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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1865.
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nected with this paper ahauld; b» address-! to B. U.
Brows, Norfolk I\si. -II e*mm«nM_tloa» pertaining to
editorial Matter*, aad all •*rre*pond.*_a intanded for
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ments bsfor* .he *'*10-l * _•• •»»•«» pt*»l*_» to
public.tion.
N.wsmen aad ••w.h.y* ds*lrta| pap-** HH pleas.
have their erders at tk* . *u*tl*fr«*m »• -sraing nr.
Ttoui Infill, "li o'aloek.
Mayhew A Brother*, li„„k.ellm. aad it.Ssnsrs, n.
autheriied ag.ut* to sell tha Norfolk iM, aad all erdert
dR with tin-in will ba attended to Si* suras a* H left at
th* ettlee of publication.
S. M Pettergill A Co, are an.hor._ed Advertising
ij.ii!. for th* /'...< in New York and Boston.
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Our special correspondent's account
of the Fenians, in yesterday's paper
went off like warm cakes.
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A reporter in Richmond had his pock
et picked a day or two since. The presi
must be flush at the Capitol.
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Richmond is to have a foreign open
troupe this winter. We have an opera
troupe of native talent in Little-Watei
street.
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Capt. George A. Kensel of the sth U.
H. Artillery, now an instructor in mathe
matics at West Point, has been breveted
Major and Lieutenant-Colonel in the
regular army, and Colonel of Volun
teers.
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On the first page will be found Mr.
Henry Ward Reecher's last splurge for
notoriety; an interesting bit of Natural
History of Babies ; an account of a mur
der and robbery in Washington; some
fifty paragraphs of things in general—
in all Aye columns.
The Tunisians are to visit Richmond,
and have engaged rooms at the Ballard
House. Their names are: General Ha
■hem, Colonel Gaita, Mr. Consul Perry
and Chev. Conte. It will be a comfort
to them to be under the roof of a land
lord who can converse with them in
their own language; and that is just
what Mr. Maine can do.
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The Petersburg Index is out in ano
ther article abusing Connecticut because
game fellow has sued his wife for a di
vorce, and another man proposing thi
establishment of an anti-horse stealing
association. We suppose the Index it
vexed at the old State because it voted
against negro suffrage. Call you that
backing your friends? *
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The Rectangular Visiting Card sprint
ed in the Norfolk Post job office, are the
neatest specimens of typography that
we have seen for some time. Printed on
Bristol cards, and in purple ink, they
certainly equal in elegance the best en
graved visiting cards; and tlt-ey are at
least one hundred per cent, cheaper.
Bee them; aud at the same time inspect
our styles of business cards, and the othei
kinds of printing enumerated in our ad
vertisement on this page.
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Mr. McPherson, the Clerk of the
House of Representatives, has been
beard from recently. He declares that
be will not place the names of the South
ern representatives on the roll of the
House, because it would be admitting
them to vote upon the validity of their
own election. We suppose this is all
right enough. The South wants to be
represented fairly in Congress, and don't
desire any juggling or swindling. We
want to go into Congress with becoming
dignity.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL TEST OATH.
The editor of the Charlottesville
Chronicle is no doubt a very able man
and one of our first jurisconsuls. He
ought to be on;tho supreme bench, and
we trust that when a vacancy occurs
Andrew Johuson will not overlook his
claims. In speaking of the test oath
required by Congress, he says that the
only papers in Virginia which sustain
its constitutionality are the Norfolk
Poet, the Alexandria Journal, and the
Richmond Republic. Now, we confess
that we have taken so little interest in
the " test oath," that we have never
before alluded to it in these columns;
and know so little about the constitu
tional views of our cotemporaries in
Virginia, that we are at a loss to say
what they may or may not have pub
lished on the subject. All that we do
know is that' the test oath is a law of
Congress, and as such it is binding till
declared unconstitutional aud void by
the Supreme Court, or until Congress
shall see proper to repeal it; and our de
claration of its constitutionality or un
constitutionality could not, under any
circumstances, alter the case. We could
not change the law if we would; and as
we looked upon it as a matter of little con
sequence, we concluded not to stultify
ourselves by wasting words in the use
less and unnecessary argument of a ques
tion that is entirely beyond our control.
We did not, like some of our cotempora
ries, believe in resorting to such a sneak
ing subterfuge as they generally recom
mended in order to secure a representa
tion in Congress, but would have adopt
ed the more manly and honest course of
selecting for Congress any man who by
the bold avowal of bis real Sentiments,
could bave secured his election, and
then had him present himself before that
body, and demand his seat as a right,
and not beg it as a favor. We therefore
did not cry out, "Elect no man to Con
gress who cannot take the test oath."
We would rat her trust men who declared
their inability conscientiously to take
that oath, than those who falsely de
clared, in order to deceive the people into
voting for them, that they could take it.
Congress, too, would have more respect
for men of that stamp of character, and
would be likely to extend to them a
warmer welcome than to those who will
present themselves with the declaration
-hat they have never aided, by word or
deed, the rebellion. W« VOUI4 like to
see the South assert its manhood in this
particular. We would like to see truth
prevail, even though we might fail in
being represented for a term in Congress.
Consequently we had too much resect
for that manly feeling of honest pride
which has ever distinguished thetrue
Virginian, to counsel the adoption of a
mean and transparent subterfuge, to
cheat the country into the acceptance
of our representatives. We would havo
rather seen Generals Lee, Lonstrect.'nnd
Mahone, who of course cannot take that
oath, chosen, than Mr. Bidgway ; who,
i although he was in the Confederacy all
through the war, and has had his paper
suppressed by the military since
for disloyal utterances, says he can
conscientiously take the oath. Tho test
oath did not trouble us, nor we it, be
cause we looked upon it as a matter of
no serious moment. Congress is not
composed of a collection of ninnies, to
be hoodwinked by any of the subter-
I fuges the press or politicians of the
South may choose to adopt in order to
attempt to slip in at the back-door, and
cheat it out of a recognition. The men
composing that body have had their
eyes and their ears open during the war,
and know as well as the editors or peo
ple of tbe South who can take the test
oath and who cannot take it. They
know that tbe Andrew Johnsons, Madi
son, Wellses, aud Andrew Jackson
Hamiltons of the South were not quite
so abundant during the war as they
have become since; nnd they also know
that there is scarcely a man who re
mained In the South during the war
that can take that oath. The "test
oath " was a dodge resorted to in Vir
ginia by certain aspiring politicians and
their friends to frighten the people into
electing them, as the only means ol
securing a representation in Congress.
