The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-09-25

iority. Last Spring the Radicals carried the
ward by II majority.
| SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept 20.-The Soldiers
and Sailors Convention of this State met to-
day. Speeches were made by General Barlow
who was elected temporary chairman, and
General Cochrane, who was elected permanent
president; also by Mr.. Woodford, the Repub-
| lcan candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
and Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,. Reso-
lutions were adopted sustaining Congress and
denouncing the President.
SECRETARY SEWARD.
The alarming and unfounded reports on
Friday evening, of Secretary Stewards low
condition were rather sunmarily put at rest
yesterday morning, by the Secretary appear
ance at the Presidential mansion.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, September 2O-A
large johnson mass meeting was held here yes
terday, which was addressed by Colonel Mel
son and the Rev s. B. Carter The resolutions
which were adopted endorse ard ratify he
Philadelphia Union Convention, and, on behalf
of the Union men of East Tennessee, protest
against the late Southern Convention, which
declared in favor of negro suffrage.
The following telegram was received from
the President
Executive Mansion, Washington, September
10. TO John Williams, Esq: l regret that it
will be out Of my power to be with the people
of my adopted home in Knoxville this day.
Though cannot DO with them in person, /
will be with them in spirit, in feeling and in
sentiment 1t is hoped that after they have
struggled so long and suffered so much for the
preservation of the Union, they will not be
| al ~ IaI ,uhoca
if carried out, will result in dissolution of
the Union and change of our free nsttu-
tons. ANDREW JOHNSON.
On Cry, Sept 19-Bshop j. NJ Young,
d. D., of the Catholic diocese of Erie, died
suddenly at the pastoral residence here. He
had been Bishop of the diocese since 1854,
having been consecrated in April of that
year. He was an earnest and faithful laborer
in the cause of his church. his field of duty
extending over the counties of Mercer, Venan-
go, Clarion, jefferson, Cameron, and Potter.
His loss win be deeply felt.
Rail Road Collision.
Louisville, Sept 24.-There has been a
collision on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
between De Soto and Quitman. seven per-
sons were killed and seventeen wounded.
Two locomotives and seven cars were des-
troyed
A FerOciOus Maniac.
There is maniac now living in Bucklana,
Mass, named Josiah Spaulding, who, the
pringfcldRepublican says, has been confined
in an iron cage for over fifty years, and for
more than thirty years, has not stood erect.
He has become 50 deiormed that it is impossi-
BILE to straighten his limbs by manual force.
He refuses to be clothed, and will not suffer
anything to remain on him, and is only kept
warm in winter by warming the room in
which his cage is placed. He is the son of
the Rev. Josiah Spaulding. When he first
became insane he endeavored to murder his
father, mother and sister, and it became ne
cessary to confine him SO that he could not
harm any one.
The New Orleans Riot.
The report of Gen. Sherdans Military
Commission on the New Orleans riots, accom-
panied by testimony, has reached the Presi-
dents table. The report itself covers nearly
seventy-fve pages of foolscap, and the testi-
mony is very voluminous. The pressure of
business ap',.. 40 r.Aa+ that
IT'S examination is likely to be deferred some
days.
Cholera Reports.
New York, Sept. 24.-Cholera, though not
on the increase, sill exists in our midst. Five
; additional cases were reported at the rooms of
the Board of Health yesterday. Ten cases
of cholera were reported in this city ON Sat
urday.
Philadelphia, Sept. 24-On Saturday there
were twelve cases of cholera reported in Phil
adelphia, three Of which proved fatal
Louisville, Sept. 22.-There were eleven
new cases of cholera, and four deaths from old
cases.
Nashville, Sept. 22.-There were ffty-fve
deaths from cholera during the last twenty
four hours. Business is stagnant, and every
body is leaving the city.
st. Louis, Sept. 23.-The total number of
deaths from cholera in this city last week was
two hundred and two.
Philadelphia, Friday-Eght cases of cholera
were reported. The Board Of Health adopted
the following at their meeting yesterday
Whereas, Councils having declined to make
an appropriation of $4,000 to the Board for
special purposes, as asked for June 7th, 1866,
and whereas, the former appropriation for the
promotion of public cleanliness having been
exhausted; therefore.
Res0toed, That until an appropr alton be
made for that purpose by Councils, the Health
Officer be instructed to suspend all orders for
work in his hands,
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 21.-Thsre have been O.
leven cases of cholera since noon to day, three
of them fatal. These cases all occurred in one
locality, near the corner ef Tenth and Green
streets. nl
Professor A. IT, Bledsoe, A. A., L. D.,
late of the University of Virginia, and well
known in America and in Europe as an au-
thor and scholar, is about to commence the
publication in Baltimore of periodical to be