Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-04-21
TEE EXPURGATED CONSTITU-
TON.
Richmond Dispatch.l L

L ANhA1ohN DloP
Information received here from the
north and the south sides of James riv-
er--from Caroline to Halifax satisfies
US that the people are almost unani-
nous in the opinion that we should &C
cept the constitution expurgated of the
few most obnoxious features aud bring
the State in as soon as possible. We do
not include in this report the lower tide
water region nor that Immediately at
the foot of the mountains. But in the
broad belt to which we allude, lying
between these, there is a remarkable
unanimity of feeling and purpose. We
can hardly doubt there will be as much
harmony in the two remaining portions
Of the State east of the Blue Ridge. Of
the Valley we know very little as to the
present state of feeling. But we know
the sound common sense of the Valley
people, and have no doubt that when
the Presidents proclamation is put forth
and the exact situation of the State is
well understood by the solid men beyond
the Blue Ridge, they will take the wise
course of ending the question of how
and when Virginia shall enter the Union
by at once adopting the expurgated con-
stitution. They are not the people to
discard practical wisdom, reject chance
to get out of trouble, and involve them
selves in impenetrable uncertainty and
almost unbearabe oppression.
We take occasion to mention just here
that one of the very best friends this
State had in Congress, who stood by her
with unfaltering devotion, and never lost
an opportunity to do her service, de-
clares now that the people of Virginia
should not hesitate a moment to vote
out the obnoxious clauses and then adj
opt the constitution and come into the
| Union. He assures us that we shall not
get such favorable terms if we reject the
profer now held out. The advice of so
good friend, so wise a gentleman,
should be treated with the highest re-
spect.
The Goldsboro Messenger says that a
letter just received from Mr.. Atkinson,
now in Switzerland, says that he had
succeeded in engaging some two hum
dred emigrants, and he thinks he will
be able to fill all orders in his hands
during this month. He has chartered
@ ~eiliH5 voSrof for Wilmington, but sad
ly need the funds which were ordered to
be raised a6 the late meeting of the N.
G. immigration Association.
Ex-President Tyler's daughter is one
of the most graceful riders seen in Gen.
trail Park, N. Y.
A matrimonial brokerage office has
been started in New York.
We are sorry to learn of the serious,
but we hope not dangerous, illness OF
Hon. Henry A. Wise. The disease he is
laboring under is pneumonia.
The James Sinclair appointed Asses
sor of the third North Carolina distr let
is the famous fighting parson Of the G..
S. A. He is Scotchman by birth and
Presbyterian.
The next session of the Chowan Bap-
fist Association will convene at Bethle.
hem church, Hartford county, N. c., on
the 18th of May.
Mr.. Edward Decide, a citizen of the
city of Washington for half a century.
and for over thirty years of his life en-
ployed as superintendent of the bindery
Of Gales & Seaton, died on Friday al
ternoon. He was 70 years of age.
Sinaloa and other Mexican revolu-
tionary States are in favor of annexa-
ton to the United States. Jesus Garcia
is the leader of the Sinaloa revolution.
Baroness Babetta Beyfus, the last sur
viviug sister of Mayer Anselme, the
founder of the famous Rothschild house,
died at Frankfort, March 10th, aged
So.
The Boston Transcript prints a list
of the rich "men" of Brookline. Mrs.
N. J. Bowditch heads it. ..-f
Six French laborers passed through
Washington for Louisiana, to engage in
the cultivation of the olive. The ex-
pertinent was tried before in Alabama,
under the patronage of Congress, but
without success. a
Cyrus II. Mccormick, Esq, now re-
siding in New York, has been elected
member CT the Board of Directors of,
Washington College in the place of Col.
S. Med. Reid, who retires in consequence
of i'll health.