davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
news via 81. Louis.

Sr LOUIS, Jan 1O-On the night Oi
Dec 25tlI, Ensign Blumes, Of the steamer
Virginia, cut out from Galveston the
schooner Dollie, from Nassau. with l2U
bales Of cotton. The schooner, when cap
trred was within five hundred yards OF
the rebel guard ship close in shore, aud
protected by shore batteries She also
passed directly under the guns OF two
forts on her way ont
Fort Smith, Arkansas, adyices Ot the
27th ut confirm the reported evacuation
of that port and Van Buren, and the
probable participation of their garrisons
I'm some movement South Tue people
are leaving that part Of the country
and it Eas Thought Fort Smith and Van
Buren, would be destroyed.
Lieut.. Wilcox, of the ChiCkasaw bat
tallion. had an interview with General
Thayer on the 26th, under flag of truce
The reported object of the visit was to
negotiate the tsrIus Of the surrender al
his battalion to the Union forces.
The remnant of Prices army Ii at
Boggy Depot, OH Red river. Desertions
are very Numerous, and the whole conn
try is filled with stragglers-
Fhree resolutions for Immediate sIRsn-
eipation were introduced IN the eOnven'
ton Yesterday, bat after discussion were
informally laid aside.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11

The oil region Of Santa Barbara, Caliior-
MIA, recently discovered by Professor
Silliman, covers an area of $1,000 acres
in one body, on which there are at pres
snt at least twenty natural oil wells,
some of them of the largest size, The
Oil is struggling to the surface at every
availabls point, and is running away
down the rivers for miles and miles.
A Vienna journal relates a droll story.
A young man who was paying assiduoas
court tothe wife of dyer. had the mis-
fortune to be caught by the enrsged hus.
band, who called his -workmen about
him, and, without any ceremony, the gal (.
LIANT was plunged into q eauidrou pre-
pared for impartiDg true blue color to
various fabriesc In . second the uufor.
tunats youth had aequired such tint
that he dared not appear In public. His
friends implored the dyer to restore the
poor fellow to his natural hue, but the
pitiless answer was, 1T is impossible.
He is of beautiful color, and all can
do for him is to change him to green or
violet" EI8 % ETl ism .r...
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
GRIERSON'S RAID.
Rebel Property Destroyed
The Route of the Expedition.
Destruction OF Mills Locomotives,
Cars, Arc.- Captures Of Prisoners
and Contrabnnds. ..-~--..~ 8,
lPrrss Disnatch.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. l0-The Vieksbnrg
Herald has a full account of -Grierson' s
reesnt raid in Mississippi. -.----,.
The expedition left Memphis on the
2lst uh., 3,000 strong, consisting of the
2d New Jersey, 4th Missouri, 7th Indi.
ana cavalry, lst Mississippi mounted Ri
fles, Sd and 4th Iowa, l0th Missouri, 9Th
Wisconsin, 4th and llth Illinois, and Sd
U ). colored
1t Egypt, on the Mobile and Ohio
railroad, a considerable force of the enc
my was encountered, and sharp fight
ensued, in which quite number of the
enemy were killed and wounded, aud 5oO
prisoners taken. The rebel Brigadier-
General Holcomb, commanding, is among
the killed
From Egypt the command struck west.
ward, crossing the Mississippi Central
railroad below Grenada, destroying 81
mills and several locomotives and cars.
They destroyed at Grenada al extensive
boot and shoe factory At Bankston the
expedition brought in a few horses and
mules, and about the same number of
contrabands. Among the prisoners cap
tured are one Colonel one Lieutenant
Colonel, twenty-five line officers, and a
number of others, who, To escape the
horrible treatment of our prisoners At
Andersonville, had joined the rebel army
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Richmond to be Evacuated.
The Whig on the Blair Mission
Davis Encounters New Difficulties -
The Whig Characterizes the Blair
Mission as Impudence-The Citizens
Meeting in Savannah Ridicuied.
Press Dispatch. ]

