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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-04
POETRY.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE DAY Book !:

While looking over an old number of the Ire.
dell a. u, Express flew days ago, we came upon
the following verses illustrative of some of the
incidents Of q grand scare experienced by the
citizens of the ancient village Of Statewide. N,
G.. in the autumn of 1864, and occasioued by a
party of armed deserters ION their way to the
mountains, being seen by frightened resident
OF the village while he was coming through the
Forest 70 Statesville. Colonel Kirk, WHO held
com mission from the U. s. Government, and to
whom allusion is made in the verses. was A resi-.
dent of East Tennessee, and during the late war.
q somewhat famous leader of several raids from,
that region into Western North Carolina.
As these verses, and the following introduc.
ton to them were written, as we a.e informed,
by citizen of Norfolk, who happened at the
time, to be sojourning in Statewide, we there
fore now reproduce them in our columns
From the zredeA Express of Dec. lss. 1864
EDiroas or TIE EXPRESS -
Gsrtiemen--As the field of Hohen Linden had
its bard, so it has been thought by many of the
sUyvseors Of the great military movements which
the 23d October last that the deeds then and
there done, should (consecrated by Poesy's
wand, be given to fame, and handed down to
latest posteri.y.
Duly impress sdwith the importanc Of the fact to
history that faithful ch oni lie of the more prom.
tnent incidents of the Statesvil. campaign should
be placed on the permanent record, venture to
submit, for insertion in your columns, the follow.
ing lines on the occasion; and remain, gentlemen,
your ooedIent servant, Tue STRANeER.
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No. 50 MARKET SQUARE,
CAT Norris Old STANDBY
s. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER,
WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, TEAS,
&C., &C., &c.
Particular attention given to
Country Trade.
Respectfully solicit the patronage Of my frien Is
n the counties Of Norfolk, Princess Anne, Pas
quotank, Camden and Currituck iy2A-ly
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. G o L b E Il r

No. Is n. CHURCH STREET.
(Above Freemasou,)
o R F o LK, VA.
FAMILY GROCERIES,. LIQUORS, &c.
iy24-ly
TO MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW
CITIZENS.
HAVE got small Cargo Of the
Il BEST LORBERRY RED ASH COAL,
well Screened, at IS cents per bushel. Delivered
to any part of the city free of charge Call at the
Lumber, Lime and Coal Yard, Chamberlain's whit.
apl4-1ws +, DEC0RDY.
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II so, callat -...;--
NO. "a. (UP-STAIRS,j MAIN STREET.
and place your business into thu
hands Of
z. C. LINDSEY & CO.,
Real Estate Agents and Land Brokers.
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wv r. O. LAND,
DEALER IN
LUMBER, LINE, COAL, HAY, PLASTER
CEMENT AND BUILDING MATERIALS ?
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
WIDE Wa TER STREET,
tOld Custom House Lot,
Has on hand
SHINGLES, LATHS,
YELLOW PINE BOARDS,
:oISTS asd SCANTLING,
FLOORING PLANkING,
DRESSED WHITE PINE,
CEILING and PARTITION STUFF,
w2e-1y ~ TQNGUED and GR0OVED
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17

The Reconstruction resolutions which Mr..
Conkling of this State offered yesterday to the
House, propose the following requirements of
the Rebel States as indispensable precedents to
their readmisson, viz: The remuneration of
Secession as doctrine and as practice: State
and National reputation of all Rebel debts, and
of all claims for bounty, pay, pension or dam
ages by persons not loyal Guarantees Of human
rights without distinction of color and the
recognition of them by the insurgent States;
Impartial distribution of political power, III
Guiding four millions of blacks: The election of
loyal Senators and Representatives.
Mr. Conkling desired the reference of his
resolutions to the Reconstruction Committee,
but Mr.. Raymond in company with Mr.. Copper
head Finck of Ohio, objected; so they lie over
They will not, on that account, receive less
respectful consideration from the people, for
Mr.. Conkling, whether right in every point or
not, is entitled to hearing
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17

