The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-07
SOUTHERN NEWS.

A military quarantine has been estab-
lished ut Mobile. r.szsr .f-
1t is stated that white persons South
will not cat yellow meal.
The only Massa the negroes in Vir-
ginia acknowledge is Massachusetts,.
man in Kentucky named Bedbug
petitions the Legislature to change his
name.
General Frank Blair is managing a
cotton plantation near the mouth OF
the Arkansas.
Hon. Emerson Ethridge, of Tennessee,
is on the stump, giving Brownlow hard
knocks. s.
Some graceless scoundrels at fire in
a Georgia town stole three cOffins from
a cabinet wareroom.
A Tennessee paper says that Parson
Brownlow will not die until the school
fund of that State is completely e1-
hausted.
The Jail at Hagerstown, Nd, does
not contain a prisoner. The popula-
tion of the county is thirty-five thou
sand. -.E
A sea captain says that Mississippi
river water will keep longer at sea than
any ether. For the reason, probably,
that nobody can drink it.
A Richmond paper intimates that the
annexation of the Old Dominion to
West Virginia might be good thing,
as they would thus get into the Union.
Panthers and wolves driven ont of
the swamps by the overfowed rivers
are becoming dangerous in the hill land
of Jefferson county, Miss.
Gen. Miles, of Fortress Monroe cele-
brity, has been assigned as Assistant
Commissioner of Freedmen for North
Carolina.
1t is stated that the ladies are con-
tributing valuable aid in working the
corn-felds in the more Southern States,
and that large crops are expected.
The Fredericksburg, (va.) woolen
factory now manufactures 6,900 yards
Of cloth week. One week recently
1853 yards were made.
Forty-six prisoners, who have been
confined in Libby Prison, at Richmond,
for various crimes, have arrived ut
Fortress Monroe for trial by Court Mar
tial.
The immigration returns down to
April lst show that but an exceedingly
small proportion of the immigrants ar
irving go to the Southern States. Of
more than thirteen Thousand arrivals
less than two hundred announced their
intention of going South.
The Greensboro (Miss.) Falcon says
there Is scarcely foot of land visible
from Yazoo City to Greenwood, save an
occasional solitary mound, covered with
wild and domestic ANIMALS The whole
county presents n scene of blank, wa
terry desolation positively fearful to
contemplate.
Ths Montgomery Mail in speaking of
the petition of Georgia to the Supreme
Court, remarks: "If the court decides
fsr Governor Jenkins, it decides that
the Congress arc traitors; if it decides
against Governor Jenkins, it decides
that the Confederates were patriots. In
either event, as matter of history, we
should be satisfied with the decision"
"A few weeks ago a carriage and team
were stoleh from gentleman in Mobile
by two white men and a negro. AS
soon as the fact was learned two police
men started on horseback after the
thieves, and succeeding in capturing
one of them in Perry county, Miss, at
ter long pursuit. 1t was then learned
that, after travelling about eighteen
miles from Mobile, the two white men
murdered the negro and left his body
near the road. .-.
In Georgia, in 1866, the value Of land
was estimated at SOB, liz, ga, and the
total value of all property, real and
personal, at S222, ,183,767, decrease
since 1860 of sl4s,444,l ,l35, without TAX
ing into consideration the value of the
slaves who were emancipated. In 1860
the total value Of property in Georgia,
including the slaves, was 81 ,00s, ,4s5, ,165.
Georgia had a funded debt of about
IS, ,7O6 500, and the State owns property |
valued at $9O0,000.
Mr. James II. Gregory, aged fourteen
years, and Miss Marinda Gregory, thir-
teen years of age, were married by Es-
quire Charles McMurry, at his residence
in Smith county, on Friday evening,
March %. The match was q runaway
one. And o few days after the children
were joined in the bonds of wedlock,
the father of the bride attempted to sue
out warrant of larceny against the
bridegroom for stealing away his daugh- |
ter. Attorney General Williams told |
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Nashrille Press and Times.
An extremely loyal lawyer in savan-
nah, Ga, named Hesseltine refused to
deliver speech in the Justices court
of that city few days ago, alleging as
n cause that the court had suspended o |
picture of q Confederate flag in the
room, and at some length spoke as to
the propriety of q Union citizen conde-
scending to appear in court under such
colors. The picture in question was q |
small steel engraving, illustrative of
the Rev. Father Ryans celebrated poem
of the Conquered Banner" which JUS
tice Marsh had huny upon the wall un-
til evening, that he might take it home. |
The picture was ut once removed and |
Hesseltine proceeded with his argn-
ment.
In Sigel, No., q .ew days since, the
wedding day Of q young lady arrived;
the friends had gathered, and all the |
appointments for the usual jollifcation
we're in order. But the groom, a mate