The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-18

her husband, in this city, on Friday morn
inc. Ripe in years, and adorned with num-
berless private virtues, she sunk into her
Redeemer's arms. .Sha WAS intsrred yeater-,
duy morning, at the Old Sw edes Church.
Many viii miss her kindly dispsnsed
charities, and long remember her excellen-
cies.-DslGps Gasats 18th.
ST.. Loun, March Isth. Mayor Ch.an-
coy J.. lley:resignsd today. Mayor Ell.
lsJ's adminlatranonS Of the city's ettalrs
showss grstifyine exhibit to Sc. Louis bond
hslders. Without borrowing cent, $So! /;
600 of the old indebtedness has.been iiqui,.
dated, leaving balance in the treasury Of
SITS, O00-$40, 600 more than at the con-
mencement Of his term.
ALL lettsrs to be sent South Of the I'm,
ion lines BY stlag Of truce" whether direct
ed to prisoners of war or others, must Dc
markcdon the outer envelope s'fsg OF truce"
All reoussts to send letters forward, &c,
are unnecessary, ~ all letters that conform
to rules will be forwarded.
OoLLHcroRs are notified that from the
9th inst, the duties upon distilled spirits
are increased to sixty cents per gallon, and
the duties on cotton to two cents per pound,
Distillers of spirits, in makingreturns, must
specify the amount removed on ana alter
the 9Th inst. and on such amount to pay
the tax of sixty cents per gallon. -.s
An inventive Yankee has produced an
apparatus which, he says is cure tor sno'
ring. He fastens upon the mouth gutta-
percha tube leadingto the tympanum OF the
ear. Whenever the snorer shores, ne him
self receives the first impression, hnds now
disagressble it is, and Of course reforms.
COLONEL DALaREN, whose death upon the
recent Fitzpatrick raid is 30 deeply deplored
was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg,
and suffered amputation of bis leg below
the knee. He had hardly recovered when
he importuned Gen. Fitzpatrick to accompa-
ny him on the fatal expedition.
New HAMPSHIRE elects United States
Senator for six years by her Legislature just
chosen. Hon. John P. Hale, it is presu--
med, will be again q candidate, and Hon.
Thomas M. Edwards, of Keene, and Hon.
Amos Tuck, of Exeter, are suggested as
possible candidates for the post. Each OF
these. as we'll as Mr.. Hale, has been hep
resentative in the State Legislature and in
Congress. ss
voYAaE OF BoTTLE.-A bottle has re
Gently been picked up at the Kangaroo
Islands, South Australia, which was thrown
overheard in 80 deg 80 min. south latitude,
60 deg. 6 min. east longitude, from the
Dutch frigate Princess Amelia. The bottle
was carried $500 miles in fifteen months,
at the rate of seven and one half miles per
day. This proves there is current from
west to east, across the base of the Indian
Ocean which tends slightly toward the
north current.
The engineers on the Milwaukee, North
western, Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy
Railroads are running their trains as usual
to-day. The Michigan Southern, Illinois
Central, and Alton and st. Louis Railroads
have enough engineers, who are not con-
nected with the strike, to run their regular
passenger trains, and it is not believed
there will be any serious delay IN the run
ming of the freight trains.
PUTTING DAMPER ON THE Groom FOR
ONE MoRE."-A petition is in circulation
in New York, to be presented to the Leg
islature of that State, requesting the
enactment of law declaring that no pro-
prietor, conductor, driver, or person in
charge of any passenger car, stage, omnibus
or other public vehicle IN the city of New
York, for the transportation of passengers
therein, shall ask or demand any fee, re-
ward or fare of any description for carrying
q passenger unless such passenger shall be
provided with good and sufficient seat in
said vehicle.
PEACE has been ratified with the North
Carolina Cherokees. Those recently cap
tured say they were induced to take up arms
under the belief that they were fighting for
the United States Government Their
chief Tacckaneecee, came in few days ago
with 80 of the tribe, and accepted the am
aesty. Since the return Of the Indians to
loyalty the, rebels have committed hume
rous outrages upon them. Twenty have
been thrown into prison-the rest are con-
cealed ID the mountains
ECONOMY As FINE ART-In the auto
biography Of DR.. Beecher, mention is made
of q certain cold DR.. =, who was so eco
nomical that be boasted of having kept all
his accounts for thirty years with one quill
pen, and said he had thought so closely on
the subject of economy, that be knew ex,
actly how to lean his arm on the table so
as not to take the nap of, and how to set
down his foot with the least possible wear
to the sole of his shoes"
The Journal of Commerce says Of McClel>
lsn's report:
"The radical papers do not mean to have
the report read if they can help it. But
they fail to prevent it. 1t is seld by thou
sands of copies, and seized with avidity by
the people. Its plain, unvarnished record
is unans werable. Witness the fact that,
while the radical papers have had it for more
than month, not one of them has been
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