The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-11-18
THE WAR NEWS.

down sOueW hat dufi The paSt week AS1-N
army are Low resting On the North bank
81 the RapidAa, A~sillg reiaiosoenieais LIE
still occupies lie south bank, and Is qute
strongly fortified ia bis present position Tee
man BODY OF his troops are supposed TO be en- I
camped Al Gorionsville Our forces now hold AID /
occupy al the ground 10 CaiPepPer coaS'y thar
they cid previous 10 TIE recent advance O. The I
r, bel army On the l2Ih, delac. ments % oet /
infantry and cava ~ gave Stuart's rsov cavalry /
a handsome whipping three mles southeast 81 /
Capepper- Aside from this nothing has occur /
red but mere skirn.shes IL Is thought insi
the rebels interd 10 make their winter qaafteFs
between the Rsppahanrock AID the kapi-ai
TIE road 10 Stevensbuig o. ooth SIDES IS boz /
deisd By carefully constructed hats IA uuno.s
Sufficient 10 accommodate SO 1000 meu- oar
cavalry are south @, tie R4p'iso go force, reoo.
uoteriug the euemy's posi.ion, and from thea
best Information, Lees army, exclusive o. CAV
airy. does not exceed $1,000 men.
Toe y Y TT,sss SAYS: Oar r,eonnolsaace-
beyond the Raqidsn rave exploded very ef,,i
ualiy the report thai tLe rebsl army vas slfe
iag AID almost starving New Yok aaa Ba.
more dealers in dessicatec ard preserved n,a
Aeep the Coml.iss-ry Department iafiy supqNe1.
if The tell tale numbers Of empty cas- scates.c
through the rebel camping gfou d. are 10 o.
believed. But the desmaiiou Of shoe. aihr,
and clothing seems not 10 have been ,xageets.
ted The purpose OF lie 20 wirier hct~eri
tee Rap dan and the Rappahanuock is furthe'
indicated BY The preservs,ioa OF tie rAifo.o
connecting the two rivers.
rRoN CHARLESTON
Tie bombsrdment Of Fort Sampter i con-
linued at intervals, and uothiog TOW rem aias OF
this once great stronghold bui a prom.scuous
mass Of brick and mortar Il is sui 10 tie
hands Of tie rebels, however, The report OF tie
capture by our forces lev days since being
humbug
The Baltimore Anerican correspondence from
Montauk aud Passaic had returned from Port
ROYAL fully repaired TIC gunboai Leapsic had
arrived The bombsrdment OF Sumpier goes or
without unusual incident Tie monitor PAtsps
CO recently threw five shells Ito Battery Bee.
compelling the rebels TO desert their guns for =
time.
Gen. Gilmore recently thies three ordinary
shells into The center a. Charleston 90 try tie
range. The correspondent presumes, ho~ever,
thai Charleston will not be sacIec an the MoIi
tors are In position and when the surrendercsu be
demanded according 10 all the forms and usages
Of var
The rebels have at least = 900 aesroes wora-
& 2 on batteries OF Su.hvans and james Island
but many of them viii be found useless when
the great trial comes
The correspondent concludes that tie prs
poets OF early aud successful results were never
more promising tnaa now. and iadi-uuclly fe
f-ls to a. experiment recently made. which Wa
50 iu Of success that the rebsi o5strucfons 10
logger are to be feared and stating be firm con
vicIion that we will have Charleston OF It's runs
between Low and Chrisrmas.
TBox cHAIrASooGA
Although nothing Of a. unusual nature
Las traaspirrd al this point during the psst
week. il still attracts more attention than any
Other. owing 70 It's great importance aid ID.
manner in which il j, invested b, the rebels
The latest advices from there repof. every ID x
quiet in aud around the place. Il has been
reported, but With what degree Of truth Is not
known. that Gen Lee hal gone TO relieve
Bragg Of b. command before Chat anooga
/ This Il probably mere Iuse. Great dis1f C.
ton is reported a. stu existing among the
rebel forces ard that Il is on tie increas,. Our
daily receipts Of deseriers from The reLei Lines
average from II 10 Ii. Gen Hardee ga. re
lieved Longstree;. who was stationed Oh Lonk
out mountain. and tie latter has gone 10 East
Tennessee with $4,000 troops part of whom are
cavalry. 4 considerable force Of rebel cavalry
has also gone to Iuka. The rebel divisions OF
Gems Cbeathem and Stewart have returned 10
Gen. Brags's army. Gen. Bragg has nos three
corps with m those OF Gems. H-rdee. Breck-
enridge. and Buckner Sixty thousand men Is
low estimate OF the number Of troops COM
posing the army Of Gen. Bragg
The following is from the special correspon-
dent Of the y. Y Tribune
The question Of supplies beng settled the
=
and ability Of the enemy. OF the strong ne-
cessity on the part Of the rebels 10 rfpossess
esstern Tennessee. and 20 execut- th- THREAT ~
Davis thrle can be no sort OF doubt VIII
hem i, Is the graver question OF supplies nj
only for Bragg army. but the whole sou
Add 10 tbs. j. The more purely N tary a.
pect 50 fully oompassed by tie Chattanooga
Herald now prnted al Maretie. The distant
reader O. the threat Of J T. Davis. 10 fetske
Tennessee aad Kentucky. Of the Urgent Al
peals from all quarters o. the South 70 Bregx
10 recOmmence active operation 10 this ED.
and Of tae boa-til prom ses pat forth Ia rebel
papers that the threat Of DAVIS will D. mad,
good may well have sou.e anxiety 10 know ih-
prospect in this particular.
IL q general way might answer that Grant
who overlooks everything now. is not mar
to be outgene,aled, especially Wben fore
warned Of the enemy's purpose. But we have
a more speciic If not a more satisfactory az
swer on this point il the actual sitnat on o.
this Army and its cspabi ties FOR ibe supp, SD
emergency. All hope o. falking Chaiian0O-
"a Oh our light has vanished. u % ever y sled
II i only on our lef-. up me river by erestinz
a crossing above Is that Bragg can have the
81 zhtest hope Of making a flank moTemrat.
II would not b pr per 10 particllsrze % tbs
point: but / will say that there is % groaud
for uneasiless IL regard T. The B4icafliness
and preparation Of Gsant ior such a move
In-nt r. a. the rebels virtually confe.s. their