Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-19
NEWS ITEMS.

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Il has been thought advisable in
Austria, owing to the present aspect Of
affairs, not to reduce the army.
Mrs. Frances r. Boyle wife Of DR..
Cornelius Boyle, formerly of Washing
ton city, died suddenly at Fauquier
White Sulphur Springs, Va, on Thurs
day
Marshal Mel, Minister of War for
France, whose illness has already been
mentioned, is dead.
John Bragg Drinkard, native Of
Petersburg, Va, and a brother Of VIM.
R, Drinkard, Of Washington, died in
Kansas city, Missouri, on the 18th
inst. sA 'S' ''s' ~,
g The Tarboro Southerner in an ar
ticle on "Iiberal Republicanism' very
wisely advises us to bury the dead is
sues of the past and eudeavor earnestly
and faithful to recuperate our condition,
and stay, as much as possible, the de-
moralization of our people, a neces-
sary consequence of the calamitious
civil war through which we have
passed.
The Governor Of New Mexico has is
sued proclamation declaring all Nava-
| Joe and Gila Apache Indians whenever
found outside the bounds Of their re-
servations outlaws, and authorizing the
citizens of the Territory to kill such
Indians when found depredating upon
the property Of the whites. S3
The lowness of the river Nile excites
general attention The water is lower
| than it has been within, $50 years. The
| prospect for cotton is favorable, and
the crop is estimated at 1, 100000
carlos. 9aanes
John l.. Thompson, clerk in the
postofice of the University of Virginia,
| charged with robbing the mail Of
several money letters, has been exam
ined before United States Commissioner
Chahoon, at Richmond, and sent on for
I trial before the United States Circuit
( Court.
James C. Dobbin, Esq q promising
young lawyer, of Fayetteville, N. G.,
son of the late Hon. ]: = 20. Dobbin,
Secretary of the Navy under Pierce's
| administration, fell from a third story
window in Fayetteville last Friday
night, breaking his skull, and causin
] instant death.
| The total valuation of Boston for taxa
BILE purposes. according to the assessor
returnsfor 1869, is $549, 81 GOO, being
an increase over last year I of $5S, 937,'
| 900.
! Prominent Repu blcans say that il
Andrew johnson is elected to the & Sen,
ate from Tennessee, they will yigor-
| ously advocate the election of General
Butler to the Senate from Massachusetts
to succeed Senator Wilson. ss hs,Isij
The death of the Rev President Will
son, of Union Theological Seminary
/ makes vacancy in the official corps Of
that institution, which the trustees will
| fill at a special meeting in September
The names of the Reverend Doctors
| Moore, Reid, Alexander, Phillips, Rev,
Messrs. Miller, Shepperson, and Vaughn,
have been mentioned in connection with
the Office. a 4a.5l
| The equatorial earthquakes prophe.
sled by German gentleman ofscience
to take place between the 9TH and 10th
| of August, have not 'come off," We
may, therefore, feel pretty certain that
similar calamities which he promised
| for the 9th of September and the 4th OF
October, will not occur. Science pre-
| diets eclipses and other celestial pheno-
mena with more accuracy than it does
the phenomena Of the terrestrial ball.
| A young man, named William Full.
| lerton, was found on the ground in
| Commonwealth avenue, Boston, on Sun
| day. He had shot himself with pis-
| tol, in despair Of obtaining employment.
He was taken to the hospital, and will
| probably recover ;jieHau 6ii
| George B. Ritter, President Of thu
First National Bank ofClMemphis, has
been arrested in New York, charged
with embezzling $500, 900 of tho School
| fund of TENNESSEE. The evidence
against him has not transpired tIa
| Father Hyacinth9, the famous pulpit
orator of Paris, lately declared at a meet,
ing of the Peace Society ia Paris, bal
"there are three religious in the world
| the Jewish, the Catholic, and the Prot.
| estant: all eqnal in the sight of God :
4 A singular utterance for a Roman Cath
| olic priest. 81 ~ 3@h 6tGi
| The Japanese colonists have pur.
chased another tract of land in Placer
county, California, for tea and mul
berry plantation. Herr Schell7 will re-
turn to Japan on the, first steamer fol
the purpose of bringing out large addi
tons to the colonists aud fresh stock
Of mulberry plants. i#
| The National Labor Congress assem-
bled in Philadelphia Monday. Susan
| B. Anthony attended as delegate
Her credentials We're submitted for ex
animation, and she was ruled out.
II Why?
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