The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-06
WHEELING REGISTER.
MONDAY MoRSNs, MARCH q. 1855
E,n.Ia.-anhic Summary.

,,ross of Abraham Lincoln, In assuming
a. duties of Chief Executive tor the
,d time. consists in its brevlty; out
go General character it cannot be SAID
m,t the document is an improvement Oh
w. rrevious productions from the same
,rao The President has, as usuai'
,,ceeded in making tolerably liberal
nss Of the English language without en-
T,btening the people on any particular
f;nt the address being evidently gotten
=, 70 I'LL the bill" The state OF affairs
%'or wears ago is referred to, and the
pr..iient fails to find any thing in the
,..nrrences of that period to call forth
.ybibition Of literature or, declama-
a,n He talks some about the slavery
,oestion. and gets into a theological
'.;n conceding that the prayers OF
..itber side have been fully answered,
Inf exborts his followers to be still ac-
.;rs in their efforts for the liberation OF
he negro under Divine auspices.
Notwithstanding the inclement state
# the weather Washington is said to
bsve presented quite an animated ap-
nsarancs on the occasion OF the lnaugu'
ration. Civic and military professions
.o,ntes decorations of public and private
,.;,1;nr, and mud we're among the prin-
cipal features
Tho rshel House has passed another
biI to place 100000 negroes in the army
The Richmond Wing says Bragg has
halted schofeld fifteen miles from WIZ
mington.
Tt'o Se.,;,sI saws sherman has crossed
South Carolina
Richmond papers say Sherman is stuck
in tbe mud, and that his force, including
Gilmores and schofeld's commands, is
$1,000
Wade Hampton is reported at Column
ba
Rebel deserters say that Lee took two
divisions of Anderson's corps south to
meet Sherman.
The War Department has intelligence
from Halifax that there is danger OF a
rebel raid from the Province on Oswego
and Rochester
Simeon Draper has been confirmed as
Collector of Customs in New York, and
Abram Wakeman as Surveyor
The American Consul from Matamor-
= as has arrived at Southwest Pass
Commodore Palmer's fleet is prepared
70 open bostilities on Mobile.
An official war bulletin announces the
capture of Charlottesville by Sheridan,
together with Early aud most of his COM
mand.
Advices from Richmond say Sherman s
advance and Porter's gunboats have
reached Fayetteville,
The rebels are receiving achievements
and strengthening their defenses at Mo,
bile.
Rebel deserters still say Richmond and
Petersburg are to be evacuated.
The wires of the Western Union leie
graph Company were connected With
the Pacific line on Sunday
An extensive tobacco factory in Pitts
burgh was destroyed by fire yesterday
The monitor which left her moorin g.
at Pittsburg yesterday. was oVertaker
three miles below the city
The relations between Mexican and
Confederate Generals are said TO be very
amicable
The 4th of March was extensively eel
ebrated at St Louis
The usual army of seekers after Presi
Dental favors thrOng the National Capt.
tai Notwithstanding but few official
changes are to take place.
1t is Tumored that General Sickles /:
authorized to pay Sl,OOO,0UO to the Co
lumbiau Government for lands to col
onize 10000 emancipated negroes
Deserters are still reported to be com
ny into the lines of the Army Of the Po
tomac in fabulous numbers. They art
receiving payment for the arms they
bring with them
The rebels confronting the Potomac
army are said to have indulgedin great
jubilee recently over the reception OF
ration of whisky
Two privates OF the oath New York
were shot on the Sd for attempting te
desert
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