The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-16

Inc new 1OIk quarantine report SHOWS
that 4S patients remained in the hospital
Apprehensions are entertained for the safe
ty of the large clipper ship Monarch, forty
days over due from Liverpool. She had on
board 700 emigrant passengers, and an assor-
ted cargo.
A national Cemetery has been selected by
the Government at St. Mary's Heights over
looking Fredericksburg, for the interment of
10000 of the federal soldiers, slain al Chan
cellorsville, Wilderness and Spottsylvania
Court House.
Factors 10 New Orleans state that since the
proposition to tax cotton five cents, there has
been growing carelessness on the part of
planters relative to the crop.
Every National Bank is to make monthly
returns to the Comptroller, to be sworn to by
the Presidant and Oashier--the quarterly re-
turns to be verified under oath by majority
of the Board of Visitors
Three car loads of Fenians and roughs, GOT
into fight on tbs Hudson river Railroad
One of the number was thrown from win
dow, while the train WAS in motion.
A large number of Fenians arrived at New
York, and were furnished transportation to
their homes,
The Agricultural Society deny the state
ment that the rhinderpest is in New York it
is plain pneumonia
Iron bridge materials have been made in
Baltimore, and are awaiting shipment to
Tennessee. Their ultimate destination is
Memphis. They were made at the works of
Wendill Bollman and A. & w. Drummond &
Son, of Baltimore.
On the 10th instant, the mostsR Rev. Arch
bishop Spaulding, confirmed 90 persons at
St. Joseph's church, Baltimore county-and
so at St. Josephs (Redemption) church, nine
miles from Baltimore. He also confirmed 20
at ST. Pauls Ellcott's Mills four Ct whom
were converts.
Mr.. BENJAMIN. 1t is stated that Mr.. Ben
iamin is consulted exclusively on questions re-
lating to American commerce, and particular
ly on intricate points involved in questions
growing out of blockade matters.
The school ship Sabine, Lieutenant Comd,
r. B. Lowry, left New London, Conn, on
Monday for practice cruise. She will then
go to Boston, where she will be docked and
put in repair for summer cruising, and will
return to New London about the lst of July.
There are about three hundred naval appren-
tees on board at the present time, and the
progress made by thu boys is said to be of the
most satisfactory character. Surgeon Gibbs
has been ordered to rejoin the Sabine.
Present advices from the cotton region
along the Mississippi are most favorable Du-
ring the month of April and the early part of
MAY the extraordinary rains and cold wealth
er threatened irreparable damage Favorable
weather has enabled the planters to get the
start of the grass, and now the chief COM
plant is upon plantations were bad or defec-
tive seed was used. Cotton f esh new seed is re-
presented as being healthy and vigorous, in
good state of cultivation, and promising fine
ly. The losses from old or imperfect seed
will be heavy, but will lead to the cultivation
of much larger breadth Of corn, an object
scarcely less important than the production
Of large cotton crop.-[ Louisville Courier,
18th inst. sE
The use of the cigarette at the dnner-table
by Partisan ladies, isat length beginning to be
custom. @5 Hl.<
A London literary writer says that the
readings of the prosecuted Mrs. Yelverton
have proved splendid success. She is a
delicate looking blonde small and tender,
with an attractive countcpance and really
beautiful eyes. Exceedingly nervous and
tilnid, as a natural consequence, she has net
full command of her powers, yet she reads
with refined taste and feeling. tits said that sic
has no less than three hundred invitations to
give readings at $500 per night, and will be
able to make, if she fulfls these appointments,
$4,000.
At the trot on the Union Course, between
Butler, Lady Emma, and Vanderbilt-bes
in 5, six heats-frst was worn, by Vandcr-
bilt, the second and fifth by lady Emma and
the third, fourth and sixth by Butler. Time.
2.15 2.274, 2.27, 2.2s, 2.19, 2.32
1t is stated that the Welsh coal field has
been tapped at various parts by mines, and
there can be no doubt that first class LAYER
of steam coal exists there, twenty miles in SUI
perhclal area, with an average thickness offs
80 fee. Every cubic yard of this vast field
contains ton of Goals. About $50 million
tons have been extracted, and the annual
extract at the present time is about eight
million tons. At this rate the eoal-feld will
last upwards of $4,000 years, North of Eng
land coal-feld which has been worked for
nearly 2000 years, and shows no signs of ex-
haustion, is not to be compared with the
Welsh field in point of magnitude The
later has not been known more than 30
years. z.ss .lys
aNoihfh eAPloslse compound, more de-
Obstructive than nitro-glycerine, has been
brought to light. This chemical mixture is
called Sodium Amalgam. 1t is never manu-
featured in great quantities, though it has
been advertised for sale in San Francisco,
one firm claiming to have as much as two
hundred ounces for sale. The amount is not
large, but when it is understood that the ex-
plosivepower Of an ounce ofsodium is equal to
that of about twenty-five pounds of gun
powder, or two and halfpounds nitro-g lycer-
inc, it can readily be conceived that even
fifteen or twenty ounces expoded in one
place would create immense havoc. And
when one further reflects that even so little
thing as spoonful of water coming in. con-
tract with two hundred ounces Of sodium
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