The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-11-15

us@ Freedmen Picking up''-
Cs,k'-
w1iI's' 800
.. .uryGToN CITY, Nov, II, 1865.
= season draws nigh for the meet
,,,ncress, preparations are being
w ty all the respectable boarding
D'" a, the reception of "our men,
s,,a the fact that's "ws 10 board a
*. : snticsut to- justify asking
',.. five or fifty dollars per month for a
p',i ,'.se pom. and hOard,) on the third
,'"- ri; 4. a fne Wow of the back yard,
~ ~. leaning of houses and Increase
,,.,i !. considerably augmented by
- ,.,,s,ion TO the representative body
~, 6,l4rarion of members from the
;:,,b.u States though there is cur
~. rnmar here that Mr.. Mcpherson
-, = the House will not call in the
~ # isr,res. on the first day of the ses-
w. ,,r one nj those States which have
tssn 10 rebellion .FEE
lrgs numberof lady clerks have
-, discharged from the Treasury De
O'Sa e,,,.,t and ,aturned soldiers employ
III',"tr,.;r stead. the continued clamor
,Is Isrter class of individuals having
I'D il necessary In the Second
,'uG,, ,aI,@Is office for the month of Octo-
-r',y.r thirty thousand accounts. un-
w. ,b- various bureaus, have been set
,rI making the amount OF labor tpT tue
,., m,uth the largest ever reported.
n H.. Geaeral Land Office under the
A.a.r,n.nt of the Interior, the returns
sytnce ouqsual activity in the disposal
ofnnhjc lands In the past month there
ware entered ior actual settlement un-
der tbe homestead law, in the land office
n Bo,nryil,.. Missouri, over sixteen
rb,nss I'd acres and the cash sales
mounted 10 s3.-j4 At LII Crosse. Wis
rorsu larinL the same month, aud un-
der tLg same law, there We're entered -
EDO aces and the cash sales amounted
tOSl9l
The General Court Martial OF which
Admiril Farragut is President is now
boldugit> session in u room at the Navy
Depar-ment. fitted mp expressly for tue
g>e Of tLa COurt. At present the Court is
engaged in hearing the case of Commo-
lJre Crnen; the charge being neglect
dduty i'll not capturing toe ram stone
all when in his power tn do 80.
There arc bat two or tlree vessels re-
,,us at the navy yard, ANA but one
mo for sea--th" "SWdta'a' Il
J a!rd class yunbsat, under orders 10 the
Nediterranian She Is being ofticered IN
accordance with an idea shat has lately
occurred TO Mr.. Fox, thrt all lme officers
Of the navy should practically under
stand steam engineering. Some twelve
bOyish MidShipmen baVe been
ordered to her and assigned duty iii Che
engine room and on deck (it' We huder-
stand the idea rightly alternately. L
believe that you can't make good sailor
Of a st cam engineer AMI expect him to
do both duties, aud rice uerSa, and that
the erem!i will be the blowing up OF some
vessel in the navy and the consequent
explosion of Mr. FOX's idea.
At the last meeting OF the Board OF
Trade in this city, the proceeding in
which West Nir5inians arc most inter
rsted vas the appointing OF committee
70 wait on the President and Directors
of the Baltimore IL Quo k. r, and SOllc-
il them ta make their connections with
the West. or the terminus Of the recently
chartered branch road at fhiS Cttg Instead
otat Bladensbu"g, Md, as is currently re-
ported To be the,V intention.
The cholera has caused some little
noise here. rs has been the case IN most
oithe Northern cities The Metropoli-
tan police have the matter i'll charge, aud
heach section of the city one officer has
been appointed to look ont for the sanl-
lary condition of his section aud Is held
TsspOlSibc for tn same. At each al the
meetings. o1' this august body since the
cholera appeared in the harbOr of New
York loug harangucs have been made
that ar, becoming some What amusing;
but Is the American people generally
talk abnut approaching events until they
are actually npon them before they be-
sIn 10 act we cannot wonder at the
lOng.wlnGed speeches that are being lis
tened To thr0ughOut the country
The interesting objects Of our fraternal
soleitude, known as Freedmen, are pick
aga" remarkably well under the watch
iul care OF the New Bureau. They are .
class of beings who have that cnviable
trait OF character which fits them for
"fagug hjags q they come, or rather az
they fRd them"
AbCnt two weeks ago a very extensive
robbery was committed in grocery and
"quot store ia this city, and, after conSid-
ETaJIr search the detective force traced
th' eaiirr stock of goods. with the cX-
cept'on nj the whisky. to the freedmen's
settlement in the northern liberties OF
Washing tvu This is but one OF tho ma
ny instances OF the advancement Ot our
E5'g-bc1" brethren II provision IS
not male for thOm before winter sets III,
@auy u them will starye OF freeze to
tratu
Among the notIhies in Washington
'l's week We see Extra Billy Smith :
nolndgug from the maanor in which
le walks Pennsylvania Avenue and sur
'eys bis surroundings, one wonld sup
eVe ne owned at least two-thirds OF the
city
,.Seneral LongStreet visited the Presl-
'..., .r Today, hut has not as yet been sue
asMm his endeavors to obtain par
a. u mappHcation has been filed away
ar,, - Lle cases of other Confederate Gen-
S' ~ lot idrtheT consideration.
,,ar ,aus Books have been opened for the
r1dIdria n.,ia Il fredericksburg K. r., aud
iru uuuoer OF northern capitalists have
.ee'ed gr.e'd Present indications promise
hbsI uai results fromiuvesting in this Road.
1e LOadou i Hampshire Road will be