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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-07
Bad Treatment of PrisOners-stantOn
Implicated.

NEW YORK, March 6-The Tribune
contains a long article on the exchange
question from one OF its correspondents,
recently escaped from a rebel prison. Ii
complains of the great leniency displayed
towards rebel prisoners by our Govern
ment, while our own men are dying OF
starvation in the South. 1t instances
the recent release of Pryor and his parole
in Washington, and mentions numerous
occasions when prominent rebels We're
released without any equivalent, while
the same class of prisoners are treated by
the rebels with the utmost severity II
charges the bad management of the mat
ter upon Secretary Stanton, aud demands
that the country shall be honestly and
fairly dealt with
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Cnpiurc Of Fori White.

PHILADELPHIA, March 6.-The trans
port Massachusetts, has arrived and re
ports that our naval forces captured Fort
White, a splendid work, mounting seven.
teen heavy guns, just below Georgetown.
s G.. The sailors and marines landed
and took possession of Georgetown. The
rebel cavalry charged on them in the
fort, but were gallantly repulsed with
the loss of several killed, wounded and
prisoners. Our loss was one man.
Admiral Dahlgren's fag ship, the Har-
vest Moon, on her way down, was sunk
by torpedo. All hands were saved ex.
cepting the ward room steward
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4 FRAN set for Gen. .Shoridnu-1t Fails
lo Work.

NEW YORK, March 6-The Heralds
Winchester correspondent says of Sheri-
dams expedition mp the valley few
dlys ago: Three Winchester families by
the names of SherrOard, Lee and Bunell
were sent without our lines on the charge
oi disloyalty. 1t is alleged tney con
,plrcd together Ia get up a soclable ball
to which General Sheridan was TO be an
invited guest, and that during It's pro
gress a detachment of MoSeby's guerril-
las was to seize the general, take him
captive aud convey him to Richmond,
ala Kelley and Crook. The plan was
frustrated and the ladies who cOncocted
il are now in full communion with those
fur whom they have exhibited such a
warm sympathy
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Glance nt the Future -Wh"t the
North will do with the South ia Case
Of SnbiugatiOn.

From the Richmond Why, March
He who does not see that the future
history of the United States, should the
South fail i'll this struggle, is to he his
tory of war until either Yankee ambition
is crushed by defeat or the American con-
tinent is subjugated by Yankees, is inca
pable of seeing anything The only pos
siblo obstacle to this melancholy future
Of strife in an age supposed to be conse-
Grated to the arts of peace, is the inde-
pendence of the Sonthern Contederacy
1t is with the resources of these States
that the Yankees expect to fight their
battles with England for Canada, and
with France for Mexico II there are
any among us who believe that submiS-
sion to the North would restore peace to
us, they are, indeed, deceived. Instead
of II shting the Yankees IN defense OF our
homes, and our rights, we should be
forced to fight England in Canada,
France in Mexico, and Spain i'll Cuba
We should endure the double misery of
losing our honor and our Independence,
while forced TO sacrifice ourselves Oh the
altar of Yankee vanity and ambition. -
While the soldiers of Grant and Sherman
would return to peaceful homes or settle
upon the confscated lands of the South,
the soldiers of Lee and Beauregard would
be fighting to plant the Yankee flag on
the frozen waters Of the st. Lawrence OF
on the burning plains of Mexico. We
should be in the armies of our Yankee
masters precisely what the Irish are in
the armies of England and the Hunga.
rians in the armies of Austria.
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From LOuisyille.

LOUISVILLE, March 5-The Nashville
passenger train was retained four hours
from injury by the freshet on Hamer riy
er.
The river here is raising rapidly, and
a flood is apprehended. The bridge at
Antioch, Tenn, was washed away; that
over Stone river was moved FIVE feet
The trcstlcS at New Haven are in dan
ger.
Seventeen guerrillas, under Hughes,
entered Hodgesville, but loft, doing no
damage
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The Mystery Of the Castine Raid OF
Last Fall Solved.

