The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-03-13
General News.

Thomas Goeszwn, whose Wife was brutal
ly murdered in Cheviot, Ohio, on Thursday,
was arrested while attending her funeral
charged with the crime
John Maynie of Lexington, Kentucky, was
robbed and murdered in Cairo, Illinois, last
week. After robbing him the murderer threw
him on the railroad track, and the night train
ran over him mutilating him 50 horribly that
he died. He identified the murderers before
he expired
The Presidents of the Concord, Massachu-
sets, National Bank and Of the Middlesex In
stitution for Savings, have given notice that
only portion of the property stolen from the
bank has yet been recovered and they offer a
rewared OF ten per cent. upon the amount of
the stolen property which may hereafter be
recovered. More, the person arrested for the
robbery, is supposed to be at large.
Colonel Dodd, who arrived at Leavenworth
from Fort Dodge, states it was reported that
George Bent, a half breed son of one of the
Bents of the mountains, had been elected war
chief of the Cheyennes, Arrapahoes, and other
prairie tribes, and that he was preparing to
take the field against the whites Notwith-
standing his Anglo-Saxon blood, Bent is said
to be bitter enemy OF the whites, and as he
is brave and daring, trouble may be expected
on the Plains. ul-
William H. Bilcher, Of the sugar refinery of
St. Louis, died few days since. A few years
ago. he controlled the sugar interests of the
West. -r E.- .t4e
n M. Burlington, of Fall river, is reported
to have fled, leaving 100000 of his financial
paper in the hands of couhdiug friends.
There is an excitement in Chilhcothe, Ohio,
over deficit of $4,000 just discovered in the
| account of the County Treasurer. That official
| insists that the money was stolen from his safe,
and that he has not Incorporated it.
1t is stated that there is AZ general falling off
of travel on all the railroad lines throughout
the country, but more particularly between
! Washington and the North. AS an illustra-
!. ton Of the falling off, the average number Of
passengers during February between New
York and Washington, on each train, was
! forty-tive, which is less than a car load
DR.. Ben. Newland, of Bedford, Indiana,
WAC killed the seducer Of his daughter, was
admitted to bail in forty thousand dollars
| The wife OF Senator Howard, of Michigan,
| died in Detroit last week
| a hogshead of tobacco sold in the Rich
mond market on Thursday at ninety dollar.
per hundred pounds.
/ A desperate conflict occurred in Stewart
county, Georgia, last week, between planters
and outlaws, and some negroes. Three whites
and seven negroes were killed.
The difficulty between the Mobile cotton
factors, brokers, ard buyers, has been settled
by a committee of conference appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce. Regulations were
adopted relative to sampling cotton and dis
posing thereof
/ In the Texas State Convention on the 6tE
instant, a motion to make the whole nhabi-
tants Of the State the basis of representation
was laid upon the table. A motion to strike
out the word ''whte" was lost by vote of 26
to Al A motion 10 leave it optional with the
| Legislature to add ether inhabitants of the
State to the basis of representation was lost
| by vote of 26 to 49,