The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-02-18
peror for the North 20 appoint commissioners to
consult h Montreal OF Ne1ico.

Taey captured some 500 rebes-noss OF them
being % Norsar's command.
Hcaloua-ters. Grand Reserve Division q
stafford e. II . Va. keo. ;. ID
Friiay morning las, about 10 o'clock, the
pickle, posi- consisting q 10 men. under Lieut..
uglsh. OF the llth Pennsylvania Cavalry, at
Wirsin,o1's Nils. some four miles from STAT
ford Court House. vas attacked by force Of
about thiriy-fye rebels, twenty % whom we're
wounded They killed t~o OF our meu, wound
"a Lieut. English. took ten prisoners, and cap
turea fiteeu % our horses. Lieut. Eugish ana
four men made their escape ander the cover Of !
darkness.
New York, Feb. II. /
Five DAYS before the North S,sr sailed from
Kew We.f communication vas received bs
Rear Admira' Bailey from our Consul General in |
Havana 30 which he stated that he had just re
eeiyea ,elrsrspA,c dispatch from the rated
states Consul a, lriniiaa de Caoa, saving that
an Eac,lsh brig had arrived irem Kingston. "a
uacia. with Information that the Ai.oama had
reached taat port on tne -0ih, ard landed tie
remaining officers and crew Of the L. :. Steamer
. Hstferas. sunk off Galveston. over a hundred 90
number IL was further reported that Tie Ala
Ita.na had suffered severely De the Il stt with the
Hatteras. taat she had five shots u Der hall,
+ one OF which through her stern post was very
bad one. She put into Kingston 10 repair dam
ages. and expected 20 be ready for sea in four
days. Immediately upon this news being re-
r ceived 10 Havana, the United States steamers
Wachu,ett sna Oaeida sailed direct for kings-
Ton and the santiago de Cuba and the K. +.
Cu,ler. chen on the south side of Cuba. were OF
dered az once Tor the same port The Tosa and
sonora a.so steamed ia the same direction
Is New York. Feb n.
There IS uot much news Of SPECIAL character
d .his morning. The Tubaues special ss,s shat
q ,he ioiat committee upon the conduct of the
war, j. prosecuting with sisor aud elect, the en-
81 ouirv into the iusubordinate iuAurnces which
e persuaded from the President countermaud OF
d. Gen Burnside- order 10 cross the Rappahan-
mock. aud renew the Fredericksburg fight The
D. Investigation has already included the influence
.e of Cabinet officer, and that of unwarlike Gene
rails.
Port ROYAL, Feb. 81.
Nos, Of Posters fleet has arrived in good con
ID ditoa.
The First South Carolina Negro Regimen. ar
rived yesterday from an expedition 90 miles "
e. the 81 Mary's river, to Woodstock They re
D. pulsed the enemy and burnt the town after a So
'g we're engagement They also destroyed the sal
works and fought Ike veterans, and repulsed
e. superior number.
New York, Feb -
= The bark Maria Sophia. from Cardiff, report
on the 3D. in lat 26:2s. long. 67.i0, she va
boarded bv man Of war. vino examined lie
. papers. The description Of the vessel answer
TO tina, OF the Alabama. Baltimore letter O
the Ilih, saws that Captain Thompson, OF th
bark Agnes reports that he spoke, Feb "a, u
"a lat 6s, long 7e.i5, the brig D4rien, bound Il
Portland, the Captain Of which Informed hiu
that The Alabama had been captured.
to New Yofk, Feb 70.
d. An army letter SAYS deserter states that Jack
son is 10 command opposite fredericksburg, lie
ad having gone towards Charleston
a. Iti- reported that the Weehawken would D
in obliged TO repair broken shaft at Hilton Head
* requiring some three weeks.
p Fosters forces were eacamped At Bay point
20 and II was rumoied be would come north for re-
e- inducements. no attack had been made on th
M city of Charleston, as late az midnight on Mon
as day, when the Arago passed through the block
pe aiding fleet.
Harrisburg, FEB. u.
Goveilor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, sent
"a message 20 the Penusy lvania leg stature t,
fr Jay, with reference TO arbitrary arrests, couteu,
ing that Congress alone has the power TO sui
.o, pend t.e writ of kabess corpas and recommen,
er ing che passage of resolutions, requesting Con
gre-s 20 take such action az may bring ihe gui
,. ,y 20 punishment and relieve The innoceu
a. Wide GOV. Curtin admits that these arrests sei
-. necessary at The commencement Of the rebe
lion. he does rot think there il 2ny occasion +,
them AZ the present time
Of Nes YORK, Feb y.
ALI The Times dispatch says that reconsoi
ut -auoe made by Col. wyudham, towards Mana
Gin -l- and suckers g 4p-, and the Rappahaunoc
river, SLOWS that there are 10 armed rebels IL
side Of the stream, with the exception Of fe
,n. of White gueu1as. sho over abog, Lee
On burg.
Ch,ago, Feb. y.
Specials from Cairo day, furnish news iro
ce N.cs-barg lp 70 Saturday. The ram Queen
5i Gle West bad returned from her tfip down Il
,r- rver, aud vas most successful Sue met a
steamers ei,n provisions FOR tae rebels AZ vics
,b. burg ami succeeded in sinking them. She too
ae $50 prisoners, one Of them Colonel Tba "a
.ve vent near enough go Port Hudson % draw Il
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