The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-11-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Losses In the United States Navy.
Expense Of Navy During the War.
Latest News from the South
Condition of Affairs in Mexico.

James Brooks Seat 20 be Contested
-Afairs in Mississippi-sanitar
Measures.
New YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Herald's 8
special says that Horace Greeley, Gener-
al Fitzpatrick and the rebel General Long
street saw the President yesterday. Kill
patrick is understood to have a foreign
mission in view. The Worlds special
says he has leave Of absence for year to
visit Europe.
The Times Washington dispatch says
it has been ascertained that during the
entire war, the Navy has lost only 1,406
killed, and 1853 wounded, out of rs, 900
sailors and marines on the rolls, inclusive
Of all losses in the grand battles of the
Mississippi, at Charleston, Mobile, Fort
Fisher and elsewhere; in a word, the
splendid victories of Farragut and Porter
have been achieved with less loss Of life
than has been suffered in single divis-
ion of troops This is due in part to the
fact that the enormous range of our navy
guns kept the men out of musket range.
The whole expense of the Navy since
the beginning of the war, Including the
construction and equipment of all its
vessels and their maintenance has been
less than two hundred and thirty millions
dollars or only about seven and half
per cent. of the National debt. Moreover
we have at the close of the war ships
enough to show for the money spent, to
constitute what is probably better
Navy than that of either of the European
powers We have constructed since 1861,
two hundred and ten vessels of war, all
of which are of the most improved mod
els and contain all of the appliances of
modern offensive and defensive warfare.
VIM. E. Dodge informed the clerk of
the House yesterday, that he was pre-
pared to file the necessary papers to con-
test the seat of James Brooks. Eleven
hundred pages of testimony have already
been taken.
The Herald's special dispatch says a
private telegram to the Freedmen's Bu-
reau from late prominent officer of the
army, who is passing down the Mississip-
pi and up White river, says negro SOL
ders are still killed when discharged
and turned back into the country. Boats
are crowded with Yankees prospecting
for the purpose of introducing ma
chinery, etc. The rebel General Forrest
landed on the Mississippi bank. Hesays
he does not expect the President to par
don any officer of his class, but will
leave it to Congress, which will probably
disfranchlse them forever But he will
go to Washington and try the effect of
money and thus accomplish his purpose.
He thought Northern radicalism dying
out with the fires Of the war.
A private telegram, from prominent
gentleman of Mississippi, says the arrest
Of Captain Peak, of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, is greatly regretted by Gov. Hum
phreys, although he refused to interfere.
At the request of Col. Thomas, General
Osterhaus furnished guard for the Cap
tain, but the sheriff anticipated its arri-
val and set him free! The Captain is now
i'm the discharge Of his duties.
General H. L. Conway does not speak
encouragingly of the spirit which anima-
tes majority of the Louisianians.
At meeting of the commissioners OF
health yesteaday, resolutions were adop.
ted directing the city inspector to detail
a suitable number of officers in his de-
partment to examine the condition of the
city in sanitary point of view, and to
report thereon to the commissioners OF
health. A commission has been appoint
ed by the Government to select site for
quarantine hospital in Sandy Hook -
General Meigs has also ordered barracks
erected at Fort Schuyler, to be traus-
ferred to Sandy Hook for hospital pur-
poses.
A Washington special says: The Presi
dent is being vigorously pressed to have
Jeff. Davis tried under the indictment
1ae q
Judicial Court of this District.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE Farragut
court-martial to-day heard several wit
nesses in the defence of Commander Cra
van. Bernard c. McGill testified that
from what he had heard from q Spanish
officer, the rebel ram Stonewall was too
formidable to attack without instant de-
struction to the assaulting vessel.
The body of Captain Wirz was buried
this morning at the arsenal, near the re-
mains of the conspiraters
WASHINGTON, Nov. l2-The cholera is
still at york at Damascus and Aleppo-
The mortality at Samaria has been esti-
mated at 1000. and at Jatfa 900. The
malady still fingers in Biernt, but has
lost it's epidemic form The Consul at
Paris says there is no longer any doubt
that the cholera has commenced its raw
ages in that city Reports from Florence
to the State Department represent that
the cholera has greatly diminished in the
southern and eastern portion of the ltal-
ian Kingdom. 1t is on the decline in
Jerusalem, and has also abated at Bar
celona.
Major General Judson Fitzpatrick, of
New Jersey, has been appointed Minister
to Chill, and Col. Edwin F. Cook, of
the same State, Secretary of Legation.
Capt Wirz, in his incomplete diary,
under date of Oct lst, says that a
man was at that time placed in his cell
to prevent any attempt he might make
to take his own life, bnt the man fell
asleep. He writes that the reason why
he did not, put an end to his existence
was because what he suffered was the
will of God, and in the second place, he
owed it to himself, his family, his rela-
tions and the world at large, to prove
his innocence.
New YORK, Nov l2.-The Herald's 5
Washington special says General Grant
and part of his staff leave Washington
for this city tomorrow morning.
Commissioner Cooley, Of the Indian
Bureau, is in Philadelphia for few days.
Col. K. E. De Russey has been breveted
Brigadier General in the regular army.
Reports show that the mortality among
- xIa,roos dnrinU the war yaried from