The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-01-25
General News.

Benjamin Phinney wealthy farmer at
Rockport, ILL.,, was recently poisoned to death
with strychnine by his fifth wife, pretty
girl, whom he married six weeks ago.
The office of General Baker, late chief of
the War Department detective force, has beer
closed and the records have been turned over
to the Department
Bills have been introduced into both Houses
of the Wisconsion Legislature to revive capital
punishment, and strong effort will be made
to secure their passage
Major Hastings and his second colony of
Alabama emigrants to Brazil will sail from
New Orleans early in February They design
setting on one of the tributaries of the ANA
zon:
The statements made in several papers, to
the effect that the President will veto any bill
granting the right of suffrage to the oolored
people of the District of Columbia, are wholly
unauthorized by him.
The House of Representatives of the Ten
nesses Legislature has passed series OF reso-
buttons On the death of Henry Winter Davis,
regretting that in him the nation had lost one
Of its brightest ornaments and the Union one
of its defenders. Thirteen members voted in
the negative.
John Seaver, of Portsmouth, N H. accom-
plished the feat in that city, last week, of
walking 100 miles in 100 hours, without
| sleep, completing the task on Saturday even
ing, at $50 o'clock Seaver is now, as he
expresses it, almost as good as new" This
is said to be the first time thee feat was ever
successfully undertaken.
| The boiler of portable engine used for
running sawmill, at Millersburg, Warwick
county, Ind, exploded on Saturday last, kill
| ing five men-Jacob Steinmetz, Michael
Steinmetz, his son; Henry Dinges his son-in-
law John Dinges, brother of the latter, and
another man, name unknown. Three others
of the Steinmitz family, were seriously woun-
ded.
1t is stated on good authority, that the U.
States Supreme Court, in the case of Mr.. Gar
land, will decide, in few days, that the act
of Congress, prescribing the test oath is I'M
constitutional. This is said to have resulted
mainly from tho speech of Reverdy johnson
some time ago.
| There was considerable. trouble on Satur-
day among the hide merchants and tanners Of
New York, owing to the fact that the Custom
House authorities have received instructions
from the Treasury Department at Washing
ton to prevent the import of any hides sup
posed to be those of cattle which have died OF
| the plague so long prevalent in Europe.
Two brothers, named Daniel and William
Kimball, employed on the Pittsburg and Fort
Wayne Railroad, one as station engineer and
the other as brakeman, have been arrested at
Valparaiso, indiana for robbing the trains of
a large amount of property. They had been
in the habit Of pilfering daily from the cars,
and large amount of plumber was found on
their premises.
After six days's session of religious pro-
tracted meeting in Marion city, Marion coun-
ty, Missouri, one of the officials of the town
ship sent writ for the arrest of George w.
Robey, the presiding elder, for not having ia
ken the oath Of allegiance. The writ was
served, and the minister was taken before the
justice who issued the writ, and was bound
over in the sum of $1,000 to appear at the
next term of the Circuit Court.
The Duke of Augustenburg, year ago, i'm
agined he had principality, and bought GER
tain State carriages The action of Prussia,
after the Holstein war, convinced the Duke
that he had no use for his big gigs, and now
they are to be sold at auction in Paris.