The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-07
INACTIVITY.
From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan ..

From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 2.
Nothing of moment has occurred on the
lines in front of Richmond and Peters
burg. Winter is upon the armies, and
active operations for the present are out
of the question.
A gentleman who has arrived in this
city from the vicinity of Columbia, Tenn,
states that since General Hood has en-
tered Tennessee he has recruited his army
largely, and has driven southwark over
ten thousand hogs and dsome six thousand
beef cattle He also secured a large
quantity of -four and corn, enough to
last his army at least three months. In
order to secure his retreat across Duck
river, he had posted some twelve or fif-
teen cannon to keep the river clear He
crossed his main force, when the enemy
attacked his rear guard, and they were
unable to bring of the pieces.
THOMAS AND HOOD.
There was report which obtained ex-
tensive circulation on yesterday, that
Hood had turned on Thomas and beaten
him, killing three thousand of his men.
and taking six thousand prisoners
This is thorough Sunday rumor which,
that it might have good run, was start
cd early on Sunday evening. If there had
been a battle out there in Tennessee, the
Yankee papers would have mentioned it,
and claimed a victory, no matter what
had been the result The Northern pa
pers on the contrary announce that Hood
has crossed the Tennessee river at Flor
ence.
General Hood conscripted all the able
bodied males from seventeen to fifty
years of age, and when he retreated the
Yankees seized all they could find be-
tween these ages to swell their hist OF
prisoners, and they were included in the
nine thousand prisoners claimed by the
Yankee General Thomas.
THE SAVANNAH COTTON.
From the Petersburg Express Dec. 81.
A gentleman now in Petersburg, who
! left Savannah bnt short time before the
evacuation, informs us that a large
quantity of the cotton found in Savannah
| by Sherman, is owned in Great Britain
some by private individuals, and some
by government. Our informant saw
cotton properly marked, and lying under
| the British flag. Whether the Yankee
government will regard this claim OF
| Great Britain and her subjects as valid
we think matter of much question.
BLANKETS yoR UNION PRISONERS.
A flag of truce boat arrived from the
North at Varina, on Friday morning last
She brought up eleven bales of blankets
sent by the Yankee Government to theil
prisoners in this city, but no passenger:
| 1ic
tributed under the superintendent o.
three of their own officers, among the
prisoners in Pemberton's building OF
yesterday. The number contained IL
the eleven bales sent will not exceed ont
thousand, and as there are upwards o
three thousand prisoners confined here
only about one-third can be supplied.
PHYsIC FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
From the Richmond Wing of Monday, Ed J
The time has come when it may b.
worth while for our authorities to con
slider whether it may not be well to trea
the foreign Governments with some o
their own physic. Why may we not
following their own example, declare th
ports of the United States blockaded
and make the vessels of Great Britain
France &c, seeking to enter or depar
from those ports the lawful prey of on
cruisers2 A cowardly care of her com
merce has been the cOnstraining consid
Grafton with Great Britain in her on
sided neutrality, and in hermeek submis
sion to the repeated insults and outrage
of the Yankee Government.
1t may not be impossible for us I,
reach her through some sensitive medi
um. We may deprive her precious com
merce OF the protection that her pusil
Luminous conduct towards the Washing
| ton Government has hitherto secured
We throw out the suggestion for the con
sideration of those who dire It our affairs
The attitude of suppliants has gainet
us nothing Perhaps bolder conduc
might avail something.
n AFFAIRS AROUND PETERSBURG.
From the Petersburg Express, Dec 81.
''An quiet along the line" may will
great truth be applied to the militar.
situation here, for nothing has occurred
since the raid on the Weldon railroad t
break the quiet in this vicinity Tn
only activity observable inside the Yam
kee lines is displayed in the building o
winter quarters and the chopping o
wood, of which vast quantity is needed
to supply the army. A large number o
private residences in Prince George, ad
jacent to the enemy's lines, have beel
pulled down, and the timber haulet
away to build winter quarters.
Yankee operations in this respect an