Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-20
IMPORTANT FROM NORFOLK.
The Houses Of all Perssns whs shall Insult
the Gsvernment or its Officers 20 be Seiz ed
by Military Authority.

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The Houses Of all Perssns whs shall Insult
the Government or its officers % be Neiz ed
BY Military Authority.
NORFOLK, va, Oct lG, ls62.-The state Of
feeling in this section may be estimated nom
the fact that General yiele has found IL neces-
sary to iss ne the following order:
AeodqsSrters xilifory GorerRor,l
Norfolk, Va, Oct Is, 1862. (
Hereafter all houses in Portsmouth and Nor
folk, the residents OF which shall exhibit
towards the Government, its officers OF to loyal
cstizens, account Of their loyalty, intentional
disrtspecf, shall be at once taken possession Of
by the Provost Marshal and turned over 70 the
Quartermaster, to be used as quarters, or for
other Government purposes.
BY order OF Brig. Gen. EeBERT L. vrKIE,
Military Governor.
The "disrespect' 10 officers and toward loyal
citizens intimsted in the foregoing order has
been uniformly exhibited by females, and the
PRONUNCIATION OF the document was immediafe
induced by some ladies in the family OF the
Portuguese Consul, who sent little children
after q couple Of soldiers 10 call them ,scow-
ardly Yankees" The insulted parties hap
pened 10 be Provost Marshal Liebenau and
Quartermaster Ludlow, dressed in soldiers
opercoats, and she-secesh was fairly caught
All that can be said about the order Is that IL is
cause Of regret that it had not been issued be-
fore and rigidly enforced. Our oficers and
soldiers have been subjected TO systematic
course Of indirect and direct indignity on the
population @ Of NortolS U snd PortsmoutS e n anon
for five months the complaints Of Union men
from that cause have been neither few nor far
between. II is TO hoped that the projected re-
form will be steadily carried out. II t is We
may look for a more healthy tone, or the ap-
pearance Of IL, in this community. When the
women are forced TO
Assume a virtue,
If they have il not,
We may anticipate more satisfactory state OF
affairs than now exists.
sKIRhIsH on BLAcKwATER RIVER, VA
Company I, OF the 7th Pennsylvania cavalry,
in command OF Lieut. Williams. in scouting
between Suffolk and the Blackwater river, on
"wednesday, me; with the enemy three mixes
north OF Carsvule. His advance guard, consist
ing OF twelve men, were fired upon by a COM
pany Of rebels hid In the bushes, and two men
are supposed 10 have been instantly killed OF
severely wounded, as they are missing; and 1--WE
others brought in were wounded, one OF whom
died. He was wounded in the abdomen. Sew.
eral Of the horses were severely wounded, and
one or two killed. Several companies Were
sent out to reinforce Lieut. Williams. The en-
emy's force is supposed 10 consist of a company
OF cavalry and company Of infantry; but il is
uncertain, a. they Were concealed in the bushes,
and were not seen until the moment our troops
were fired upon.
IL is probable that an engagement will be
fought on this river very soon. General Peck
has been greatly reinforced at Suffolk, and his
right flank is effectually covered by gunboats
in the Nansemond river. Our outposts beyond
Suffolk have been strengthened, and excellent
defensive operations are being prosecuted Wig
orousiy. The Rebels have only eight thousand
men on the south side of the James river, m
Virginia and North Carolina. Fifty thousand
men can be sent there in twenty-four hours.
CANcRLLING POSTAGE STANPs-Asitiscar-
titled TO the Postofiice Department that there are
Uethods in use whereby the cancelling marks
on passage stamps are obliterated. IL is consid-
cred that stamps must be cancelled by cut
ung them, and therefore different inventions
are under consideration which will cut the
stamps and perhaps a little Of the envelope
without niuring what IL inclosed. Jewelry,
Embroidery, bills Of exchange, &c, are fire.
quently Conta ined in letters, and therefore the
cutting m ust not reach through the en- velope
sEMr Berpsford Hope, one Of the strong
est advocates OF Secession in the English Par
Lament, has not been reelected He WAS n
candidate for Stoke upon Trent, and WAS e4at
en- by the Liberal candidate, Mr.. Grenfeu, by
nearly two hundred votes. The rebel syu,pa
thizers, and the London Times i'm particuiar.
are much chagrined for they counted conf.
IDENTIFY on his return, owing 10 an apparent di-
vision OF the liberal party.
~ The Hon. Townsend Harris, whokas rust
rrturned rom his mission in Japan, SAYS that
ne last =. rson lac parted with was Tommy
VINO was In hne health and spirits. Tommy"
le visited Tins country, and resumed has posi-
hon on his return.
- Joel Tiffany, Esq, Of Albany, has con-
structed new breech- loading cannon OF san
gnlar capacity and promise, designed for specid
service on some Of our new gunooats, out seems
adapted for general usp, wheoier IN
he swamps OF Florida OF among the guerill:s
On the border. {.
sSThe CalifO4 ia Fasner SSges the eenl.., -.