The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-15
WASHINGTON, May Ia.
Examining surgeons.

land; John L. Nelson, Cincinnati;
Henry X. Steele, Dayton; Enoch Pearce,
steubenville. Tennessee. H. Lytle,
Cambridge; Frederick Bailey, KnSx-
Vile; John Blankenship, Maysville,
Missouri-D. w. Day and r. T. Langrell,
Eau Clair. Michigan-Wm. Daughap,
Niles. Illinois-Israel j. Guith, Peoria
TrotiiuK
There was a large attendance at the
National Course to-day to witness the
trot between Mountain Maid, of Phila-
delphia, and Star of the West, of Chics-
60, for purse of $1,000. Mountain
Maid won the third heat by length'
the fourth by two lengths and the fifth
by two lengths, and the Star OF the
West won the second heat by half a
neck. The first was dead heat.
James Rocky, of Louisville, and Ba-
shaw, of Baltimore, were entered, but
were withdrawn. Time, 2:3OB, 2:3Ot
2:29a, 2:349 and 2:33.
The shawnee Delegation
Here have concluded articles which the
Secretary of the Interior has approved,
by which this nation is to move into
the Cherokee country. The articles are
subject to the Cherokee Council, which
it is understood here, will be at once
granted. r.F ''
CoIOred Men with the PresIdent.
The National Executive Committee
of.the colored men of the United States,
appointed By Convention held in Jam
uary last, waited upon the President
yesterday to pay their respects and pre-
sent an address, stating that the APP
pointment of competent and trustworthy
ColOred men to prominent positions in
the Northern States would give the
death blow to objections to their hold
ing of such positions in the Soutb, by
convincing the South it is not true the
North wishes to force policy upon
them which it is not willing to accept.
The President replied in substance that
the subject involved some Important
points, and he would therefore give to
it consideration. t'.'
virginia.
Advices from Lexington, Virginia,
state that considerable apathy exists
among the people in the Valley con-
corning the coming election. In many
counties the precincts are so arranged
that a considerable distance has to be |
traversed to get TO- the registration |
office or the polls, and unless active
steps are taken it is said many will re-
fuse to trouble themselves so much as
to register, and, consequently, will not
vote.
The wheat crop, which is the largest
on record, is reported to be fine from
one end of the Valley to the other and
the anticipated yield enormous. To-
bacco is flOurishing.
A delegation of prominent citizens OF
Virginia representing the conservative
interest of that State and accompanied
by L. d. Washington, waited on the
President this morning and had a short
interview in regard to the adoption OF
the State Constitution, and especially
to ask that the clause relating to county
officers be submitted to the people sep
arately in the same way as the test oath
and disability clauses The delegation
wore: Hon. John X. Edmunds, Col.
Frank G. Rufiin, Jas. A. Cawardin, Ed
itor of the Richmond Dispatch, aud
Franklin Stearns.
Cuban Affairs.
Admiral Hof' writes to the Depart
meRt from Havana, 9th inst, a1nounc-
ing that he would be absent from that
port tor few days to relieve the Maria
gansett at Key West, and for change
of air for the officers and crew. He had
just received information from Com
maudor Fillsbrown at Key West that
the English steamer Salvador, sup
posed Cuban pTivatccr that our naval
forces have been watching for some time
at the instance of the Government, has
cleared for st. Thomas, via Nassau,
without arms and ammunitions of war
of any description. Everything at Ha-
vana is remarkably quiet. The Spanish
authorities seem confident Of suppress
ing the rebellion before the expiration
of the year. The rainy season now com.
ing on precludes the possibility of any
active operations of any Importance.
In a conversation with the Cubans
who were at one time sauguine of sue
cess, Admiral Hoff says that those in the
Havana end Of the Island are dissatis.
fed from the fact that the revolution
has not been conducted in a manner TO
coincide with their views. There is lit
tie or no organization among them, al
though they claim that the cause Aof
their present inactivity is owing to
their forces being exercised and in
structed IN the use Of arms preparatory
for campaign at the close Of the rainy
season. Generals CespSdes and Q uesa-
da are acting independently and have
their own separate forces aud adhorents.
Mr.. Hall, our Consul, seems to think
that the insurrectiOn is being crushed.
and that in few weeks il will consist
ofnothing but irregular bands of ont,
laws scattered through the interior.
The GrnpcshOT..
A letter from Treasury officer a
Beaufort, S c., states that the schooner
Grapeshot, bound from New York fol
Falmouth, Jamaica, put in there for re-
pairs on the 9th of April. As she was
laden with arms and munitions of war
and bad So passengers, the Collector at
Beaufort telegraphed to Collector Grin
nell at New York and received a reply
that the Grapeshot was regularly