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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-02-13

MAKING OTHERS HAppY.-A mother who was
in the habit of asking her children, before they
retired for the night, what they had done. to
make others happy, found her two twin dapgt3
tiers silent. The question was repeated. q
can remember nothing good all this day, dear
mother; only one of my schoolmates was happy
because she had gained the head of the class,
and smiled on her, and ran to kiss her; so she
said was good. That is all, dear mother"
The other spoke still more timidly. "a little
girl, who sat with me on the bench at school
has lost little brother, l saw that, while she
studied her lessons, she hid her face in her book
and wept. felt sorry, and laid my face on
the same book and wept with her. Then she
looked up and was comforted, and put her arms
around my neck; but do not know why she said
| had done her good. become to my arms my
darlingr'said the mother; ITO rejoice with
those that rejoice and weep with those thatweep,
is to obey our blessed Redeemerlp
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
The LiyerpooILin

We are pleased to learn that the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company received by the
last mail from Liverpool advices of the arrival
of the steamship Somerset, The oath OF lei
January, having made the voyage from the --
Canes to that port in fifteen days 1t will be
remembered that the Worcester arrived in
sixteen days, although she lost her foremost
and smoke stack in terrific gale, after haY-
ing been out only eight days These voyages
performed in mid-winter, at period when
tremendous and extraordinary gales were en-
countered, have proven the Somerset and
Worcester to be very staunch and superior -.
vessels This is regarded as the most severe
season for thirty years, and the shipping list@
of England and the United States are filed
with accounts of vessels wrecked and ADAM
doned at sea, or returning to port disabled
from loss of masts and rigging, or from de-
rangement of machinery
We are also informed that the Worcester
promptly passed the rigid examination re-
qured by the Emigrant Commissioners OF
Liverpool, as her consort, the Somerset, had h
done upon her first voyage The Worcester
will begin loading for Baltimore OF the 26th
of January, and sail about the 7th of Febru
airy. The agents, Messrs James Browne
Co.. advise that full cargo of freight was
engaged, and the inquiries for passage were
very numerous. The Somerset will probably
sail about the 18th of February, also with
full cargo of freight and passengers. The
Worcester may be expected about the 22d
inst, and the Somerset about the LIST OF March,
just in time for spring trade. 1t is peculi-
arly gratifying feature in connection with this
line that inquiries are being made In Liver
pool for rates from Baltimore to New York
and Philadelphia, shippers finding it to their
advantage to use the Baltimore line, as from
thirty to forty days are saved in passing
goods through the custom house in Baltimore
as compared with that of New York.
Philadelphia being, unfortunately without
regular steam communication with Europe,
much traffic will probably be done with that
city hereafter via Baltimore. 1t is also inter
esting to learn that most of the importers OF
the West and Southwest and of Cincinnati
especially have declared their determination
to use the Baltimore route exclusively, and IN
many cases have ordered their agents IN Llv-
erpool to wait for weeks, if necessary, for
Baltimore steamers.
1t is now beginning to be better understood
that freghts can be carried upon through
receipt between Liverpool and the West and
Southwest, and passengers transported more
economically and expeditiousiy via Baltimore
than by any other route, and the flood OF
trade of this description is already large, eld
as the facts become more ganeraily known Y
regard to the advantages Of the rouse. the
business will very rapidly increase.-BaasT
| more Daily Commercial. "a 1888
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TIE LORDS PRAYER.-Superior is this prayer
in eomprehensiveness excellence, and brevity
holy in substance, solemn in manner, and sim
pie in expression; so plain that the most igno-
rant may understand it; and yet SO full that it
comprehends all our wants and intimates all
our duty, showing not only what is fit to be
asked, but what manner of persons we that ask
ought to be. And well, therefore, might Ter
tuiian speak of it as the epitome of the gospel,
since it contains our persuAsions of Gods love,
our desire of his honor our subsection to his
authority, our dependence on providence; to-
gether with our earnest duplication for mercy
and to deliver us from the guilt, and for grace
to deliver us from the power of sin; concluding
with acts of faith and praise and alteration.
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NIGHT THE Pooa MANS FRIEND. Night levels all
artificial distinctions. The beggar on his pallet
of straw SHORES as soundly as king on a bed OF
down Night-knd, gentle, soothing refreshing
night-the earthly paradise of theslave, the sweet
oblivion of the worn soul; the nurse of romance
of devotion hoy the greatpanting heart otsoeiety
yearns for the return of night and rest. Sleep IS
Gods special gift to the poor for the great there
is no time fixed for repose; quiet they have none
and instead of quietly waiting the approach OF
events, they fret and repine and starve sleep and
chide the tardy hours, as if tomorrow We're big
with the fate of some great hereafter. The tor
rent of events goes roaring past, keeping eages
expectation tiptoe and drives timid slumber
away.
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of Bigamist in Mime

