The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-10-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

How TIE MEMBERS OF THE SoUTH CARO-
LIMA CONVENTION WERE PAID.-It appears
that the Treasury of the State is innocent of
coin or Treasury notes, and has to borrow
from the Bank of the State in ordea to ''raise
the wind for the present emergency, and that
members and employees Of the Convention will
receive for their services due bill Of the State
of South Carolina, which they can present to
the cashiers of the body, who will pay them
in greenbacks and reserve the bills for the
bank as claims against the State when she re-
covers from her impecunosity The whole
expense of the Convention will amount to
about fourteen thousand dollars.
WHAT Is A WoMAN's MGssIoN?-'This mo-
mentous question being asked the other even
ing, Spooney said:
Gas woman was the-aw-inlewiaw ami
NAL, he thought her mission was to--aw-
wait on the supewiaw-to be-aw-sawt of
uppaw servant, and see about ones dinnaws,
and's-aw-furnichaw, and things
''In fact said Mr.. Shorter, "woman's mis-
sion is simply to polish the spoons
\ fellow calling himself a Bachelor of
Thirty Years writes to the CoUlky Gentle
man, for the receipt of certain kind of soup,
of which it seems the selfish gournand is par
ticularly fond The editor was somewhat at
a loss to answer, but lady correspondent re-
plies " Get wife who knows how to make
Catania, q seaport, and one of the finest
cities in Sicily, which has been several times
desolated by the earthquakes and eruptions
OF Etna, had recently again upwards OF 100
houses destroyed by a severe shock of earth
quake.
At meeting of the British Scientific As
sociation, Mr.. w. f. Farbairn stated that of
l4,0G0 miles of submarine cable which had
been laid, nearly three-fourtbs had failed and
that only 1000 or 5000 miles are now in sue
cessfnl operation.
Three ladies ofSumter, S. c., swere called to
account by the Provost Marshal recently for
wearing Confederate flags at a party. They
were sharply rebuked and settled the matte
by written apology, in which they disavow-
ed all intention of insulting the United States
or expressing disloyaIty.
Captain Covper Coles the English builder
of turrets for war ships, has received from the
Grand Duke Constantine of Russia a massive
gold snuff box set with diamonds. His tulret
is already fitted to about dozen vessels Of the
Russian Navy IN the Baltic.
1t is estimated that the tobacco crop in The
valley Of the Connecticut this year will be
equal to the value of Sir Uli3ions II dollars I
Large quantities OF Connecticut seed are cx-
ported to Cuba, to be returned in the shape Of
fine fresh Havanas, and the export to Ger
many is also very large.
We understand that there are about one
hundred students OF the University now on
the ground. 1t is believed that the number
will reach two or three hundred Under tie
circumstances, the attendance is D.ast iiattaT-,
ing, and exceeds the anticipa,ons Of the lro ds
of the University Ca,omcle.
An insane man in Tarrytown, N. Y, was
about to shoot his housekeeper, when she
calmly said: "Mr. Lnderbcrger, you are too
good man to kill me" when he turned the
muZzle of the pistol to his own head, and blew
out his shattered brains