The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-02

The Senate on Wednesday debated
till the adjournment the concurrent res
olution declaring that no Senator or
Representative from the lately rebellious
states shall be admitted until Congress
decides that they are entitled to admis-
sion. The House debated, and then
postponed till the second Tuesday of
April, the proposed constitutional
amendment relative to the privileges
and immunities of citizens in theseveral
states, etc.
The chief medical officer of the Freed
mems Bureau represents that during
the month of December the total num-
Der of freedmen treated at the various
hospitals throughout the southern
states, principally for malarious diseases
was Is, 112. The deaths during that pc
riOd were 653; discharged 12,459. The,
actual cost for medicines amounted to
81 so for each patient. The friends of
the sick freedmen bore the rest of the
expense.
Resolutions have been introduced into
the New York Senate in favor of the
Freedmens Bureau bill and against the
Presidents veto, and requesting their
Congressman not to'vOte for the admis-
sion of members from any of the late
rebellious States. In the Massachusetts
Legislature similar resolutions have been
introduced, cOndemning the Presidents
attack on Senator Sumner.
A Toronto despatch says that reports
from English detectives at Pittsburgh
say that the Fenian General Sweeny's
plan is to make a demonstration against
Canada about the middle of March with
small force, and strike New Bruins
wick via the Maine frontier, with his
main columns.
The Spanish Minister has made repre-
sensations to our Government concern
ing the shipment of goods coutraband
Of wartO Chill, and the custom author
tiles have been .eDjOined to strictly
enforce the neutrality laws. The Span
ISL minister mentions some suspicious
facts, but nothing of a positive nature.
Laura Keene, by her GOODNESS, lately
prevented fatal results at the theatre in
Madison, Wiss., where she was playing
| in the american Cousin" An alarm
OF fire was raised, and the people were
panic stricken. Miss Keene remained
calm, and prevented disastrous flight
of the audience.
Albert L. Stark weather, the Manches-
termurderer, was on Tuesday. sentenced
by Chief Justice Human, at Hartford,
Conn. to be hanged on August 18th.
The prisoner manifested no perceptible
emotion when the sentence was pro-
nOunced.
The Military Committee of the Mas
sachusetts Legislature have agreed on a
bill providing that all militiamen shall
be drilled eighteen times year, for
which they shall be paid fifty cents
each time.
The Ira Harris United States Hospital
| at Albany has been converted into a
bone for destitute and disabled soldiers
of the state. One hundred have been re-
ceived. They are provided forat the ex-
! pense of the state.
The Mayor of Lynchburg, on Friday
night, stated to the city council that the
present taxes will not produce enough To
pay the expenses of the city government
by $50, 900.
| A classic southern editor says that if
the Naiads were constantly bathing, he
Dryads were the ones who brought them
their towels.
| There is considerable rise in the
Susquehanna river. Large masses of
ice and milliAs. of feet of sawed logs
have been constantly passing Havre de
Grace.
Speaking of the hanging of four MUIR
derers, a Nashville correspondent says
that everything passed off with entire
satisfaction to all parties concerned"
| An attempt was made on Wednesday
to blow up The Office of the West Vir-
ginia Journal, at Charlestown, West
Virginia.
The New York Herald says that Mr.
Stewards late visit to the West Indies
secured to the United States the harbor
of st. Thomas as Il naval station.
There was exhibited on 'Change, at
Chicago, on the Goth, a bar of gold and
silver Weighing 157 pounds, and worth
81 900 in coin.
| The total receipts from internal reve,
nue. since June 30, 1855, amount to over
S2lS, 100000.
| A summons to the Provost Marshal's
office is called coming to grief in the
| South.
The Georgia Senate has passed bill
inflicting capital punishment for horse
| stealing.
A railroad is to be built in Egypt by
the Suez Canal Company.
| MISCELLANEOUS