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. LIL J J THE NORFOLK POST Is Published EVERY MORNTNO (Sunday sl'.xcepledl at No. IS Roanoke Square, MMIVOI.K, VA.. nnd sold (o Dealers and News Hoys al THREE DOLLARS PER HIADIiF.D, or sent to snliKCrilKw.i by mail at the tats of TEN HOLLA US I'EII YEAR. !»_able iv advance. Singb copies, al the I "iilili r, FIVE F.'.sTS. 'Risldents in Ihe city of Norfolk 01 P,,i-l«iiioulb. ,b- ir ig the paper b-rt regularly at their houses nr places of uslness, will be nerved by n carrier, by leaving the HUM nd address at tin- cunliiig-rooin of the piiblienlion (Rce. They will vetth-uith the carrier wnlih same. rpH_ NORFOLK POST JOB PRINTING OFFICE, NO. IS ROANOKE SQUARE, (FORMkULV 'HIE 111.1 l ii.'.' 11l II.WM. i NEAR MAIN STREET, Will be complete in all if apTWntraevthL Tin. Lit .nt im pioveinents in PRESSES, TYPES AND MATERIAL, together with the most PROFICIENT and KXPKIiI EXCED JOB PRINTERS, will enable us t„ assent* EVERY DESCRIPTION 0* PIUM'INiI in II si satis factory manner The facililie :iiioi.led l,v lb-' HKST AND LATESI I'IPRiIVKD MAI.IUNERY will also me bis ns to furui'l, work at a gcexl redncUpu from SsTmer prices in Norftuk lenderingit tmnsreasnry eltlu-r on ac count of nieclKuii. al sxacntton or price foi sny t" send their orders aw.ii fo have tbcm ffth I" POSTERS, HANDBILLS, BILLHEADS, f'AMI'HI ETS ISI.ANKS, CARDS and Cai.l v . i iv.iy dsscrl_rtiou, PLAIN and in COLORS _ ",ted in thu Vi- If. REST STYLE and satisfaction ,;ii„ I ,1 All orders sb/mtd lie plainly writteA especially proper names, to piev, . i mistakes and handed in at the C,,imt ing room on th, iirst floor. Or if leid by letteradiltesseilto I at Browr n ifnik Post i Lints- Cash on dcliverv of thi work, ex ppl in ■.»-," whei, m ders arc from i < Bnlss advertisers In tin latfi i • sees bill will be re»,|ei i__>nthly. NATIONAL BANK. rpa EEX (ii AN Ii E " k NATIONAL BANK tIF NORFOLK. B pkkSidknt : W ' ; ILBERT C. WALKER. ■ cashikr: JNO. JAY KNOX. MRECTOKS. THOMt I'RI.AMER riNITNATtSW NF'VTHV EDW'i BROWN OEOUOE SANi •■' !ltl i i \I(KS W ILt.IAN ND HOW OILBERT' WALKER. 'KRNMENT DEPOSITORY AND '1 S A rfl TA t> A( IIONT (>E Tll R I NITED STATES. liange Bank Building, Mail I eet, AGENT FOR T-30 LO., instant supply of Note!, will be kepi. o basal i Bank will buy and sell all okeses "I flO\ ERN 1 SF.CLRITIES at cnmiit market rap INISH E.VIIA'NilEanl make ~.i1.. leu.s m ALL .V'll'Al. I'lilFS HI liii. t NITED tlliTßti Ivtae Clovcliiiuonl \"ll.*_■ ,in till- MOST KAIOR 1' F.HMS, and give ('iiirrrt. v\n Prompt Attcn rMSM Al (m NTS OF BUSINESS MEN AND FllO I:-'. and to f,i> 'her biibim-ss eatrnsted to hss 11ai.1,. rt'L! INFORMATION In regard to OiiYl UN MLNT LOAN : ai all timi a eheerfillh fiiinished I , 1 TREASI'R\ DU-ARIMEM ; i orrin: or Cojieniaiit* or Coum I. W,«ui\aTov, May 13fll, 18 ■ .WaKSLIs ~y sstisju: l evidl'lll-.' _*! Si llfisl '. 'I , i.II 4ei«lgi*d,li bus ban mad* ko appear Hut i. N CHANo'e NATIONAL BANK OF NORFOLK la Lbs I'ty of Norfolk, iv the County tf Notlblk.ail -i, I of V'.raiiiitt, has been Jul-.• Orfcaotied under and arc iiKngto 1 i ■ r. iiMBMMsof th* Act of Congross *nlitled"A« l tin p.'.»l4*ja VntionalCnireni-y,seemed by a plci. ' , "1 Bittsltkn de, and to provide for the clrcnlstl nt ■ ■t ,c. demptliu tb«reof," approved June 3d, 1804, fttui 1 n plied wi-.ii all th* provlslors of wiirt Actio be complied with bsfcire commencing ihe business of Banking and** said Act: Now. -TUistroat, I, FUMUS CutCt, Coniplrt.lbr of the iuienc\. do hereby icrlify that ■ THE B_CbANOK jSA "ML HANK Of NORFOLK,' in tbe Cityiof Nor fclk, la the Cmtnty of Norfolk, and Plate of Vir : inia. Is antboiued tocommenc. tho business of Rankin;', under the „.t sfensaaid. i 'i''iM,,nv whereof, witttesl my hand anil -j i • » .i • :. this thirteenth day at May, FREEMAN CLARK I', Comptroller of the OurtsQi y. IREASI'RY OF THE IMTEH STATES,) Dtvisie.v or run X.iiiowi lis-cks. v >Vashii l ;'toii, .Inn,' g, ISO.. I Hi- bei. i ' BSrtttW tbll THK EXITIANOE NAITON- Hbank OF NORFOLK, Virginia, i Banking Assoeiar H ; mil i under the Act -lo provide a Nation:,! Cnr- Irency, secured by n pledge of I iiii-d Si ale-- Hftmtt ■' i '.» |pr,.vide for the cirnilMii'ii .i..l le-ieinpiion thstenf" ,p- L June 'i, I#VI. bavtng oofflplieil eitb the ~| - Smeuls of .tclioli 4.. -,l -aid Act, and ivilb tie regnlarioOS uf this Department made in pnrsuau, • sbfreot lie-Ibis day Won des'ejsated »• a Depradtorv «f Pnbllc ,1n,,.,y5. ~\- -ept receipts from Cusioui-, aud by vhinenf sni-n d, sl|tna -ioi. will also be employed »« n Financial i • • f ihe Oo'ernment. X E. SPI O,F.R. _1. 21-tf Tie:,..li,.| I tl E OR G E S A N G s i E R, a i iqusre Worfoli, V» i | .. i :. i i iiu MI'RFOLK c Pid'ui ~ ,-, IKKN SHORE, I'Kl'lllSlll in, B KH'IWIhNU i obDEN HITTEHS, I III; I.V. rf\ iiif VrOKM)I I I ' rll.A I Etl ETA 111.E " ,iL "" FEVER 81-___ > H tn the fcpi' SANOPTER, Ptporter. Kttled ALE Olid PORTER, of lln iii iv. ___fAll i I Oil. in pints ■l tVINE I'lebTAllulll.. Hjkl. L_L_L__r V()LUME"I " NORFOLK, VA,, FRIDAY, JTJNI 21, 1865. NUMBERS. BUSINESS NOTICES. i T LA N TIC H6T E L . A. U. NEWTON, Proprietor, NORFOLK, VA. CiiiTiHgi-s iilwiiys- in ri-iiilini-ss to curry passengi-rs to ami front Ihe I'oata. Tin- bar and taluV always supplied with thu choicest WINKS of every variety, mult and spirituous LIQUORS. !