New YORK. Jan 10. = The Herald's S
Winchester correspondent "details a con
yersation with man recently from Rich
mond, who says the rebels are busy pre-
pairing for evacuation, Much govern
ment property and many officials are al
ready sent off to the interior. JEFF has
became convinced that he cannot hold
the city much longer, and it is being
mined.
Late rebel papers show that Davis has
now on his hands quarrel with the Gov
ernors of Mississippi, Georgia and Ala
bama.
The Richmond Wing thinks the recent
alleged peace mission of the two Blalrs
entities the United States to be consid-
cred the most impudent nation that has
ever had existence.
The Charleston Courier says Hood has
butchered his troops as recklessly as, ac-
cording to the Richmond Sentinel, ever
Grant did.
The Richmond Wing prints testimony
from a Savannah clergyman, General
Wayne and General Beamegard, that the
reported atrocities charged upon Sher-
mans army at Milledgeville, are wholly
upfounded. Ladies of Milledgevllle also
mite in the assertion that no such vlo-
lence was ever attempted.
The Richmond Examiner ridicules the
citizens meeting at Savannah, saying II
wa. composed Of seventeen persons.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
FROM COLORADO.
Bold Incursion by Indians,
The@MaiIL Express Attacked.
A Paqys of Indians Attack and Rob
the Mail Express, aud are snbse-
quendy Driven or by U. .. Troops
The Losses ON Roth Sides. E.
Press Dispatch


JULEsBeRa, COLORADO, Jan. 9.-0n
Saturday morning parry of Indians at
tackled the overland mail express coach,
three miles east of here and robbed the
matt express They also attacksd n mule
train closeTby kiilinga mau and wound
ing mIothelT The troops tthe military
post here, numbering from fifty to eighty
men, Immediately started TO the relief of
the white settlers in the vicinity and
drove the-Indians to the Bluffs, mile
back, when the Indians were reinforced
othe number of 1900, and in turn drove
the troops back TO thepost. The Indians
then entered the stage station in large
numbers, and after destroying all the
furnitnre and breaking all the windows
in the buildings, set them on fire. They
also destroyed large amount of tele-
graph material. A well directed fire of
musketry from the troops at the post
soon drove them from the station.
In the running fight on the retreat of
our troops thirty-five Indians were killed,
including the principal chief Nineteen
soldiers and citizens were killed. A
general massacre and destruction of the
whites was only prevented by the perse-
verance and bravery of our troops and
an efficient artillery fire The Indians
retreated in u southerly direction. This
is by far The most determined incursion
made by the Indians. .-
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
WAsHINGToN, ID. c.. Jan

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. TO-
SESATE.-Mr. Grimes introduced bill
for the better organization of the Pay
Department of the Navy, which was re-
ferred to the committee on Naval Affairs
Mr.. Wilson presented resolution call
ing on the Adjutant General for the list
of names of regular and volunteer Major
and Brigadier Generals in the army on
the lst of January, 1865, and where and
how employed, &c, which was passed
Mr. Sumner id he had intended to
call up to-day the resolution repeating
the reciprocity treaty, but at the request
of Mr.. Howe, who wishes to debate it, he
would not call il up until tomorrow.
Mr. Sherman, from the Finance com
mittee, reported the House bill to amend
the section i'll last years appropriation
bill, making several additions and stri-
king out the appropriations for increas-
ing the salaries of capital employees
also the consular appropriation BILL
which was later taken up.
Mr.. Hole wished theconsular bill post
poned. till Friday. .E
Mr.. Wilson presented a bill authoriz-
ing and declaring an inventory of all
articles in the arsenals of the United
States, which was referred to the Military
committee
Mr.. Buckham introduced bill to re-
peal the act for recruiting for the United
States in tho rebel States, which was re-
ferred To the Military committee.
Mr. Salisbury said some days ago he
offered resolution directing the Secre-
tary of War to inform the Senate under
what authority he called into the public
service volunteers for thirty and one
hundred days He has not yet replied to
that resolution hold that the Secretary
of War, as a member of the Cabinet, is
i'm every sense subject to an order of the
American Senate, and | now move that
he again be directed To inform the Senate
under what authority he called them into
military service.
The chair directed Mr. Salisbury to
draw up resolution embracing the OBJ
iect arrived at, and he did 80
Mr.. Clark objected to the resolution
and it lies over.
The report of the Naval Academy was
laid before the Senate and ordered to be
printed.
I Mr.. Wilson introduced IA bill to author
iZe the appointment OF a second Assist,
ant Secretary of War which was referred
to the military committee.
The Senate went into extra sessiOn.and
soon after adjourned
HoUsE.-Thc House resumed the dis
cussion of the constitutional amendment
for the abolition of slavery
Mr KassOn advocated it, declaring
- 4. h. ha
amendment
Fernando Wood argued against the
amendment
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11

