The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-29
THE NEWS.

outiaWs, VINO SeI Ill tneclVll officers and
civil regulations at defiance, attacked,
beat.and robbedthe citizensonthes streets,
entered and sacked the public places, and
Kept up a reign of riot and terror during
their stay In the town. They made un-
limited use of their fists, guns, pistols,
CLUBS and stones, and SO great was the
CONSERVATION created by them that a
large number of women and children in
their fright fled for safety to the adjacent
county. A number of citizens received
serious injuries, helpless old men and
boys being the persons principally mall
'reated. Only six of the scoundrels
were arrested, and even those were lib
Grated on paying small fine.
A sad and fatal accident occurred on
Wednesday in Furman street, Brooklyn,
in the building re-erected on the ruins
of the fire of some months ago, when
several firemen were burned to death by
the caving in of the roof The houses
on Furman street in this locality lie un-
der the Heights, and their roofs form the
rear yards of the houses on Columbia
street. About nine o'clock in the fore
noon, while laborers were engaged
wheeling earth OH the roof of the build
ing alluded to, the front wall gave way,
plunging roof and men into the centre
| of the structure. Three men were kill
ed, and Others had very narrow escapes.
A treaty of amity, commerce and for
! the extradition of fugitives from justice
between our government and that of the
republic of Hayti, which was concluded
and signed in November last, has been
officially proclaimed by President john
son. Mutual privileges of sojourn, set
tlement, civil protection and for the
transaction of business are guaranteed
to the citizens of each republic within
the territory of the other
The commencement exercises at Yale
College in honor of the graduates of that
institution who were in the military or
naval service of the republic during the
late war, took place on Wednesday. The
roll of these scholastic patriots numbers
seven hundred and fifteen, largely ex-
ceeding the list of warriors sent forth by
any other college in the country.
Twenty-Five respectable ladies of
Greenfield, Ohio, armed themselves with
axes and hatchets last week and started
TO break up the liquor establishments in
that village. They broke in the win
dOws and doors of one saloon and emptied
the liquors, and then the other saloon
keepers and druggists gave up theirstock
of liquors. Legal proceedings have been
instituted.
A Marseilles paper states that six
thousand young men between twenty
and forty years old, have met on some
waste ground outside the city, and
pledged themselves not to marry until
young ladies abjure crinoline, expensive
dresses, and in short turn over a new
leaf andprepare to become good and pru
dent housewives"
AS Mr.. Seward M. Titcomb, of North
Yarmouth, Me-, thoughtlessly stepped
in front of the knives of his moving
machine to administer blow to q con-
trary horse attached to the machine, he
was cut in horrid manner through the
ankle joint and lower part of the leg
Amputation below the knee was founC
necessary.
A report received at the Freedmen's
Bureau in Washington from one of its
agents in Arkansas, represents the con
duct and condition Of the freedmen o
that State in highly favorable light
They are generally working industrious
ly, and appear to appreciate their free
dom without being disposed to abuse it
A young man was arrested in New
London, Conn.,, on "Wednesday, charged
with cOEspiring with q girl to murder
Mrs. Charles Wheeler of that city, fol
. the purpose of robbing the house. TIL,
girl confesses that the young man Undue
ed her to join with him in the proposed
murder.
Out of sixteen hundred male clerks
messengers and Others employed at pre-
, sent in the Treasury Department, six
hundred are disabled officers and soldiers
The five hundred lady clerks are chiefly
refugees from the South and relatives O
disabled and deceased soldiers.
A policeman in Buffalo has been fineC
five dollars and costs for forcing mar
in horse car to give his seat to lady
The Court said ladies had no more priv
leges than men, and moreover, wher
treated civilly, were not profuse in &C
acknowledgement.
In Lawrence, last week, a woman wa!
F fined $25 and costs-the smallest fine
that could be imposed in the case-fol
assuring the assessors that there was ne
one at her house, save her "old man,
liable to be taxed, when in fact she hat
several male boarders.
A man by the name of Littlefield, o.
Wells, Me-, lost his right eye on Satur
day at Kittery Navy Yard. He was
driving tree-nail when piece of il
flew off and penetrated the eye in suchs
manner as to cause it to drop from the
socket.
Liquor is sold by the glass in one hun
dred and thirty-twO places in North
street, Boston. One block, owned by 6
rich, fashionable Boston lady, contains
five liquor shops, five brothels and 6
large dance hall.
The library Of Judah P. Benjamin
containing over six hundred volumes
was sold few days ago in New Orleans
under decree of condemnation from the
United States District Court.
Gen. Forrest had both of his shoulder
bones broken by an accident on the
railroad near Senatobia, Miss. The cal
in which he was seated was thrown
down an embankment.
Rosa Schiller, girl of twelve years,
died at Hartford on Sunday from excess
sive exercise in jumping rope. She
Jumped more than five hundred times
without stopping.
The only female present at the execu-
ton of the conspirators at Washington