The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-21
WHEELING REGISTER
,rrpDAy MORNING, JAN. si' 1862
Te,eurnphic summary

board, AT S%,V''
change at S2,o55. :, rho rsbsl
cabinet are not coniiri'l0" M
Th,p;.bmond Examiner says that Tile
So.ratorv of War has directed tho rro-
ro.t Narshalat fredericksburg 10 release
Henry 5 Foote. Co,
Th, T.ibane says that Secretary o'ah-
can. visit to savannah is connected WIN
RI. negro question, and that Gen sher-
nam i about to partition among the ne
oroas the abandoned estates OF southern
1,,t.rs and 10 astonish the world gen
orally
Wilmington has not been occupied yet'
but it is reported that the rebels have
blown ND Fort Casewell and evacuated
the town
The monitor PatapscO was blown up
by a robel torpedo off Charleston on the
18th. Forty or fifty of the crew went
down with her.
Pocoyaligo bridge, on the Charleston
and Savannah railroad, was captured by
General Hatch on the i4th The rebels
lcu back towards Charleston.
The rebels i'll Canada propose another
raid across tho border for the purpose of
releasing the prisoners i'll Clinton prison
1t is rumorod that Senator McDougall,
OF California, will resign.
General Butler Las turned over to his
successor in the Department OF Virginia
about half a million dollars.
+. +. Blair, ST., has gone to Richmond
again. He has been i'll secret consultation
with President Lincoln and it is thought
shat his mission to Richmond may have
more - do with the peace question than
has generally been supposed. 1t ls SAID
that "the resources of craftsmanship are
now to be employed i'll connection with
vigorous prosecution OF the war to
bring about peace
The committee on Foreign Relations,
in the rebel congress, has reported III
favor of sonding commissioners to sue
for peace.
Bureigh, the Lake iieraider, has been
committed for robbery Considerable OK
citoment has resulted tharefrom
Active operations at Mobile, both by
sea and land, are expected soon
The Fonjan brotherhood, inpouyention
at Cincinnati, have passed resolution
for raising fund III aid OF their breth-
rem i'll Ireland. -...-
One of the guards Of the Ohio Peniten-
tiary was mtrdered by a negro cQpyict |
on tho 10Th. - g.. -.
Richmond papers abuse [Bayis. add
othors for permitting the capture OF Font
Fisher. The Sentinel denounces the
peace resolutions ia Congress as treason
abba.
The proposition to repeat the exemp-
,tiou law huds hut'iittle favofin the rebel
congress -. -
The Richmend E~qaasr ssysthae Bnt-
lei could have. taken Whining fpns on
Christmas day but he swzrs. AFRAID - The
loss of the port of Wilmington is ssid to
he a a'serioqa Blow to theseetlfT btt was,
in some respects, .ea- sdSs6sga sart
Admiral Porter roTrS1irfs 'triat' eighteen
hundred men and great many officers,
were captured at Fort. Fisher. The Fed
eral casualti,, will not exceed three
hundred
Am explosion took place i'll Font Fisher
on the 10Th, which hhhA or Nhpnded
about ono hundred men. :: !, s.-.i
Good order aud lhietnGss .ararstil
maintained i'll Savannah Ii is said ahole
is moi so much .uiieriug there aslIas' been
reported -'' ~-.'~-
Hon Henry Wilson has been fe-
elected Cnitsd States Senator from Mas
Sachusetts. ,-.y
Tho Maino Legislature wants tho Con
stitution of the United States amended.
A great deal ut Importance is at
laehed to Mr. Bipir's 'secpnd witt TO
Richmund.s ?, .,t.- ~, -. =, - 20.