The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-01-22
General News.


General News.
Capt Rufus Choate, only son of the late
Hon Rnfus Choate, died at Dorchester, Mass,
on the 18th inst
1t is claimed that Minnesota is a favorable
region for the residence of persons with pull
monary affections.
1t is understood that General Buffers reply
to General Grant is nearly finished, and will
soon appear with the imprint of New York
publishing house. 1t is said to contain some
sharp hits.
The granting of pardons las temporarily
ceased, owing to the President having directed
that no more applica, ions be laid before him
until further orders.
Gonzales, who has been on trial for the last
three days in Brooklyn for the murder of
Otero, was found equity of murder in the first
degree" on Thursday. He was remanded for
sentence.
Five hundred and fourteen emigrant pas
senger vessels arrived in New York last year,
carrying 200,031 passengers. In 1854 the,
number Of emigrants landed at Castle Garden
was 181 ,9l6.
Theodore Knapp, German translator for
New York publishers, committed suicide on
| Wednesday evening, in that city, by swallow
lug lauuduull, Wulle ldporllS uuucl d III vi
melancholy.
| The New Orleans Delta thinks it ominous
that pontoon trains have been ordered to the
Rio Grande. They were ordered from New
Orleans by direction of Gen. Sheridan, whose
chief of staff is now at Brownsville
| A Toronto dispatch states that General
Sweny's promise Of hostages for Fenians con-
victed in Ireland has created fears of another
Canadian invasion, and stirred up the provin-
Gals to renewed excitement and wrath.
! The Lowell (Mass.) papers state that the
loss by the fire In that city on the morning of
the 18th instant was fully quarter of a mil
lion dollars The property was insured for
two hundred and seventeen thousand five
hundred dollars, ninety one thousand of which
is in New York offices.
| In opposition to the nomination of General
Moorehead for Governor of Pennsylvania by
the Republicans Of Allegheny county, the Re-
publican Convention of Bedford county has
nominated the Hon. John Cessna for the same
office
The reported suicide of the Spanish Admir-
al Pareja, in consequences of the capture of one
of his gunboats by the Chilians, is confirmed.
The cholera still continues its ravages at
Guadalupe, the average number of deaths
being one hundred and thirty-one per day, in
a population of ten thousand souls
| A leading member of the Cabinet is said to
have expressed the opinion, after the passage
of the Negro suffrage bill by the House, that,
if it passed the Senate, the President would
certainly veto it.
A National Convention of Bricklayers was
held in Baltimore on Wednesday evening.
Nine States were represented. A constitution
and bylaws were adopted, and memorial to
Congress in favor of the eight hour system was
drawn up.
The steamship Montezuma arrived at New
York on Thursday night. with advices from
Kingston, Jamaica, to January g. No further
disturbances had occurred on the island, but
over one hundred and fifty prisoners were still
held for trial and the arrest of rebels had not
yet ceased. Sir Henry Storks, appointed to
succeed Governor Eyre, had not arrived at his
post of duty when the steamer left. A dispatch
from w. Cardwell, British Secretary of State
for the Colonies, which had been laid before
the local Assembly, seemed to give unqualified
approval to the measures taken by Governor
Eyre for the suppression of the revolt.
A consolidated report of the colored schools
under the control of the Freedmen's Bureau
has been made by Major General Howard,
from which we learn that the whole number
of schools for colored children in the several
freedmen's districts for the month of Novem-
Der, 1865, was 6S1; the number of teachers
employed 1,24O and the number of scholars
95834.
! The Secretary of the Treasury is now en-
gagged in recognizing his bureaus, and has
requested his clerks who are petitioning Con-
gress for higher pay to wait until his measure
is decided upon. He hopes to re luce the cler-
ical staff of his Department from 2,700 clerks
to 1000, and, by dividing the pay of the 2,700
among the 1000, to satisfy all parties.