Last fall a young lark, travelling under the
alias of c. w. Simpson, came to this place
He hailed from Waterville, Maine, and repre-
scented himself as worth $40,O 900. On the road
he passed himself off as an agent Of the Grand
Trunk Railway, exhibiting pretended letters
from the Superintendent, and in this way OBJ
tanned a pass over the stage company's line
from Col Merriam. By means of his $4,000
proportions he also waded into the good graces
of some of your st. Cloud people. After reach
ing this place he laid seige to the affections Of
a Mrs. Hubbard, an amiaDle aud respected
widow of Sank Centre, worth some property.
1t seemed that they had both formerly lived
in Watervillc, Maine; Simpson being at that
time common laborer working for her rela
tives, though then under his real name; he
had written to her during the summer declar-
ing himself an old lover; stating that trip to
California had placed at his command large
fortune, and closing with request for permits
sion TO visit her She, thinking it was a bro
Their who had taken this means to play on her
pleasant joke, wrote for him to come. So
Mr. $4,000 Simpson appeared in our little
town, and literally took the place. The guam
tity of air(s) in the neighborhood was wonder
fully increased He brought with him letters
of recommendation, said now to have been
forged, from her relatives, and exhibited pre-
tended certificates of deposit in st. Paul banks
for heavy sums of money He also
''--stole the livery of Heaven
To serve the devil in
was extremely sanctimonous, INDUCED in
long prayers, and was strong advocate of
family worship. AS the result of his labors,
he and Mrs Hubbard were married in st.
L. al
delightfully."-, but after a while letters were re-
eeived in Sank Centre, showing that Simpson
had already been twice married in the East,
that he had twice been in a State prison, thus
divorcing his former wives He also attempt
ed to compel his third wife Mrs Hubbard
to give him some valuable papers. She re-
| fused, when he stole them Now for the de-
noumert.
He was preparing to leave on this morning
stage, when last evening he was arrested in
Safford's hotel, and upon examination the mis-
sing papers, as well as some others, were
found in the bottom of his boots, and sewed
up in the lining of his coat As soon as he
| got his boots on again, he made for the door,
and started through the snow bank, followed
by about twenty citizens. Such a tumbling,
walowing, putting and blowing, you prob
ably never saw. After an exciting chase of
about two hundred rods, the pursuers closed
on the gay groom, and he was brought back
to the hotel, where his hands and feet were
firmly tied To-day he is to undergo another
! examination.
Simpson has secured, it is understood, most
of Mrs. Hubbard's means, and for her consid-
cradle genuine sympathy is felt. His $4,000
have dwindled down to shadow or if any
are left they are, like himself, in bonds.-&
| Cloud Dem
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ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH.--The ground work
of our manly character is veracity, or the habit
of trnthfulness. That virtue lies at the founda-
ton of every word said. How common it is to
hear parents say, 81 have faith in my child so
long as he speaks the truth. He may have
many faults, but I know he will not deceive
1 build on that confidence" They are right.
1t is lawful and just ground to build upon
So long as the truth remains in the child there
is something to depend upon; but when truth
is gone all is lost unless the child is speedily won
back to yeracity. Children, did you ever tell a
lie? If so you are in imminent danger. Return at
once, little reader, and enter the stronghold of
truth, and from it you may never depart again,
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'PO RMERs AND OTHERS

take pleasure in calling your attention to my
complete assortment and full stock of Agricultu-
raj Implements, Garden and Field Seeds Bar and
Bundle Iron, &C., &C. | have the Warehouse
formerly occupied by Messrs. Borum & MCLEAN,
whom succeed in the
AGRICULTURAL BUSIN ESS,
and shall Be pleased to see their old friends and
customers, as wen as those who have favored me
with their custom for the last seven years. With
out naming but few of the various items kept by
me, need only to say that my stock is and shall
be composed of the most approved kinds of Flows,
Harrows, Hay and Shuck Cutters, Horse Power
and Thrashers, and Farming Tools generally
Bar and Bundle Iron, Cart Boxes, Springs and
Axles, &C., &c. Seeds of all kinds guaranteed
fresh and genuine. | solicit examination of
my stock, where prices and quality may be judged
of by those wishing to purchase.
G. BILLUPS,
Farmers Headquarters,
jy25-ly No. Ii Wide Water ST.. Norfolk, Va.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-02-13