In the Senate. yesterday memorial OF the
y. Y. Chamber Of Commerce for increasing the
pay of naval officers, and petition from citi-
zens of the District for repeal of laws based on
color, were presented and referred. Mr.. Will
sons army bill was reported back from COM
mittee. Mr. Chandler called up his resolution
for non-intercoursc with Great Britain, which,
on motion of Mr.. Johnson, was laid on the table
by % 10 r. The bill Incorporating the Naval
and Military Asylum was amended by striking
out naval" and then passed. The reSo-
luton for the military trial Of Davis and
Clay was made concurrent instead Of joint,
and ordered to be printed A resolution to
print an edition of the Congressional Dictionary
was introduced and referred. Mr.. Howard
offered O resolution asking the President for his
correspondence with Supreme Court Judges on
the holding of Courts in Rebel Districts, which
was adopted. The bill to regulate suffrage in
the District was taken up. Mr.. Morrill, moved
to amend by excluding Rebels from the ballot
box. Mr.. Garrct Davis made o long speech
aguiHsJ inc negro Idc', ihiheuidtci| uiIci WIN"
the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr.. Conkling offered resolu-
tiOns prescribing az essential conditions Of re-
construction the remuneration Of Secession in
theory and in practice, the reputation Of all
Rebel debts. and all claims for pensions and
damages, the guarantee of human rights, the
impartial distribution of political rights, and the
election of loyal men to Congress. Mr.. Finck
objected to the resolutions, and they lie over.
The bill to incorporate the United States Mu-
tual Protective Homestead Company was re-
ported from the Judiciary Committee, with an
amendment to omit tho namo Of Joshua Hill
and others rs corporators, on account OF
disloyalty. 1t was represented that MIR.
Hill was Union man, and Mr.. Bout
we'll desired his name might DO retained.
An amendment was offered that the Company
shall provide for the landless poor. white or
black, and after debate tho bill was postponed
4to be printed. The bill TO make eut.-Gen.
Grant full General was reported from the
ilitary Committee and recommitted. The
soate resolution authorizing the Reconstruc.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17

If those OF our friends who see nothing better
foi A man when he commits a crime than hang
ing will only carefully read the papers, they will
be- sat- fled. To use ,Bovory phrase, VIC have
had some delicious hanging matches" recently;
more perhaps than common. One occurred in
New-Jcrscy not long since, in which parson
attended criminal to his doom, and then
came T. the front OF the Jail and de-
liyercd a lecture 70 the crowd upon the
moral beauties of hanging. This preacher
had an eye to business In Buffalo the other
day, boy Of twenty was hanged with the Bible
in his hand. IL Chicago. two men Gone tlpsy)
were also executed, and the story o. their agony
made six columns in the next mornings news
paper. We venture the opinion that nothing
more terribly demoralizing to every pure and
generous instinct has been read for long time
Last week, negro was hanged IN Newark,
Ncw-Jcrsey. He Was young man, and if not
insane was certainly ieeble-mindcd His whole
manner shows that lie was not a responsible being.
He seemed. says one who looked at him on the
gallows to have all the aiicctona,e instincts of
an animal, but destitute of mental power be-
youd that Of an intelligent dog The con-
demned had killed his wife in a moment Of
passion, and under circumstances that should
certainly have procured verdict of palliaton.
Men have taken life in the same way and been
honored a. defenders of manly honor and
female virtue.
The circumstances Of this execution will Illus
trate the moral advantages of hanging. AS soon
a. The man kaew he had to die. hc began TO pray.
H. became ec5,atic-was willing and ready to
die"-with many "cxtrayagant CALCULATIONS, as
the reporter happily phrases it. Aiterward he
was surrounded by eight clergymen, one coun-
clor, one officer, an indefinite number Of
members Of the press, and the guard, who came
TO have religious exercises. One preacher
prayed, another read hymn, and the con-
demned made confession interspersed with
heavy sobs. No maniac in Bedlam ever
made more incohcrent address. "Oh
Heavenly Father, l have come up before
you for about the last time to thank you for
your goodness to me, and Oh Heavenly Father
after having lived around here all my life, met
young lady and loved her, and Oh Hcav.
emily Father, although my mother and all
wanted me not to marry her, did, because
loved her aud wanted to make her good
woman. And then, Oh Heavenly Father, when
| went to the army, married her, and sho w's
married in black dress, and my moth0r sad
4
mourn for her or she would mourn for
mo, because she was married in murn-
ing; and Oh, Heavenly Father, she was ight.
Here the Chaplain interpOsed, Fay TO
jesus" II do" said tho condemned, and ne
went on with his ncoherent strain ntii tne
Chaplain became impatient "Coao. sad
that divine. "thsnk Jesus for Wht 20 mas
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.
EOREIGN NEWS.

