The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-16
A correspondent, writing to the Carolinian,

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says:
"Charleston is destined to become a large
commercial port The produce of the far
west will seek this outlet in preference to
more Northern cities. The Cincinnati and
Charleston Railroad is settled fact, and the
South Carolina Railroad, as a branch of that
line, should be using all its endeayors to recu-
perate Charleston.
Not long since, Ernest Graf,a yalet de ptace,
drowned himself at Dresden. He was sup
posed to have been son of Napoleon |. and
the late beautiful and famous Countess KEEL
mansegge His claims to illustrious parentage
were at one time strongly supported by the
Saxon Court, but never recognized by Napo-
leon III. In features and person he was the
exact image of his putative father.
A correspondent of the st. Louis Republic
lican, reports that Northern capital is pour
ing into East Tennessee, especially at Knox
vile and Chattanooga. New houses and fac
tories are springing up in every direction
Many farms are purchased by farmers and
army officers. The tide of Northern inmigra-
ton seems to have set in towards that sec ion.
Several extensive steam saw mills, iron found
ries, and large cloth mandatory are pro-
jected at Chattanooga.
Our exchanges from all parts of the South
speak in gloomy terms of the recent heavy
rains, and the pour prospects of the growing
crops.
They had fourteen rainy days at Rome,
Ga during May just past, with a fall Of rain
of $40, 100 inches largely in excess of the
amount for the SINE month for ten years
previous.
In Nilsson i, political excitement is becom-
ing quite intense. The fall canvass will UNI
doubleday be the most bitterly contested pol
iticai conflict ever known in the history of the
State. Gen, Frank Blair and other Conser-
vative orators are On the stump already. The
General is dealing the Radicals some very
hard blows.
judith P. Benjamin has been admitted to
the English Bar as a matter of courtesy.
Whatever may be thought of Benjamin on
the score of secession, his ability as a lawyer
is unquestioned No one ever listened to
him in the Supreme Court of the United
States without admiration for his eloquence
and legal ability Boston Evening Com
mercial HHH
Henry S. Foote, of Mississippi, late mem
Der of Congress and U. S. Senator, and still
was admitted as attorney at the bar of the
Police Court, Louisville, on Monday last.
There are still in e'and AS ,231 tenants
whose holdings only average twelve acres of
land,
The grand tournament held at GAINESVILLE,
Tenn, on the 3lst, was attended by eight
thousand people, and $4,000 in money was
realized for the benefit of orphans throughout
the South.
The dwelling house of James S. Snow,
Esq Sheriff of Halifax county, was consuna-
ed by fire on Thursday night last, together
with all his furniture and other valuables.
The Georgia, Macon Il Western and La
grange Roads have reduced the rates of fare
on their respective roads to five cents per
mile.
The lrrying trade of New York in 1860
amounted in value of American bottoms to
$233, Ss3, 593, and in foreign bottoms to S149,-
1928, 149. In 1865 the value in American
bottoms was only 1888 1850 ,6O7, and in foreign
bottoms $345, 75o,607.
On the first of June the Bank of Mobile
and the Southern Bank commenced redeem
ing their circulation at par in the United
States Treasury notes. i4i5 SO 1o
Never give boy ten cent stamp to hold
your shadow while you climb tree and
look into the middle of next week-it is
money thrown away. ln
The receipts from customs for the present
fiscal year win be nearly $l75,OOO,OOO,
and from all sources about $500, 900.
gentleman who owns a plantation in
Alabama, says the Columbus Sun, Of the 9th
INST, had instructed his overseer to give him
reports Of affairs. Last week he received the
following note which graphically described
the situation:
MR.-:It rained Monday. 1t rained
Tuesday. 1t rained Wednesday. 1t rained
Thursday, and Friday we had the hardest
rain this week. Grass crop encouraging