The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-18
Miscellaneous Items.


diet ofS5, 400 to a Miss Calkins, in a suit
against the city for damages by a fall Oh
icy pavements last winter
GEN. EARLY.-There is a report that
General Early died i'll Lynchburg last
week. His friends, however, believe the
report premature, though he, at last &C
counts, was lying i'll of rheumatism,
which had attacked the stomach.
RICHMOND ought to be well ruled at
present, from a military point of view at
least. The Whig oflast Tuesday contains
| three columns of military orders, emana-
| ting from two Major Generals and three
Brigadiers.
THE National Dress Reform Associa-
| ton" holds it's annual meeting in Roch-
| ester, June 22d.. This is the society OF
women who want short skirts, pants,
&c, to be worn by women everywhere.
THE Mr.. Bowles who is condemned to
| be hung by the Military Commission at
Indianapolis, was a Colonel of an Indian
regiment at the battle of Buena Vista,
in 1s47. His regiment broke and fed,
| but he seized a musket and fought as a
common soldier in another regiment. He
| is a gray-headed man, between 20 and 81
years of age.
THE students of Williams College are
about erecting a monument to their com
rades who have fallen on the battle
fields of the present war. Ii will be
placed in front of. Griffin Hall, and is in.
tended to be worthy of the college and
of the fallen heroes ii commentaries.
AN arrangement has been invented in
Philadelphia to prevent the horse cars
running over anybody. The inventor
attached it to a car. then laid himself
down on the track, and was thrust aside
without injury
THE PENNsYLvANIATRoOPS.-The Wal
Department have concluded that the
| Pennsylvania regiments shall be sent
home to be mustered out. They will not
be paid off in Washington. Gov. Cur
| tain and Gen. Reynolds left there Tues
| day They secured an order for the lS6th
and 18TH regiments to be placed on duty
! along the border, and as many more
| troops as are needed will be added. They
will be stationed along the border at
| Bedford, Hancock, Greencastle, &c. This
%precaution is taken to prevent guerrlllas
from burning barns and pluudering the
farmers.
IT is proposed to commemorate the
next 4th of July by laying the corner
stone Of the monument over the Nation
al Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylva
MIA. This grand mausoleum, dedicated
to the brave mel who fell in the conflict
which was so decisive to the fortunes OF
the rebellion, is to he constructed by the
eighteen states represented by their gal
liant sons on that bloody field. Gettys-
burg was the only battle fought in a
free State, aud the fund to prepare and
to perfect the cemetery, raised by the
| commonwealth alluded to, is being
carefully and in~telligently expended
There is now nearly 100000 in the hands
of the trustees.
INDIANA FREE BANKs.-The Indiana
| Free Banks are retiring their circulation
rapidly. Mr.. j. c. Burnett, Register OF
the Bank Department al Indianapolis.
| says the bulk of the notes now outstand.
inc will be returned and destroyed dur.
ing the present quarter. Tho circulation
of the Free Banks of Indiana, ON the Isl
| of April last, was 81 ,293, 600 amount re
turned to Bank Department and burned
To ashes up to May 10th, S3S3,46S bal
ance outstanding, S9Uy,0SSi average
amount burned each day during the past
two weeks, nearly $4,000.
EXTRA Billy SMITH INJURED The
Richmond (Va.) Uhjq says the rebel
| Ex-Governor Extra Billy Smith took
flight from Richmond on horseback, when
| that city was evacuated, and while
| riding up the tow-path of the James
river canal, his horse banked, tumhled.
and plunged into the water, With Smith
under him. For few moments it seem,
ed as if Extra Billy had found his last
| ditch, but he finally escaped to the tow
| path, wet, bruised, exhausted, and mi.
| nus his hat.
DID NOT Go WITH DAVIs.-The Rich
mond Uhig says: 1t has been repeatedly
| stated in the Northern journals that
| Generals Echols and Basil Duke follow.
! ed the fortunes OF Mr.. Davis. General
| Echols is in this city and has been here
| for more than a week. Gen. Breckin.
| ridge adhered to Mr.. Davis and his fol
lowers - Northrop Benjamin, Mallory
and others-saying he could not recon
| ellie il to himself to desert So helpless q
party, and BAIL Duke being a kentuck.
ian, won't with Breckenridge. The com
mand of the expedition probably de.
wolves upon either Breckenridge or Wade
Hampton.
THE SUFFERING CONFEDERATES- On
a recent visit TO Charleston, SAYS the
Neu South, we were particularly struck
with the appearance Ofwant aud woe de
| picted in the countenances Of many OF
| the inhabitants. We saw not only poor
whites and negroes, but many, evidently
of gentle blood-men, women and elil
dren-awaiting their turn TO get theiI
small measure of rice which was being
other means of support. We have heard
| that the case is even worse iii Savannah.
| where the market Is not nearly as we'll
| supplied as at Charleston, and where
| prices are higher. especially for market