very small proportions of those outward
bound were captured. Dat of lI,796
bales of cotton shipped since the lst OF
July last, but l,272 were lost, not quite
eleven per cent. I'd n 1
The special report of the Secretary of
the Treasury in relation to the matter,
shows that there have been imported in
to the Confederacy, ut the ports of Will
miugton and Charleston, since October
20, 1864, 1862 900 pounds of meat, ,5U7, :
900 pounds of lead, 1899 900 pounds of
saltpetre, $4,000 pairs of shoes, $4,000
pairs of blankets, 52O, 900 pounds of coffee,
69,OO0 rifles, 81 packages Of reyOlvers,
2,639 packages of medicines, 43 cannon,
with large quantity of other articles, of
which we need make no mention. Be
sides these, many valuable stores aud
supplies are brought, by way of the
Northern lines, into Florida, by the port
of Galveston and through Mexico, across
the Rio Grande.
The shipments OF cotton made OH gov
ernment account, since March !, 1864,
amount to 1926 ,0O6 in specie Of this
cotton to the value of 100000 has been
shipped since the lst of July, and up to
the lst of December.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
The blair Mission.

Whe Uhiq, of Friday, editorially com
menting on Greeley's editorial on the
Blairs, says:
The cool impudence of the proposition
is absolutely delightful. They tell all
whom it may concern beforehand, tho
President among them, that they are
coming here to SOW dissension among us
and break up the Confederacy If they
can, and they seek permission from the
authorities to prosecute THEN mission.
Was there ever any proposition so un-
blushingly Yankee. The Southern peo-
pie are to he undeceived by the Blalrs.
They are to be assured that subjugatlon
and dominion over them, and that deyas-
tation and spoliation are not intended.
They are coolly to be asked to disbelleve
the evidences of their own senses, and
when Grant tells the world that the crow
cannot fiy over the valley without carry
inc its own ratOns, he means merely to
propagate one of those grim Yankee Jokes
in which Yaukeedom 50 much delights.
That when Sheridan says he has burned
two thousand barns in the valley, he Is
deceiving his Government When SheT-
man cut wood sixty miles long through
Georgia, numbering, and plundering as
he goes he is merely letting Oft a little
extra gas
The Yankees do not mean spollatlon-
thousands of spoons the Yankees have
stolen. and the tens of thousands OF
horses and cattle they have driven Oh or
killed, the pianos, pictures, table linnen,
women's dresses, &c, to the value oi
millions of dollars, which they have APP
propriated. These are not objects OF
spoliation.
The kind, atfectionate Yankees who are
So anxious to bring us to our duty, that
they may murder lis by scores whenever
they pass through our country, mean
none of these things. What they do
mean, is an abolition crusade. Permit
to set free all the negroes; let them strike
dead then their thousand millions OF
property in the South and they will he
satisfied
The Tribune confesses that the object
of the mission is not to obtain peace, but
political advantage. 1t saw the fatal e1-
tects of peace negotiations last summer
and it hopes to derive like advantages
from similar course at present 1t
knows that there are Legislators and
Governors of States always seeking to
assail the Government on this side, and
il wishes to ferment this disposition
We hope, being thus forwarned of Their
object, the Blairs will not be allowed to
come within our lines.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
Arrival from New Orleans.

CAIRO, Jan 9-The steamer Magenta
from New Orleans brings the announce
ment of the arrival of the steamship
Morning Star with General VIM + Sber
man and stan HE
The gunhoat RATHER drifted ashore in
the late storm between Nicksburg aud
Natchez, and wa. fired by gang OF
guerrillas and burned 10 waters edge
4 letter from Mobile to a citizen OF
New Orleans says fighting was going on
in that vicinity on the 3lst nit.
The rebels were burning cotton short
distance from Natchez, on the 29th ult
The New Orleans cotton market Is
completely unsettled by the news from
New York Middling j. offered At II i2t
Sugar quiet at 2lt MolasseS. II ~.
The rebels are said To have bnrned the
court house during their occupation OF
Greensboro. Ny.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
REBEL REPORTS.
From Richmond papers of Friday, we
extract the following news items:
The blair Mission.

