The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-10-01
Nsvs from, New Work.

NEW YORK, September 29.-The Her.
AIDS Washington special says: One of
the last efdciai acts of Secretary Harlan,
performed the day before his resignation
took effect, was to execute contract by
which the reserve lands OF the Cherokee
Indians ia Kansas, consisting OF SO0,OOO
acres ce6ed by the Indians TO the Gov
ernment, were sold to the Connecticut
Emigrant Society for one dollar per acre
A Tribune Poughkeepsie special says:
Edwin Thomas horse Hamlet" won the
nrize gold medal at the great trot before
the D1tchess County Agricultural Socie
ty this afternoon at Washington Hollow
time 2:45.
General Santa Anna has located his
headquarters on Staten Island, and has
opened regular business bureau for the
transaction of matters looking to the
delivery of Mexico from French au,hoii-
ty. Ho is occupied, so the repert goes,
constantly with various people on that
subject, and has enlisted the sympathies
of the Fenian brotherhood. Colonel
Roberts, General Sweeney and other Fe-
man chiefs are attached to his cause aud
are educating the Irish to that belief.
Three large seagoipg steamers have been
purchased for their use, it is believed in
TRANSFORMATION to Mexico II is further
stated that the old General is soon 10 re-.
turn to St Thomas.
The Herald's Washington special says:
It has transpired that the epaymaster who
embezsled several thousand dollars of
government money by cutting from the
7 80 bonds in his possession the matured
coupons and appropriating the proceeds
| to his own use, is Lieutenant Colonel
Thomas 7. Winston, chief paymaster of
| the pay district of the Gulf, at New Or.
| leans.
The Tribuncs Richmond special says :;
It is generally understood here that Jett
Davis will not be tried in October and
positively stated that his counsel VIII be
notified Cf that fact tomorrow. The
| United States District Court will proba
bly, be held in this city or at Norfolk in
No 0ember and the Circuit Court may be
held here at the same time, but it is as
vet uncertain whether the counsel for
Mr.. Davis will appear then or not.
It Is said that Judge Underwood is IN.
decided about coming To this city, as he
| is SIZED tha: there has been coDspir-
acy to assassinste him,
A World special says. the Secretary Of
the Treasury has removed DR.. Hastings
FROM the lucrative position Of Physician
and Surgeon to the United States Ma
ripe Hospital at San Francisco, Calitor'
MIA, and conferred the Office upon DR..
Joseph @. Tucker. DR.. Hastings is bro
ther 10 law to Senator Sumner of Mas
achusetts, and Dr.. Tucker Is brotbert o
| C;Iann rncEar nf N,r vi l.
City.
The Herald's New Orleans special says;
The two oolorcd soldiers who feed their
revolvers at tho police few days ago
and were arrested, have been turned over
70 the civil authorities fox trial. The
Department Commander, IN his endorse
ment, tells the recorder TO try them, and
;ffeund gniliy, to punish them, This is
a precedent that will, no doubt, be fol
| lowed in future.
General Mower, of Sherman's army Is
the ranking officer here Il the absence Of
the chief commander IN Texas
Northern capitalists are still largely
investing money IN Louisiana, Texas aud
Micsissipsi.
The Picayune, an Influential newsps.
per of this city, has an article this morn
ing leaning towards the acceptance of
the constitutional amendment by the
South.
The st Petersburg BorEn Litaay says
that all preparations on the mainland
and the soupdinss In Behring'S Straits
tor the completion Of the line of tele.
graph between Russia and America are
nearly flushed. In the course of the
present year the telegraph will be con.
Strueted over distance of s 500 miles
heyond 1syel, and the lines viii be dn.