_*»« ._ __ __.._ RATIONAL HOTEL, NORFOLK, VIRUINIA. MA bar B - _ CO., I'ROPUIKTORS. l'"_-tl 1» R. (iHAVKS& CO., fV < OMMISSION MFRCHA NTS, 71 WALL SI'RKF.T, VF.W YORK. 1.i1.,.ml rush advances made on raSstnntents 10 the SlKtreheius In •!• M. HKNfIIIAW, >J, 21— tl 11.-11' m Wharf. 1 v I l)L I V BEAN _ CO. , WIIOLKSALE OBOOn—, I'RODLCI: AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Ha- Literal advances mad* uu s_ _ts*o»ii».ittl» and Pro duce consigned. je _-tf T M. BENSHAW, V • WIIOLKSALE GROCER, COM.MISSION' * FORWAKM!TO .MKIU'HAXT, BELLS WHARF, .\ OR FOLK, VIRGISIA. Liberal cash ndvaaees ntd* on conslgnmeati of South• em prodiHV. for sill" or .-liipinent to New York, Huston, Pliiladi-lpliiu and Italtiinoi,' .lv, nt Rem York and Virginia Steamship Company .!■- -I—tf , (JHERMAM UKOTHEBSA CO., Nos. 16 aud 18, ROAXOKE SQUARE, WKOL-SALE DEALE_B GROCERIES AND LIQI'ORS. Js_Hf WILLIAM NICHOLS _ CO., WHOLLSVUL* UU RETAIL libst iilisj IN" (JROCEHTJEs. stoves, CROCKERY asp glassware, -also- ASSORTED WINES AND LIQUORS. 17 Kust Main slreet, Qpyssjt* Market MM je _1 Nollolk, Va. IyiARSTON _ MEKK'S j CLUB HOUSE, Ifi HAN X STREET When- all pillions are lnilil-1.,-1 Willi every deliiaey the iniiikrl- nllord,rooked til order, to suit the most fastidious. Also a rhftlce ael.s tion of ALES, WINES, LIQt'OUS AND CItIAHP. l'liriiiular and personal attention Is given to the nitcrin, lor Ibis establishment by the proprietors. je 2J—tf MARSTON A MKEK. MM ItWI N _ F ER H US O N , AICTION AM) COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Wiuk-Wats* St. and is*—MM Bm'xr.B, Will all.-ud to the sale of Heal Estate, M.-lilliilitll-/.". Ac. Liberal .i.lv.iiii-es made on consignment. r. F. FERIII.'SON. Jn_-Js.tr 8,0. MERWIN. I DAMS' EXPRESS COMPANY, OFFICE XO. 51 CHURCH ST.. TIIE.VTIIE Ill'll.nlNll i'r.-ulit, money and valuable packagi's forwarded to all pints of tbe Untied Stat, X Hills, drafts, Ike auMsssnj and prompt returns made. Waizons call in any tmrl of the city for poods, ir Jl-ll .1. 11. HIONKY, Agent. T C. DAWSON & CO.. tl , NO. CO, MAIN fITUEET, \VIIOI,i:SAI,I-: DKALKRS IN SUPERIOR WHISKIES, lift AN DIES, OINS, RUM, WINES. ALES. AND UEGARS, All -*lio want bargains would do well to call. icUl-tf T 0 C KHAR T & STINE R, LADIES'. (LENT'S AND CHILDREN'S FVRNIS HIIf Q GOODS, PERFCMLHY, TOILKT ARTICLES, Ac. Extracts, Soaps. Colognes, Fomsdei, Lilly Whites, _c., «c, _c. No. 1 Mais Stssit, Coßxr.a or lUhk, NORFOLK, VA. WIIOt.FSALE AND RETAIL Agents for TIIALON i SON S Celebrated Perfumery. LUTHER WALKER, PLASTERER ANDBLATI'.R, Is pivimrcd to execute all order* for SLATIJJG and FLAUI'ERINtI, and his patrous muy he ossnrcal ibst m- Tim: ii'.ri-FAOTios will be given as 10 WoHßMAWsiijr apd Maillials. RKPAIRINO a\DCLEANSING WALLS Promptly attended to. ResMense, No. 20 W. Bute street, Noifolk, Vu. .Ie IS—lm ROANOKE HOUSE, Roanoke stroot, OPPObITE 'NORFOLK POST ' OFFICE, [Old Hi raid Ituilrting.] NORFOLE. VIBIIWI*. The best LIOVORS, WINES, ALE. mi, always on hand and served in the best style at tip; shortest notice AN hi.KGANr SNACK will he lllilliaund haw 11 to 1 oVbii Udiily. and meals served at all hours. JAMES JONES, .ii-21—lm Proprietor. T'"ft'.' « I L L E T T , • I , MANUFACTURER, mst_sMia A!"l RF.TAIL PEALtR IN COOKIKQ and HEATING STOVES, .IViill'PK.R, SHEET IRON AND JAPANNED WARE, ROASOJII Sdiabr, Corver or Wide WM—I Sireet, NORFOLK, VA. tti Roeflng, Sbip-woik and Jobbing pruuptly atti-ud *d 1". AsaecessM sxasrteace of nrar twenty-live yeurs will In, a successful guiiriintei lo tbe public that they will be ..ireliillv and promptly served. .1. R IIILLKTr, Nos. I nnd 1 Roanoke Sipuire, j,, 21 lin and Wide Water Street. VI AY H ■ W <te BROTHER'S, NEWSFAFEB, BOOK, STATIONERY ANI. I' KRIO DI C A L DEP OT, No. fi; Mais Svree.v, NORFOLK, VA. Th,- latest and best publications by Ihe most jsipular authors constantly on hand. Apart* for Ihe "ARMY AND NAVY JOURN Al."—wiit l , mail the Department. STA'I'IO.VERY for Ihe army aud navy. orders promptly filled and Ibrwariad. CARTES M VISITE of cuiebrltics constantly on band. |S9> Particular attention paid to filling orders fur the New York. Philadelphia and Raltinii.le Daily and Wiek l\ PaiHTs and Mngazint-s. Ac.. Ac. Dealers in Photograph Albums, Diaries. Blank Books, perfumery, Fancy Articles, Drawing Paper, Cigars, Shoe s lacking, Ai". Jeffl-tf \VALKER & CO., > y l M P O X T E R S O F WINES BfUmtH GIN, RUM, AND i■.i.