The Sentinel, after giving the Trib"ne's
version of the Blair mission, continues
editorially:-"We shall, notwithstanding
this warning of the Tribune, not pro
nounce upon the authority and the pre-
else object of their mission until they
shall have presented their credentials
and stated their errand We do not
suppose that such an embassy as that OF
,Jaouess and Gilmore would be entered
upon. The Messrs. Blair, if they expect
to be received, will surely come i'll frank
character if not upon a frank GRAND
If these citizens, high imposition and i'll
the confidence of President Lincoln are
come to tender us the olive branch Of
peace, and to denounce, in behalf OF the
Washington Government, that war which
has been so malignant and so cruelty
waged against us, nothing could be more
grateful. If they come, however, as mere
will and strategy hunters, as the Tribune
bids us understand, then they will but
add fresh insult, and attempt treachery
unworthy of men of honor. We will
stand on our guard and await develop
ments."
The Examiner, in treating on the same
subject. ridicules the Blairs, and calls old
Blair "an ofieious busybody in a state OF
second childhood" and recalling his at
tempt to get Mcclellan out of Llncolns
wav and argues that he is on Just such
another FOOLS errand.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
sIaIe Convention i'm Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, Jan lO-The Union State
Convention for the purpose of reOrgan-
izing civil government III Tennessee as
sembled at the capital this morning
Delegates were present from all parts of
&the State Samuel r Rogers of, Knox
zSoUnty, was chosen president, and Messrs
Nercer aud Cone, OF Nashville, secretaries.
Nothing OF Importance was done to day
he meeting adjourned until tomorrow
An'ong the members i'll attendance are
some oi the ablest politicians in Ten
nessee, Parson Brownlow and Horace
Maynard ale here aud attendedthe meet
ing to-day
hsaVy ram all day River rising rap
idly, with ten feet Of water Oh the shoals.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
Rebel Blockade Running.
From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan 4


Notwithstanding the alleged cease
less vigilance of the Yankee navy IN
watching blockade runners on the Allan
tic and Gulf coasts of the Confederate
States, their close attention has amount
ed to comparatively little. Setting aside
all that has been imported OH State and
individual account. the proceeds OF the
blockade have been very great The re-
strictions imposed upon foreign com
merce by the act of Congress of last ses-
sion prohibiting absolutely, during the
pending war, the importation of any ar
ticles not necessary for the defense OF the
country. namely: Wines, spirits, ,jewelry
cigars, and all the finer fabrics of cotton,
flax, wool or silk. a. we'll as all other
merchandise serving only for the ihdnl-
gence OF luxurious habits, has not had
the effect to reduce the numberof vessels
engaged in blockaderunning; but, on
the contrary, the number has steadily IN
creased within the last year, and many
are understood to be now on the way TO
engage in the business.
The President, i'll communication to
Congress on the subject, says that the
number of vessels arriving at two ports
only. from the Isl of November to the 9th
of December, was forty-three, and but a
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
The Attempted Conquest Of San DO
mingo and Mexico.

New YORK. Jan. lO-By the steamer
Liberty We have HAVANA dates OF the
4th. But little news from any quarter
had reached Havana since last advices,
Accounts from San Domingo represent
the Spaniards as making very poor pro
gress, and the general opinion is that
Spain ought to abandon the attempted
CONQUEST of the Island. The same may
be said of the French attempt III Mexico
Both Spain in San Domingo, and France
in Mexico are less near the end OF their
projected conquest than year ago.
The glorious news from the United
States received III Havana lately con
tinues TO make converts 10 the Union
cause
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
Gen. Rauer Removed and Ordered 10
Report at Lowell, Mas..-taen. Ord
TemporariIy Succeeds Him.

New YORK, Jan lO-The Herald's City
Point correspondent says Major-Genoral
Butler has been removed by the Presi-
dent from the position OF commander OF
the Army OF the James and the Depart
ment of Virginia and North Carolina,
and ordered to report at Lowell, Mass -
The official document in the case direct
ed him to turn over his command to the
person named by Lieut. General Grant as
his temporary successor General Ord,
lately III charge of the corps, has sue
eeeded temporarily tothe important Po-
sition
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
Arrival Of the Bridgewater-The Al
bany Bridge Case.

SANDY HOOK, Jan l0.-Tbe Bridge
water, Captain Sisson, this morning ar.
rived off Sandy Hook, after passage OF
sixty days from Liverpool She has on
board the crew of the bark Matte Met
calf, of New York, from Chill. The bark
was abandoned al sea The Bridgewater
vas just ashore.
The Posts Washington special says
tie Albany bridge case was up today
Secretary Seward is expected to make a
decision in the case The claims OF the
Government contractors to the amount
of $50 900 600 are before the Naval COM
mittee of the House They ask an in
crease of twenty FIVE per cent on account
Of increased prices
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
Blankets for Union Prisoaers--The
Distribution Progressing-JOnly Two
Thousand Federal Prisoners Con-
fined at RichmOnd--Reasonw why our
Captured Men are sent Ssuthward.
From the Richmond Examiner Jan.

