The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-21
WHEELING REGISTER,
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 81. 1865.
Telcsraphic Summary.

No gold or other markets were receiV'
ed from New York last night
II ia said that Governor Farwell, OF
Wisconsin, first notified Mr.. johnson OF
the murder of President Lincoln, a"''
measures we're at once taken to insure
Johnson's safety.
Three trading boats were captured oy
guerrillas recently on the Hatchie river
and the steamer Eleanor Carroll was in
iured by storm.
Andrew Jackson, Jr., adopted son OF
General Andrew Jackson, is dead. !
Wilbertorce University, Ohio, has been
destroyed by fire.
General Moseby surrendered his com
mand consisting of about seven hundred
men, to General Chapman at Berryviiie
ON the 18th, after arranging terms with
General Hancock. 1t is said that Rosser
has also asked to have his men included
in the cartel
We have a number of contradictory
dispatches concerning the arrest OF
Booth. 1t is said that he was i'll Read
ing Oh the 10Th, but he was not certain
ly identified He was pursued ana a
suspicious character arrested, but 1t Is
not Booth One hundred thousand dol
lars reward is offered foi tho aprrehen-
sion of the murderer and Governor Cur
tin adds ten thousand to it in case he IS
captured in Pennsylvania.
Secretary Seward and his sons are I'M
proving in health. e..
Anumber OF delegations from various
n,aces have called upon President John
son assuring him of their support
The rebel Major Taylor, of Kentucky,
refusing to take the oath Of allegiance
or register himself a deserter, has been
ordered to emigrate to Europe.
The 10Th, the day of the funeral cere-
monies, was observed all over the States
with great solemnty.
A small fight with a. party OF gnerril-
Ia, was had in Kentucky, near Mount
Sterling, OH Monday.
The following is a summary OF yester-
day mornings dispatches:
The funeral ceremonies OF the late
President Lincoln took place in wash
iupton city on Wednesday. The body
Law in state in the east room OF the Ex-
ecutive Mansion, to which, about SIN
hundred persons who had been provided
with tickets were admitted. AT ten
minutes past twelve, DIR, Gmley' freS-
bvterian. announced the order OF eX-
ercises. DR. Hall, Episcopalian, then
read q portion of the scriptures
and Bishop Simpson, Methodist, made
the opening prayer. Rev, Dr. Cur
lev then preached the funeral ser
mon, aud Rev. DIR. Gray, Baptist
made the concluding prayer The corpse
WAS then removed to the hearse ana the
procession formed. 1t was the largest
ever seen in Washington, occupying an
hour and half in passing a given point
The coffin was deposited in the rotunda
of the Capitol whence it will be removed
to Springfield. The route OF the funeral
cortege to Springfield will be by way OF
Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philadelphia
New York, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland
Columbus, indianapolis and Chicago
The funeral of Hon Richard Cobden'
OF England, took place on the 9TH
Business was suspended all over the
country on last Wednesday, and in sew
eral cities immense funeral PROFESSIONS
were had in honor of the late President.
The steamer Lady Jane struck pier
in the Rock Island bridge on Wednes-
day, and was wrecked. One or two lives
Lost