The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-01-01
The Mi,.i..iDpi Lei l..ure have /. Dian m.

The Mississippi Legi l.ture have plan m
der consideration 20 advance to planters tss pei
t.e on cotton. A proposition u /. 10 peadna
l. charter banks bas~d On cotton.
IL the ssms body. the bank dill just psssed
provide. that banks shall receive State Treasury
notes in payment Of debts. and that the note'
Of banks shall be receiv ad fer all public dues ex
cept the Confederate var tax.
ST. Louis, Dec. %.
Gen Hslleck has Issued the folio sing genera
order: "In virtue Of authority conferred b!
the President Of the States, martial lsw, hereto
fore declared in this city. viii he enforced. Il
virtue Of the came authority, martial Law i
hereby declared, and ~iii be enforced. in . (
about oil the railroads Of this State. II 10 no
intended by this decIa alton, to interfere vii,
he jus isdiction OF any civil court shch 10 loys
TO the Governments Of the United States, an,
~hich will aid military authorities in enforcin,
order AID Furnishing crimes. COmmsLdib,
officers, troops aid posts will be be Id respoIsi
ole that their commands are ready to move at
moments Hafning. Excuse for delay and san
VI preparations all lot hereafter be admitted.
New York. Dc 81.
A letter has been receised from Archbisho,
Hughes, stating that his health has been great
ly improved by his voyage.
News BY the Arago confirms the report tina
Prince Napoleon has exercised an influence "a
vorsble 10 this country since his return I,
France.
The London Times Paris correspondent
state. distinctly that the Emperor and his Minis
is,ers have made up the ir minds to countenanc,
the Southern Couf.deracy, even 10 the extern
If recognizing It at ca ly day, but have e
lar been prevented from making their feeling
knoWn TO the press d nation through the in
auence Of Prince Napoleon. 1t is .aid that h,
- preparing q speech for delivery in the French
Senate, taking a Northern view of our intern.
troubles.
New York. Dec ~.
The Hsra'Ts correspondence, Washington
26th: "The Cabinet hsd long consultation
Yesterday. on the affair If the arrest of Mason
and SlideIl. Although the proceedings are ne
cesssriIy withheld from the public, We have
good reson for believing that the conviction has
been come to. that the brIlgerent attitude as
.uned by the English Government on this ques
ton from the fact that the dispatches con
v.yed by The Trent, under the charge of Mas or
and Siidell, rendered TO Great Britain a protec
tOrste over the Southern States. aid, if neces
-sry, to make them British colonial possession
IL is stated on high authority. that the whole
matter, 80 far as has been developed, viii be
laid before the public in few days, without res
ervstion, although the 6nal dec sion of the Gov.
will be ie.erved until the arrival OF
Gen Scott at Washington, which he will probs
oily reach to night.
Washington, Dec. ~.
The Richmond Examiner. of Tuesday, great
" fears that the United States will surrender
Mason and Slidell TO the British authorities.
Ii adds. the United States will submit to a
shame yet unrecorded in The annals of the his
iory Of any action. Rather tian disturb their
"fe, nal purpose to grind into the earth the lib
critics Of the Southern people by the abb, CT
submission demanded, the United States may
ut, but only for awhile, q war with Great
s, irain.
THE Examiner says that feet is now the
most exigent desideratum with the South, and
censures the Confederate Government and IN.
Ulcers Of the Confederate navy. for their airgu
lar turpi'ude in all matters pertaining to ships
.;.-- contains copioue ex,-aets from Northern
papers up to the 22d inst.
The general appropriation bill, approved b,
avis, appropriates for the army
about sixty millions OF dollars, aud for the nav,
about four miIliops.
A naturalization Law has passed TIE Confeder-
ate Congress, which extends its provisions to all
persons Lot citizens Of the e tied States, who
ue engaged in the naval ser vice of the Confed-
rrscy during The war.
The Nashville Di.patch of the gath inst. says
hat gold sold there, on th, 2Sd, at IS per cent.
premium, whic, is a decline Of Is per cent.
rom former prices. Some days ago il cold a
10 per ceht premium.
Washington, Dec ~.
President Lincoln, accompanied by Captain
Dab lgren, visited the Pensacola 10 Gay, on her
trial "trip.
Co onels Meagher ard Asboth have been
nomr atrd as B, :sadier Generals.
Gen. Rosencrauz arrived here from Western
Virginia TO day.
rhe President has approved the bin providing
Tor the appointment OF three Commissioners
+ ON each State, to visit the camps to receive
md forward to the friends and families of SOL
tiers allotments of pay.
St. Louis Dec. ~.
The following resum. of recent military oper-
atoms in Missouri i. obtained from reliable re.
sources: Within the past two weeks the On
on q ms captured 2. 500 rebels, Including about
so commissioned officers. 300 horses aud mules,
100 stand Of arms, Q tons OF powder, 100 va
zons. an immense amount Of commiseary stores
~ camp .qvipsge, the large foundry At Lex.
ng,on, used by the rebels for casing cannon,
'hct. and shell; also. moot Of the rebel craft 10
Missouri. including f.rr, boats, have been cap
ured or destroyed. pretty clean sweep has
been made Of the whole country between the
Missouri and the Usage Rivers, and Gen. Price
"a been cut of from all supplies and recruits
rom Northern Missouri. He is in full retreat
or Arkansas, With his Whole amy. having
'assed through Springfield on Monday iast.-
Dur loss in accomplishing these important re
ulrs, has no, exceeded 100 ia killed and wound.