The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-31
SOUTHERN . NEWS.


The Mobile papers are deluged wit
bad poetry.
There are two incomes in Chicag
that exceed $780, 900. T-.r.r
A negro in Georgia fogged his daugh
ter to death for clandestine sparkling.
The heaviest, storm of the seasol
passed over So Louis Monday night.
A boy in New York stole 5000 wort
Of prints of the "Rocky Mountains
Double daily trains have commences
running on all the important southerl
railroads. T,-
The whole number Of votesregistere,
in New Orleans, up to the 23d, wa
about 2l,O27. -.'. 'e".''-'
A New Orleans artist has taxed
picture of the City Council to send t
! the Paris Exposition. -.r--r rr.-I
Colored people are to be admitted t.
the street cars of st. Louis on an equal
ity with whites.
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The store house OF l.. Megede, in Lex
ington, Mo-, was burned on Wednesday
Loss s25, 900.
A couple of gentlemen in Rockingham
county, Virginia, have obtained a pat
ent for making whisky from corn
The post commander Of Columbus
Mississippi, has issued all order requir
ing all vagrant freedmen to pack ~
and leave. r 4 - r n fAC = -tl =
Registration papers in New Orleans
are hawked about the streets by ne,
goes for sale. The ruling price is two
dollars. --.......- ,..o'5
Anew Orleans paper argues that sui
cides occur at the first of every month,
and produces facts to substantiate its
theory.
Up to this time no registration Office
has been opened in Bolivar county,
Tenn. Brownlow is unwilling to give
the people chance. Yre.a - 80
The small number Of births in Mem.
phis during last March and April is a
subject of comment among the papers
Of that city.
The negroes who cheered JEFF. Davis
on his release may look out. Congress
will be apt to disfranchise them if they
do not repent.
1t is estimated that the total vote of
Louisiana, if all were registered, would
be fOrty-seven thousand whites and
twenty-two thousand blacks.
In certain parts of New Orleans there
is 4 split between the mulattoes and
darker compilations, because those of
tho lighter hue wish to monopolize the
Offices.
A large fire in Memphis destroyed the
dry goods house of Greenwald & Loeb,
AMI two or three adjoining establish
mtnts. The loss will amount TO Sl20, 900.
/ The Norfolk (ya.) Republican, a Jaco-
bin sheet, strong in scent, but weak in
dollars, recently had a severe attack of
sheriff, died, and was laid ont.
General Griffin, commanding in Tex
as, ha, found it necessary to issie an
order declaring that the usual taxes
must 10 paid, people generally thinking
they we're relieved under the Military
Law.
The white negroes on Underwood's
"speckled purp' grand jury, testify that
their black brethren were unanimously
courteous, modest and attentive to bust
ness. The whites have not baen vOuch-
ell for as yet by the blacks.
The communications awarded To all
Mississippi Confederate soldiers, who
lost legs in the service and have sup.
Piled themselves with artificial ones, is
seventy -four dollars. They receive
o warrant on the State Treasury for
this amount on the certificate of the
probate judge. u a-.'
A negro in Virginia is gradually turn
ing white. During the seven days fight
around Richmond he observed a small
white spot on his arm. This has in
creased until ene.third of his body is
white and the skin is soft as an infants.
He ought to hurry and register before
II is too late.
The Memphis g. Charleston railroad
has adjusted its accounts with Govern
nent for rolling stock furnished at the
close of the war. The total indebted.
ness of the Company to the Govern
ment is $780,, 900, on which it has paid
100000 and will pay $4,000 month
until it is entirely cancelled.
The Northern capitalists, on return
ing from their trip to Southwestern
Virginia, deposited $1,000 with the
Presidents of the Virginia and Tennes-
see and Orange and Alexandria Rail-
roads, to be devoted to charitable pur-
poses. Five hundred were divided
among the churches in Lynchburg. E
A marked change has taken place in
the disposition and conduct Of the Rich
mond negroes. They are no longer
ofderly, civil, industrious. They have
ceased to be content with their emanci-
patton, or anxious to prove themselves
worthy of it. On the contrary, they
are growing insolent, unruly, domineer-
ing; are seeking dominance instead Of
eqality. In other words, they are set
ting themselves up rs q privileged class
"a, class privileged over all else in
streets, in courts, in churches, in mar
kets-wherever men and women con-
gregate. u ,'Ni'ilsi't
Suit has been commenced before
Judge Duplantier, of the Sixth District
Court, by the Governor Of the State
and Attorney General Lynch, protest
ing against the late election of the New
Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern
Railroad Company last month, when
the Directors refused to count the votes
cast by the Governor of the State and
Mayor of the city, contending that the
three directors appointed by the Gov
ernor, and the three appointed by the
City Council were all that the State
and city we're entitled to under the
charter. This suit involves the posi-
tion of General Beauregard as Presi-+
dent of the company. ~ Il