November 30.—Fort Esperanza, in Matagorda Bay, having been blown up and abandoned by the rebels, was occupied by the National forces under the command of Major-General C. C. Washburne.—(Doc. 17.)—The rebel blockade-runner Chatham, was captured in Doboy Sound, Ga., by the gunboat Huron.

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