The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-12-04

VI purpose, ~ well IA Ia breviy, It will re.
mind the people Of the early Presidents.
Further doubt il thrown upon The Ponsa.
cola story - narrated by the Reccls, by the
well-ascerl ained fact that o. last accounts
only the Niagara aud lew tenders were on
Pickens; mat the former draws four feet too
much alter " enable her to lass the bar, as
she was said 70 have done, and that the Lilo
RADIO was, when last heard from, b.ocksd NJ
south. West Pass. IL Is thought probable In
high quarters that If colonel Brown did open
fre, IL was mainly for the purpose OF destroy
ing the wooden barracks In which the Rebels.
who arc without tents, were sheltering them.
selves.
Oorresasndsnes Of the N. Y. Eera'd.
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Parties arc now here representing large Eu
rsI ~ sndAmerican IL tsrests urging upon gov
einment The necessity ot constructing q snip
"a al betws en- Lake E ie aud L ,ke Michisa,,.
They look to the wealthy state Ut New York
TO widen and deepen It's great canal, and to
snv D.a,o ", 1uiujIs ~ enlarge It's ClEAl So
that vessels may be ladened, acco, ding t.
their theory, nine months OF The year 90 The
Mississippi and disCh irsed Oh the Hudson
II 10 assorted that by The time the canal could
be completed, should the government enter
at once upon the prof set, the predictions Of
the West would swrll vastly beyond their
present dimensiors. and give 10 the COUNTRY
great additional resources tor an exchange Of
products for tEo staples and manufactures Of
Europe.
cors:sandencs of.hsN. Z. Timss.
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The Presidents Message Is completed
The report Of The Secretary Of the Navy has
been forwarded ". mi ht to the agents If the
Associated Press, North, 70 be published
when H. Is introduced. A synopsis OF the
report Of the Postmaster. General has also
been forwarded, with the same conditions at
tached. The report Of tho SEC -etary Of War
will not be completed until tomorrow morn
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BY tho ingenuity Of the rebels, loyal mer.
cantile houses have been mad the medium,
Of conveying intelligence between the rcbois
and their agents abroad. IL some instances,
however, firms, every member OF which have
been identified with the Republican party,
have sustsined The Administration, aud have
Subscribed largely " The National loan, have
ceen found in this awkward position, and
when told Of it have oeen indignant At tho
suspicion thus seemingly cast upon their
loyalty, but were uoable 10 deny palpable
facts which showed how completely they had
been used 10 serve the purposes Of the
rebellion, though unc0nsciOusly 10 thom.
selves. Tho manner in which the thiog was
conducted was this A rebel messenger from
tne south would mail letters from some North.
ern Post office, directed to fictitious party In
London, care VI some house In New York OF
known loyalty, and they, supposing that the
letters came FROM some Of their correspond.
ents, would put the letters With their own
mail and forward them. The removal Of the
envelope would disclose q second supcrscrp.
ton, and that the narne Of some rebel cDis.
sary abroad. Tneir letters Ia reply would bc
forwarded 70 fictitious address, care Of The
same house il New York, and marked. ITO
be called for" The person calling would be
rebel messenger. The Government de.ect
ICES deserve great credit for their ingenuity
10 ferrsting cut this dodge Of the rebels, aud
this disclosure IN the T~ssS will probably
put our loyal merchants on tneir guard.
eoeelal DlspAtoh 10 the 0ln inaau Case tts.
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OF Elk hundred and forty ihonssud soldiers
The estimated strength VI the army according
to Secretary Cameron's report: Illinois fur.
nishes eighty thousand Ohio, eighty one
New York ono hundred aud one Pennsyl
vanis, nearly ninety five; Indiana over ntty
seven thousand. There are over twenty
thousand regulars. The cavalry 10 nearly
sixty thousand IN humber and Secretary
Cameron secommends it, gradual reduction
Mr.. Cameron also recommends the sbroga
lion Of oil distinctions between regulars ans
volunteers.