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J-lic §mMk f.st. , TIJE-iIJAY, JUL- 11, 1 -~— . "''■ i i AlUjminu_.i_iicnii laliiti: .; i-, bo-IBM- umi.n cm. . -ectod i.li- t_,ii <Q*xm juould be addreuwl to K. M. Brown, NorfoUi Vost. All communication. perUlnlag to t Editorial matter., aui all coirenpoudonce intended for Ih! 1 I»per ihonld be adJiessed to Johu Clark, Editor. I Advorllisr. er. r.rjuested to hand in their advertise ment! before n.: o'clock in the evening, previous to publl- ' catkin. -ewim.n and newiboy a ...-irfng p»p*«- will pl««« _«ye their orders at the oou-itlag-coom tb* tvenlug pr» I ricvM, before iv o'clock. t Uayh.w _ Broihcrs, Bookiellers md Stationers, areau- ' -.orUid agents to nil the Norfolk I'D,!, and all orden I left with them will be attend— to the same at If left at the of_eo of publication. ■ SI. Petterglll _ Co. are authorized AdvetUelng Ae-.i'.n for the Pott in Now York and lloiton. t THE VXKCINI&K BEFOHE THE ALIEir. On Saturday last, a deputation of Vir ginians—"to thi manner bom," to a man we 6uppo.e, waited upon the Presi dent of the United States, Mr. Andrew Johnson, "tho .Hen," and petitioned him to alter the Amnesty Proclamation by striking out the 13th exception, (the $20,000 clause.) They represented that this clausj Interfered with Tbe develop ment of industry by binding up capital, nnd so oppressed the poor. How feeling, indeed. The deputation went on to as -urethe President tliat when they en deavored to borrow money in the North, era or Mi.idle States they were met at once with the objection tliat perhaps they had over $20,000, Rftft'Lf tliey had they could not lend it to them. So they were unable to assist to work the poor men that ef.lled upon them. Tho President reminded them (hat the Amnesty Proclamation did not cause this distrust. It was the commission of treason and the violation of law tliat did it. Tho Amnesty Proclamation left these men just where they were before. It did not add any disability to them; if they had committed treason they were amenable to the confiscation law which Congress had passed, and which he, as President, could not alter nor amend. In the Amnesty Proclamation he had offered pardon to some .persona, but that did not Injure any other persons. Would they like to have tlio Amnesty Procla mation removed altogether?' Would they feel any easier in that case? One of the deputation.—Xo. But it would us very much if you would extend the benefits of the Proclamation to persons worth over 820,000. The President replied that In making that exception he had acted on the nat tu-aljj-upposition that men had aided the rebellion according to the extent of their means. Did they not know this? One of the deputation.—Ko; he didn't know it. The President.— Why, yes you do; you know perfectly well it was the wealthy men of the South who dragoon ed the peoplo into secession. I lived in thf3 South, and I kuow how the thing was done. Your State was overwhelm ingly opposed to secession, but your rich men used the press and bullies and your little or-ny to force the State into eecesaij-. Take the 190,000 clause. Sup pose a man ia worth more than tliat, now the war is over, and the chances are ten to one that ne made it out of the rebellion by contracts, &c. We might as well talk plainly about this matter. I don't think tbat yoa are so very anxious about reliev ing the poor. You want this clause remov od so aa to enable you to make money, don't you? If you are very eager to help the poor, why don't you take the surplus over tho $20,000 ycu ownandgive it to them? In that way you'll help them, and bring yourselves within the beneii is of the pro clamation. lam free to say toyou that I think some of you ought to be taxed on all over 320,000 to help the poor. When I was Military Governor of Tennessee I assessed such taxi s on those who had been wealthy leaders of the rebellion, and. it had a good effect. One ofthe deputation.—"lt so hap pens that none of us were leaders.* We staid out as long as we could, and were the last to go in." How does the Rich mond Pep v': 'io like this speech ? Did a cringing alien, or a citizen, ever stoop so cringingly? The President.— Frequently those who went in last were among the worst after they got in. But be that as it may.— Understand me, gentlemen, Ido not say this personally. lam just speaking of the general working of the matter. 1 know there has been among some an ef fort to persuade the people that tlie Am nesty Proclamation whs injuring them by shutting up capital aud keeping work from the poor. It docs no such thing. If that is done at nil, it is done in con sequence of tlie violation of law and the commission of treason. The President said, finally, that he would look at the papers presented, but go far, he had seen no reason for remov ing the 13th exception. It sems to us that the proud natives of Richmond belittled themselves in at all presenting themselves before Mr. Johnson. He is not a Virginian! He ; is, according to the Richmond Hepub- j He, an alien, and, being an «"»«,»_. M I the grout fence which protects the Moth- , er of States. ' I_-->ow York Tribune says: "We ( do not concur with those who deem it t particularly revolting to hang a woman." c If tbe editor had said: "We do not c concur with those who deem it particu larly revolting to hang some women," d we could understand and concur with X Mr. Greeley ; but he has no right to say a aloud, because of his limited experience _ of the tenderness of the sex—that it is » not "revolting to hang a woman." It ia revolting to hang a man; but it ls of- „ ten necessary to do so. No sight could _ be so shocking, so revolting as tbe hang- I ing of a mother. Still forgreatslns and great crimes It may be necessary to o " uiake t "What is tbe reason," asks a corres- t pocdent, "that some earnest eflbrt is not J £*i 3to clear the streets of idle boys and . bad girfir" Ask the civil and military a MiLbca-UM. m A The Xew York Express states that some forty suits against Colonel Baker, Government detective, are about being brought by ex-Recorder Smith. Be ve ra! affidavits tiro printed, showing that persons were released, who had been summarily urrosted, by paying over va rious sums varying from £..00 to £3,000 Oue affidavit states that $125,000 was di vided between ono Stanly, and others who were employed by Colonel Baker. The Some Journal, the best family paper published in America, The Citizen and The Nation, two new weekly papers published in N. V., came to hand yes terday. The Citizen Is edited by Private Miles O'Rially (Mr. Holpin) and The Nation ls edited by an Englishman, and Mr. Wendall Phillips is announced as ou its list of contributors. The Nation is a journal in the interest of the negro suffrage advocates. —_- . wttwsS -—— An ambitious, nuin in North Carolina writes to a capitalist here, asking him to furnish funds for the establishment of a journal "to combat New England fanatics." Tlie People's Column of the Post is open to the North Carolina Phi lanthropist. Tlie dear man! what trou bles him most—poverty, or New Eng landisms'.' ... ■» » ■ A lady correspondent asks: "Does the Editor of the Norfolk Post want a charming love story, based upon local facts, the three chapters." Tho Editor answers "No." The Washington Ohronlele of Sunday says:—"We nre pleased to lie able to state that President Johnson .has to far recovered from his illness as to attend tho Cabinet meeting yesterday. He 1 will probably receive visitors to-mor row." ■ w-m-m The Steam-iiii- Yazoo.—We leurn, by a telegram from Richmond to Mr. J. M. Renshaw, the agent, that the steam ship Yazoo will arrive at our wharf this afternoon, and that she will not have i any troops aboard. ■ LOCAL -NTELLIGENCE. I Trie We_th__.—The Thermometer at Dr. W. E. Lewis | Prug Store, under the Atlantic Hotel, Indicated the fol ilowiiig ii ate of the weather Saturday: 7A. M -'■ -80° I 10 " 81° 1 P.M I - -81° I 4 " 81° , 0 - 78" — I A Bin n_aot-iio\.—Thoy havo in this citya very bad and very old fogyish sort of regulation, restricting the trade of hucksters and othor! ln the market, which in ' naught with much evil. It soema that If a mini is a ' huckster nnd rents a stall, ho li prohibited from selling I at another place In tho market, and cannot buy articles, . jn block, for laid from tho producer. Tho case In point il this: A owm a Hlall in tho market, B raises threo or lour liundred watermellom, and brlugi them to town for ' sale. If A buys B'l watcrmelloni lv block from him, giving him io much down for tho threo huudrod, the clerk . of tha market can prooocuto A, con-icuta tho produco a pureliuwl, and hava him Snsd for purchasing It. Such ' was ths result lv a case of this nature brougut before the " Mayor yeatsnUy. Tho excuse for thi* curious regula -1 tion of trad! and trafflc Is that ap-ulators, if not re , .trained b.v law,.would forestall tha market. This Is rath er slngul—■ doctrine to advance in ihii age of froo trado IgyrlfftTf has shown that there cau be nothing more ' looli-b than the nttpmpti of legislatures to rcgulato trade, i Like water, trs le ia bound to Hud lv level, and will j oreak tai.ugh all barriers, uo matter how strongly they may bo built. Such legislation, io far from ac :o_-pli!hluj thn object intended, that 11, to pro ' t-ct the poor against spicula——, has tha opposite 3 11-Wl, lor a-i It roitricts traJe, th.:-.i li no longer any room . .or competition, and trade (MM to bo governed by thoie _i eat regulators, mpply and demand. There can b« nu ' »uch thing as foreitalllng a market where the supply li ! greater than the demand, and that is the people, oppor ■ tunlty; aud whenever tbe demand ia greater than the lup ply, and speculators take advantage of it, why that ti their opportunity, and they are perhaps entitled to It, i. * that the evils and the . .m-Uts of unreitrlcted trade ba!' 3 ante tbemielrei. The idea of attempting to govern trade ,- by legislation, _aa long since been abandoned. The last a attempt of the kind waa tbat of Thaddeus Stevens iuCon gross, when lie was laughed down for attemptrng to regu * late the price of gold. Tbe principle is the same whethei J it be gold or watermelon!. All other cities have Been thi . futility a» well a» the folly of luch laws, ond now, luiteac r if placing resttictio-! upon trafflc, tbey are exhaustlns their wisdom in endeavoring to discover means to removt * all taxes, prohibitions or penalties, ln the vending or art! 1 cles of prune u'.-esslly particularly. W«o onr market. 5 perfectly free from all taxation. from nil due?, and all j penalties, the people would beujdt b.v it to that extent Competition would then be the rule, and whilo trade i. ' left open to competition, tho people need have no niort fear of being swindled or oppressed ln the public markets * than thoy h_ve of being defrauded iv any othor branch o: I business or trade. I ■— —mmm— . MißSiort asd M.._ s Cir- llo.se.—Thli celebrated and . pleaiant resort, without which Norfolk would bo iv I very unfln iibod condition, and altogether, wery flat, stall ' and unprofitable,--! Juit been refitted and renovated, and ' new ly itocki-d with th» best ofliquoriand wine., In eluding thoie renowned California brands. Tho lardei I too, il lupplled with all the lnxuriei of ihe lealon, and a dinner nt Manton'i is a dinner In lubitance as well as In name. The proprietors of this dell gluful retreat where " for g.t the carei and labors ofthe world, M-sers. Mais ' * 4 Mock's, are both loclablo and clover gentlemm, ad f u "cted to the'dramatlc art, and therefor, not suited loth coraapny of aerio.isly inclined persons. Were Will Shakes peare himself alive and In Norfolk, wo know that hi ' .rout resort would be the .lub-house, where his portrait " and those of kindred spirits hold now the ni out prominent I , laces This iea-crt of literary and head 'uartcrs-aplaoewill.-l.lcb every oily Is blessed, and which i. usually tlie place In every city It ls in charge 'of the right sort of men, and the bard of Avon himself ' could not de-cribo two gentlemen more worthy the title 'of "mine host" than M.irMon and Meek-tho presiding genii ot the Bank Street Club House. In the language ,of the play, "uiuy thoy live long, and prosper." . mmm — Titic-S oi TK'V-u.-RS..