•■ i. ■IS ItKIDCII BOURBON & OLD RYE WHISKEY, Agents for the American Vintage Company's PURE CALIFORNIA WINKS AND BRANDIBS WINE-HITTERS HOCK, CLARET, CHAMPAGNE, Which are SsfIISISsHJ recommended by tbe most eminent ~„,-., rm ■ for MEDICINAL PURPOBKS, All of uhicll art offered ai the very lowest market rates by WALK*— * LU. No. 6 Commercial Row Norfolk, Va. je 21-tf ftr§ttfoft | FRIDAY, JUNE 23, ISS6. KORTH CAROLINA. PROCLAMATION OP GOV, HOLD EN OF NORTH CAROLINA. TO TIIK PKOPLE OF NORTH CAHOI.INA: Whereas, by the proclamation (if An drew Johnson, President of the United States of America, ilatetl May 98,18(i-">, I have been ap_>oinlod Provisional Gov ernor of the State of North Carolina, with instructions! to "prescribe, at the earliest practicable period, such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for convening a convention, com posed of delegates to and chosen by thai portion of the people of said State who are loyal to the united States, anil do others! for the purpose of altering or amending the constitution thereof; and with authority to exercise within the limits of snid State all the power lu.ees sary and proper to enable such loyal pco ple'of the State of North Carolina to iv store said State to its constitutional rela tions to the Federal government, and to present such a republican form of Stub government as will entitle the Slate to the guarantee of the United States there for, and its people) to protection by Un united States against invasion, Inaur rection and domestic violence:" And whereas, it is proper that the peo ple of the State should be Informed, as farasmaybeatthistime, of the measures that will be necessary to attain this und, so that they may be ready io offer an in telligent and willing co-operation in tin same ■ And whereas, it is also proper that the purposes of the Federal government in relation to the people of tbe State should be made known, so that the loyal ma> receive assurances of protection and en couragement, and the disloyal, if any there be, may know that the eye of au thority is upon them, and that they w ill not be permiited with impunity to resist the lawsortodisturbthcpcacc of society: Now, therefore, I, William \\\ Hold en, Provisional Governor as aforesaid, do proclaim and declare:— First —That a Convention of the peo ple of North Carolina will be held, at as early a period as practicable, to be com posed Ofthe number of members to which ibe eouti*"s an- respectively entitled in the Hoisse of Commons of ihe State Le gislature. No person wlil Is aouMUdate for the eonveniu.i., and no person »*IU vote for members to compos* it, shall not previously thereto have t.iki and subscribed to the following oath, tirescribed in the proclamation of the •resident of toe tJutted Slates, dated May 2M, 1866:— " I, , dosoleninly swear or all! nil, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the ('on*litutioi>of t be I 'nited States, and *' • Union of the States there under; and that I will in like inaimei' abide by and faithfully rapport all laws and proclamation* which have been made during tbe existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me Cod." And no person not well affected to wards the Federal government, and not loyal thereto, will be permitted to lake said oath, or to vote In said election Measures will be perfected as early as practicable for administering the above oath to such persons as may he entitled to take it, and for providing t|ieni with certificates of the same as. evidence of their loyalty. The said oath is regarded ns„ part ofthe benefits of the proclama tion referred to, andwillnotbe adminis tered to any of the plasses excluded by said proclamation, save on the exhibi tion by them of a full pardon from the ! President of the oflejice thpy may have ; committed against the Cnited States, Second— The Convention ihus to be j called will alter or amend the Constitu tion of the State, and will liibrhil said Constitution thu* altered or amended, to the voters of thM Stale at the ballot-box for their acceptance or rejection. Third— The Convention will provide for the selection by the people of a (;..•■■ ernorand members of the Legislature; and the Legislature will elect two Sena tors to represent Qic State in the Congress of the United Slates. Fourth— An election will also be held iv due time, for- members of the House of Representntives from the State la the Congress of the United Slates. Inasmuch as there are no civil magis trates In this State, nor State officers of any loud, the Provisional Governor, by virtue of authority in him vested by the President of the United States, wlllpro ceed :— First— To appoint Justice* of the Teace for the various counties, loyal men, by whom the above oath will be administered, and who will uls > conduct the elections, through subordinates, for members of a convention, In accordance with instructions from tins oflice, and ngreebly to the laws of this State in force previously to the 20th day of May, 1801. Second— Superior Courts of Oyer and Terminer will be held, when Bccpssnry, by Judges specially appointed and com missioned to dispose of ei'iminal ca.-i .-. Third —The justices of the peace, iiji pointed as afoj'esiUd, will be authorised tv bold courts for the transact ion of all such business as may not be of the class of eases triable by a jury. The justices, by a majority off their whole number, will also be authorized to appoint their sheriffs and their uleiiis for the time be ing, and such other officers as may be indispensable to a proper transaction of business. And they will also be vigilant and will exert themselves to maintain the laws and to promote the peace of society in their respective counties, ami especially ta arrest and commit for trial, when the courts maybe held, all offend ers against any law of the State In force previous to the _nth May, lsul; and to allow bail where the case is bailable, ac cording to the usage of the State. Fourth — The Provisional Governor will appoint the Spite Directors ami State proxies lv tho various eorporatlons in which the State is interested, as the exercise of such power by him cannot be avoided. Hut the control of the rail roads, thea*y)u.nis,andot her corpora*ions in which thp State is interested, thus unavoidably to this extent committed to him, will bo relinquished for the action ofthe convention, when that body shall have assembled. ;hieb, In brief, is an outline ofthe poli cy deemed necessary to reconstruct the government of North Carolina, mid to restore the State to its constitutional re lations to the Fedeial government. And now, as Provisional Governor of the State, I invite the loyal people there of to resume with cheerfulness, and with confidence in the future, their accustom ed pursuits, and 1 invite those who have .