The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-05

TIE csnsus of Upper and Lower Canaos
which has Just been taken, gives the folio"
ing result: Upper Oanada, l,396, 10y; Low
err Canada, Lilo. e67; total, 2,5o6, 7Ss. ~
A LARGE RrwARp FOR a SMALL JOKE
We offer to payl one hundred dollars Tor
correct version of Old Abe's joke upon tne
retreat Of Gen Smiths cavalry force sent
out to relieve Sherman.
A CHANCE TO MAKE MoNEY.--One hun
dred dollars will be paid ct this efiee for .
certified copy of Old Abe's joke or story
about the present predicament OF General
Shsrman'a forces. % 8 = .2- =. A'o'
ONE HUNDRED DoLLARs.--We offer
the above reward for IN authentic version
of Old Abe's joke upon the Florida sxpe.
dition, where thousand lives were lost Ii
the attempt to get three electoral votes
It must be very funny.
TIE FREEDMEN--SEkAyoR SUMMERS Re-
poRT.-The report msde by Senator Sum
ner to day, from the Committee on Slavery
and Freedmen, in tn. bill to secure equal
ty before the law in the courts of the Uni
ted States, reviews the history Of our juris.
prudence in respect to the exclusion Of col
ored testimony in the courts, and examined
the laws in the several states relative to
this subject. Accompanying the report is
letter from Chief Justice Appleton, oil
Maine, which declares exclusion of testi-
mony incompatible with uniformity in the
ministration of law and an unmistakable
r. Ia -
Mr.. HALE, of New Hampshire, used the
following language in the q. S. Senate,
FEBRUARY l9, 1864: 81 will take this occa-
sion to say that in my humble judgement,
if there was one single, palpsble; obvious
duty that the Republican party owed to
themselves, owed to the country, owed to
humanity, owed to God when they came
into power. it was to drive plowshare
from turret to foundation of the Supreme
Court Of the United States. They should
hive done it." What desperate man this
Senator is! He exceeds his namesake "Jack
tho Giant Killer" and, like Chiron's ward,
must have been nursed on the ,entrails of
lions. and the marrow Of wild bears and
bears. ,,t...sg ,g.s
rPRoMorIoNs.-The Senate. the other day,
in executive session confirmed the nomina-
ton of Major General q. s. Grant, of vol
unteers as Major General in the regular
army, with commission dating from July
4th, 1863, to ELL an original vacancy.
The following were confirmed 40 Briga-
der Generals in the regular array: Maj
George G. Meade, Of volunteers, q ,mmissio1
dating from July Sd, 1853, VIE Sumner
deceased; Maj. Gen. VIM. Z. Sherman. o
volunteers, commission dating from July
4th, 1868, to Ill an original VACANCY; Mai
Gen. James B. Mcpherson, of volunteers
commission dating from August, 1863. vic.
Harvey, retired; II. Thomas, of volunteers
commission dating from October, 1868, vic,
Anderson, retired; Brig. Gems. Alfred
Pleasanton and G.. r. Warren have beer
confirmed as Major Generals of volunteers
The commission of ths, former dating from
June 22d, 1863; that of the latter from MAY
Sd, 1868. ......-.o5,t ,.rt J
The HUNTsv1LLE, (Ala) correspondent
of the LoaisoiAe Democrat says:
The polotics of this city and country
are Democratic, and, since the death oftha
only other national party. the Wing, tn
Democracy have taken to its embrace mos
of the surviving members of the defunc
political organization. At the last Prssi
DENTAL election, Douglas carried this count.
by 1000 majority, Bell received 600 votes
and Breckenridge, the vile apostate, whom
the American people had iNdulgently rear
ed but to be stung by his poison, 400. A
the convention called to takas the State GU
OF the Union, it gave vote of over 1,80'
for delegates to vote No. and some 800 TO
delegates to vote Yes. The majority of tn
people of this country, and, in fact, Of al
northern Alabama, have done everything
they could to avert the awful calamities tina
have befallen US; and when the history o
this rebellion is written, they will proudly
stand upon its pages as those whose
love Of county could not be bought BY
sordid gold or love bastard militar,
fame. s'-r 49,