-So_ie wag ou Maiu street yesterday played off a practical joke on an old gentleman from the country. The venerable individual, aforesaid, had dismounted from hii horse for tho very necessary iiurpose of entering a saloon to get something to steady his r-rvee. which had been slightly unsettled by lome thlng he had previously taken. While ho was in the sa loon somebody took the .addle off his horse, and, turning it round, fixed It on again reversed with the pummel to the rear and cantel In front. Our friend from the roun trv having Imbibed tu'i gl<>« "' _•-. « me for "' ■* »» unconscious, mounted the saddle with hi. head toward! the home", narrative. He didn't discover the fraud unti, ho endeavored to gather up the rein.-wl.eu the .wearing m v did in Flander. was nothing to compare with „ n » Snndav and nobody wai coming from glad it was not Bunuo., church, j ~ — --. v.uv —Iv our incldont.il reference yester -*r*- W l __---l-___-ZI-« of Mr.'u-rge daytotheiuim^;' l^ ' bM( fMmm ofour comme ,._ g_,gst.r, a. affording' , n _d v . r „ n ,ly .uted that *| and moral *«£»*_ It should Mr. Hipkln. f „ r h . is acttuU.y th. gentle have been Mr. *¥»"£ to|lUC hlm.el, devolves man upon whom ne»i w Mr MuMon ., the rsepor-ibillty of «* ~£ „ give honor pardon for having ■*»■"*£ fee however, ar. so well wher. honor I. due. HI. capacltta^ * comnim _ tv known, and hi. position so w.ll fixed » W that our mistake coulddohlm no hara-^_ .f tat jeat* taxes, when all th. on military a-thortU-e, and ther. were no civil ™" .1,7. very dtOc.lt on. to -« from There was a trial of on. of the case, some two w.eki *g , when the jury felled to agre.- A -hearing w« bad «"* _„*». The Jury I>» T ° b « n ° ut eT,r • u,e *-* nd *" w aU a. -_! ■ -nng" _. «h. ton. Tte jnror-s - U Mta«cia't *» f* ahouli tv fcr - sutft t_.y B rtt_«ot*Ur»4 aef mU | o_ia-'j Tsemm—NotwUhianiilrig the inciemint-y of th* weather thtr* ra a good home |„_t night to grant Ml** KM* Fishw on tho ommjoo other Anm siipearance. " The French Spy, aver; si.iriA dnma, wm well phye.l, indptit u[)ou th**Ugo ingooil onli-r. The berate* wo* I Kraceftil in Ihe variuiw parts she rqiresentcd, smith* pul* llc-carcoly knew which to ailmlre most, the heautyof her niaremunla iv tlw imutnmiiiilc action of the jiliee,or hir ! •vonuerful plivsic-l powers, allied to a form that wis p.-r- , faction Its-- Mr. Dotnl acted hla part of Mahommed with tolling effect, and dliplayed hii uiual good Judg n-nt Mr. Wittena*li(«on'c*y, Mulligan M tli* Sergeant, . ami Ho-, in a* Touey Davord, coiiM not hay* l.een Litter. A* a whole, the piece went off with grert eclat, md the . varloui battle nct-ua* lnirili.il tho entliii.laeni of tho gal lery to the hlgheit pitch—though Homo olijvrtlon might . have heen urged Hi the toldleri h*lng dre*led ln Cncle . Sain* uniform, However, If the .Ail., did whip them at first, ihey wcro vlctorloui in tho end, ai Aiii-.-rl.au 101. . diti. over were and will be. In the farce of the _tou_h '. blamoud, Mill Fisher appeared to great advantag* a* . Margery, ni buoyant, ipirlted.but iluiplc _liidud, natu ral country girl—while Mr. Mwitou, as Coil-in Joe, ilii ployciliill tbe five quallti— andporfoct polutiof tlio ti-. i.he-1 C'omailiau, that ho li. We have icen them all, and havo—ol none thai pleaio'l iv more than Mr. Maratoti in ' tin. dillk-iilt pulhi of low comedy. lio 1, l—vonil prulio. To-night we uro to huve Mazej.pa, wlih Mlv. Fisher aud lic-r wonderful homo " wonder " -»*. ■ D_F._..itn or iki Pom __*S>—W* Nfni tn hava to Inf. .cm tho lovers of good nimlc, and who don not lovo uu.ic, that tlie Post Band, which for the las! two year* lit- catered I>.r the luuiietvl tieitos ot our citlzeni, lm b"en dii— barged from tlie service and left for homo. Thi w.ll to a sore losi to our people, and >.ne tliat will In. Icit Ou ItlgflliJ lilfiht, previous to their dop.irtiiro, tli!-)'H*r<. nuiUit a tiumlior of their ........ friend* in tin' ilty, aitioin; t1i..... Mi. Cook, who iuvlteil them Int.. hii liotisti, anil ili'l the honors. They neat paid a visit to the liostiltal.il.- illu sion of Mr. Smith, who, after Ihey hud played nevi.-r.il farewell alri,entertained them in - iiiag-iilc'iit atyle, till a late hour. Tills band lull well golden llpllliolla QUI. ... Ihe people of . Norfolk, and leave regretted by all. Their leader, Br> J.im Shoemaker, and Ihe second lemh-r, Mr Bennett weie especially tlio favorites of the community, nlul 1.-ii with th.-m tiie moKt fiienilly feeling- nnd In"—winli... of our people. Notwlthataudln.*. we nroin.l-t.tid to 11. in a great denl, they have left many notes behind which if will take .-.jiiii. time to collect. New A—.io- Hots*.—Meaira. Wulkr _ Cliauilici lain, o well known to the eomiiirmil. lor bniiuen ca pacity inn! worth, havo f*f*n_lfnfllli operation* as auction. •Ml, at No. 11, Roanoke Stpmie, where tliey are prepuvd to lell out their liieu.l.-i or their proper!} ..u the ulii.rl.'it j.i.islble notice. Theio gentlemen need no eoluni.-lida tion from us, but we will refer the reader to their adver tisement lv another column offering for .ale a lot of val. liable real estate, which affords it good opportunity foi persons desiring to Invest. .-.-. another column of onr paper. ■ «_■•■ rtC-NiC—The t.. i in:ui ladiea, nht-isti _ by some of thcii American frienda, gave a very plousant plc-nic on Sun day, at Ita—uhl'b farm, a few miles from the i-ity. It was gotten up by subscription of the " Fraucii Vereln," (La illea Society). Thero were about one hundred ladies nnd gentlemen present, and they had a \cry pU-.i.unt time ol It, everythluH passing oft' mont agreeably. Tin- fi-sti-jr-ir* were kept up till (lurk, in a manner that the Oeriiinus alone know how to do the thing. "Say; did you send some cheese over to _JT placo this morning," said Smith. " Yes, I sent it; but la doing so," revlicl Jones, apolo getically, " I only obeyed orders. It was the best we ■ had." "Well," returned Smith, "I wish you would snul loiuebody over to watch It, for I'm afraid it will tun away. II Is the most lively epocimeu of tlio article I ever , saw." Wo suspect, that however well that cheese might go, it ' wouldn't go down quite so well us a *reiher article. The Twenty Thousand Dollar Clause. ; A delegation representing tlie twenty | thousand dollar citizens of Richmond is i in Washington for the purpose of sug ! gestiug to the President some modiflca ' tion of the Amnesty Proclamation, es '. pecially as to the property exception.