The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1860-02-15


arrested charged with hting a deserter, dis
'harged.
CoMurTrED.-John Valley, white man,
belong ing on board the Schooner White
fuam was arrested aud committed TO Jail tor
ueih2 a deserter.
M.Yog's Court, PoRTsAouTH-G W. Grice
"res,ding.
Only one arrest was made last night, ana
;hat was man named Short, who was found
drunk and laying in the street ny ol1lcer
DenDy, aud carried to jail. This morning
lar aad fifty cents. being the amount Of ex-
y peDses incurred by tse spree to satisfy the
city's demand.
ANOTHER LARGE FIRE IN ELIZABETH City.
Bya private letter receiAed in this city last
night we learn that very destructive fire
occurred in Elizabeth City, N. G., yester
day about O'Clock, destroying every house
on Road street, one OF the most public aven-
lies OF that town. The fire broke out in the
large new store just finished, on the same
not where the fire occurred there some
months ago.
The correspondent writes that sixteen
large hous es have been destroyed, aud as
write the fire is spreading fearful!y, and
,uere is no telling where it will end" The
7tter concludes with postscript written at
o'clock yesterday morning just as the
mail was about to close, stating that tn e
wind had sprung up very violently, and
mat the whole town was threatened with
destruction.
Later Ne,os.-By another letter received
here we have been permitted to copy the
tsliewing further particulars The ire
commenced about two O'Clock in the new
building ja,t finished, next door to the
,lore of Thomas K Cobb which was DIES troy
ID, and also three other houses belonging to
him.
The flames then destroyed one house the
.property OF Thomas Gaskins, two oil Mr..
l.sbo yteaux's one belonging to MIR GriIiip,
one belonging to Mr. Torbled, three belong
ING 10 Culp6ppcl oseooOy "oS SN'oAo'"r ~
CIV Bell, one belonging to NJ Mathews,
three belonging to the Far mer's Bank, two
hslouginp TO Mr Shannon, and one belong
ing to DR. Guile.
Ii was generally believed throughout the
whole town that the fire was the WORK OF an
iucendisry, and every possible means would
lie made use OF 10 detect the perpetrstor OF
me act.
KEEP AT WoRX.-It is with us as with
other things in nature, which by motion
..re preserved in their native purity and
perfection, in their sweetness, in their
lustre-sloth corrupting, debasing and de-
fling them. If water runs, itIkeeps clear,
.weet and fresh. If the air is famed by
winds, lis pure and wholesome-if it is
hut out from the motion of the winds, it
soon becomes thick, dark and unwhole-
some. If metals be kept in use, they re-
main smooth and bright but lay them by
and they contract rust. If the earth be
- ploughed and worked, it yields up its
richest harvests, but if neglected, the
richer it is, the more profuse will be the
weeds it will spontaneously proddce.-
All nature is upheld in its being, order
and state by constant agitation, and the
preservation and improvement OF our Ia
culties, in like manner, depend upon their
conduct and wholesome exercise. The
world wants neither athletes, giants mol
magicians, to point the way to mental and
physical health, but demands movement
to an extent necessary for purity and
health. perfection of the development Of
the body, and the mind will take care Of
itself. The common wood saw is first
rate instrument to commence learning
upon.
HUMAN NATuRE,-An Eastern paper 'eil
good auecdote OF al opulent widow lady
Who once afforded a queer illustration oil
that cold compound Of incompatisles called
uhuman natare." 1t was CHRISTMAS 1--WE
of one O f those old fashioned winters whict
we're so cold. The old lady put on an extr'
B shawl, and as she Rugged her shlverin2
frame, she said to her faithful negro ser
want: ats terrible cold night, sep
= an AFRAID NV poor neighbor. widow Green
= must be suffering. Take the wheeloarro"
IN It full of wood, pile on a good load, an
tell the poor woman to keep herself c0mfos
,able, But before you go, Scip, put som
- ~, tho fire and make me a mic