\t Mofml
<Ñ . í
I «e l y00 ^ Tex*# paper, with a slw rt no-
tice of ft Bi^va) Yacht aff ir. Bioea thaa tbé
rebeba hare aonk a bark in the channel, ia such
a manner ae to ke*p, 1 think, boata from paaa>
in« up to the town. Tbey are taach elated at
would be
«0 tr ark out ikia
that tba
to great be bt firal
that ha w U
m baa thab
i 4 to rt-
bithelr
that iaHiMBr^
for them U*
CáTTks* 1 ai
tSrS^i*
" sV We arWUal)
Captatn ^■■1
MMÍM'iL i^«éa
btfc^h.- .. - ■'.
«r
íkáre tdbs^r ptv^a al
tr> -i
tbb captare of a mid^h idmen'etap and a re rol
ref. The tap belonged to CU# gallant little
gunner, Mr. Carter, wh«% to bold eight men in
?he<-k, omM well ad*rd to l|tae aoap. It wai
cut fam b?a bead, filling in the how, and aa a
t**lre ^mnd aheM < Dablgfee) panned twice
thro«gb the Yaeht, at water liw, abe * ? faat
Jílóní with water, and of «obra* tbé lower part
Vd aot bam ; and whan she settled to tlw bo*-
torn they used adirfetg bell and g t the cap and
rerolrrri aa one af the crew waa burtabtly kill -
&4 ahile oaii%g both a cntltes aid rarolrrr.—
They littW kae« how near they
the fbaa-of w r General Btsk, at that waa Mr.
Jou ii'a iatentwn- that of bt^of the Eaak, it
ht «mi** étoae to her without
ered : but tbe grounding no at
fro «trated him; so, u « *
the R^yal YacbU
fbft at San l,nif, witk|a whiij flag, but aa tbe■
ateamer did bot aboiw |f ne. she retumeS, aBer
reaching the-'bar,; thef. ateatbar fired V another
gun',;'- Lieat|fbaitt.';Sdbr|irde end Mr. Alexander
follett, theb weat ont biUi^ei^'ht men ia aboat,
and botrded tbe ateamer, wheit' they were
treaaboualy j áeteibrd—liao Aoubt nnder the ex-
cuse that thb steamer bad n«rer sbhwo a white
A tha If past 7 o*cldck ls*t;ev^ñíÉí5,twoboalst'
w 1th thirty men.armed w itb carbines, cnthtaaes
re rol vers and board iner pike«. loardetl the
«chooner Oolumbia, which waa lying inside
the bar, wjith 5275 bajea of cotton. At eight
o'clock, Capt. Daridsoo, of the ColutbWa,
arrived frwu Galreatlon in a email aloop,
and waa fired on by the Fcdeffds froaa bia
own fIBaael, aa be approach*|n*ey did not
injure him howcTer, but roprtaHy wounded
one of their own men on the Columbia.
When ba|>fc. Davidson g it aboard, the Fe4-
erala urged Kim to take the wrhoonct. orer
the bar. Bb refuscjd, when they tried to
get aotne of the crew to do eo; but they
plead ignorance of tibe cH.ax nel. Tbo Fed-
érala then attempted! to n a: j> htr out • .but
failing they took the Captain, ctvw and
paaaeogerK, ten in all, aboard their boats,
and aet the acbooner on fire. The l>oaU to
r with the alo<^ and atnall bbbt of
Idaoii were^Acu to the hat, where
About 9 o'clock \hé ñanjea burst out on
Utt aclkobber, and lit up the whole horrixon .
She barn! all night, and this morning frag-
mente of cotton were afloat in Xito :^i0knity.
The retael Wid cargo are a total loaa.'^They
▼bit the property of Mesara. R. k I), t*
Kills.
Thia jb<wtiing, Licul. Pickering of the
Montgotx>ery , who jiras lb 'charge iof the
boata, toU Capt Davidson that he could
take hia áaail aloop jaiid boat, and go ashore
with hi*msr and pa^ngers^-a pririlege
which they willingly took.
After they bad parted from the éne^'a
boat#, two gana were fired upon the latter^
from the Fort at Ban Louia. They were an*
s wered by taro from the steamer, and two
were then fired fro;:i the Fort on tlws Mont-
gomery ; j but all appeared to fall abort.