We do not now, and never did believe,
that that oath will be any obstacle in
the way of the admission of the South
ern members, for until the question if
settled definitively by Congress itselfastx
whether the South shall be representee
or not, no applicant for a seat from flu
South will be allowed the privilege o
taking the oath; and after Congresi
has determined the matter, it will be a
easy for it to repeal the test, as it wa
for Mr. Johnson to pardon Genera
Humphreys. Virginia should have me
this matter with more dignity thai
she did, and voted for her repre
sentatives as regardless of the conse
quences as ' the people of Rich
mond did when they elected Sturdivan
Mayor of that city. By pursuing thi
course they would have commanded tic
respect of Congress and the country
even though their representatives migh
not have been admitted, aud the peopli
would have gained honor by man full.,
and nobly expressing their honest senti
ments and convictions, and refusing t<
resort to the shameful subterfuges an
shams of expediency. If Virginia
to be represented the test oath caun
prevent it; and if her representativ
are refused it will not be because of the
inability to subscribe to the test oath
nor would It be even were Lee and Long
street the applicants. Let everythini
connected with this matter of recou
struction be frank, honest and abov
aboard. Let there be no attempts a
fraud—no stealing back into the Union
Boldly you left, andyou should return ii
the same erect manner.
To the editor of the ChronicU
we would say,we do not pursue chimerai
or solve riddles; neither do wepassoui
time in such unprofitable business as th<
discussion of the constitutionality of th<
laws of Congress. There are great legal
minds enough iv the country to expount
and decide these questions for us. The
are paid to do it, and we have no wis :
to lighten their labors. We look to then
to tell us the right, and are content t
obey the laws as we And them unt
they release us from our obligation
We publish an independent journa
more for our own amusement than fo
any profit or reward we aped to rea ;
from the experiment, and we never hay
nor never will, be found guilty of s
mean a thing as sacrificing principle t
expediency. Till the Charlottesvill
Chronicle can honestly say as much
would do well to withhold its spite fu
flings at its superiors.
THE t'HOLEBA IN BROOKLYN
It is stated that the Asiatic cboler
has made its appearance in Brooklyn
The New York-ZVeM-a, commentingupo
this fact, says, truly, it is wise not to b
over hasty in accepting this report a
positively indicating thj. presence of th
terrible pestilence among us; but
is also wise to take warning, and, i
view of the possibility of so immediat
a danger, to insist upon tbeintroductio
of the most thorough sanitary measure
If the cholera is in New York, Norfol
cannot hope to escape its fearful visita
tion. After the devastation, the havoc
the sorrow of the civil war that ha*
wasted our country, it would be dread
ful to meet at the threshold of peace an
other scourge even more destructive ant
pitiless, to afflict us with another period
of horrors. Let no pains be spared to
provide against such a calamity by tho
most complete and rigid sanitary regu
lations, that if the hideous visitor mus
come, its stay may be brief and its vie
tims few. Over and over again wo have
appealed to the city government of Nor
jfolk to do something toward averting
the danger at hand. The Mayor spends
his time in the adjudication of drunk
ards' squabbles, and he has no leisure for
trifles; the ctty councils have made a
contract with some one to clean the city,
and they have nothing further, they
think, to do; and thus we are abandoned.
Will not the people—the merchants' as
sociation—take the matter in hand?
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VEBMOHT.
It is not generally known that Mont
pelier is the capital of the great state of
Vermont; but, nevertheless, such is tbe
fact, and a very creditable one, too, for
the Green mountain boys. They have
a newspaper there called the Freeman,
Mid occasionally the Legislature meets
to discuss the dog laws, and make an
appropriation to publish them in the
Freeman. A queer set of creatures are
these Vermont legislators, as described
in their official journal:
-Great rnts,Hiniill rats, lennratM, brawn.-rats,
111-own rats, black rath, gray rats, tawny rats,
Griivo old ploddi-rs, gay yiiulig frisk.-rs."
A very sage and reverend body of old
Hrats truly, and all their acts ought to bo
ratified. A dog law is urged to prevent
hydrophobia, which prevails to an
alarming extent in Montpelier during
the winterseason, and as the maniapotu
, was cured in Maine by the passage ol
the liquor law, it is thought the hydro
phobia may finally bo legislated out ol
Vermont. Mr. Brown, (not Brown ol
ours, but Brown of Vernon,) a verdanl
legislator, hns introduced a bill for the
protection of dogs and other domestic
I animals. It isan important question foi
reverend law-makers to occupy theii
time with, and we are glad to know that
" amid the mighty throes and political
convulsions that shake the country,'
Vermont can calmly contemplate a dog
law. Go it, old Montpelier! Are then
any more Fenians in your neighbor
hood ? r>
I'ROCTOR 3 FABEWELL BENEFIT-
Mr. Joseph Proctor, the very able ant
pleasing tragedian who has been cater
ing for our enjoyment at Glenn's during
the past two weeks, will take his fare
well benefit to-night, and we call upoi
our young men to crowd the house ant
give him a bumper. He is a most worth,
gentleman, and deserves such a mark o
our appreciation of his efforts; the mpn
so, as good houses have been the excep
tion. since his advent among us. To
night he appears in a new play, entitlet
"Gio, the Armorer of Tyre," in whicl
he personates three characters, and wil
, be supported in the cast by Mr. Marston
Mr. Ferris, Mrs. Meek, Mrs. Marstor
and Mr. Rosene. The afterpiece of "Oil
Delph, or Family Jars," amusing enougl
to make the Vermont Legislature laugh
will be played with Marston, Roseneant
Mrs. Marston iv the leading characters
' We should like lo see Mr. Proctor havi
a house equal to that which compli
. mented Mr. Glenn a few evenings since
as we are desirous that he shoultl leavt
us with a good impression of Norfolkiai
liberality, aud give a good report of ou
, city abroad. We must use the acton
well; they are the "brief and abstrac
chronicles of the times, and it, wer
better to have a bad epitaph when deat
than their ill-report while living "—o
something to that effect.
