The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-12
SOUTHERN NEWS.

In Nortn CarOilna III Is ueath 10 stoai
a horse. -.r..,., l' $50
The smallpox has appeared in the
Virginia penitentiary.
The New Orleans papers dwell upon
the luxury of ice and cool soda. ...-n
A number of families in Richmond,
Va, are emigrating to Ohio.
New Orleans has in circulation 81 ,000, :
900 of its municipal "shinplasters."
A Norfolk paper complains of the OBJ
scenity and blasphemy iathat city.
AMississippi PAPER says "The Revolt
in Heaven is grand affair; 20 and see
it.r ....
General Lee has sent donation of
s25 to the ladies' memorial association
of Petersburg. -
Books for subscription 10 the capital
stock of the Portsmouth street railway
have been opened in that city.
Minors can marry in LouisiOna. The
legal age for the bridegroom is fourteen,
for the bride twelve.
John C. Breckenridge, il is stated,
advises his friends to accept and make
the best of the military act.
North Carolina has followed the ex-
ample of some other Southern States in
passing law Furnishing horse stealing
with death.
1t is stated that the colored men in
South Carolina, as in other portions OF
the South, will by no means vote ~ d
unit.
Governor Worth, Of North Carolina,
and Governor;Orr, Of South Carolina,
are in Charleston, in conference with
General Sickles.
Anew York company is preparing to
bring from Rockbridge county, Va.'
500 barrels per month of white sand, to
be used in making fine glass.
An eagle, measuring six feet four
inches from tip to tip, was shot by Mr..
William DENLY on his farm near Lam
beres Point, in the vicinity of Norfolk,
on Monday.
Two unsuccessful attempts were made
on Sunday night to burn the CONNER
cial Hotel, in Memphis. Several rooms
were burned, and the hotel badly dam
aged by water.
j. W. Barlow, crazy man, went
to the Walnut street Baptist Church, in
on Sunday, and fred two
shots at Rev. C. C.. Smith. who, was
There was -rribie ex-
element in tho church, Of couyse. but
no enc was hurt. The maniac WAS taken
to Jail.
The iron smoke-stack attached TO the
east end of the Green street wing of the
Linden Housc, in st. Louis, remained
after the fire. 1t was four and
3 half feet in diameter, and q hundred
and twelve feet high. On Saturday the
huge tube was taken down, without
breaking.
The Collector of Internal Revenue of
the First District ofArkansas, Edwin B.
Mcclure, has been detected in secreting
the Governments funds, and depositing
them to his own personal account, in
various banks in different cities. The
amount recovered already is over $780,
300, which was found deposited in banks
IN New Orleans, Memphis, &c. MCGUIRE
eft his district, and endeavored to with
lraw the funds, but the Treasury agents
were ahead of him with dispatches, and
with the aid of the military, Mcclure
was arrested in Texas, few days ago.
A WhitwOrth gun, captured at
Charleston, arrived here from New
York on the new line New York steam
,rs on Sunday, and has been taken to
Fortress Monroe, where il is TO be tested
n company with large number of
heavy guns. A commission of ar
.illory officers has been appointed
% test the merits and qualities of
ordnance at this point, and several Euro
,ean officers will be present at the trial.
The Whitworth mentioned above is one
If lot imported bysthe Confederate
government during the late war. One
,r two Of which were sent to Richmond,
md was used by the troops in the Rich
nond defenses.-NOiJOW Day Book.
NEGRO MEETING IN GEORGA.-The
Augusta (Gs.) Chronicle states that the
,olored citizens of Augusta propose
public meeting, and are now making
therefor. The call for
his meeting is made exclusively by col
,red people of respectability. They are
anxious about the issues Of the day,
Iud are unwilling to commit them
elves to any given policy without con-
erence with those whom lifelong they
lave known and respected. They feel
hat there is no home for tho colored
ANOilht ho hOhS ibi thV SViOANu
nan anywhere save at the South, among
hose with whom they have been reared,
md to whom they can look alone for
counsel and guidance in the struggle of
ife, in the face of an overwhelming
iood Of foreign Immigration, which
wells year by year, and seriously men
ices their means Of livelihood. This
comes from the right source.
Z is the spontaneous movement Of the
,olored people, free from all bias or con-
rol, foreign or domestic. We under
tand that, while the colOred people
will have their organization and speak
rs, invitations will be extended to his
Governor Jenkins, Hon. A
4. stephens, Governor johnson, Judge
starnes, Hon. William c. Prime, of New
FORK, Judge Gibson, Hon. o. Y. Loch-
-ane and others.
Manzani, the Williamsburg Ontlaw,
Who was shot dead by policeman,
proves to have been a remarkable crimi-
,al HE life yras that of a suu01lar