The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-02
NEWSPAPER NEWS.

A fiendish murder was committed at
Shelbyviiie, Illinois, on Wednesday OF
last week, On the afternoon of that day,
Thomas NJ. Thornton, Jr., OF the firm
of w. f. Thornton & Sons, bankers,
walked into the clothing store of Max
Deeman and deliberately shot, without
any warming, Lieutenant George Tack
EFT, who was reading newspaper ut the
time Tackett rose from his chair ana
staggered toward the door, when Thorn
ton shot him again, the ball entering
his shoulder. Tackett then ran out OF
the door into the street, followed by
Thornton, who again shot him in the
small of the back. This shot brought
Tackett to the ground, and Thornton
| then walked UP to the dying man and
placed his revolver to his head and shot
him again. the ball passing completely
Through his head. thornton then
walked to his banking-house, moGnted
| n horse and fled. Nothing has been
heard of him since. Tackett expired In
few hours. A aumberof persons were
witnesses of the afisir from the COIN
meucement of the sho' ungf put maoe
no effort to interfere. 1t is staued tnat
an old grudge ex listed between tnorh.on
and Tackett, and growing out of l..'e az.
ter's real or supposed familiarities W.
Thornton's wife, but 1t was partially
settled by Tackett agreeing to leave the
place and not return. About two months
since Tackett returned to Shelbyville,
and expressed desire to go into BUSH
ness, and the tragedy recounted was the
result
An official telegram from Nevada says
that on the 18th instant Lieut.. Osmer,
with sixty California volunteers and
hewetzer, attacked largo band of In
dams who had fortified themselves on
the Black Mountains, about one hum
dred miles northwest of Dungehnen, in
the northern part of the state OF Neva-
da. During the engagement one vol
unteer was killed and two were wound
ed. OF the Indians one hundred and
twenty were killed few escaped, and
all their horses, arms and ammunition
were captured. This was the band which
three weeks ago robbed q train, killed
the teamsters, and afterwards obliged
thirty armed men who were scouting
after them to retire, after an unsuccess-
full engagement. IA.
Captain Morse, of the schooner ENG
ma, from Bath for Mobile, which vessel
capsized ut sea on the 23d instant, at IL
O'Clock p. NJ. has arrived at Philadel-
phia. Ali hands were below in the cabin
at the time, but cut through the bottom
of the vessel aud got outside on the Goth,
where they remained until the 4th in
slant, when they were taken of by the
brig Peorles, Of Philadelphia, for Ma
tanzas, where all were landed on the 9Th
excepting Joseph Anderson, a seaman,
who died of exhaustion after being taken
off the wreck. t..ff -,
| A German scientific paper gives the
| following statistics From the founda-
/ ton of Rome up tothe time of Augustus,
in 1872 years, there appeared thirty-three
epidemics; from the birth of Christ up
to 1880 ,ninety seven; in the seventeenth
century, fourteen; in the eighteenth
century, eight; and since the beginning
of the nineteenth century the cholera
has appeared three times. This decrease
il accounted for by the progress of med
zeal science and various sanitary inn
provements introduced in the advance
of civilization. ciH $3.50 $50
i The Mississippi Legislature has re-
celyed a report of the number OF soldiers
furnished by that state in the war
against the Union, which is as follows
Whole number in SERVICE. $1,000
Died Of dsease.........-.
Killed and died Of wounds .....-.l20oo
| discharged resigned, and retired....." 1000
Deserted or dropped -.-...-..-- ---...---v.--u000
Missing 20
Transferred other commands. 1900
Total loss from all causes. ss.2sa
/
Balance accounted for........,.....-......t 1880
Libby Prison and Castle Thunder, so
well known in the history of the war,
will soon be transformed into store
houses again. Castle Thunder will be
evacuated next week, and what few
prisoners there are within its walls will
be transferred to Libby Prison, which
now occupies but about one-fourth of
the building known by that name Tho
ether three forts are already converted
into storehouses, and are filled withpro-
duce of all descriptions. ~
i OnSaturday, the collector of int nal
revenue seized the stock of a manufac-
turer of tobacco at Louisville, KY, for
alleged frauds in returns and not keep
ing books as required by law. On Mon
day, the stock aud implements OF
] another manufacturer were seized for
| the same reasons. The cases are now
under investigation both in New York,
where part Of the stock is held, and in
Louisville.