The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-03
NEWSPAPER NEWS.

Baron Rothschild has been swindled.
A few weeks ago, says an English jour
nal, a venerable and decrepid old man
offered to sell him splendid service of
old china-twelve plates only--fOr an
annuity of G4S. The man looked so old
and so near his end that the Baron con-
scented, but when the month had elapsed,
instead of his venerable friend, spruce,
vigorous young fellow of about thirty
claimed the annuity. The Baron stood
aghast. "Why, you seemed century
old a month ago!" "Yes, M. lie Baron,
but you see your assistance has renewed
| my lease of life.
John Murphy, proprietor of the Rail-
road hotel, at Pottstown, mysteriously
disappeared from his home on the 14th
inst. He retired to his bedroom on
Tuesday night, some time after mid
| night. At what hour he left is not
known, as his wife did not miss him
until between four and five o'clock next
| morning. On Sunday morning last
about eleven o'clock, his body was found
in the Manatawny Creek. 1t Is sup
posed that he wandered away under the
influence of liquor, and fell into the
stream at some point above where his
body was recovered. --Hdrrisbtny Union.
The Rochester Democrat says: A few
weeks since, young man named Chas.
Davis, alias Darlington, was hung in
Buffalo for murder. Since that time
his mother, Mrs. Darlington, has been
deprived of her husband by death in the
ordinary course of nature or disease;
and one day last week she married, in
this city, another husband, the corpse Of
the previous husband being at the time
in the receiving vault at Mount Hope
Cemetery awaiting interment.
The Chincha Islands, lying off the
Peruvian coast, do not exceed in extent
two and half miles, yet for years past
they have supplied cargOes of guanO to
all average Of four hundred ships per
annum, with fleightage of not less
than $4,000, 900, the value Of such car
goes in Europe being upwards OF
$50, 0OO, 900 in gold. They are moreover
more densely populated than any others
of like extent, having upwards of 1000
labOrers in the employ of the govern
ment contractor for the loading of the
shipping.
Hon. Cornelius Cole, the Senator
elect from California, has just delivered
public address at San Francisco on the
present political issues of the country.
He was opposed to restoring the leaders
of the rebellion to political power.
Recent events, he said, had made 1t I'M
certain whether the confederates had
lost anything in the late struggle or not.
There was no necessity for haste in
reconstruction. m
Mrs. Bigelow, wife Of the American
Minister in Paris, is seriously ill. The
French papers describe the modest
menage of the republican representative
with much admiration for its Spartan
simplicity. One journalist found Mr..
Bigelow cooking his own ham and eggs,
without any attendant to wait on him,
and appears to think that these domestic
incidents are fit subjects of public Gu
riosity.
A legal issue has arisen between the
civil and military authorities of Ken
lucky, involving very important ques-
lions and interests. Captains Reed and
Lennin were recently fined and COM
mitted to Jail for their action. under
military orders, in protecting the polls
at the late election. The United States
District has issued writs of hdbeds
corpus, and the case will be argued by
counsel on both sides.
Mr.. VIM. Lloyd Garrison delivered a
discourse on Tuesday evening in the
Brooklyn Academy of Music on the pc.
ltical questions OF the day, including
the Presidents reconstruction policy
and recent speech. The Presidents
policy was denounced in severe terms,
and Mr.. johnson was charged with at
coup d'etat by the expulsion
of Congress and the introduction of
from the southern states.
A new express company, the Mer- |
chants Union, has been formed in the |
western part of New York state, with q |
capital of fifteen millions, and the ar
already completed for i'm
opening business. 4. r. Ross
Is President, VIM. H. Seward, Vice Pre-
sident, and Major General H. w. Slo-
cum, Secretary.