— The President being ill, these delegates ' did not succeed in getting an interview • witli him on Monday, but they were , sent to, and were some hours in consul - tation witli the Attorney We learn from good authority that 1 there will be soon issued by the F.esi -1 dent a new Proclamation modifying tliat » of tho 29th May. In this Proclamation ■ it will be provided tbat in Virginia, es » pe.ially, and probably in nil the States - South/the 520.000 exception be abolish - ed in cases where proceedings against * the property of individuals have been 0 instituted, or where la-ids have been or • aro now occupied by the Federal author e ities, under the act concerning abandon t ed lands. It is found that notwithstand - ing tlie several good reasons which » moved the President to the adoption of r the twenty thousand dollar exception. c there are as many equally potent why d that clause in the Proclamation should _ be abolished. One, especially convinc e ing, is found in the fact that it paraly. es • the property men in the matter of com i mercial credit. They can neither sell 1 their property nor borrow- money upon it until a parilon has been granted, llie s necessary delay in examining and pass e ing upon the applications of nearly a i, quarter of a million of petitioners efl'ec f tually preclude any immediate relief to these suffering men, who almost univer sally are out of money, and though pro -1 periy holders, are absolutely in want of a the necessaries of life. * As an illustration, not exaggerated, of i the helplessness ol the Southern pro f perty men, we may mention tlie case of • one whose income before the war was * over eighty thousand dollars per month, * and who for the past three months has " been living solely upon the proceeds of '. the sale of his family carriage, the latter fund being now about exhausted. Galveston Undei: th k Union.- The i reports of reviving business at the South i under the old flag, are very encouraging, i I Interrupted trade is feaping into vlgor ■ ous life again, and at Galveston, the last i to come back, arc the signs most fnvor ■ able. The Galveston yews, of 17th ult., r says: " Signs of returning business are accumulating. We have now three steamers in the trade between Galveston and Houston—the Lone Star, the Mary Hill and A. S. Ruthven. They come freighted each trip witli the precious , staple—cotton, anci bring home many Galvestonians with their household goods. The railroad makes three regu- . far trips per week, and also brings many passengers and freight. The amount of cotton received at this point the past two weeks we judge to be about 2.000 bales. Many of our returned Galveston mer- ' chants and others have opened offices, I or are preparing to do so at an early day. i Mechanics, especially carpenters, are in 1 demand, as there Is hardly a building < that does not sadly need repairs. «(>unds of the hammer and saw are heard I Fn all directions. Hundreds of houses i and squares of fences have disappeared 1 since-the war commenced, and hundreds ] have been reduced by the soldiery to a i condition worse than iKu an of which we are Indebted to ex- Governor Lubbock, some infatuated 1 Galvestonians, and Generals Herbert t and Magmder, the former of which de- i siring to burn the town to keep It from l fallin-r into the hands of the \ankees, _ and the latter declaring thai:havingcon ouered the place, he claimed the privi lege of doing with Galveston what he pllased. If all Galvestonians return, t and strangers continue to arrive tor the purpose of making -Galveston their a home, as during the past two weeks, it a will be necessary to repair the injured _ and build new houses. This will give 0 plenty of work for our mechanics.- it Prospects are brightening. Galveston is looking up.— Boston Post. f. An army officer in-Jtanchester, New Jj Hampshire cut his throat while delirious - from drink. 1 FROM TEXAS. Twelve Thousand Missot-laM Going to Join Xaxiniilia (Hmii-tiin (June 7) CVirrwuiomltnci 1 New Orleans Pic_ -unr. Among the abnormal phenomena growing out of the war, is now to be seen a body of trained and warlike troops, estimated at 10,<'0n or 12,000, mostly Mlssourt&ns, who have been ren dered homeless by the destructive ef fects of tlit' war'in their own Stato, marching toward the Mexican frontier to enter the service of the Emperor Maximilian. They are commanded by General Shelby, also a Missourian, who is spoken of by those who know him us a brave and capable ollicer. These men started from Shreveport on the first in timation of tlie probable surrender of the Department, and, being well armed and driven to desperation by their cir cumstances, would have laughed at the orders ofthe Commanding General, had he sought to enforce obedience. They stinted about the iStb ul'., taking with tbem such Government transportation and supplies as they needed, fhey are now far beyond the roach of successful pursuit, if not already across tlie fron tier. That the accession of snch n body of men to the Imperial finny cannot fall to exercise a powerful Influence on the future destiny of Mexico is beyond a doubt. l» this war to be n modern Me dusa's head, and Mexico to become to us a new l.ybian desert. Cjuien sabe 1 The wheat crop which has been abun dant in the northern section of the coun try, is alrea ly harvested, but a week's further continuance of dry weather will, it is believed, utterly destroy the .prospects of th, corn crop. Throughout 'the oountie. of Panola. Husk, Cherokee, Houston, Walker, Grimes and Harris. which I traversed <m horseback within the past three weeks, the prospect of an aiiitnduiit crop everywhere depended on rain—rain copious* and gpeedy. The earth is panelled by the long drouth.aad in many places the corn has commenced to wither and droop. This will be a hard trial to the poorer clflM of small farmers, whose main reliance is tlieif corn Crop, THE SLAV.:- OF TEXAS DKUMO FREE. The following general order was issu ed nt Galveston by General Granger on the 19th: "TMie people of Texas arc informed that, in accordant)? with the proclama tion from tbe Executive ofthe United States, 'all slaves are five.' This in volves nn absolute (Quality of personal rights and lights of property between former masters