The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-10-30
The Romba Tament Of corpus Chrl.tl.

The H0mbaIdment Of Corpus Christi.
A correspondent Of the N. Y. HsIald
furnishes some details Of the bonn bard
msnt of Corpus Chrisli. Texas, in Au.
gust last. OF which we have had some ac
count through The rebel telegraph. On
the 18th Of August. Capt. Kitridge, OF
the Arthur, the chief I,lookadihg vessel
Of the place. landed under fsg oftruco
and demanded Of MSjOr Hobby, the com
mander. an evacuation oi the place by
the military, aud giving the people for.
ty.eight hours 10 remove in casA Of rsru
sal. On Saturday. the 10 h, cannons.
ding was commenced, which ell. need the
rebel batteries veral times, but they
RECOMMENDED as soon as our men stopped
their FIRE, On Sunday the steamer A.
B. ran aground, and was set on fire by
the rel els--our men being unable to gat
her af lat were compelled toishandon her.
On Monday twelve pound riaAd nowit.
yer was landed with aparty'of thirty men
in ol der 10 rais the encmy's btuery, The
schooner Reindcer WAS placed in posi-
tlon to support them. Ths,shore p rty
advanced 10 musket rang" All operei
upon the batteries with shell, the Sach-m
firing sh-ll from her thirty two poundAr.
and the yacht throwing sh-il, with pr
cussion plnng-rs, from her thirty ~ o
pounder Parrot. At this time the reb-ls
deployed To the right Of our forces cn
land about $50 or l75 inian, ry. evi eut.
~ with tho intention Of 6anking them.
bnt The schooner Rsind er s, od in to
ward them. an poured storm c { shrap.
ne and canister into their ranks with
such marked effect that. together with
grspe fr IN the S,chemi and the Yatch's
fire, their advance was checked aud hey
b gan to scatter Up to this lim,, tn.
party Oh shore with The twelve pound
howlz-r. hai boldly maintained ih-r
ground. firing the gun dsIib .rately and
with precision, hut suddenly two hun
dred and tfIy to three hunir d cavalry
charged down upon h-m, and fra mo.
ment their capture seemed inmnen but
the FIRE Of all our @ eI b,ing concentr aled
upon them. alter an advances ni about four
hundred yards rom he bqterirs, tiey
waveled under the sc,ihing storm ofiron
and wer' repulsed with evidently consid.
e'abls lose, many being seen fall, and
| retTeated tn tie town .U.
Our whole force was less than one hun
dred effective men. The enemy's Iorcc
could not have ben less than two hun
dred an City infantry and artillery. an
three hundred cav.liy engaged, and they
had. doubIl SO. more troops in the Ie.
serve, Not possessing the means 10 ir,ld
the town against 30 barge a force, and
having observed that the cavalry emerged
from aud TUNED TO the shelter Of the
town. we shell d such portions of it as
they seemed to occupy. Wa then with.
drrw, having reduced our ammuni ion
and pl"j 'cliles 10 very low figure II.
this day = engsg ment onl one man was
wounded, and 'hst slightly, bv anus.
~ o"i Lho O0Vufui TOO-Fou IuuI eHU'n
in her Lull and upper works, and s We
raj in her rigging, smoke stack, u -, aud
the Coryphrus two shots through hr
mainsail. Considering that the enemy
w,reb hind battery Of ear,hwork and
completely shel cred, we escaped with
,rifllnS injury. o1 '
The rebel a count Of the affair in The
Calves on News, mainly agrees witt the
above version. We qao a single para
graph: ID, ..aa 70 astu. ..et
On Tuesla ,lsy returned To the bonn
bardmeula lhnd Tins, but lett again te
firing some Sky shells. No rote live,
were lot on odr eide. nor single perso,
woundsd, but the town, we | arm, ha
been badly dana ,sd. some oi the h,usr
being pe'f'rated BY fifteen or twenty
shells each. Very few oi the sne n y,
shells "x,.loded, ani this pr ,hahI, ac
counts for the few casual les. Ey,r,
man in Corpus Christi and in the yicini
ty. and able TO hear arms, prticipatrd il
tie 6ght. but of course. their riHis an,
muskels could not be male availabl a
such distance. The whol4 number !,
men und r NJ j"r Lobby was bctwa 7ol
and 800, abua. 600 oi whom we're volun
'eers o. e .#,.