The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

sncctor General on General Howard'S
Staff, has just returned to Washington,
after three months tour in the South
vest In the interior Of Texas he says
much dissatisfaction exists among tho
blacks aud whites; the blacks are wiling
20 work, but the whites are not in a con-
di'ion to employ them the latter also
universally complain Of bad treatment
and violence. Bitter hostility to tho
Government, and lawlessncss prevailed.
So great was tho ignorance that the white.
knew not that tho war was ended, ana
the blacks thought themselves yct slaves.
when President Johnson's brother was
accidentally wounded by the discharge
Of his gun, q number Of surgeons. wero
applied to for professional treatment; no
was obliged to send ten miles tor Fed.
cral surgeon, and died solely for want OF
prompt surgical aid.
Concerning the freedmen, the Rich
mond Enquirer says:
"we must feed, c!o,hc and educate these.
helpless beings, and the sooner we resolve 70
assume the obligation and provide for i" non
cs, GulG!!rncn,, the easier it will be Tor Us OIL.
This will be rcturoing good for good.
The negroes Of Virginia for century or
50, have been devoted to the business OF
furnishing the food and the means tor
clothing and educating tho xhitcs.-..
Every dog hath his day." says tho o!d
proycrb, and they will not probably op.
jcct # the whites requitc the favor oy
feeding, clothing and educating them Tor
q while.
Information is desired by tho War
Department OF the names and residences
Of the twenty. seven soldiers belonging
to what was known among the rebels as
the "Foreign Battaiicn," nnd who o'e'>
capcd at or about the time Of the cxecu'
ton OF some seven Union soldiers, oy
order Of the rebel General Mercer, nt
Savannah in December, 1861. Such OF
these soldiers us may Lc reached by this
paragraph, arc requested to communicate
with the Judge Advocate General at
Washington, their names and residences
together with such information as they
may possess in regard to the above re-
ferrcd.to execution.
The TriJunc's Washington special
saws the Treasurer Of Schools and Finan.
ccs Of the Frcedncn's Bureau has just
returned from a tour through the South
cru States, having established frcedueni
savings banks at Richmond, Whining
ton, Charleston, Beaufort, Savannah.
Mobile. New Orleans, Vicksburs, Huots.
vile, Nashville, Memphis and Louisville.
lie states that all classes 10 the States
lately in rebellion, arc fast becoming 70.
conciled to their new relations. but that
it will be necessary for the Government
to keep a strong force in these States
Tor some time longer, to secure justice
to all.
Attorney General Speed, in asking
for an appropriation for contingent c1.
pcnscs, says the carpets and furniture Of
/ his Office have been subjected to large.
| ly increased amount Of weur and tear,
from usage BY large number Of appli'
can,s for pardons. who from day to day
frequent the Office so that much Of tho
carpcting is iattcrcd and worn into shreds,
and new carpc,ing is needed now moro
than ever.
The London Times. per steamer City
Of Manchester, publishes letter from
the Superintendent Of the Atlantic Tcle.
graph Company, announcing that tho
Great Eastern will positively sail in
June, 1866, to lay new cable and take
up the old one, which is ascertuined to
be in the most perfect order, by daily
tests taken from tho t;mo it broke sud
still continue daily.
Since October 3lst, when the total
strength Of tho army was one hundred
and eighty thousand meu, there have
been fifty thousand mustered out, lcav.
ing now in the service total. white and
colorcd, Of one hundred and twenty-five
thousand men. Il is estimated that
eight millions Of dollars were required to
pay this force when mustered for pay.
meot on the 3lst ult. .....
The Boston LiLcrdtor Of last week
contains the valcdictory Of Wm. Lloyd
Garrison, who announces that this is tho
last number, the paper having been pub:
lishcI thirty.6vo years. Hc says tho
object for which the Libcrator was com =
mcn:cl has bcou gloriously cousumma.
ted. Ilc does not indicate what he will
10 in his remaining years, though ho
hopes to be permitted to take little re.
pose.
| The American Union Commission, 10
Nea York City, has received letter
from its agent, at Little Rock, Arkansas;
which says, at least ten thousand persons
are in immediate and pressing need Of
food, shelter, clothing, and the necessa.
rics Of life aud it is feared many will
perish during the winter. Considerable
emigration i, finding its way to Arkan:
s1s. -.--... e.. ..- .-~-..r-
An order was issued December 2Sth,
transferring tho headquarters Of tho De:
partment Of Tennessee from Knoxville
to Memphis, Tennessee. 49,"
Census returns Of all but eight couu.