Tbe uK-n at the Fort give aa a reason for
w* finn;* that they were afraid of killing
aorne of our toen. |. . f r
The Columbia ia repofted to kpre he<m
burnt vilm leas than a tntia ot the Fort. ,
Her papbra tJtd letU rs were demanded of j
Capt. Davidson, but be had prudently put
tin to on t of reach.
Tha Montgomery left this rooming, stand-
ing to th4 Weat ward:
The Ftderala told Capt Davidson th at
they werp juatfrom the Baliae, where thty JS m*de"*as *feei
left eighty vessels, destined to operate ot
New Orleans. Among tUem they said were
forty mortar boata,
bfght, Uaqr said, the obttrtetions iu
the Misaisaippt were to be rctaortd, in or.
dér toattbek Fett Jackson.
CT Vjt leaon that 0^>teia D. M. Storall,
of Xicht4'a regiment it rtiaibr a tompaor
Mrfa^,o.,v«^¿g¡¿-
A««ordlagly we
on tbafithoor ci | ■■■
near Bewtobvillt, turprtsi
capturing their f"rage^ and ^tgs
mán body and killing30 or 40 of the ,
■■I four or fire. We were In
a cannon, ba he fired retrebtini
uí4 n ^cb the aeébt until %* waa
Greer's regiment did good acrrfet in the
^thV'Ttb, after marchliw blV^fcht. 1
attacked the main body cithb «new*,
bia rear and on hia right, thut etttitg off
bia ri troat, ÍVice moving on htm from p*
north, and MeOullocb from tbe w^
At half past nine o'cloek, Tritt op
bia cannon, whieb was responded 10, and at
half-pbat ten McCulloch eotemaueed tl e at-
tack, myself firing the $rst gnn, whkli
struck well in the Wat of a bstiery, wbWi
wat promptly charged and esptomi by bur
caratrv. Our iofaotry waa ordere*! forward
on the*left, and our Utterr planted In thb
bentftw We opened on a fine lottery it tor
front, al a dtatiiuie of 400 yarda, and for au
hour I paid but little tltentto® to the
*r
i
Í ¿v./j
itg mout
fused to be aiitlt
time, with m
1W
battle geebrtJty, as tht
the ebetny*• b% guna re
at the and
infantry
inch had
Bat at the 'and,af that
tire arpr<4>atian, ffr au-
I the rear and horrted
away.lbbflng u b field to ua. together with
17 dead Federal*—-tbe ebptain among the
number. Our loss was four n«-b wounded
tbdthree or foujr horses killed- It teema
Strang that no tnore damage Watdwte us
ib this deal, at the aboi and mbeli fell ib
sbowert around ba ; beaidee the «nemy had
two rifled gnnt, Whose fire was so accurate
aa 10 compel ua sereral times to more our
guns out of thejr range, porirg our en-
g^ement, McCulloch had led
forward to out ldft, and inch
driven back the enemr arobbM
the mountain near han t mite.
Tbe General rbde up to obr battery after
we ceased firing, with tbe jlow t>f victory in
hia face, and trifled u f iíéMtt. He pauscd
but a abd rode away. Soon I heard
a tremendous iwir of musketry to our left, óf
which 1 learned that 4ten. McCulloch bad
led the old 3d Louisiana and a^aue - t her reg-
iments So person to a charge, which proved
to be a very dangerous «to. Tht euerny
iieing driven bbek several hundred yards,
eonu-etftrated on that wttf bbd Itbittid him
with a títee fold force blio openjntf b
masked battery on him. Thb infantry
promptly drove bock tbe auperior numbers,
and took the battery 1 butftn tito moment
trf v etory, tKe noble patriot, McCulloch, fell I
Almostsinmltaaeoua with bim Wll tht gal-
lant (ten, Mclntoah. Coi Htbeti com-
manding 2d Brigade, waak about the same
time, cut off aria captured ; alab Maj. Ta-
nerd,coÉnmandiing3d Lotiisiana. Our troops
not aware of thb miafortunea bf their lead-
ers, fell back tud furmed and awaited or-
der*.