BoSToN, March 6.-The Portland, Me,
Advertiser states that the mystery OF the
Castine raid last fall has been solved
The whole affair was carried out by some
soldiers of the battery stationed there,
three of whom have just been arrested
and are confined at Eastport.
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sherman COmpeIs the Evacuation Of
Florence, -. g., and Moves i'm the
Direction Of fFayeticvi le-News from
Late Richmond Papers.
lPress Dispatch

WASHINGTON, March 6.-An extra Re-
publican just issued, says officers of Gen
Schofeld's army, who arrived here this
morning from Wilmington, state that
when they left that place on the st inst
deserters and refugees who came into Our
lines that day reported that Sherman, by
a flank movement, had compelled the
rebels to evacuate Florence, S. c., and
was moving in the direction of Fayette-
vile, N. c., which is in a direct route to
either Godsboro or Raleigh.
Richmond papers of the 25th OF Feb
ruary say the Yankee prisoners have all
been sent from the camps near this place
to Northeast Bridge, for the purpose OF
being exchanged. Many Others from
Greensboro and Salisbury have passed
through here for the same destination
All the Federal prisoners in North Caro-
lima are to be exchanged. We presume
the exchange will be completed in few
days.
The Raleigh Conservative closes an
article on Sherman's movements as fol
lows: But what will be the result of his
present expedition, time will only deter
mine, and the people of the whole
country await the news that will solve
the problem with intense anxiety.
The Richmond Dispatch 3rd, says we
have had no official intelligence from
the seat of war in the South lately, and
for two days not even rumor. The
Hon. Roger A. Pryor, who has just re-
turned from Northern prison, was in
the city yesterday. He is looking well.
The Richmond Enquirer 3d. says there
was report yesterday of some firing on
the lines around Richmond, but tits hard
ly to be presumed that they are signals
of any important action.
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Indiaua LeRislatuTf.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 6.-The Indiana
Legislature adjourned sine die today
Several important bills, including sPe-
cifc appropriation bill were passed over
for want Of time. the constitutional limit
of the session having expired.
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From Canada.

QUEBEC, March 6.-The resnlt of the
election in New Brunswick will proba-
bly, he apostponement of the confiscation
scheme for an indefinite period. The leg
islative union ofthe Canadas will proba-
bly, 20 on
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The Ith OF March in San Francisco.

san FRANCISCO, March TO day is
being observed with parade, rejoicing,
firing of guns, and illuminationS, in
every part of this State, Oregon, and Ne
vada. The Legislature ofNeyada passed
resolutions in honor of Lincoln'S second
Inauguration, which were voted for by
the only two Democrats III that body
In this city business is entirely suspend
ad
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From San Francisco

san FRANCIsCo, March 3-The steam
ship Pacific arrived from Oregon and
British Columbia bringing So 900 in
gold The winter weather still LAYS an
embargo in mining operations
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pI,., u.i, from CharIe.ton.

PHILADELPHIA, March 6-Tbe steamer
Massachusetts,, which arrived here to-
day, brought the first L. s. mail that has
left Charleston since ths breaking ont oil
the rebellion.
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STEAMBOAT.
Regular wheeling and PittsbarE
Packet.
-nU HRxE ANN n n -

.h4 RUNNING Passenger steamer O..
kzzss-ssssss-k NC PORTER, I. L. TsylOr, Cap
tain. +. p Besler, Clerk. viii leave Wheeling
every Monday, wednesday and Friday. % :
O'Clock A NJ Leave PittsburE every Tuesday
THURSDAY and Saturday At IL o'clock NJ
al way business promptly attended 20.
~ Towing done a moderate rates.
For freight or passage, apply on board or toJ
d. CoLIINGwooD. Agent Pittsburg, or F
BOOTH, BATTELLE T. co.
sec5 Assuts Wheeling
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The Question Of Arming the Negroes
Important Bill p Passcd by the House.

