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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

St. Paul is to have the exquisite although by
no means rare excitement of a breach OF
promise suit. Mr.. Morris Lamphrey, the gay
defendant, is lawyer, and there is, therefore,
the less excuse for his amorous delinquency.
He was just about really to lead to the altar Il
lady of beauty, youth, and money, when he
was arrested in his wedding march by another
young lady who AYERS that Mr.. Lamphrey Is
but perjured lover, inasmuch as for several
years he has been under sacred engagement to
conduct her to the aforesaid altar; yet though
often requested he has neglected and refused
to do the same, to the damage, as she SAYS of
Fifty Thousand Dollars. All we have to
say is that if Mr. Lamphrey is worth that
amount of money to any woman, he must be
a more charming creature than the majority
of men of our acquaintance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27
To ne Edilor OF rAe rrtgnne.

%
SIR: In the leading editorial OF Tie Erenin9
Post OF the igth nst occurs the following passage
ut is not true that wOrkiugmen IN this country arc
better paid than tnelr brethren IN England and other
countries of EurOpe;" and again" II must be evident 10
every worllBg man m the dabor Convention toi Pnia
depla) that Mr.. Field mistaken IN asserting thh
American labor is better paid than foreign labor
In the column Of the same paper IN an Article on
the proprey OF employing railroad wa,chmeE to prevent
accidents, in Europe, the editor asserts that
1T undoubtedly costs money % get men enough 70
ncrform these duties: Otctby 10 Ns cicGDep tabor OF
Er0pe too II costs less there than does here, but We nave
no donbt that IN spite OF derr labor, aud greater
distances IL would in the end cost less than u now PAD
here IN needless damages &c
Will you kindly undertake to reconcile these seemingly
contradictory statements or inform somewhat unin-
formed subscriber whch IS the TO be relied ont Very
respectfully yours, JOSEPH NORTON
Bridgeport. Conn, Aug. 81, 1859.
AnSrer.-It is the former assertion of The
Post that is false; the latter is true. We do not
attempt to reconcile light with darkness Ed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

A curious marriage occurred last week in 81.
Louis. a stone blind bridegroom was led by
his blushmg bride to the altar of a Justice of
the Peace That honest and beney olent func-
tionary felt it to be his duty to inform the
door blind man that the chose of his heart was
really one of the ugcst women - rhe world,
and that she had already, to he certain knowl-
edge buried two husbands. TO this the bride
groom responded that he had seen the lady
great many years ago, and that, according to
the best of his recollection, she was then "A
thing of beauty and ga form of lie and
light As the unfortunate nan insisted
upon being married to this dream of his ear
lier and happier days. the knot was tied; but
the Justice swore that he could MT in con-
science take fee for doing it; and so the
poor victim was led away rejoicing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

The other day a dispatch startled the coun-
try with the report that Secretary Rawlns was
Frustrated by severe illness, and that sue
cessor for his position at the head of the War
Department had been selected General graft
fication was expressed when the dispatch
was found to be incorrect. These expressions
in the public Journals have scarcely yet
ended, and now comes to us from Wash
ington the announcement that the Secre-
tary has just been Frustrated by a
severe hemonhage of the lungs. He
has the general sympathy of all who Temem-
Der his faithful services during the War, and
the earnest well wishes of all who hope to re-
retain large capacity in the Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

There is already some confederation of the
doubts we expressed yesterday as to the truth
of the report from Hong Kong that the Chinese
Government had refused to ratify its own
treaty with the United States. There is also
strong reason for believing that Mr.. J. Ross
Browne, during his short term of
Office as American Minister to Pckin,
became so far the ally of the old
English hard heads as to oppose the treaty in
a manner which, under all the circumstances,
we must say was remarkable. 1t is not custo-
mary, we believe, for foreign Minister to in
fluence the court TO which he is accredited to
reject treaty which his own Government is
anXlOnS To mnke.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27
We like good explicit verdict from CorO-

We like q good explicit verdict from Coro-
ner's Jury. Christopher Long of st. Louis,
horse dealer, died suddenly in st. Louis last
Friday. The "crowner' came for the proper
quest" and having taken his usual seat upon
the body, announced that the departed expired
by reason of liquor, sun, and old wounds
II would have been difficult, perhaps, for the
officer to have stated how much the whisky,
how much the god of day, and how much the
ancient decorations had to do with Christopher
untimey demise; and SO he grouped all three,
and called the combination "supernduced
"apoplexy." This was satisfactory in the ex-
treme to the discOnsoIate widow, who thought
that her good man must have been poisoned.
Perhaps he was The item of "liquor" is sus-
nirious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