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' THE PARTY MAN IN TEARS
t The following "lamentation "is fron
the New York Tribune of Wednesday
" The _.2d of July, 1861, was the dark
est day that ever gloomed on the chain
pious of Human Liberty and Americai
Nationality. In the morning the loya
States were electrified by the news tha
our grand army at Centreville had won
the day before, a brilliant victory ove
the rebels ; by noon, they were over
1 whelmed by tho far truer, but hideous
: tidings of most unlooked-for reverse am
, overwhelming disaster. Our army wa
not merely defeated, but routed, with
" loss of all its material and half itsnum
bers, and its wretched remnants wer
■ rushing, report said, like frightenet
r sheep, across the Potomac, a wretchet
' mob—a demoralized, weaponless rabble
which a regiment of cavalry might a
| any moment scatter like chaff from th
; threshing-floor. Washington, with it
parks of cannon, its richly stored navy
yard, its wealth of small arms, muni
tions and provisions—to say nothing o
I its public edifices and archives—was ut
i terly at the mercy of the triumphal)
rebels, whose scarcely resisted possessiot
of it would probably be announced by i
proclamation from Jeff. Davis withir
the next twenty-four hours."
The above is historically correct, ant
it Is told In a touching antl very pathetit
manner. Mr. Greeley has no passage*!*
his work on the war half so fine. Anc
what is it all about—to what is it the pre
lude? It is the prelude to the an
nouncement that Mr. John. Cochrane ii
going to vote for General. Stocum ! I II
is a pretty good wail, considering—ls it
not ? The party man is a good deal of i
crocodile. He must be, to be of any ac
count. We do not suppose the Tribunt
could say anything so mournful were il
approaching the "sad duty" of an
nouncing the death of the editor's bettei
half.
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THE NORTH STAB DISABLES
The transport steamship, the "Nortl
Star," bound from New York to New
Orleans, was disabled in a heavy galeof;
Hatteras, and sprung aleak. She pui
into Hampton Itoads yesterdny. Bh<
has on board United States troops, undei
command of Brigadier General B. H
Hill, en route to Tortugas.
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FREEMAN CLARKE AND GOV. PEIBPOINI
Freeman Clarks, of the Treasury De
partment, has replied to the card o
■ Governor Peirpoint' in yesterday'
Tribune, and substantially endorses'th
Herald's first version of the afi'air. Mr
Clarke says that while the precise lan
guage reported may not have been usee
on the occasion alluded to, he is confl
dent the general tone of the conversa
tion was even more offensive and un
justifiable than that which the Goveruo
is charged with, and that he did no
order him to leave his office uncere
raoniously. Mr. Clarke's statement is
verified by the affidavit of an eyewit
ness, and both will soon appear in print.
—_V. Y. Herald, Oct. 26.
Governor Peirpoint, of Virginia, ia
out in a card, denying the published re
port of the unpleasant interview which
it was alleged took place between him
aud Mr. Freeman Clarke of the Trea
sury. He says:
It contains two gross falsehoods. Ist Freemen Clark,
oiiei not order Governor l'eirpoint of Virginia, to leave
his office, tt, Governor Peirpoint did not say: "Ws
people of I he South never will submit to being taxed to
pay th. Union war deht. We will never stand it, sir."
Both statements ars grossly false, and Freeman Clark,
knew them to tin false when he procured them to lie pub
lished, f- H. PiraroniT.
This is all negative. Why did not
Governor Peirpoint tell the public what
he did say on the occasion ? In that
way he might have made a point in his
favor, or, at least, relieved himself of
the odium which is certain to attach to
any man making the statement attri
buted to him. As it is, he must know
that, in the absence of further proof,
Mr. Clarke's word is as good as his in
this instance.— Wetsh. Chronicle, Oct. 26.
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The Hon. John Minor Botta is in
Kid, in |, the guest of Franklin
Steams, Esq.
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The revivals of religion in the va
rious churches of Richmond still con
tinue.
Ctltjtajt jit |RH.
NORFOLK POST DESPATCHES.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
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New York, Oct. 20.—The steamship
Africa, from Liverpool October 14, has
I arrived.
EUROPEAN MONEY AND COTTON MARKETS.
I London, Oct. 14.—Consols closed at
88I©89 for money ; United States 5-208.
'67 J ©68. .
Brussels, Oct. 44.—The National Rank
; of Belgium has advanced its rate of dis
i count to five per cent.
I Liverpool, Oct. 14.—Cotton—sales to
. day 25,000 bales—including 12,000 to
• speculators and exporters. The market
; closed buoyant, at an advance of i©Jd.
I Breadstuff's quiet and steady. Provi
sions firm and quiet.
| THE ALABAMA LOSSES.
! The Adams-Russell correspondence at
. tracts great attention, aud much edito
rial comment is expressed. It is conce
ded that the question of American
claims for indemnity for losses by the
' Alabama, &c., will come to an amicable
' solution. The I,oiidoit Times states thnt
I the position taken by the British Gov
" ernment will preclude losses from the
1 depredations of Confederate cruisers, as
! tbe matter in dispute will be referred to
r the proposed commission.
1 FENIANS.
Fenian arrests continue to be made in
Ireland.
The London Times, alluding to the
correspondence, says it is the most im
portant decision in reference to the
1 rights and duties of neutrals that lias
i beeu carried on for many years between
1 the great maritime powers, antl it can
' hardly doubt that tho proposal for the
1 com mission will ultimately be accepted.
j The Times also alludes to the Fenian
' movement, and says it will lead to a
• breach in the foreign enlistment act.—
' If England chooses to be angry, she
" would have greater reason to complain
i of America's position as a neutral in
1 the Fenian movement, than to America
1 in the Confederacy, inasmuch as the
plot was formed in America by Ameri
-1 can citizens.
- The Times admits that the American
5 government lias acted fairly, notwlth
- standing the filibuster plot of her citi
r /.ens.
