The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-01-21

I'D biz leading Cabinet ministers.
Que Of them contained this sentence: For
ioo's sake send Us al or ~ perish II l. .
whispered taa, concentrated movement i be- .
q made 20 reueE ,4e pressure. Oh the ?. an q
he President tor tae r=5rgo. z4.'ol 81 Che ca .
net. II such a movement : In progress, pa- .
aculars are carefully concealed.
Memphis, J4a II
Its rumored tha. Gen. Gan, has evacuated
Holy Springs and thar the greater par, o.. Ten
aess-e IS TO be giyea up for the present, aid
heavy force 10 move dom upon VicS~14rg over
laad as vel a. by w.,e-. is a.-o rl.a3-es
tha, Helena, Ark j. also 10 be evsca.-ed. bl-
only temporarily. L i also reported ia the clay
that Corntn had been thse4,ered, and TIA, Gen
Ross division had been ordered there.
LArER-Gen ShernAu's locality is o-'os y
poleon L IS SAID be has arrived az Memphis
by the steamer Benton.
The rebel loss from the shells OF orr ~ gan
boat. and batteries i reported TO b. Eve times
a. large a. ours The chef ob-,ac. .o4 OH tar
river bel1~ Helena. is the battery a- Cypress
Bend, which has been destroyed
Madison. Wis, Jan. Is
The Supreme Colrt a, Madison, ia The ta5eas
corpus case Of the O.auk-e rioters. TO-DAY. d-ci
ded invalid the 6r-t clause of t.e Presidents or
der dec'asng martial Aw over t.e Safe, and
sui citing citizens 10 military trill
The power u declare martial las over a State
where rebellion was actual or imminent va con-
ceded; but it was held thar There exists DO ae
ces-,y for it ia Wisconsin. since tbe c.si. trba-
mails are maintained, aud .stie- thereby admin
istered
ST. Paul Jia. Is
The Republicans Of tie Minnesota LIZ stature
nominated Gov. Ramsey for L. = Senator thi.
evening.
Harrisburg Pa, Jan %.
Al noon the Senate and Hoa-- met ia joint
Session and upon the f.s, ballot, Hon Charles
r. Buckaew IA. elected United States senator
in place Of David Wnmot, BY TWO majoity
Bnghampton. y Y. Jan. l3.
A very mourniuI c4tras'oph- occuf,I ye-rer-
day at Harpersv.ic. Boone county p'-,s.
ure party of thirty seven ladies' and ger-sfne..
we're skating on pond ia that v.caity. when
the ice gave way aud twenty seven of them we're
drowned.
Portland, Ne. jar. -.
A special Dispatch from Augusta. saw Hon
Lot NJ Morril vas elected L. S Senator b. ID
vote in the House Of - against 46, and iu the
Senate by a vote OF - against
Cairo, Jan, ID
Passengers from Memphis reports tbat
Porters squadron had arrived at tie mouth
Of White River. Part Of it commence, a 70 es
cend the stream, accompanied by a heavy land
force under McClernand
Gen Graut and .iaf had arrived a' Memphis.
Holly Springs is reported TO be almost eonsu-
med. The railroad there II taken up aad the
rails brought TO Memphis
New Yo,k, Jaa. n.
BY the arrival Of the Ua.ea states suab5a.
Clifton at South West Piss. ou ta. ev,un. OF
Jan 8, learn that early on the morning Of Jaa.
l, the rebels made an attack by land and waite,
on the Union forces at Galveston.
Our gunboAts were attacked bv i've rehel
steamers, projected by double rows OF bales OF
cotton, aud loaded with troops armed with rides.
nuskets, shot guns g..
The Harriet Lane was captured bv boarding
-f'e~ about III OF h.. oGi-.,-, iuOiulinz Capt
Waln~nght and Lieut.. Lee, and crew Of 1870.
all told, had been killed by mu-ketrv from the
rebel steamers. Ny Informant states tha, but
one or two Of the officers. aud but - OF / b OF
the crew escaped death. The euu0oais Clifton
aud O"asco were engaged and esciped-thc
iormer losing 10 men, aud but ore wounded
The O~asco lost one killed, ana Is wounded
rso oarks. loaded with coal fiji iuto the hand.
CT the enemy
The Wes,deld flag ship) Commodore Ron.
shaw, was no, engaged, being ashore 10 another
channel. Her crew were transferred 10 tlso,.
ports, and Commodore Reushaw fearing She
would fall into the hands OF the Rrb l.. 6l-.s he,
up 81 some Eismanagement or accident. the
xglosion TOOK place before boa. co t4i.ing
CON Reushaw, Firs; Lieut. Z umer.uau, AID tue
boats crew, gota away, aud they were cons. aaent.
y blo"n up with tue ship.
The crew OF the Wes,fed arrived at New @.
leans IN transports, and the remaining troops are
o. .heir way back. They did not arrive u.l The
place had been evacuated. All the feet are on
their way TO New leans
The rebel force was estimated at Olo. under
the command of Gen Nagruder. Oar land
force, under the command at Col. BurreH Of
Massachusetts,, probably did not exceed 500.
the residue not having arrived, or hot having
disembarked a, the time Of the 6.s,.
Our loss was estimated az tfom $50 TO
atied' and 200 taken prisoners. The navy saf
tered the most. Il is thought the rebel l5s-
must have been much more. az our guns were
firing grape and canister coa,iaualg IN taei.
midst.
The rebels had several ba.ierie. on shore.
The Union troops were on one Of the long
"harves' and ii i said they repulsed two charges
OF the rebels before they surrendered.
These particulars were told me at South Wes-
Pass On the morning of the 4th. by Executive
Ohcer Summertou of the I. ). ship PAmoerto.
ana are doubtless in the main correct.
T. D. COOK; r., Parser,
[. 5. steamship Creole, us. Broad xay
Washington. jan. a.
Our b'oekadiog feet has just captured some
very important dispatches from ! 4 Davis and
bis Secretary of Slsts. 10 Mason, Sidsl and
others, in Europe. These desPa,c5es give many
important facts and detail ia regard 10 the CON-
ditOn Of the Rebels. They give the strongest
statements Of the desperate straits 70 ~hicl the
leaders are reduced, and show that unless they