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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

NAsRvLLE, January l3.-TennesseG
is Gree" to night, after three doys of
earnest and thorough but patient and
good tempered debate, the resolution
declaring slavery forever abolished and
prohibited throughout the State, wss
passed without one dissenting voice, snl
with tho most enthusiastic applause.
In addition TO this, the Convention pas.
sed vote prohibiting the Legislature
from recognizing tho right Of property
in man, for6idding it from requiring
compensation to be made to the owners
abrogating tho declaration Of State ihdc'
pepdegcc, the Military League made il
1881 with the Confederate States, and
all laws and ordinances made in Pursu
aDce of them
All officers appointed by tho acting
Governor, since bis accession 10 Office,
are confirmed
The propositions oreto be submitted
to the people for ratification on the 22l
of february, and on the 4th of March
an eIectoni is 10 be held for GoysruoT
and Legislature. Nearly 800 delegates
participated 10 the fnsl vote, the greatest
harmony md good feeling prevailed
throughout Parson Browulow is the
unanimou, choice Of the Convention Iol
the next Governor.
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RebolReport, from savannah.

lLtDtI hbVOlH ANghA
The Richmond Wing Of the 10Th has
the following Items from Savannah;
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
Of The 4th publishes a number Of news
items derived from a gentleman who left
Savannah on the Ist instant. The most
perfect order q inainiainedin the city.
No soldier Is allowed 10 interfere with
the citizens ID any particular. A ei!i.
izen was arrested BY u drunken soldier
few days since, The citizen knocked
the soldier down. The officer Of the
guard, as soon as he arrived said moth.
ing to the citizen but arrested the Oold
Ter and punished him for bis misbeha-
vior.
A drunken soldier who undertook to
create disturbance recently, and who
refused TO allow himself q be arrested (,
was shot down at once BY the guard.
One or two Of the Insurance Comps-
MES Of Savannah. af nsidedag the
project Of establish ati5nal Bank
Tor The issue q ag
The Casloui Rostolfice are
being elsaH thayepsfsd, prepgrato-
" 70 lhs commencemsot Of business
again.
The soldiers are not allowed. under
any circumstances whatever, 10 enter
private residehces.
The negroes ii most cases are order
ly andiq iiis remaining with their own
ers and fiotming ilieir Customary du
ties
One store with goods from the North
has already been opened. Nothing but
gresn 6rein circulation.
The Churches on Sunday are we'll
filed Wild ladies'. On week days how.
ever, butfew Of them are seen on tie
streets. A majority Of the male popu.
lslion have remained in the city. The
families of most ofthe men who have
left still remain. a majptiiy Of the ciIi-
zens have provisions for some time 10
tome, but there is a scarcity Of wood
but General Sherman has announced
that he viii soon remedy that difficulty
by getting wood by tie Gulf railroad
and hauling it TO the citizens.
No pass is allowed 10 any mlle citi
zen to 20 out of the city. All females
caught going toward lhT country are
thoroughly searched.
One thousand ono bpnbred loayes Of
good bakers bread ~ %',ad been col.
lsc'cd for the%WA'rs Of slermans Ar,
my, but for which the authorized agents
did not call. we're on Thursday turned
over TO the Poor Association Of Savan
1ah, by the committee acting in behalf
of the soldiers dinner, and were distr b.
n,ed to the poor of the city. TWAS 'fu.
ly kind and proviten,ial Gilt, for the
city is entirely out Of breadsutfs Of eve
ry kind, and for days pest has been un-
able to issue . pound Of meat or flour to
the hundreds who were sorely ia need Of
il.
Truly these items are Of mild tone
to omenate from such rabid shsets as the
Augusta Chronicle, Rchmon sWbig and
Richmond senliaeI,S They are begin
ming to draw in their horns.
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THEi WEEK EGEsTER.
News ffom ReboI sources.

