The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-10

EN-. s5est him, boyss shoos him ~ No
sooner said thAa Gone the daring reh'l feli I.
@rd no one ~ our line bat regretted that AZ
~ cteVe man Should perish Ri 90 "a a rarso
~ une Na5 TOO weak o wittstsna to onee,
supefiof . force. and being AZ last 30
r-', 81. 60 lsl i, o. -ogiy ard Ia coed order
Vslor III IS hours - '-'''1
Apous ne moment of thls rebel charge. m.
asI pfrcl'.1y VIA, circumstances 4, saem.
~ p'eslpis 70 discover, our gaiian. saupd-ra
-, uanahioc6ly wounded, and vas horn
liol tse rla where he bad so molly vlndi-
e@~u Ms eleln 70 his neviY.won star. do
AZ 49,. os.sn approve Of 1ensras exposing them
,ttFss ms anlly; but today, II vas OF the
la-t im poitsrce 10 u5 that cur line should he
.elu unit TIE last possible moment. 10 give
ii-Ac iof me compilation Cf our works ard N 4,
~. concurrent testimony Of all that slusders'
pTe.eace 10 tbe ilno had powerful G, 10
holding i steady.
Summing Up the general results of the dav.
our outer limo has fallen bas some three Nd.
our loss In killed. wounded All missing Wi.l
pIenaoiY reach los, but Il flying reports on
me htia Were taken would l-fgely ovorrun that
nn1lser. The rebels have iC, lar moro heavily
thsn we.
THURSDAY. THE isrH.
Night again, and The iehcg elil mauifesting
noicfcma respect Tor our liueR lam crow
E8 0uo'ous a. 10 The Intentions "a Longssrees
~ he had mean. 70 carry The p!ae, by storn.
ND tme wa Tuesday or yesterday morning
lie can scarcely intend 70 sta-va rs out. or re
would not leave Us the whole 81 Bourt coroiy
70 forage, as az has dGne by Withdrawing his
forces rom tns south side Of the river. He
can hardly fear an assaul, from Us, yet 1t would
appear 80 from his throwing up Tedouhls and
ms PITS. as we can pisinly see he ID doing.
th2 history or today 70 ead written. The
wol.k 81 Cap: Poe was substantially completed
3y taynght this morning, AMI &c could have
dr-Tn In cur entire line Of skirmsheTs withoat
damage 20 as " We had been so disposed Bat.
not being 50 disposed. our liac was maintained
throughout the dav. anc the rebels were Dc cid
cdiy Chasy II NEEDING with It., their expeli
ence of Yesterday not being the most pleasant
re.rosp ecs they could have. In fact our LETT
whore they were 60 terribly punished they lei
aore enticolY end TO dsy skirmishing has been
done principally on cur centre, with lew
deulicry shots on CNr right But tho firing
has bee1 everywhere very light, ana etonsco
with but little loss.
Our Investment. however. Il by no means
absolute. Lieut. Col. PleGsants went out TO
day from our right with two companies OF
cavalry, and secuted the roads TO Armstrong;
Ford md Boye's Forty, and found 10 enemy.
Soeih oiu5 tne county appears entirely clear,
anu our forage wagons 90 as far 90 they please,
ana return unmolested and II ia an exceed
ugly impor.snt iten 10 ~ hat they can for
,Se have never had any forage accumulated
mere. and VIA. little We Can gather over tho
river Is al wo have 10 feed thou
ADDS OF hGTscs snd mules is5ido cur lises
RaLOns for cur army ere IN besier corcill1r.
and we might worry thi o1gh twenty days ye.
NJ hou' sciuel suffering among our men. but
1t Nill require the most careful hushaGcing Ct
our resources 20 do g.
FRIDAY, TEE Corn.
The Rrsyhacks on the opposite range OF hills
"A - iua .vt fstf.
They came dashng up the Lenoir Road four
DAYS ago breathing hTo aud slaughter. and pre-
posing ~ themselves to rcval IN the spolis OF
this army, the principal i;Cm TO them being
Lincoln cctfi. a. yct their reveiing don'L
amount to much, and their prospects are grow
Ing DINNER.
Tho history of our front, to-day, will not
require lengthy chronicle. Under the untir.
NIX supervision # Capt. Poe, we still dig and
dam along our iiuss. A deepening Of treuch
here 8 widening there, strei gthening at an
other place, ere but putting the finishing
strokes upon work already conelder01 COM
plcted.
The rebels during the day got gun IN posi-
tiou to the northward Of the ,owp, apparently
q 20 ponder Parrot. The first shell burst
about over the Center Of the town the second
hsw clear over and fell into the rigar. Two
more followed in quick succession. and were
beth equally good specimens OF far CIV firing
=
battery, sighted the pieces himself, and then
ordered them opened, which they did in beauti-
fol style. A half dozen shots were sufficient 10
81 cree the reoel gun.
About cafk we fred three houses north Cf
tbs TOM aud 20 the left OF the railroad depot,
as they interfered with our line OF fire. They
lit NJ the whole horizon, and. doubtless, soma
people tx or seven miles OF seeing he light,
have carried stores north OF the col Aagrati0ps
by ihe rebels, al OF watch will. be pare TO
nance.
AZ eight o'clock this evening the 18th Mich
i2en made sorti0 from Fort Saunders, as cur
work on Rebel Point was well named. and,
With fixed bayore.s and wild yells charged
down OF the rebels, who, doubtless. thought
the whole United States was upon them. and
n ID Ike scared sheep The object Of the 17th
was TO oIivs them from the brick hous0 they
occupied and to burn II. Oar boys searched |
the bcnse. removed some wounded who Were
IN i. spTirkied II With turpentue, set 1t on fire.
and returned 10 our lines. The rebels opSrSd |
with musketry IS they were returning by |
which We lost one mal killed and four wound |
I'd. No sooner had the gallant 17.h return ed |
than they &c, MP n wild huIrah Of defiance. The |
hand of the 44lh Ohio, near by. struck ~ |