The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-07-04
miscellaneous Items.
A nrnrr. MA.n DISPATCH.


NEW York, July 1.-THE Herald pub
fishes rebel war department dispatch
confirming previous statements, that
General Leeis responsible for the burn
ing of cotton and tobacco in Richmond
and setting fire to the city at his evacu-
ton. Italso shows the evacuation was
contemplated six weeks before il took
place. The dispatch which is dated
February, is from Gen. Breckenridge,
then rebel secretary-Of war, to-GeneraL
Ewell, and advising him to see Lee for
the purpose of receiving instructions
regarding the lutter's order for burning
cotton, DC. .i-
NORTHERN EMIGRANTs WANTED IN
NORTH CAROLINA.ii Eat o..
The Times Raleigh, North Carolina
special says there is n general desire
manifested by newspapers, planters
and every one, except IA few insane ul
traists, that NOrtherners should go
down and settle permanently in their
midst. They are anxious to getemigra-
ton from the North, and have organ
| lied themselves for the purpose of gem
terally informing the Northern people
| of the inducements of the climate, &c.
Before long an authorized agent will go
to New York for that purpose.
tsal CHARLESTON ITEMS. -sfs.a
The Times Charleston special says
y
/ brings parties who are DESTROYS of en-
| gaging in trade.
Cotton and rice speculations have
agents all over the State. Many of
them are coming money. Holders of
cotton have been so deprived of the
luxuries of life, that they willingly dis
! pose of their property, mt heavy dis
counts from the mHl SCt rates.
! Within the past three weeks cotton
has been sold i'll the interior for twelve
cents per pound. The only difficulty
purchasers experience is i'll getting the
cotton to seabOard, where it can be
shipped to the North. IHs5rt!
I The Charleston Courier says an
tenterprising citizen of that city pro-
poses establishing n land company,
with about half q million acres Ofland,
/ for the purposes of including white
emigration. The land to form bnsis
( of capital for establishing a banking
and emigrating company. The scheme
meets with favor generally. One man,
who offers large tract of land, offers
to let any white person have the same
for ten years.
THE REBELS IN TEXAS AND THE IMPE-
! RIALISTS.
The Herdld'S Brownsville (Texas'
correspondent has letters from the rebel
General Slaughter and others, showing
the harmonious feeling existing be.
tween the rebel forces in Texas and the
= 1mperialists in Mexico. Gen. Slaugh.
ter says that the Imperialists ut BagdaG
have agreed to permit all arms, etc., Il
pass over the river, from Mexico t
Texas, to the full extent desired by the
Confederacy. In addition TO this, it i.
officially stated that an Imperial Off
Ger asserted that he had received pri
) waite information to that end. From
this statement, Gen. S. thinks that the
cause of MaXimilinn in Mexico is iden
teal with the interests of the Confed
eracy., Tfsf
i Gen. Slaughter further states that hi
has received message from the I'm
perialists, that n bearer of dispatche.
from the Juarez party to the Fedora
Government, has passed into Texas
and he sent out scouts to intercept him
and another letter says he had arrange,
ments. with Gen. Mejia for sending
Confederate cotton into Mexico an6
selling it,
The Herald's correspondent says it is
proposed to build railroad, Mt tho
expense of the Government, between
BraZoS and Brownsville.