The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-11-27
THE DAY BOOK.
MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 81, 1865.

DESTRUCTION OF AMERICAN WHALERs.-l
A New Bedford poper gives q list of forty-six
American whaling vessels, with ten thousand |
two hundred and fifty-two barrels of oil, des- |
troyed by Confederate cruisers during the late |
war. The value of the vessel is estimated at
one million one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and the value of the oil at half
million dollars.
Ten thousand negroes are to be tried by |
court martial and executed, we are told, for
engaging in the Jamaica rebellion We Won
der if this butchery of black rebels will be
approved by those who desired ten thousand
white rebels put to death by our Government,
and who are daily shouting for the execution
of jeff. Davis -Newbmyport Herald.
ACCIDENT IN SOUTH CARoLINA-By the
upsetting of stage near Hope Station, S. c.,
a few days ago, the Rev. DR.. James Cohen,
professor in the Theological Seminary in Co
lumbia, Mrs. Van Wrinkle, of Charleston, an
English lady, name not known,) resident in
the family of Mr.. Peronneaux, of Charleston,
and colored servant, were all killed
A terrible tornado swept over the Mosquito
Coast, Central America, on the night of the
18th. From Monkey Point to Bluefeld, every
thing was blown down. Captain Thompson,
formerly of Baltimore, with his wife and four
children and others, in all 10, are supposed to
have been drowned.
Major General +. j. Heron who has re-
signed his commission in the army, has begun
business as commission merchant at New
Orleans. General Heron was the youngest
Major General in the army
Colonel Edward NJ, Lee, late of the Mich-
gan cavalry brigade Fifth Michigan cavalry,
has been brevetted brigadier general of vol
unteers for gallant and meritorious service
during the war, to date from April 10, 1865.
LIEUT.. GENERAL ScoTT Come SOUTH
Lieutenant General Scott, who is escaping
from the rigors of Northern winter, awaits
at the Astor House the departure of steamer
for New Orleans
Lord Palmerston was the first who intro
duced the waltz in England His dancing
with the Princess Lleven fifty years ago was
the admiration of Almack's exclusives
Gen. Clingman still suffers severely from
wound received in the war--a gun-shot
wound through theleg. He is in Washing
ton.
A large number of negroes, vic had left
st. Mary's county, Maryland, and sought in
Norfolk a terrestrial heaven, have returned to
their homes in great restitution.
General Pillow has sued General Gusts for
the value of 1920 bales of cotton, seized by
Gen. G. and not turned over to the United
States Government Jsa
The New York Express says that the ru-
mored prize fight between Elliott and Davis,
took place in private room in Troy, resulting
in draw, both parties claiming foul blows.
VIM. s. Candles, of Cub Hill, Baltimore
county, Md, one of the " Old Defenders /" of
Baltimore in 1914, died at his home on the
10th inst.
Everywhere the negro seems to be restless
in Hayti, Jamaica, and, not to be wondered
at, in the United States.
Hon. w. N. H. Smith, one of the purest
and best of men, is elected to the North Car
DINA Legislature from Hartford county.
There is no truth in the report that the
Archbishop of Paris was taken i'll after his
late visit to the cholera hospitals
by the Emperor Napoleon for acts of courage
Out of $4oO 900, 900 worth of property in
South Carolina in 1860, but $50 1000, 900 re-
mains.
They have burglar in Alexandra, Va,
whose name is Keys He opens all the locks
about town.
Connecticut has had several snow storms
The coolest seat in an omnibus-the one
nearest the Pole.
There is temperance revival in England,
based on the principles of the old Washing
tonian movement in this country.
William Gilmore Simms and Henry Timrod
have become editors of the Columbia South
Carolinian, journal. just revived.
Major General Frank Gardner of the Con-
federate army, is now local editor of the New
Orleans Crescent.
Mr.. Samuel Baker, the discoverer of the
new lake near the sources of the Nile, has ar
rived in London.
William Webb Follett Synge, Esq. succeeds
Mr.. Bunch as Consul General of England in
Cuba.
The Memphis AppelI states that there are
no less than nine hundred houses being erected
in that city at present.
The receipts of cotton at New York on Mon
day amounted to 5000 bales
The brigantine O. E. Maltby, of Baltimore,
is reported wrecked off Abaco
The University of Mississippi, at Oxford,
has over seventy-fve students.
Major General Rosecrans has arrived at New
York from his visit to California.