The Brownsville correspondent OF TIE Ntn-
Orleans Times SAYS that Gen Crawford is getting re-
cru,s for his division of Mexican volunteers very fast
and that if other recruiting Offices do wei as tha
of Brownsville the American Division VIII soon DC
recruited up to the maximum number MeJia Is re-
ported to have levied loan of slo1oOo upon the nei
chants Of Matamoros. An American schooner "hlcn
went ashore near Bsgdad has been seized by the IN
peiiast authorities at that point. detachment OF
colored United States troops on JAN attempted 10
capture an Imperial gunboat but were repulSed' The
Lieutenant commanding the detachment Is likely 10 be
dismissed from the service.
Private letters received at San Francisco state that
the blockade of the Chan ports to be raised SO as
TO allow Spain to attend to Peru.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17
wider and better home markets for the farmers
Then whore is your dilemma

4 A Working Man" asks us:

"A working Man ASKS u.s.
"You say that the farmer gets more Tor bis products
under Protective Tariff Ii not that dosruct''e 10
the working mani Anything that raises tue COST Vi
living Is oppressive to the aborer from TINS iact the
working is a consumer. on an average up 70 hhe
tsnths OF all be earns while the capitalist u only 10 one
fourth or ne.sixth of bis earnings.
Amsrsr.-Our correspondent has very mar
row definition of working man; namely; One
,oho ,rorks for uages. The farmer who WORKS
his own or hired farm is thus excluded iron'
the category. But no matter. we Will try 10
make him see what we mean:
farmer in Iowa. in ordinary times, gets -
cents per bushe for Indian Corn, Is cents per
bushel for Wheat, SO to - per cwt. for FORK
&c, &c. worker in British iron furnace
pays treble these prices in the average, yet
works for less than half the price his labor would
command in Iowa. That is to say: The cost OF
transporting the food from Iowa to England,
and Of getting the Iron from England to Iowa,
with mercantile commissions, profits, &C., con-
sumes about two-thirds of the earnings OF the
farmer and the iron worker thus widely sepa'
rated. leaving them but ne.sixth each OF their
joint product.
Now, then, bring our Iron-making and other
departments of manufacture to our own country,
and establish them where there shall be an
average Of but 400 miles, instead of 1000, be
tween the farmer and the manufacturer, and
the cost Of nterchanging their products will be
reduced from 90 per cent. OF their aggregate
value to not more than 20 or at most - pei
cent. And now these producers will realize a
least t,cothirds Of their aggregate products IN
stead Of one.,hrd. In other words: The iarme
will receive more and the manufacturer pay les
for his food. while the farmer pays less corn TO
| hi, iron or receives more iron for his corn, a
follows:
With Free Trade and distant maraets. th'
farmer sold his corn for % cents per bushcl, ant
bought bis iron for $50 per tun thus payin.
800 bushels of corn for a tun Of bar iron:
With Protection he sell, bis corn for 50 cent
DER bu,hel aud buys his iron at so per tun
thus paving lao bushels Of corn for tun OF ba
iron.
Protection thus benefits producers on bo'i
hands, By reducing the cost Of exchanging me'
r,spective products, and thus increasing the ag
cregs,e produced Instead of 100000 mel
growing Corn in Iowa and 100000 more max
! ing Iron in England with 800, 900 teaming, rail
reading hosting into warehouses, lowering
into schocncys, transferring TO canal-boatS, boat!
, ing, shipping, &C., &c, to exchange their re
spec,iye products, that exchange is now made
By les, than 10000 in all. saving the labor o.
200 900 men and applying it to the vast increase
of production. Such is what we seek by FRO
tecton--not The advantage of class. but tht
substantial benefit of ALL Yet our correspond
ent will probably not see il, because be ha'
made up hs, mind that one man can only be
benefited at the expense of some one else
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17

DONE" ''Oh. Heavenly Father am ready to
die. When Jesus died upon the cross he died
a moro terrible death than mine; when he was
taken out to die, the crowds went out to
sec him die; why, then, should I faint
And Jesus said TO the thief this day shalt thou
be with me in Paradise, and so he says to me-"
After this he proposed to make o speech. but
his chaplain concluded the demonstration
would be of no good to him. When he went
upon the gallows. he simply said. II am ready
to die Jesus is my friend; see Jesus in the
heavenly plain; he will come out to meet me,
and give me mansion in the skies" And ne
was hanged. 1t is proper to state that half an
hour previously he had been stimulated with
whisky.
One of the beauties Of our modern system OF
Justice is, that before a man is hanged they
manage to dose him with whisky and sing hymns
in his ears. When man adds the frenzy OF
coming death to the stimulating effects OF whls-
ky, he is apt to become spectacle anything
hut cdifying. What is there about a poor negro
wretcb--feeble. minded at best--half. tipsy,
sobbing and chatterng about "Our Heavenly
Father" and marriage in "a black dress 70
reform and chasten our human nature! 10 the
base. the gallows is an ovation, melodrama'
chance for rhetorical effects To the wretchec
relief, but never punishment. The mere
hanging Of man is half an apology for MI
crime. No one has been improved by 1t; OIL
the contrary. the effect Of one public exhibition
of violent death has been as demorallzlng t
society as the commission Of the crime. Th'
gallows i, a relic Of barbarism aud should b.
bani,hed from our civilization.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17

