The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-08-19
THE WAR NEWS.


dsafection also extends to the officers aud i /
Increasing anorc fhc rank ard file OF the troops
frou, the sub s. e~.crn States Who argue that
there i DO u-e O.. further resistance since Ncks /
burg and Port Hlisoa have fallen and IN, na-
tional troops have gained possession of the Ms |
sssippi Mississippi aud Tennessee leVies are
also clAmorous 10 20 home. The defeat at Get
tyssurg seems 10 have completely broken the
spirits Of Lees army, ami me utmost apathy
prevails among officers and men. They have
ost all hope % the South being able 10 succeed
in the rebellion
Bragg Is said to be at Chattanooga with 25 900
men. He j. said to have lost 10000 men By
desertion in his recent retreat
Johnston's army is at Enterprise and BrAne-
ton, 10000 strong The mountains of Alabama
are foil Of deserters from Bragg's and Johnston's
armies
Il is stated tina, the number OF colored troops
actually in the field Is between p. 900 and 2s,
0O0. Fifty additional regiments are partly or
gained and speedily approaching completion.
The estimate OF 100000 being in arms by tall, it
is thought, will be fully sustained.
The State OF California is iull OF rumors of a
contemplated Using of The ~ecessiOnists aud
consequently there aneasy feeling OF public
mind On the 9Th an ARRAY occurred at VisAlia,
a small town IN Tular county, between secession.
lists and soldiers stationed there. One Of the
latter was killed, and several OF the former
wounded Some thirty-six shots exchanged.
Tullar and adjoining counties in the southern
part OF the State contain numerous secessionsts.
At Visalia great excitement prevailed.
4 terrific engagement is said to have occurred
at Charleston on the ID inst Our lines are said
to be within coo ysrds OF Fort Wagner. Bat
teries of the most extensive character have been
erected under cover OF darkness. The enemy
have no knowledge of their position. Gen
Gilmore is waiting the arrival of his 800 pound
Parrott guns, when he intends TO make Fort
Sumper heap of ruins.
mysterious naval engagement is reported tC
have occurred off Portland Harbor on the 23C
of July, supposed to be between a Confederate
war vessel and the British pirate Lord CLYDE.
The official report of Gen. Grant is published
! papers, and is a clear, modest, and admirable
document, holding back nothing, aud liberally
dispensing credit where credit is due.
Gen. Fitzpatrick confirms the statement mad,
by Gen. Meade and denied by Gen. Lee regard
log the battle of Falling Water. He pays
high tribute to the galantry of the Sixth Mich
+ igan Cavalry, and says:
We lost 20 killed, 81 wounded and 40 mis-
sing. We found upon the field / 20 dead rebel
and brought away upwards of so wounded.
&" A large number of the enemy's wounde'
were left upon the field in charge OF their ewi
D surgeons.
\ I'VE captured two guns, three battle flags
and upwards Of 500 prisoners"
1 Parties recently arrived from Richmond rep
resent the people there as sunk in the deepes
0 gloom. They deserving the city in crowd
in consequence of the high price Of the neces
I saries Of life Sickness prevails to fearful ex
tent, and the want of medicine is badly fell
' Desertions from the army are frequent Their
we're few rebel troops at Richmond on the 9Th
nor we're there any indications OF a movement
on the part Of the rebel army. JEFF Dawn
proclamation calling in absentees from the arm
remains dead letter The report that Davi
n and Lee have quarrelled is discredted, but Their
e is terrible evaporation among the people again'
f the Rebel Secretary of State, Benjsmin.
Z An officer just returned to New York fror
I Charleston, says it is next to impossible to BAT
] ter down Fort Wagner; that the men keep vi
T der bomb-proofs, upon which our shot and she
produce no effect; that the only way the for
T eau be carried is by direct assault which wi
g not at present be attempted. The chances fo
t shocking Fort Sumter TO pieces better. In
D deed it was generally believed there that IN
q fort will speedily fall. If it falls, our force
cannot occupy is, "a it will be battered TO piec
i es Even should we take Forts Sumpter an
i Wagner, the other forts have got to be over
: come aud the rebels, who are as busy bee
9 day aud night, are erecting battery after bate
t. ~ on the way to Charleston. The military fore
l is not deemed sufficient, aud will have 20
i largely reinforced before the finale is consum
mated. The public may at once divest them
selves Of the idea that any startling news
coming from Charleston at present.
1 The Raleigh q c. Standard has an able ar
tclc, said TO have been written by the Presider
: of the Governors Council, with the approval {
{ Gov. Vance, throwing the entire responsible
of the present var on the secessioHists, denounc
ng the treachery Of the Confederate Government
u and proposing to North Carolina in her sovereig
capacity to make immediate overtures to tn
North for peace
HEAR YEi-The Nashville Tnion thna fnre