There is n iirst-rate woman's-rights woman
in Landisburg, Pa She does MT so to conyen-
tiops, but she does wear male attire; she
does MT write for the newspapers, but she
makes hay, after moving it, WI h all the vigor
of virility. She has thirteen children. however,
and il is q grave question in our mind whether
the mother Of thirteen children is fulfilling her
mission exactly by moving and making hay.
In looking at certain questions which are just
now so yehcmently and yolubly discussed, we
beg our female" friends to remember the
children; for sometimes. it seems 10 us, the
moor creatures are totally put out of account
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

Paterfamilias, who goes to market with his
head full of petty financial calculations, and
who comes back with mOurnful sense of the
cost of prime cuts, will be startled to learn that
at Los NietOs, Cal, the citizens were recently
treated Cor thought they werc) to a shower of
meat! For a time they fancied themselves,
like the Israelites in the desert, or like the
raven-fed prophet, supplied by Divine caterer.
The first of August was a remarkable day for
the denizens of Los NietOs, for the narrative
ran that two acres of ground there had been
suddenly covered with pieces of flesh and bits
of liver, with which fine hair was mixed. The
meat was in shreds, as if torn from the body of
some animal. Various were the theories by
which this miraculous meat-shower was ac-
counted for Some would have it that a
slaughter house had been blown mp by nitro
glycerine. Others imagined that the flesh had
been thrown from balloon. Discussion be-
came feverish, and several learned societies
prepared to subject this queer and heavy
sprinkle to close scientific and cxhauslng
analysis.
Alas for the highly Imaginative force Of the
human intellect, aud TIC natural creJc.t cHndo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

Only a few days since, Wapello County, Mo-,
boastpd DIR. ]. II. Flint, who is said to have
been Gas well known as any other man." He
had been member of the Legislature and
also county judge. He was not beautiful
to look upon, being described as "ill-shaped,
string halted and homely;" but, on the
other hand, he stood high as Root and
Herb Doctor and as an elder of the Hard
Shell Baptist persuasion. But he was more
than this. He was "the ablest and Bit
"terestn Democrat IN the county. We mourn
TO say that this medical, ecclesiastical, and
political paragon has eloped with young
married woman, one of his patients; leaving
the sick without physician. the Hard-Shell
church without preacher, and the Demo
"crats ~ without "an able and bitter speaker
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

PRAcTIClL CONFERENCE.-The. Robert w. Pear
sail. residing and owning lands at Thompson's Sta
ton Long Island Raroad,l offers 10 gire one humid
red acres of his land to true Cooperative Building
Association that will erect ten cottages thereon lie
NAV be addressed as above, or may be seen each
Wednesday from noon TO p m. at the office OF J. W
Prison No l26I Broadway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

Young MIR. j. Q. Adams nominated once
more for Governor by the " Democrats" of Mas
sachusetts, received that honor by acclama-
nation" and one poor delegate who begged
pathetically for balloting was ruled out of
"order." Then special committee went out
and found the nominee and brought him in,
and lie made speech in which he said: "The
price Of coal is an outrage, the duty on iron
"a sBiDdle, and tLe tariff an abOminatiOn to 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

Spain promises to place six thousand addi-
tional troops on the island of Cuba within two
weeks-we suppose as preliminary to selling
ont! We might be curious to know where she
will find the money for the outfit and trans
portation of this force; but Spanish promises
are plentiful at all times, and 1t is not quite
certain that the expedition will ever sail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

berry Of gloves in that city. For tcchncal reasons
the case of neither of these "Arcades ambop
Genes within the provisions of the ExtraditioR
laws The officers who modest them do
not make them afraid" for they know their
rights, and knowing dare maintain" all
efforts to beguile Moses over the line having
utterly failed. The laws evidently want tink-
erinV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

