The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-01-01


sturgeon. CenssalA, Mexico, J,6to.n, aid
wssrsasoo, burned: also. one station and per-
'aps twenty can; from fhy to sixty eulve,'s
srss and small three CT four water stations !:
10000 ties; iron 9O0 70 $40 telegraph poles ::
and Eve miles Of iron, and ten miles Of sre.
'endsred useIess; two trains. one having ei ht
carloads of hogs. and several cars Of hemp.
ana the other having tso cars Of mel ehsndee.
Ire in the possessioo Of the rebels. and four en-
gines are lying where they can be seized By
Them.
Soms Of the men Who belonged 70 the ira n.
have arrived here. from whom learn that the
psraons vho did the damage are yss encsmped
.IOog the road. sbou, 500 being at High Hill,
aud other bodies as or near Msrtinsbure, Mex
'co. Csntralla, Sturgeon, and Allen.
Al C~nsralia they we're within half mile OF
tue camp Of the Berge sharp shooters. and des
iroyed bridge ard water station. Two freight
trains we're captured within four miles Of tie
camp u . dstschment Of the same 70, CO q,
asnick. The ~otk Vas directed BY practical
railroad men. aud the right course vas alss,,
aiken to make the destauctiou corpiete
Where the track was taken up the rails we're
removed, ties gathered in pill and set on 6re,
and the rails throsn across the pile, 90 ,hs
~hsn the centre Of the rails became heated tn.
weight Of cold ends bent theu % q TO render
hem useless.
In destroying :he bridges the fires we're kin
lied around the corners, where they would
sooner throw the bridge down, and the trus eel
kirders which spannsd the open eul'srts we're
burned With the ties to heat the rails. a. were
also the frames on ~hich the water tai Ks stood
Usually the house, Of railroad men. ard Of ali
Union men Ia the vicinity Of the railroad, were
.ur rounded and the inhabitants assured that no
harm was intended them. while they remained
in doora We hear Of scarcely any pilsge.
~ other outrage. beyond the destruction Of the
road aud telegraph line. The damage to the
road cannot be short Of $500. 900. and At leas,
a month will be required 70 repair il 20 that q
train can psss.
St. Louis. Dec. "a.
About one thousand Of the rebel prisoners
Isben By Gen. Pope arrived here late Lac, night.
and we're allowed to remain in the cars until
This morning. when they we're escorted b,
heir csptors under Col Davis, to Dr.. Dowslr.
Medical CsIlege, where they will BE- qua, tered
'or the present.
Washington, Dee a.
Not more than twensy-o ns Senators we.e
present at the session, the majority Of them,
- we'll - many members of the House having
eff the city.
The Attorney. General has respectfully de-
rlined 70 give to the Senate his opinion on
,rivase claim. alleging precedent 40 veil a. wan,
u power - qualification for non compliance
With the request.
Albany, Dec %
Controller Denniston has returned from
Washington, having secured from the Secreta
y Of the Treasury . return of ~ per cent. OF
he money sdvsnred BY the State for expenses
II the var. The sum thus received By the
state il Bliss 900.
New York, Dec. a.
The 2imts publishes an interesting state.
nens made BY Lieut.. Hurd, af the % Maine
Segment. ~ho vas wounded and taken prison
= ss Bull Run. a d has recently been released
Ie, together with Col Cotcoran and some sou
,.hes.. we're seusnsd in the Charleston Jail a,
hey only escaped from the Jail, which vas
'urned, BY leaping from window, no fort be
ng made BY the Charlestonians to save them
;olonel Corcoran, Lieut. Hurd believes, escaped
Turing the confusion, - he expressed his de
erminaton TO Try to reach Beaufort or the
i0sth, and has not since been hea d from. Ac
ordiug TO Lieut.. Hu,d's representations. tie
a,ionAl prisoners nov in the South are treated
n the most brutal and unjust;6able manner.
Chicago, Dec. "a.
The Memphis Appel Of the 10Th has the
blowing: "A Richmond correspondent, says
D addition to the s1st. OO' p'op'iAted by the
Confederate Congress for the relief of CHARTS
on sufferers. the Legislature Of Virginia vi
appropriate $4,000 Collections also we're
sk~n up in oil the Churches on the 9th.
The Fort Smith Nsrs Of the 18th has dis
news from the Indian country. The
;reeks, Chorokees and Seninoles are deeerting
ne rebel cause. Large numbers have j,ined
'po'hley hoIo. vho encsmped about Big Bend
Arkansas. with four thousand Indians, we'll
rmed with rifles. revolvers and knives, and
'aked to the waist. To oppose this force the
sbels had . small force under Colonel Cooper,
sho Vas clamorous for reiniorcements, A bat
10 Vas daily expected, - the Two armies we're
My 70. miles apart.
The Nsw Orleans Dslta Of the 18th, says the
laval commander Of the Federal Aeet 10, bsde
he transmission Of Gen. Phelps proclamation
shore, and threatened to Ere into any boat tina.
attempted 70 carry is.
The Fort Smith Nsss Of the 9Th learns
rom the telegraph operator At Fayetteville.
hat shout one hund.ed ULiou men we're ares
ed as Madison.
The Nashville Ca;o~ Of the 18th has crafty
ne assursnces that Lineolns message had pro.
ueed complete revolution among the Union
pen.
The Georgia Legislature appropriated $lG0
90 fer the relief Of Chnlesson sufferers.
4 dessrtsr from Centresile, Who came In TO- |
~. says that recently portions Of several reg.
nenis we're move thence to Fairfax. Centre.
ills he calls impregnabl~, and oil be defended
y nos far from lou. O0U troops. The whole
rny has been for more than three Is in
ally expectation Of an attack by Mcclellan, but
fer waiting 20 long 10 vain, had settled into
he ernviction that there would be no advance |