THE CHOLERA IN SPAIN.
Advices from Spain are down to Oct,
13. Tlie alarming increaseof the cholert
, on the 12th, in Madrid, hud produced a
. panic. Five hundred and forty case
had been reported, and one hundred and
seventy deaths returned on that day.
, THE CHOLERA IN LONDON.
1 Numerous deaths from cholera are re-
I ported near London.
'. FROM PANAMA.
New York. Oct. 26.—Panama dates
. to the 17th have been received. The
' revolution in New Grenada had ended
| The U. S. steamer Fiugal, Lancaster
. sailed from Panama for San Franciscc
I on the 12th. Surgeon Maxwell, of theU,
S. Navy, is performing the duties oi
United States Consul at Panama. Busi
; ness was reviving.
1 SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
' In South America affairs looked
! gloomy.
' The Peruvian revolution continues.
MEXICAN MATTERS.
Washington, Oct. 26.—Official in
formation slates that President Juarez
was at El Paso on the 26th of Septem
ber. As twenty days are required for
communication between St. Paso and
the City of Mexico, the proclamation of
Maximilian, dated on the 2d instant—
that Juarez had abandoned his native
land—is discredited iv diplomatic cir
cles.
HENRY S. FOOTS.
New York, Oct. 26.—T0-day, in the
United States Court, before Judge Nel
son, the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, Dis
trict Attorney, moved that the Hon.
Henry S. Foote, a member of the late
Confederate Cotigress, be admitted as
counsellor in the Supreme Court. The
motion was granted, and Foote took the
oath to support the constitution of the
United States and the State of New
York; but after listening attentively to
tbe oath of allegiance, declared that his
connection with the late Confederacy
rendered it impossible to subscribe to
the oath, and consequently left the Court
unsworn.
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THE CHOLERA IN RROOKLYN.
New York, Oct. 26.—Commissioner
Hatch, together with Mayor Cleveland,
and other health officers, met to-day to
adopt precautionary measures against
introducing the cholera in New York
and Rrooklyn. A resolution was adopt
ed to ask of the general government a
site for a hospital for the detention of
(patients and passengers from vessels in
fected with cholera. Tho reported case
in Rrooklyn is denied.
COMMODORE CRAVEN TO RE
TRIED BY A MILITARY NAVL
COURT MARTIAL.
New York, October 20, 1865.—Com
modore Craven is soon to be tried
before a Military Naval Court Martial
iv Washington for failing to fight the
Confederate ram Stonewall in the har
bor of Fayal, he being on board the
steamship Niagara at the time the Sac
ramento and another ship were in close
proximity.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, Oct. 26.—Ex-Confede
rate Postmaster General Reagan has ar
rived here, on his way to Texas.
The Tunisian embassy arrived here
to-night from Philadelphia. They are
the guests of the government.
THE CASE OF WIRZ.
Washington, Oct. 26.—The Win
Military Commission has adjourned and
submitted their findings to the Presi
dent. Tho result cannot, with certainty,
be known until officially promulgated.
THE FIFTY MILLION LOAN.
Nkw York, Oct. 29.-The subscrip
tion to the fifty million loan of the five-1
MISSISSIPPI SKNATOR.
, Jackson, Miss,* Oct. 23.—Judge Al
' cann has been elected United States
Senator for the long term—commencinj
: ' March 4, 1800.
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.
t New York, Oct. 25.—Wheat advanced
L IAS cents. Sales 51,000 bushels mixed
corn at I cent advance. Pork—sales
{ 10,000 barrels; market heavy. Mess
_ $81(?$31 7.5. Lard heavy. Whiskey
firmer, at ?2 So©s4 35. Sugar steady.
„ Coffee firm. Molasses heavy. Naval
v Stores quiet. Petroleum dull. Freights
t heavy. Coal—over 30,000 tons Pittsou
coal sold at auction to-day, exciting
. brisk bidding. The prices are lower
than last month. 20,000 tons of Scran
ton were also sold at auction.
; . Gold-$l 46..
~ LATER.
~ New York, Oct. 20, 1 o'clock, v. M.—
tl Cotton firm at 59@«0 cents. State flour
„ declined .5 to 10 cents. Southern sold at
0 $9 70 to $16 25. Wheat firm. Corn
t advanced cents. Beef steady. Pork
•. firm. Lard dull. Whiskey firm.
c LATEST.
g New York, Oct. 26.—Flour declined;
( , sales of 9,600 barrels State.at $7.75@8.50,
Ohio $8.90Ct! 15.50, Southern $D.70(5i.16.25.
Wheat firm—sajes of 30,000 bales; Mil*
1 waukie Club $1.75(5)1.80, new amber
State $2.35. Corn advanced l@2c. —
c sales of 115,000 bushels at 87@89c. Reef
- quiet. Pork dull—sales of 7,000 barrels.
c Cotton buoyant—sales of 3,000 bales at
I f.9{.7'Goc. Sugar xuiet—Muscovado 14J@
„ 143 c. Gold4s_.
[t Chkacio, Oct. 20.—Flour dull. Wheat
c dull—No. 1 opened at $1.8-4 ftna closed
|. at $1.37}; No. 2at $1.12 J. Corn—No. I
n quiet at 40jc ; No. 2 firm at 44}. Oats
a dull at 25Jc for No. 1 and 22c. for No. 2.
_ Provisions dull. High Wines dull.
c
i The Cholera Reported in Brook
( lvn.— The cholera is declared positive
ly to have appeared in this city already.
- A skillful physician has, wo are assured,
b pronounced the sickness of police ser
. geuut John Stilwell, of the 47th pre
cinct, to have been "unmistakeable chol
era." Alarm being, however, danger
-1 ous to the workings of that calmness of
- preparation which we seek to set going,
. we are unwilling to accept this appa
rently well founded declaration and pre
fer, therefore, to call on the Hoard of
i Health for action on the ground of the
" positive advance of the cholera towards
a the point of its flight to this country —
a England, lint, us coming events very
s often cast their shadows before them,
j pre are free to confess that this state
ment that tlie case of Sergeant Stilwell
was cholera, falls upon us with an air
of tbe ominous. — Brooklyn Eagle of
i- Hhteiduy.
