The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-03
CURRENT ITEMS.

A bust of the Princess Christian, has
been presented to the Liverpool corpora
tion.
Victor Huge makes a living by selling
his autograph at ten francs per one.
The eldest sister of the late Lewis
Cass, has died in California at ths age
of SO.
H. G., is in Washington abusing the
frauking privilege and contemplating
Congress.
Vestvali's legs have taken Ter, or she
has taken her legs, to Liverpool.
The wine product of the Lake Erie
region of last year was 100000 gallons.
The Buenos Ayres wool clip of last
year amounted to one hundred million
pounds.
Counterfeits are 80 plenty in Russia
that new issue of paper money has be-
come necessary.
One million five hundred and nine
thousand emigrants have arrived in
this country since 1859.
James Mott, of Philadelphis, husband
Of Lucretia Mott, died in Brooklyn on
Sunday, aged 80.
Rev. j. Scabbot has at last fallen mp
on Grant, and we have certain fearful
looking for of volume of treacle.
There were ninety-fve deaths is New
Orleans last week, only one of which
wasfrom cholera.
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams has Ii
brary of 1900 volumes, the largest
private library in New England.
New Hampshire has passed law
making it punishable offence to de-
posit lottery circulars in any pcstoflice
in that State.
They are to have park at Winches'
ter, Va, to rival Druid Hill park at
Baltimore. So says the Winchester
NdCs.
Jefferson Davis has been nominated
for the presidency of the Texas Pacific
railroad. He is now in Mississippi.
Ex-Governor Aiken, ofSouth Carolina
once the wealthiest man in the Palmetto
State, il is said, is now in abject pow
erty.
There are 39,222 horses in Vermont,
valued at s., ,829,47l. There were 1000
more horses in the State before the war.
Private Britons have subscribed
enough to maintain the widow of the
murdered policeman Brett for reason
ably long life.
The contract for the stonework and
piers of the railroad bridge across the
river at Dubuque has been let at st.
Paul for S242,00O.
Six hundred negroes arrived at Mobile
one day last week, from the interior of
Alabama, all out of funds, and many of
them in q starving condition,
Having taken his seat in the Senate
in 1854, Hon. Ben. Wade will have
served continuously eighteen years in
the United States Senate when his term
expires in 1869.
The only public library in Alaska con-
sists of about 1900 volumes, with gov
ernment records, maps and manuscripts.
The only American volume is copy of
Wendell Phillips speeches.
The Ohio State library, at Columbus,
has 26, 900 volumes. The public library
at Detroit, has over 5000 volumes, and
denotes an annual income Of over $1,000
to the purchase of hooks.
Tennyson is compelled to announce
his regret that it is ne longer possible
for him to answer the innumersble let
ters, or to acknowledge the Ms. verses
which he is in the hSbit Of receiving
from strangers.
The breach bet Seen the two wings OF
the Radical party in Louisiana is wi
denipg daily. The New Orleans Tribune,
organ Of the negro wing, anpounces
Judge Tslliaferro as its candidate for
Governor.
Hon. Robert J. Walker has written .
long letter, which will soon be publish
ed, giving history of the annexation
of territory to the United States, and in
favor of the purchase of the Russian
American Possessions and Danish West
India Islands.
When Lincoln was sssassinated, the
Queen wrote letter of sympathy to his
widow, and the Rev. Newman Hall had
q conversation with Bob Lincoln on the
topic, and "asked him about the Queens
letter. "Yes," said Bob, ave have
been often asked about that letter; we
have been asked to publish it. But It'll
a long letter Of three pages, the out
gushing of generous womau's heart,
and my mother and myself thought it
would not be right to publish q letter
written in the efusion of a womanis
heart"
Judge Chapman, OF the criminal
court of Indianapolis, on Saturday, SEN
fenced Lewis Washington, a negro, to
two years imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary and to pay fine of 5000 for
marrying q white woman. The law
provides q fine of not less than $1,000
nor more than $1,000 and Imprisonment
for not less than one nor more than
ten years. 1t is probable the case will
not 60 to the Supreme Court as Wash
ington 10 not able to bear the expense.