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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-29

ceived, and Monday forenoon next fixed
upon for his reception. a
The Assembly then proceeded to the
election of members to I'LL the vacancies
in the several Boards, aud Revs. Chapiu,
Sutphen and Jewett were appointed tel.
leis ls c
The following members Of the Board
of Trustees of the General Assembly were
elected vira rooe: Rev. Alex Reed in
place of Rev. j Mcdowell, d. d. Rev.
" d. Reed in place of Robert Steele, ID.
D. Rev. w. E. Schenck, D. D., in place
| Of 81. Steele Clark, D. D. Rev. Samuel
Hood, in place of Alex. Mitchell. The
ballot was taken for the other Offices, but
prior to the announcement Of the result.
the hour for adjournement had arrived
and the session was closed in the usual
manner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Assembly met at three o'clock and
was called to order By the Moderator.
The order of the day being the hearing
Of tho reports Of the Committees on
The roll Of Synods was called over aud Q
large number of Committees submitted
reports. which were approved
Mr.. Charles W. Crosby, Chairman OF
the Committee on Mileage, reported that
S516 63 had been paid into that fund !;
,479 miles had been travelled BY Com.
missioners TO the Assembly, who claim.
ed mileage to the amount given above.
The Committee also submitted resclu.
tion directing the Treasurer to pay out
that amount to the Commissions Ia sums
not exceeding the amount paid for ex-
psnses The report was accepted and
the resolution adopted.
The Assembly then resumed the con.
sideratton of the report Of the commit.
tee on Domestic Missions which had
been postponed on the previous day.
The question was on the striking out OF
the word loyalty in the fourth resolu.
ton. which instructed the Board Of Do
nestic Missions to employ none but min.
listers of undoubted loyalty 20 the conn.
try and 10 the deliverance of the General
Assembly 10 labor in the Southern States.
A lengthy and spirited discussion ensued,
addresses in favor Of the resolution be-
ing made by Rev. Mr Allen, of Nashville,
Vev. DIR. Lord. Of Buffalo. Hon g. A
Preston, of Coyington, KY, Judge Strong,
of St Louis. Judge Alexander, Of Ken
lucky, and others The Rev. DR. 8 P.
Wilson, of Kentucky. opposed the rose.
luton AT some length
The question recurring on tho adop-
tion Of the motion To strike ont, which
was lost. the resolution was then adopt.
ed as offered by tho committee. with but
two or three dissenting votes The quss.
tion was then taken on the report a. Q
whole. when il was adopted without Op
position
Rev. Mr.. Howard, chairman Of the
committee on Devotional Exercises, read
the assignments for ministers for the on
suing Sabbath.
On motion of Rev Mr.. Sen0ur the res
olutions in reference to the triumphs of
the national arms and the death Of the
late President were re-committed to tho
committee, after which the Assembly ad-
journed.
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from the Washington Daily Chronicle
sh herman and Stanton.

A quarrel between two high officers OF
the Government is always unfortunate,
unseemly, and usually injurious to each.
This is especially 80 when they are work.
ing in the same great cause-and that
cause brilliantly successful, crowned with
a glorious Peace. 1t is idle to conceal
evidences of passion eagerly promulga'
ted by the telegram and press, and IT IS
we'll for kindly lockers on to take dis
passionate view to see if all this heat Is
necessary. The writer of this knows
both parties, and is certainly friendly to
each. -
The commencement of any difference
was with the Sherman-Johnston conven'
tion. This, if approved by the President,
would have made peace between the Po
tomac and Rio Grande. The objections
made to this are included in three propo'
sitions lst, That Sherman bad no power
to make such treaty. The answer Is
obvious that be never claimed or at
tempted to conclude the arrangement
All he did Conclude" was a truce for q
few days, and he then submitted, tor the
approval or rejection of the President
this important offer of general peace
Even in arranging the truce he had 1t
all on his side Wilson was still NOV
ing and holding the outer coils of the
net, while Sherman was building rail
roads and repairing roads and bridges
ready for the final spring if the arrange
ment was disapproved. He gained eve
rything by the truce and lost nothing
Johnston was "corelled," and was kept
so by this very truce, while Sherman wa:
never more active in preparing for fu
ture movements if necessary. 1t is sale
generals have no business to make truces
or deal with political questions. and thai
Grant was reproved for this; but sher
man had made truces before, and for
wear has been distinguished Ton his treat
ment of political questions without 3
word of caution or reproof from his su
periors. The telegram to Grant. nov
| published as an official order OF an ole
date, was withheld from Sherman, and
Sherman had been instructed to opeI
communications with rebel civil authori
| ties.
The second objection is that the ar
rsngement recognized the rebel Stat
government and officials. This is tn,
mos. serious objection, and amply just
fed the Government in rejecting or mod
flying the arrangement; but the ohcia
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-29
Re-establishmens Of Posteflices-The
Conspiracy Trial 70 be CsncIudcd
this Week-The City Filled With
Struggling Soldiers.