At the sale of government vessels in
New York on the 24th inst:
_ The steamer Ren Deford brought
■ $148,000; S. R. Spaulding $155,500;
'• Guitlo $40,000; Westmoreland $3,700;
•, Cossack $60,001.; General Meigs $18,500 ;
0 Ramack $68,000; Ashland $28,000; Thos.
• A. Scott $43,000; Ranger $14,500' Gov
ernor Chase $10,000; Charles Thomas
,f $00,500; Lancer $11,000; R. Morris
- $18,000; schr. Recruit $12,200. The
steamer Illinois was withdi-awii.
1 DIED.
In this city, at 8 o'clock, yesterday morning:, J6th
instant; MATTIE PENNY lIF.AIU), infant daughter ol
t Japtuitt J. il. unit Emma 1). Heard, Aged eight months.
Richnioliil papers please copy.
In tho Htv of New Orleans, on the 12th instant
JOSHUA CORPRHW, Bb., a nativo of Princess Anne,
' county, Virginia, iv Hie sixty-tlnril year of his age. lie
1.:., i lie, n a resident of Now Orleans for nineteen years.
- In Troy, New York, on tho ltith Instnnt, of consutnp
-1 tii,n, ,11'l.IA FRANCES, eldest daughter of Julia and
| Elijah W. Whipple, aged twenty-seven years.
f
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
POUT OF NORFOLK, Octobie M.
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Geo. I,,my. ItluKeman, Ifaliitu,.i...
Steamer Georgeanna, Pierson, Italtimorfl.
Steamer Magenta, Baulsir, Kiclimond.
I Stcuuier Tlinnias A. Morgan, Edgar, Richmond.
Schooner Wave, Crittenden, Nanseutond.
Sloop New Packet, Adams, Sniithtleld.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Thomas Collycr, Miti hell, Richmond.
, Steamer City Point, Talbot, Richmond.
Steamer George I,eary, EUakeman, Baltimore.
f Steamer fleorgoannii, Pierson, Raltimore.
Steamer Bolus, McCarrick, Mathews county, N. C
1 Steamer Uazelle, Ryers, Cninjack, N. C.
, Steamer Hatteras, Parrish, New York.
Schooner R. J. Capron, Adams, Plymouth.
I Schooner Annie \V. Collins, Tooker, N. Y.
Sloop A. T. Jones, Jernild, Elizabeth City.
I Pas"E-okrß per stoamship "Creole," Capt. King, from
New York, Oct. 26th:
I Thomas X Koause, II Price, J Curry, Cluistian Spang
, ler, Frederick Spnngler, Mrs Smith. 3 children and sri
vant, .1 ltrii-iiiiih.il. ilseameu for ship St Louis and 49 in
> the steerage.
List op Consignees per steamship Creole, Capt. King,
- from New York, October,.*) th: B. N. Adams, C. 4 U.Heaty,
C Billups, E. C. Brook-, George M. Bain, B. T. Bokover,
James Cohen, 11. Culm, E. Camp, W. C. Chamlierlin, O.
I W.Dey, W. T. Harrison, W. R. Hudgins, Samuel Katskl,
, I.nl,in ,- Stiner. I-owenb'irg A Co., Morris, Uwiitlimy k
, Co,, Russell & Mef'iinrt, M, A _c I. A. Santos, L. Seldn.r
t Co., Sherman, Brother k Co., Taylor, Martin „ Co., K.
P. Tahb * Co., 11, Welsel. .1. 11. Whitehead. B. * J. Baktr,
1 J. E. Jones, J. R. Kilby, ft. 3. Post.T. A. Young - Co., J.
I P. Morgan, .1.0. D. Newton, J. J. Woodbri.lge, H. D.
White * Co., Warren k Woodhouse, Freer k Neil, T. if
■ Cobb k Son, White k Sale, P. Henneberry, Leigh * Bro.,
K. Brygs, S. Prosky, A. L. Alden, J. M. Smith k Bro., L.
Weils, It. V. Gregory, Adams' Express Company.
Personal— Passengers per steamship "Albemarle,"
I Capt. Bourne, from New York, Oct. 26th:
. H 4 Ely, Miss M A Luke, Miss Annie Kidder, Mr Han
j cock, Mrs I, Haynuiu, Willis Nerilte, Mrs Nerille and
[ child, Setli Smith, and IS in steerage.
List or OnHR per steamship "Albemarla," Capt.
[ Bourne, from New York, Oct. 2tlth :
J I.nl,in _t Stiner, F W Seaburg, Seldner k Co, I W
I Whipple, C Schartz, Koff, Itnrgess k Core, Sherman k
I Brother, F W Pickering, O D Crow, Taylor, Martin k Co,
I Seth March, Steamer Eolus, Warren & Woodhouso, Navu|
I Storekeeper, H Eherhart, Mrs Mary Otey, S Hum burger,
I ItWeinel.il Cohen, A UnfO, E Vance, C A Smith, X
I i ji.,l"-, M Eherhart, Jacob Ulilstader,C E Bidgood.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
FINANCIAJL..
HOTIS Of THS VlßQim* BANES STASH :
Va-BankNotea 15 v% 26
Bank of Va 28 (oi 30 i
Farmers Bank of Va 21 (4 27
Bank of the Valley and Branches 28 (q) 30
Exchange Rank of Virginia 23 ■ 2S
» " " " Alex...- 40 M I
" " " " Weston 05 ■ —
Norfolk Savings Bank issues 25 in, 40
Bortsmonth " " " 20 fit 25
Va. B-.1i.15, 6s 69 (,0 60
N. C. " 81 ■ 00
Term. " 75 do 77
Mieso'rl" 72U<n) 73
N. C. Bank Notes ;. .20 I 25
Sold (large) 144 (,_> 145
Silver 133 ij, 137
City Scrip 30
South Carolina 16 • —
Georgia 20 (a) —
COMMERCIAL.
ALE—Philadelphia anil Hudson, *1._.1.
BRANTIIKS—AppIe {300(0,4.00: Hennesey, otar.l. Pi
net.Castillion, Ac . flii.isn,, ii-.iai: Fancy Brandies: Cher
ry, Blackberry. Oinger, Ac, $5.00f_)6._0; Domestic feom
mun) 12.35; California, per case, $20.00.