The battle cetaed ; our troopt awaited ar-
derá • and about 3 o'clock, f. m., Gen. Pike
ordered us to more by tbe road tb Price'a
n ar—which we acccinlingly did;, fetching
him after dark. We found tit at tlié wort
had gone brarely on with Price, G*b. Van
Dwti commanding in person. He had-sur
blunted hill after hill, until he had reach*
ed aud driven the enemy from the com-
jpanding summit, where is situated theElk-
Tv-m'iaven;—-bad capturetl one fine battery,
ar. 1 the enemy 'a commisaary and auarter-
Thed^faettaed our without a douf>t ,* all
rested oa their otra during the night, A
com pit to capture of the enemy toewied tobe
the aim of our General.
Karly iu the morning, Gen. V:an Dorn or-
dered up the beat battery. Otura waa car-
ried up by hia aid. We were posted on the
Spilth slope of the hill, in the centre, nean st
the enemy. Two other batteries at: d some
infantry were poated near ta. !
At suuriae we oiwned ©o tbe enetty'e batteries
to pur front, at a distant* of 400 yarda. Oar
fir#. waa atewefed with great spirit, and ao<«h
the roar became ceaseless and aobitme. Tb^
batierjr to our left' (♦ pieces fired a few I« n dai
and fell b«ek. The one to our right find alow-
ly, wbtlé the enemy, with eight batteries, pr>ur-
e«! a t<>f rent ci sbot^ahell and canister upon oor
bvt! band. Our i*>vs itnawoedííthe guns With,
ceduess a l great rapidity. Hotm many of
them- were wouoded^aad finally Charlie Ern
j'.tr brave by, fed nobly bv bis gen; our nun .
&'/* bi-ing fioallv dttt>inisJjKii U) about one-half
B'..u l'r of t.'.nr:u:\eers. I U-.sk u¡y
t" r^jm at gun S". a, a.+ c1 r-"1. L!hi' . II -r-
i a at#i>a< is *1*0 acvd as gurners. We i«- ?l
ibeir fire for aa hour and a ba'f. when th* 11 .
poui d**ra' an mu- ni-n fatle 1, which we r«-j «>ft-
ed, and were ordered to fall Wek. Capt ll«rtST
battery t«M>k our flae^. We mm id back to re-
pler: db wur.'amrbuo-iUob^h -#ta.
in ttb'Ut 10 ti!^iu,t-a '¿4s. eucinv u r^d u.,
with infantry f. ur de.pi aWd csralrv iu r^sr,
anú broke' ar center, when <*enw Van l> -rn oy-(
4ered tbe foreea to fall hack V> the left, «r h c).
tbyjf did n perf«-ct order, and were rnarcbed
awjir.'to the rk¡uth-eia*t— save oor batfeiy,
Wb ch, viith 3 jne<eí of j^ftcí 'h artr'-ry, une
regtuient of infantry and t*ne n^upany uf car-
airy, an 1 spin* istraifitl^rs, faiie-i to get the or-
der. aaliwved down the ftpriagfieid road.—;
VI}' rere 1 «• sytid by the cavalry about one
mide. Tbe-:-f'^%ntry fornid >ee and dr tf
■the bsck. Obf bait', rr and Capt Tetl's, two
nules frota tl *: E^M&l<y;>k a dim road orer the
I. rttntaihs to vb#Sjlht| while the other bstter-
ies muted < bto l^^rille, and turmd to the
ri^ht. We marehta^Érd all day almost witb-
ut a r 1 ad, and ii.e >liadea tonod e s
trfte-Mi lee away to^ifcf ¿White rietr
tannS ; and, by lo uchi
¿ay, we auece.nl d loom
makibg oiir escape.
i We eoutiauod Our march
and the next
enemy,* od
almost im-
mm fere met by
eeeort, itepresroee of
lie a¡rreea1l|e. AW the
ijrtil erT got obt safely-^beaidk#, brought
away three fine pk-eea of the- ttetoyw^ (Tbe
oitber ejptu'fdguui werp apiktd and t
\ asft hU roed, end on the 4"k
gjw 'a rcgimont #a an
"Oar Hsi in the catire ftybt i estimated
Bfsortt tbanloO kill'd, while tbe eneaBy'a iblfKpt
ieas than ibreo times tiiat anaaber.
