The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-30


ATTEMPTED RoBBERY, AN attempt was
made on Thursday night last, to rob the Bait
more and Ohio Railroad ticket office, in this
place. The burglar entered the window cf the
ladies' room above the, SWANS lumber Office,
and forced open the ticket window through
which he entered the office. Not being able
to break open the iron safe, in which several
thousand dollars were deposited, he amused
himself by Scattering tickets over the floor. 4 a
lot of paper was burned in one corner ofrthe
room, which it is thought was done, fcr. the
purpose firing the building .L-Buicott's Mills
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BRUTAL, Under this caption the Annapo-
lis Republican tells the following story, which
we are constrained to believe is not true .'4'
"We understand that an association of stone
cutters from Baltimore went on an excursion
to West River on Thursday last, on the steam
er Pioneer, and while on their way back to
Baltimore, severely beat a person, unknown.
to us, on the boat, and sthen threw him over
board, compelling him 10 saoim taoo miles to
save his Ne, which he did "ft tt..ga5f Ffa g. W
Mr.. Winans, formerly of Baltimore, is build
ing at London yard, and will launch in a
few weeks, his novel srcigar ship" The Lon
don Times thus describes it: Looking at her
now, she appears to be little more than gi-
gantc iron main yard for some vessel Of the
Great Eastern class, having a rather wide
| diameter in the middle, and tapered at each
end to a point almost as fine as. that Of a
needle e.,f--.,,,,.,, -. ~ : 5i't''
! In TOO Much on, "A HURRY.--A young re-
spectacle married woman in New York, took
creosote to poison herself, because her brute of
a husband, in the heat of temper, called her
an ugly name, implying infidelity on her
part. The repentant husband, when he saw
what his unreasoning anger had caused ibis
wife to do, disclaimed his belief in the charge
he had made, the wife regretted the act, but
the poison did its work
The statue of Alexander Hamilton, executed
by DIR. VIM. Rimrner and presented to the
city of Boston, free of all expense, by Thomas
Lee, of BROOKLYN was placed on its pedestal
IN Commonwealth avenue this morning. The
! statue is Of Concord granite, and has been ac-
copied by the city.-CO,wier.a t549fl 81 x -
| In the absence Of regularly installed clerk
Of the Hastings Court of the city, the Gov
ernor of the State is now issuing marriage IL
censes. We, of course, know nothing Of the
authority BY which this is DONE but are
strongly inclined to believe that the State Lee
gislature will have to legalize the marriages
under these Unconstitutional Methodast.a
Grain is beginning to arrivesat our wharves
by the river. in considerable quantity. In our
marine list yesterday we noticed the arrival
of five cargoes,- Alee. Gazette, 26H. !,
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Mrs Sion Fl. Rogers, died at the residence
Of her husband, in Raleigh, N. c.. on Sunday
last.
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4 Messrs. N. Boyden and NJ. L. Holmes, OF
Rowan county, N c., have been named as
candidates for the Convention! = . q Is n n ~
There have been thirty -four suicides at
European watering places this season-all
gamblers, ,.g
| A military order has been issued at Will
mington, permitting licensed vendors of the
ardent to reopen their Saloons ,F..sy 40