The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-09-06
GENERAL NEWS.
The New Internal Revenue L

Washington, September 4-The new in
ternal revenue law contains a provision that
all papers which were executed in the insur-
rectionary States before the establishment of
collection districts therein, which are invalid
for want of stamps, may be rendered valid
by liking the proper stamps at any time be-
fore the first of January, 1867. In this con-
nection the time of establishing districts in
the Southern States becomes important. It
is.as follows:
In Alabama, May 16, 1896; Arkansas,
March l, IS; Florida, May 4, '65; Georgia,
May 80, '65; Mississippi June /, 'e5; North
Carolina, May 10, '65; South Carolina, May
80, '65; Tennessee, February Z, '63; Louisisa
ma, February 16, '68; Texas, June s, '65s
And in the following counties of Virginia,
the period at which they were constituted
collection districts was October the 49, 1852,
viz:
Frederick, Shenandoah, Clarke, Loudoun,
Warren, Fairfax, Prince William, Alexandria,
Fauquier, Nansemond, Richmond, Northum-
berland Lancaster, MIDI es K, E sex, Mat
thews, King and Queen, Gloucester, New
Kent, James City, Warwick, Elizabeth City,
Accomac, Northampton, Norfolk, and Will
liamsburg.
The remaining counties of this State were
made into districts May 3rd, 1866.
Meeting Of the Governors of the North
ern States-Interesting Proceedings.
Philadelphia, September 4.-The meeting
of the Governors and ex-Governors in the
League House to-day was private. The re-
porters were excluded. Enough of the pro-
ceedings, however, TRANSFERRED to warrant the
following account being published. The
questions discussed were:
First, whether it was desirable that the
Northern Convention should meet again; and
second whether, if the Southern Convention
adopted the principle of negro suffrage in its
platform, it would be wise and polite to en-
dorse it,
The general expression of sentiment was in
the negative of both these propositions; the
Governors generally taking the ground that,
while individually they were in favor of ne
gro suffrage, the people of the States We're
not yet educated up to that point, and that,
therefore, to avoid this difficult question, it
was desirable that there should be no regular
convocation of the Convention It is under
stood that such is the course resolved upon
Cholera.
New York, Sept 6-There We're seven
cases and four deaths from cholera, reported
yesterday in this city, The official report of
the mortality during the past week showed
CAT deaths.
Brooklyn, Sept. 5.-There were five new
cases and three deaths in Brooklyn during
the day.
Cincinnati, September 4.-Only thirteen
deaths from cholera since Saturday
Health of Savannah.
Savannah, September 4.-The deaths for
in oEo nd
whites The deaths from cholera were l3
blacks and whites.
From CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, Sept. 4.-The cholera has near
~ disappeared from this city. Only thirteen
deaths have been reported since Saturday.
| The storm on Saturday and Sunday nights
did considerable damage throughout this Sec
ton Deer creek and Mill creek valleys were
completely inundated.
| Elk River Bridge, on the Hamilton and
Dayton Railroad was carried away. Also
two bridges on the Eaton and Hamilton road
and the Cincinnati and Big Sandy roads,
The packet Revenue, bound for Cincinnati,
with 200 tons ofiron, was sunk near Buena
Vista, in the Ohio river, on Thursday. She
was insured for $4,000.
The cargo will probably be recovered No
lives were lost.
From New Orleans.
New Orleans, September Accommodate
Lawrence Rosseau, formerly of the United
States Navy, and afterwards of the Rebel
Navy, died to-day, aged seventy-six years
He was buried without parade, but the fuue-
raj was attended by numerous concourse Of
citizens.
There were eighteen deaths from cholera
yesterday,
New Orleans, September a,-There have
been thirty-four cases of cholera and thre'
deaths by yellow fever, for 4s hours, ending
this morning.