The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-10-18
Mr.. stanton asks to be Relieved.

Mr.. Stanton asks to be Relieved.
Washington, Oct. 16.--I am enabled to
say upon high authority. that Hon. Edwin
NJ. Stanton has, in writing, requested the
President to relieve him of his position as
Secretary of War, and that Mr.. Stanton will
be sent to Spain as Minister Of the United
States, in place Of Hon. John P. Hale. Lieut..
Gen. Sherman will be requested to assume
the duties of the War Department as Acting
Secretary of War.
The Japanese Princes, accompanied by
their interpreter and guide, Mr.. Olephaot, Of
Boston, arrived in this city to-day. They
will spend few days sightseeing in the cap
| ital.
The Government to-day received official
information that the last of the Fenian prison.
ers in Ireland, who claimed to be citizens of
the United States, had been released by the
British government; that his firearms had
been returned to him, and he had been ship
ped for his home upon vessel bound for
this country
The President to-day appointed the follow
ing Trustees of the House of Correction in the
District of Columbia VIM. B. Webb and
P. D. Gurley, each for three years. B. F.
Wright and Henry D. Cooke, each two years.
David K. Cartier and Sias J. Bowen.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on the
Constitutional Amendment.
New York, Oct 16.-Rev. Henry Ward
| Beecher delivered an address at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music last night, in which he
advocated the passage of the constitutional
amendment as a necessity, and expressed his
oG,Io, - ha fc,k - ~
He charac terized the republican party as the
true qua rdians of the interests Of the govern
ment, and declared it to be the duty of the
North to educate the South into a recognition
of the entire justice Of the amendment.
Buffalo, Oct 16-The Commercial of this
city has intelligence that the Fenans made an
organized attempt to cross Niagara river at
Lewistown last Saturday evening, to burn the
village of Queenstown and blow up Brooks
Mountain, but the attempt was prevented by
information that the Canadians were ready to
receive them. The whole thing is doubtless a
canard.
From Louisville.
Louisville, Oct 15.-The opinion of the
the military commission in the case of the
military commission in the Case of the recent
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at Client, Kentucky, is just published, con-
cluded that the parties who made the arrest
and detained the mail steamer Gen. Buell.
should be arrested and tried by the competent
authority.
The grand Lodge Of Kentucky met to-day
Two hundred and seventy-two Masonic Lodi
ges were represented Grand Master Will
iams reports Masonry in fourishing coldi-
ton in the State. $65,7 are reported in the
treasury.
The Louisville Catholic Diocese has been
created an Archiepiscopal See.
Major-Gen. Thomas is here, and will soon
establish his headquarters in Louisville.
Fort Monroe, Oct. l6-The steamer Ala
bama, from Savannah for new York, put in
to Norfolk this morning short of coal. Sac
encountered heavy weather. The gulhoat
Lenapee, which was sent out yesterday in
search of the schooner Sarah Ellen, reported
as dismasted out side of Cape Henry, has re-
turned after an unsuccessful cruise The
schooner. probaly made southern port. The
steamer Ellen Tory of New York, for New
bern, is detained by the weather, with many
passengers on board. The steamer George
Appold has arrived from Boston. The wealth
er is still stormy outside. Wind northeast
Fort Monroe, Oct. 17.-Arived bark
George Kingman, from Fortera, Mexico, for
New York, with cargo of mahogany and
!ogwood reports having encountered very
heavy, weather; schooner Mary A. Rich, from
Marigdue Hayti, for Boston with a cargo Of
logwood, encountered very heavy weather,
lost part of her deck load, and put
in short of provision. They were on short
allowance for six days.
1t is still blowing outside.
Gettysburg, Pa. Oct. 1.-THE soldiers Or
most ready fer occupancy, and will be form
on occasion Bishop Simpson President of the
Association, Henry Ward Beecher, Speaker
Colfax, and other distinguished gentlemen
will be present and deliver addresses.
Georgia Affairs.
| Augusta, Ga, Oct. 16.-A freedman was
shot and killed in Columbia county last night
The affair originated from difficulty with a
white man, which the freedman reported to
General Tillson, who advised him to seek re-
| dress from the civil authorities. Last night
number of white men surrounded his house
and murdered him whilst attempting to es-
| CAPE The citizens are indignant at the out
rage A military force has been sent to ar
rest the perpetrators.
Several jayhavkers have been arrested in
Newton county by the military
A slight frost has been experienced in this
vicinity. The weather is favorable for the
cotton crop, which is looking better.
The United States direct tax commissioner
is about to sell Al lots and houses in the town
of Beaufort, s. c., nearly 5000 lots in the
newly laid out city of Port Royal, al the
sonth west end of ST Helena Island a2 school