—BBBMSSSSISM_B»_Um«M_ I *«SM__Si«M_BSS^_HM^^B I been driven (row the State by despotic | power to return, assuring all loyal cltl- I tens of ihe Si.ite that they willbepro ! tecleil in theii' pei'si-ns and properly, i and encouraged in thoirexertlotu to im ! prove their condition, I also exhort i them not to cease t<» take an Interest in I pyblle uiluirs, hut to iiiiile with me iii j the purpose to reeonsirtici Uu-state gov ernment through the aid of loyal citi zen.-, and to be viyiluni and active in discouraging disloyal sentiments, and ensuring the election of known friends of the Federal government to every of fice Your experience, fellow-citi/.ens, i during the rebellion, should attuohyou by the strongest ties to the'government Or the I'iiiled Stales. You have just : been delivered by the armies of the i Union from one ofthe most corrupt and Hgoroua despotisms thai ever existed in the world. Many of yon have been forced for opinion h sake, and because of ! your love for the flag of your fathers, to , ily from the land of your birth 0* of your adopt lon, and nock a refuge among si rangers to escape the hand of arbltra !ry power, Muny of Jfotl leive been turn from your home's or hunted down like i wild beasts iii the forest, and forced Into the rebel armies a* conscripts, to light ; for the continued enslavement of the ' eoloi'eil race, and also for a state of slavery for yourselves and your children. Some '■ of you have been subject d to Imprison ment and tortures on account of your 1 opinions, and all of you have been de prived for years, npto a recent period, of freedom of speech und of the press, i aiidofcyery essential."tiaru nice of liberty i ami of protection to person aud property Which is contained, In the Constitution Of the United State-. You are once more I free citizens ofthe rniicd state-. i»y j your sutler lugs in the past, ami by your lni|.i s for the future, I adjine j OU to guard well your freedom. Iteiiiember that all that you have, and all you can hop" to be, and all of good llial* i- in reserve for your children, are iiiilis-olubly bound up with the American I idon. The "unity of government which constitutes im one people," should be more dear to us than ever, on account of the sufferings through which wehuve passed, In the language oi 'Woflilngton, 'it luof Infinite moment that you should prdperly estimate the Immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happi ness: that you should cherish a cordial, habitual antl immovable attachment to I it; accustoming yourselves to think and lin speak of it v- the palladium of youi political safety ami prosperity; watch jhm tor Its preservation w lib jealous anx iety; discountenancing whatever may il even a suspicion i hat it i an. In anj iM'il, '■■ i l ','. adoncil, ami iii.ii.i_, ii,'i!ii!.\ frowning upon the iirst d iwulng of ever,\ uttewpt to alien 4e i>iii • v nf our country from the rest, oi t< feeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts." "i'o the Colored iieeph Ofthe State 1 would s.-iy, \ou tire 11• iv. flee. I'rovi ijeiice bus willed thai the very means Jdopted lo render your sen ituaeperpet mil slu mid lv- His Instruments for releas ing you from bondage, li now remains for you, iiided us you will ! «- by the BU lieri'or in'.i'ili'. uceiii' tin White iuce,and cheei'eil by tin- syiTVliUtllJes of all good people, lo decide whether the freedom i bus -iiildeulv bestowed upon you will be a hlcsshtg to you or a soiircij nf injury, N'oiir race has bt iii depressed by your condition of . lavi ly, nnd by the legisla tion of your former masters, for two hundred yean .It is not to be expected that you can comprehend and appreciate as they should be comprehended and np |ir,ceialeii by a self-governing people, the vrfac provlslohi and limitations of con •lituliiuis and law ■or th ,i you can now have tluit know!''!l'i ~f j.ublie all'airs Which i- necessary to qualffj you to djs rb'iige all the duties of the'citizen. 