The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-01-25
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FORT cAswELL NOT BLOWN rP.


"a Porter confirms The report that the rcb-
els have blown up Fort Caswe.. and the
e4me-s Tallahassee and ChiCSamau-a.
tbs language Is as follows. \ large force
+ OF guna0lts occupy the river between Cas-
wen and Wilmington. That place IS her.
+ me,rcally sealed I'd blockade runners. No
A.ahanlas. t!Oridas. or Taliahdssees. viii
ever &c car again from that port. and our
merchants. VIII soon. hope be able 10
pursue m safety their avocations. lie
8 urther SAYS: We shall move along care
tl..y and a-ve n0 vessels blown up Oy tor
lcAoe~. il can help H. and I think We VIII
ec go Wilmington before long
New YORK Jan. "a Philadelphia dis
patch 10 an evening paper saws: By the
arrival OF q steamer Nc learn our entire
.orce under Gog. Terry advanced toward
Wilmington and were reinforced by heavy
-0lumn Il veteran troops from Tie South,
believed 10 he under command Of Gen.
Howard N heavy fighting occurred or
Tie lS.A or l9tA. /. WAS thought our troops
we're meeting wiki little or 20 opposition.
An uDconl-med rep0r, was In circulation
-14- Wilmington VAS evacuated and would
10 once be occupied 10y our troops. Light
draft -unao-ts were moving cautiously
coward Wilmington. fishing f0g lorpeiots.
There was no douo, our troops would soon
take Wilmington and The AL o.. Charleston
IS hourly expected.
NEw YORK. Jan. 25.-In addition TO the
I've blockade runners captured III Whining
tom l. is said tlat there are - or Il still
due i-om Nassau and Bermuda, their Cap
,aiAs being Ignorant OF the situation
Tie Herald thinks there IS something
significant IN the return Of FOote 10 the
rebe. Congress. Il says FO0te evidently
thinks the day OF peace IS approaching,
and il Will be 10 his advantage 10 DE IN
Richmond AZ the downfall and political
death OF Davis and Beauregard.
New YORK. Jan. 23.-The Richmond Er-
p. aH...sr OF the 10Th SAYS for The neat two
months n least. there Is TO Doe war of the
moss urgent character. IL calls Tor nilng
lp The armies. and refers 20 Davis state
meut that TWO thirds %. all the able-oolied
men are III home IL complains that the
C0mmlssary Department cannot feed their
army, while 4 Federal force can march any
where and lind plenty 10 car. IL says the
greatest necessity of aii is 20 make Lee
C0mmauder-ln-Chiel and considers IL the
only thing 10 prevent them from snojuga-
ton.
Tie HNiJ tells the rebel Congress that
the country IS becoming exceedingly al
armed az their negiecting 10 pass IN army
b.lL il looks upon IL Is al indication that
Congress has given up the cause, and THAI
they think il vain 10 contend with al enemy
so much stronger than we are.
NEW York, Jan. 23-Thc Commercial
Washington specials SAYS important militia
~ news from the South Is looked for here
hourly. Gen. Terry has force enough 10
reduce Wilmington, while sherman with the
additional troops placed M his command,
can walk through South Carolina.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-It appears from
communication OF the Secretary of War
thar The entire subject Of an exchange OF
, prisoners is now placed in the hands OF
Lieut.. Gen. Grant, and that although par
l.M exchanges have thus Tar been made.
there is reason 10 believe 4 full exchange
viii soon BE elected
NEW York. Jan. est is semi-0illcially
announced that The Tobacco captured al Sa-
vaumah hy order vi Gen. Sherman. is re-
served iog the use Of soldiers. the General
remarkin- their val0r won IT, The soldiers
accept i with rejoicing.
PRIVATE letters from our soldiers in Sa-
yanuah show that they are in the highest
spirits. and more confident OF marching
from conquest 10 conquest than NJ any for
mer period. They desire 90 march through
South Carolina and pat their mark upon
thar State. and L. fight Lees army. They
would rejoice exceedingly if they should
hear that Lee had leil Virginia. aud was
marching against them with his whole
force.
TIL Richmond Ec0puncr, I'm one Of the
gloomy articles fashionable just now AZ
Richmond, says:
Gel nara H. -r.h % chino al ie.~t bro,l~ r,r
nations as fsr individuals. There are such
uhn5r a. hope.essuess and despair. lethargv
and apathy. A conviction that all that IL
viii do must come 10 naught, all sacrifices
il can make be rendered vain. by an ire
aeemaple cau-e-a conviction resting on
rtuoua. grounds b0in 81 reflection and ex-
pertinent, VIII produce his state OF feeling
IN amy nation. however heroic and however
obstinate"
ADMIRAL PoRIER's OFFICIAL rLpORT
Noah ATLANTIC SsrADsos, FLAG ~nlrl
NAifEES, OBJ FoHI FIsHKR Jan 10
SIR wrote YOU yesterday. We have
ail the forts The army have captured !. 500
men AMI a large number Of officers mcu-
ling Gen. Whiting anu Col Lamb. The
ganDOat- are now IN the river and Whining
tom is scAel against blockade runners
The rebels have DESTROYED The works on
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