The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-09-18
MISCELLANEOUS.


United States District Court for Delaware,
this week, Joseph Hayes was convicted of
passing counterfeit United States note, and
fined $1,000 and sent to prison for three
years. Godfrey Hernstein, of Pencader Hun
bred, convicted of selling liquors without an
internal revenue license, was fined SIS.
MARYLAND COAL TRADE.-During the
past week sixty canal boats left Cumberland
for Georgetown, with 6 900 tons of coal, MAX
ing 2l7 ,404 tons for the season. There were
also shipped over the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad last week 5000 tons, max ing for the
season 90.9S1
MURDER IN New HAMPsHIRE.-A Young
man named George Dushan was murdered in
Claremont, n. H., on Saturday evening last
Inc murder seems to have been prompted by
revenge. The supposed murderer, who is the
victims brother-iu-aw, has been arrested
Amz Moss, the famous bushwack,r and
murderer, who was SO long the terror of the
people of Jersey county, ILL.,, was hanged in
JcrseyvlIle ON the LIST inst Moss had been
found guilty of murder by the Jersey County
Circuit Court some time since.
Rio Janeiro paper attributes the passage
through the Brazilian Congress of the bill sub
sldlAnS line of steamers between Brazil and
the United States to the influence and exer-
slons OF Rev. J. c. Fletcher with the Senators
deputies and government
One of the South Carolina railroads takes
as fare specie, greenbacks, corn bacon, tallow
OF lard. Tickets must be purchased before en-
terlhg the cars, Ion a notice warns the passen-
gers that no produce will be taken by the
conductors on the train
\ TALL was given at Breast during the nres-
ence OF the French and English fleets. on board
the vessel Vile de Lyons. The lady who did
the honors was the Merchoness di Chasseloup
Lambat, an American
y farmer near Lewiston, Maine, gets peat
nom nus bog at cost oftlmee dollars per cord.
and uses it in a bleachery He considers a
cord OF peat as valuable as q cord of wood that
costs five dollars more. ~
There are three brothers, two Of whom live
IA Methuen, Mass, who have had in the ae-
Sregate eleven wives. One of the gentlemen
Is now Widowcr, and the situation is omen
for Competitors
John W. Gay, Esq, and his wife. of Nor
&antown, West Virginia. were lost on the ill.,
lated steamer Brother Jonathan. They had
been married but eight weeks. and were on
then way 70 Oregon.
Inc raleigh Progress announces that that
,heaIthy, nutritious, and palatable exculent.n
!, tne sweet potatat@, is coming into market "bv
the hundreds and hundreds of bushels"
"A Western young lady, Tilted and abandoned
W her lover pursued him to st. Louis and
married INN by torce-With the assistance of
clergyman.
a wagon train captured by the robbers in
Texas contained merchandise valued at $780,
Ooo' The goods were taken to Goliad, put
IN store, and sold in open day by the rob
bers.
negro was shot in Columbus, Ind, by
two white men, who were engaged with him
IN a burglary and desired to suppress his tes-
timony
horse thief near Bridgeport, recently, was
trying to steal a mare from pasture. when
she kicked and broke his leg, causing his cap
tuTe.
4 new japanese embassy, composed of six
gentlemen of high rank in the Tycoons court, |
has been dispatched to France. 5 8 10 |
The firm of Ketchum, Son & Co., have COM
promised with their creditors and resumed
business
Il feel !" said an old lady, ee''that I've got
about through with this world | shant en-
joy much more trouble"
Somebody says the oldest husbandry he
knows of is the marrying Of widower in
clover with widow in weeds.
a rumor that Berstadt, the artist and
Miss Kellogg, the singer contemplate matri-
mony is contradicted
A man in Williamsburg, n Y, rid him
self of a scolding wife by placing her in an in
sane asylum, -s.
a lady just dead in New York, has left the
bulk OF her property to societies-to spite, her
relatives, perhaps. a..-s..l
Mace and Wornald are going to bruise each
other for the champion belt Of England on
the lst Of November
The Troy papers report that the cattle dis
ease has appeared in that part of New York.
A very wicked doel-the Shenandoah
Boston Post rfs
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