The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-15
General News.

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T in elm in Lake County this year will bt
.h ~ largest and best taken of; largest becaus,
.Do have several thousand more sheep to shear
,hon ever before, and better because our wool
orowers have paid more attention to the breed
ef their sheep during the past two or three
Dasrs and as they are becoming more anc
gonre interested in this we may look for fur.
Their improvement in years to come. ao., i
The names, ages, birthplace and religion.
tenets of the Fenians captured at fort Erie
Canada. are published inathe Canada papers
The total number is fiffy-eight; fourteen are
protestants and forty-four Catholics one is 0
native of Germany seven of Canada, twenty
five of Ireland, and the remainder of the
limited States; nineteen are under twenty-one
years Of age A5a5
A correspondent of the Cairo Democrat
writing from Natchez, says: lssb9.
A certain colonel of a negro regiment {who
was, by the way, twice cashieredl and lieu
tenant have opened sselaiin agency office "
The duties of these two worthless are to col
lect all bounties which may be due the ne
groes A few days since Maj. G., who
has been stationed here for some time, in
formed us that there was no bounty due these
negroes. The claim agents, he said, received
from five to ten dollars, from each man, and
promised to pay the bounty when received
Before the poor negro is through with these
agents, we presume that the latter will have
been most beautifully paid ~ s
Chief Centre Stephens being asked as to the
origin of the term Fenian, replies through
Mr.. VIC, Halpin, thus
Every student of Irish history will recol-
lect that a chieftain existed in Ireland Just
anterior to the Christian era, named Fion
McCuol. This parsonage was the command
ant of the Feonian, Erin or Irish militia at a
period when ireland was nation, and her
people protected themselves against the en-
croachments of all invaders.
As the present organization is instituted
for the same purpose, after the foreign robber
shall have been expelled, the name of Fenian
was adopted for the branch of the brother
hood in the United States
During political meetingat Warrensburgh,
Missouri, on the LIST, where Gen. Blair spoke, a
fracas occurred; pistols were drawn during the
row, and one radical was killed and one woun-
ded; one conservative was shot in the arm and
seriously wodnded several heads were hurt
A negro at Huntsville, Alabama, recently
chopped twelve cords of wood between
9o'clock, a. M, and sunset. The same freed
man has cut an average of seven cords per
day for the last eighteen months. He cut
twelve cords on a wager of several hundred
dollars
The Grand Rapids WIS., Democrat says
that there are over 10000 900 feet of logs in
the. Muskeeon river, and that they are destin-
ed to remain there through the dry season I'M
al Nv, nf IL,
one time, thereby raising the river so as to
force them down. q4a
Most OF the Southern States are taking
steps to tablish orphan associations for the
care and education of those made orphans by
the disasters Of the late war In Mississippi
they are to have one at Lauderdale Springs:
IN Tennessee, at GAINESVILLE b. s48YGN@
The House Of Representatives some weeks
ago passed a resolution requesting the Presi--
dentIto cause to be furnished a list of the
claims OF American citizens now pending in
the United States Legation at Caracas
against Venezuela, with brief indication of
the cause ofscomplaiutt and the reason why
payments have not been enforced during a
long series of years, and what measures are
necessary to bring those claims to speedy
close
The Secretary Of State. to whom the resolu-
tlop was, referred, replies that a convention
providing for the adjustment of these claims
is understood to be under the consideration
Of the Senate. 0 This, it is presumed, makes it
unnecessary, as it is believed to be inexpedi-
ent with reference to the national interests
to publish the information called for by the
resolution, s.,,s (.,1,t,, - i ~.
The Hartford Times in speaking of
gnange IN opinion which it attributes to Gen.
Howard in regard to the immaculate character
OF the othcers Of his Bureau says: 74sf
f1ls admission of change of opinion is
cf co to him as an, honest man If he
WIZ ne may find plenty to weed out in this
negro BUREAU which, bad as it is, is not one
nltieth part as corrupt and despotic and
thoroughly rotten and wicked a concern as
'he larger and more powerful institution that
WAS meant TO take its place, but which the
'esi9ents veto happily ayerted. IT hat would
nave Deen machine not only to Cypress the
negro but to rob and tyrannize over the
whole land 7Tl1isl 9.f "
Inc Doyer n, H., Gazette, concludes an
a,nufaole article on the attitude of the State
SS'ayefs' commonly called the Obstruction
'1Iesllittee, and the Presidents as follows:
- matters shall continue as at present, the
S1pselaele ,Mlllivery shortly be, presented of
congress- being the only malcontent it is 50
aoa to degrade the South for once having
usen, 1t will have gone over to the identical
srouna OF Disunion, for whose temporary oc-
napahcy 1t seeks to punish at least eleven re-
PPon.aht aud returned States The case thus
ss S'o s 100 plain to deceive even the blind
t tss o. Partlsans; and the people of the coun2
a ~ NH speedily put an end to an evil that
t @oule os scandal to the merest pretension
10 free government. asasd 81 40 -
oo, me county Court of Edgecombe,9 ,. at a re-
o sn ~ meeting, resolved to pay the godsvalue
~. we Confederate debt of the county.
a anoahting alta specie estimate, to something
o'ernye thousand dollars.