From the Richmond Whig, March J.
The injunction of secrecy having been
removed, we publish the following bill
adopted by the House of Representa-
tives on the Goth instant, by vote of 40
TO 81:
|. The Congress of the CONFEDERATE States
of Ame,icd do enact, That in order to pro-
vide additional forces TO repel invasion,
maintain the nghtful possession of the
Confederate States, secure their indepen-
dence. and preserve their institutions,
the President he and he is hereby au.
thorized to ask for, and to accept from the
owners of slaves, the services of such
number of able-bodied negro men as be
may deem expedient, for aud during, the
war, to perform military service in what
ever capacity he may direct.
2. That the general-in-chief be author
lied TO organize the said slaves into CON-
pauies, battalions, regiments, aud brig
ades. under such rules and regulations
as the Secretary of War may prescribe,
and 10 be commanded by such officers a.
the President may appoint
8. That while employed in the service
the said troops shall receive the same
rations, clothing. and compensation as
are allow ed 10 other troops in the same
branch of the service
4 That if, under the provisions Of this
act. the President shall not I've able TO
raise q sufficient number Of troOpsto pros
ecute the war successfully aud maintain
the sovereignty of the States and the in-
dependence of the Confederate States,
:. H. 70 on
each State whenever he thinks il expe-
dent for her quota of three hundred
thousand troops in addition 10 those sub
iect 10 military service undor existing
laws. or so many thereof as the Presi-
dent may deem necessary for the purposes
herein mentioned, 70 be raised from such
classes irrespective of the color of the
population in each State as the proper
authorities thereof may determine.
5. That nothing in this act shall be
construed to authorize change IN the
relation which said slaves shall bear to-
ward their owners as property, except
by the consent Of the owners and OF the
States in which they reside, and IN pur-
sua .ce of the laws thereof
Gen. Singleton in Rich Mis-
sion Commercial, not PoIifisal-fhs
North Anxious 80 Open Trade with
the South.
From the Richmond Eaquirer March
1t is stated by one vi our city paper ;
that Mr.. Singleton, returns to Richmond
upon commercial, not pacific purposes.
and that cotton not peace, lie what Mr
Singleton is really after. IL would be
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Gen. sIngletoa in Rich hmoRd-His Mis-
sion Commercial, not Politisal-Ths
North Anxious 80 Open Trade with
the South.

From the Richmond ha1uirer naroh :
1t is stated by one Ut our city papers
that Mr.. Singleton returns TO Richmond
upon commercial, hot pacific purposes,
and that cotton, not peace, is what Mr
Singleton is really afteL IL would be
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DRY I GOODS. @
DRY GOODS AT COST

go. sA ~" iE-r J!1 tI.t-.
40 81 I.et rl. .rs .t.
.H To make room for
-,j.r
Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-05
Not Inclined 10 Kiss the Rod.

A Southern officer writes humorously to the
Mobile Register, in reply to the accusation of a
Northern newspaper that the Southern people
still praise their own Generals and neglect to
praise those who have saved the Republic. He
says:
Nor do l sing pans to the Union Generals
for saving the Republic, for at the time the
thing was done it struck me they saved the
wrong one. 1t may be that | ought to feel
grateful to the Generals who thrashed me and
and all my friends within an inch of our lives,
but, in the language of Mr. A. Ward, 'I don t
see it in those lamps" We all admire the ar
tstic beauty Of the style in which the Union
Generals put us through; we make no attemptto
suppress or disguise the fact that the thing was
done handsomely in point of skill; but to de-
nounce us as set of ungrateful sons of guns,
because I'VE don't expend our ink and elo-
quence in constantly saying SO, would be called,
in some countries, a premeditated attempt to
add insult to injury.
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Nm Important Statement.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4.-The following state
ment is from a source deemed entirely relia
bic:
1t is established beyond doubt that in con-
versaton with distinguished citizen of Hi
nois, few days since, Lieut. General Grant,
so far varied from his customary reticence Gil
public topics as to unreservedly express him
self on the Mexican situation. He declares the
Government aciH uindicate the Monroe doctrine
at an early day, and that Marimillian must leare
Merico! 1t piH be, he says, less erpensire to
rid Mexico of the presence of an enemy than
to guard our borders against him. 1t is his
opinion that it will require no call for troops,
but that with our present army we can spare
enough to give effectiveness to the forces the
Mexicans will be ready to put in the field, if
our government aids them in the matter Of
supplies. Gen. Grant is of the opinion that
the President and authorities at Washington
hold this as a settled purpose, and only awaits
the meeting of Congress to take open ground
in the matter.
1t is not believed that France will be able to
so disregard European complications, present
and prospective, as to make the cause of Max
imillian her own in war against us. This
solution of the Mexican question must be ac-
cepted as one of the forthcoming sensations
for the close of the year.
[The foregoing should be received with eau
tion. The reporter has no means of ascer-
tanning its reliability.
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North Carolina Convention,