The anniversary Grafton of the Societies at
the University of Virginia, will be delivered
on the 18th of April, by Mr.. Garden, of South
Carolina, of the jeff Society. The celebration
Of the Washington Society comes off the 22d
of February.
Miss Mly Pritchard, an elderly lady, was
burned so badly at Greensboro on last Sun
day by her clothes taking fire, that she died
on the following Tuesday.
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RAFELEs IN CHURCHEs.-Rey. James P. Lane
pastor of the Congregational Church in East
Weymouth, Massachusetts,, lately resigned be-
cause the members of the Church and society
contrary to his expressed desire, persisted in
allowing rafting at fair held to raise funds for
the church. The council which was called ap-
proved his course, and express their thanks to
him for his ''manly and Christian stand in OPP
position to rafting.
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N n. q L A K Z o.,
E a N x z r s
AND DEALERS IN
G 0 YER NMENT SECURITIES,
Main street, opposite Bank,
Keep on hand, and buy and sell, at Market
rates. all issues of the United States Bonds
SEVEN-THIRTY TREASURY NOTES, COM
POUND INTEREST NOTES, CERTIFI-
GATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, &c.
SOUTHERN STA TIE BANK NOTES,
BONDS, AND SECURITIES,
Bought at the Highest Figures
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS
aonI IF
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BUSINESS CARDS.
C. LIN DsEY &CO.,


COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
II NORFOLK, VA,
Will do General Commission and Forwarding
Business Ie.
Strict attentionipaid to the sale of all kinds of
Farm Produce, Lumber, Naval Stores, &c.
Liberal advances made upon actual shipments.
E. c. LINDSEY, W. W. KENNEDY,
OF the late firm of OF E. City, N. C
Delk Lindsey
j. NJ. WHIDBIE, Elizabeth City, N. C.
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
IMPORTANT TO CITY AND COUNTRY
PROPERTY HOLDERS.
Ns~ DO you want to sell your Farm,
or do you want to sell a part of it
ne Do you wish to dispose of YOUR
Town LOts-yOur House, Wharf Pro-
peFty, warehouse. &c, &c?
ma- Do you wish to lease or rent your
House, ONCE, Wharf, or Ware
house
re- Do you wish your rents col
lected promptly, and give you no trout
BILE!
If so. call at
NO. "a, (UP-STAIRS,) MAIN STREET,
and place your business into the
hands of
E. C. LINDSEY & CO.,
Real Estate Agents and Land Brokers.
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.NITZH UGH, WILMER d Co,

COMMISSION MERCHA MIS-
For the Sale of
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PRODuUk,
And for The Purchase Of Merchandise, Ma
chinery, dc. u
WHITE LABOR FURNISHED FOR RAIL
ROADS, CANALS, PLANTERS, AND
OTHERS.
Also, Agents for the Purchase and Sale Of
R EA Il Els II A TIE.
10 and ~, Broadway, and SO, New Street
VIEW YORK
L. Fl. FITzHUaH, of Kentucky; w. L. WILMER,
of Philadelphia, Pa; THOMAS c. GALE, of Norfolk,
Va; GRAHAM l.. HUGHEs, of St. Louis, Mo.
REFERENCES. Adams Il Co., Rich
mond Va; w. II. Turner & Co., Norfolk, Va /;
Hon. J. B. Baldwin, Staunton, Va. Hon. w. A.
Graham, Hillsboro, n. c.; Hon. W. 2. Miles,
Charleston, S. c.. Hon. II. " johnson, Ga. !;
Hon. Thos. j. Foster, CORTLAND, Ala. Hon. A.
G.. Brown, Terry Kinds Co., Miss. 2. II. Skip
with, New Orleans, La. W. C. Black, New Or
leans, La. Judge R. G. Campbell Huntsville,
Tex. Hon. Fl. G.. Burnett, Paducah, KY; Brady
& Davies, Louisville, KY; Mauntel Burte Il Co.,
st. Louis, Mo-; Wilmer, CAMEL 4 Co., Phia-
delpha, Pa. Lambert Cuttings, Baltimore, Md. !;
Hon. P. H. Burnett, San Francisco. Cal. Hon.
J. NJ Baker, Lake City, Fla. Hon. G. A. Henry,
Clarksville, Tenn; Hon. R. W. johnson, Little
Rock, Arkansas; Ben. Holiday, New York.
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Feeling the great necessity of such
an Office as this in the Cities of Norfolk and Ports
mouth, we are determined, that if energy and
strict attention to business will make it success
it will be successful.
We pride ourselves that we are judges of Real
Estate and the business we have commenced.
We have facilities equal, if not superior, to any
house in the South for bringing your property
into market.
viii be glad to see you at our Office at all hours
of the day.
L. C. LINDSEY T. CO.,
dec2l-tf Land Brokers.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
HALSTED BROS. d PUTIN AM,
6S PEARL STREET NEW YnRK