We can hardly say we are sorry that the
foolish notOriety hunter, who yesterday crossed
Niagara on velOcipede, did MT fall we are
very sure the man who could do so amazingly
and stupidity reckless thing is MT fit for the
death he braved but he certainly was fiji
subject for the police; and it would go hard
to prove that he has any business outside of a
lnnafic nsXlnm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

" abolished" He characterized bis old fricnu'
the Republicans as silver-tongued u'i",
" rocucs," and concluded as follows: sec -"
vour eyes that you are ready LOT ao'': :.'
Come on then-Let the dead Past p"'; 10
g." dead act-act in the living present "," wv
within, and God Ger head"-"ii'ch We YAH
,nnt nrnn IL n ISN'T very new.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

Rather an extraordinary copartnership in
business has been established in Canada
Moses Maybaum, who ran away from Newark,
leaving his creditors minus $4,000, has asSO-
cioted himself with one Max Bochm, Sho IAN
away from Boston because implicated all u rob
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

An earnest protest against the publication
of Mrs. Stoves article on the Byron scandal,
from the pen of distinguished American
author, is printed on the sixth page together
with some new stories on the subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

in the pronunciation of the name; and If it
would be any help to him, we don't mind
adding that "the Kjoekkenmoeaden Deposits
ore connected with oysters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

GROIN this It will he that instead OF the Deot nav
o heen diminished, il has been augmented during the
al four years IL Is nearly three hundred M"iOHs
o,e b1j, IL ,ros on me LIST Of April 1865. This increase
taken place duringa period Of profound peace since
TovrubcT last one hindtcd and nm millions have Oeci
a,,,t,J 4, hp hinge and iutOlcrablc load
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-12
FreedEMen's School at Hamp
ton, Va.

A committee appointed by the
American Missionary Associa-
ton, consisting of the Rev. DR..
Hopkins, President of Williams
College, B. G. Northrup, Sec
rotary of the State Board of Ed
ucation of Connecticut, A.
Hyde Of Massachusetts, and
Gen. J. Garfield of Ohio, have
returned from visiting the In
dustrial Freedmen's School at
Hampton, in Virginia. They
spent several days in examin-
ing the institution, attending
the examinations of its classes,
and visiting the Industrial farm
connected it. DR.. Hopkins, on
behalf Of the Committee, will
shortly prepare a report setting
forth the condition Of the In
stitution, and the character of
the work done. The Committee
feel greatly pleased with their
visit, and speak IN high terms
Of the energy and ability dis
played by Gen. Armstrong, the
superintendent. -
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-12
' '-s E' Z rs
Peabody Fund.

Mr.. George Peabody has ad-
ded million dollars in railroad
and other bonds, mostly South
ern, to the Peabody Education
Fund, so-called, and 1884, 900
in Florida six per cent. bonds,
and over due coupons. The let
ter Of Mr.. Peabody, making
this munifcent addition to his
previous bounty, will be found
elsewhere. The entire fund now
consists of two millions Of dol
lars yielding interest !; the an
nual revenue from which is
more than one hundred and
thirty thousand dollars ; and a
million and a half more in
Southern State securities, pay
ment Of which is suspended. -
Should these be paid, the an
nual income of the trust will be
two hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars sufficient un-
der judicious management, to
support good common schools
for at least six thousand pupils.
The trustees at present are Mr..
Robert G. Winthrop, Of Massa-
chusetts Bishop Charles Nell
vaine, of Ohio F., Admiral D. G..
Farragnt, of the navy Messrs.
John II. Clifford, VIM. Aiken,
VIM. "A. Graham, @. Macalis-
ter, Samuel Wetmore, George
Peabody Russell, Geo. N. Ea-
ton, Samuel Watson, and Dr..
Barnas Sears, the general SUI
perintendent or agent.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-12
From the New York Express
THE VIRGINIA ELEeT ION

