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


Yankee Doodle twas more than rebel stole
i,m could stand. They angFily opened their
batteries anc threw some thltsy shells ON Us,
without doing any eamage. Tnis Little episoae
had two good fleets Tbs hou.e was burned
entirslV down destroying an admirable cover
for IN rebsI shgrpsh0otefs and the excitement
Attending was intensrly agreeable afEsr the
s,agLa ant dulircfs 81 ira day.
MONDAY TaE ESD.
Bah Bereged Gro rded into the pr cincts
OF a town like Knoxville With Thousands q
impatient 60 d.erf bsaying mules AID Ter lied
women aud clskdren, So incouki uous jumbo
AS nv writing; ears saluted with al manner
Of dsagreeable sounds, eyes greeted with
all klnda OF revolving sishis; l can not soy
that Ike il, Riding last summer arcunA tue
lines of cur army aesieging Vicbshurg, every
day .or icrtY days, considered inc siege pa
sincss yather pleasant tnan ctnerwlsc, out my
late expe.ieuce has taught me that there Is
vast difference between baeieging aod being
beeIeged. Aud by the way, LongstreePs gen
tlemqn across the fiat have Teen personally
offensive on that Vickscurg matter ior several
dsye past. Inuumeraolo times they lovs greet
"a onr pIcse,s with cries Of "Vicksburg,"
s.Nuie meat" When did you hear rom
/ home anu other dislg eeaDle cr!es and ques'
! lions. Our boys sena bacg nev6r failing
response OF 4" Go to h." which may IA taken
/ By tLe rehels 20 mean that we are anxious shey
! eaor E remove thvmseives somewhere, ana arc
really telling thom 10 90 home
! I haya caased the daily Chronicle as all this
mass of matter nust g0 10 you together, aud
mn {, consequently, undergo the condensisg
process.
/ Saturday was dlsmslly quiet day. All the
rnor-iuz tho rain poured down Ia torfents hut
! our satisfactory reflection that the rebels were
1 getting wet wie damptnfd by the thought Shat
/ our boys were being eoSked The Tain apqa
| realty took the mrtti- on of both eidts There
wos rot a single artillery eaot durlpg the coy.
/ TIE pioke' ndng Wa next 10 nothing Oar
trouches flied with water, and mad to 30 drain
! cd: and one of our drsius gave way lettirg q
/ fo3d in.o The river, aud thereby imparihug
cur pontoou. This comprises tue hi4tory Of
| TIE day.
snndav came, VIGOROUSLY biIgh,--a morning
OF Msy, by sons chance croWoRl INTO Novem
be-. Sunday being 4 fAvcrite bghtng dag y
was thought 1t might bring some kind ol
demonstration on our lines, bit nothing &C.
CURED The fkrmishing YVES bIi:k5r thaa
Yesterday. but still nOt vigorous enough TO rem
DER Il particularly exciiiog. At eundowni
however, q little breeze WIS astir by TIE pass
Iop of @ cavalry brigade, under Shackeltosd
bsyond our fort!acauop, on the up river rcad
/ burnside had Information that force OF thf
rebsls was OF Boyd's Ferry, constructing 9
raft 70 float down against cur pontoon sno
destroy it, and sen. cut Snackief) d TO attenc
. 70 them. When our boys arrivcd st Tax
. fury, theT found no trace of either enemy o.
I raft. and came back empiy-handed. The
precautlon was taken, however, by Capt. Poe
To across the river above tie pontoon
and during the night The aft came to hand, bE
II was etec.ualiy prevented from iulhling III
, mission and thus was the scheme OF tho REBEL
, TO cut off our communication with the soutl
, side of the river cheCkmAted.
EarlV in the evening We hal another excite
Hnent. courier come In from Cumb. rla1S
, Gan. which had left carly last Friday, ard b.
brought the great news that Grant haa attacked
Bragg that morning.
Z Monday was another bright. balmy day. on
, passed without material activity ON opr front
, As dark, our skirmlshers before cur lefs Gel Tn
, got up en- impromptu scare and rushed bacl
: pei. NELL upon our lines, firing the buildings 9
: fhev came la few mnutss we had ono o
the erardest corhagrAtion5 | have ever wit
messed. Looking on tue scene from tie Sum
, | nit Battery, the plalc below seemed almost al
! ocean OF flame.
? THURSDAY. NOVEMBER QGrn.
LIST night cur scout. Reynolds, came in fseI
1 Kingston. bringing news OF Grants succest
]. We do not know the partculsrs; We 0n.
= know tina. Bragg has ceased TO BE- power II
. the land and that Il sufficient. day "
; en- safely shout hoscnras, and observe y
4 Presidents csy Of Thanksgiving IN prope
!. | spirit.
< l have yet TO sketch the history Of two day
a --dsys thai arc lie SO many others IN GU Il
4 cent history, showing the courage and devOtio
u TO ccuntry that illumes these tsrnes.
2 Ealy Tueaday morning we discovered IA
{. the enemy we're getting impegtinently close I
. our m5in lines, having crowded our picke
k aud skirnli hers back duTir z the night. and
It partial sol tie was received upon. The
T. Michigan rasce dash upon TIC rebel rife ~
r IN front If Fort Saunders carried them
Is the point 0f the bayoret, and. tuning bsava1
y fr the nonce, flied Up The pits. On anoid,
Il PART Of The line, tAo Ash Pennsylvania IN
h 21s. Massachusetts made g eimuar oharg'
e Il MI o-A In .fsrr 81
J. teen men Ia tae affair. Our entire loss Curiu
&c TIE day was soma six.y--pTincipally from d
s 81 Michigan, O.aer regiments may have 20
70 hlbiy been engaged In he affair, but II 90 il b.