In haata.
JAilKS I*. Üv)üGLAHÍ.
' Greek.
or lee. We
I... from thetsl
m>rehed a|^^|
Sr b'S tht act< u
ynetnr was ■
attacking them
l (Ch 00 t lie west
ÍU is now geoertliy bellevtd that Wt -biede a -
mistake ia attHMfttit* the ebemr and.■ tatimg
«(f every arenue ef ebeape. ft ia lhtti(ht that
if we had attacked t rem fn^ibboe side obly, s#
Irle understebd Gbt, frtto trepomd, we eteHi'd
m "M every! Wag they
if tor*
the berth
I <
the
1*. rsde at 4 i
and the
trbilbi'- y .fPiPPWiPMpBI
whieb o«r balf-Citbithed
wtv
the niabt «eitb
missarv store#,
twled. -"IP WM WjjjiiPüli
Ou the m >fnirtg of the 5tb, the enea y, bir
itg takee a etr 4g ptraitioe dor in* tbe big '
re r-i^ned the tkib . Ibe actio* soow bees
■aad Oibtinaed u- til abwnl half-past
oek, bf w^lefe time G«n. Vsft l>««m had
HI artao. euiec.ts to Withdraw h*
tetad
dt^lwU-b the
beato f'Wttv 11 ilÜfWilf;
atruagle reata upon b.s
not ibiok it at ail extrai
FteH Offbrti of fikia
rank as alara, of the fii
mihtkry firmj«>a it
and they have their I
J
|Hb BHfibdblt iba M¿
#♦ is a
jefbbrd' rr dar, and ttoygbbj
by a^u<)dt and riegle
Companies have tit
Uf ' ¡Hi mm
:¡aai :-tn*y
•"f
Wed. aed have
tus"reWWHÍaoor withdrawal were, firsts
that # number t flthit Potherb reg menta, afíer
the fill of •MeCttW'teb and Mcintosh t e<auj e de-
tnotabit d, and ciuíd bot he rW?M i*ia. áee-
0 .Hy, some 2o4 Madera! tro-ipb ^44ermaoB)
fi «ing from the field, cjsne upon oar
sitsinlutdtioo wagtms, and the teamsteéi #upp -
sing kt>cy lutciideil an attsck, put w'oip tb their
horses, si>-t fl "d as rapidly as pottle. This
Ma Ito'tetai wt i«ur -batteries w Utfc «uf a tingle
is Tltesb uufortunate oeeuirreoees rco-
it mcitsary hr the CooftvUiiau s tn te-
aud^tbat at a time wbet wMmj bad "ae-
y perched «paw tha^r banoanra, i
itb the eaesptioa af a |>erteei of the reg-
is thrown i , 0 0 nfb>)ob by the uotiroelr
«d McCallofh and MeloU^ah, the rrtieat
Waa eonducie-l Üa tba nimíqat good onler, ao
indeed, that ma-^-v ¿ltd not kuow but tiiat
were making a fiank movement on the
anul late ■ 1 tbe afternoon. Sererai of
«wr betteriea were in great dinger, haying to
he hrousht off throtith!'lhb «onda' twad over
bitb, Ths eormy did not pursue, except a few
i^jitoda of cavalry wtw).followed «p^mie-of our
hag¿age trairt't. We Woii^bt off hawr mere
pieiiea of ebtiuon toan we went on the field
with, bariag loat oniy two puces which were
diaablad and sp<ked. Several o! tl^e 'enemy's
batteries were taken, but tlwy e< all bot t>e
¿hi i ff. They were dismoantrd arid th*
is taket t*fi ; dry brush ami leaves-were
oa them, an t they wart htmed by our
e left t e field on the socond day, ft r th/'
given' above; sod yet tlie r-Mtrt .of the
Was as gtsiql sa a vic.orr to the Confed-
erates. Tha-jr bsye so.crijpjd wi the en my, tiiat
they will be u ..ii>tü t ' attack uá until tbef get
reiofurcunents. I'r ce s« d Van Dorn, h >w-
a^fcCan march ahert? U-v jUabe and without
«station. At last «cc Mini* they were re-
ieg sod getting readv f¿«t a aether forward
movement, in a direction but hUte^auspected by
the enemy.
