The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-05

1ner6 IS IronDle between the lADOEing
whites and the freedmen in East Ten
nesseee, on account of the numbers of
the latter coming in from the Sonth,
who underbid the whites for work.
Several terrible outrages have grown
out OF this feud, and it is likely to have
bad influence upon politics in that
section
The rats in Galveston, according to
the Netrs, are unusually ferocious and
dangerous. They crawl over sleepers
in their beds, and bite them on the
nosei they nibble at childrens' fingers,
fight dogs and cats, and even men, and
destroy thousands of dollars worth of
goods in the stores. FE
The bali given by the United States
army officers at San Antonio, Texas,
on the 18th ult., is described as a most
brilliant and successful affair. 1t was
attended by some i've hundred persons,
press goes into estacies about it, as an
indication of the rapid reconstruction
of the San Antonio rebels.
An English steam plow was recently
tried at New Orleans, 10 the great adj
miration of the planters present. The
English, for the present, are getting
ahead of the Yankees in trafhc with the
South.
Says the Natchitoches, La, Times !:
sour streets have been flled with
freedmen, some to spend the holidays
and others to make settlements with
their employers, and as usual there was
much dispute. An old sage attracted
our attention. He was asked by an
other sable friend how much he made
the last year. He replied: Muffin. L
-HrL-E EaFN for DO nd Il
only made a ffth; darefore I got
nufin.'"
Brig. Gen. Alvin C. Giflin, assistant
commissioner of the freedmen's bureau
in Mississippi, in a report to Gen. How
ard, states that The demand for labor is
SO great that freedmen are being
brought from other States.
The Alabama House of Representa-
tives has passed bill to establish a
system of public schools for blacks and
whites alike, but separate. It is under
stood that the legislature will not re-
consider its rejection of the constitu-
tional amendment.
St. Augustine, Fla, is said to be de-
lightiul residence. The Examiner of
that place, speaking of the great crop
of oranges, says that 10000 will be
picked from one grove. a gentleman
there writes that They hang IN rich
yellow clusters from the trees on the
sides of the streets, and the soft air is
redolent with their rich Perfume
Extensive immigration is making
Texas the most lively of the Southern
States, and as it suffered less in the
war, it is also the most thrifty. The
Houston Journal says: "You can
scarcely get along through our streets
for goods, boxes, barrels, etc Every
where we go we hear the cry Of More
brick and mortar The streets are full
of people; where they come from or
where they are going we have not the
time TO inquire" The Galveston NelEs
mentions the arrival of one hundred
emigTants in Bremen bark. II SAYS
They are the finest, most intelligent
and respectable looking party OF emf
grants we have yet seen, since this new
scheme of emigration commenced, and
We congratulate the agents on the fine
selection they have made. They Will
depart for their new homes in the inte-
rior of the State in a few days. For
such as them, we have plenty of room
in Texas, and for three hundred thou
sand more.'" E-sE -Ff
Nearly all the post-oEfices in Texas
are in charge of females. It works so
well that the mails now arrive and de-
part every hour in the day.