The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-01-18
THE DAY BOOK.
THURSDAY MORNING JAN. Is, 1866.

1noSe VINO ike 10 lauSA at w est Iolnt have
an opportunity in blunder lately made there
by General Cullom. A deck of stone, costing
$4,000 and years labor, recently dsap-
peared in single night ''West Point engi-
neering had placed it upon q shelving rock,
aud the earth behind il merely acted as
wedge to shove it off.
France has now seventeen large commercial
steamers running between Europe and the
American continent and her colonies. Only a
few years ago the Mediterranean service was
all which that country produced in the way Of
a steam commercial navy. In May next, five
steamers will run constantly between Havre
and New York.
The marriage project between Prince Hum
bert and the Princess Maria do Leuchtenberg
is said to be finally abandoned; the confden-
tial communications opened on that subject be-
tween Florence and st. Petersburg have only
ended in establishing the impossibility of sur
mounting the difficulty arising from the differ
ence of religion between the betrothed parties.
1t is said that Mrs. President johnson has
received from Sir Morton Peto, Whose recent
visit to the United States will long be remem-
bered with pleasure by all who had the advan-
tage Of meeting him. most elegant and costly
present in the form of Christmas box of rare
and elegant device filled with Partisan bon
bons.
Major-General Layfette McLaws, of the
Confederate army, was elected Clerk of the
Superior and Inferior Courts of Richmond
county, in this State, Wednesday last His
father held the same Office for many years. If
the son is as good at writing as he is at fight
ing, he will make a capital officer Macon
tGa.) Telegraph
1t is stated that orders have been issued for
the release of r. B. Winder, the rebel quarter
master, who has been held in confinement at
the Old Capitol and at Richmond, on the sup
position that he was w, S. Winder, the allie
ged confederate of Wirz in the butcheries at
Andersonville.
DR.. Reinhold Solger, assistant register in the
Treasury Department, died at Washington on
last Friday. He was widely known among
the German population of this country as one
Of their countrymen who took an active inter
est In public affairs, and as writer and poet
IT no ordinary capacity.
Rev. Dr. J. c. Bodwell, pastor of the Con-
srsgational Church in Woburn, Massachusetts,
on Thursday evening received purse of about
1,400 from the members of his parish. The
sum of 81, 200 was presented to him few
days since by the same parties.
Mr.. Winthrop, our consul at Malta, states
that the island was visited by two shocks of an
earthquake on the 9th of December. The last,
which occurred about four o'clock A. NJ, was
accompanied bya loud explosion, which caused
general fright to the inhabitants.
The Press of Vienna states that letter was
found, a few days ago, IN one of the post office
boxes, addressed to "Ths Infant Jesus in
Heaven, to be given to st. Peter" 1t contained
the prayer of child to have great many
presents at Christmas.
Two deaths from hydrophobia were regis
tered in London In the last week in December.
Another death registered was that of young
lady, daughter Of clergyman, who died of
"broken heart from acute distress" resulting
from the loss Of her sister
At social assembly in West Cambridge,
Massachusetts,. on Wednesday evening last,
Mrs. James Durgin, an estimabe lady, fell and
almost instantly expired, as she was taking
her place upon the floor to participate in CO.
tilion A hasty termination was put to the
festivities
A correspondent recommends that tbs fol-
lowing "proclamation" be posted in every
suitable place:-"To save disappointment and
often serious inconvenience, drunkards will
please give notice to their employers of their
intention of taking spree, and stating when
they intend returning to work
The Portland (Me) A,yus learns that there
are more apples stored in that city at the pre-
sent time than any previous time within the
past two years, yet prices are extravagantly
high. But prices must come down, and spec.
ulators know it. Though selling at exorbi-
tant rates, are cautious about buying.
A Chicago clergyman missed his stockings
on Christmas morning. and after long search
which had been presented to him by his parish
oners, and commended in this way to indi-
cate thatit was Christmas gift
A society is to be formed in England, each
subscriber to pay an annual fee of one guinea,
to cause examinations to be made into the
public and private libraries OF Spain, where it
is believed that some Shakesperian materials
lie buried.
COLONEL MosBY ARREsTEp.--Colonsl Jno.
Mosby was arrested in Leesburg on last Mon
day, and Is held subject to the orders of Gen.
Ayre, Military Commandant at Winchester
The cause of his arrest has not TRANSFERRED
Warrenton Index
Governor Buckingham of Connecticut, and
other capitalists at Norwich, have formed
company with $4,000 capital 10 carry on
the lumber business principally at the South.
The Charleston (S c. Courier Of the lsf
inst. has no less than fourteen advertisements
Of schools and institutions of learning recently
opened-most Of them in that city
g. W. Buckley, President of the Knights
of the Golden Circle, has been released from
Fort Warren, after two years and eight months
imprisonment.
Four hundred and twenty thousand copies
have been sold in England of popular bal
lad entitled "Mother's Last Words y