Struggling Soldiers.
Press Dispatoh.l
WASHINGTON May 2s.-The principal
postofices in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama,
North Carolina, &c, are at present man.
aged by special agents. No appoint
ments of postmasters will be made until
post routes are re.established, and suita-
BILE opportunity occurs for consulting
public interests, and the interest of re-
spective communities upon that subject
1t is now thought that all the evidence
in the conspiracy trial will be examined
before Thursday or Friday and argu.
ments will be commenced. These will
probably be i'm a written form from all
parties engaged in the proceedings An
effort will be made to close the case by
the end of the week.
Provost Guard were to-day busy send
ing to camp the thousands of struggling
soldiers in this city. Officers absent
without authority are required to report
themselves at proper quarters as under
arrest. During the past FIVE days no
less than six hundred soldiers have been
lodged in the central guard house,
charged with being drunk. having no
passes, &c. Nearly all of this trouble is
produced by unprincipled persons who
sell them drugged or poisonous liquors,
in order to reb them of their money.
A late order of the War Department,
that in all cases of sentences by military
tribunals OF of imprisonment during the
war, that the sentence he remitted and
the prisoners discharged, applies in part
to a number of dcserters who were sent
to the dry Tortugas as punishment for
their crimes
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CAPTURE Of Escaping Rebels.

New YORK, May 27.-Lieutenant Hol'
die, with detachment Of tho sd Florida ss.
cavalry, under date of Cape Sable, May
18th, reports having captured boat on
the 18th, off Bay Port. containing. seven
white men and a negro, endeavoring to
escape to Havana. The white mon gave
the following names: Frank T. Anderson
Richard s. McCulloch, Fred Mohl, Henry
McCracken, Julius c: Harrison. ineii
rencv. some gold and few papers. They
undoubtedly had been holding important
po.itions in Richmond, which place they
acknowledged having recently left. The
eolored man states he was hired at $l0
day and his freedom OH arrival to guild.
than from Tallahassee. Their conduct
leads to the belief that they were moi
of some Importance. They have not yet
arrived at Key West
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How the Rebel Archives Fell into our
Hands.

New YORK, May 27.-The Herald 8
Raleigh correspondent explains how the
rebel archives fell into our hands. Gen.
Johnston notified Gen. Schofield that
they we're at Charlotte, and the latter
sent Lieutenant Washburne for them
General Johnston received Lieutenant
Washburne very courteously and told
him where the documents were secreted
in a cellar. He had already turned them
over to tho Union commander of the
post as he had no troops toput over them
as guard. They were found in eighty
three boxes of all sizes and descriptions
A large number of captured union flags
duly labelled, were found.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-29
Sherman's RepOrt-ThOmas TO Cons
mand Virginia Army Of the Tennes-
see 90 be Ordered 10 LOuisviIie.
fPress Dispatch.

NEW YORK, May 28.-.The Posts Wash
ingtou dispatch says Sherman's report
will he published next W ok by order of
the War Department Sherman will re
tain command of the military division of
the Mississippi, comprising Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana, headquarters at Cincinnati
1t is reported that General G. Fl Thom-
as has been ordered to Washington to be
placed in command of Virginia.
General Steadman is ordered to remain
at Washington until the arrival of Thom-
as.
The Army of the Tennessee will be or
dered to Louisville and mustered out
there.
General Logan has Brigadiership in
the regular army and will to pri-
vate life.
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Various Itens.
Press Dispatch.l

New YORK, May 27-The Posts spe.
cial says tho Y. s. District Attorney has
notified tho proper authorities that the
circuit court is ready to proceed with the
trial of JEFF Davis on the indictment
found.
The Treasury has ample funds and the
payment of the armies will begiu in
May.
The Government has knowledge that
the rebels are not all vanquished. and it
will be necessary in many portions Of the
South to maintain the military power
for some time.
Sheridan is about to take troops from
this section to subdue Kirby Smith.
Beverly fuckers family arrived here
from Richmond on their way North, but
were seut back under guard.
Sheridan will have command OF 6O,oW
men.
We learn that fresh uprising agains
the Imperialists will take place at Mata
moras. Cortinas has 750 American sol
diers and the number is daily increasing
by desertions from the forces of Magru'
der and Smith.
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WHEELING REGISTER.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY %. 1865.
Telegraphic Summary.

