The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
Philip Speed Assaulted
Freedmen's Bureau Matters
Internal Revenue Collector Speed As
saulted. 49,
Press Dispatch.l
fTtSS DIspdUCH'I

LOUISVILLE, July 1O.-Philip Speed
Collector of Internal Revenue, was as
| Saulted, while gong i''''i' wa'fl on Sa,
| urday evening at II o'clock, by rhre,
men in the garb of soldiers, one of whom
| with a boulder knocked in several of his
teeth, inflicting serious wonnd. MI
Speed thinks their purpose was robbery
Speed is doing well.
Reports Received at the Bureau OF
Refugees and Freedmen-D. A. Cool
cy, Of Iowa, Appointed Ccmmission-
er Of Indian AGnirs-Army Matters
Press Dispatch.l
New YORK, July 1.-The Herald's
Washington special says report has
been received at the Bureau OF Refugees
TO. freedmen and abandoned lands onthe
subject of Outragcs committed on ne
groes. The report states that prior to
the dissemination of our troops through
the interior of the South, many slaves
were hunted, shot down and left in the
woods while endcavoring to reach our
lines. This accounts for the bodies be-
ing found there. But sincea CESSATION
of hostilities this business has stopped.
There are, however, still instances of
cruelty but the majority .ofsthe people
appear willing to obey thesauthorities of
the United States.
W. b. Dole, Commissioner OF Indian
Affairs, has resigned and Judge b. N
Cooley, of Iowa, has been appointed to.
the position.
The Times says the muster out Of GEN
eral Wright's provisional corps extin-
guishes the Army of the Potomac as an
organization. The Army of Tennessee is
also extinct, the only corps now in oxis-
tence are the 4th, General Woods, Just
sent to the Gulf; the 18th, General Steele,
going to Texas; the 9th. General A. j.
Smith, in Alabama and Mississippi; the
23d, garrisoning North Carolina, under
General Ruger; the oath, garrisoning
Virginia, and the 25th cOloled, mostly
gone to Texas under Weitzel. These
corps are all greatly reduced in numbers.
The Tribune's special says that the
Freedmen sBureau have refused To restore
to former rebels confiscated and abandon
ed lands set apart by the Government for
the use Of freedmen and refugees, and
has finally concluded to leave the whole
subject to the decision of the courts
Cases of inhumanity to negroes are con-
stantly reported TO. General Howard as
occurring in the interior of the Southern
States. Planters have been klpwn to
administer from one to three hundred
lashes to their former slaves ni both
sexes.
Jeff. Davis and Military Commission
Prof. Mccullough Arrested and
In Prison n-InnOcence OF Mrs. sur
ratt.
4. (Press Dispatch
New YORK, July 1.-THE Worlds
Washington special says: 1t is now re-
garded as quite certain that a special
military commission will be instituted
in o short time for the trial of Jefferson
Davis, on charge of completely in the
assassination of President Lincoln. The
discovery of additional evidence involv-
ing Davis is said to be the cause of the
transfer of his case from a civil to the
military tribunal. In this connection 1t
may be added that Professor Mccullough.
the rebel inventor of way for overcom-
ing certain difficulties, supposed to refer
to rebel plots to burn cities, as alluded to
i'm the evidence of the late conspiracy
trial, was brought here to-day and placed
III prison.
The confessor of Mrs Surratt. the Rev.
ir. Walters, says, not revealing the con
frSsiOnal, that as God lives, Mrs. Snrratt
was innocent of the murder of President
Lincoln or of any intent or conspiracy TO
murder him.