Governor Wise, fearing an incursion into Virginia to rescue John Brown, had requested that Buchanan use federal troops to break up rumored "depots" in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Ohio where such a force may be gathering.  Buchanan assured Wise that federal troops would be available in Virginia but that any such federal efforts in other states would be a "palpable invasion of state sovereignty" and would set a dangerous precedent.  (By John Osborne)

In New York City, the new Board of Delegates of American Israelites met for the first time and laid out its goals.  Among these were, the collection of statistics, the education of American Jews, the safeguarding of Jewish-American civil rights, and communications with like association at home and abroad.  Delegates from twenty-four synagogues in fourteen cities attended this first meeting.  In 1878, the Board merged with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.  (By John Osborne)

The new Anglican Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal opened for the first time to worship with around 1,500 people attending the morning communion service.  Designed by Frank Wills, it replaced the original cathedral lost to fire in 1856.  (By John Osborne)