The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-30
WHEELING REGISTER
MONDAY MORNING, JAN, 90 1862
), - ! 4 : T.,a.r.phic SUMMARY.
Gold closed, at the regular e0aIa, csma Ha''

tlOn captures ." -'I., -l1... n,.onar+v
plies of provisions ana 0'n''
q were taken. ,d,,,.
4 " approaching Wilmington.
naserters continue to report that'the
halls are eyacuating Richmond.
# is probable that Burleigh, the Lake
r,i. raider, will soon be delivered to the
United States government by the Cana
dian authorities.
Rebel sympathizers in California are
migrating to Mexico under invitation
from Dr. Gwyn.
The Michigan soldiers voting law has
hssn pronounced constitutional by the
Supreme Court.
# il reported that the rebel privateer
Tallahassee was captured atNew Inlet on
rhe 18th :,
Cobb Kennedy, a relative Of Howell
Cobb, of Georgia, is on trial by court
martial in New York, charged with being
a spy
With relation to peace matters, we
have the astonishing announcement that
left Davis will treat for peace on t4Ie oa-
sis of sonaration and Mr.. Lincoln desires
90, +bo bosis of submission to the
Union. ,,.
The New York papers think that Mr.
R,oir's mission did not amount TO much'
General sherman has issued al order
orco,raoinr Young aud able-bodled ne
80 enlist in the army. The old
c. or. to be taken care of on the sea
i isIapd, of South Carolina and Florida.
All the obstructions i'll the harbor OF
savannah have been removed and 1t is
now open to navigation.
Rebel reports say that Sherman has
not vet made any movement up the Sa-
yannah river.
The supplies sent to the sufferers III
Savannah have been received.
General Grover supercedes General
Geary in command of the city of Savan-
nah.
The rebel naval expedition down the
I,mes river was failure. The land
troops sent out to cooperate with the
rurhoots were driven back. The eXpe-
dition was planned by General Lee.
The Richmond papers still manifest
much hostility against the Confederate
Government. They call loudly for re-
form in the management of affairs.
The rebel loss in the James river affair
is said to be five killed and fourteen
wounded.
1t is reported that General Lee has
been appointed Commander-m-Chief OF
the rebel armies and that Joe Johnston
is to command the army of Northern
Virginia
Heav defalcations have taken place
in the United States Revenue Depart
ment i'll San Francisco.
A destructive fire took place in CAIRO
on last FRIDAY nSht.
The steamboat Eclipse exploded her
boiler at Johnsonville, Tennessee, on
Friday, killing thirty-six persons and
wounding sixty-nine. All the guns OF
the 9th Indiana battery were lost.
Rebel reinforcements have been sent
from Charleston to Rranchville. Desert
ers report that Charleston is being eFac-
uated.
The last of Shermans army was eX-
pected to leave Savannah ON the Goth.
Governor" Hahn, Of Louisiana, has
appointed holiday on the oath of Feb
ruary, to celebrate the abolition OF
slavery in Tennessee and Missouri.
Rebel press gangs cross from Browns
Vile, Texas, into Mexico, and censcript
refugees.
The London Times ridicules the rebel
proposition to emancipate their slaves
in order to obtain foreign recognition
General Butler arrived in Lowell Oh
Saturday and addressed the citizens i'll his
own yindication, He made several sharp
thrusts at Grant and Porter, and wants
his epitaph written Here lies the Gen
eral who saved the lives of his soldiers at
Fort Fisher and Big Bethel"
The Richmond Sentinel says that the
iron clad tleet is back at its old ancbo +
age. 1t recommends the burning of all cot
ton likely to fall into Federal hands.
The Indians still continue their depre
dntions on the plains.
A destructive fire occurred in Rich
mond, Indiana, yesterday morning. The
entire lossis about $4,000
The steamer Mustang, employed ~
u scouting boat on the Mississippi, has
been used for committing various depre
dations along the river. She was seizee
on the 18th by United States gunboa'
and the crew committed TO Jail i'll Nicks
burg,
We advise all our friends to call to-day
ut the Metropolitan Gift Book Store, al