The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Railroads at the South,
THE KENTUCKY TROUBLES
News from Texas and Mexico

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-The Washington
special to the Times, dated the 9th, says:
The through route from Washington to
Lynchburg, Knoxville, Chattanooga. and
Atlanta, and thence to Augusta or Mont
gomery, is now open and communica-
ton perfect. The schedule time for
making the trip from from Chattanooga
to Washington is sixty hours. Mr..
Brownell, Vice President of the East
Tennessee and Virginia line arrived in
this city this evening on his way North
to purchase additional rolling stock and
fixtures for putting the road in working
order. At present the speed on some
parts Of the line is very slow, but this
will be increased as soon as the track Is
thoroughly repaired.
VIM. Henry Prescott, formerly Assist,
ant Secretary of State with Gen. Cass, is
in the city seeking the restoration OF
some Sea Island property now in pos
session of the Freedmen. He has taken
the oath of allegiance, but claims not to
come within any of the excepted classes
The receipts for Internal Revenue to-
day are $1,4SS, ,499,36.
A special to the Herald from Washing
IL.
with the President and Secretary of War
to-day, during which the Gen. Palmers
troubles in Kentucky were discussed.
The result of the interview was that the
President promised the people of Ken
lucky through their popular congress-
man that martial law shall be repealed
throughout their State; that all negro
troops shall soon be withdrawn and that
the abuses of the Freedmen's Bureau
shall be corrected so far as a vigorous
probing can reach them. 1t is under
stood that the course of Gen. Palmer in
the administration of Kentucky military
affairs is in the main approved by the
Presideet and that he will probably be
retained in command of the department
Kentuckians are not so much displeased
with the acts of Gen. Palmer as they are
disgusted with those of some of his sub
ordinates who have been running lit
tie darkey machine of their own in some
of the remote districts of the State.
The withdrawal of the colored troops,
promised by the President, and the de-
thronement of meddlesome little Brevet
Brigadiers of darkies and freedmen
agents, will speedily harmonic affairs in
that State.
Fifteen millions of the newly author
lied conversions into five-twenties were
taken during the first week, instead of
forty millions as stated In Philadelphia
paper.
At meeting of the WISCONSIN club in
this city this evening, appropriate reso-
lutions of coincidence with the family Of
the late Gen. Horace Saunders were
unanimously adopted. All citizens of
the State were invited to accompany his
remains to the depot tomorrow after
noon.
Mr.. Van Hern, NJ. c., elect from Mis-,
souri,, arrived in Washington this even
ing, direct from Kansas city. Col Van
Hern has been in attendance upon the
great Indian council at Ft. Smith, look
ing to the future development of the
western border, and will be enabled to
lay before the next Congress most val.
liable report concerning the wealth, ad-
vantages and resources of the west. The
Colonel has figured prominently in west
ern Missouri for the last ten years.
Ex-Marshal Ward N. Laman is in the
city, and will open law office here with.
in fortnight.
Mr.. Ward, of Savannah former repre-
sentative of the United States in China,
is spoken of as United States Senator
from Georgia.