Many of < ur tri>oj>b who Were Su{po$ed to be
captured by the.eneirtyV^ ha¿e ero- tu,and ear
wh'-'e lr#s in kiiletl, wounded bnd • trhevaera;' - ?f 1 o
will not e xceed si x íátdred, y ixone- hwndred j nf1',>Jf ?!f <W1 csl fed $n
and Iwen^y-fire killed, two h«io<lred áud Éi-ví-n- ^ '"h ht« 10 w .ngfte^.iw former I
ty tire woundt-d, and two bnndrvd pHbtoers.' G«j. A*iK*Jt, extorca towards
Tlae enemv' losa was fsr g r ra tr r—|>p -bably [ tt i;t 1 o us ridge ea-tvard, which bt
five to our one. A Federal Colonel, wh.. waa j appcan to run north and southi
toket ep the avaukteof tbe firtt dar, aays tbeir j while, tbe nat'n>nal cavalry, ua
losa up lo tnai ttbw was; >errirfc-pri,bibíy ¡ Otfterh«u«fc worn ortiered to m
t ami re hundred lo fifteen bandred—sod 5bidTi<nc<.t xhi. \ if posalhlei ta bitpk
next mornm? they lost many mor^ amotg] Vh«etKnnyi,s line < and while thil Waabeim
Whom «IT r«.l tffirers. UU i+*V tmm m á* + 'Mki
have escaped from Ibem, say that tbera waa no B|
f xaltbtieu am-ibg tiiem, So heavy bad .their
loH#"S tow*. The ^'nnfed ratsa.: temt-trr'> '• hu c -
dre<l and tweotv.-fit .• pr:s tn<:r
mart?bing or
I
Gen. Carter is wwf I
in* Kr the Arm«trñeg gnn, aa bb
aiucb an artiiler? Battalion to bt«
|le ia also ne# -iatirir f r un ¡ >r.o n. di
Jfwik It «s. the in'ention Of iipt
march |Witb hi# c rnmaod at flh
We moment. Notluog mure at
Yours*'éb<
Galveston, Texas,
I nrwy acrsnal a
la wtrm—Hr i 11 laan lit
Tax Bamx or klxko^#—Tbe !
from the Kew York Tribtine,
would be taken with some allowance<
stirvc to show the desperate character bf
late battle 44 Ajitaseas ;
It was 011 Thursday laat^tv^r in Úm>
that (*eii. Curtis was attacked hy the
Hi# right, under (sea &egol. 1"
point for the ebcmy'a fire,ted
i eei 4 to have gradually wi
rot n toward the main littta. tt<le|r the ta
teíjfion of tbe rear guards Toward 4 o cQl
in the afternoon ori Tbaraday, the juuctiaa
bttfWeen the rieht wing an<l the rrjain My
< f the Nations forcee appeaiii to hare bitt
effecbd, asnl the enemy, findiü^ hltmM
unable further b pursue the fight, at stag
cei«ed firing, n$¿lirmg, ta ft appeared, ta
deplo v during tkto nigltl, and get, if pbaai-
ble, U> the rear of the mbib ftbee, (Jo tha
mur«ing, tberefw*. of théltK, On. 0b9H%-
wij^i admirable skill, ht t nee ehjkMvd kb
|fmnt, his righ^ (t|<^v ' ' -'.n-d intjo hiskfil
CreA
With the egéept tptt of Stab wa t ie'S reg linen t^
4iér. In4.ia.h- albea did rotufe.f much part io tbe
fight This fiiggúinl lot*k a ~ba.ierr,l avmg
approached itlbemt^ trevs. a .i U-uaved v ¡th
much coursge aud nllantrri
1, ,i. .. a * 1 í ■
ía the enjpgemerit of tbe Í4tb, 17th and 1t h
inattrt, it was the fortune ot the general com-
manding to be immediately ti'h tt e Sliasouii
diviaK a, and he fan: tbvr'f . bear personal
t< s imony to thetr g^-int bearing^ Frrm the
bobte v lertb, who bf a ietl. ihea ««> long, to thr-
ga'iant ChurfehiB Clerk, w ho fell wlule m^rt-d