Nav YoRR, JAN le.-Richmond pa.
pers Of the 9th say Price is still living.
Hoods Official report of his defeat has
been received, He puts as good a face
upon it as possible. bot acknowledges
the loss Of fifty guos in one day.
The Richmond Dispatch ssys that
even according TO his account the battle
Of Nashville was bud business.
The Dispatch thinks that Thomas
viii tnrn tho l. end Of his column toward
Southwestern Virginia.
The Examiner thinks this would be q
stupehdous undertaking, with but The
feiniesI hope Of success Il thinks il
more probable that ne drmy will be
kept in Tennessee as aeofps OF observa'
lion, whilelarge detaehments will be
sent aste endorsements to Virginia and
Louisiana
Richmond papers Of Monday contain
atelsgIam from Charleston, s!Otiug that
. portion Of Sherman s forces have occu-
pied Gralmsgille. S. g, So niles nor!h
ofSavunnah.
ACbarostond dispatch, dated The Oh
says the enemy crossed New river, ou
.theroOd 10 Grshamsyllle. On lle oh.
y
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Publishing the Laws.

We trust that our Legislature will,
during this session pass bill authori
zing the publication Of all The laws pass
ed by that body, in the loyal papers Of
the sls,s. The necessity Of this, is Op-
parsnt to every one. We do not sup
pose for a moment, that there is man
10 the State who would object 10 pay
ing the small additional tax that might
be imposed upon him for this purpose
1t would DO a source Of information to
our people, that to be appreciated, must
be tried. We hope that our delegate
from this county add our Senator'S from
this District, will take the initiative in
this mater and work with an untiring
energy for lis passage. lfthey have the
good Of their constituents at heart, we
know they viii do SO.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

New YoRK, Jan. "a The World has
Information from Mexico confirming
previous reports OF suoceSseG by the Re-
pu6Iicans over the lmpGrialists, in sew
eral battles. There was an uprising of
the people and the fresh instruction was
Increasing,
Its said tho Pupal Nuncio and Arch
bishop are about to leave the country,
ON account of Maximilian's manifesto
concerning church property.
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New YoRk January III The Her
NILE SssRppah corresp ondence Of the
slh rspf thlsthe affairs 10 die city quiz
10 ahi auehangcd and reiterstes the re,
porIs Of yesterday relative II movements
among citizens Of Georgia for Ts.uaiop.
Thee eslondence says:
need confirmation; nearly all the
lrasle Of Savannah hal taken the oath
Of al Bnce. Great suffering among
The p6orstll continues ami to cousi,l-
ersblai degree among the wealthy.
General Shcrman's entire army is be.
ing re clolhelaud equipped,
All the men aud women who wish to
leave tie city Tor the rebel lines will be
permitted to go; al,er the exodus has
ceased no one will be allowed to pass
OUT The rice captured by us has been
turned over to the Mayor for the use Of
The poor, A quantity is soon 10 be
shipped North 10 pay for provisions
Areeent successful expedition up So
vannah River for the destruction Of the
Charleston & Columbia Railroad is part
Of the grand ,projsCt for the complete
isolation Of Richmond,
The Norfolk Old Dominion says
The expedition up the Savannah River
destroyed ten miles ofthe South CoroIi.
ma and Columbia Railroad.
A company of South Carolina militia
was captured By fourteen troops near
Hardeeyil,o. They had been but two
weeks in the service and did notlike war.
1t was reported at Fortress Monroe
that proper authorities KAYE gone to
Georgia for the purpose OF settling Terms
on which Georgia can return 10 the
Union, and may proceed thence to North
Carolina.
The Commercial says it is assured by
gentleman from Savannah that several
Union Conventions were being held in
Georgia when he left the State.
PHILADELPHIA, January lathe Bul
leliu reports that the subscriptions in
the city lorthe relief Of the Savannah
sufferers, amounts 10 $4,000. The
amount will be increased,
A correspondent of the Richmond En-.
quirer, in spookiog Of tho fOrIoughing Of
a new Regiment OF Georgia militia, says
that Governor Brown remarked that they
could 90 home now, but would remain
subject to another call when the State
required their services, which he hoped
would not be soon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19
Beverly, West Virginia, Captured By
Tho Rebels,

WHEELMo, January 49, We learn
he! HE garrison at Beverly, IVES! Vir.
ginia, was attacked on tho mornlng Of
Tho ilth by force of the enemy, under
General ROsser The town and large
portion of the force defending /! was
captured. The number Of the enemy
was not stated. Later dispatches con-
firm the above, but state the enemy have
again r0lreated whence they came.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

