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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18
The Diary Of rMr. Cyrus w. Field.
fRy Union Line

New YORK, August 17.--The following
is Mr.. Cyrus W. Fields diary:
STEAMSHIP GREAT EASTERN ATLANTIC
OCEAN, North latitude, 81 deg, 25 m.
West longitude 800, six O'clock, Friday
evening, August llth, 1865. 80 sls steam
ship Great Eastern sailed from the More,
off Sheerness, Saturday, July 18th, at
2-30 o'clock, and at hall-past 2 o'clock ON
Monday afternoon, II, she overlook the
Caroline that left London on the 9th
inst, with the shore end on board She
had been detained by bad weather. We
took her in tow and arrived off Valentia
at 6-45 A. Nj. of Wednesday. As the
weather was unfavorable the Caroline
went into Valentia harbor, and the
Great Eastern To Beck Haven, Bantry
Bay, followed by the next day by her
majesty, steamers Terrible and SphynX.
The q miles OF the heavy shore end
were successfully laid from the Caroline,
towed by the steamer Hawk, on Satur-
day, the 22d, at Il quarter past o'clock.
The next afternoon the splice betwee
the main cable and tie shor' end was
completed, and the Great Eastern, the
Terrible and the Sphynx steamed towards
Newfoundland, while the Caroline and
Hawk returned to Valentine.
All went on in the most satisfactory
manner until 2:20 A. NJ. on Monday, the
25th, when partial loss of insulation
suddenly showed itself. Shortly after
this the speed of the ship was reduced
and the cable paid out more slowly
while tests were applied to locate the
fault, which was found to be in the water
some distance from the Great Eastern
At $50 q. IN. the cable was transferred
to the pickingnp apparatus at the bows,
and webegan to haul in the cable. This
operation was frequently suspended by
want of steam in the boiler attached to
the picking up apparatus, and during
the day portable boiler was connected
with the former At minutes past o.
clock the next morning the fault was
brought on board aud found to have
been caused by piece of our wire sim,
liar to that used in the manufacture oi
cable, about inches long, having been
forced between the outer wire aud thro
the gutta percha into the copper wire
Ten and a quarter miles Of cable were
recovered, the fault cut ont aud another
splice made. -,
The cable was retransferred 10 the
having out machine at the stern, and at
4.l0 a. M, Tuesday, the 25th, all was
again in perfect order, and the fleet OIL
its way to America, having been. detain
ed 81 hours and so minutes,
At noon on Wednesday the goth, th'
Great Eastern was l75 from Valentia
and there had been paid OUT lncludmt
the IL miles on the shore end, lss mile
of the cable. Depth of water l.7al
fathoms. Tests very good !
Thursday, July 9th The ship ran il
the last "a hours l4l miles and paid on
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18
virginia POlitics-Cruelty 10 Negroes
In North Carolina.

NEW YORK, Aug 1.-THE Richmond
Wing of yesterday publishes letter from
B. Johnson Barbour, accepting the nomi-
nation to Congress rendered him, bnt de
clined in former letter.
The Wilmington Herald of the 10th
says the investigation made by Generals
Ames and Duncan. aud Col. Dounellar,
shows that the negroes in Fayetteville,
n. c., aud vicinity, have been cruelty
treated 10y not only civilians but the
civil authorities
Two negroes were tied up and public
ly whipped by the Sheriff. Others were
left tied until storm Frustrated the
trees to which they were tied, holding
them to the ground until relieved.
Citizens too were pronounced to exer-
else the authority of masters over these
people, and punish them as they saw fit.
1t is also said some of the negroes have
been killed
Troops are now under orders to pro
ceed to the locality to put stop to these
abuses.
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Price Of living a, the Oil Woii.

