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The handsome affair at Galveston.

Our readers were on Saturday delighted with the telegraphic account of the handsome affair in the of Galveston. It was one of the most complete and ingenious expeditions of the war, and Gen. Magruder to another laurel. The of the Harriet Lane is all the more agreeable because that vessel has been quite busy in the war, and was a pet in the Lincoln navy. She hears the name of the niece of the "Old Public Functionary" who presided at the White House during his Administration. Though our impromptu fleet was to catch the other vessels she is a prize to boast of. It was first stated that Commodore Renshaw had blown his ship up, and blown himself the better part of his crew up with her. It out that he has not yet laid the world under obligations to him by any such act; but that he "ignominiously" from our little tugs with their bates. The shooting from behind those bales have been excellent, from the manner in which the decks of the Harriet Lane were cleared. takes another step upwards in importance, and yet prove its claim to regal power in as well as commerce.

The events of the Southwest increase in interest, and before the winter expires we doubt not there will be stirring news from that direction. We can not but believe that it will be gratifying to the people of the South.

The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 12, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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