The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-05-16
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last Saturday, were nreu lnto Wy an
English steamer lying at st. Andrews.
The ball struck near the boat, and FL
cochetting, ploughed up the ground IN
front of a house in Robinson. The Dali
was sent to Easport, to Admiral Boggs
to-day.
Colonel VIM. Lamb, who commanded
the rebel forces at Fort Fisher at the
time of it's capture. has been electeu
Mayor of Norfolk, to fill the chalr VacaI-
ed by Mayor Tabb, who has peen APP
pointed city judge. .u.f
The Hartford CourGnt announces that
the contract for constructing the Gettys-
hnro Monument bas been awarded TO
ira DESIGNER, James G.. PATTERSON, Esq,
of this CITY, The monument is to cost
$40 1000, Mr.. Patterson designed and
built the Worth Monument.
There seems to be conflicting opinions
as to who will preside at the trial OF
left. Davis. Some have authority for
saving Chief Justice Chase will hold the
Court, while others declare on authority
that he will not. We suppose time VIII
| tell.
The present negro population OF In
| diana is estimated to be one hundred.
How that State is blessed. r..
A small bundle containing. q babe
about two months old was recently found
on door step of house in Nashville
with the following note pinned to the
| bundle:
| This babes name is
Capitola."
Now, my precious babo, farewell-may
kind and loving angels guard and watch
over you and your new Mother, IS the
prayer of yonr unhappy
Whilst carriage containing six ne
groes was passing through the streets of
Memphis on the 4th inst, two days
after the riots, one of the occupants
drew pistol and fired at the eaptaiu OF
an engine company standing on the
sidewalk, barely missing his head. The
party was pursued, but made good their
, escape.
Two negro girls, sisters. residing III
Cooper county, Mo, quarrelled one day
last week about which should get din
ner The matter was decided against
Susan's doing so by Caroline striking
her with an axe, and killing her. Caro-
line is in jail at Bonneville.
A terrible tragedy occurred in Mont
gomery county, Georgia, on Sunday, the
5th inst. Alfred Morris plunged knife
into the bosom of Seaborn Hall, infliCt-
ing mortal wound. Levi Hall, a
brother of SeabOrn, ran to separate
them, but was too late. Low then i'm
mediately drew pistol and sent n bul
let through the brain Of Morris killing
him instantly.
APacifC paper says: "The latest news
from Montana is doleful enough-thou-
sands of men vainly prospecting for
diggings; nothing paying over two dol
lars per day; men constantly freezing
to death; tea four dollars per pound;
-four thirty dollars per hundred; men
living on bread and water, or venison
! straight"
The examination in the case of Lewis
Clark and Charles Dennis, charged with
having stolen $4,000 worth Of United
States bonds and railroad securitie;
from Mr.. John p. Moore, of 10 Madison
avenue, New York, was concluded or
Friday last in chat city, and the pris,
oners were discharged, rs the testimony
Of the witness against them was c0nsid
cred to be wholly unreliable
The Richmond, (Va.) IimtS says the
enormous rents demanded by the land
lords of that city have greatly crippled
business, all branches of trade being in
very languishiug condition.
Agigantic cotton factory, in the Man
assas" mandatory, has been built at
Carrollton. Miss 1t contains 10000
spindles, 1900 looms, and goes into op.
Grafton July lst. The stock now
stands 10 per cent. above par.
An Irish emigrant, hearing the sunset
gun at Portsmouth, asked Il sailor.
whats that q Why, that's sunset"
was the reply Sunset !" exclaimed
Pat, and does the sun go down in this
country with such a bang as that 2"
A large meeting Of the friends of
President Johnson was held at Gambler
land. Md, on Saturday evening 1t was
addressed Ivy the lion. Montgomery
Blair. and Captain Frank Gallagher, or
Baltimore.
The military force now in Virginia,
consists Of forty four companies Of regu-
lar troops, numbering in the aggregate
about two thousand men.
The wife of Thomas Chadwick, ESD,
of East Waterloo township, Iowa, arose
from her bed in the middle of the night.
without tie knowledge of her husband,
went to the room of her little son, took
| him from his bed and kissed him affec.
| tionally thence she proceeded 10 the
grave Of her child which had been bur.
led few weeks previous, aud after re-