The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-12

the above county for Jurisdiction over this
and similar cases.-N. 7 Herald
Joseph Smith, of Nauvoo, son of the founa
der of Mormonism, publishes in the Council
| Bluffs Iowa) Nonpareil, long letter defeu,
| ding the Norman New Organization against
the charge Of believing in polygamy. Smith
quotes from the "Book of Covenants of bis
church, showing that it teaches and requires
| that the husband shall have but one wife, and
be challenges public discussion of the sub
ject, to be held in Council Bluffs, Iowa! Of
the sold Organization''--that at Salt L ,ke-
he says that it does not end canuot defend the
doctrine of polygamy, by evidence from the
Book of Mormon and Book of Doctrine and
Covenants. I4
From the late English papers we CLEAN tn
following as part of the audience of John
Owens benefit on the 25th ult There were
Bayle Bernard ofthe Morning Pest Boston,
ian Mr.. Sawyer, of the New York Herald !;
Miss Lucille Western, George Jordan, Mr.
Collier, ofNib!o's Mark Smith, John Seton
and Mr.. Young, Of Waliack's; John Collins,
'the Irish vocalist" and Mr. Collins, Jr !;
Mr. Maxwell, John Heenan. Professor Ander-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Drayton, DR.. Joy,
Miss Elseworthy, Mr.. and Miss Bateman,
1t is noteworthy that the Liberals lost no
seat in Ireland that they held In the last Par
lament, while they gained one each in Cayan
county, Dublin city. Galway city, Limerick
county, Monaghan county, Portalingtou, Sill
60 county, Waterford city, Kings county
making in all nine clear gains for the whole
country GU. of the twenty four ministerial
net gains of the election. This significant
L OH in nr1i "a q
Ireland is almost entirely due to the position
taken by Lord Derby at the close of the Par.
liamentarv session on the Catholic oath,s bill.
IN. Y. Times.
T. CHURCHES IN NEW York AND PH1LAp LpHrA
The new city directories show that while in
New York there are only 3O5 churches. thew
have s63 in Philadelphia. The latte rcitv
claims to have A more Baptist, 2 more Roman
Catholic, 10 more.sFriend's meeting houses. 8
! more Protestant Episcopal. more Lutheran
more Reformed, "a more Methodist, 81 more
Presbyterian, and IL more colored churches
| than New York; while the latter 10 more
Dach Reformed, II more Hebrew Synagoeues 8.
more Unversalst and IA more independent
churches than Phi'adelphia.
A maa named Guy, an emplyee in the paper
mill of Stonebaker Il Cook, near Hagerstown
Md, whilst asserting some old paper, came
| across $4,000 in notes of the Hagerstown
1 Bank, done up in package. This package,
strange to say, had mysteriously.. disappeared
4 from the bank and now fortunately turned
| up as above described. Mr.. Guy promptly
resunred the money to the institution, and
re eived reward OF $3.50 for his honesty
Mail t..q, -
| PEDDLERs.-The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has decided as follows That ped.
dlers license must be taken by every person
who travels from place to place selling now
ing machines; and the sale of single ma.
chine cannot be considered as selling at
Wholesale, and is not exempted by the bro.
visions Of the thirty. second clause of'sec-
| ton 70. tat a"a'7
l. SPECIE GoINa SouTH.-The New York Comr
mercial says: "We have the best authority
for believing that the amount of specie sent
South, overland, has for late weeks averaged
nearly one million dollars per week. A ror.
ton of the people there have not yet learned
to esteem greenbacks ard will sell only for
gold OF silver. tGm
STILL THEY Go.-The exodus Of negroes
| from the lower counties in Maryland and
| Virginia continues: They all go to Washing
ton : at least, in the first place. II the drain
lasts, there will be but few left in the coun-
| ties mentioned. The steamboats, coming up
| the river are crowded with them every week.
I-Alerasdrsa Gazette. r..
The employees 10 the shops of the New Jer-
sey Railroad Company, upon receiving their
pay for July, were notified that the pay of all
Except foremen and engineers, would be rer
duced to the old prices-about fifteen per
cent-on and after the present month.
| We are gratifed to learn that the Ettricks
| Manufacturing Company contemplate build
| ing very speedily, upon the site of their facs
tory destroyed by fire last week.-Pst. Er,
press.
Charles Balder, a painter at Hastings Min
nesota, shot and killed his brother in an af-
/ fray there last week
Altered notes of 50'a from SIS on the Ma.
tonal Bank ofIowa City are out, and have
have been extensively circulated in Louis.
vile.
Thecotton and wooden mills of Rhoda Island
are now in the full tide of succsssfl opera
ton. ,.ot a5 a,pl.....r s1
The amount Of currency issued to National
Bank during the week ending August 9th,
was $4,000, 40 total issue $165, s4,46o.
John fanny, ESQ.,, of Loudoun county, Va,
is named 40 canadate for Congress-
Jon W. war6sid an old citizen Of How.
ard county, Nd, died on the 3lst uit.