Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-02
NEWS ITEMS

A distressing accident occurred Tues
day after Don during the game of base
ball between the Pastime Club, of Bal
timore, and Olympics, of Washing ton,
by which the catcher Of the Pastime
had his leg broken just below the knee.
The accident, which occurred, about the
sixth inning, was occasioned by one of
the Olympics falling against him on a
home run, and Of course put an end to
the game. The leg was set by sur
geon in very few minutes after the
accident. SD ljas ylieBsaB aa 9gi
Captain General De Rodas, in a
speech, Tuesday, stated that he came to
the island counting on the aid of SO, 900
volunteers to suppress the rebellion.
Complete harmony at present exists be-
tween him and the volunteers & in Has
vana Lesca is in Cineo Villas. 1t is
supposed that an entire company Of
captured Spanlards had been executed
by the Oubans at sabana Nueve, " q
A gentleman is reported to have ar
rived recently in Boston from Madrid,
who brings special messages from Ser
rano, the Regent, and Prim, the Minister
of War, to President Grant, announcing
that the. new government intends to
adopt policy for Cuba, that will prove
to be satisfactory to the people of that
island and of the United States. dyHH
A Russian Naval Squadron, under
the command Of Vice Admiral Erben-
toff, it is reported, has been recently
sent out with instructions to visit the
principal ports of the United States. ai
Florida, lit is asserted, contains over
seven million acres of, land lying along
the coast from Indian river to Cape Sa-
BILE, admirably adapted to the cultiva,
ton of coffee. ili 'bSs H@" 3s''' j
The Kansas Indians in the recent, mas
! sacres on the Solomon and Saline rivers,
according to a report from the Surveyor
General of Kansas, killed more than
thirty persons, The four surveying
parties who were out at the time of the
trouble have all returned IN safety, only
one of them having exchanged shots
with the Indians, but all of them so
frightened that they decline to take the
field again for the present, t.,, !
The fifteenth constitutional amend
ment has passed the n. Hampshire House
of Representatives,, and came up in the
Senate yesterday. ssst y '
1t is said that Gen. Roger A. Pryor will
be indicted in N York on charge Of VIC
lating the neutrality laws in the Cuban
business. li ShiStG ,pTellod a7 III
William Douglas Wallacb, formerly
owner and editor of the Washington
Star, whorecently retired from candi-
dacy for Congress, has..taken the stump
in Virginia for Walker. m
4 Cincinnati has voted, fifteen to one,
to subscribe ten millions towards the
construction of a railroad between that
city and Chattanooga, Tennessee. This
is commendable for Western enterprise,
More Cabinet changes are rumored.
Cox. Secretary Of the Interior, and Fish
er, Commissioners of Patents, are expec-
ted to resign in a day or two. At this
rate the President may havs to put off
his vacation trip, and engage in the
reconstruction of his present Cabinet. !
Information from the principal grain
district of California indicates that the
crops, though large, are below the aver
age yield per acre. Considerable .por-
tons, either through thinness or rust,
will not pay to harvest. In Oregon the
crops are greatly in excess of, any pre-
vious year, except in the Wallawalla
region.