TeieEr1phfc SUMMARY.
Gold closed on Saturday at the reguls:
board at Sl36t
Attorney General Speed has made ''e'
cison that the amnesty proclamation is
void and cannot restore citizenship oi
prevent confscation of property.
In the election in Virginia for mem
bers of the Legislature it is reported
that the disunionists swept the State.
The work of mastering out troops is
progressing rapidly. The 9th corps is to
be mustered out at Washington. The
Army of Tennessee is ordered to Louis
vile, aud will be mustered out there.
Specie is the only currency used IN
Southwestern Virginia. The crops are
good.
Sherman will soon issue farewell ad.
dress to his army.
Jas. T. Ford, of Ford's theatre, has
been Internationally released.
1t is said that jeff Davis was placed
in irons because he complained of being
put upon army rations.
President Johnson will not interfere
with the election laws in force in North
Carolina previous to secession.
Sheridan will have commanded 10000
troops for his campaign in Texss.
The LIBERAL party in Mexico is being
reinforced from the States and is gaining
successes.
An outbreak occurred among the SOL
diers of the Ninth Corps, Army OF the
Potomac, in consequence of their being
still compelled to drill four hours per
day. A regiment Of regulars was sent to
ouell th. disturbance but was compelled
to retreat
Seven white men and Ole negro were
captured while attempting to escape
from Florida to Havana John G.. Breck-
inridge is supposed to be one ofthe party.
The Circuit Court of the District of
Columbia is ready to proceed with the
trial of JEFF Davis.
The New York Herald has reduced the
shares of Its subscription to pay OFT the
national debt to $4,000 each: sl,ilO,OOO
have already been subscribed.
Governor Magrath. of South Carolina,
has fed from home
Postmasters in Virginia and other
Southern States will be appointed as soon
as the routes are re-established
Thousands of struggling soldiers are
in Washington City, absent from their
commands.
Sherman's report is to 30 published
this week. He is to have command of
the military division of the Mississippi.
The place of concealmennt Of the reb-
81 archives was pointed out by General
Johnston.
Secretary Stanton announces the sur
render of Kirby Smith, and both army
and navy material to Gen. Candy,
Quiet prevails in Mobile. The city
rapidly filing up.
The testimony in the conspiracy trial
on Saturday, related principally to the
case of DR.. Mudd. 1t is thought that
the evidence will ali be examined before
Thursday or Friday. aud an effort will
he made to close the trials this week
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POTOMAC ARMY.
Four Hours Drill per Day,
A Regiment of Regulars Sent 20 Qllue
tho Disturbance arc Obliged TO He
treat,
Press Dispatch ]

New YORK, May T.-The CONNER
ciars Army of the Potomac correspond
ent saws there is trouble in the army, the
men thinking it hardship to be order
ed ont for four hours drill every day
when they are so soon'to be mustered
ont of the service. They complain OF the
hardness of their officers. The ammuni'
tion has been taken away from them to
avoid serious trouble. An outbreak oc.
Cured in the 9th corps. A regiment OF
regulars was sent to quell it, but were SO
hard pressed by the volunteers that they
were obliged to retreat.
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From Mobile.