and slaves, ami the con nection heretofore existing between them becomes tliat between employer and hired laborer. The freeilnien are advised lo remain quietly at their pre sent homes nnd work for wages. Tliey are informed that they will not lie allow ed to collect at military posts, and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere." shipment of cotton. [From th-- li.ilv_st.vn Hulletln, Jiiiiti 23.1 The following order respecting cotton has been Issued by tf'en. Granger l " Until the arrival of the proper Trea sury agents in tlie district, all cotton may be turned into the Quartermaster's De partment for shipment to Xew Orleans or New York, there to be sold to the Un ited States purchasing agent. Ineaseol such consignment bills of lading will be 1 given, and the owner will be permitted ■to accompany his property for tlie pur fiose of effecting its sale to the purciias ng agents. No cotton or other products of insurrectionary Btatei can be shipped 'on other conditions." 1 SURRENDER OF A SENATOR. Senator Johnson, of Arkansas, had ' surrendered to General Granger, and ■ having been paroled by the latter, had returned to Marlin, where his family was . residing. Mr. Johnson was one of tin leading politicians of his State. SKEDADDLED. ! [From tlii- Oalvc.t—t Bull-tin.] Ex-Governor Edward Clark, who, as ! Lieutenant-Governor, rode into ollice • upon the tail of General Houston'sgown ; aud then made haste to take the chaii i from which Houston was thrust by tin • Secession Convention, lias lied the State, • Murriih, after one abortive failure, in • which he was overtaken and shamefully • treated by John Barleycorn, fled witl , General Shelby. George M. Flouruoy f who made the first out-and-out Secessior speech in Texas, and who glorified tht horrible assassination of Lincoln, has ; alio gone. Butts is gone. A. M. Ter roll, who, as District Judge, charge. i about " moral treason," husgone. Hand some Sitnms, of everybody's staff; El liott, one of Deviuc's commissioners who found treason in words; Roberts who kept tho penitentiary and othei county goals; Snced, the fat Proves Marshal; Synnett Mussett, his son-in law, and mimy of the rank and file wht did the biddings of Provost Marshall during the reign of terror about Austin all the above named, and others oflessei note, have tied from Au-tiu, aud, whai is worse, the treasury was robbed am the money is gone. Verily, this is . worse ending to v very bad beginning. A woman was hung on Boston Com mon about seventy yean ago. Her crime consisted of snatching a bonnet and ret icule from a lady, on-*«ne of the streets leading from Fort Hill. She was indict ed for highway robbery, was convicted, and suffered tlie extreme penalty of thi law. A correspondent of the Boston Post, writing from Richmond says: Butler's Dutch (lap Canal is becoming renowned for a passage. Quite a num ber of vessels and steamers go through every day, which lessens the distance seven miles. I wish we had a Grant, Meade, ami McClellan Gap; we could make the passage to Fortress Monroe in oiie-lialf the time it now takes, and the expense of cutting would be but a trifle. In coming up or going down the river we pass Purler's observatory (or other wise called the Crow's Nest)tliree times, on account of the river being so crook ed. I make it a point to come in contact with the different classes of this State to get their Ideas of the future. To look at the present prospect you would not believe we had been fighting against one another for tho past four years.— Not a word hardly is uttered in reference to it, business is progressing rapidly, all classes are grasping for the "green backs." The last four or five years has put Richmond in the back ground In regard to the times and style, &c , but the citizens will soon make up for lost time, if they continue the course they have adopted. They are in constant dread of military authority, and. North erner though I am, so am I. All we ask is our State rights and everything will go smoothly. • mm In perusing the Northern papers, I observe quite a number of paragraphs that are most absurd about the ways and habits of our people. The blacks are not so ignorant aa is supposed; they are as eager to make a greenback as the white people. As for supporting their old masters, it is not so; they are leav ing here almost every day for different fio'i-N. I overheard Aye colored wenches n conversation on the corner last even ing. "Well, Rose, whar is you livin now? "I's not livin wid de white folks; l'l wid my friends," • j THE NEWS- Now and Then.—The Richmond Rc yubticmya: H 11. Helper, brother to Helper, au hor of the famous book that excited such -Xelteme-t in Congress a few years ago, las been appointed Assessor or t lie 1 Hi ra District of North Carolina, em brae ng r orty counties in the western part or tne State. Had this item appeared a few months ■iiice in a Richmond paper, it would Kread thus: "The brother ofthe ous Helper-author of the .--fa book." According to a North Carolina paper, the motto of a large number of the sub ,lucd rebels must be, "Turn up the -ta r-red soil, porcine inhabitant, or your Se will swell the mortuary column, ddy's description of a fiddle cannot" be beat': "It was the shape of a turkey uid the size of a goose; he turned It over on its bt-llv ami rubbed its backbone with a stick, and och! by St. Patrick, how it ditl si'Uale!" The French remedy for staring in the streets is good. If you regard a French-1 man longer or more closely than polite ness warrants, he takes off his hat to you. An Englishman or Yankee would re mark :" I hope, sir, you will know me again." M-NFi-u.Y Don.—Tlie Editor ofthe Wilmington , having been chal lenged to Eight a duel by one Dr. Love, of Unit city, refused. This is the right spirit. Duelling and other barbarous practices must be put down, and the edi torial fraternity who have suffered the most from it, siiouid take the lead in dis (•iiiinte-iiain'ing the system of genteel niui'iler. To light a cluel is no test of courage, for many a desperate duellist lias been known to skulk from danger on tlie battle-field. The Newbern (N. C.) Times, says:— Tlie new police force did well on the 4th of July. Tliey behaved themselves generally, and caused others to do'the same. Tliey are to be uniformed, with grey pants, blue blouse and grey felt hats. This will make a neat and unique uni- Our authorities here might have avoid ed the resumption of military rule, had they formed a good and efficient police IOit.1» PiiAiisEO-ooy BubVIVINO Facts.