RALEIGH, Oct. 3.-The State Convention
was organized yesterday. Hon. E. G. Reade
was unanimously elected President. There is
full attendance and harmony prevails. There
is no doubt but clause will be inserted in tie
Constitution prohibiting slavery.
The Governors Message was read to-day
1t is short, but to the point. He says: ''The
duties of the Convention are too plain to need
suggestions, and he believes that the duties
will be faithfully performed"
A committee was appointed to prepare bust
ness. Nothing else of Importance was done.
The Convention will, no doubt, 60 zealously to
work by Thursday.
Raleigh, Oct. 4.-No business ofimportance
was transacted by the Convention to-day. The
committee ON business made report, and
other committees were appointed. The Com
mittee on the Ordinance of Secession offered
an ordinance declaring that the State has never
been out of the Union, but that the ordinance
of 1889 was still in force. A motion to sus-
pend the rules and put the ordinance on the
several readings was voted down.
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Major General Commissic
From Georgia.

New YORK, Oct. 4.-The steamers Zodiac
and Raleigh bring Savannah dates to the 30th.
The Herald says that the Georgia Union Club,
at meeting On the 9th, has cordially en-
dorsed the nomination Of L. S. Bennett, DR..
F. g. Clark and A. W. Stone, delegates to the
State Convention, as true and loyal to the
Government of the United States, and as OPP
posed to secession under any pretext.
The Club also announces itself as opposed
to universal suffrage, and endorses the policy
of the Washington administration.
The Augusta Chronicle learns that des-
patch had been received at Atlanta stating that
Mr.. Stephens has been paroled, and that he
would soon return to his home.
The Savannah Herald quotes middling cot
ton at from 81 to ~ cents.
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A Hint to the Young Men of the South.

Mr.. W. L. Porter, OF Charleston, In his let
ter accepting the nomination for Lieutenant
Cover of South Carolina, speaks of the labor
question in this sensible fashion:
II do not despond for the future The qualities our
people have heretofore displayed will carry them
through the difficulties that surround them. The
entire disorganzaton of their system of labor puts
them to great disadvantage, but they have compen-
sations in their soil and climate; and the young
of the State, Injured to hardships in the field, are
earnestly seeking work in any shape and in every
direction. This spirit with patience, perseverance
and practical good sense will inaugurate hew
of industry, which, under the favor of heaven
may yet result in unmeasured blessings to people,
There is good sense in this. The regenera-
ton of the South is to come in great degree
from the elevation of labor. The develop
ment of industry and the destruction of the
absurd theory of the disgrace of work are
points which a few of the earnest men of the
Southern States are beginning to recognize,
and this candidate for public Office early puts
himself right on the record,
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The College OF william and Mary.

A letter dated Williamsburg, Va, Sept 25.
1865, says:-While at Williamsburg | visited
the old site of the college of William and
Mary. The blackencd walls and dismant!cd
buildings attested too plainly that war had
made here its track. In 1861 the buildings
(most of them new and the grounds were in
excellent order, and the institution was CON
sidcred in prosperous condition. The main
building was burned in 1862 by stragglers from
the 9Th Regiment Of Pennsylvania Cavalry-so
the citizens allege-and since then the various
dwellings and their out-houses have been
burned or pulled to pieces by soldiers in the
United States service. These things are to be
expected in such times.
In conversation with Mr.. Benjamin S.
Ewell, President of the College, great deal
Of information was politely and kindly given
me Of the antecedents of this venerable insti-
tuition Of learning. 1t is next to Harvard in
point of antiquity, 1893 being the date of It's
charter Among its alumni we find the names
of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John
Marshal and host of other celebrities 1t is
the general belief here that aid will be given
by the Northern people to the rebuilding of
this College, the losses of which amount 10
some $4,000, and | entertain and encourage
the same OniniOn
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THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1866.
Circular EE0Tn tiie FreeGisnen-s IsuTcasE.