Yesterday a commission from Grants
lines arrived at Varina under flag of truce,
bringing fifteen hundred blankets for
distribution among the Federal prisoners
in Richmond, in addition to one thousand
blankets received through the same
source last week. Major Turner, the
commander of the Libby prison post here,
placed the distribution under the control
of Lieutenant Colonel Hutchins, fede-
raj officer and prisoner, andsthe distri=
button Of the blankets was progressing
yesterday and will be concluded to-day.
This is an offset to the courtesy extended
our prisoners in the North by the cargo
of cotton sent from Mobile recently,
which converted into federal currency,
wilfgo far toward supplying ae wants
Of the suffering Confederate prisoners in
the, to them frigid zone of the North. OF
the fifty odd thousand Yankee prisoners
computed to be now held in the South,
not over two Thousand are c3nfned in
Richmond, and more than TIN half of
these are in'the hospital. A " Use deter
mination Of the government Shas con
stantly for a year past been sifAting the
great body of the prisoners s0nthward
and the wisdom of the order is;being de
monstrated every day. Richmend, hard
pressed to feed its superabundant popu-
lation and the large army deftpding its
gates, is relieved from the incubus of an
Overstocked ed prison post in its midst.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
WHEELING REGISTER.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JAN. H. i''''
Telesraphic summary

TRIeQFADDlC
Gold at the regular board cioseu yes
,srday at 81 2s,, and at the evening On
TIE T,,;s,me says the Blairs are not
clothed with any authority by Tue so'
eio'nso VIZ. 20 see what can be done
in the way Of peace. ,,,nd 70 70
n' atsd and i, being mined win
that Intention ..;nLs tba mis-.
of tbe BIairs TO Richmond an act
of impudence on the part OF the 9oe' a
government .o.oa hv
The reported atrocities enacted oy
sbermap's army at Milledgeville are pro
nouuced by the citizens OF that place 10
bs totally unfounded
The Richmond Examiner says that Tue
nnion meeting at Savannah was coin
possd of only seventeen persons
Ganeral Butler has been removed from
c,nmand and ordered to report al Low
N Massachusetts,. General Ord Is his
.ncces,or in command OF the Depart
ment of Virginia .
csnaral VIM. +. Sherman and statf
have arrived at New Orleans.
Fighting was going on in the vio'hl's
Of Mobile OH the 3lst ult
The rebels are said to have burned the
court house at Owensboro, Kentucky
The Indians in Colorado territory made
an attack on the overland mail and tue
military post at J"lesbnrg' on the oth'
ond robbed the mail, killed nineteen
soldiers and citizens and were repulsed
v-ith a loss of thirty five, their principal
chief among the number,
Hon Henry G. Wilson has been re
sleeted to the Unitod States Senate from
Massachusetts,.
The case of Burley, Of the Lake Erie
raiders was before the court at Toronto,
Yesterday but was postponed.
Grierson's raid in Mississippi destroyed
about twenty mills aud several locomo-
tves aud ears of the Mobile and Ohio
railroad. A fight was had at Egypt in
which a number of rebels were killed
and five hundred wounded. General
Holcombe was among the killed.
The remnant of Prices army is at
Boggy Depot, on Red River. Desertions
are numerous and the country filled with
stragglers.
A convention ID in session at Nashville
for the purpose of recognizing the State
government Parson BrownlOw and Hor-
ace MAYNARD are in attendance.
1t is said that the military authorities
in Savannah are feeding from fifteen
thousand to twenty thousand destitute
citizens.
The schooner Dollie, from Nassau, with
one hundred and twenty bales of cotton
was cut ont from Galveston harbor on
the night of the 2oth ult
Fort Smith and Van Buren,, Arkansas,
have been evacuated and will probably
be destroyed
The Spaniards are making poor pro-
gress in the conquest of San Domingo
aud the French are not succeeding accord
ing to their anticipations in Mexico.
A meeting for the relief of the Savan-
nah sufferers, was held in Philadelphia
yesterday afternoon.
No shipments are to be made to Savan-
nah on private account except under
special orders.
Government contractors claim twenty
millions of dollars. to he passed upon by
the Naval Committee of the House OF
Representatives They ask an increase
of twenty five per cent on account OF the
rise in prices