b. E. Taylor always describes well
what he observes, and generally looks at
things from the right stand point Here
is what lie has to say about the mode OF
living in the Oil Regions;
Living is an expensive luxury in these
regions, and if you have nothing impOr-
tant to do hereaway, and yon are unable
to strike tent and depart, the most econ
omica1 thing to be done is to die. 1t will
cost less and last longer. If lone sAal.
low will not make summer anywhere,
one swallow will make SUN here, if
you take it, that will quite astoni,h you
The world has gone to keeping tavern
Plunge into the heart of the hillsand the
country, and you shall find ,lOg-cabins,
whose stick chimneys are in4 fnme with
the unsavory smokes Of pc petual fry
ings gray cabins that SSaRl Hike wasp's
nests with boarders, ho @vour amid
the warm hospitalities of August wealth
Ell and kitchen fire, and 90 up ladders to
bed, like the angels in Jacobs dream
Board at that hotel amid the innocent
savagery of the wilderness will cost you
eight dollurs week. If you affect the
metropolitan life at Oil City, Titusville,
Pit Hole City, Petroleum Centre and all
the rest of them, you can get rations tor
four dollars by day, and be packed like
sardiues, two or three in one place, by
night But don't pocket that cloth upon
the bed it is not handkerchief, as you
might think, but the chalk line you slept
by; it is a sheet That bit of steak
cost thirty cents pound; that bread
was made from -four at font teen dollars
a barrel; that potatoe, dated "A ID. '64,'
is one Of small family that cost about
two cents member You can play
Arab at sixty cents pound for coffee
and swallow a dime when you eat to-
matoe. Your herse, if you have one. costs
you FIVE dollars day under the saddle
your horse, if you board one, will cost
you ten dollars a week In a. country
where, yesterday, yon saw meadows all
withered for want of the mowers,
your horse eats hay from the shorn
fields of New York and Illinois,
without leaving his stall, at the rate OF
fifty dollars ton, or a penny wisp
In country of forests where you are
forever tumbling over stumps, like Bun
yan's Pilgrim in that bad place in the
road he took to "the kingdom" Wood is
seven dollars cord. Pittsburg coal
three-quarters of q dollar bushel, and
common lumber thirty-fvs dollars thou
sand If yeu want room Gin town" you
can get one where you put your trunk to
bed to open the door, and 60 to bed to
oman yonr trunk they will charge YOU
two hundred and forty dollars q y..ar fol
four walls, as bare of furniture as a poor
mans coffin.-And then, if your clothes
are not pretty geod, give them to the
laundress and bid her inst keep then
and say nothing about it." She car
afford it, for she can wash them herself
You can get your oxen shod.for thirteeI
dollars call ronud. and some Of the shoe
will come of before you reach home
Four pairs of shoes at that rate. would b
worth more than the wesrefs, IN som
attitudes.
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THE Henderson Nnrs. of the 9Th,
says:
The uegro rascal, whe treated Mrs
Dollingerso brutally near Evansville,
and who met summary punishment for
his crime, was formerly slave Of Mr..
Jackson McClain, of our county The
freedom of that darkey did not do him
much good Hal amob killed negro in
Henderson we suppose that three or four
regiments of negro troops would have
been sent down here to arrest every
"sympathizer" in the city; and fifteen
punboats would have been gathered to
point their guns on the place; at least we
Judge so from the fact that itrequired so
many troops, and two cannon to show
our citizens how to vote The negro got
his deserts; and we suppose the people
of Evansville are beginning to find out
what it costs to feed the elephant"
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AssignIneut by .Ketchum, Son 81 ~
Sentence COmmuted. Ks

New YORK, Aug. 1.-THE Conimer-
cial says Ketchum, Son & Co.. have tnade
an assignment to Mr. P. c. CalHeun,
President of the 4th National Bank md
Mr. Belmont, formerly partner ia fhe
firm of Ketchum, Rogers & Beln6nx
The house and furniture of Edwin Keteh
um have been seized by the Sheriff
The Posts special says Major Hefod,
of the 5th Illinois cavalry, who waspen-
fenced to be hanged. has had his $en.
tence commuted to ten years imprt1pn-
ment in the Albany Penitentiary. .
New YORK, Aug II The Commercial
SAYS the check book from which Ketch-
um issued his forgeries has been }1und
with three hundred and fifty checks mis-
sing, which, if all were used by him,
would make the total issue abontsous
million seven hundred thousand.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18

No MORE GREENBACKs.-A Washing
ton dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer
says 1T is understood that the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury will issue no more
greenbacks at present, nor will he ask q
loan from the National Banks; but with
the receipts from internal revenue, from
customs and from the issue of certifi-
Gates, he will be able to make both ends
meet until after the meeting Of Con
gress. Agents are here from the large
cities, advocating the issue of more cur
rency, but the Secretary is decidedly op-
posed TO any such measure, or to bor-
rowing any more money, if he can pos
sibly avoid it, This will prevent sudden
fluctuations and the expansion of prices,
which would inevitably be the result Of
a further issue OF currency.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18