The resolution looking to nonntcrcourse
with Great Britain, presented in the Senate on
Monday by Mr.. Chandler OF Michigan, was
called up yesterday. The preamble and reSoiu-
ton in full are as follows:
g7erens By the recent publication Of the diplomatic
correspondence between this Government and Great
Britain We are fully advised that the astuamed Coy.
erument has refused 10 repair the damages committed
on American commerce through the agency Of sub
iects during the late Rebellion and has declined to ar
biraie and finally TO hear anything further on the SUD
ject: therefore
withdraw our Minister from the Court Of ~. James.
and make proclamation OF national non-intrrconIsc
which hereby declared to take effect after such proc
lamaton shall have been issued.
Mr.. Johnson Of Maryland moved that this lie
on the table. Mr.. Sherman Of Ohio suggested
that it might. il so disposed of, be called up at
any time. Mr.. Chandler said be did not wish
TO press the resolution to passage, but desired
its reference to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs: which Mr. Sumner favored. But the
Chair ruled Mr.. Johnsons motion not debat-
able, and the resolution was ordered to lie on
the table by the following vote;
YFAs-Messrs. Anthony. Blekoi,r. Cowen. Dari,
Dixon Fessenden. Foot, Foster Grimes. GH,hrie Har
Iis, Henderson Johnson, McDOnSau. Ns'mih. Norton
Riddle Sdulsbgry. Stewart, Sookfon. sumner Var
Wiukle. Wiley Williams and Wilson,.
NAYs--iiessrs. Chandler. Hendr'oks. Howard. Howe
Lane Qndiana). Nyc Poland. Ramsay sherman
Spraeue Trumbull and Wade--i2.
ABSENT OR NOT yOIISG-Messis. Brown, Clark, Con
ncss Cragin Cresswel. pooliite, Lane (kansas) Nor
gan MoiriD. Pomeroy, Hr'ghL and faiee-l"
Democrats in italics. OF the twenty-five
Yeas. nine are Democrats; Of the Nays. one.
II will attract remark that twelve Senators
Should vote in favor Of resolution intended as
demonstration Of hostility against England,
but the vote does not seem to have been wholly
on the merits of the case. Mr. Johnson's
motion was meant to deny to Mr. Chandler
resolution the usual courtesy OF reference 70
its appropriate committee. Mr.. Sumner thought
Il ought to go to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, yet we find him voting TO lay
on the table. The twelve Senators who voted
otherwise may no go co.. ae:.ei:.si ~ follow mr.
Reverdy Johnson's lead, or may have thought
the resolution important enough TO take Its
proper course. Few, or none OF them, we pre-
sumo inte1ded 10 declare in favor Of hostilities
against Great Britain. fOrwe find the Democrats,
VINO are additionally and at all times for a war,
voting solidly, with one exception, the other
way The Republicans think, no doubt, as the
country thinks, that our differences with Great
Britain are more important TO her than TO us,
and can wait for their proper settlement.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17

The correspondent Of The L0Hd0" Times thus
.os,;sss concerning the reconstructed loyalty
Of our amiable hayward sister South Carolina:
trad Of the North, beyond donbt Il Ia
rtsn.. 10 IN i' not single town that have visited
srs Feds officer. admitted to Private ;, sOsisty
ho Mot one lady proudly and none ever shall
~ 'o are iucIorable. They lower their walls
sSen they meet them in the street leave shops when
he hated Yankee enters and talk bitter things when
hsv are travelling in cars and see Yankees near them
An American might travel all through the South With.
,ut hearing word Of this acTid rspugusncs to tue
North. or suspectng Its existence unless when he
ound himself In railway cars stages With Southern
upon which occasions bis ears are shortly made
tiasls Bot any one who has opportunities o. prob
ng the true feeling Of tho people viii not doubt that the
hasm between North and South 10 wider than ever Il
before tho war and that the South nurses the re-
objection Of it, injuries with ell the greater teuacity
ecsuss u dsres not speak Of them outside It's eWn
ouses."
That testimony, of course, is meant to be
riendly, not unftisndly, to the South
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17
IT,, comm,ye;aI Advertiser suggests that

1.-THE TRIBUNE should explain why 1t desires to In.
duce the aboring POPULATION OF the cities to emigne to
Lc conn,rv to occpv themselves in agriculture II this
occupation is already oveidone as II constantly a'sers
aud Yields less than other industriesr
Ansner. We do not desire that all those who
migrate inland or westward should occupy
themselves in Agriculture" On the contrary,
We have time and again urged our mechanics
thus to migrate, and carry on their respective
trades in rural districts where they may be their
own masters. And we are doing our utmost TO
have mines opened. iron smelted from the ORE
coal dug, cotton and wooden fabrics manuisc-
tured, 60. &C.. all over tho West and South.
so as 10 Draw thither, employ aud subsist millions
more Of non agricultural workers. thus creating
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17
GENERAL NEWS.