1t is pretty certain that Wal
ker is elected Governor of Viz
ginia; latthat the constitution,
without the DISTINGUISHING and
other Objectionable clauses, is
adopted, and that the wing gof
the Republican 4party'awhich-
could not swallow all the pills
of Radacalism, has elected 81
majority of the members of
the State Legislature, and SCI
cured sundry representatives in
Congress. This must not be
looked upon as a Democratic
victory, because it is nothing of
the kind. 1t is merely the
triumph OF. moderation over
fanaticism. brings the State
back into the Union without
giving it over, tied neck and.
heels, to the tender mercies Of
the carpet-baggers, and such of
the leading negroes as have
been anxious TO have picked
white men for breakfast, dinner
and supper, And it clears the
way for I. fair and equitable re-
organization Of the political
forces, and gives a better chance
than would have otherwise pre-
sented for the resumption of
cares and duties of citizenship
by the white democratic elesG
ment Of which the population
of Virginia is SO largely CONF
posed. Men Of sense, good
judgment, moderate and hui
name views; men owning large
portions of the wealth of the
State, and deeply interested in
restoring her to as close sem
blance as may be had Of her
original Importance and pros
pects--to say nothing of her re-
spectability--have probably Sc
cured to themselves the power
to act hereafter as political
leaders, and will no doubt do,
good service in stultifying the
doctrines and dom gs, Of the il
responsible adventurers and
crazed ignoramuses who have
SO long had supreme control.
Let us wait and see hoping
meanwhile that we may not be.
disappointed. aaibests 81 egaa
IF the Conservatives in Mis-
sissippi and Texas will take
the half loaf. as being better
than no bread, like the, white
Virginians, theyswill do wisely
and we'll. - $685. 4.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-12
: -
THE NEGRO.
From the New York Heral !.


Reconstructed Cuff is doing
very we'll. The tendency of
the race is to concentration in
the cotton belt, and in some
few years they will doubtless
be massed to the south of the
southern boundary line of Ten
nessee. In such case, the now
knotty problem of negro suf-
frage will solve itself !; there
will be no negro suffrage or no
cotton. When crowded into a
given belt Of country, on large
plantations, it would be such
folly to have them forever rae
ing off from the cotton-fields to
ithe. polls at every little consta-
BILE election that the voice of
the country will demand the
cessation of the farce. AS mat
tiers now are, the negroes are
doing we'll. The report, from
the Mississippi to the Atlantic,
is substantially that, under the
hands of a prompt paymaster,
they will work about as we'll
as ever. The decrease of the
,birth7rate among them is not
great as is generally believed.
lit tie wool-headed comes into
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-12
WOMAN's RIGHTS.


THE following extracts, from
a curious old black letter book,
entitled, The Lawes Resolu-
tons of Woman's Rights, or
the Lawes Provision for Wo-
men. Printed by the Assign
ment of John Moore, Esquire,
l622'-set forth the legal con-
dition of women in England in
Queen Elizabeth's time, and
the public feeling concerning
them very aecurately-Eds. ]
Women have no voyse in
Parliament, They make no
lawes, they consent to none,
Continued on Fourth page.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-12

the world like his betters, and
it is not at all likely that this
generation or the next will ever
see the last OF the gentleman
from Guinea. The current &C
counts of the religious condi-
ton of the blacks are not salts
factory. 1t seems that some
contests about church property
between rival divisions of GER
tain sects, North and South,
engage so much attention from
the several clerical combatants
that the spiritual nature Of
poor Cuff is running to seed.
The old barbaric superstitions
hold their" own, and are per-
haps something on the in
crease. Not long since the
Voudou worshippers of Louisa
ma had a fearsome pow-wow ia
the vicinity of the Crescent
City, on the occasion of elect
ing a new queen, and from
some parts of the aCarolinas
there are queer stories of a ten-
dency on the part Of the enfran-
chised towards pagan rites
Singular if, as John Chinaman
brings in his Joss on the Pacific
coast, Mumbo Jumbo should
set up his fetish on the Allan =
tic. But then citizenship, ir-
respective Of race, color, rags,
dirt, rat-eatlng, or heathen-
esse '.h
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-12

