The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-23
WHEELING REGISTER
MONDAY MORNING. JAN. o. 1865
,,,je Summary.

motion: probably w"
xnscts the enemy to makea stand al
.,,in's dirty miles south of Charleston
,d fall back on that city.
sherman has issued orders permitting
aud inviting farmers to visit savannah
,,cksonyille and Fenandina for purposes
If trade and guaranteeing them protec-
,iop General Fitzpatrick has been hreVet-
cd a Major General,
The Savannah post office mas oe0n
opened for regular business.
Rebel reports from Charleston say 'ha'
rho 18th and 18th corps of Sherman 8
army are advancing OH that city ana
,,.rs near the Cambabee river on the
10th inst.
The cotton captured i'll Savannah, Is
being shipped North for the benefit OF the
Treasury.
The Richmond Whig publishes letter
tom JEFF Davis, in which he argues that
. convention OF States is impracticable'
and all propositions looking to eonVen-
tons AID negotiations are futile.
A Philadelphia letter says that MI
Blair goes to Richmond with full author
itv TO give safe conduct To Washington
for peace commissioners from the rebels.
The Charleston Mercury says that large
reirforcemeuts have arrived i'll that city.
A resolution has passed the rebel SEM
ate recommending that General John
son be reinstated and General Lee crea-
ted Commander-in-Chi hief otall the armies
OF the Confederaey.
Rebel reports say chat Hoods losses
in the Tennessee campaign were not
over eight thousand and that ne has
plenty Of artillery.
Ex-senator FoOte has been released
from arrest and has returned 10 Rich
mond.
Admiral Porter reports that the naval
loss in the attack on Fort Fisher was
twenty-one officers and three hundred
others, killed, wounded, or missing
Fort Casewell has been blown up by the
rebels aud the Federal troops will be in
Wilmington soon.
Considerable picket firing has taken
place recently in front of Petersburg, but
beyond that all is quiet Oh the James
The Swedish and Norwegian legation
iii Washington city has been elivated by
its home government to the rank of
first class mission
The Missouri Convention declared in
their bill of rights that all political pow
er is vested in the people; that Missouri
shall remainin the Federal Union forever,
and that evary citizen owes paramount
allegiance to the Constitution and gov
ernment of the United States.
Two Transports loaded with troops col
hded on the Mississippi river on the 7th.
A number of soldiers were wounded
The Indianoia, iron clad gunboat
has been raised and towed to New Or
leaus She is to be repaired.
The steamer venango has been cap
tursd by guerrillas and burned. The
crew and passengers were taken prison
srs.
Present indications are that General
Thomas wil!put his army in winter quar-
ters nu thp TauunSS,a
Two hundred rebel prisoners have ar
rived at Cairo on their way South to be
exchanged
Two blockade runners cleared from
Nassau. on the I4th, for Wilmington not
knowing of its investment
Brigadier General Wheeiock, late Col
onel of the 9th Now York, is dead
A Philadelphia merchant has given d
ship, free of charge 10 convey supplies
TO Savannah
An intelligent gentleman" reports
that the rebels are about to evacuate
Richmond
There is great suffering i'll tho shenan-
doah valley. The rebels are still pear
New Market and Staunton.
The rebel Senate has adopted resolu-
ton to inquire into the treatment of
prisoners on both sides
Gen. Early protests against the appoint
ment Of Il committee TO investigate the
charges of his drunkenness
1t is reported that n terrible railroad
accident took place or Friday night on
the Erie railroad, 10y collision in which
over one hundred persons were killed or
injured ltis not fully confirmed
4 deserter reports that the rebels have
evacuated Wilmington. after setting fire
80 s3U,000,OlO worth of cotton. but its de-
suuttiou was prevented by Federal
troops.
Porter's fleet was in Cape Fear river on
the 18th. The Fort Fisher prisoners
have arrived rat Fortress Monroe.
-
sSen. Thomas Going into Winter Quar-.
ters.
CAIRO, Jan. 2l.-The present indica-