A special communication of the Grand
Encampment and Grand Lodge of the
State of Georgia, o O. F., was held in
Macon, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the
Ist and I'd inst VIM. H. Barnes, former
ly of Atlanta, was elected representative
by the Grand Encampment to the Grand
Lodge of the United States and Mr. E.
C. Grannis, of Macon, and Thomas p
Fleming, of Atlanta, we're also elected
representatives Of the Grand Ledge to
the Grand Lodge of the United States,
to be held in the city of Baltimore in
September next Columbus (Ga.) Eaqm-
rey
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THE Richmond Vhig to remove more

The Richmond Wing, to remove more
effectually certain misapprehensions from
the Northern mind in regard to the re-
suits of the waIS says:
We repeat, though at first shocked and
startled by the sudden proclamation OF
abolition, the Southern people do now
sincerely and honestly acquiesce in what
they regard as an irreversible and per-
petual decree, with the determination to
make the best of things as they are, and
with the hope that the first and almost
universal fears and forebodings of evil
and disaster will prove to be groundless.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18
Arrival Of the British War steamers
Terrible and Galntia at 81. Johns
The Gable Grappled three Times
Failure of the Graphing Genr-Re.
=. turn Of tho Great Eastern 10 England
for New Graphing Appnrnins.
(By Union Line. /

HEARTS CONTENT, IL, via AsrG BAY,
Aug. 1.-THE British war steamers Ter
rible and Galatia arrived at st Johns, n.
F., at 9 o'clock this day, evening, 18th
inst.
The steamship Great Eastern returned
to Sheerness on the 1lth inst Captain
Napier reports as follows
The cable parted on Wednesday, the 2d
inst, at noon, in nineteen hundred and
fifty fathoms of water. 1t was then
grappled for three different times and
raised in twelve hundred, nine hundred
and six hundred fathoms. Each time
the graphing broke, but the cable re-
mained unbioken The Great Eastern
returned to England for stronger and
better graphing gear.
Mr.. Varley, one of the electricians,
writes most encourageingly i'll regard to
the cable. He says we find no difficulty
whatever in graphing the cable, even in
the greatest depth of water. AS soon as
proper tackle is prepared we will proba-
bly commence graphing for the cable
again one hundred miles east Ofthe break
where the water is only 1900 fathoms
deep. The buoy rides the water gales
we'll, being fastened by pieces of con
demned cable Mr.. Field is in good health
and spirits.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18

AN exchange says the family Of Vice
President Hamlin is we'll taken care Of
Major Charles Hamlin, who has lived in
Washington during the. entire war,
draws S3.3OO; another son. with the rank
of Brigadier, manages to live OH s4.5OO
brother of the ex-v. p, holds a sinecure
Of $4,000, paid in geld; son in-law was
made paymaster as soon as he married,
with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and
$4,000 to support his little family on, all
Of which Uncle Sam pays
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18

THE Chippewa chief "Hole-iR the Day
is one of the solid men of Minnesota, as
far as money goes He has splendid
farm one mile square. n comfortable
dwelling, a large stock of cattle and
horses, and an income of $4,000 year,
free of income tax He is loyal to the
core and still regrets that his offer to the
Government to raise battalion of Chip
pswa soldiers to go South and fight the
rebels was not accepted. He was in st
Paul last week sitting Ia an artist for
life.size portrait.
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The New York Financial DiasuI,y.

New YORK, Aug 17.-But little addi-
tional has been developed concerning
the great defalcations since yesterday
Ketchum's robberies are now estimated
at S5,000,000
r r. Mumford, whose failure to meet
his engagements was announced several
days since, has been arrested on charge
of giving checks on banks in which he
had no funds His operations involve,
however, q loss Of only about one hun
drsd thousand dollars.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18
WHITE LABOR.
Phiiadelpeia Wool Market.

