The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1860-01-07

MAYo&'s COURT, PoRTsMoUTH-G W Gsice
Presiding,
Bound OvER.~-John Butler, arrested for
creating no ", and disturbing the neighbor-
hood, and breaking his (rented) house | sst
night between / and and o'clock. John
being an old offender, bis Honor required
lin to find security for $500 to keep the
peace for IL months lie had not obtained
security up to the time of our leaving, in
default of which he will be committed to
Jail,
WtrE WHIPpTNG.-Mich Knee, arrested
on complaint of his wife for beating and
threatening to kill her last night. The
same wife appeared this morning and re-
quested his Honor to discharge him as he
was ''dear good man" when sober. Mayor
Grice did so on payment of $3.50 costs.
Stealing BAooN.-Abram Bracy, free ne
gro, arrested for stealing bacon from Mr..
W. A. Smith. Bacon found on the prisoner.
Ordered 20 lashes and to pay costs $3.50.
STEALING CABBAGEs.-Ma Hyder, free
negro from North Carolina, arrested for
stealing cabbages from Mr.. ODonnall.-
Ordered fifteen lashes and to pay $500
costs,
MEETING ON CHANGE. In spite of the fact
that the Canals and rivers have been closed
it'll ice for several days, and the consequent
non arrival of any kind produce, the meet
ngs on change are continued and well at
tended. A peep in at the Merchants and
Mechanics Exchange any morning will re-
veal the fact, that all the leading merchants
Of the city make it point to come on
change every morning in the week, and
while there may be no grain TO offer during
this freeze, they meet and converse and form
plans for future operations which must ulti-
mately be Of immense service to the city,
They amalgamate as it were, and will final
ly become so consolidated that it will re-
1uire no effort to consummate any scheme
which they may start. We are really proud
to see SO much unity of feeling among the
merchants of this city it is an augury of
uture prosperity, and the TACT of their COM
ing together thus promptly is pregnant with
much Importance. We congratulate those
enterpr Using members of the Exchange, who
compose the Directory, on the complete sue
cess of their cherished hopes in thus bring
ing the merchants together once day, and
cengratu late the Exchange on the immense
deal of good it has done, is doing, and will
continue to do.
There is class OF merchants, however,
who have thus far ignored these morning
meetings or who have at least, remained
away; we allude to the Main street mer-
chants. True, some few of them have been
iaily attendants, but Others have not come
down, and give as n reason, that they are
not interested and cannot be beneftted.-
This is grand, indeed has been, the fatal
mistake Of the merchants of this city. Very
many have held aloof because they could see
no direct benefit, and in thus doing, have
helped to crush the indirect benefit which
they have been reaping ever since the insti-
tuition was inaugurated. They seem to
have lost sight of the benefit of UNION
they appear to have closed their eyes
to the daily increasing Importance of the
institution to the city they have for
COTTON what this Exchange has already
done for the aohole city, and forgot the
TACT that an organization of this kind
has been found essential in all commercial
cities, and that when they do exist, they are
the main spring of trade land the all powerful
lever with which commerce is regulated -
But this will not last long. Tie meetings
IN "change" and the daily transactions
there are gradually awakening the rip.van-
awake merchants are coming in gradually
and are partakng of the benefits which fol-
low.
We do not know of city which can boast
OF better or more enterprising merchants
than our own. True the commercial commu-
nifty here is not so large as that Of New
York, but we have in comparison equally as
much enterprise; all we lacked heretofore,
was unity of action; this we VIII have now,
ny means Of this mighty engine, the Ex-
change, and soon the beneficial effects of
that unison will be seen. We conjure those
who have so CALAMITY and manfully come
up to the original intention of the Exchange
to continue in their good work and urge the
few who have not done so to come forward,
and for the sake of the best interests OF the
city as well as for their own interest, enlist
themselves under the broad banneu of
"Union for the sake of the city,"
ANOTHER FIRE.-Anether approach to a
tire occurrnd in Portsmouth last night
The house of Mr.. Andrew Galelee, on the
Wood Wharf, was discovered to be ON fire,
and extinguished by officer Hughes. The
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