2\o in iijile Inis cvr i' yet bounded at once into the full i 'ojo.v im ni ii il,,' rlghj ofsolf giivevmr.i nt. Rot you arc free, iv i-oiu j nioii with all our people, ;iml yoii have the e.:ii' right, iMgtil led liy law, that others Inive to enter upon the pursuit of prospi rib and happiness; Yoii should ni'in c:i liii i .ii'icdly obui rye Ihe marriage rthition, tfihd you should provlile foryour offspring, I*ol.l ciiii now not oiily learn to rei rlyouiaclves.u'isome of you nave been able to dii heretofore,butyoueaninstruct others, and procure Instruction from oiheis Cm aijd \uur children, wit In ii I'eur of punishment. JUii to be prosjieii'iis. ;iud li.ipjiyyou muse labor, nol Ha rely when yuu feel like It, or for a seamy support, bui indiistriousiy ami steadily, with a view to making and laying nji something for yourselves and your families. If you are idle you will becon)Pylclohs ~nd i» *i tous aiid Worthless you m ill have uo friends, and will at last perish. "In the sweat of th}' face -li.ili thou eat bread all the days of thy llft " The same Providence that hasbet owedfrei lorn upon you has told you that diii_ Hi i:i business Is re quired of all iIT creatures; and you eauii'ii i. o ,-i ilnii lorn lace Will escape ultimate extinction If you wilfully vio luie or disregard this, one of His great commauds. Freedom does not mean that on* may do as he pleases, but that every ono may, by industry, frugality and temperance, improve Uls condition tuid enjoy the fruits •/ hi- own lalifirs, so long as he obeys the laws. 1 have no prejudice against yon. <hi the contrary, while I am H Wvltto mnn, nnd while m,\ lot is with my own color, yej 1 .Miipiith izewhii you aa fe weaker race, and I cannot forget that during the rehelHoii many of you fought for the preservation of ihe I nlon, and that those of you who ii'iiiaiueil at homo In the then*slave holding States were, for the most part, doe lie ami faithful, ami made no a i tempt by force of arms to gain even your own freedom. I will see to it, as f.iras I can, that you havo your liberty; that you are protected In your property and persons, and that yuu are paid your wages. IJut, on the other band, i will set my-htee Bgalust Mim' ol you who are idle and dissipated, and prompt punishment will be inflicted for an; incach of the peace or violation of law. In due, l will be your Mend as long us you are true to yqursel i ..and obedient Fo the laws, and as long a.-, vi.i, .shaii [abor, uo matter how feebly, if hoiiestn and earnestly, to Improve your condition, ii Is my duty, as fhras i may, to render tho gov- I I ini,ii i»i ";, t, rror to evil doers, and v praise to them that do well"—and i his I will omleuvor to i|o in relation to the whole people of the State of North Car olina, without fear, hvoy, or affection, reward, or tin hope of reward." .Vnd now, "wiih charity for all, with I malice toward none," I enter npon the I discharge oi the dunes assigned me by j ilic Picsfdeni earnestly uud solemnly 1 invoking the ooil people of the State to | aid im- in Uu- work of reconstructing tbe government and in n storm-, the state iin tbo protection, benefits aud hi,-swings of the Union. Done at our city of Italeigh, the 12th day of June, in the year of our Lord tine tliousiiml eight hundred sod sixty five, ami in Ihe eighty-ninth yi'iir of Amerlcaii Independence. \Vll,l.i.\M \v. HOLDEN, Provisional OovertHit. Isy tho (iovernor: Jos. W. Ilui.iiKN, i'rivati'Si'i'ioiniy. Horrible Tragedy. TWO OIIILDB—N, BBOTHS-l AND SISTER, BRUTALI V MI'RDERED AT ROXUURY. SIASSAI'HISKTI'S— TIIFOIRI. OUTRAOBD, ,' . # [From the Boston Post. June 19.] One-ofthuinosi brutnla—dcold-bloodsd murders over committed lv this, or any oilier, community was brought lo light yesterday ofternoon, ti;'' partieularsof which, us we learned then al a late hour last nutht, are as follows] On Monday of last week, about noon, a lad named John s. Joj c-, a i- 1 twelve years, and his sister, Isabella, two years older, left their home, eornerof Newland antl Concord streets in this i iiy. for the purpose of taking a walk, Nlglil came on, ami as they did hoi return, sonio anxiety wan l'eli for their safety, nnd the police were notified of-their ditfitppesr ain-e, ami every possible searsh wai made, but without avail, The police of Roxbury were also informed of tne miss ing children, ninl under direction of < !Jty Marshal Bnrrlll, every pari of thai Aty, Including May's wooas, was thoroughly searched witnoul success. Advertise ments were inserted In the papers giving a minute description of the lost ones, but '.(ill nothing waa heard of their where abouts, und so much time had expired since tlu-ir unaccountable dlaappeanmce that It waa feared they must have been liuilly dealt widi -a' supposltiou lien proved but 100 true. Yesterday afternoon, a> two gentle men, merchants of this city, our In form ant stated, whose names we did not I learn, were walking ill Busaey's worlds, near the Boseey place, so called, in West Roxbury, they came upon the body of n young girl lying upon her back on the ground, her silk dress and other clothes stained with blood. Bhe was recognised us the mlsslna clilld. Information was aloft.cc lodgea with the authorities, and Dr. Arnold ami Coroner Allen, of Ros- Ijnry, were at once notified and proceed ed to the spot. Upon examination of the body of the unfortunate girl it was ascertained thai her person had bun rudely violated, and that she had been cut or stabbed in sixteen dlflhrenl placi - in her hieust, buck, side and abdomen, One or two of tin stabs were in (In im- | mediate vicinity of the heart, and the nature of the wounds was such as lid in Ihe belief that they were indicted with a long-bladed dirk or sheath knife. .V I'urihei' search wm at once instltu- Utl "ml in about half an hour the bodjy lad we- found only n few rodSn i ,in th.