The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-26

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made known we have ever chroniced Three
ladies were returning home from visit to a
neighbor, when negro came upon them in a
secluded out-of-tbe-way place, aud attempted
to detain them all Two of them succeeded
in getting away from him; the other he took
into the woods and tied her and kept her
there for two days without food Her friends
found her at the end Of that time. The negro
was caught, and the lady was asked what
punishment she desired to have inflicted on
this demon. She replied she wanted bis arms
cut off and then wished him skinned alive.
The sentence was executed. The negro lived
about ten minutes after the operation. We
think all ladies should be very careful about
leaving home without protection in any sec
ton where freedmen are known to be-
Knoxville Commercial, 18th.
Eight or ten negroes went to the house Of
Mr.. Daniel Harrison, in Jones county, on last
Sunday, in broad daylight, and robbed him of
every pound of meat he had, and after help
! ing themselves to whatever they could pick
up about the premises that was valuable
they entered the dwelling and took every rag
Of clothing he and his wife had, except what
they had on their persons. Surely no COM
munity is cursed like this, with robbers and
cut-throats, There is but one way to stop
it that we can conceive, and that is, for every
man in the country, to arm himself to the
teeth, take his life in his hand, and shoot the
scoundrels while ever powder will burn. 1t
is now reduced to certainty, that we are
never to have peace or security until they are
hunted down and shot like ravenous wild
beasts.-Nemberne Times.
T NJ
foot Ingersoll Metallic Life Boat full ship
rugged, in which Capt. Hudson will GO to Eu-
rope and visit the Worlds Fair at Paris, will
be launched from Ingersolfs Boat Bazaar,
243 South street, Thursday the 31st inst, at
4:30 P. M.
A man, over sixty years of age, named
Jacob Selling, was arrested for an attempted
rape on the person of little girl only four
years of age the daughter of Mr.. John Her
man, residing in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The child was seriously injured.
A Princess of Hungary once asked monk,
who was scholar and wit, to explain to
her the story of Balaam and the ass adding,
Good father can hardly believe that an
ass could be so laxative" Madame" re-
piled the father, "your scruples may cease
when you are informed that it was female
In Homer Michigan, few days ago,
school-mistress named Dyer, whipped a
pupil who had inadvertently addressed her
without the accustomed nod of consent, until
she had used up three whips nearly as large
as mans finger, She then took a ferrule,
an inch in diameter, and scourged the boy
with this until her strength gave away. The
subject of her discipline is covered with alb
scesses from head to waist, and his arm has
been rendered useless.
If it had been little freedman, and the
teacher Southerner, it would have raised a
great howl. But being white boy, no
matter!
Two young ladies in Louisville, Kentucky,
were killed by the falling in of the floor of
privy on Monday last. The bodies were
found suffocated in the vault, which was
some thirty feet deep, and were with difficult
ty extricated therefrom.
Two sisters, teachers of a young ladies
school at Cape Girardeau, Mo, We're arrested
last Monday for teaching without the oath
The arrest created great indignation among
all classes of people, and the prisoners were es-
corted to jail by the entire population. The
Radical officials were finally alarmed at the pub
lie in lignation, and released the prisoners.
George Francis Train is in Nebraska. In
an electioneering address to the people he
says "Fhe so-called Union party is dis
union party. The Conservative party wish
to do as Mr.. Lincoln did-forget and forgive
The Republican party want eleven Hun
garys--eleven Polands-eleven Irelands in the
South. The Democratic party wish to re-
construct the Union and restore the laws"
DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF FIREwoRKs.--
An explosion recently occurred in the fire.
works msnufactory of M. Aubin, in Paris.
The fremNn found twelve dead bodies
Every person in the place at the moment
of the explosion persisted Close by in an
other building were discovered six other
corpses, and nine men still alive, but fright
fully injured. 4
The Baltimore Gazette says:-''The agri-
cultural States are beginning to feel the enor-
nous pressure of taxation. At the North
west, where the farmers had calculated on
finding, at the close of the war, market for
considerable portion of their surplus pro-
duce In the Southern States, they have been
bitterly disappointed. The South is growing
as best it may its own breadstuffs and pro-
visions. Even in Western New York there
is growing bitterness, at what the people
there deem class legislation, and also grow
ing determination to restrict the public ex.
penditure, by some means or other within
more reasonable limits"
The latest novelty is the "palpitating
bosom for the ladies, which is described
as gently ''heaving" when an emotional
spring" concealed under the left arm, is
touched .t
HIGH Priced KssING--In Indiana, Hans
Swackhammer was fined 81 for kissing Mrs.
Katrina Sweihocken, the other day. The
deed was committed in the presence of Deit-
rich Sweihocken, her husband, who said 81
was SO mad as never bes," The affair led
to the preparation of some horrible poetry
of which this is a specimen: 81 H. 80 -
Mister, spare mine vrowl