COlVlCo ulCu nave ouPPoA ooo
the conservative ticket. It is
even stated that, in many of
the Southside counties, the
Walker party ran several col
orea men for the Legislature.
It may he hoped that hereafter
the colored vote. will be even
more generally divided than
now, aud that the apprehended
calamity of party lines drawn
by races will be avoided in Vir-
ginias To reap the fruits Of
her past, action, Virginia will
have to adopt the fifteenth
amendment, unless Congress
should hereafter forego that re-
quirement, which is not at all
probable. 5& r.s
q From the Baltimore Gazette
asF The experience of a very few
years has shown that military
ruI is, if anything, more dis,
asUops than war. Nothing is
so eneryating and so demoraliz-
ing as the distrust which pro-
ceeds from want of confidence
in the present and uncertainty
in the future. Fields lie un-
cultivated, trade stands still,
money becomes scarce and dear.
Just as in, France, the people
became tired of political
changes, and were willing to
accept any form of government
which was likely to ensure
quiet, so the experiences of
Virginia have taught her that
any government is better than
no government at all. She
has at least ne now which,
whatever may be its faults, re-
stores order, establishes law
and gives her a Judiciary. We
can only hope that it is one
which means peace, for peace
means prosperity.
From the Washington Star
1t is worthy of note that the
parties in this contest have both
claimed to be Republican, and
the victorious side sent dis
patches to President Grant con-
graduating him on a great Re-
publican victory. The word
Democracy has not been used
during the Gubernatorial cam
paign, though the Democratic
element has formed the Wal
ker party t. AS
The Walker candidates for
the4sLegislature. it may be ad-
died., were pledged tovote for the
adoption of the 18th amend
ment to'the Constitution. The
Legislature elected will choose
United States Senators, and will
also have the power to take the
initiative in Amending the
State constitution, adopted by
the yote-that is to Say, this
Legislature can vote amend
inents to this constitution,
which, lf.confrmed by the next
Legislature will then be sub
mitted to the people for ratif-
cation. a.
five have obtained this great
triumph (and few short hours
will determine the question:,
our aim then will be to secure
its acceptance at Washington
by Congress and by the Presi--
dent. We can point to the
ticket elected as a Grant Re
publican ticket, to the adoption
of the expurgated Constitution,
as the realization of President
Grant views, and to our cleo
ted legislative candidates as
men who can take the required
oath.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-12
Opinions Of the Press,
From the Baltimore Sup.7

u "a 5ll Fsl y t dFs 20 y -afstf ~ al
2 1t must be conceded that the
successful party has evinced in
the conduct Of the canvass a
disposition to make great sac
rifces Of ancient prejudices and
to accept the situation in .good
faith, AS prescribedaby the pro-
clamation Of General Grant for
the election. They have sus-
tanned the Underwood Consti-
tutien, snotwithstandin g its OPP
pressive clause on county orga-
nizations and other bllrthen-
some and offensive provisions,
awaiting themselves Of the pri-
yilege, accorded to, them by
General Grant Of voting down
the expurgatedg provisions of.
the test oath and disfranchise9
ment. d They have sustained
with enthusiasm the political
friends of the President for
their offices. The impractical
bles have been thrust aside, and
the demands Of the new situar
ton conceded to the utmost
limit practicable without self
humiliation 1t is among the
gratifying features Of the cam
vass that the line between par.
ties has not been drawn entire
! ~ upon color, but that many
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-12
PRE- SENTS

EN- rs. PRE- SENTS
We ofiel u tine line of the fnl1o,,i,,
soeus. suitable for Presents to which W.
invite attention "Aio' Wv
rspler Mache Writing Desks,
Ofnamented Work Boxes
Foley's superior Gold Pens.
Handsome Bibles and PRAYERS
bronze lnkstands and Paper Weights,
hogers's Groups of statuary.
AAmerican ana Imported Chromos.
french Paper and Envelopes,
Chess Men and Boards,
Cribbage Boards,
aDante's Inferno, Illustrated by Dore.
Tennyson's Idyis, do 10
hauloach's Illustrations, &C., &c.
WILSON l. WALkE
APPS West Main sire,
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-12
COAL ! COAL!
FOR SAIL

FOR SALE,
NOV LANDING per schooner law
~ renee. i2O tons AA'"
RED ASH CRATE AND STOVE COAL.
Also per schooner r. c. Stannard, calet,
Luin Cumberland and Steamer Coal
A. A. MCCULLOUGH,
central wharf Nortollx
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THOR SALE OK EXCHANGE

FOR CITY PROPERTY IL.
A FARM situated on Bay Side Roa d
Princess Anne county, containing apo at
22I acres, about miles from tue city Of
Norfolk: about ~ acres of this land Is
cleared and III cult vation ,Lhe remainder
heavily wooded. The improvements
consist OF a Building of Six Rooms, VI 18th
necessary Out Houses. and The land is
well adopted 10 Trucking and Fruit. APP
ply to
my4~lm THIS OF FlCE.