The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-05
SOUTHERN NEWS.
There is a lull in the Nashville matri-

Eight hundred barrels OF oysters are
consumed in New Orleans in one day.
Two sisters. left in a state of utter
destitution, employ themselves in cut
ting wood and hauling it to Mobile.
Charles Mallory, respectable col
ored man, of Petersburg, Va, called
among his own race, DR.. Mallory, is
dead.
The dwelling-house of A. c. Ferguson,
near Lebanon, Russell county, Virginia,
with all his furniture, clothing, &c,
was burned last week.
Governor Orr has had to send mill
tary company to Kingstree, South Car
olina, to stop the thieving and robbery
by the freedmen there.
The colored people of Norfolk cele-
brated the anniversary of the emanci-
patton proclamation on Tuesday (Ncw
Years day. by procession and other
ceremonies.
One hundred and thirteen of the prin-
cipal citizens of Savannsh have given
Miss Charlotte Thompson a compli-
mcntary benefit. Charlotte is cotton
planter as well as an actress.
"a negro in Lynchburg (Va.) took a
drink of concentrated lye by mistake,
thinking it was whisky. His sutferings
afterwards were intense, but 1t Is
thought he will recover.
The Northern Methodists will hold a
conference in Portsmouth, Va, on the
Sd of January, 1867, when, we learn, a
conference will be organized fop the
States of Virginia and North Carolina.
'-Pdersburg Express.
Mr.. Henry c. Belden, member OF the
bar at New Orleans, has been committed
for perjury for swearing falsely that he
had property to the amount of Sl0OOo,
in order to stand bail for one Cronan.
He has been admitted to bail, the secu
rity being fixed at $500.
1t is reported that respectable mar
ried lady was violated in Greene county,
North Carolina, last week, il the absence
of her husband. Five negro men and
three low white men are implicated as
principals and accessories. These five
and one white man have been identified
and are in Jail. Great Indignation pre-
walls among the people in regard to the
outrage.
Maurice. son of Colonel NJ. S. Lang
horne, was near being drowned at one
of Davis ponds Saturday. He was
skating, when the ice broke and he
plunged into the water. He sustained
himself by holding on to the edge of
the bSken ice until rescued by some
companions. 4 plank had to be pro-
cured, which took some time, and he
suffered greatly from the cold in the
meantimc.-LyHchbWg jHginian.
In his testimony before the committee
appointed to investigate the late riots
in New Orleans, Mayor Monroe, of that
city, stated that at the outbreak of the
war there was, in his opinion, but one
Union man in New Orlcons. This was
DR.. Dostie, who left the city under jeff.
Davis proclamation. He also stated
that the first secession speeches he had
heard were made by Governor Hahn and
King Cutler, and that the most prOmi-
nent States rights man, and a leading
spirit of the Southern Rights Associa-
ton. was w. X. Fisher. These men are
now the extreme Union men of the
Brown!ow clique.
Last winter the Legislature of Ten
ncsscc chartered the American Industri =
al Agency with very valuable franchis-
es. The purpose of the company is to
aid in an increased production of South
ern staples, by advancing money to
planters on favorable terms. Mr. VI. D..
McHaffie has recently arrived in this
country, commissioned by large British
CAPITALISTS, to examine into and report
mon the American Industrial ASSocia-
ton. and is now making tour through
the Southern States, i'll company with
Col. Benz. +. Green, solicitor of the
American Industrial Association, to sat
isfy himself rs to the present and future
financial responsibility of the people of
that section.
Mr.. Joseph Segar writes to the Balti-
more Sun, that he has never given any
authoritative declaration about the
Virginia Legislature, as to the "consti-
tutional amendment but admits that
he has expressed and still entertains the
opinion that i'll certain contingencies,
and to prevent worse results, the
amendment would be adopted, &c. We
repeat what we have said before, that
Mr.. Segar cannot be expected to speak
for the Virginia Legislature, or any con-
siderable portion of the people of Nir-
ginia. 1t is far more likely than any of
Mr.. Segar's expectations or anticipa-
tions that the people of Virginia will,
almost unanimously, prefer to continue
their present passive political condi-
ton, rejecting not only the constitu-
tional amendment of the last session OF
Congress, but also all other amendments
that would deprive them of or deny
them their just rights as members of the
Union.-.4lerandrid Gazette.
The Atlanta, Georgia, Infe'ligenco says:
Not day passes but large numbers of
the negro population take their dcpar-
ture westward over the State road.
We have been informed that not less
than thousand per week are thus
transported on their way rejoicing to
the rich Mississippi bottoms. They are
collected up in various sections by
agents, and it is said that all sorts of
inducements are offered them. A
group may be seen at the car-shed every
day, awaiting shipment. On this sub
iect also the Charleston Ne'rs declares
that the same can be said of that city,
with the exception that the sable emf
grants from the Palmetto State seems to
prefer the land of flowers for their goal.
The Ne,es says: These negroes all
seem in good spirits, and anticipate n
fine time in their future home. At the
present time the want of labor is