| Show CON confederate F BD ERAT E VICTORY AT N the attack on the federal land and natal naval forces at galveston on the instant was evidently unexpected by the officers in command there and the result so disastrous to the federal aims arms caused much consternation and a general on hearing the report thereof ig is said sald to have pervaded every department of the sert sen ice in the gulf and bord bordering ering st satta S sates atea ates a atta t R a the attack was aa as stated simultaneous on lad la d an and add dwater water and made with such over whelming whelmine wh elming force that it could not be resisted i notwithstanding the bravely of the men who abely prevent the confederates i from regaining possession of the place which is one of great importance to them ia in be bhe prom pro se cution of the war the federal fleet ia in the bay was attacked attached early in the by five sye steamers filled with troops protected by bales oi of cotton the troops were armed with wilh rifles and muskets which they used with telling efrece effect the exact number of ol gunboats gun boats and other vessels c cornn corri ing ning the federal fleet has not b en moala roada known to the public the harriet lane which was seized by the enemy soon after the commencement of the war and subsequently re taken was after nearly all her officers and crew t capt XI wain wair ht had been killed by the murderous fire of the confederate men boarded and U is stated that caly two officers and about a elizen men out of one hundred bundred and thirty escaped death the IVest neld commodore Ren shaws flagship dlag flag ship was ashore and on being attacked renshaw transferred her crew to the transports as quickly as possible and then to prevent her from falling into the hands bands of the enemy made the necessary preparations for blowing ben bea up by some miscalculation or acci accident dent dext the explosion took place sooner than aint oticia a icil atel and the commodore one lieutenant ana and several otibe of the j crew were blown up with the vessel the I 1 gunboats gun boats owasco ewasco and clifton escape dand severa transports but not without loss the balance of the tle vessels belonging to the fleet more or less lers were captured those which were fortunate enough to get away sailed for tor new otleane with as little delay as possible the confederates on land were successful and their victory was complete corr coir their plans bad been so secretly and arranged and were so artfully carried into execution that colonel burrell the officer in command was not advised of their intentions nor of 0 their approach until they were within the liels of elf the city in force fort they bad info managed to bring eight pieces into into the city concealed ia in hads leads orbay of bay hay and had placed phemina them in a e where they be easily and qu akly brought a to bear upon I 1 the federal troops whenever the attack might I 1 be commenced which was efe eff dually done aa as soon as the harriet lane became engaged the are represented to have fought with great desperation but had to yield to the greatly superior force of t lie the enemy and after diving them far back several times were surrounded and taken prisoners on the rece pt at new orleans of the th news that bhat galveston had bad been retaken by the cor coa fede lede federates iterates rates ani axi aai ami that the fleet there had sustained a disastrous defeat commo Comm commodore lore farra gub gut sent six bix BIX six or eight form bormida for mida idao ble gunboats gun boats to recapture the harriet lane at all hazards and retrieve as far aar as possible the losses which had bad resulted salted re ar arras by thre the unlocked unlooked for and successful attack ef of the confederates oa on one of the ost important points on tha texan coast toast the result ct of the expedition may be to be favor favorable favorably ablo abio to the union cause but it will be b no easy matter to place things ia as fave fare ramo raMt a condition as they were before deemed to be for the omu oma pancy of texas by the federal troops and its subjugation to the government from which the state has seceded |