The following circular letter was promul-
gated from the Freedmen Bureau yesterday:
WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF REFUGEES,
FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 1865.
CiFculQr:-State laws with regard to appren-
ticeship will be recognized by this Bureau
provided they make no distinction Of color; or
in case they do so, the said laws applying to
white children will be extended to the colored.
Officers of this Bureau are regarded as guar
dians of orphan minors Of freedmen within
their respective districts. The principle to be
adhered to with regard to paupers is that each
comfy, parish, township or city, shall care
for and provide for its own poor. Vagrant
laws made for free people and now in force on
the statute books Of the States embraced in
the operations of this Bureau, will be recog-
nized and extended to the freedmen. Assis-
tant Commissioners will draw up specific in
structions applicable to their respective States
in accordance with the foregoing principles.
o. 0. Howard,
Mo- Gooo-o1
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Colonel 47th Penn. Veteran Vo

The Detroit Free Press says that the European
capitalists who left Chicago on Tuesday morning,
were taken over the intervening 24O miles to Toledo
in less than hours including forty minutes tor
lunch at Elkhart and all of the several stops along
the way. Deducting stops, the entire distance was
at the rate of Al miles an hour while as if to show
what an American locomotive could do over superb
road-bed, the last 33 miles were accomplished in
thirty-twO minutes.
General Rosecrans has !gone to Nevada, to look
after the interests of the Bay State Mining Company
of Boston.
According to an official statement, the number of
cattle carried of by the plague within the last twenty
years amounted to no less than 100000 in the Province
of Tobolsk, Russia the original seat of this disease
George Jones Count Joannes or vice versa, we
don't remember his exact title, the Washington cor
respondent Of the New York Daily News.
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From Washington.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The battalion raised
in California and which was attached to the
Massachusetts quota, are now to be paid in
full, but the paymasters are required to keep a
separate account of the travel, pay and subsist-
ence allowance, amounting to $500 for each
man, in order that the same may be presented
to Massachusetts, for reimbursement to the
United States Treasury.
The President to-day signed eighty-fve par
don warrants, principally for parties in Alaba-
ma, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina.
They were sent to the State Department for
the signature of the Secretary.
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Embassy from the Bey of Tunis.

New YORK, Oct. Am Embassy from the
Bey of Tunis has arrived here on its way to
Washington. 1t consists of General Othman
Hestem, aide-de-camp, interpreter and suite
The party is under the charge of Mr.. Perry,
United States Consul at Tunis. General
Hestem is the bearer of letter of coincidence
to Mrs. Lincoln on the death of the late
President, and also of letter of felicitation
to President johnson on the happy restora-
ton of peace in this country. The party will
proceed to Washington on Thursday.
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1t is announced from Washington that per
sons desiring to obtain the body of de
ceased soldier must be prepared to make an
affidavit before justice of the peace or a no
tary public to the effect that he is duly author
lied to receive said body, and at the same time
state the company and regiment to which he
formerly belonged. All applications should
be made at the Office of James NJ. Moore,
Assistant -Quartermaster, where record is
kept of the deaths of large proportion of
those who have fallen during the war, their
company, regiment and rank, together with
their conjugal condition, residence of widow
or re ativc, cause of DEATH and exact locality
Of their graves. The affidavit must be left at
Captain Moore office, where he will receive
an order for eXhuming the body. The Gov
ernment makes no charge for furnishing all
information relative to the interment of de-
ceased soldiers, but after it has granted :he
necessary permission to exhume their bodies,
relinquishes all care and supervision, and the
corpse must be taken from the cemetery by
private conveyance, and prepared for ship
ment to its destination by the same means. 1t
is essential that a body be so prepared as to
prevent any unpleasant odor, which can be
done by means of disinfecting powder, Or by
sealing it in a metallic or air-tight deodorizing
case.
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FactOry Burned.

DANv1LLE, Va, Oct. 1.-The tobacco facto-
ry of Keen Walker was destroyed by fire
this morning, between three and four o clock.
A considerable quantity of tobacco was
bnrned. The loss is estimated at S5O,0OO, on
which there was an insurance of $4,000.