The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-11-09

rebel General. At the same time de-
tachment OF military proceeded 10 the
Richmond House and captured the rebel
Col G. =. Leger Greenfel. MOrgan's Adiu-
tanJ General. and J. T. Shanks. an ESCAPED
prisoner. d. :. Morris. 2 man noted for his
hatred 10 the North. was also arrested and
S now confined ia Camp douglas In = dis
patch 20 General Cook this morning. Col.
Sweet says: D." ! have complete proof OF his
having assisted Shanks, the rebel prisoner.
10 escape and OF plotting 10 release the
prisoners al this camp" Meanwhile. an
other detachment OF the military invested
. the residence OF Charles Walsh. near Camp
Douglas His house was entered and a
portion OF lis contents taken 10 camp Capt
Canirell. and q private named Charles Ira
yers, both belonging 70 the rebel service
We're found there snd arrested a. spies. In
Nalsh's house was found POO stand OF arms.
with al the necessary ammunition. and two
cart / OF large revolvers. loaded and
capped. IN readiness for use. In regard 10
the a--nSt Of Walsh CO. Sweet saws he has
eFide enough against him TO insure his
swinging for treason. Col. Sweet has
I proofs Is his possession that il was the plan
Of the rebel cOnspirators and home traitors
! 70 releare tho rebel prisoners al Camp
Douglas. ana burn the city The camp
was - have been attacked on two sides To-
morrow night the rebels released. and the
4 city plllaSed and burned. simultaneously
With the above arrests 10y the military. the
/ police entered : room in building adOln-
/ ins the MGttesOn House. captured two large
/ boxes OF loaded guns concealed there. The
police made raid early this morning on
the DOnelsOn House. in Canal 81. and cap
tured forty bushwhackers who had been
tracked there, all OF them armed 10 the
teeth.
New YORK, NOV. I.
Police Superintendent Kennedy has ls-
sued an order 10 the members of the Metro
+ pOiitan Police, instructing them TO enforce
tomorrow Throughout. the district. com
pliance with the State law, requiring that
no liquor shall be sold on election day. that
no box for the distribution OF tickets shall
be erected within $50 feet OF polling place
and that no unjustitiable physical fore shall
be used either by policemen or citizens TO
lncite or intimidate electors.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 7.
A dispatch from Gen Blunt, dated Neo-
shO Missouri, Oct 30th. says on the 2Sth
he came up with Price at Nowtonia. and
after a severe fight Of three or four hours
drove the enemy from the field in confusion
with loss OF 200, including two Colonies
! Our total loss was about l20. The troops
consisted of Ford's and JennisOn's brigades
Of Blunts division. The enemy was fully
10, 600 strong. Gen. Price is rapidly re-
treating towards Ca5syille and will be Wig
Or0usly pursued. He is reported a. still
having large train, and about 10, 900 I'm
a. ned cOnscripts, but this q quite doubt
full About GO rebel prisoners captured
from Pc arrived yesterday Others are
TO come.
BOsTON Nov &.
The hearsage arrived here last night -
She brings as prisoners OF war the Chief En-
gineer. the Surgeon and l6 men Of the pl-
rate Florida. The Florida arrived at Bahia
Bay, San Salvador on the night OF the 5th.
The Wachusett was also in harbOr, waiting
for Goals. Capt Collins determined 10 sink
the Florida in port and at ; o'clock steered
for her, hitting her Oh the quarter without
doing great damage. Capt Collins now
called out 10 surrender or he would sink
her The First Lieutenant OF the Florida
replied that under the circumstances he
would surrender The Florida was tOWed
10 sea, her Captain, Morris, and half her
crew We're ashore. No lives were lost Two
officers and 80 Of the crew were captured
TORONTO c. w., Nov. ).
Startling Developments in regard To a
secret reasonable body Of Z" Fenian Broth
erhoOd" are being made in this city. Sc
creted arms have been found and the lead
ers in the conspiracy are being arrested -
There IL existing a painful feeling Of inse-
curiiy
OswEGo Nov. g.
! There are reported disturbances at Sack
L. 4 ,Fr
Ole gun was sent out there from Fort On
tario.
WASHINGTON. Nov. ..
The soldiers in hospital here voted almost
unanimously Tor Lincoln and Johnson
BALTIMORE. Nov. 5.
The Michigan soldiers in hospitals voted
I O-day. The number Of votes cast Was % !:
for Lincoln, 81 for Mcclellan, |.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3
Gen. Hancock has issued a cOngratula-
tory order 10 his corps for conduct in the
( AFFAIR OF the Zltn. lie says, newspaper cor
; respondence on the field misrepresented
the affair a. disaster The corps was in
pursuit OF definite object different from
other parts Of the army, when it was at
tackled in flank by large force OF the enc
my, and in rear by five brigades OF cavalry
The flank movement was repulsed disas-
trOusly 10 the enemy. who lost about |. 900
prisoners, colors and one gun The attack
on our rear was repulsed by our cavalry
under Gregg. The enemy expected much
from this attack, hlt gained nothing.
CITY PoIHT. Nov 4
The rebels made charge Oh the 81 Di-
vision Of the 2d Corps. in front OF Peters
burg, last night about midnight, and were
repu' ed with dreadful slaughter The loss
on our side was very slight We captured
about 100 prisoners No loss by capture
from our side