— There are some persons.even in Boston, who cannot get it into their heads that J slavery is abolished. As the colored ' company, in the city procession of the ' ith, was passing v certain point, a per- f son in the crowd, said in a tone loud ' enough to be heard by a number of peo- ' pie, "if I had my way, I would take all those fellows and send them down South Wm, Hutchins, of Penobscot, the on ly remaining veteran of the revolution in New England, participated in tho celebration on the 4th, in New York. The Department of State has been officially informed that the Spanish Gov ernment purposes issuing orders to the Captain General of Cuba, to deliver to tlie United States Government the in surgent ram, Stonewall, now at Havana. A young man was married at the Lud low street jail, New York, a short time ago, who was recently sentenced, by the I nited States courts, to a term of five years at Sing Ring, to a young woman who had given him her affections in more prosperous days. The groom left the next morning for Sing Sing with out the bride, so tlie honeymoon lasted only a brief period. The Paris Le Pays, in a critical ac count of the dog show, which had been open for some days, has this astonish ing piece of intelligence: "The citizei of Free England, who occupies the ken nel No. 180. is a bull dog, highly appre dated on the turf of the city, and h hunts rats like a perfect gentleman." The Memphis Argus says the city wa startled on the morning of June __th b. a report that Col. J. R. McClanahan, on* of the editors of tlie Memphis Appea had been killed by fulling from tlie win dow of the Y'azoo House. About fiv o'clock in the morning tlie form of a man was discovered lying in the alley behind the hotel. Upon examination it was discovered to be that of Colonel McClan ahan, who, although horribly mangled and weltering in his blood, aiid was still alive. Both arms and both legs were broken, the latter near the knees. His chin was badly crushed, uaha was oth erwise badly bruised. When discovered consciousness had been restored, and the sufferer, In the intensity of his agony, begged the attending surgeon to kill him, and thus put au end to hi 9 suffer ings. In a fashionable quarter of London company have erected a hotel at an ex pense of $1,500,000. The building i splendid In dimensions, Btyle t decora tions, and furnishing. Every improve ment suggested by tho American ant best Paris hotels are introduced. Tin London west end hotel will acconnuo date two thousand guests and secure th best patronage. The managers distinct ly announce that, single gentlemen mnj have a bedroom by the night as low n* eighteen pence. The Tribune's special Washingtondes- i states tliat a telegram from New is, dated the sth, says #en. Banks red an oration at a Union celehra tere, and asserted the justice.right, 'cessity of conferring the elective ise on the colored people of the Hon. John Covode had been gating affairs at New Orleans,and Washington on the 3d. 'heeling despatch of the 7th says : t distressing and fatal calamity _>d here about 0 o'clock last night, ng in the death of Captain John n old and prominent citizen of ty and tlie wounding of Major til, chief paymaster of tlie depart- A squad of the provost guard l pursuit of an escaped prisoner he order was given to fire, whit eyed. One of the balls ef the thigh of Capt. List, severing ry, and then passing through the f Major McPhail, producing a painful flesh wound. Capt. List died in about an hour. The affair has caused a deep feeling throughout the community. William Bell was hung at Waukegan, Illinois, for murdering an old lady who abjecteu to his marrying her daughter. Under the gallows Bell made a long speech, declaring his innocence and Pending himself to Christ, after he was dropped into eternity. The Grave of Pre-idextLincoln's Mother.—The graveitf the mother of Kte President is located in Spencer *", Indiana, near the little vilageof yville, embowered amid majestic treesof thecounty. There Is neither one nor monument to denote the spot, and the place where the re lic buried is an unfrequented lo ality, or comparatively so. A short ime before his death Mr. Lincoln wrote le ter expressing his intention to visit lie grave this summer, and cause a suit ble monument to be erected; and in ' his letter, (to an old friend) he express- * d the regret that the business cares of c is life had so long compelled him to n ctpo-ethisduty. Jy The President's Health. An impression has gone abroad that Pre, l lent Johnson's recent .udisposit on n-r*lv fatigue occasioned by the Wavy nrcs-ur" fpon his time and physi ci cwaci-e- ifndoubtedlyhisniuscu- S sKt i was taxe- to the utmost, by „c tre-iendouD d.ains upon his nervous } eneiyies by tiie laborious ami harra* h,K nature of his duties. No man ever !,a-to contend with more perplexing J mid embarrassing responsibilities, in . coniunctlon with the excessively ovei heated atniosj-here of Washington at , this season, these lucessent deuiinuls | would break down tlie vital force oi an ( iron constitution. But it should be un- , dcrstood that the President has been , really andseriouslyill. A system which, j for a time was proof against the annoy- | ttnees of ofiice, was incapable of resist- , ing the noxious influences of malaria, j rt is evident that the accumulated wash- ( Inn of the Potomac, which are gradn illy flllingthe flats M the neighborhood afllte White House, are rendering that j icsid-iice, during the sickly season,more and more untenantable every year.