The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-09-30
NEWS ITEMS.

| came off. and it was discovered that IT
| had been stuck on with.wax!
WISCONSIN editor says he loves to
be called liar, Iobber. murderer, assas-
| sin, secessionist, corperhead, wonan-kill-
er, traitor, &c, as snch things add to
| the list of his friends. aud that he VIII
paw from ten 10 fifteen cents line Tor
all such abuse, from those who have no
be ter arguments to use
THE Chicago Republican, in speaking
of the crew of "A vessel wrecked on the
North Pier, SAYS: "All of them escaped
without injury, with the exception OF
the captain, who fell as he leaped on
the pier and broke two of bis legs, we
would like to know how many legs the
Door captain had, and if, having lost the
use of two, he was still able to foot 1t to
a place of safety
THE tunnels of all the railways in
France are three hundred aud sixty SIX
in number, and would if combined
measure three hundred aud seventy-seven
leagues in length. The longest tunnel
is that of the Nerthe, near Marseilles, on
the Lyons Railway, which cost lO,9UO,-
OOOf. that of Bloisly on the same line
8 600. .OOOf., and that of the Credo, be
tween Lyons and Geneva, ,5OO,OOOt-
The entire cost of the bridges, vladncts
and tunnels on the various French rall-
WAYS amounts to 432,65i ,953f
H., C;,oo,,I Convention nf thp iiO-
cese of illinois, now in session i'll Chica-
90, after a long and warm discussion,
passed resolutions expelling Grace
Church, Galesburg, from the diocese, on
account of its course iii sustaining IT'S
rector, DIR. Creoncraft, who had been ST.
lenced by bishop Whitehouse for preach
ing sermons sustaining the war for the
Union Grace Church will probably ap-
neal the matter to the General Conven-
ton of Bishops, to be held soon in Phil
adelphia.
WE are fully assured that should Pres
ident johnson exercise his high prlvl-
lege, and grant Mr. Stephens an uncondi-
tional pardon. the entire Northern press
would say Amen" and the Southern
people would look upon it as an act OF
clemency worthy of their best eXcrtions
to he procated.-LoHisriHe JoandL
A RATHER serious riot occurred at Mem
phis last week, arising from white man
striking a negro whom he fonnd beating
a small white boy The white man took
refuge in livery stable which was soon
surrounded by excited and angry negro
soldiers. The white man escaped by
rapid running. He was closely pursued,
and fired at number of times.
CoMMENDABLE--The sum of one
thousand dollars, which accumulated at
Lynchburg, in the hands of the Provost
Marshal by fines, was turned over, by
General Curtis to the pastors of the va
riOus churches of that city, to he appro-
priated to the education of INDECENT child
ren.-StaHRtoR Spectator.
THE southern Adrocdte publishes what
purports to be an extract from private
letter written by President Lincoln to
General Wadsworth, in which Mr.. l..
SAID: Il cannot see, if universal amnesty
is granted. how, under the circnmstanc-
es, can avoid eXacting in return nniver-
sal suffrage, or, at least, suffrage on the
basis of Intelligence and military SER
vice"
ABATEMENT IN THE CHOLERA.-The
United States consul-general at COnstan-
tinople. under date of August %, reports
Ia.
abatement in the cholera since his last
dispatch The number of deaths on the
2lst was one hundred and forty-threc,
while heretofore it exceeded two thouS-
and in a single day.
AMNESTY PARDONs.-lt is believed
that the President will make no change
in the manner of granting amnesty par
dons, but will pursue his present course,
as u large number of blank pal'"ns have
been ordereH printed, and a stamp of the
Presidents signature has been made to
expediate signing them Thus far all
pardons granted have been signed 10y the
Presidents own hand.
The belief that general amnesty
would soou be proclaimed, with certain
exceptions has died ont.
Ar the recent session of the |. 5. Cir
cult Court iu Milwaukee, Mr. John
Stoves recovered damages of 5000 from
BENJAMIN Chenoworth, Lewis Daven-
port l.. Rood and other citizens of Mon
roe. Green county 10. assault. riding him
on a rail, and bodily injuries III the sum-
mer of 1862 He was suspected OF dIsloy
atty, and in pursuance Of sundTy resolu-
tians adopted by meeting of citizens
there based on "Pope's OrderNo 3, they
endeayored to make him take the oath
of allegiance, which he refused to do nm
til he thought his life was in danger.
THE Wisconsin Democrats have jnst
met in convention, and, like the Demo
srats of New York and other States, in
dorse President Johnson's plan for an
immediate restoration of the Union. The
Wisconsin Republicans, like their fel-
lows throughout the North, oppose Pres
ident JobnsoH's plan, and want to keep
tbe South fram the Union till she has
agreed to do several things which we
have no right to force her to agree to,
and which all look to partisan policy and
not to political justice-in other words,
to the perpetuation Of the Republican
misrule in Congress.
PERHAPS the shortest sermon on record
was one preached by the late Irish Dean,