COW SION MERC CHA N IS,
F.. FOR THE SALE OF
Cotton, Tobacco, Rosin, Tar, Pitch, Dried Fruits,
Furs, and Skins, &C., &c. The highest market
price, with quick sales, and prompt returns.
Send for weekly price current and marking
plate. ian23 -6m
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What Gov. Bramlette, of KY, Thinks
of the Freedmen,s Bureau


Lexington, (Ky.,) Tel, to Cincinnati Gazette.
A few days ago, Judge s. s. Goodos of the
City Court, under the statute of Kentucky,
fined negro for having pistol in his pos
sesson. Mr. Pinkerton, agent of the Freed
mems Bureau; took the case in hand and no.
tilted Judge Goodloe that all such statutes
were no longer valid, and requested him to
restore the negro his pistol and remit the fine.
Judge Goodloe declined to do this, not recog-
nizing any rule of procedure in his Court but
that of the statues of Kentucky. The matter
was at this stage referred to Gov Bramlette,
who in answer to dhldge Goedloe says: "You|
take the correct view of your duty. You
have no power to make, unmake or amend
laws, but must administer them as they ex-
st This you and all other officers should do,
regardless of the menaces of the agents of
bureau which has no legal existence in Ken
lucky The powers assumed by super Off
Gals and agents of overriding the laws and
civil authorities of the State, should be firmly
met and resisted in every legal form. The
whole negro population being now free are by
our laws, as they now exist, secured and pro-
tected in their rights of life, liberty and pro-
perty. The slave code has nothing to do
with the free negro now, and never did have.
have every reason to believe that the pre-
sent General Assembly will adopt suitable and
wise provisions for the benefit of the freed
men. Whether they do or not, Mr.. Pinker
ton ought to know that it is not in your or
his province to make, amend or disregard ex-
listing laws Mr. Pinkerton would better sub
serve the true interests Of the negro, and Of
the society and State in which he lives by
locking up his bureau and losing the key,
than by the course he seems bent on pursu-
ing"
| Some of our "colored friends" object 20 our
use of the word negro, in referring to them
| With characteristic afectation they want TO
be called "colored people" We generally en-
! deavor to call everything by its right name.
| If we said coored man, we might mean either
"a Monaghan, Malaysan, Indian, Caucasian.
OF negro, The expression would apply equally
to black man, blue man. a green man, a
red man, cor any other man" We used the
4 word negro because that is the name Of the
race to which they belong; in the same way
| that we used the word Indian to designate the
aboriginal inhabitants of the country. Be-
| sides, black is not a color, but the absence OF
all celor, and therefore black man is not .
colored man, but no-coored man. Would
! they prefer the latter title ?-Erchange.
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EORGE w. DIV ALL,

EOR e w. II v A l. l.
B IL Err III 4 K Err,
And Proprietor of the
PATENT EXPANSION FERRULES
For repairing Tubes to Steam Boilers
No. SO, Vide Water Street, meet Door to the Day
Book Establishment.
Every tool known to the Trade, and all the ap-
pliances for executing and expediting work
be- found in this establishment.
The EXPANSION FERRULE is something
new, is just the thing that has long been needed,
and is guaranteed to stop the leaks in Tubes.
Persons wanting Steamboat other Boilers
made sr repaired will consult their best interests
by giving me call. sep12-ly
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BUSINESS CARDS.
sTABLI sHED 1895.