— While the marshes along the river ex- J hale their subtle poison, the occupants i of the White House can only escape the intermittent and remittent fevers gene- , rated by such emanations, by retiring to . the heights of Georgetown, or to some other salubrious locality. The President , needs rest, but he is in greater need of wholesome and invigorating air, not oiiiy to promote his present recovery,but to prevent further invasion of marsh miasm. —Baltimore American. Decidedly KicTiT—fo show how un worthy sonic of tlie "Southern Delega tions" a-t Washington are for the places tliey arc begging, we need only cite the meritorious Claims of one from Alaba ma. After that delegation had been in Washington a week the party referred to applied to the President "for a special pardon for being a Rebel.!' SVe are of the opinion if the record of some members of all the delegations from the South now at Washington were overhauled from the beginning of the war to its close, but precious little Unionism would be found developed in many of their character-—on the con trary, we think deeds and professions would be brought to light which would prove that until quite recently they were active supporters and upholders ol secession doctrines. This compelled loyalty and forced conservatism will not amount to much If any day of trial should come hereaf ter. "Put none but true men of tried loyalty in official positions," should be the nibtto acted on as far as reorganizing Rie Southern States is concerned. \Yt have had high places filled with dema gogues long enough—now let us have ihem filled with honest men. — Augusta (Oa.) Chronicle. Parliament.—The London corres pondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, I speaking of the forthcoming Parliamen tary elections, says: * " The number of men who are anxious to get, at a cost of an average of about 51.3,000 each, into a body where they work hard without My—limply for the glory of the thing—is remarkable. The non-payment, of members secures that only rich men shall get there, and keeps the Houso of Cot*in_6ns what it Is—the most aristocratic and powerful club in tlio world. It is remarkable that the great brewers all go, some time or other, to Parliament, lioss is now in, and bin son is a candidate. Allsop retires this year. Barclay, of Barclay & Perkins, is a candidate, and will probably be elected. K. F. Flower (Flower & of Stratford,) stands for New Windsor. He went out to America with old Rob ert Owen, and is an important friend of our country." m**tmm. A Noble Request.—The beqneetoi $175,0(10 reported to have b .en made by the late Admiral Dupont for the estab lishment of a national asylum for the orphan children of soldiers and sailors, . is one ofthe wisest and most beneficent deeds that we have recorded for many a day. This sum was tlie brave old sail ' or's share in the prize moneys which his gallantry and vigilance had snatched ■ from the enemy off the Atlantic i coast. Tlie telegram announcing these • Interesting facts does not go into par l ticulars, but the sound judgment and J practical good sense of the Admiral ma v 1 be trusted, we think, to have indicated I a plan which will render hi,, bequest • practicable, and enable it to be carried out so as to fulfill tiie cherished wishes i ot the testator. Tlie broad humanity » winch would not restrict his bountin.l ' givings to tlie orphans of seamen alone ■ is worthy of note. It is in such a spirit ' 1 ot comprehensive benevolence that all • great schemes of charity are best under- , I _*-_ ttU ?t , uMM - We mistake the I temper of the American people if tl i. • voice from the grave of the dead Ad miral does not rouse them to a sense of itw great duty which now remains with ', . them, antl whidi they have over , , o-er again, pledged themsehCtoaK ' . charge-the substitution of a nation. , ■ tefi*2W>» those who __l-?b2._ 1 ; left fatherless by the war. ! The Results of the War.-Tlioui-i, S sad tlio means, it is, nevertlu i«.<_ * c tie the North and South havi i „, i " tamed a more perfeot knowledge of oaeb '' other; with a better knowleTl.-. i I have discovered moi -o to adn"',, d'?,- r wrong, more to fear. Soldiers oil, » opposing armies have learned to re J, ,n ' each other's valor Ram-*-. Tit* , Dec ' er will not K-fiWSffiSS. ] Yankees. Xc ther will „\„ii ' )nu - boast that the Confedo acv en T man tl.rownandterrifiedo,,toflxt-,^- h a dozen broomsticks Arlinm, ■ i v 1111 glass or comZnnUn^7ntvt^r' M cut another diamond 'so 2 « I'Z .-mericans may whip an army of vL ' , peans, but, all things bein, count °" army of Americans cannoi"wlX Jm n C er of the same material a„ i_ th " review of tlie war wilHh„w th_? 11 ", rtial 1 any decisive victoryffi*! ___}«• ' either side, it has Lc7os"^ t T [ ™ ; superior numbers or ndxamLT, f cr t0 Bition.-A'ew Orleans PapcT. * ' Terrible TB-ffiBDT ▲*_.. TON, N. H.-.4 Father kill 7 s *?*n«r- , inu'ton, N. A., were a vh, K. y _, Ut , Farn '* a tearful occurrence'"2 J . b - v . from the village on tlie nf orn U " ,nile 4th. Mr. Thomas P~& °_ , J or . t,,e returned home onl T l,t SSlirT- 0 had ' vious, after having serv_d i„ «, y J"" by his son, Charles I_. PlnkhanT t were under the influence of■ Cj or r ,^- v cured in a neighboring now sold in Farmington. e.mmeurtn somewhat sportively to see which strongest, the son got excited and and with a scythe struck his father «,' veringthe muscles, veins and artery _,■ the arm, and injuring him in other places, so that In a very few moments the father bled to death. The son was arrested, making no resistance. The wife of Mr. P. died last winter, leaving a family of children, now in double mourning. e<« . . The last number of the London Punch says, in reference to Mr. Jefferson Davis "Surely there is such a word in John- Bon's Dictionary as pardon. We are certain It would have been in Webster's had Daniel lived till now." This is rery good,—for Punch. The Happy Woman.