The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-11
SOUTHERN NEWS.

SOUTHERN NEWS.
louisiana father testified against
his son for forgery.
A Georgian has made good progress in
the tea culture.
The prosperity Of Baltimore at the
present time is unprecedented
A member of the Tennessee Legis
lature lives by waiting i'll restaurant.
A woman gave birth to child in one
the London police courts.
1t is reported that General Phil. Sheri'
dan and the belle Of Louisiana mcdi
tate housekeeping.
A lady slipped in the street at Gov
ington, KY, last Saturday, and killed
an infant she was carrying in her arms
A physician in Richmond, Va, says
that rubbing with kerosene will cure
the rheumatism.
A test case under the Civil Rights bill
has been argued in the United States
Court at Louisville, hut has not yet
been decided.
The music of q piano forte stimulated
and sustained the individual in Char.
lesion who succeeded in walking one
hundred miles in as many hours.
The Chairman of the Lighthouse
Board has received information of the
re-establishing of the lighthouse at the
eastern side of the mouth of st. Marks
river, Florida,
The Rev. Geo. B. Bealer, of Darling
ton, S. c., has been called to the!pulpit
of the Freemason Street Baptist Church,
in Norfolk, and has accepted the invita-
ton. The reverend gentleman was e1-
pected to arrive on Thursday evening.
General Braxton Bragg, formerly OF
the Confederate army, is on visit to
New Orleans, for the first time since the
close of the war. Lieut.. Gen. Sherman
and Gen. Bragg were intimate friends
while serving i'll the regular army, and
dined together there on the PAT ult.
On Sunday last, the congregation at
the Seminary, near Alexandria, were
rather summarily dismissed, in conse-
ouence of some boys in the ncishbor-
hood having put red pepper on the
stove. Bishop Johns was reading the
service, but was forced TO bring the
services to speedy close, and dismissed
the congregation without the usual ser
mon. The whole house was coughing,
and those near the stove, in addition,
had tears brought to their eyes.
John G. Ryan, who was arrested
about eighteen months ago on suspicion
that he was John II. Surratt, now seeks
damages for false imprisonment. Mr..
Ryan was arrested in Memphis in July,
1865, brought to this city, chained hand
and foot, incarcerated in the Old Cap
itol prison some weeks in solitery con-
finement. removed TO Nicksburg, and
again kept in solitary confinement, as
he alleges. During this time he was
not permitted to communicate with his
friends or counsel. Mr.. Ryan is editor
of o parer in Arkansas.-Hash. Er.
The Nashville Banner learns con good
authority" that gentleman who was
recently identified very prominently
with the oil interests of Tennessee, and
who held a high command in the Fed
eral army during the war, lost over fifty
thousand dollars by locating wells un-
der the direction Of water or .'oil
witches So implicit was his belief in
this ridiculous superstition of the nine
teenth century that he was compelled
to return home an utter bankrupt.
A few nights ago several negroes be-
longing TO the section of the Burial
Corps stationed at this place, went 10
the private residence of the Mayor, on
Wilson street. and calling him ont, de-
manded of him that he should release
from Jail one OF their comrades, who was
confined there for some misconduct.
They threatened that if the man was
not released they would tear down the
Jail and burn the town. OF course the
Mayor declined TO accede to this polite
request. 1t was very dark at the time,
so that he could not see the men well
enough TO identify them afterwards.
They left him apparently with the de-
sign of carrying out their threats, but
probably got wind that there might be
some difficulty in putting their threat
into execution, and abandoned their
scheme.
The man when they wished to turn
out is still in jail, being unable to pay
q fine imposed upon him by the Mayor.
We understand that the officers in
of these colored troops show
every disposition to aid the civil au-
thorities in the execution Of the law
and the preservation of peace and order.
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