Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-15
NEWS ITEMS.

over to the Confederate government, the
defendant pleaded the U. s. statute of
limitations and the plea was admitted
by Chief Justice Chase presiding, the
United States being non-auited.
This is an important decision, the
plea put forward being the same that
will be put in by all postmasters IN the
Southern States at the breaking out OF
the war who made the same disposition
of their funds.
1t is now almost certain, that steam
er is to be put on the Nansemond river,
to run daily between Suffolk and Nor
folk. Capt. Chopper was in Suffolk this
week, endeavoring to perfect arrange
ments. So important is this matter
considered, that we hear of three diffe-
rent companies, who are looking to this
route with a view to putting steamer
on at once.
The juice of the Sumac berry is said
to make very pleasant and very
wholesome beverage. In catarrha ,diar-
rheal and dyspeptic disorders, it is said
to be very valuable medicine; has been
found very useful refrigerant in typhus
fever; and it is believed would prove
the best remedy yet found for cholera.
The American Farmer has faith in it
and advises its cultivation. ...r-
The Louisville Courier-Journal pro.
poses to celebrate the centennial ami
versary CT the day when Boone first set
bis foot upon the heights that overlook
the valley of Kentucky and planted his
staff in the rich soil of the fairest and
most fortunate of States, the coming 7lh
of June, which will be, as it was then,
Monday"
The Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle
understands that gentleman from Eng
land has purchased from Lewis Turner,
Esq, Of Nelson county, Virginia, be-
tween three and four thousand acres of
land, on which, and other lands he will
purchase in the vicinity, he intends set
Ting eight hundred English families.
The municipal election In Providence,
Rhode Island, Wednesday, resulted in
the election of the Brown & Ives candi-
date by majority of 1,420 over the
combined vote for the other candidates.
The Grape Shot, the schooner which
put in at Beaufort, North Carolina, some
days since, and which is supposed to
have been en- route for Cuba, is still de-
tanned by the Custom House officials
She has sixty men aboard of her.
Additional Spanish reports of the
fight at Altagracia, in Cuba, state that
the insurgents lost one or two thousand
men killed and wounded, and cannot
possibly raise another force of 1000
men.
Information from Persia, of dread
full conflict between two religious scots,
10 the streets of Teheran was received
at London Wednesday. IL is said 800
persons were killed In the encounter.
A statement of the banks in Virginia
shows an aggregate of resources and IL
abilities, $S,o26,921, specie held by the
banks, $109,699; loans and discounts,
$a.725, 240; individual deposits, 3d.
1914, 1857. i-i af
Six steamboats, lying at the wharf in
Cincinnati, were destroyed by fire
Wednesday morning. The fire origina-
ted in the upsetting of coal oil lamp
on the steamer Clifton, and fourteen
kegs of gunpowder on the Cheyenne
having exploded, the flames were driven
to the remaining boats. 1t is reported
that several lives were lost. The total
loss is $685. 900. r.
A century plant is in flower in Roch-
ester, N. Y. The bud broke aud first
showed itself on the 10Th of April, and
on the 9th inst. it was feet eight inches
high, growing from three to four inches
day-a straight stem, starting from
the centre of the plant, from four to FIVE
inches in diameter. 1t is attracting great
attention.
The Commercial Convention, which
is to be held at New Orleans on the Oath,
promises to be spirited affair. Pretty
much everybody is invited to be present,
particularly merchantsS planters, and
editors from the Mississippi valley.
Several leading Democrats, in Missis-
sippi, have published an address to the
people of that State, imploring all Off
cials who can qualify to accept Office,
and all good citizens summoned as ju-
rors to perform that duty without fail.
Memorial day was celebrated at Oak
dale Cemetery, near Wilmington, N. c.,
on Monday last. The anniversary was
generally observed in the city, and the
attendance at the cemetery was very
large.
The Virginia Historical Society asks
for funds from persons disposed to help
such an organization to live and be use.
full. The history of Virginia is in great
part the history Of this continent, and
all due encouragement should be given |
to researches Their elm. os ......-
Judge Bramhall, of the Richmond |
City Hastings Court, has granted char
ter to a number Of Influential citizens of |
that city for the incorporation of the
% Old Dominion Sugar Refinery" with |
a capital of not less than 100000, nor
more than 100000.
The President has appointed old Ben
Wade one Of the directors OF the Pacific |
railroad. "A
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