ing the enemv "s last ebarge, the Misaouriaba
pr-vi d tljerh^Vires ilerr ti*l palriotsbed-et-i"
soldier*. They met the enem v ob bis chosen
podiiona and ivok them fr m him. Jfhey Cap-
tured f ur if his cannon many indaoncrs.—
They drove bim fHwo hii tidd of battle and
General Asboth, on' the righ.t From thb
hour. then, (úhieh wtu, 11 o'cloci on Frt-
diy for*M<H>n ethe ebemy*t tftebk was maia-
Iv directed thnni^houX tiie day, 1 ) tbe ngU
win^ i and ^w«-ral of ou;:'p«sü.úoln tppoir
to have ihvu temporaril-y oct vipied by hi®,
nntil Acting Brig- General Davis prtibwd
fom ard to the reí" 1 e nter, where MeGai*
Idch led tjbe attack. " At.this poibt' tht tf
torious leader • ems lo haVe falSeo—a sad
dfcscomfiiuru sh'ine -1_< his A . lowers, whjci
was nobly imnruvcf hv the enet|y of Col*,
ilsterhadl and C.inr— «o that, befara nightfall
the enemy 'was r« pulsed. -
Ib Üin' way tclosed the t#ecewd')
battle t'nder cover of rv'c5-?. ft
alen* upon it.MBMpiBPWBWjB
The victo" (yus ad ranee of lícCu1lí ch's d vi-
#k'U upon the >tr( eg |s stii' n of the enemy's
front, was inevitably".check d by the n.isi >r-
turos which now sad 1 *? the h«Mirts of imr.
c >i.urrvtrnen tl r« ".^h« ut '!?••? Con fed en "i-. -
McCu'íoch and Mcfnb'sh. ^11 it the-very ■ front
Of thb tiutl'e, and io the full tide f e ee<**s.—
With tbem.j ent *ioivb the c infideaee and hj-
of iheir lri:oj s^ No #u«e>ri (¡in r«M«irihe h is i . : ... .. •
of 'inch leidery It la only left to us to ibofjrn , n y. >ro<B one l« íght after the oth
tbeir tnriMBvdv fill \pmulaie'tljeir bvroiccourage i^ationw center and'right were brought
and avenge thesr doath. the brave man's aid. when the simaliai
Kelwtlve «trelavtlt of tl e Fbrcpa.
Wehsvea privajebtter TH-rri I«ftn 1 N->. 11 ,
dated the 2& h, fri ca which we take tbe follow-
ing extracts :
We ars all #af# here so f*r as the F drral
gunljoats ar coutjerned, Tv r ara afrhi l to
come tn resch ot (jar gut s. We lave alreadv
aurk one i f ih' ir iM-ats, a'nd another w u Islhk
lar rf tfaa
a as Get.
$urtia> business' toi atrwigt,hfu.. ifela right,
which. had beet so. sorely presééd Irr A* 1
combitied rebel force. J-t *m*, th#ttft e
reinforwl .before rnornibg; and, frían tha
¿ew pi&ition which it was found the n-lieb
occupied,-anther change t f fr<iOt fonrani
wtt ordt?rt*d. W hile this was bating tiadb'
tlae Nat ionál troops, ou the ti . bt: jMsdbltba
opened tin at .sunrise on Satuidar, Tte
are was, bylshly returned the tol*4
line i < •, p. Stegel; on the left i* i'i gi aK«.-f
v.forward, with s*rtdi^eMi. «hbf.
Ihe deli ¡es ah d '.rp the hills, fttnilif ;hef#e
>er until tte
la
law
ous fireof uur infantry fa roes broke thtettf-
jgeriug lii:o oí the enemy
The- Hnnt'<v lV Dem«4rat sar--- i.
A i:'t rf'.'-vt" r,-s>dirg in C-.?nnd-v;a. rescbsl
hare last eventng from t! it j.^cv, ai«l ripot
ibe «*nt tnr, ten to, thirty thousan^j^wjag a#tob.