JNo' "a" ne 81 W PiN1', "V ISuiU iHlD
our OPERATOR Bob Wsrth that FGt
Fisher has been captured with ne guns
and 1900 men. Thiscloses tho pot Of
Wilmington.
Mineral Resources or West Virginia.
A writer in the Philadelphia Pre.
speaks es follows Of the mineral resour-
ceS Of Vest Virginia. Though what
he says in this particulars true, he has
not told the halftbat might in truth be
soid in regard to the mineral wealth Of
our Stale:
Before leaving West Virginia lei me
swerve from the original purpose Of this
letter, and say word in reference 10
10 the other great resources Of this new
aistrr Slate. | was shown n lump Of
rudely refined ore ot Sislemville, which
seemed 10 be an alloy Of silver, and
which was Informed had been obtained
in neighboring hill, A Joyous settler
assured me at Elizabeth that he had a
Lrass mine on Ills .fa3mi and another die.
consulate borer, who had been sinking
well without many indications Of oil,
Rad placed over his derrick this dispairf
ing resolution: "0il Silver, Had S, or
China" In the county of Pucahonles
iron ore is fouod producing SO porccusl
pure metal, and lead, Ccpperand silver
exist. Coal may be found cropping OUT
OF tho ranges Of the Western mountains,
and rich veins Of asphaltum have beed
found in Wit county. In Morgan and
Hampshire counties some medicinal
springs exist. The highest mountain.
10 this State is 2 500 feet, but the up 4
per valley Of tho Konawha is Iuxurianl
in verIure, and as fertile and temperate
as the counties further south. You can,
imagine the opportunities presented 'ly
West Virginia, when say that, while
there are q,346,137 acres Impressed
lands, 8 55O,e59 are unimprorcj. Be-
fore this oil excitement the lands ayerag,
ed eipht dollars an acre: nov mony uu.
developed tracts have been refused at a
thousand dollars. Although NewHsmp
shire has but forty per cent, of the ter.
Gtory of West Virginin vet, under the
more extended and vigorous system of
Improvement. il surpassed il in overy
,esnoct Sill there il n gra,t mmfe
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

Eg, Mr. Davis II. Bal, of tho firm Of
Jordoa & Ball, has our thanks for plug
Of choices chewing tobacco, Why is il
that our merchants send off from homo
for their lobaccol They certainly can
buy as good an article from our own
manufacturers at a much less PRICE
Palronizo home industry.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

Hag- Tho execution Of the three men
convicted Of murder aad sentenced TO
be hung al ParSsfsbdtg on the 9th, has
been roslponcdby a writ ofsaperceaeGs isas
sued by Judge Berkshire, Of tho Scprome
Court Of Appeals. The ground upon
which the writ Of supercedsas was issued,
is that the trial end conviction oflhe men
took place art,r the fsSd term Of the
Cour. had expired The cause wiI!
como before the Supreme Court of APP
which meets in Wheeling lhis week,
when the legality of!he affair will be
test,l. Ifit is decided that the trial Of
the men by the Circui! Court Of WooI
county, nfcr its fixed term had expired,
was LEGAL, The time Of execution will b.
again fixed; and if the trial is 4 cilcd
ole IIeg'l new trial viii 10 given
the men at tho March term Of Mo Cir.
cult Coud- 1t.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

Eywo are informed that some man
ufaclurers at Piltsburg are experimenting
WITH new process of burning coal in
the manufacture of iron glass or any
other work in which heat is an agent,
which promises a great saving, and
which consumes all tho smoke,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

New GooDs. Messru. Smith Il Mar.
tin have Just received another lot Of
New Goods, which they arO Offering
cheap for cash. This is the thirl stock
that they have bought this Winter, end
those who are in want Of goodO had bet
ter pitch in" forthwith, as they are go.
ing olrrapidly. Quick Sales and Small
Profls"iS their motto, Give them
call and we guarantee they will give en-
tire satisfaction.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

BG5" Rebel papers admit tba. Shcr-
mans conduct 10 Savannah has been
mild ann conclatory.
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Admiral Lec;s Repcr; OF Hoods Re-
brgat.