—The happy woman in this our world—which is ap parently meant to be the road to perfec tion, never its goal-you will find too few specimens to be ever likely to mis take her. But you will recognize her presence the moment she crosses your path. Not by her extreme livlineas— lively people*nre rarely either happy or able to diffuse happiness—but by a sense of brightness aud cheerfulness that en ters with her, as an evening sunbeam across your parlor wall. Like the fairy order in the nursery tale, she takes up the tangled threads of your mind, and reduces them to regularity, till you dis tinguish a clear pattern through the ugly mate. She may be neither handsome, nor clever, nor entertaining; yet, some how, she makes you feel "comfortable," because she Is so comfortable herself. She shames you out of your complain ings, for she makes none. Yet, may hap,' since it is the Divine law that wo should all, like our Master, be "made perfect through suflering,'' you are ful ly aware that she has-had far more sor row than ever you had; tliat her dally path, had you to tread It, would be to you as gloomy and full of pitfalls as to "her it is safe and bright. She may have even less than the medium lot of earthly blessings, yet all she has she enjoys to the full; and it is so pleasant to see any one enjoy! For her sorrows she neither hypocritically denies,iiorproudly smoth ers tliem—she simply bears them; there fore thev'.ome toher, as sorrows were meant to come, naturally and hand- s somely, and passing over, leave her full of compassion for all who may have to do the same.— Home Journal. The following is told among other tilings as having occurred during the conference between Mr. Lincoln and t.cneral Sherman, when tlie latter visit ed the President anil Lieutenant Gener al, just before tlie last advance on Rich mond: * - , ,«r i .enernl Sherman says: "I asked Mr. Lincoln explicitly, when I went up to City Point, whether he wanted me to capture Jell". Davis, or let him escape, and in reply he told me a story." That "story" may now have a histori cal value, and I give il therefore as Gen eral Sherman said Mr. Lincoln told It only promising that it was a favorite story witli Mr. Lincoln, which he told many times, and in illustration of many points of public policy. "I'll tell you, General," Mr. Lincoln was said to have begun, "I'll tell you what! think about taking Jeff. Davis. Out in Sangamon county there was an old temperance lecturer who wus very .strict in tlie doctrine and practice of to tal abstinacy. One day after n long ride in the hoi sim, he stopped at tlie house of a friend who proposed making him a lemonade. As the mild beverage was % being mixed, the friend insinuatingly _sked if he would't like just the ieust drop of something stronger to brace up his nerves after the exhausting heat and ' exercise. "No,' replied the lecturer, '1 could't think of it; I'm opposed to it on principle. 'But,'he added, witli a lon- I ging glance at the black bottle that t atood conveniently at hand, 'If you could jf manage to pat in a drop unbeknownst c to me, I guess it would't hurt me much!"' c "Now, General," .Mr. Lincoln is saidr t to have concluded, "I'm hound to oppose s the escape of .led. Davis; but if you could v manage to let liiiiislip out unbeknownst n like, I guess it would'nt hurt me much!" c "And that," exclaimed Gen. Slier f, man, "is all 1 could get out of the Uov is eminent a.s to what its policy was con is earning the Rebel leaden, till Stanton i, assailed nic for Davis' escape!" i, An Appeal for Rebel Soi_diers.— •- Tlie Richmond Bulletin of tho 4th" iv '- stant contains a letter signed " A Rebel I Soldier," in which a strong appeal is made in behalf of his comrades. He irgues that the old politicians should ' stand aside and allow the maimed and • llie crippled—those who have done the ' lighting fer the confederacy—to hold the ■ Offices. He dislikes parlies and party ■ names, but if parties are to be liiaugu -1 rated he does not wish to sail under tlie 1 banner of the "People's Union Party." lie claims tliat the rank and file of tho army are better citizens than nny other class in theJState, and will make honest and felt-Ail cfllcers. He glories in tho name of "Lee's Virginians," and from the name they have given to tlio Stato he is decidedly of tlie opinion that they should be rewarded with the " loaves and fishes." ■»» Birth on tiie C_Jtt.—On Friday last, Mrs. Kays, v lady residing in North Carolina, while on the Danville cars gave birth to two children. A military surgeon on the train was called in in ihis unexpected emergency, and ren dered the necessary aid. The lady was taken off the oara at tlie station below and carried to the residence of one of Ihe officer* of the road, where she was kindly eared for. Doth children died In a few hours after their birth. Mrs. hays was on her way to Richmond go ing* to St. Louis. Arrivals at the Atlantic Hotel, July 10. -urns X Din-den, Southampton Oa, Va; W Millor, N V; I'nj.t lien} J Q Puyu, Boston) Peter L-u-son, Newbern, — L'; -iimc. Logan, Unit; X V.ning Xi.wl.ieril; Itrvnn Magulra, Pbna'dj Miss Young. New-era; John Bans, riiilail] O W _i—Tence, Nuwliern; Owen Willinm., N C: J M Wilsou, I'-tn; Tli— L Mvcr, V.r Tbooiloro ltirflo, Pi>n_; II 0 -hirer, llult; Samuel Grass, ll'tli N V Cuv; «' D ttign», N V; .1 11 Van Dy_*, Kentucky; Limt It 11 Miirilin, I'SN; •Ins Ti'llinii—>ii nu.l wife, Warrick Co, Va: W II Sun tli. Petersburg; Alux Keritleth, Old Point, Vn; A Smith Donan, iVter.biiifc; Jacob X Levrell, Newport News; Uud—n Wood-. Newport New* Lieut B Powell, Richmond: A O l'l-rnz, D S A; M II Urilllii, Va; E V Murl-o, Southamp ton Co, Vu. D OR NEW YORK.. VIRGINIA STEAMSHIP COMPANY. inn new -Nti Mill fl 11 111 I Mill*. OEN'L SHERMAN, BROOKS, Comma-din., Will leave Friday, I.th. For Fr-in-t or Pas-ue, apply to CYRUS E. STAPLKS, jy 11—tf 18 Wide Water Sin.L I? O H SALE. —50 SHARES " EX CIIANU- National Bank" of .Norfolk. Addrew -ox 107, P. 0. Jy il—at* HEIRS or Property 187, Stat Main -troel, will leiiru si.nn thing lo Iheir advantage by -.u.i* tiponC. s. Palmer, oa the uisatose. ly il—u« JACKSON WHITE, POTATOES— 41 bar—la hr lale low, tn eloee i-un-ignincnt. . ~ WALKS' ""'" **". B! __ No-11, Eoatoke Square. B E FO R KENT. on., eftfca best Bnnineas stands for rent nn Broad ivTi Mr ,'." t - *»•<> '"'!"' Editor of the '■ '.'-" POST. \Vt 0 A It D AND ITdQI N G vimn" b '' !*__•* at No - ,2 . South Brewer street, for fonr ca-_,_- Tw '°sr-ll furi.i-ln.,i man, with Rood board, oe ii.„t ,„, timlltMtm terms by luinieiliate application. «-_ . .""-'"""-"-I Is irnlut nun the heme uot more than • -unites walk of the Market. j, U—SA LOAN ASSOCIA „ J ITTk T-*? S"w Bo- kholders of this '"-•ltiltwu will be held ln the Hall of tlio Unlou Vint , J-U-|ia„y (Feuchurc-street' on Monday eveulne nil. '««., at 8 o'clock. A full meeting of the Stotkht lder.t ii desrable I _!__-—at J-jLjljiNliltKN. se.retary. 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