-ll of bin sister, at the fool of a Utile hill or ri.s,i' oi ft I! I, He was iv- | my on his face, 'viii ral |Ji •] . a . in his back, as though the fatal biawf yeN dealt while he was endi Kvorlhg to escape from danger. I'niiii the appearance of the spot where i the girl waa found it would seem that she waa making a wreath of leaves for her bat when she was attacked, none partly made was found near by. The girl, us we before slated, wus (bur- | teen years of age, was pretty, Intelligent and quite large for her age ; ami was a inaiuie us most girls are at eighteen. There is not the slightest clue to the pei'petralui's of lhis tiendi-h outrage. Thi.- motive ol'the liiuid.r i? plain. Tbe afiair caused great excitement in West Roxbury, ami the authorities will leave nothing undone that will lead to the clearing up of this awful mystery. Alderman Clapp, on behalf ofthe citi zens of ihe eleventh ward, has offered a reward of five hundred dollars for the apprehension of the murderers, and doubtless others will i>e offered by the city authorities and those oi the people of WCSt lioxbury. Boston,.June'in, 18S6.—Thomas Alns iy, a painter, wasacrested to-day on sus picion of complicity in ilie terrible mur der of the Joyce children. Asyot, how ever, no direct evidence appears hojijj,,-, \ him. Rewards amounting in 16,800 have been offered by the authorities ami Indi viduals for the arrest of the criminal. The event creates v tiensatiou of horror am! -fulness throiighiint'the whole coin iiumiiy. Mrs. Joyce, the mother, on learning the fate of ncr only ihihlreii, swooned, and is since reported to he a maniac, «. Lamartine and Uumas. Pom- M. de LamarUne ha* mute before vi again nS a borrower, [t is distressing, Ineverthink of him without eousldei in r DeathtUl in in's hest friend; for, had the dusky angol home him away to the ebony chambers aniid the turmoil of 1848, what a grand position would Hie l.inii.-ii'tiiiehave for nil time occupied in li'i-neli history! The literary hack, and the lamented, aud the beggur would uot have darkened the splendid scene. 1 cannot find ii In inyneart to blame M. de Lamavtinc. I pity hhn. lam griev ed I blame Death for playing the I'isiii, and pushing hiuisc.it Into so many abodes of prosperity and happiness, to snatch loved ones from cradle ami bed, when be might, heighten theglbryofan immortal genius, and ease an aching heart by bearing' the poet to hlssofl bed. The new loan is to be lvi' $30,000, In the shii)ie of S»o bonds, carrying,') per cent. interest, payable in the sum of $60, and e\tinguished annually try drawing ami l»uying a given number. His estates will In- mortgaged to secure the iioad bolders, lam afrali] ii may not be suc cessful, If the Athenians were tired of hearing AriHiides called the Just, what Would have been their fatigue had they so often heard him called the money bor rower? The poor man bus published also this advertisement: "Reduction "i price lu'of.nir. Complete works of La inartii,t. .M. de LunLiriine,constrained by unexpected circumstances to prompt payments, Is obliged to offer to the public the remaining 4oii copies of his complete works, wiih ■ reduction of 1 Jill, a copy. Time given for payment. Address Nl.dc Lauun (ii,e, 43 Kin -de la Villi- ILEveque, fur all demands at the rate of i!iM»I", the copy." This sale, be bopr I. ina> bring him ol.ooof. Shall I say, too, poor M. Alex, ilunias'.' He raises uiu- smiles. In the 1 heal ten, in other public places, nici In society, lie is forward, easy to Lmpudenoe, and not without something uke swagger. He has taken to le, luring to procure money. lie bounce-to his chair, swallow- glass after glass of sugared water, before lie can flout up his voice to un audible pitch : then be burli - his nosein hi- manuscript, and, without raising his head once, reads —reads—reads—as if the happiest n o menl of his life would lie that in which "The End" was reached. And What do yuu think is tbe subject of his lecture - .' The History of Frunce in the reign of Henry 11! Can't you see us shaking with laughter "—_°o/'i> Letter, RICHMOND, DESCRIPTION OF THE RUINS. [gpEcui etmaKspoaDssn oi ran votteu ritst-.J The most dismal, us well as the most attractive feature in Richmond for the stranger just arrived is "Tho Ruins," caused bj the great fires of the ad of April, when it was evacuated by the Confederates under General l-'woll. It h.'is been asserted that the intention of (uu. John <'. iiiecki-nridge, the Confed erate Secretaryof War, was to destroy the city; but this could not havo bean tic case, as preparations were only mads to fire two places—the tobacco ware houses and the Petersburg bridge. The warehouses, where some 18,000, ---nun worth of government tobaoco was stored, were situated on Shoekoa slip, near the canal, belov, Carey street, and in close proximity to the extensive and • splendid flouring mills of Haxall & Crenshaw. They covered several acres oi ground and were a succession of one story, slate-roofed houses, extending the length of the square. After General Grant had broken Lee'a lines, and it was ascertained that all was lost, and the frightened Inhabitants hud mostly ih il the doomed city, preparations were m.ule for si itin_: fire to these warehouses to prevent the