BlTTEßS—Bokee's, Drake's, Wahno,Run's, Scbeldam,
*c, Jll.fKkalS; Califomis Wine Bitters, per case, $13.00.
BACON—Baltimore, Sides, 19<_._0r.; Hams, _S(_s3oc.
Smithfield Ilaui\ outs loonier, _.!,_ J.„
BEEF—Extra Mess, $18.00i<i20 00 : Mess, Jie.OOf-ln.oo.
BRICKS— First quality pressed, *86.O0; 'il do , *SUt;
3dd0.,»ir..u0.
BAilllU'S PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER, $tkt par Un.
CORN—White, 7lH__7sc; Yellow, $Bn<£B3c.
COTTON—Ordinary, 34@37c; Good, S7@4oc; Mid- j
I FEE—Prime Rio Coffee, SoUv».._e.
A MOLABCES—66aM.
IlLES—Adamantine, JMbWV; Tallew, _-__c.
IRS—Domestic and Imported. Hisl6o.
L-First quality, _otaM6c.: ii quality, 35<a>40e.
DOMESTlCS—Merrimack Prints. 33.3(1; 'Spraguo do
■-T' , Amirii an d., 30; Amoskeag do 27^_; dutches Bdo
30 ; London Mourning do -T l .; Amoakeagdo, 27; l__u
caster Qinghams 30; Delaines, Si; Standard Sheet
ing, 30; 4 4 tine Brown Sheeting 30U; 3-4 do 30; 4-4 do
Bleached do 50 a &&; Ticks 87' _aß2)_; Striped Shirting
-...._•-•; Colored and Bleached Drills, ,17!._a.'W; Colored
Cambric _6a27U.
FLOUR—Family. $l_.0O@l«.OO; Extra, $12.00«_113..£;
Super, tlO.0O@12.6o: Pine, 18.50(_>8._0.
FORAGE—Hay, ISO@2OO per cwt.: Corn, Dflt-iIOO per
bushel; Oats, Huitolh per bushel: Bran,4o@aso per bush.
G1N—52.50@5.00.
HOOPS—None.
HEADINOS-None.
LEATHER—CaIf skins, flCVitlOO p»r doten; Sola
leather, 40@4_i-. per pound.
LUMBER—CIoar per thousand, $70.00; 2d do., $50.00;
3d do., $30.00.
LlME—First quality.per bbl., $2.60@53.00; 2d quality
tI.MV_I2.OO
OAKUM—I«@IBc.
OlL—Whale, per gallen, $2.00@2.28; Linseed, $1.76
Lard *2.UX-i'_.4o.
PORK—Mess $._.00<a35.00; Prime »25@32.00.
PORTER—LomIuu, best brands, $4.50; Philadelpliia,
$3.25.
RUM—s2.4o@6.oo.
ROSIN—Not quoted.
ROlE—Manilla, _-_@2_c.; Hemp, 25u»30c.
SOaP—l3al_c.
SUGAR—Brown,lsfg>l_c.; Refined, Crushed, Powdered
and Granulated,2l MM-*. A White, l.'_e, R White, 19;
C Ex, 18Uc.
Si i: All not si; SYRUPS—tiOaIWc.
SHINtIL_S-$8.00@10.00.
STAVES—S2S._Ofq»3O.OO.
NAVAL STORKS—Crude Turpentine, none in market;
Turpentine,ss.so(_,o.oo; Tar, $_..iii,.ti.mi.
TOBACCO—Connecticut Leaf, 20<it7oc.; Yir._o@tl.2s;
In market; Manufactured, 50c.(_$|1.2J; Smoking, 50i-.f«
$1.00; Snuff, 50c.(_)51.00.
WHEAT—White, $1.IKI®210; Red, $1.60@1.76.
WHISKEYS-Ohl Monongahela(low pr00f)52.10@2.25.
Rye and Bottrbon, $2.35(_17.00.; proof, $2 -0@3.00.
"WlNE—Champagne: "Star, M *'lleidsick,""GreenSeal,"
I '* St. Murcean, "Red Lac," Ac, $_5.tWii42.00; Sherry, ii.
.. k.(m> ; Port, $4.00©8.00; Claret, ia caeee, $5.00, $0.00. $.
$10.00 and $24.00; Saiiterne, pnu.se, $».00#15; Califor
nia, per case, $12.00(^14.00.
WOOD—Per cord, $4.6095.00.
WHITE LEAD—B^I7.
DOMESTIC MARKETS,
FRESH MEATS— At the stalls, Beef, according tocnt,
10(2)16 cts.; Veal B@locta.; Mutton 12@16 cte.; Shoat
7.'„',. 100 per quarter.
FOWLS—Chickene 26@W)cts.,a,-curding tnsi_a; Ducks
$1 hi mi. 125 per pair; Geese d2@76 .-Is.
FRUITS—Apples 75@80 cts. per peck.
VEGETABLES-Cabboge 6010 eta.; Onions 10 cts. net
lniiiiii; Beets 10 cts. per bunch; Soup Vegetables li-tio
cts. per tumuli: Potatoes 75w$l 00 per bushel; Sweet
Potatoes "f.i.ii!io eta per peck.
FISH—Hog Fish $1.00 to $1.26 per doiten; Spots 10(315
eta. per doxen; Trout 2S(_.-0 eta. a piece; Mullet lii«_ls
cts. per bun. li; Sheep Head fnie.fl o*.
COD FlSH—9aloc.; hake, 6Ua7c.
BUTTER, LARD AND CHEESE.—Butter 40@4« cts.
per pouud; Lard 77(jj130 eta. per pound; Cheese 20@21
cts. per pound.
OYSTERS—26 cents per quart.
The tiiniKets staaly with ordinary demand for Naval
Storea and small grain. Gold dull.
