The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-12-20
THE DAY BOOK.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, DEC. 20, 1866.


In consequence of the refusal by the Legis-
lature of Tennessee to allow the negroes to tes-
tify in court, the War Department has issued
orders to General Fiske, the Superintendent
of the Freedman's Bureau in that State, to
take all cases in which the rights of negroes
are involved before the military courts for
adjudication ..... ..f..- ~.
GENERAL BREcKIN RIDGE.-Mr. M. G.
Bruce, formerly member of the rebel Con-
gress from Kentucky, now commission mer-
chant at Augusta; Georgia, denies that he has
given the sum of one hundred thousand dol
lars to General John G. Breckenridge. He
says that General Breckenridge is now living
comfortably in Canada, and is not in need of
such gift. ~ 81. pr.
DR.. CHAMBERS SERMON The Philadel-
phia Age says that, Gin response to numerous
and earnest requests" it will soon publish Dr.
Chamhers's celebrated sermon on thanksgiv-
ing day. So that there are numerous" peo-
pie in Philadelphia who coincide with the
Rev. Doctor in opinion, and are disposed to
do justice to the Southern PEG Die.
Mr.. DAvIs.-The Fortress Monroe cores
pendent of the New York Herald writes that
the Rev. Mr. Minnegerode, the pastor of ST..
PauPs Church Richmond che church which
Mr.. Davis attended during his residence in
Richmond, has been permitted to visit him at
the fortress. y. 81. .te.,-.5-.
Colonel John B. Howard, of Brooklyn,
lately attached to the Quartermaster Generals
Department at Washington, has been APP
pointed Chief Quartermaster of the District of
Colorado. He left for Denver City on Satur-
day. eaii.ri:'. a ss'.i- 'sa..
About seventy clerks have been discharged
from the Treasury Department in Washing
ton, within the last few days, some for incom-
potency and others because their services were
longer required. a.
The amount of currency issued to the Ma
tional Banks last week foots up to four mill
lions seven hundred and ninety-one thousand
dollars, an excess of one million four hundred
thousand over the previous week.
2 Robert M. Dunlop, who for three years
past has discharged the duties of Superin-
tendent, of the Petersburg Railroad, has re-
signed. GAGS.
Ex-Gov. Cleveland is numbered among the
converts in a recent religious revival at Hamp-
ton, Conn. ] t
F. B. F. Burgess formerly member of the
Maryland Legislature from Charles county,
died recently. :aa5 .s..t. -. .5t.
E. Golding, school teacher, has been in
dicted at st. Louis for teaching the "young
idea how to shoot" before he took e the oath"
David Curry was knocked down in the
street in Richmond few nights ago, and rob
bed of 800 '-'
"The newest thing" is the sugar wedding
thirty days after marriage. Is such de-
vice necessary at 50 early period ? ses.
The One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Ohio
Regiment has been mustered out at Washing
ton, and viii depart for home III a few days.
+ Badiali, the celebrated opera singer, died a
few weeks ago at Bologna, in the Goth year of
his age. ~ .a...i-1-
The sloop-of-war, Canandaigua, at Boston,
is ready for sea, and will sail for the Mediter-
ranean this week
Hog cholera is very prevalent in Cumber-
land county, Pa. '! L /.
Il The La Pierre House, in Philadelphia is
closed because the owners ask too much rent