The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-01


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We have a batch Of. Richmond and other
Southern papers, FROM which we gather the
following Interesting scconna uo5 dooipgs 7If i1
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\ A. G. Brown, Confederate Senator from
Mississippi has written . letter to tho I'D
qusy,er Of The I l3th. IN ,repty 20 9 eommanls
cation that appeared, charging tho ~ fedefai et
Government. NTH maltrsating the febef
prisoners on Johuson's Isiand. Mr. BroWn
saws he has 4 frieudthefe swho Corresponds
with him regularly, and says his imprlson.
ment, Was a. mild as he could expect, and
that he was in want of nothing but hberty,
With regard to fuel; Mr.. Brown says his
correspondent tells him the prisoners have
suffic,ency, and (ssys Mr. Brown "on
the 18th he gives . bill Of prison fare, and
l undertake to say that half the famiiies 10
Richmond do not fare 80 well.uT Again the
correspondent says :-+eMy life here would
be very endurable were not prisoner."
Mr.. Brown says he does not know why this
officer should be treated bettsr thsn any
others. and "besidss, in speaking OF the
treatment of the prisonersl' he constantly
uses the word "we Mr.. Brown states his
reasons for making this statement thusi--
"First, I would do justice to an enemy
next, would not sxasperate that enemy by
publishing exaggerated if not false accounts
of his cruel treatment of our prisoners, and
thus induce him to change mild and even
kind treatment : and lastly, these accounts
will meet the eye of many persons IN our
countr, who have friends on Johnson's ISL
and, and II uncorrected, they cannot nii 20
inflict unnecessary pain upon such persons'
With change of commanders there may
come . change of treatment, but am per-
fectly satisfied that, up to the 10Th OF last
month, the prisoners on Johnson's Island
were treated as well as thsir friends III
the Confedepacy could reasonably expect" "
Upon this letter the Enquirer comments,
and makes an issue between JEFF Davis and
the Senator by saying that if the state
mepts made as to i'll treatment of rebel
prisoners by correspondents were false,
then also President Davis made q sfalse
statement when be IN his message called
attention to the alleged i'll treatment oi
rebel prisoners on Johnson's Island: .heaa
The Enquirer copies from sps6avannah
l16eorIs Republican IA .ascou4t pl
the arrest Of Robert Toonbs, which effa
ticaeaStsifS Sdks 5sksiinsE a lERW &
sv"Wslh lhavs sid nething pf the recent ~
rest Of Gen. ffibw Colonel) Toombs asd bls
/ triaf fnow wprofsssang beforel sacodft msrrisl
|sle xh;s CITY, fsf che reason that We regar
ded it simply case Of ofMilitarNdiscipline ip
which the public would feel no particular
Interest," which language would seem to
Indicate that the Rebel Government has a
summary way of dealing with obnoxious OF
ficers by reducing them at once to lower
rank. -i.'ei
The Republican goes on to say that the
statements published in Richmond papers
about the "treason, disloyalty, passport, and
old women parts of the story are all pure
fabrications," and the real cause OF the ar
rest and trial, was on account OF a quarrel
with railroad employees. a-..,t.
The Republican says Toombs Wa. about
leaving Savannah with his eommand, and
the latter being in box cars, built hre
therein on bricks laid upon the door,' to
which the conductor of the train objected.
This excited the FIRE of Toombs aid he threat
ened to cut the conductor to pieces and put
him in his engine for fuel, and afterwards
caused his arrest and started with the train
These facts were reported to the Raj
road Company upon their complaint
Toombs was arrested and ordered to
trial. f e. = 7#I
The ENQUIRER save it is announced that
quite number of small pox cases have been
reported in Richmond, and that many per-
sons had persistently refused to put out the
white flag designating the location of the
disease. L-
The Wilmington Journal Of February
lltb. notices the great fire which occurred
in that city on the 9th, and says the bales
of cotton there destroyed would average
at least $50 pounds, worth there. $l.oO,
making the loss in cotton alone $69l 800
The other property destroyed would prob
ably bring the amount up to S1oo,ooo.I
Tue Journal believes the fire was the work
of incendiaries, and says: "Ihe extreme
frequency of Ares during the last few
weeks, contrasted with our long previous
immunity from such visitations, forces us
to look around for the cause, and this cause
we are unable to discover, without reluc-
tantly Welding to the belief that there are
dangerous charactersin our midst, and some
at least of the many fires must be their
work There is certainly some reason tor
the exercise of the utmost vigilance on
the part of both our. authorities and our
citizens" l.as" t5 'ttetSI
The Journal treats at length upon the
"agitation in North Carolina and says at
the beginning of the present war they ''se-
riously hoped and trusted that partsan az
itation, if not extinct, would at least be
suspended until the great struggle might
be brought to close;' the Journal g es on
10 allege that agitation commenced as soon
as the State of North Carolina seeded;
and the article continues as follows: But
we say here, that We only state what we
know, when we affirm that the movements
now endeavoring to be made il North Car