The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-11

decidedly in favor of admitting loyal repre-
sentatives from the seeded States.
Charles O'Conor one Of the senior Coun sci
for Mr. Davis, had an interview with the
President in reference to thetpafole or battling
of his client. iia '.,S 'us3
A Washington dispatch totbe Philadelphia
Ledger says: ia Hie}E : GE 1lfil0 Of 4
"An order will be issued in short time
for the release of Jefferson Davis, but whether
on parole or on bail, am at present unable
to say. The presumption, hcweyer,is that
4 the release will be on the same terms as were
accorded to Messrs. Stephens and ClaysdeT II
| q The pressure against the five per cent. tax
on cotton is said to be great. .yaa r. up d'i4
I1h Mr. Stevens has dropsy in the chest. 'o'
Mr.. Kennedy, of the Census bureau, has
been made member of the Geographical
Society of Prussia, to 6ihthe vacancy created
by the death of DR.. Barth. yr5 azodAl
The national fair in Washington for the
teneit of soldiers and sailors, is success, ~.
| two hundred young men have left Wash
ington to join the Fenians. "a = = - - -
| Ten thousand colored people have; been vac
cinated by the medical officers of the freed
| mems bureau since November lastA hl,A1Gt
r. .Ford's theatre is to be fitted up as the Sur
geon Generals Bureau and medical museum.
1t is also to contain the confederate, archives
and will be the depository of the records of
the federal armies. = ,Sio'Jo i' s9iimo9
Arson Burlingame, United States Minister
| to China, and General Valkenburgh Minister
to Japan, sailed in the bark Shallow for
Shanghai.
The military; by order of General Tillson,
have taken possession of the office Of the
Loyal Georgian. r,-7a M, s15 l.rsts}n
A large conservative meeting sustaining
| the President, has been held in Hagerstown,
at which the Hon. Messrs Fiery and Blair
made appropriate speeches. f'' 81 2a'''" g,s4
| There are still rumors and dispatches in re-
terence to the Fenians. We subjoin the fol-
lowing +atses t.s-t.1ets 80
Montreal, Canada, June 7 "A report that
the Fenians are moving on this front is said
g to be within the knowledge of the govern
ment The Seventh Royal Fusliers, a Cri-
mean regiment is just leaving for st. Lam
bert's Station, thence to St. Johns and
| point east thereof. 1t is believed that the
Fenians are still endeavoring to concentrate
at some point for attack. The. government
kilograms state that the invaders, several
hundred strong, were at Cooks Corners, a
i point thirty miles east of St. Johns at four
some two miles, but the troops stationed al
st. Johns would not move out to resist them
The Presidents proclamation and the arrest
of Gen. Sweeny are received here with de-
light se5.s 5.sq4s.
All the inhabitants on the borders of tn
Province line of Bedford Frehghsburg, Stan
bridge and Sweetsburg are leaving, with all
their moveables, for the United States for pro-
lection. Il .-s.
General Sweeny and Colonel Mehan were
arraigned before United States Commissioner
bHoyt, and waving an examination were held
to bail-Sweeny in $4,000 and Mehan in
$4,000. They remain in. custody. until tie
bail is given.
A st. Adams special dispatch says there
were no arrivals of Fenians this morning, but
there are rrmors of departures of the brother
hood for their homes Colonel Hugh Dom
nelly's company of sixty-fve men have
left for Springfield, and between seven and
nine hundred, who have been Struggling in
from the front, and have been lettering around
town, have left in the train for Boston, They
were provided with transportation by tie
United States Government, and were very
grateful for it. They say that as soon as it
becomes known at the front that the Govern
ment is furnishing them with transportation
homeward, the Fenian army will be among
the things that were ,.is4 "a lu5j
/ movement, made on the part of the
British Government, will probably hasten the
dispensing of the Fenian invaders. Last eve
ming there were thirty car loads of British
regulars, numbering some $500 men, landed
at Farmon, about sixteen miles from ST.
Johns, on the Waterloo road, and at point
nearly opposite the invaders.
Thirty members of the House of Assembly
have been elected, of whom twenty-six are in
favor of confederation, and will support the
existing government. This insures the sue
cess Of the union scheme in New Brunswick.
All the Quebec delegates who were defeated
last year have been elected. There are still
nine members to be elected, the majority of
whom, it is expected, will be confederates
I The city of st. John has given 700 majority
| for confederation. r'5s 3f' 'tf''
The Congressional Committee closed their
labors in Memphis on the 7th, and started for
Washington, dfter session Of fifteen working
days, in which they have examined 10 wit
nesses, and taken 1000 pages of testimony,
concerning the details of thu riot its causes,
and its results %t'
| 1t is officially announced from the War De-
partment, that the New Hampshire State,l
militia are likely to be summoned into service
for the protection and yindication of the neu-
| trality laws r
Bishop Atkinson and wife left Baltimore
an Saturday afternoon, in the steamer Wor-
cester, of the Baltimore and Liverpool line,
for Liverpool. This is the line that furnished
the Bishop with free ticket across the ocean.
In the United States District Court, in
Baltimore, Judge Giles, Philip Cashmeyer,
indicted for treason, pleaded guilty thereto;
he also pleaded the pardon of the President, |
and was ordered to be discharged.
EASILY SETTLED.-The New York Herald
of yesterday gives the following easy solution
Of the Canadian difficulties. 1t says: Cana
da can escape all Fenian raids by coming into
the American Union" 7sia.I siefe
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