Yankee gunboats.
--The Houston (Texas） Telegraph, of the 14th ult., gives an account of the capture of the Yankee gunboats Granite City and Wave in Caleasien Pass, on the 6th ult. The following is extracted from it:‘ The Granite City is a propeller, and is iron plated. She was built on the Clyde since the beginning of the war for blockade running purposes, but was captured by the enemy in February, 1863, while en route from Wilmington to Nassau. She is a staunch vessel and the finest ship that has ever been captured in the State of Texas. Her armsment consists of one 20 pounder rifle Parrot gun, one 12 pounder rifle Dahlgren howitzer, and six 24 pounder smooth bore Dahlgren howitzer shell guns.
’ The Wave is what the Yankees call a tin-clad steamboat. She is cased with half inch sheet iron from stem to stern, and is a stern wheel Mississippi steamer, drawing about 3 feet water; her armament consists of one 24 pounder rifle Parrot gun, one 32 pounder smooth bore gun, and four 21 pounder smooth bore Dahlgren howitzer shall guns.
The ship had large quantities of Quartermaster and Commissary stores on board, and many a poor rebel is now strutting about the decks in sailor rig, who twenty-four hours ago was clad in rags, and it would do your soul good to see them eating oysters, sardines, canvassed hams, and other articles too numerous to mention.
