The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-06
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lessuess of some fifteen or twenty ne
croes who reside in this eity-a NUMBER
of whom are soldiers. From what we
eould learn of the affair, IT, seems that
one Or TIVE, of tile sable soldiers were IN
pr;doeport on Friday night, ana 1or
their insolence were rather roughly '""-
a1sd by some of the Bridgeporters'-
.hout noon yesterday the darkies OBJ
....od re;nforcements, and after par
ling freely of "bald-faced" whiskey,
left here for Bridgeport to resent the IN
sr,t piven by the white trash" OF that
.,wn When about quarter OF mile
from the town, on the National road, the
I,rI;os came across one of the men who
hod incurred their displeasrlre by FIJI
day nights proceedings, and brisk skir-
misbing Immediately began. The white
man reiterated down the road towards
tbetown, closely followed by the negroes
Reinforcements came to the aid OF Amer
;,o and soon the engagement ragged with
fury, the negroes firing their revolysrs as
fast as they could load them, and the
whites doing good execution with stones
and clubs.
When bordering on the town, the
whites ran down cross street, secured
number of men to assist them, and OBJ
tanned several revolvers Coming out
on the Main street, near the bank, the
whites pitched into" the negroes and
after a hotly contested skirraish the lat
fer retreated, and made good their es-
cana over the bridge, and returned to
This CITY. In the last engagement two
Of the white men were wounded, one
being shot in the foot and another IN the
hand. and one of the negroes received
ball in his legs. Several OF the stores
and dwelling houses in the town were
injured by being struck with stones and
bullets, and the livesof innocent, peace
able citizens we're placed in jeopardy by
the recklessness of those engaged in the
melee.
The negroes returned to this city, and
about seven o'clock last night some
thirty OF forty OF them met near the
Market House and threatened to go over
and "take" Bridgeport, but up to last &C,
counts the black warriors had not crossed
the bridge The citizens of Bridgeport
we're prepared to give them warm re-
ception, and a lively time was antici.
pated on the approach of the negroes.
TIE NATIONAL HOLIDAY. While all
the leading cities of the land observed
Saturday as National Holiday" and
their citizens engaged in general jubi-
lee over the reelection and inauguration
of Abraham Lincoln as President, to the
honor of Wheeling be it said that not a
gun was fired nor the least manifesto
ton OF rejoicing evinced III this city
We saw but two flags displayed from
dwellings. and they were exposed to the
breeze but portion of the day. Why
Shoddy should have neglected the day
we are unable to say We thought they
could have used the material prepared
for that celebration contemplated Oyer
the recent city election which did moi
come of, as the Democrats gained The
day-without great deal OF additional
expense, and thus honored Abraham will
a demonstration. Some time ago, Mr
Lincoln, in speaking of the people o.
this section of country, and giving hi:
reasons for granting request made by
them, said "he remembered his friends.
If "his friends" do not remember hiu
better-he may give them the cold
shoulder when another request is made
The FREsHET-The sudden rise in the
river yesterday caused many of our citi,
Zens to believe that flood was at hand
Persons occupying store rooms on Water
street, removed their goods from their
cellars, and residents on the Island and
the lower portion of the city, held them
selves in readiness to remove their house
hold goods from the first floors OF theil
dwellings. About three o'clock in the
afternoon a dispatch from Pittsburg an
nounced that the river was falling at
that point and this fact becoming known
the fears of our people We're removed
About dusk last evening, the river came
to stand, and it was thought rapid
fall would soon take place. A number
of bridges on the different railroads were
washed away, and as a natural conse.
quence the running of trains was great
" interrupted.
RIvER.-The river was about at stand
last evening, with between thirty and
thirty-fve feet water in the channel
The steamers IMPORTER, st. Johns and
Minneola left for Cincinnati, and the reg
ular packets came and went as usual.
We see it stated that the steamer Der
mudah was few days ago captured by
Tucrrillas on the Mississippi river