Dúck river froni Coiumhia. Tlwv «.«rt w!
if she were-in d 'ep water. Afier she wa3 fired j buddittg the bridge, «hicb w ibl.esreuiw w*
into by a ric«'«chid, tkom Cnpl. Keeker*a battery,] weeks. Tbe'v Ix+nght nails. «■'••Whara. ®
they run In r « n t i bar, a: d have been wWkiag (Coliimbia, ami, d is said,« fi ned ;Cfa{a4anb
at her for «t ral days^-tr^n g H are|*s*r her.; notes io payment wh eh were' ralttrd. 4t
Tbey may r -paínd I er, but ihey are un other arc unt i>, that the - Yef&^W fte* bs ybí
tkp C.fnfed^ratr rióle* at a hraty d|«s unt *w
•bl«* tn yeéaí.vo herf
Four br five , ot jtheir guniioals, and several
tranaport b<>ala bate been pulling at ber, but
with no Buoces#. They have abandoned her
fur the present"-vil is ¿aid to la? tbe Benton —
tbe finest boat in the a hole fi el.
f'apt Ruekeir fiaa c-■•mpMely imaaortalif-d
himself, But for |.ia ii.d >nr!tahie eonraire and
W'
energy the Island
tIM
u
mold'hare lr*en taken. Hia
battery Still Ktaod resdr t<> gr.. the enemy ftjfbt.
Tbe Gfampua has just la^h d irom
pay o g ft r p# r>vend*-r.
Ul «'f*M-atce with the b f
mpru we are disposed to boaht
practice this sharp ¿nanciermg.
,w*hik*¡
a ;!!#«• vaie j
r abd$ff
Tht Memphia A
srmy in
There waa
ta m A l^iO'mta M
I' #PhlatWet m
with Vat Dort and
i
ia
tf their (urttere. Frie 'e
them down
^^■tnttam
teariae that the|
|MÉ^Hiocr«aaed
jWepafeh «i
^^■Jtor-I
apot the uhl
Dora hod tot jotoeé
:
■ -
waa #eet
tíag* , abe g ing e-etlt. On the kth the
nigtt cana* m and bailed. - Kow -the
ead* imaeediateiy fo* Davaaa. No
are Uly lyHig here waiting even ta.
I the f /'dowiag areñrtraca from Texas papara
teltt re m the hurting of the B yal Ytett; "
the efjpoaite akle of the,, river and brings with
bf r ihr.-e Mias<>ariana~-««e is «bought to tw a
bfno<4nit«. They all rep H 'he b -at which 1
speak of aa Wing,to the' bar, aa having beeatl
Sh44 through, fryt$ stem p atern, ki I ling t welee j
m&fc, They réfm aiao.^hat al tlie fight at
S.-ib Madrid we killed ot-r me th. uSand n en.
Tl a evening th}: principal part of ttaa'gt -:
í «>áta and all of the transporta hare g*oe out of
t| e rlref. A fewu <atar t* aiaai done
are remaining with % *unk* a hostoa
flli , h^werer> Whot mske t* lee*
la Irépí ng a VxAoat for theia.
whidh tlwy thr 'W at ta, weigh iM
I. we wtbtifWbt aV BterUng'e
• "* nof h rat Od. ¿V
■ .^. I. u ■ Weight wat
He (blends to brtóg it «0 Memphis,
he eabJfet aw.ther. sad place iMmoa
'a; TBttmh||l|i <aí, ih. '
The Advertber
•eet.fi Mobile I* Ib|I
kQrtame arw arrivals
, two propeller*
bad during Ihb
Ibe if app^gf.
rrwicm N'iit Fyact-arto..-4f%e
ing ptrstrraph, froin the TaH^baSfas JNsfidPj
of the iff mat., correct* a prerahati err* j
We had tl e pleaaqra on Thursd^ of ■.bat^j
the hand of (^pt, A. >. Amakae,who ha#
arrived from Fetes colt. T"
no inleation of evacnitttg
lace,And that th^re are enough
efrndf Ihrtn ajramsi an
*ent t^ére. of t:
left Plata Rose laland.
Hw*
An aet *upplemental to|
act pres iding for th !
and furlough to|
missioned ofi&eurs ta
" -
Atnerict do
the al^rt emit led «gt, eo
aptilidbhk
tutu
Sltto, for b town
wht may re-taltet it
federate ft |
said, for t
Approved
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The Weekly Civilian & Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 8, 1862, newspaper, April 8, 1862; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth182164/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.