FL a N 0 s! PI "A N O s!
CHARL Els NJ. s TlEFF,
MANUFACTURES OF
GRAND AND SQUARE PIANOS,
Factory 81 and So, Camden Street, and As and
Al, Perry Street, near Howard Street,
fq- BALTIMORE, Md,
Has always on hand the largest stock of Pr
AMOS IN the City. My Pianos are all Rosewood,
fntlAron Frame, and overstrung and warranted
for five years, and the privilege of exchange
within IL months, if not entirely satisfactory to
the purchaser. Secondhand Pianos, from $50 to
$780, always on hand Melodeons and Parlor Or
gans from the best makers.
We have permission to refer to General RCbt
E. Lee, of Washington College, Lexington; Rev.
X. I'll. Phillips, Va. Female Institute; j. c. Co
velltand Prof. Graham, of Va. Institute for the
Deaf Dumb, and Blind, Staunton; Payne d
Bros, Lynchburg; Messrs. White & Pole, Lex
ington, Va; NJ. Harvey Efinger, Harrisonburg;
who have used our Instruments. dec301y
- iT U q H. SIS 81 COR
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~ w. ROWLAND,
W. Formerly Of Rowland g. Bros,
NevisOn Street, near the Ferry,
able terms,
Patent Cut Loaf, Crushed, Powdered, and Col-
fee Sugars, Of all grades,
Cuba and p. r. Sugars,
Rio, Laguayra, and Java Coffee,
Family, Extra, and Super Flour,
Butter, Cheese, Lard,
Adamantine and Taow Candles,
Soap, Starch, Brooms,
Wooden Ware, Paper, &C., &c.
ian12-tf
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blows PLoWs!! pLows!II

4 II u 90 d II . SE,
No. 8 Roanoke Square,
Next Door to the Norfolk City Mills,
Keeps constantly on hand large and well-se-
lected
s T O~C K o F
Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, Devils, Corn Plan
ters, Corn Shell rs, Fan Mills, Horse Powers and
Thrashers, Garden Barrows, Axles and Springs.
Cart Boxes, Pipe Boxes, Hollow Ware, Horse
Shoes, Plow Castings of all sizes Spades, Shovels
Forks, Rakes, Bar and Bundle Iron, Steel, Feln
and Garden Seeds
We warrant any article in our line to be
good and as cheap any other house in the CITY,
Farmers, Merchants and others respectfully
invited to give us a call au4-ly
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The Republican Party and its Imperial
Game of Reconstruction.

BTOVt tNe L1cTOIus
That shrewd old political campaigner, Thad-
deus Stevens, said the other day. in the House,
in accepting his Constitutional amendment as
raced and reconstructed by the Senate,
that he was constrained to take it as the
best thing he could get. 1t was unsatisfactory;
it was too much composition of milk and
water for his taste; but ne hoped for some
thing better in the way of enabling acts
defining the precise terms upon which the ex-
cluded States Will be readmItted into Congress.
What he means by ''enabhng actsn is pretty
broadly expressed IN his enabling bill, proposed
the same morning in reference to Tennessee. In
consideration Of what the State has done in the
way OF reconstruction Mr. Stevens proposes TO
admit for the time being her members elect to
CONGRESS; ''provlded that unless the said State
| ofTennessee shall, before the lst day OF Janu-
AIRY next, either by legislation or constitutional
provision, entIanchise all classes of her citizens
and extend the right OF suffrage impartially to
| every class, and shall give 10 every person
| within her jurisdiction an equal standing in her
courts of law and equity, both as suitors and
| witnesses, and shall ratfy the amendment to
the Constitution, article fourteen proposed by
this Congress, then the provisions OF this act, so
| far as they relate to the State of Tennessee eX-
| clusively, shall cease and become null and void
and the said State shall no longer be represented
| in Congress-"
This is the ordeal of reconstruction through
| which the excluded Southern States each tor
! itself will be required to pass before they can
| reach the re ward OF restoration. The Constitu-
| tional amendment adopted covers few broad
| and general principles; but in these ''enabling
| acts' the States concerned Will have the precise
! conditions upon which they will be readmitted
INTO the two Houses of Congress- They will
have to begin again at the beginning OF recon
struction; they will have 10 ratiiy this aforesaid
| Constitutional amendment; they will have to
| remodel their State Constitutions, revise theh
| local laws and put them in force accordingly
| before they can be pronounced as purged o
their sins of rebellion and washed clean enough
faithful.
The question then recurs, how long, upon
| reasonable estimate, will it take the States con