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HOUSTON, APRIL 7th, 1862. $
BY TELfcGRANl.
ANOTHEK BAH) ON TEXAS COAST.
Schooner Columbia and. 275 Bales?
Cotton Burnt.
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Fpeclal to the Houston IV 1< graph.
Galveston, April 7th, 1862.
[From the Civilian Extra.]
The Federal steamer M: gnolia, Capt. Hunter ap-
pearel iff the We*t end at nut 30 n lies We^tof Gal-
veston at noon, Saturday ar.d ci'ine to anchor off San
Louis Pass.
She Hoi ted th" Confederate flag at the fore English
colors ut the peak, a burgee at the main and llred a
gun.
A boat wa<* sent out from the fort at 8nn Inula
with a white flag lut as the steamer did m t show
one she retu ned, after r< achli g ti e bur when the
steamer fired another gu^.
Lieut. Enwards and Mr. Alexaider Follftt then
went out with eight n en in a boat and boarded the
stranier where tl ey wer-- tvei cherously detail ed no
doubt, in.Oer the excuse ihut the steamer had i ever
shown a whito flag.
At half past 7 o'clock in the evening, two boats
with thirty men arrived with carbines, cutlasses,
revolvers and boarding pikes, and boarded the
schooner Cclumbia, which was lying inside the
bar with 275 bales of cotton At H o'clock Capt.
Davidwon, of the Columbia nrrived from Galveston
in a small sloop, and was fired on bs the Federals,
from his own vessel, as he approached. They did
not injure him, however, but mortally wounded
oi e ot their own men on the Columbia.
When Capt. Davidson got aboard, the Federals
urg d him to take the schooner over the bar. He
refused, when they tried to get some of the crew
to do so. but they plead ignorance of the channel.
The Federals then attempted to warp her out.
but failing, they tonk the captain, crew and pas-
sengers, ten in all, aboard their boats, and set the
schooner on fire. The boats, together with the
sloopanu small boat of Capt. Davidson were taken
to thi bar. where they were kept all night.
Ab ut. 9 o'clock the names hui st out, ou theechootj-
er'and Itt np the whole hcrrlzon.
She burnt all right, and in the morning, fragments
of cotton we e aflo.it In the vlcli Ity.
The %e*.-el and cargo are a t< Ail lo-s. Qhey were
the ropery if Me^ars. R & D. G. Mills.
The men at the fort, give as u ieat>on for not filing,
that tin y w re alrwld ol ki'ling tome cf our men.
Ye*!e'-d«y, (Sunday) ioori lnj Lieut. IMckerlns of the
Montgomery, who had charge of the t oats, tuld Capt..
David-on. that he could tai-e his small sloop and boit
and go ash< re with his crew and passenger.*, u priv-
ilcdgetwhlch they w 1 innlytok,
After they had parted from th^ enemies boats,
two guns were fired upon the-latter from the Fort
at San Luis. They were answered by two fron.
the steamer, and two were then fired fromthe Fort
on the Montgomery, t ut all appeared to full short.
The Columbia is reportod to have been burnt with-
in less than a mile of the fort.
Her papers and letters were demanded of Capt.
Davidson, but he h td pru ently put them them out
them out of reach.
The Montgomery left Sunday morning, standing
to ;he westward.
The Federals told Capt Davidson that they wei e
just from the Balize. where they left eighty vis-
selp, destined to operate on New Orleai s Among
tl.ein, thev said, were forty morUr boats. They
said the obstructions on the Mississippi were to b«
removed on Saturday night, S.h inst. in order to
attack Fort Jackson.
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