Admiral Lec;s NepCt: OF Hoods Re-
Srrat.
New YoRE, JonuarBsl2 Admiral
Lee, commanding the Mississippi Squsd.
ron, details to the Navy Department, in
an official dispatch, the ltcts regarding
the escape across the Tennessee, River,
at Bainbrilge, sI1 miles above Florence,
Alabama, Of the remains of Hooi's
defeated and demoralized army,
The Admiral says that only The sud-
den falling of the uorer on the shoale
and the prev lencc oil Q fog, enabled the
ebels to eludc The gunboats.
All the pontoOns and other means Of
crossingbeIow Bainbridse, we're destroy
ed, and thousands of Hoods men were
consequently, scattered through tie
woods on the moth side Of the river,
Admiral Lee incloses dispatch
which be had received from General
Thomas dated at Pulaski, Tennessee, on
the 29lh of December, in which the lat.
ter sums up as far as then known to
him, Hool's losses in men and artillery.
from the time lie crossed the Tennessee,
notthward, 1t puts them down at nine
teen general officers, and about $4,000
men in killed, wounded and captured,
and seventy pieces of artillery; rather
singulady, though, he does not include
in this account, Hoods killed and woun.
ded ia the two days battle before Nash
vile on the 18Th and 10th ult.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

ETTho abolition of slavery by the
Missouri Constitutional Convention eau.
ses great rejoicing throughout the coun-
try. lis one Of the grandes! events of
these even.lul times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

Personal DR.. Charles D. Daley,
Surgeon Of the 10 b W. V. Vols, was in
town on Sunday last, aud left for lila
home in Woolsfclj, Ohio, on Monday.
He says the Regiment is encamped near
the Baltimore spike, one mile east Of
Cumberland, Nj He reports the boys
of the Regimen, well and hearty, All,
letters or packages for Ihrs Regiment
should he directed TO The above named
place.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

The Miami Union is the name of a
new weekly paper just started OF Troy,
Ohio, by J. W Dorrccs, Esq, for long
Time Editor Of the old Fiqua Register.
and more recently Auditor of the county
of Miami, The Union will be in poll
tics what its title indicates, and tho long
experience, taste and ability Of its odi'
tor, will not fail 10 make it among the
first class weekly Journalism the Stale.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

ETHon. Edwin Hammond, of Mid
VT, recently sold his celebrated
ram Fortune" TO three gentlemen Of
Pennsylvania for the largo SUN Of 81, 900.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

R1~The attention OF oil men is cal.
led to the Prospectus oFthe PhiladcL
phia Commercial List in another col.
umu. It's standard authority on every.
thing pcrsininsio The oil trade,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19

gSST Asa lot Of "gnyback" prisoners
we're being marched through tho streets
of Louisville, the other day, on their
way North, citizen asked one, "What
do you think Of Hood now7' "Why,
bully for Hood lie said we should
winter in the North, and we intend TO
do it, said the grayb0ck in reply.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-19
- noIniIs Of lhO Union raid OF Col

RP-Dctails Of tho Union raid of Col.
onel Robinson, from Fort BaranCOs,
Florida, 10 Polard's Alabama, show it
to have been very successful. Tho rob
oils attempted to check his advance,
but were badly beaten and lost hcRyi.
", .' ta' j''4H
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Local Matters,

OH GEAsEs-We have nOwon hand
and for sale large lot of "oiI Leases"
neatly printed Orders from distance
solicited.
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GLORIOUS NRWS.

Just as we go 10 press, We learn lhgo'
our OPERATOR Bob Warth--ttst Fqi
Fisher has been captured with 7s guns
and 1900 men. Thiscloses tho port Of
Wilmington
The Shasta courier., 1865-02-04
General Sheridalls

No better eridence is wanted, that Grant
intends to.nake fight soon with .he army De-
fore Richmond, than the appointment.of Gen.
shar;d,n 70 the command Of the consolidated
armies of the Potomac and the James. 1t
looks. too, as if he meant to win the hight;
and who doubts that he will? With such
Generals as are now in command, and an
army-such an army !--tried in every possi'
ble manner and never found wanting; hav-
inc the fullest confidence in their leaders
the leaders. too, having the utmost confidence
in their men and in themselves,-fully
equipped. we'll fed. we'll clothed and money
in their pockets, with intelligence to know
that they are not fighting for shadow, but
for great and holy Government-for the
preservation of the greatest, most enlight-
ened and freest nation ever known to man,
what can stop such an army? An earth
quake might annoy them somewhat in man.
covering. but would fail to terrify them
Whenever Grant gives the order to attack, a
very short time will elapse before the last
boiler in the machinery of the confederacy
of damnable traitors will collapse. The end
of the rebellion in an organized form is
near. The last ditch is fenced up; they
cannot get in to die, nor would not if they
could. The next anniversary of this great
Nations birthday will find the rebellion
crushed. and the surviving leaders in the
bosom of old Duke Gwin; all others will
have died By cause of hemp or the bullet,
while the rank and file will have become
good citizens Of the United States of free
America.
The Shasta courier., 1865-02-04
Humboldt Items.
We copy the following items from the
- T.r