SPECIAL N ???£ E8 L-
JS&* BaTCHELOR'S HAIR DYE.—
The Original and Beat In tha World! The only true
and perfect Hair Dya. Harmless, Reliable and Instanta*
lie huh. Produces Immediately a splendid Black or natu
ral Brown, without injuring tha hair or skin. Remedia
the ill effects of bad dyes. Sold by all Druggist*. Tbs
genuine is signed William A. Batchelor. Also,
REGENERATING! EXTRACT OP MILLEPI.EURS,
for Restoring and Beautifying the Hair.
anglO-ly CHARLES BATCHELOR, Niw Yoil,
B__r* Away with Spectacles.—
Old Eyes Made Naw, without SPECTACLES, DOCTOR,
or MEDICINE. Pamphlst mailed free on receipt or ten
cents. Addreas E. B. FiXITI, U. D., No. 1130 Broadway,
New Yor k; octl_—l2t
SJ-aTKEROSENE COOKINO APPARATUS.
»_* All th* Cooking for a Family may ba don* with
««- KEROSENE OIL with less trouble and atlas* si
ft*- pease than by any othsr fuel. Nu dust or ash**, no
*aT" troubl* in building Area, and no wast* of fuel.
«»- Send for Circular aud Price List.
KHROBENK LAMP HKATKR CO.
~.-112-201 20C lVarl .treat, N. Y.
J. R. GILLETT, Agent for Norfolk,
ttetf" The Complexion and Hair.—
Bald neails and Bare Paces oov*r*d, flray Hair restored!
Light Hair darkened, Weak Hair strengthened, and Bushy
Hiiii- beautified.
Also, Pimpled Pace* cured, purified, and mad* soft,
smooth, clear, and bee.uti.ul by th* use of CHAPMAN'S
CELEBRATED RECIPBS. Mailed free to those wishing
to give them au konuat trial.
These recipe* can ba obtalaad without ebargs by re
turn mail by addressaing
THOS. f. CHAPMAN,
CasktiT inn Pis. uhim,
octl-4w 831 Broadway, Naw York.
, _
atif To Consumptives.—The adver
tiser, having bean restored to health In a few week*, by
a very simple remedy, after having suffered several
years with a severe lung affection, and that dread disease,
Consumption—is anxious to make known to hi* fellow
sufferers th* means of cur*.
To all who desire it, he will semi a copy of th* prescrip
tion used (free of chug*), with th* direction* for pre
paring and using th* enine, which thsy will find a anal
Ci-as n,ii Cohsuhpiioh, Aithha, B_UH.cn.--_, ft,-. Ths
only object of the advertiser is sending the Prescription
is to benefit the afflicted, and spread Information which
he conceives tobeinvaluable; and h* hopes every sufferer
will try his remedy, aa it will cost thaiu nothing, ami may
prove a blessing.
Purtles wishing the t rearription will plea** addras*
Kiv. EDWARD A. WILSON,
OC.I-4W Williaiiisbui'gb, King* County, Now York
■m- KWLIIfIiT«AM_BBB.
FOR OLD POINT, BALTIMORE AND RICHMOND,
HBRM
IIARNDEN'S Alto REID'S EXPRESS IRIIGHT.
Tlie new and elegant Steamers,
GEO. 1,1. Alt V (Captain Blakeman),
JAMES T. BRADY (Captain Landis),
Leave Norfolk for Baltimore, DAILY, at 3l£ o'clock, r.u
Through Tickets sold for all principal cities North and
West. Paueugert aid baggage transferred trom boat f
can Dree of charge.
Tho fast aad magnificent Steamers
CITY POINT (Captain Talbot),
MAGENTA (Captain Baulsir),
Leave Norfolk for Richmond, DAILY, at«. _ o'clock, a. a.
touching at tho landing* on the James River going and
returning, and connecting with the Railroad Trains at
City Point and Richmond for all point* South.
Far* to Baltimore $4 00
■' " " and return 000
" " Richmond 100
" " " and return 1(0
Th* Superior Accommodations
offered by the
NEW LINE STEAMERS
are well known by the traveling public. Th* Steamers
era all NEW, constructed with great regard to speed,
comfort and safety, _md are commanded by experienced,
courteous and attentive officers. Their superior speed
enables them to make aure connection* with all train*,
thereby causing no delay at either end of the route to
travelers.
Tho Faro has been reduced by the general nolle tat ion
of the traveling public, to whom we feel gratefnl tar
their very liberal patronage, which, we trust, by a just
course, to continue to merit.
X B.—Passengers and baggage transferrsd to and
from Portsmouth free of charge.
Leave Norfolk from whaif foot of Roanoke and Market
Square*. H. \ .-TOMPKINS,
oct27—tf Agent.
i"1 ROC ERIES.
an entiriTnew STOCK,
Conaiating of tb* choicest assortment of
TEA,
COFFEE,
SUGAR,
BPICES,
RICE,
MASELLA MATS,
FLOUR,
PAT4PBCO,
ORANUI UROYH,
CH-tSAPXAKS,
and other desirable brand*.
BACON,
HAMS,
SIDES and
SHOULDERS,
2.000 pounds prim* SOLI LEATHER.
together with a general aaaortment, especially suits.! to
tbe trado, at tbi i.ows-n oaan rucu.
oct2T—tf DUDLEY BEAN k CO.
pOR RIO DE JANEIRO.
ti 1.1,1 Ml AT
ST. THOMAS,
PARA,
PERNAMBUCO
~- and BAHIA.
The United States and Brazil Mall Steamship Company
will dispatch rsgularly,
ON THE _"H OP EVERY MONTH,
A NEW AND FIRST-CLASS
STEAMSHIP,
To leave at 3 o'clock, r. ■~ from Pier 43 North River.
All letters have to pass through the Postoffic*.
