The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-09-03

.ad Judge Cooper 70 come up and make q
treaty.
The Chippeva agent. Walker, against whom
complaints have been made by the Chippeuss,
il reported to have committed suicide in Q fs Of
insanity.
The Chippews difficulty following 20 close up
On the Sioux raid, causes great alarm. The nor
thern part of the State ID making earnest appli-
cation for military aid.
Dispatches from Colonel Sibley, the 25th says
that he arrived at ST. Peter on the 22d. He bad
been actively engaged in afording al aid possi-
bic to the beleagued villages.
Major Fowler, With SO mounted men, made .
reconnaissance on the Fort Ridgely route the
previous morning. He returned to St. Peters at
o'clock on the morning of the 25th. He
brings the bodies of some women who were
killed within seventy miles of St. Peters. He
reports the destruction of property to be beyond
calculation.
The Indians attacked New Ulm on Saturday.
The fight continued till late in the evening.
Nothing has been heard from them since.
Gov. Sibley axis for full regiment, to be at
once seut up, armed and equipped. He thinks
they, and still more, will be needed before the
Indians are subdued. He thinks he will have
four or Eve thousand warriors to meet, sooner or
later.
L. A. Evans, Mayor of St. Cloud writes to
the Governor, that q committee Of reliable citi
Gems appointed to visit the scenes of the recent
reported marders, had just returned. They
went as far g Paynesville, and found some two
hundred persons in the vicinity of that place and
Norway Lake murdered. Paynesville petitions
lives and property in Stears, Marker and Aonon-
gahea counties. Many persons have been driv-
en- from their homes, leaving crops but partially
harvested.
Arrivals at this city from New Ulm report
scenes too shocking to recount.
Chicago, Aug. 26.
The ST. Paul Press Of the l4th, says that
careful consideration of the evidence sccumula-
ted so far, forces conviction that the influence
Of white men is at the bottom of the Indian
massacres. For weeks past white men Nilsson.
rians) have been among them.
The fact that remote tribes, like the YOuklO-
was and Cutheads, have been moving in concord
with Sioux; that large body attacked fortified
artillery post like Fort Ridgeley-an attack with.
out precedent in Indian history; that Indians
butchering missionaries, who have spent their
lives among them, and who, in ordinary circum.
stances, would possess great influence over them
all seems to indicate some directing inte.
gence, superior to that Of the Indian. We are
forced to the conclusion that this outbreak is 4
deliberate, concerted plan, its purpose being
to embarrass and distract the General Govern.
mert by alarming it for the safety Of its froEtier
and requiring the retention here of large nun
Der of troops, who might otherwise be different
ly engaged.
New York, Aug. %.
The Washington correspondent of the Trib-
une says: "The Rappahannock line is abandon
doned, and our forces have fallen back to anoth.
er position ten miles to the rear Fredericks.
burg, of course, is retained in our possession,
and Aqua Creek, as we'll as the rest of the Pc.
tonac bank, is to be defended.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.
The Inquirer Of this city has accounts of a
rebel raid on Bustow and Manassas Stations.
They captured the 18th n. Y. battery, destroyed
four supply trains, tore up the railroad track and
demolished the telegraph.
St. Paul, Aug. %.
Ten whites we're killed and from fifty to one
hundred wounded at New Ulm, in the fight on
Saturday. The Indians fought bravely and reck.
lessly. Their loss is considerable. On Saturday
our small force under Major Flandrew, fearing
il could not stand another attack, withdrew to
Mankat's Landing The town was left to the
mercy Of the Indians. 1t is reported that there
were between FIVE hundred and thousand Indi-
ans in the fight. Col. Sibley's command probs-
bly, reached Fort Ridgely yesterday.
The Adjutant General of Minnesota issued or
ders to commanding officers to seize all horses
and means OF transportation necessary, giving
a receipt to owners. The massacre does not
seem confined to one locality, but is spread over
"a vast amour, Of territory. 1t is reported that
GU. of As families, all but two persons we're kill
ed at Lake Shetek, sixty miles southwest of New
Ulm. But these reports are undoubtedly exsg-
gerated, many persons having fed and secreted
who are probably supposed to be
killed.
Chicago, Aug. 2s.
A dispatch from Desmoines, Iowa, to day,
says arrivals from Fort Dodge, bring reports of
the destruction Of Springfield, on the Minnesota
State line, by Indians. Emmett and Dickinson
counties are reported to be in danger. Settlers
are fleeing south to Fort Dodge and other places
Tor safety. A gentleman from Fort Dodge il
now here to procure arms and ammunition.
New York, Aug. 20.
The Alexandria correspondent of the Tribune
states that Oh Tuesday night, the pickets at
Manassas Junction were driven in and two
of the 1O5th Pennsylvania and one
company of Pennsylvania cavalry and artillery
stationed there were surprised and attacked by
Zen. Wells (Ewell's?) division, numbering from |
900 to 10000 infantry and cavalry with artil- |
cry. After a short skirmish the handful of
men at the Junction fed, the rebels turning |
lpon them nine of their own guns, and keep |
ng up a brisk FIRE, till the Union troops were |
aiken prisoners, a few escaping across Bull
Run.
Here, at Union Mills, two regiments of Gen. |
)ix's division, the llth and 18th Ohio, under |
,ol. Scammon we're stationed, and they imme-
la telv Advanced tn meet the annroarhinv hOdv