The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-02-19
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= aJzcxsoyyIILI, Florida, has been re.occu-
b{ed bythe Union troops.

S&eeshbve beeh closed on account OF the
ravages Of the small pox.
HIcss&Alr sTArroS has issued orders to
ell officers in command of negro troops to
fill up their regiments as speedily as posi-
ID bylconsciption or otherwise - - , !
The DEPOT of the Central Ohio Railroad
fas Evansville was partially destroyed by
fie on Tuesday. JaEET
I'D GEN. BURNSIDE said recently in Boston
~thst ont Of $1,000 contrabands in his de-
partment, fully one half had died within a
NsMl from destitution, starvation and dis
ease. The abolition of slavery seems to be,
practically, the abolition of the negro.
" THIRTY guerrillas entered the town OF
::Tilton, Kentucky on last Friday and rob
BED tho citizens of about g., 600 and horses
and mules. IN ...~, -, ~
SENATOR HICKS, of Maryland is danger
ously i'll with Typhoid fever. IA
GENERAL BuRBRIDGE is to relieve Gen,
AMMrs in command of the United States
forces in Kentucky. !z5H3ya /
"A SECRET military detective force has
been put on duty in Cincinnati in place OF
the patrol guard, to see that officers and
ssprivatss conduct themselves properly. 7
A FOREIGN adventurer styling himself
.
CDR. LEWIS ADoLpHus," has been victimizing
the people of Cincinnati for about three
years. His swindling and forgery having
recently been exposed, the fellow has es'
capped for Europe. ..,-.
"a Jas. 8. CLARK, pay clerk in rhe mint in
nDsnYer City ran away on Saturday with
$50, 900 in gold and greenbacks.
: as KENTUCKY has enlisted but 700 men Of
her quota, under the call for 100000. New
s Hampshire has raised 600 more than her
quota.
A THIRD ticket headed by the name of
Christian Roselins, for Governor has been
put in nomination in Louisiana.
- RECENT town elections in the State of
New York show large Democratic gains.
FIVE boys were arrested lately in Phila'
delphia, charged with arson and burg lary.
"A TELEGRAM from Waverly, West Va.
under date of Feb. 18th says:
I'm asssrters from Jackson's Rebel force
came into our lines here to- day. They re
port Jsckson's forces as having received
their horses on Friday last, consequently
they are now mounted, and we may hear Of
their activity before long. s q
GEN. BUTLER proposes to establish a
common school system at Norfolk and For
tress Monroe similar to that of Massachu-
sets. #E.s-
If GEN. GRANT is made Lieutenant Gen
eral bis salary will amount to nearly SID
600 yearly. He will have over seventy
major generals under his command.
LEROY T. EDWARDS, of Norfolk, is Pres
ident and W. j. OowJEG editor of the par
gina State Journal, is Secretary OF the
Constitutional Convention now in session
ut Alexandra. .EE .
A NEWSPAPER called the Palmetto Herald
10 to be established at Port Royal, south
Carolina. s..
A scoUNDREL pretending to be Provost
Marshal, has succeeded in levyins black
mail by the arrest of several citizens of
New York recently. He arrested citizen
Of the Fourth Ward few days ago and
demanded $500. The citizen made COM
plant to the proper authorities and the
fellow was arrested and sent to Fort La
fayette.
DuRINe the year 1853, 297 fires occurred
in the city of New York destroying proper
ty to the value of $547,l27,
GENERAL BUTLER has issued an order
- torbidding the sale of liquor to be drunk
on the premises under the penalty of fine
and Imprisonment at hard labor.
The U. S. Senate has enacted that Sena,
"a tors shall not go before Court-martials, re-
ceivs fees for prosecuting claims against
the Government, &c.
The SENATE on Saturday voted not only
to give the negro soldier the same pay as
!, the white, SIS per month, but also to feed
and elothe his father, mother, brother and
sister, if he has such, Since call men are
equalv why isnet some provision made for
Z the destitute families of white soldiers?
-. The TELEGRAPH has been completed to
Little Rock, Ark, eia st. Louis and Fort
Smith. ..ys
EVERY Minnesota regiment whose time
eYnires in the snrinp has re enlisted eXcept