The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-08-18

to-day, w lCK6rSndfil, Ol IeDnSylNd-
MA presiding, and was welcomed to the State
and city by Gov. Morton. During the morn
ing Professor White, of Western Virginia,
read paper upon the educational needs of
the border States In the afternoon the ques-
ton, what proportion of time should youths
spend in school up to the age of sixteen years?
was fully discussed, after which Professor
Phelps, of Minnesota, read a paper on the
duties Of an American State in respect to
higher education. Tonight President Wick
ersham delivers the annual address.
Movements Of steamers.
Father Point. August l5.--The steamship
Damascus, from Liverpool on the I'd, and
Londonderry on the 4th inst, passed this
poiut at one O'Clock this morning on her way
to Quebec.
Boston, August Is The steamship China
sailed this forenoon, taking tw ,ntytwo
passengers for Halifax, and seventy mine for
Liverpool She carries out no specie
New York, August 15-Arrived, steam
er Etna, from Liverpool Her advi,es are
anticipated. aaae tss afrfG Est4 t,e
Sinking of steamer.
3" Cairo, ILL.,, August 15-The steamer Mes
senger, from Cincinnati for New Orleans,
sunk at Island No. &c, Mississippi river, on
Monday. The loss is unknown.
. Internal Revenue Seizure.
New York, August ia whiskey distl-
lery in Fourteenth Street was seized to-day
by the Revenue officers. sa sfz
Reimbursing Missouri.
The War Department has appointed John
ID. Stevenson, CT Missouri; A. S. illiams, OF
Michigan; and William Mosely, of Missouri:
Commissioners under the Act Of Congress- APP
4 proved April IL 1866, to reimburse the state
Of Missouri for money expended for the Uni
4 ted States for enrolling, equipping and provis-
ioning the militia, and in SURPRISING the Re
,bellion.. They were directed to assemble at
st. Louis on July 30, 1866 for the purpose
O. of taking the necessary oaths and entering
upon the performance of their duties = -
a The Treasury Loan.
The redemption of the temporary loan will
absorb $70,000,000 in currency. The Treas
urer commences at once the payment of this
debt, but is not allowed TO reduce the volume
+ Of currency by an outside revenue. ~
Gen. Palmer's Resignation.
Major General John NJ Pamer's resigna-
ton has been Withdrawn by the Department
and he has been ordered to duty on Court
Martial at Nashville; before leaving, however
the Secretary of War pledged himself to &C
cept his resignation on the first of September
Georgia Gotten.
The first bale of Georgia cotton received at
Macon this season. which was presented to
President johnson by the citizens of that
place. has arrived in this city.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster. August 15-The Union County
Convention, which assembled here to-day,
made the following nominations:
la For Congress, Hon.. Thaddeus Stevens.
Prothonotary, Colonel William L. Baer. Reg
ister Colonel David Miles. Recorder, Isaac
Hollinger. Clerk of Orphans Court, Captain
j. G.. Mercer. Clerk of Quarter Sessions,
Jacob M. Kryder. Commissioner, Christian
Fl. Knissley. Senator'S E. Billingfelt Cen
eral j. w Fisher. Assembly, Andrew Arm
strong, J. w. Lehman, D. g. Stacey, Capt.
f. ID. Roth.
Middlebury, VT, August l5.-The Hon
Fred. E. Woodrige was unanimously renomi-
mated for Congress by reclamation at the Re-
publican District Convention to-day
Internal Revenue Frauds.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a
circular relative to the per centage of fines,
penalties, or forfeitures incurred by Internal
Revenue frauds, which will hereafter be paid
to persons informing the proper officials of
o such frauds upon the Government. so
sa.. Personal.
Gen. Daniel e.. Sickles has been rendered
the Colonelcy Of the Second Colored Infantry
4 with the rank Of Brevet Brigadier General in
the regular army. 1t is stated that he has de-
clined the appointments. I8i
Gen. E, Whittlesey, late Commissioner of
the Bureau in North Carolina, has arrived in
Washington, on his way home, in Bruins
wick, Me-, where he is ordered to await the
PRONUNCIATION of the finding of the Raleigh
court martial. Cd
Work of the Treasury Department.
The Treasurers Office are employing all
their available force in the work of convert
ing 7-S0 notes into 500 gold bearing bonds
the benefit to the public being the paying the
accrued interest on their bonds in currency,
and at the end of six months receiving their
interest back in coin, beside the conversion of
s-loth currency short note into six per
cent, coin long bond. 5G~
Public Lands
Twenty-one thousand nine hundred acres
of land were taken up by actual settlers in
July at Junction City, Kansas. The Agent
at Little Rock, Ark, reports no entries have
been made by actual settlers during the past
Fhfse Years'
sg4 Internal Revenue.
.as The Internal Revenue receipts to-day were
20 $l,22Q,666 90. ss ~
hs The Catholic Council.
Bishop Wood, of Philadelphia, has issued
circular calling attention to the fact that the
Second Plenary Council of the Catholic Church
in the United States, convoked by the au-
thority of the Holy See, will be opened in the
CATHEDRAL of Baltimore, on the first Sunday