We copy the following items from the
Humboldt Register of Jan. 2lst:
The HuABoLDr CANAL.--Ihis mammoth
enterprise feels the pressure of the times, but
yet the work progresses. Contractors have
not been able to work advantageously, oflate.
but keep doing what they can. Thirty miles
of the canal have been completed. This COM
pleted portion is not connected I; but is no
where interrupted to any considerable extent
of unfinished work.
Some wiseacres have prophesied, that or
account of the large amount of sand in the
soil, the canal would not hold enough water
to flow. Engineers knew better, and the fal
sity of that position has had remarkable
Illustration since the completing..of a section
comprising some twenty-five consecutive miles
A small ditch was cut at one pace, to drain
the water from the warm springs into the
canal. The water where it entered the canal
amounted by measurement to eight inches
Ii ran, on the easy grade of the canal. eleven
miles down. AT different times the water
has been turned in through the head gate. to
drown out gophers and other animals bur
rowing the work. Water was let in to fill
the banks Is inches on the sides. This wa
ter flowed through the entire length of ii at
finished portion, and very little diminution
ofquantity could be observation-disclosures no
pudding had ever been done.
The work, as far as completed, fully iusti.
ties all calculations of the projectors. All
that is wanted is the demand for water pow.
ers for mills. Work can be done much more
rapidly, if the proprietors of the canal are
made to see that mill power is wanted AT
the present rate of work. Mr.. Ginaca tells US,
he will have the water to Grass Valley, a
point 40 miles from the head Of the canal.
about the lst of April.
SULPHUR MINE on FIRE-Early hast week,
some careless or malicious person set fire to
the sulphor mine. about two miles below
Humboldt City, and it made stir among
the natives and whites, who didn't reeollect
of hearing old GabriePs horn. By lively ex-
ertion, the fire was smothered The estimat-
ed consumption OF sulphur is two or three
tuns. During the time of burning it rolled
out in blue stream from the cut in the ledge.
HAPPY UNDER ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES
private letter from public functionary,
at Carson, says: We haven't a cent; there
sn't one in the treasury we could MT draw
it, if there was but / have good room, and
dog that can bum for himself, and the
boarding house men hold out astonishingly.'
MUcH THE SANE EvERYwHERE-Larabe
who furnishes The Register to San Francis.
co people, orders diminution of his supply
= for the people here seem much more
pleased with reading your paper than pay
ing for it,
The Shasta courier., 1865-02-04

SHASTA Brass BAND.-Last Wednesday
night we were the pleased recipients OF
most pleasant surprise serenade by the above
band. Several difficult pieces were rendered
in style worthy of band Of much longer
practice. The worry consequent upon pub
fishing a paper-even a weekly-consisting
in the fact that we cannot please everybody /;
for seme we are too radical, for others too
conservative; some would have the paper
devoted to agricultural interests, othersexclu-
sively to the mining interests sometimes we
are attacked by newly made Benedict
because we did not publish notice of his
marriage, and frequently we are stopped in
the street with a remark like this: Mr..
c., my wife had baby last week; why
didn't you put it in the paper ?"-some pay
up, others do not; and with all we have to
do the best We can. With all these troubles
IL it strange that we sometimes feel that 1T
would have been better had we cast our lines
in other waters? Under the oppressive
weather of the past two weeks we had so felt,
and was so feeling. when the strains of
Hail Columbia" fell upon our ear. We
went forth, welcomed our friends, listened
to the sweet harmony Of sounds, and felt
glad that within ourself we had the means
of making our gratitude, and the progress
of our band to perfection, known to all
mankind.