The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19
SOUTHERN NEWS

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"a man in Missouri while loye-sick
put ont his eyes. ~ zTtz ,i-7 81, Irlr-r
Only four Northern houses do busi-
peesin Atlanta. -o ~ 81
Two Missouri editors fired four shots
ateach other, Intellectually. be e Il
The st. Louis Board of Health are
hard at work at cleansing the city.
AOsehool teacher in Louisville was
brass-knuckled nearly to death by the
brother Of pupil. T. EEFsO II
Policemen in Memphis 60 halves with
the THE veS which, taking all things
into consideration, is considerate. - i.
a negro man, named Simon Mallory,
was arrested at Lynchburg on Monday,
for beating his wife to death. "A
IA Florida lemon received IN Agusta
weighed pound ounce, and measures
III inches in circumference.
"a destitute sewing girl in ST. Louis
committed suicide by cutting her throat
with razor rather than go ont as
chambermaid. - g 8f r. ss'f , ...
Rev. DR.. White has retired from the
pastorship of the Presbyterian Church
in Lexington, Va, aftera service Of over
twenty years. L.,.s a
7 2 Louisiana has sixteen hundred miles
Of levees.-BostoR Post. ra...-, I.
That must account for the strong par
ty excitement there.-Com. Balletin.
The Atlanta, Ca, Chroaicie proposes
that General Grant be elected to the
next Presidency by general consent as
the best means Of conciliation and peace.
The bridges on Duvalps Bluff and
Little Rock Railroad having been con-
demned, and the company being unable
to rebuild them, the road has suspend
ed operations rcay.T vr5fyT
All damages to Southern railroads
from the great floods have been repair
I'd, except the bridge at Bridgeport, Al
abama, which is crossed by cars on
boats, without breaking bulk.
[ The South Carolina newspaper pub
lished at Columbia, has been purchased
by Mr.. Nash and other colored men, and
will be conducted as a conservative ne
gro organ. .-a-s s,fn1. Ids
William Neff, of Lexington, KY, and
James Crosby, Of Missouri, were put to
death at McKissack's Grove, Iowa, the
other day, for horse-stealing. The
lynchers allowed them choice of hang
ing or shooting, and they chose the lat
ter. H...#
Governor Jenkins has written an ad-
dress to the people of Georgia advising
non-action under the Sherman bill until
the legality of the measure is tested be-
fore tho Supreme Court. He considers
the law unconstitutional, and hopes the
Supreme Court will SO decide.
The Secretary of the Treasury receiv-
ed letter from Selma, Alabama, stating
that the First National Bunk of that
place was robbed on Monday night of
one hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars. The bank is a depository OF Gov
ernment funds, and it Is probable that
the Government viii be loser by the
robbery.
The MERRIMAc.-Thisv vessel is rather
tough customer. On Saturday last
Mr.. Underdown applied the match to
the torpedoes placed under this vessel,
when most terrific explosion took
place, throwing the water and frag-
ments of the vessel to great height
in the air. This is the third attempt Mt
reducing the wreck to a manageable
size, and on this occasion 900 pounds
of powder were used. 1t will require
several more blasts to destroy this yes
sell, 30 famous in the naval history of the
late Southern OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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| The Savannah Republican says: "Ac-
counts represent the condition of things
in Camden and Bryan counties as truly
alarming. The widest days of st. Do
mingo seem to have been reproduced in
Southern Georgia. In one county two
negroes were sentenced to death for
murder, and three others to the penf-
tentiary. A mob of colored people sur
rounded the Jail. broke open the doors
and allowed the prisoners to escape. In
another county men were found hang
ing to the trees, within short distance
of the public roads, and had been hang
ing there for several days"
The Tennessee Conservative State
Convention, held in Nashville, admit
ted colored delegates to seats by unan-
imous vote, and passed resolutions in
favor of absolute equality of political
rights, including che right to hold of
fee, without dissenting voice. Emer-
son Ethridge was nominated for Gov
ernor. Joe Williams, the leader Of the
colored Conservatives, made speech,
in which he declared that he would
rather live in the interior of Africa than
among the Radicals. Inasmuch as the !
latter refused admission to colOred del
eeates in their convention some time
AGO, williams friends are now de-
nouncing them as copperbeads-