There is fair demand for wool from
manufacturers, and moderate business
doing in the way of sales at fully former
rates, chiefly in medium and fine fleece.
at 70a75c; tub ranges at 65a73c, and low
grade at 60a65c, and the latter very dull.
Holders in the west are firm in their
views. Yarns are better, and'selling as
wanted at 81 Is to 81 20per Id.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18

A GIRL named Mary Lee, whose pa
rents live at Huntingdon, attempted to
run of with circus troupe last week.
was pursued, detected on a train, and as
the officer was about to seize her, she
jumped from the cars, which were going
at the rate of thirty miles an hour. On
halting the train, parties went back in
search of the body Of the infatuated girl,
when to their surprise she was found
slightly, if at all injured II was evi-
dent that if the show business wasn't
fit for her she was fit for the show busi-
ness. She was taken home, it Is said
thoroughly satisfied with her 6rst and
last acrobatic feat of Fschclls perileuss
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18
Executes :of the Bonds Of Preston
King.

New YORK, August F.-Hon Preston
King yesterday executed his bonds as
Collector of the port of New York, in
the sum of 100000. His bondsmen are
Andrew W. Csrrigan and R. N. Blatch-
ford, whe Justify in two hundred thou
sand dollars each. The bonds were exc
cuted before. Judge Belts, his Honor sub
ssquently administering tho oath.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18
The BARBAKoUs ExEcuTIos.-we un

The BARBAkoUs ExEcUTIos.-We un-
derstand from good authority that Mrs.
Surratt was executed an hour before the
time originally intended at Washington
for the reason that overcome by exhaus
ton and excitement, she was at the point
of death, and it was feared that nature
would release her spirit from its tenement
before the gallows could perform its
work. This could not be permitted, and
the innocent woman, already nearly dead,
was dragged to the gibbet, in order to
vindicate the strength of the Govern
ment and the majesty of military COM
missions Gin. Enquirer.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18

HEARTS COyTENT.-Every one is ask-
ing about Hearts Content. 1t is . dirty
little hamlet in Newfoundland, noted
principally for its huge musquetoes, un-
trustworthy people and beautiful bay
The hither teyminous Of the Atlantic
cable il at Hearts Content.
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W HEELING REGISTER
rsIn,y MORNING, AUGUST Is, 1860.
na,.uranhic sum macy.

cl ,,,sed at the regular board in
Nv York Yesterday, at 81 ,424, aud at the
evening exchange at 81 .42s.
English papers have been .specniat'hg
concerning the Atlantic cable Ii is re,
pardea as possible that the cable was
huoved at the time the FIRST f'a'; =:
.nntered the Terrible, and the under
rnnning and taking mp Of the wire Is
spoken of.
The Terrible aud Galatia have arrived
At st. Johns. The Great Eastern has re-
tnrned TO Sheerness for machinery with
which IA recover the cable, that on
board having proved inadoluaio 10 tue
task The diary of Mr.. Field viii be
found in another column,
Citizens of Washington residinE on
18th street, object 10 the establishment
nj negro schools ia their locality. claim
no that il will depreciate the prlce oi
real estate
Tus postponoment Of the Writ trial
for week ia regarded As probable New
evidence is comlng,a.
A number Of citizens of Richmond Hia-
tied the President recently, On business
Connected with par!ons, anh 1t Is sad
we're not treated with mach poltencsa,
-, accnunt ,f assumption OF
Importance.
A New YORK dispatch says tho ketcli'
nan robberieS are estimated n S'."A,ooo'
P. r MunforA 4 deianlter 10 the
amount of .SluuU01, has been arrested
Hon Preston King has executed ms
hands a. collector of th, port al New
York
irn. slaughter has cXcnlpated lhpr-
rial officers from the charge of assisting
the Co nfederates
ketrhnm. S,n 4 Co, 1T We" i"rH'
have made an assignment
The Penuaylyanil Addition State
Convention assembled yesterday
The Richmond Whig says h. Johnson
Barbour has accepted the nomination
for Congress.
Crnelties are said 10 have been prar-
reed on freedmen near Wilmington n.
= by civil otfi 'ers and citizons and the
military has beeu ordered to interfere.
General Merritt is moving towards the
Rio Grande
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18

STRUCK On Two new wells have
deem struck on Duck Creek, near the
town of Newburg, Noble county. Ohio.
The indicstions are that they win yield
largely, and Of the finest lubricating oil
Thsy are owned BY parties {esiding In
Zsnesyills.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18
sM Enr,hauake-Indian Councp W

ST. LOUIS, Aug. IL "A slight shock of
an earthquake was felt here thissmorn-
ing also at Cairo. No damages
Indian Commissioners from the east, EN-
route for Fort Smith arrived this after
noon.
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Accident.

