The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-05
SOUTHERN NEWS.

General Pope will establish his head.
quarters at Atlanta.
Charleston is moving for the intro.
ductisn of pure water in that city.
If horse has the bolts, let him bless
his stars that it isn't John Minor.-[Lou
Jour.
Ten thousand dollars have been sub.
scribed in st. Louis for the relief of the
South. .5s.aLt
Tho stock of cotton on hand at Mont.
gomery, Alabama, on the 23d ult., was
,225 bales.
Judge Frazier, of Tennessee, whose
Impeachment was pending before the
Senate, has resigned.
The military authorities in Alabama
are initiating vigorous measures under
the Reconstruction law.
The Harrisonburg Commonwealth
gives General schofield q new handle
to his name, calling him "BrigadieI
Governor"
Work has already been commenced
in removing the rubbish of the Lindell
Hotel in st. Louis. 1t is to. be imme-
diately rebuilt.
There are doubtless, says the Calves
ton (Texas) Cirilian and Gazette, more
than 100000 head of meat cattle in
Texas.
The body of white infant, withpart
of the nose gone and otherwise censid,
erably mutilated, probably eaton by
rats, was found in Petersburg on Satur-
day.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen OF
Savannah on Wednesday evening last
gave a banquet to the officers of the
steamer Memphis, which arrived there
with supplies, for the suffering poor OF
the South.
General Schofeld has issued al order
suspsnding all elections in Virginia un-
til the registration is completed. In
the mean time, vacancies occurring will
be filled by the commanding General.
A citizen of Warrenton killed few
days since hen which had not laid for
some months. Upon being opened four
teen full-sized eggs-one of them as
large as a turkey egg-were taken from
her. The shells had not been formed.
This is true, as hard tale as 1t may
Reconsideration Inder.
A plantation of some fifteen hundred
or two thousand acres, in Wilcox coun-
ty, Alabama, which produced, before
the war, from 5000 to 10000 bushels OF
corn, and from $50 to 500 bales OF cot
ton. rented last week for one hundred
and thirty dollars.
The Lynchburg Tirginian of ofyesterday
contains letter from the agent ofthe
Virginia immigration Society in Lon
don, in which he states considerable
number of immigrants have left that
country for Virginia, and may shortly
be expected there. Up to the date of
his letter, (March 16th) about five hun
dred persons had expressed determin-
ton to leave for this State in the
spring.
In accordance with notice, DIR. l.
Hayes Shields addressed the colored
people in the African Church on last
Wednesday night on the subject of the
Duty and Destiny of the cOlored race IN
America. The church was crowded and
much interest was manifested in the
doctors remarks. We were not present
ourselves, but learn that cliqe of Rad
icals attempted reply to the gentle
man, turning the church into polit-
ical club-room. The burden of the
RAIDS remarks was advising the negroes
to vote as they had shot, and attempt
ing to create a feeling of hostility
against their former masters. Ihere
was q strong contrast between the re-
marks of the DR.. and his opponents.
The negroes behaved well.-Winchester
NeTs.
On yesterday evening week gang
of negroes went to the house of Samuel
Ellit, Jones county, and robbed it of al
most it's entire contents, under the fol-
lowing circumstances: Mr. Ellit and his
family were at supper in an apartment
of an outbuilding used as o kitchen.
The negroes crept up upon them, and
the first intimation the family had of
their presence was Oh being ordered to
surrender and seeing two guns pointed
at them through the half-closed door.
The door was then fastened upon the
family, and a guard having been posted,
the ruffians proceeded to 1.-the house and
robbed it of everything of value. The
nlunder was coOl.v staokod ia ti'o !aru
far transportation, gnard was put up
on it, and then an order was issued to the
pent up inmates of the kitchen to cook
rations for the robbers. This they had
to do: and when cooked it was passed
out to them through an opening in the
wan, and when, devoured the negroes
auietly departed with the plunder,
leaving Mr.. Ellit again destitute, for
this was the secoud outrage perpetrated
upon him.-Ne'cbera (N. CO. Commercial,
.March29. ..
Bslky Horses.
If you have balky horses, it is your
fault and not the horses, for if they do
not pull true there is some cause for It,,
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