The business portion of the village OF Bergen,
Gcnesec County n. Y. l6niles west Of Rochester was
destroyed by FIRE on Monday night Two dry goods
stores grain warehouse hotel church. harnessshop
hardware store and clothing store were burned Loss
$1,000.
The State Military Association met at Albany
Yesterday Colonel Conkling of the 9Th New.York
Regiment President Of the Association. delivered his
inaugural address, and letter was read from Gen.
Sherman approving the objects Of the Association.
A fight for prize of 81 900 took place yester.
day at o'clock in the vicinity of Port Jervis, N. j.
between two brutes, named Kerrigan and Phean. Ker
Iigan was declared the victor after eighteen rounds
which lasted about 30 minutes.
Ex.Gens. Heath, Pillow, Hood, Longstreet
and other Southern leaders, have been in Cincinnati
within the past five weeks and engaged 900 white
3aborers and purchased 800 cotton pows TO work
plantations in the South.
Grants warehouse, near Barron-st., Rich
mond. Va. containing large quantity OF cotton. 10.
bacco and other articles. held by the agent OF the
Treasury Department destroyed by FIRE yesterday
morning. Loss 100000.
The steamer Agnes, Capt. HARRISON, bound
from Eew.Orleaus to Arkansas River with valuable
cargo OF groceries, sunk In Arkansas River on Sunday
last No lives we're lets. The boat is total loss.
The Virginia State Senate has adopted a reso-
tuition declaring that John S. Barbour was legally
elected President Of the Orange and Alexandria Rail
road.
The President hoe nominated 10 the Senate
Henry r. Sauderson as Collector OF Internal Revenue
for the Fifth District Of illinois, which includes Peoria
The amount received by the United States
for cotton lie and taxes in Galveston Texas dur
ing the last four months. nearly sG3l.O0O
a, The late rencontre at the SpottswOOd Hotel,
Richnond. Va, will be investigated in the Mayors
Court Of that city to-day.
! The Hon. Nathan g. HitchbOrn was reelected
State Treasurer for the current year by the Maine
Legislature yesterday.
An order was recently received to muster out
ali tho colored troops Galveston but subsequently
revoked
Senator Jim Lane, from Kansas passed
through Cincinnati yesterday for Washington.
Marcus l.. Ward was inaugurated as Gov
ernor Of New Jersey at Trenton yesterday.
Gold closed Yesterday at 1884, and was steady
throughout the day The demand for stocks con
tnoes, ,Dd well supported The business in State
bopSs and Railway mortgages is small Bank stock,
Strong Money on call offered in at per
70 stock houses and they wholly unable the funds
Of red At Sal per there good deal doing upon
second clas cols.ers In commercial paper change Of
consequence. Some choice short bills equal almost to call
aosn sell under per cent but tie is 7as FOL
best and lodis for second grsie
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-17
VIRGINIA..
The Richmsnd Captain Bebadif II Dur'
asce-His Trisl % Tskc Place Te'
Dav-The Republic's versien.

Day-The Rfpobitc's vernon.
Special Dispatch to The n Y. Tribune.
RICHMOND. Va. Monday. Jan. Is. ls6o.
A warrant is out tonight for Pollard, issued
on an affidavit from Brooks given to-day at the ins
CATION Of prominent officials and citizens who desire to
meet the question Of security life.
SECOND DISPATCH.
RICHMOND, Tuesday Jan. l6 1866.
The case OF the Commonwealth agt. Il. X.
Pollard for attempted murder Of +. p Brooks, Ne~-
York Times correspondent, was called this noon at the
Mayors Court and postponed until tomorrow. the Wit
nesses in Pollsrds behalf not having been subpenned
In reference to the letter Of Pollard In this mornings
Clronicl, calling attention to The Richmond Rfp"bhes
version Of the fray as the correct it is but just to
state that t was written by Walker OF that paper,
persons. friend OF Pollard. who on leaving the hotel on
the dsy In question Immediately entered the Office OF
Tie R,pESlic
The pesdng trial will confirm the correctness Of the
special Dispatches