The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-02
WHERING REGISTER
MONDAY MORNING, JAN, 2 1865
r,.u..,bic summary.


been making some demonstrations ioo"
mo to offensive movements In front oi 'h'
sixth corps; they are thought however 10
JIbe intendsd toconceal the withdrawal Oh
/ troops to reinforce Wilmington or Charles
ton. Deserter reports that Lee VIII
aoon make movement which Will aston
Sh the world.
4 General Butler and staff arrived at
Aiken's landing on the 2oth
The rebel Captain Pratt and three OF
his men were killed in Harding county,
Kentucky, a week ago.
Further particulars of the operations
against Wilmington have been received
but they embrace very little that has not
previously been published. One OF the
pickets who had been posted on the bank
| of ,pe Fear river, says that on the night
Hof 26th two large barges filled with
i stroops left Fort Fisher.
III Hou. George NJ. Dallas, ex-Vice Presi-
| dent of the United States, died suddenly
| lin Philadelphia. last Saturday morning,
III A desertcr, named Charles Keevcr, has
peen arrested in Columbus, Ohio. as the
supposed murderer of the Rocsa family at
lbeerield
4 The bulk of Hoods army is still north
| of the Tennessee river Owing to the bad
i Isfate1f the roads no immediate opera
i Itions are expected in that quarter.
y Four more of the st Albans Raiders
lenlisted in the United States army in
: Vermont, were detected at New Haven
i Eonnecticnt, and arrested. They are
!. held for further examination.
n Two recent expeditions from Morgan
{ Mia into the interior of Louisiana have
met with much success in breaking up
n kuerriila camps, capturing stores &c.
IL Twenty-Five hundred rebels under Writ
p Adams were menacing Baton Rouge on
the oath.
Richmond papers pronounce MoSeoy
'wonnd not mortal.
II Southern papers say that Hood is rally
ing his amy at Columbia tennessee
Shat he saved seventy pieces OF his artil'
4 lerv and lost no more men than the Fed
-erals did
H A rebel spy was recently captured near
q City point.
Mr. Seward has written letter o
apologize the Brazilian Government fol
] ne Florida affair which, it is said, Is sat
Aistactorr -
n Col Seaton the veteran editor OF the
d National Irtelljgeacer has retired iron
= 1.-THE control of the paper, which has now
y ipassed into other hands.
III The question of the exchange of prls
louers IS about TO be made the subject OF
II congressional investigation. 1t Is
u thought that our government Will not De
found free from blame i'll the matter
IfNotwithstanding the agreement between
Grant and Lee, nothing has yet been
done on our part to better the condition
of our prisoners i'll rebel hands.
L Richmond papers report the disappear,
1 ance of the Federal fleet from before Will
mington. They say that the fleet SUI
fered severely iii the gale and was COM
n PEELED to throw overheard a great many
horses.
n The Richmond Examiner thinks that II
Admiral Porter had thrown Butler over
board there would have been no storm,
aud the expedition might have been
more successful
Nearly all the steamers comprising
Buffers portion of the Wilmington eX
petition have returned to Fortress Mon
Zoe The latest advices. from Admiral
i Porter say that he was still continuing
the bombardment of Fort Fisher
I The Richmond Whig of the 9th, con
sders the only point gained III the cap
4 ture of Savannah is its moral effect. IL
4 expects Sherman to move on Rlchmonu
4 Ii thinks that Lee is about to transfer
! his army and stores and the rebel capita
/ to Danville.
Two brigados of negro troops and one
brigade of cavalry left Memphis on thu
2lst and reached Fayette Depot Oh TIT
ed. The object of the movement is I'M
developed.
Gen. Geary has been appointed Mill
tary Governor of Savannah. Hardee
wife and children remain i'll the city
sherman's troops are engaged iu repair
ing the Charleston and Savannah rail-
road.
II is rnmored that the rebel Leaders
have discussed plan for massing then
armies in Virginia, in case their affalr'
grow desperate, and invading the NORTH
in force, to conquer peace or perish IN
the attempt.
The North Carolina State works al
Masonsboro' we're destroyed by fire last
Saturday
Two hundred of the North Carolina
prisoners have arrived iii Washington
City They are said to be mostly boys
ADMIRAL WILKEs.-The President has
remitted the sentence of the court-mar-