Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-23

| polls on election day.
The Post has Washington dispatch
which says that Secretary Boutwell,
"has not expressed any intention of
opposing the admission of Virginia to
represention in the next Congress" We
are glad to hear it, for we think that
Mr.. Boutwell, will have quite enough
to do in attending to the Treasury N.
| Y. Times.
Richmond, July 21.-The official re-
turns show that the vote for Walker
falls 5000 short of the white registra-
ton, and that for Wells 10000 short of
the colored registration. The objection
able clauses in the Constitution were
defeated by 10000. There appears to
have been an entirely new deal in
politics, as only six members of the
elected Legislature have been there be-
fore. Thos. Il. Bowden, State Attor-
ney-General resigned to-day.
The Parkersburg (Va) papers say
that the waters have been very high
in the rivers. The Kanawha is navi-
gable most of the time to the Springs,
and the Ohio floats as large boats as
ever. The largest packets have not
lost single trip this spring and sum-
mer.
The financial situation in Cuba is be-
coming interesting. The Spanish Bank
at Havana is about to issue notes for a
second Government loan. Neutral ves-
sells in the waters near Cuba will no
more be searched by Spanish cruisers.
So dscrees De Rodas.
If Africans were not here, would even
the most enthusiastic negrophilist advo-
cate the importing Of them? Does any
man now advocate the establishment of
immigrant ships to bring savage Afri-
cans to this country?
Mrs. Emily Fulton, wife of G. G.
Fulton, proprietor of the Baltimore
American, died in Philadelphia Tuesday
morning, after short illness, while on
visit to some relatives.
DR.. Boehm, a celebrated German
surgeon, has just performed the opera
ton of separating two female children,
five years of age, who were joined to-
gether in the same manner as tho SIAM
csc twins. The German papers state
that the operation was attended with
perfect success; but one of the parties
seems to have died the same day. The
survivor is in good health.
Wade Bolton was shot in Memphis
on Thursday by DR.. Dickens. This is
a continuation of deadly family feuds
of several years duration, which have
already caused the killing and Gripping
of more than dozen persons.
Mrs. Or srsvsry Il. SpaIkvI Las not yet
subsidized. Her devotion to Milly Gaines
during the late murder trial kept her
from the Departments until Tuesday
when she made another raid upon Sec
rotary Boutwell,, and made another de-
mand for a desk in his Department. She
was peremptorily informed by him that
he had no office for her, and that further
application would be useless. Where
upon she burst into great cry, and
went through the streets detailing her
griefs to all corners.
Commodore Buchanan, in command
Of the Washington Navy Yard at the
breaking out of the war, who went
South, and after its close took charge of
the Maryland Agricultural College, has
left that institution suddenly on account
of certain disagreements with one of its
professors.
Our contemporary of the Wilmington
Journal was presented with fine cab
bage, weighing eight pounds, on Monday
last. 1t had been raised by Dr. Miller
near Rocky Point, N. C.
New York, July 2O.-At an interview
to-day with the reporter of the Times at
the Fifth Avenue hotel Koopmanschoop,
the importer of Chinese coolies, stated
his intention to import 100000 during
the coming year and hire them out at
S8 to $50 per month and keeping.
koopmanschoop left for San Francisco
tonight.
1lke Central and Union Pacific rail-
road companies have agreed to carry
fruit from California to New York for
five cents per podnd, and to transport
emigrants from New York for fifty doll
lars per head and thirty.eight dollars
from Chicago.
Rev. Moses Clampit an eccentric
preacher, was holding forth at Santa
Clara Valley, young man rose to 60
out, when the preacher said, Young
man, if you'd rather go to hell than hear
me preach, you may The sinner
stopped and reflected moment, and
then saying respectfully, We'll I believe
| would, went on.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has
received information of the seizure of
eight illicit distilleries in Wake county,
n. G. There are twenty-five or thirty
more distilleries in that section. The
collector says the liquor is consumed 10
the vicinity of the distilleries.
Chancey j. Foley, in pursuance of a
resolution of the New Orleans Com
mercial convention, has appointed
committee of ten to arrange for the
holding of the Mississippi Valley Com
mercial convention to be held in Upper
Mississippi in August or September
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