The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-07-21
General News.


General News.
The Senate will not be ready to adjourn as
early as next Wednesday
Secretary Stanton and General Grant have
been lately closeted with the President. Gen.
Forrest made an unsuccessful effort to obtain
an interview
A large number of nominations have been
sent to the Senate. The disposition of the
President is to submit all appointments to
the Senate as rapidly as made, before djourn-
ment
There are fortytwo freedmen's schools in
Washington, with sxty-eight teachers, and
3,6l1 pupils. The total number in the Dis
trict is 10 schools, 1913 teachers, and 1886
pupils.
Daniel Jackson, a colored man, is living in
Allegheny county, Md, aged ITO years. He
was a servant to an officer in the revolution
airy war.
A mass meeting of the friends of President
johnson has been held at Towsontown
On Tuesday next there will be mass meet
ing in this place. called under the auspices
of that portion of the Union Executive Com
mittee which sustains Gov. Swami and favors
the restoration policy of President johnson.
Gov. Swami and Ex-Governor Bradford, of
Md, and Hon. John Hogan, of Missouri, Hon
Mr. Perine, of New York, and other distin-
guished gentlemen are advertised to speak,
and fine band of music will be in attendance
on that occasion.
! meeting has also been hAld n Somerset
| and Washington counties, Md.
The Alexandria Gazette says: The recent
murder of Mr.. Lyles, in Prince George coun-
ty; the robbery of Mr.. Posey, in Charles
| county, and other reported outrages, near the
Potomac river, below this place, have created
naturally enough, great excitement in the
lower counties of Maryland, and the citizens
there are securing their houses, as if they were
] in q hAaiAsAa country. out of tho Pafe or law,
and thrown upon their individual resources to
protect themselves from robbery and assassi-
| nation.
| A dispatch from Helena, Arkansas, says
Mrs. Henrietta w. Davenport has just been
notified that she has fallen heir to an estate
worth 100000, in Scotland, through her
| uncle Robert Bruce Blackburn, recently de-
| ceased, who was one of the heaviest manufac-
turers in Europe.
Richard l.. Law has been restored to the
the Navy, on the active list.
communication rom the President, in
compliance with law, gives list of the aggre-
gate of all fees received by the various con-
suls and consular agents. During the last
year, those at London were over $50, 900;
Liverpool $27, 900; Manchester 1923 900; Mon
treal $11 1000; Paris $4,000; Matamoras
$4,000; Havana $22, 900; Hamburg SO 900,
and Belfast $4,000. These are the largest
amounts, and the scale descends to very low
figures.
convention of fire insurance presidents,
and others interested in the matter, was held
in New York One hundred and fifty off,
GERS of Insurance companies were present,
and the States of New York, Massachusetts,,
Connecticut, Rhode Island Pennsylvania
Ohio, Illinois and Virginia were represented
embracing a capital of from twenty-five to
thirty millions. Resolutions were adopted
looking to a reasonable advance on the rate
of premium. A national board of underwri-
tiers was formed The convention is stin in
session.
Advices from Mexico state that the liberals
occupied Huadimango. Gen. Corona received
SIX pieces of artillery at Alfalfa from San Fran
cisco. A French iron-clad gunboat had ar
rived at Tampico to aid the Naval forces
there. Letters from Monterey describe affairs
in that section as very gloomy. The frontier
is full of liberals. Toluco was again invaded
by the liberals under Gen. Regules. 1t is ru-
mored that Tampico has fallen into the hands
of the liberals
terrible three-days gale recently visited
Indianola, Texas. beginning on the 18th and
ending in a terrible gale on the 18th instant.
-Four vessels were totally wrecked; of two of
them there was not vestige left
Major General Meade arrived at Long
Branch on Wednesday. He will review the
State troops on the oath instant, at which
time there will be grand military display
there
The Republican Congressional Convention
for the New Albany, Ind, District, was held
at that place on the 18th Governor Morton,
though still suffering from the effects of his
recent severe Illness delivered an eloquent
address three hours in length,
contract has been closed by the Light
House Board, with a New York firm for the
construction of 300 light iron buoys, at from
500 to $3.50 each They are to replace those
taken up by the 'rebels" in southern harbors
during the war.
The railroad iron and all necessary materi-
ais to complete the road from Shreveport TO
Marshal, Texas, have been received and the
work will be vigorously prosecuted
The wife of Macmillan was to leave for
Europe to arrange for new loan
There have been a number of deaths in
Baltimore from sunstroke.