tobacco falling into tile hands of die government, Fine kind ling wood was prepared on Sunday night by cutting down and splitting Into piece- the posts that surrounded the buildings, thus procuring a good snppl_\ of Inflammable material for the Incendiary work-, which wus .'dike wicked, foolish and unnecessary. Fires Were lighted with I his wood iv front of each opening, and at 8 o'clock in the morning when the order Was given "to tire," the detail lo whom the work had been entrusted carried in the burning torches and placing them among the combustible materials within at dlflhr enl points, left the building, tbe tobacco and a goodly portion ofthe fair and queenly city to their ill-deserved fate. What a suci ilice to folly ! The flumes soon burst forth in wild fury and wen , caught up by the strong winds .uu T borne to other buildings, sweeping everything lv their destructive course - revelling In fond delight with the poor Dceleav victim", of tbeir wrath. 9 the in ,' eleven-story mill of Hax all _> n ~-.' '* Was one sheet of flame, j and as this housS towersd far abtive ! thosi surrounding It,even assaultow-' i red above his tUQiiy, 'the fire' teas' blown from its fulling roof, and walls to - Iher buildings, und then spreading to others, ill a few minutes the entire business purl ion of the city from oth to loth street and from Alain to the I'.asin w.i- one vast ~ca of flame, a seething hike of fire. To add to the destruction, the penitentiary convicts, to the num ber of nine hundred, bad been let loose upon the city by their guards, und rush ing pell-mell down Cary and Main r-livels, commenced breaking open and sacking the stores, shops and exchange offices, which as soon as they had rob bed they would set on fire—and thus the city seemed to be turned over to pil la.e and the flumes. But now as the destroyer is approaching the State House, and bus already crossed Main street and burnt seven) squares on the Upper side, the banners of WeiUel's bru\ c men come in sight. The veterans are on the double-quick and soon reach thi tc Be; not a moment is to be lost. Thecnj lues are found and the tired and ■wu 1 worn soldiers go to work to save theii enemies property with a» hearty a will as If they had been in Now York and exerting themselves for their best friends.. The tkunessoon succumb, are subdued—and finally, like the rebellion, " crushed out." Ittttthe destruction of property wus immense, and as one gases upon the blackened ruins, the thou sands of crumbling walls and ragged columns, that stud the many squares of the burnt district—rude monuments of v ruder act -a feeling of sadness comes over him, :md he mentally asks, "could not mis hitter trial have been permitted to _.a-- from the people of an already impoverished und suffering city." ESrom the Spots.wood to Fifteenth street mi both sides of Main, through to tie canal, Is one muss of ruins, burnt, broken and crumbling walls; bricks. mortal, broken granite and bent iron, « Ith hundreds Of safes rendered useless by passing through the lieiy ordcul.- Walk where you will the mom picture i.- constantly present to yonreyes. View il from whatever point you muy, .-till 'tis broken bricks and mortar—mortar au*l broken bricks erect chimneys and tottering walls tottering walls and erect chimneys, from where the canal laves the .still heated bunks to the very portal of the Slate House. We know not bow Troy looked, after the victori ous Greeks had reduced the palace of unfortunate Priam to ashes, nor how looked Carthage, nor Babylon, norXin evah, iv v similar situation; but we do know that the ruins of Richmond pre sent v very pad and gloomy picture.— And the mourners go about, amid those ruins, und in (hem view the ruin of their fondest hope, und uspirations.— Tlie-e -pcctral columns, as they look by moonlight, arc the momiiiienfo of their departed fortunes, buried there beneath the a-hes, perhaps never to rise again to blest their former owners. All that they hud toiled to accumulate by years of in dustry and economy, in one rude hour w. - reduced to nothingness and scatter ed to the winds. No wonder those wan dering mourners amid the ruins. TERMS OF ADVERTISING: THE NORFOLK POST Oilers tin- l>TOt tsms tn IUWSHISs— t, ftll'l H* prices will slwaft'cocrnipoml with Ilii'_enoral sdvsrtlsllH rilm i oilur «ili,s. Twuvt una 'iI, -- will -.ii itit.it.- .1 .'i|iiui ■". K'.rii uttialulnnrrliiin p i ~,„,,•■ o\i: HOLLAR will I s , li.HL'i'il, .ml tut me* ml* ion! ih-.Tti.ni TWKNTV EIVEI X.NT.-. Man limits. Ain-ii.in vi< ami all otln-m who iiilwillk riyuliirhjiin,! oecnp. mie-fbiirtli of s colmnn "i ni"r<-, ,un masts niiir_l brow, end will nn-dve ,i liberal dodnettoo. BMBBSSS I'ltr-ls, riVK II'J.LUO Jii-r ninlllll ,ir FirTV tKI. -l. ut.s ps* yi-nr. All trunsh nt ;iili,nis, iii'nl- r.ivuM,' in ,i.lv:in,i—all •than iiiniittily. I II I I 1 I look cure-worn und haggard ulul grief stricken. Their nil hasb.