The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-03-22
SOUTHERN NEWS.

WAuother 122 year old negro is just de-
ceased in Virginia.
There is an alarming exodus of able
bodied negroes in Kentucky.
! The Confederate General Gano, OF
John Morgan notoriety, is preaching in
! Kentucky.
There have been thirty-three cases OF
smallpox in Norfolk during the present
month.
DR.. John b. Davies, q well-known
physician of Petersburg, Virginia, died
last week.
Crosby opera house, Lees night-gown,
is styled "a shift of fortune" A shift
Of Crosby rather.
In the Southern States there are 1902
dependent whites and ,73s dependent
blacks.
A clergyman prayed that "stench of
guano might 90 up from every planta-
tion in the South"
The oldest printer in the United
States is Mr.. Robert Mcknight, of Ca
hawba, Ala. He was born in l7s3.
The freshet at the South has COM
PEELED many of the late Confederates to
take high ground.
There is town in Mississippi Of two
thousand inhabitants without Q Smith,
Smythe or Schmidt.
The bar of new steamer about to-
engage in the st. Louis and New Or
leans trade was rented for $4,000 per
year.
A gentleman in South Carolina re-
Gently sold a tract of land for 800
which he refused $4,000 for before the
war.
The negro troubles near Williams
burg, Va, were adjusted by the ship
ment of three pieces of artillery to the
scene.
A smooth. faced negro laan appeared
on the streets of Natchez the other day
in full female costume, with the usual
waterfall appendage.
Brownlow is engaged in quartering
bodies of negro State guards in every
county in Tennessee to control the next
election.
The small pox is prevailing at Sandy
Hill, Worcester county, Md. 1t is con-
fined entirely to the colored popula-
tion.
| A distant shock of an earthquake was
felt ut Pamela, Miss, on the Sd inst. 1t
| was more violent in other parts of the
country.
New Orleans observed its carnival on
Shrove~ Tuesday with the usual spirit,
so that number of citizens woke up in
the station house on Ash Wednesday
morning.
In Richmond the inactivity in trade
has never been paralleled. 1t is estima-
ted that in the city ont Of a population
OF $4,000 persons 10000 are ont of en-
pios
DR.. Joseph Z. Claggett, late of the
Confederate States army, has been ap-
pointed Professor of MedicaLC Chemistry
and Pharmacy in the medical depart
ment of the Washington University, at
Baltimore, Nd.
#The towns of Helena, Arkansas, and
Friar's Point, Mississippi, are still sub
merged from four to fifteen feet, the in
habitants living in the second stories.
Great suffering and destitution prevails,
and the loss in stock along the river has
been immense.
Intelligence from Friars Point, Miss,
says the river is six inches higher than
was ever known. The food extends to
the back hills. distance of 80 miles.
Great destruction and destitution pre-
walls, and the people are very much dis
heartened.
The pet engine horse of New Or:
leans fire company was led into the
Cafe Imperial, where, after stepping
around right royalty upon the ele-
CANT tesselated marble pavement, and
taking drink from the big punch
bowl, he was retired without doing any
damage.
The Masons of Winchester have pur-
chased lot there which is 80 feet wido
by ls5 long, and cost them 1856. 1t is
the intention Of the fraternity to erect
upon it large building. The work will
be commenced as soon as the weather
permits. 1t is estimated that the edi.
fee will cost $4,000.
Burglars surrounded the family couch
of the Bruemells in st. Louis, in spite
of the demonstrations of Mr.. B., and
the shrieks of Mrs. B., while thoir "pals"
| plnndered the house of its valuables and
safely departed. Mrs. B. is confident
they are "no gentlemen
A man named Moody was killed by
wolves in White county, Texas, q few
days since. He had been out bear hunt;
ing, and killing bear got some of the
animals blood upon his clothes, which
the wolves scented. OF the pack which
attacked him he killed three and was
then oyerpowered.
The Missouri Democratic State Cep-
trsl Committee publish request that
the Democracy in the several Congress
sional districts in the State will appoint
delegates to the Democratic Convention
to be held in Louisville on the 9TH of
May.
Major J. F. Milligan, of the Norfolk
Tnginias, was the object of diaboli-
cal and shameful outrage on Friday
night. 1t appears that he had passed
a most.pleasant evening at the circus,
and while on his way to his residence,
after the performance, was murderous-
" beset, and by the aid Of slung shot,
Knocked sensless to the pavement,
where he laid in state Of utter an.
consciousness until three o'clock in the
morning; about which time he was dis
covered and conveyed to his residence.