WASHINGTON, Aug. II -YesterdG af-
tOrn0on, while the worlsmen on th&tapi.
tol extension were at work, a larg N0as
fell, and one of the workmen, med
Jas. Dorsey, was Instantly killed An
other. who leaped at the time from the
scaffolding, was slightly injured r
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18

New ADVERTISEMENTS tax notice
over the signature Of the sheriff, will he
found under this head.
The City Clerk gives notice that the
Board of Appeals will meet at his office
on the lst proX
Pryor, Haudlan 4 Co. have removed
to the buildings lately occupied by l. t
Frost Il Co
WI C.. Anderson ad1ertt,eS the Leo
nora No 2, for Cincinnati, on Saturday
and Booth, Battelle s. Co. advertise the
Nashville for the same point On the same
lay.
The steamer Forest City is TO he reg
ular packet between Pittsbnrs anaPhrk-
ersbnrg
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The Next Hog Crep

Hogs are beginning 20 attractattention,
and $40 net is quite freely offered at
Cincinnati, for November and December
delivery, with premium of75c per head
for slaughtering, but farmers dro-
vers demand this price gros,, ronsequent.
ly' but few are changing hands. Short
crops rs usual, are already talked Of.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18

The FATE OF DAVIS The Army dEd
Nary Journal quotes the declarations Of
President Johnson at different periods
concerning treason and traitors. and
ays: "At the same time we hope that the
executions of which Mr. Johnson spoke
will be exceedingly few Imprisonment
for life, OF q long term, would accomplish
effectually all purposes required in most
cases, and even in the case OF Davi 8 both
for the vindicatiou of the law and the
inculcation of the desired popular lesson
as to the criminality of treason. Deliber-
ate opinion may we'll modify speedy
promise
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southern Items.
From the Richmond Bulletin
GEN wAsHISGTON'S WILL.

A valuable aud interesting document
| was delivered Oh Saturday by the Seere-
| tary of State to the Clerk of the Court of
| Fairfax county. This document was the
original last will and testament of Gen.
George Washington, which has been for
some time preserved in the State Library,
and was saved from the clutches of the
army of curiosity hunters who pillaged
the building after the evacuation only
by the precaution of the late Secretary Of
the Commonwealth, Colonel George w.
Munford The instrument is in The clear
legible handwriting of the Generai,
whose precision and accuracy are evinced
by hissignature being attached TO every
page. and the freedom from m.stakes-
Every is crossed, every dotted, and the
marks OF the punctuality and thoughtful
ness which contributed SO greatly to his
success in every department of life, are
visible in every line.
From the Petersburg Express
THE PETERSBURG AND WELDON KALI
ROAD COMPLETED.
The first through train on the Peters
burg railroad, since the 10th of August
last, came into Petersburg last evening
and anchored in front of Jarratt's Ho.
tel.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
The war of the races" continues fine
ly. A row between soldiers and negroes
in South Ward, disturbance between
the whites and negroes in Ettricks, street
fights between whites and negrOes-all
have occurred within the last day or two.
In McIlwaine's meadow. south of Wash
ington street, every afternoon of the
week, a battle between the white and
and nogro boys takes place. Bricks and
rocks are the weapons now used, but II
these battles are allowed to continue,
they will be substituted by guns Nc
gro men are frequently present to en-
courage the negro boys, and. we under
stand. testimony can be forthcoming to
prove that white boys have, on one or
two occasions, been beaten. The battles
are waged very fercely at times, and they
have now become daily occurrence.
CONFIsCATION.
Thursday an order was received from
Colonel Byron Latin, United States
Deputy Marshal, by the:tenants of MI.
William Palmer, of Richmol d, warning
them against paying any more rent to
him, as all his property had been seized
and will be held subject to the law OF
confscation. Mr. Palmer is one of the
wealthiest citizens of Richmond
GENERAL EDWARD JOHNSON.
General Edward johnson, late Of the
Confederate army, is now stopping in
Richmond, purchasing stock. farming
utensils, &c, preparatory to engaging in
planting on his farm in Chesterfield
county.
WHITE LABOR.
We were yesterday shown. says the
New Orleans Times of the lst instant, a
dozen balls of very superior cotton, raised
this gear chiefly by white labor, on three
plantations, at the old Chal
mette battle ground These plantations
were leased by w. Fl. Irwin, of this city.
and his experiment in raising cotton by
white labor has given entire satisfaction.
The crop at this time has very promis