New YORK. May 2S-The Heraid's Mo-
bile correspondent Of the 10th says,
The city is filed up by the arrival OF
paroled officers and soldiers from DICK
faylor's army. The meet our ofncers
and men in the streets and hotels with
the utmost good feeling. and quiet and
rood order prevails. Trade is improving
Goods are coming IN in largo quantities
from New Orleans by every steamer.
Both Generals Steele and Dick Taylor
afs In the city. isls ~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-29
General Sherman % issue Farewell
address 70 his Army-Uneonditienai
Release Of Jas. T. Ford.
Press Dispatch.l ]

WASHINGTON, May N.-General Sher-
man win soon Issue q farewell address to
his army, preparatory to making trip to
Ohio Most of his troops are encamped
o,, the north side of the Potomac.
James T. Ford, proprietor of the the.
atre, has been Internationally released
from arrest.
The sixth corps is expected to arrive
In Washington on Sunday, and together
With ths reserve artillery of the Army OF
the Potomsc, will be reviewed on Mon
dsy. -
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| who came to Dr. MuddS Just at DAY
break; got glimpse of one of them.
By Col. Burnett: Q-I understand yoU
to say there had been no horses ol
strangers at DR.. Mudd's within the last
year
| A-No, sir.
Q-Do you recollect seeing any horses
| in the stable the next day after the Pres
ident was killed
A-No, sir.
Q-Do you recollect seeing any horses
| brought out Of the stable that dayf
A-No, sir.
Q-Were you in the stable that day
A-No, sir.
Q-Who fed the horses that day 2
Al did Jee7
O[Where did you feed them
A In the stable
Q-What horses did you feed in the
stable
A-The horses that came IN about day
break.
Q-What was the color of the horses
A-One was bay and one was dark
rOane.
Q-Did you feed them again at noon {
A--No, they were gone at noon.
(Which one was gone ! -'s
A-The bay.
(Which one of DR.. Mudd'a horses
were gomez
A-The grey one.
Odd you lead him ont'
Ayes, sir.
By the Court;-Q-Whst wages doyou
get!
A-One dollar and fifty cents.
O--And how much extra for this job :
Aldo not know.
Q-Was nothing said to you ahnnt
thatl
A-Nothing thatI know of
Q-Don't you expect something Tor ~
Al don't know, sir
By Mr.. Stone:-Q DO you know Wal,
ter Bowief
A-No, SIN
C-Did you see man called by that
name at Mudd's house last year,
A--No, sir.
Baptist Washington (cOl0red) testified:
Hired at DR.. Mudd's house aboat three
months last year; don't know Ben nor
Andy Gwynn nor Captain White; did
not know of any persons sleeping near
the spring last summer; never knew or
any horses being kept at the stable not
belonging to the place; never placed con
fidence in Mary Simmons; DR. Mndd treat
ed his servants we'll; did not know John
Surratt.
Albion Brooks testified: Resided last
year at Dr. Mudd's; went there in Jan
uary, 1864; did not see Captain White
nor Perrys at Mudd's; saw Benjamin and
Andrew Gwynn there last year saw j.,
II. Surratt there last year; did not know
of any person sleeping in the woods; did
not see any stranger at the table; have
not been across the Potomac during the
war; don't belong to any secret society.
VIM. l.. Bowneau, of Bryantown, testi-
fed that he knew Booth he came to
Bryantown to buy land; that Mudd had
said his land was for sale.
George Broles (colored), servant of DIR.
Mudd, testified that he saw Mudd, on
Easter Sunday evening, coming from
Bryantown to the swamp; it was OF
o'clock, and he was alone, and there was
pssv9ehg ps 9Pf ale &c lis Tbs tRAsaud dHfIRRtE SRt was
Mudd's usual route to Bryantown. Wit
ness admitted he could not see all over
the swamp, and that there might have
been a person there off his horse and
witness not be able to see him
Mary J. Simmes testified that she lived
with Samuel Mndd; had not staid away
over three weeks in the year; she had
slight acquaintance with Capt. IGwynn,
and knew Andrew Gwynn, George Gwynn
and John Surratt we'll; she never saw
any of them at Mudd's last year; never
heard of any one staying in the woods
and being fed from the house. -
Court adjourned till 10 o'clock Mon
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Amnesty Proclamation.
Attorney Generals Decision.
The Virginia Blection-The Work Of
MASTERING Out being entered upon In
Earnest-Corn and Wheat Crop In
Virglnia-Pcrsecutiou Of Returning
Union Men.
GPress Dispatch.l

