The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-27
WHEELING REGRFR,.
,,oxD.y MORNING, MARCHH a. lss
ro,.y..phic Summary.

Washington correspondent
,.,as 70 know almost everything aDou'
~ - Coufederacy, says that the tota
- 10th of the rebel army is about lo2'
AVN men and that General Lee is opposed
tbe evacuation of Richmond and IN
sxor of Stephens plan for peace, line
Ian is, for President Lincoln to issue al
iddress to the people of the South, dehn'
;nr his position on the peace questions
,bsn appoint commissioners to meet SIM
liar commissioners from each OF the
southern States separately; then the
,,sction of Congressman by the South
,ho shall enter Congress upon equal
.,rms II is said that Stephens thinks
,his plan will secure the concurrence OF
Ave and perhaps seven, of the seeded
states and that peace will be concluded
h.tore the lst of May. All this upon the
.ntbority of "a Washington cOrrespon-
dent"
Part ofthe Congressional party which
,rsut 10 Charleston i'll government
easel and ION u spree" has returned to
wosbincton, aud part to New York.
presiden, Lincoln will return to Wash
;n,,+or from the front today, if not
III. rahr officers and guerrilla prison
,,. of war heretofore confined in the Old
Capitol prison, have been removed to
Fort Delaware ..
Sheridan. troops are at the White
u,r.s recovering from the fatigue of their
,,eot raid. A number of them have
Sssp tiIrloughed as a reward for meritO-
nous conduct.
Several torpedoes have been raised in
Charleston harbOr, and one exploded
without doing any damage
The rebels report that Grants army
Was in motion toward the left of the
line on Saturday night.
The Richmond Whig says that Fitz
Bugh Lees cavalry attacked and pun
sbed Sheridan at the White House OH
the 2lst
The rebels are rapidly recruiting and
Mganizng negro troops.
Eastern Louisiana is infested by jay
haEkers and anarchy prevails.
The Raleigh papers givea different &C
count of the lighting in North Carolina
from that published in Richmond. 1t
appears that no decisive battle was
fought
The rear of Sherman's army was cross
ing the Cape Fear river and moving
north on the 10th.
II ItiSrumorcd in Washington that Rich
mond has been evacuated, and that Lee
Is fastening to unite with Johnson and
fall upon Sherman.
Seven vessels blew ashore during the
recent gale ut the mouth of the Rio
Grande
Redmond papers state that the greater
portion of Thomas army is at Hunts
vile and Decatur, Ala, and Eastport,
Miss
Union prisoners have been removed
from Cahaba to Selma, Ala.
East Pascagoula, Fla, is reported
burned by the Union forces.
The Richmond Examiner speaks of
great entertainment to be given in Rich
nond by General Singleton.
The opening of the ports of Newbern
and Wilmington is being agitated
The Chief QuartermaSter of the right |
wing OF Sherman's army is at Newbern, |
ntively engaged in forwarding supplies |
" the army.
Secretary Welles, Asst Secretary Fox
and Maj Gen. Anderson are to visit
Charleston to raise Sumter's old flag
Gen Schofield returned TO Goldsboro |
on the 2lst, meeting very little resist
ince He captured a large amount of
property, forty railroad ears, two loco
motives, guns, &c
The t. S gunboat Magra is in Spain
booking after the rebel ram Olind.
Robert Cobb, a spy, was hung at Fort
Lafayette on lay.
The new income tax law does not ex-
smpt persons in the civil, military and
naval service of the United States from |
kXation
Sherman, SchGfeld and Terry are in |
hourly communication with each other.
Great enthusiasm prevails in Sherman's
army, and the troops are sweeping every
thing before them in the shape of an en
smy.
4 fire occurred in Boston Friday night |
Loss 80 000-iusured
The subscription to the 7-30 loan on |
saturday amounted TO 81, l07 800.
The British House ofCommons, on the
18th, were discussing the question of a
wal between the United States and
Canada.
A grand military movement against
Mobile is said to have commenced on