The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-28
WHEELING REGISTER
SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. ss' 'S0''
T.,.yrnphic summary.

s212t. . .anturei nwo
! "o -,I,'J. onL artillery near POGO
'A,rs'' 'mnIic, for the people of savan-
i w he,u received and distributed.
nan " ;,,,rl:.nt bridge On the Weldon
.;Iroad. over the Roanoake fi'er' HIS
h,en destroyed BY Il freshet
Resolutions looking to the appoint
ment Of peace commissioners from the
..h.Js were referred to the committee Oh
ror,iyn Relations in the rebel Congress
few days ago
C.,,fain Ssmmes commanded the rebel
a,,rho,t tlrot that attempted 70 deseehd
81. lame, river lew days ago lheif
,hi.,, was 10 destroy the shipping and
.+o,e. at i.itv Point and Bermuda Hun
dred
LATE Richmond papers indicate that
-. s,ntb is filled with croakers and dis
laval n.rson,. Several arrests have been
made in Richmond.
Il !, reported that the Armies OF the
Potou,ac and the James are to be con-
,oGdared and placed under command OF
General Sheridan.
General Shelby is bIockading the Ar
kansas river ut point eight miles above
Little Rock and has had several h@htS
with the Federal troops.
Richmond papers of the 18th say that
,bs ,i,y was full OF rumors OF all arms
tce Of ninety days. The stories are pro-
ronn,ed TO be without foundation.
The Canadian judges at Toronto, IN
ths cast Of Burieigh. have decided that
y rbe prisoncr is to bc given up.
y TIE. Federal government has agreed to
ourrba,e the Custom House at New York
civ, for one million of dollars.
The rebels know nothing of the result
If Mr.. Blair's visit to Richmond OF what
was the nature of his interview with
jeff. Davis.
Three blockade runners were captured
on Wednesday night, oil Cape Fear inlet.
They are low-built steamers, we'll loaded.
The rebels have constructed breast
works Tor the defense of Wilmington and
seem disposed to give the Federal troops
a warm reception.
The female operatives upon work un-
der contract for the government are 10
be better paid
Proposal, are invited for furnishing any
numher of tons of corn husks to be used
in the manufacture of printing paper,
Mr.. Meade, a photographer in New
York, committed suicide night before
last.
A guerilla raid as made recently near
Alexandria, Va, robbing the citizens OF
all that could he carried of.
We have highly sensational report
this morning from Washington City r'a
Philadelphia; it is to he hoped that 1t
may prove more reliable than the ru-
mors usually coming through that chan
mel. 1t is 10 the effect that peace COM
missioners from the rebels will arrive III
Washington within three days; .that
jeff. Davis. General Lee and the rebel
Congress are willing to lay down their
arms and renew their allegiance TO the
Union and the Constitution; that they
propose terms which must bc Satisfacto-
ry to President Lincoln: that Mr. blalrs
mission has met with complete success
and that there s "a good time coming
generally We give the dispatch Tor
whatever it il worth in the rumor mar
ket.
Additional dispatches to the one al
luded to above say that Mr.. Blair has re-
turned from Richmond and had an inter
view with the President.
The foreign news is unimportant, ex-
cept that the London Times denies the
ruInor that the English government con-
templates the speedy recognition OF the
Southern Confederacy.
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