The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-23


;.r as Charles City Court House lon tie north
Scs O. James River. not ~ below City Po.at)
VII CT captured eigh; officers and So enlisted
men, bang The whole command of three COM
Pan;aa Tie enemy's camp. with lis equip
meat, arms, ammunition. aad provisions. was
destroyed. OuT loss IS Captain Gregory, So
vcTely wounded, one serseant and one corpo-
ral killed aad -four men wounded. The New
York Mounted R.Gss Il n hours, marched 20
miles, IT, l59iL y. I. Infantry, il 81 hours,
marched IL miles. mostly il { severe storm.
moving day and uight. ard walking their
shoes CO
TR0g GEy BAyEs' EXPEDITION
\ New Orleans c0rres pendent Of the Boston
Tra,s,sr writes that the expedition Of Gen
Banks 10 Texas is Z glorious success The
Union men arc rallyi0g under the standard OF
Gen. Banks in large numbers. All the Texans
required was Z force to back them up, aud they
rcpeaiediy said tAat-f sufficient army was
s-n. 10 as 81 them they would soon have Texas
al right again. They have already proved
=. truth Of their statements. for Gen. Bauks
has recraited two reg uienis since be landed in
tina. Safe, aud the work Is ssll going OF, the
Texans coming from their places Of conceal
uent and enrolling themselves IN tbs Union
Army.
Dispatches received state that the rebel forts
OF Natagorla IshDd. and Rors Eata!.o we've
captured OF he Is. inst, ~ force under Gen.
NUshbur1e, OF tie Thirteenth Army Corps,
acting 10 cooperation wiki the United States
vessel-ot-War NOnoEgaleia, An,oGiua, Granite
Ciiy, New London and Bermuda. The forts
were sheled by Tue laval vessels, the maya
zine Of one OF item being exploded by a she'll.
throwing the earth AID timber high into TIE
ar. The army then assaulted the rife pits,
Carrying them handsomely hy storm. Our
troops behaved CALAMITY, and sustained u
trining loss. Affairs in Texas look bright for
cur arms.
The Command Of tie bay gives US substan-
tally the control Of Central and Western Texas.
and ali Of the importan; points on the east
coast, except Galveston.
The rebels evacuated EspeTanza, Nov. 90
Ii is ycsy LARGE and complete work, bomb
proof aud partially casld with Ia road iron.
1t had a CARR sou Of 1000 men, who escaped
all tutsix. By reason 0; the continuance OF
the gaze, the sunboats could not furnish Us
with Launches 10 enable us 10 cut OF their
communications, nor could they take part in
tie attack
On the 2oth We drove them from all their
and We advanced our s-arpshoo,ers
vel up TO the fost. We captured ten guns
ranging from tuenty-folr to Ons hundred AID
twenty eight pounds.
gRoA caAELEsToS
j letter from Morris Island says the rebels arc
working very hard on salivan's Issud, increa.-
ing their works. AID sAeli.ig forts Gregg aud
" aguer. Toe Ieoeliron c.sds occasiouly showed
themselves, bus were always careful 70 avoid
fight The rebels a. g said 10 De very savage and
DO 10; sfare cur men when hey catch them
Reccunoi=alccs are frequently made with the
Re, end much valuable Information obtsiued
Our forces are not idle
Private a6vces from Charleston say that the
Inhabitants are ues-'y ag 10, of tie CITY. 4
b. three niles back from The city limits, in q
destitute coudiion and dependent on half raliOns
given them by ;he rebel Comuissaries.
TIE stores are all closed. There are 20 longer
divine services 10 any ct the churches. The
Mills House las been struck three tunes with
shels, and IS now closed.
Sumter l. sun sutject to heavy ese Our
guns have full possession Of the haFbor In the
city dafkuess prevails At night, as Beauregard
mas ordered iba; tie lamps shall not be lighted
nor lights in the houses Nothing but famine
aud terror rule in the Sly, and we're it not for
tie military leaders, toe city would be surreE-
dered.
Great activity prevails 90 beth departments.
New York, Dec. Is.
By tbc Arago, il IS stated thar the recent
heavy gale swept away nearly all the rebel ob-
structions in Charleston htrbor, and that their
remnants liue The shores. TIE entrance to the
barbor IS nov believed 10 be Clear. 1t is sup
posed that CT army vii tako due advantage Of
ne fsc,s.
\ correspondent Of the Augusta Ca Sen
t'nel, v,i.e, from Charleston:
"Abou, lscriy five 100 pound Parrot shells
we're flung into tie cry - day. Old Gilmore
scattered them prcuiscuously IL the lower part
Of the CITY, ard i,Featy seemed from tie way
they ve-e pi,ched about tia. lie was trying 10
ti, somebody. The C.,y uaI building had a
hole punched 60 cue corner and come Of the mar
Ole co-nice boocked avav One struck the tel
egrsph oal,e, and the operations cut siSk."
One smashed t8ro-sn Tie roof q house in
Queen street, AID save sl falling in the neigh
horhood, { e frightened denizeus vamosed to the
tune Of double quick. Several feN in tie viciui-
Is # tie b-uks On Bod street aud East Bay,
& airing " The streets. sTnas1iug Window>psre-
AID kicking 20 mischief generally. One ven
crashing through the Mechanics and Planters
Baak, and IL is evident, think, that Gilmore
wss after making deposit, Whether be MI
oe regularly booked, and bic currency taken
at 4" par is more than can say.
Several coun:iugroous on the wbarves were
slightly suasasa-, b.t, during the entire shell
ing, which las-e1 from about hsli-qasl nile 70
one O'Clock, Do one vas hurt"
The Nere,-y ,sus desc Oes the Jolly effects o.
the shel. n in tie city:
IT Is curisu-, as Esl as gratifying, to sec
nov cools CIR oi.s-us t.se she Yankee sbeing
u the c.,s. TIE people 60 10 and tro in the
Stress very uuca 4s vs1al TIE l-di-s 60 &c,