| ftces OlSpatCu'J
NEW YORK, May 27.--A special to the
Tribune from Washington Goth says
The Attorney General has just made a
| most important decision. He affirms that
| the amnesty proclamation was means
only to secure specified purpose. which
was the suppression of the rebellion
The rebellion ended, the amnesty is void.
| 1t does not restore citizenship, property
or vested rights The President has no
power to pardon except for what Is past.
The executive clemency cannot stretch
to the future; therefore the DEGREES of
confiscation must stand. The decision
will be given TO the public in a few days
The Tribune's special says in the cleo
tion for the House Of Delegates yesterday,
the disunionists swept Virginia as far as
known. In the Alexandria district Mr.
Dulaney, of Fairfax Court House, who
has bitter hatred to the Union and be-
came cripple in the rebel service. has
been elected to the Senate, and j. En-
glish, no less bitter, to the House En-
glish took the oath of allegiance only the
night before he announced himself as
candidate.
The Herald's 5th corps correspondent
says the work of mastering out, under
the late order, regiments Whose terms of
service expire prior to October lst has
been entered upon in earnest. Muster
out rolls are being put in readiness as
rapidly as possible. 1t is supposed that
within ten days the whole work will be
accomplished.
On Thursday night the corps which
lies near Washington had grand torch
light procession. General Griffin, COM
manding the corps has been presented
with corps badge costing $2,5OO.
The 9Th corps, which has been at Man
chester on the James, has started for
Washington to be mustered out of the
service.
A special to the Tribune from Wash
ington says A gold medal, in commem-
Grafton of the Inauguration of the South
American international Congress, has
been sent to the President by the Presi-
dent of Peru.
Specie is the only currency used in
Southwestern Virginia The corn and
wheat crops there are abundant and we'll
up Union men returning from the North
are still exposed to social persecution
A black girl was inhumanly whipped
and lacerated by her late master, tor re-
fusing to work without pay. An order
for his arrest was issued, but he had fled.
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NEW YORK, May 2s.-Admiral Wor.
den's fying squadron, which were sent
70 captnre the Stonewall, and subse'
onently destined to Brazilian waters, put
into Charleston on the 30th.
Gov. Magrath, Of South Carolina, has
run away from Columbia.
Theo. Lanohes was garroted and rob-
bed in his room in house on 2oth street
in this city, last evening. The house was
fnli of boarders at the time.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-29
Why Davis was Placed In IrOns-NOrth
Carolina Delegations - sherman's
Soldiers Feted- Johu @. Breckin-
ridge supposed TO be Captured,
Press Dispatch.

New YORK, May 27.--1he Commerce
ais Washington special says the demon
strative indignation of JEFF Davis on be-
ing placed on army rations was the cause
ofhis being placed in irons.
The conservative delegation from North
securing the observance Of the old style
laws in elections for the formation OF a
new State Government This view will
probably be sustained by President
johnson, who doubts the authority of
the Federal Government to interfere
with the status previous to secession
The other North Carolina delegation de-
mand the suffrage for colored men.
Sherman's soldiers are feted by our
citizens, who open their houses freely to
them.
There is reason to believe that John
C. Breckenridge is one of the party cap.
tured in Florida. The Mccullough named
is believed to be the man who prepared
the combustibles to burn Northern cities,
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NATIONAL EXPRESS COMPANY.
= MMISSIONERS OF STOCK FOR
VIRGINIA.
ROBT. 4. LANCASTER. Of Richmond.
JAMES r. BRANCH.

ROBT A. LANCASTER. Of Richmond.
JAMES r. BRANCH.
WM. B. ISAACS,
Al opportunity is offered to the citizens Of
Alexandria to subscribe to the stock Of q COM
pany which is to be National in its character.
and whose main object is to furnish officers and
soldiers of the late opposing armies with en-
ployment.
The National Express Company is to be or
ganized under charter from the Legislature Of
Virginia. with capital Of five millions Of dol
lars. in shares of one hundred dollars each.-
This capital is to guarantee against loss, and to
give confidence and security to the trade and
Commerce Of the country It is believed that
five per cent. will be ample to put the company
in successful operation al over the United States.
Two hundred and forty-fve thousand dollars
have already been subscribed IN the city of
Richmond, by citizens Of all classes of society
and occupations, and more would have been
taken, but the design Of the originators Of the
company being to make it entirely National it
was ordered that opportunity be offered to every
Safe to subscribe to the stock. The amount Of
the capital is to be apportoned among the States
in the ratio Of their representation IN Con-
gTess.
Books OF SUBscRIpTIoS- are opened at the
Custom House by Andrew Jameson. and at the
Banking House Of J. X. Burke by & Herbert
For particulars enquire at the above places.
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