-cii snatched from them with uofrenlly insurance ' oftiee to repluee it. Tin y linger ut each corner and gate down into the cellars, filled with debrlt/, with anxious eye-, us If they expected to sei some miracle , performed, and their stately edifices rise suddenly from their graves, new und beautiful und bright, purified by tire. And so they shull see them rise; '. but fating wisi fully Into space will not resurrect them: energy, industry, nmney, WW do the thing— thene are all powerful agents, und even fire cannot 1 daunt them when rightly directed. This portion of the ruins alone, re quires nn entire day to walk through; and then the scene is so interesting that one wishes to return the next day und go over the same ground. Than is ! something so lancinatingin suchscenei ■ that we seldom tire of gazing at, and . meditating upon them. At each visit something new is seen, und, all bough it may be but a trifle, still it interests, us, and affords food for reflection,andthere- I fore is redeemed from the odium of being ( weary, flat, stale and unprofitable. When I tight comes, we stiind upon some lofty . eminence, and gaze forth upon the _ wreck of mutter ns the soft moon bi tw . down upon thesceiicof destrui tion, cast . ing the shadows ofthe shadowy coltanins across the Intersecting streets, und giy - ing the hieuk Walla und dreary chim , neys whose hearths are tireless, timl I where crickets no longer chirp their I merry niiisie, nor the kettle simmers, B nor happy childhood prattles—a sepul a dual und irhostllkesemblance. All then ■ is-t'''us death among Ihe ruins; even f Hie winds are voiceless, ;,i"i Inhabitants ~ they liavc none: for not even the huts „ and owls have tuken up their abodes 1 therein. The once happy throng that . filled them are no longer there—und ~ these places shall know many of them no more forever. Others will till up the , void, and perhups of v nice more ener | gefie, progressive and poi'si vii-<-. it' mil better. Bstter men they could not tx a but perhaps may prove bi ttei i m■■ ~ thrifty, in the walks of business. Vast ■„ these l fffii ".i 'n'inii'' i- Is the ,■ scene, YVe are not, mi"'"Tf.tr—.^' t!l ' . hope—destined long to en jio, thenovel*?* i- ofguzing ut them. Already, the hands , of v thousand busy workmen, the . former bondsmen, und hum the h.;:te ( *nd sinew of Ihe Soutji, are ii.'.s.Y I preparing the way for rebuilding the . iiurii -il;. t ■ und vi Ith the aid of £ ft litrli- i apital J.'-o'iiT aWoad we shall i spon see arise from this muss ofmrrap ■ tion new und beautiful and 5t....-,_. . blocks of brick stores, and warehouses* , und hotels, und dwellings, und bunks, , and groat marts of commerce und ex : change. The magic labor of and e4pljrf| will cause the wide wasteof ruin todlssaP . pear, und in n few short years, Cary and l Main streets will again he the boast of . the people of Richmond. i Singularly enough, here und there we I fmd a fine building op a lowly wooden .■ shanty in the burnt district Hut has es-' ■ caped unscathed. Tha 'urge granite 1 building, formerly tho Custom House and - I'ost-Offlco but now used as the Nation i al Bank of Virginia, a magnificent uud .' tastefully erected structure, extending i from Stain lo Bunk streets ulid inunedi -9 ittely in front of the Capitol, wus seurco- I ly injuri d,while the buildings ullurouiid s it were totally destroyed. Then there i wus the Exchange Bank, another fine . betiding, which stands amid heaps of I ruins only partially destroyed, tbe beau- I liful front being uninjured. The Ett~ i quirer, Dispatch and Examiner offices : all fell victims to the Barnes, and were i completely destroyed. ••Where now be your jibes und jeers, '* whan they were , wontto set one another by the cars—they I till a common grave, und their ashes * commingle. Their types will trou ■ file the world no more—no more urge I on a fratricidal strife, or glory in their s country's ruin. Their lastrsqitiam to the * Confederacy was the song of the dying I swan. Fiery und tierce werethelrlivea — I fiery and fierce in the flumes themselves I had lit were their death-. Water could not wash out the blood that bail accuinii lated on their bunds. Fire alone could , cleanse them, and the trio came forth , jtmctain uno, completely purified and regenerated, Those old worn, and bat tered metal characters will do an more barm—and even the splendid new I types the Dixpati/t bud brought from Fnglaliil scarce hud reached their lirst , birthday ere the destroying angel gath ■ eivd them to himself, to renew his font I upon the Cast-publishing Book of Fate. ~ Rest, ye quiet little fairies! once more I powerful than an army with banners — I yeareh-enchanters—-ye ministers of good I and evil, rest. The good ye have done will live after you—th< cvi we wUj charitably place with you In oui ■ • r"i". . And, if types have soul we will pray f that their good deedsonlj may come be fore the Great Ceiisor, when he makes . up his final judgment. * Hut whj this dlgresilon. Through - all parti of the ruins negroes are daily - employed cleaning the cement off the i bricks, and reclaiming litem from f the rubbish in wliieb tlu-y are buried.- - These are idled up in ■quale piles four : lector rive high, and will be Used In the r rebuilding of the houses. An immensi i amount of labor has already been done ) in this why, and more laborers are being ' daily employed to clear away the rubbisb - and redeem the good materials, such a r iron, bricks, granite, and every thing that - is or can be made useful. And already - quite a number of good and substantia) , buildings are in course of rapid erection,