An experienced Surgeon will b* In att.ndaac* _n
' For freight and paesag*, having aplendid accommoda
tions, apply to THOMAS ASCENCIO k 00.,
oct2«-3_n V ..Broadway. New York
■ *
PRINTING.
j <y^
BOOK & JOB
il
" PRINTING OFFICE,
It AT Till
J Office of The Norfolk Post,
5 NO. 18 ROANOKE SQUARE,
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
™ Tai Priipr.i_.iirs of this Establishment respei tfnllr
announce to th* Public of Norfolk, Portsmouth ■n,l vi
aitiity, that they are fully prepared to execute every de
scription or JOB PRINTING known to the business,
t; not only with NEATNESS anri DKSI'ATCII, but In a
■tyla unsurpassed In the South for BEAUTY anil ELE
'j iIANCE. We have the most complete and varied assort
ment or TYPE of ALL SIZEB and DBSCRIPTIONS
s PLAIN,
•• fkMi *_?$> wkttwmkht
I that was ever collected in Tirginia, and our facilities for do
r- Ing work of all kind* and in alt colors and fora™, from
the largest and most varied Poster, to the smallest, moat
Un te ful Mid beautiful Visiting Card, are unequalled.—•
Our workmen are masters in theiraartt t and for beauty of
I, design and elegance of execution, stand without rivals—
-* all that types, and ink, and skill .and taste can aicoiu
( p_lr.li, they can perform in a manner to give complete
satisfaction to the most fastidious. We say this in uo
spirit of vain boastfulness, hut assort it merely as a nim*
q pie fact that will be amply established hy nn examination
t of the specimens they have produced of Unit handiwork,
and which can be seen irorywhere—as thero are to ho
5 found scattered far and '.---ar, throughout the StAtes of
Virginia aud North Can Una, abundant, -.ample* of their
Incomparable workman, hip bearing tlm impress of me
\ chanical excellence and trtisttc boauty.
The Offico is perfect a id complete iv all its appolnt
iiH-nts—with the latest improved Presses fur printing
" Hand-bills and Cards, ar d with oHklont and experienced
printers, there is no woik in any line of the business that
" we cannot perform in a latitifactory style.
The facilities afforded hy tho BUI AND LATEST
- IMPROVED MACHINERY, will also cnaldn us l.> ftir
— nish work at a groat reduction from former pilnii
!• tn Norfolk, rendering tt unnecessary, either on t*P
\" count of mechanical execution or prire, for any tosfriid
ii their orders away to have them filled.
s
®t.r Visiting <_{ards.
Oar speclmeba in this line Tie with the finest Ci»|i|iur
plate engraving!, and are executed with great uontiii-ea
on Una enameled and Bristol Card-board.
I ®ur ffifddinjg d^artU.
n No couple can lire happy or die In peace, blessed by
, Ihe love of children, unleea they can bequeath t,, tli.-m,
aa gifta of remembrance, a few of our beautifully . ....
- rated WWUllflfl CAHDS, gotten up in the latest style.
I ' OUR BUSINESS CARDS.
v No Merchant, buaineas man or Mechanic should he
without these—and wo ran furnish tbem in any quantity
•hape, aite, style or color, on the shortest notice ml at as
cheap ratea aa they tan be procured in the United States.
Every man that prutenda to do business should be well
:. supplied with funis.
I CARDS OF ALL KINDS.
y Cnder this heading is included Cards or Tirkots of ev
ery description that can bo execute, ou Card-board, from
t, a line, large colored band-hill, down lo a bread ticket.—
B Tbe email trades ueed these, ami in every other plan, hut
g Norfolk.no aker, or ice-dealer, or milkmen, nt grocer,
or buckater, would pretend to do businiws without Hum.
Fosters aud Dodgers.
We print these of all sizes and in all colors of ink and
'- paper, and next to advertising in the Post, the beet way
v to make known yonr business is through the POSTER,
il
,: PROGRAMMES
tor Baits, Concerts and Parties, are very neatly and
y tastefully executed in colors.
i-
* Blanks of all Kinds,
n Billheads,
i Bills of Lading,
Insurance Policies,
. Legal Blanks,
i Blanks for Lawyers,
Blanks for Notaries^
Blanks for Justices,
Blanks for Clerks of Court,
Blanks for all manner of People.
CHECKS
I For Banks or for Business 11,,u5e., executed in Colors, and
' equal to the tiuest engravings.
Prices Current,
Pamphlets,
i Circulars,
In all Forms and Sizes.
i
i Promissory Notes,
In a stylo that will never be protoated.
BILLS OF FARE
Pons in a manner so skillful and rare; that c'en epunrea
will not complain of tho fare. No Hotel or Rnstauri-ht
should be without them. Theso wo furnish dully at re
duced prices.
Manifests and Bills of Lading.
Tv this branch of the business our Printers excel—nnd
we can furnish shippers or steamers premptly.
LABELS.
Apothecaries, Druggists and othera, who make u-m of
these necessary articles, can he promptly Hupplied.
TICKETS.
Candidates can have their tickets promptly ami cor.
rectly printed, and their election warraut.il if in,,-,-,,,,
In fact, the POST JOB OFFICE Is capable of executing
anything and everything that can be called for in the
business, and will guarantee universal -Mi.:faction on the
most liberal terms ; and we respectfully raqueet a con
tinuance of tha patronage heretofore so generously be
stowed upon our efforts by the people of this city and
State.
All ordera should be plainly written, especially proper
names, to prevent mistakes, and lmtul.il In at tha Count- ■
Ing room on the first floor, or if sent by letter addressed to
I. M. BROWN, Norfolk Post.
TERMS:
Gash on delivery ef the work, except! ia oaaes vhsre _r
dara are from regular advertisers. In tbe latter t_M bills
will be rendered monthly
OmCI HKABIURD k ROANOKK R. R. CO., I
Poa.si.oUT-, Viaui.vi., Sep. 8, 1k.;., ,
TW" O T I C E .
I On HONDAT, Ihe 11th INSTANT, and until further
notice, a Train will leave Portsmouth for Suffolk, DAILY,
will leave Suffolk at J:«0 o'clook, P.M. B. U.OIIIO,
eepft—tf Agent.
ADAMS' EXPKEBB COMPA_NY_-I
OFFICIt NO. M CIICIICH STREET,
(Tll__T__ 111 H.liiN', I
PRKlilirr, MONEY, and VALUABLES forwarded with
care and deapatrh to all parte of the V nited Statea.
BILLS, DRAFTS, Ac, collected, and prompt returns
made.
Our wagons call In any part of Norfolk and Portsmouth
lor goods to be forwarded: and will deliver without extra
charge, all goods that arrive by Express.
' Express going North clotee at _:m p. H.—going South,
sepUMf J. U. RItIMUY, Agent.
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