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

;s in session in Newbern. A vote was taken
IN the question of eecting an assistant Bishop
and rejected. mn -,
The Newbern Times says: The colored
,oonle had a celebration yesterday at More
IA ctv IN commemorate the life and viz
tues Of the great American Captain, General
Winfield Scott. whose services were perform
cd at the military headquarters OF the nation.
The festivities of the occasion were wound up
bv a splendid ball at the hospital buildings
THE annual address before the Franklinton
Academy was delivered by Seaton Gales, Esq,
If Raleigh. From the high reputation of this
Gentleman we feel surethe Grafton was worthy
tbe orator and the occasion. yRns ""
Tbe Young and gay of Fayetteville had
onite a rural feast and frolic on Saturday.
The Presbyterian, Methodist and Lutheran
Sunday Schools Of Salisbury enjoyed picnic
on Tuesday. 44A .ag8sI,, 4I,,V
The friends of Gen Wheeler, as well as the
officers and men who were under his com
mand. are urging him to write history Of
his campaigns. -IKobiIe Register. .a.... -.
MIR. James Henritze has been elected Sber-;
if Of Washington county, and Mr. Charles
Short Sheriff of Oulpepper county.
The name of the Post Office In Nelson,
known as "Tye River Warehouse" has been
changed to q Norwood"
We learn from the Richmond Wig that of
the counsel of Mr.. Davis, those who have
arrived are Messrs j. Y. Brady, the eloquent
advocate of New York William B. Reed, an
able nlrist and stallncil and sterling patriot Of
phadelphia; and George W. Brown, late
M,vor Of Baltimore and leading member
Of the bar of that city. Mr.. OConor, the
senior counsel, and Mr.. Shea, both of New
York, are expected to-day. Mr.. Pugh, of
Ohio. is also mentioned as of counsel for the
accused, but we are not appraised as to wheth-
er he is expected.
There are about seventy thousand children
and Young persons from five to twenty years
Of age in Baltimore-as appears from the
registry recently made,-[ Eveni,lg Trans
crtW. ysH >. '9is9
A married man adopted an original way of
reducing household expenses. One morning
when he knew his wife would see him, he
kissed the servant girl The household ex-
penses were instantly reduced $40 a month.
An artist of Columbia, S. c., has arranged
an apparatus on wheels, and is about to pho
tograph the ruins Of that city from different
points of view. 20
The Jews of Cincinnati have nearly finish
ed new Synagogue, which will be one of
the most costly places of worship in the coun-
try. The details are to- be carried out to the
perfectest possible completion. The carving
on the small sandstone porches, will bring
the cost of these small adjuncts to the sum Of
$4,000. The great organ, which is nearly
ready to be put up, has been contracted for
at $4,000. The building is an exact re-
production Of the ancient Oriental temples
1t is to be capped by thirteen domes of various
sizes, and will commodate two thousand
worshippers. ..'.''..I
A low fellow at Knoxville called lady a
liar day or two ago, and was thrashed by a
bystander for 50 doing. 8
A Mr. Burr, of Chicago. was robbed of
$4,000 United States and Cook County
bonds on Thursday. They were in small
trunk in his house. A ra.s5tf
In reply to statement that the Southern
Express Company had secured the monopoly
sithe delivery and receipt of Express freight
at all the way stations un the Richmond and
Danve Railroad, for which this company
paid large sum Of money, the Richmond
Times is requested to contradict the report.
Itsays: s4qr8 A.H
The National Express Company have at all
times been placed upon the same footing as
the Southern Express on tits road, it being
the only road in the State, with the exception
of one other, where equal privileges are ex-
tended to the National Express Company as
to others. W5I tse thl an sa-e1 'i7as
Rev J. A. Proctor, the popular pastor of
the Union Methodist Church, has, for two
weeks past, been conducting series of meet
ihes at his church with much success. "A
large number have professed conversion and
the altar is nightly thronged with anxious in
qurers--Rich. Times
The Times says: P. Charles Cuvillier, of
New Orleans, has been commissioned as Com
missioner of the State of Virginia in the State
of louisiana b'e s''i e a3,ei,F saiafiE5 u 10 -
DIR Bagby's lecture in Williamsburg on
Bacon and Greens, was, we are grati6ed to
state, quite success ,fs4..t[
Gen Zebulon York, of Louisiana, late of
the Confederate army, has been pardoned un-
der the first and thirteenth exceptions of the
proclamation of amnesty. q 4o
The Mobile Register informs us that mill
occurred between white gentleman and ne
gro who had bantered him, on Thursday last.
They fought for quitea time and the darkey
was badly used up before the police arrived
and took the belligerents in custody ' :, y
:, Col Farrar delivered his lecture, "Johnny
heD, in Baltimore, Thursday night. sirQ gJ
Inc present high rate of taxation on the
manufacture and the high duties on imported
sooaeeo,ls causing a great reduction of the
manufacture of segars. Importers can sell
anem cheaper t.lan they can be made in this
country. 'sngmi ess'3ieH
The Rev. E. B. Fairchild says that, while
IN PALESTINE, he met on the banks Of the Jor-
r uan' two English clergymen filing an assort-
nieht OF cans and bottles with water from the
.iVef' The water was intended for the bap-
'lSm OF children on their return home and one
Unmarked that he would pay the expenses of
i pis tour to the Holy Land-as he would not
paptlse child with it for less than a "a
note. ,..f., -,...
n Inc Denver (Col) Neacs says that Raphael
Grandiean wild O. n L. ECO ~ l, - AZ q