, 1862-08-07
4 Picture Of Norfolk. Virginia.
fCorreepdrdence Of the PHILADELPHIA Prees1

EoRFoLK, July 80, 1864.
4 visit to Norfolk from Fortress Monroe
exhibits many features Of interest; the masts
Of the supken Cumberland careening in the
distance; the battle spot Of tho Monitor and
Merrimac; the Rip Raps, seeming afar of,
aeWa1rs Point, erected by rebels, who we're
shened out by Union cannon, and, as the city
is approached, innumerable piles, driven in
the liver by the confederate authorities as Oh
st1uctions to Union vessels. Between these,
in the centre Of tho channel, space eighty
feet wide is now open, revealing, at low tide,
water. This town, with the exception of
little life exhibited On the main street, may be
called city Of silence. The stores on that
highway are half OF them closed, and their
yellow shutters, begrimed With dirt, hespeak
homeless s, hsankrgptsy On the By streets,
doors and windows heruetically sealed; grass
on the brick pavement in front; moss IN the
instert;ces OF its b1ackened stone steps q
pail Of gloom overshadowing the dingy
brick walls, and its garden overgFown
with grass aud stniwart weeds. The
heads Of these houses have Joined the rebel
army, while the female members lave fled to
slave State localities, in many directions. A
few steps from Main street reveals q tall
snowy lodge ot I. o. Of o. F., indeed, who
have gone to fight for-they know not what.
4lb HO1adlof 0AA6Ef aAA lo1tlhNAk 6G0lC9 "E
aleo shut, and farther on q sad little church,
OF blackered brick, lends the sanction Of reli-
gien to tie general decay. It name is 81.
Paups; date Of erection, I719. It's yard his
evidently been subjected to an earthquake.
Gray, old gravestoles Of last century lean to
rombs OF crunlblipg brick, destitute OF slabs,
are embowered By weeping willows and tang
}inE Teeds. An organ family sounds. I
enter. a lady organlst practising while little
negro is pumping at the bellows. The din,
gray walls are stained with trtckling rain, the
windows soiled, the pews Of sombfe walnut.
Heaven should be bright, indeed, to atone for
this gloomy gateway!
Around and within this town are marshes,
which the lot owners have lacked the enter
prise to fill. Though nominally salt, tho
water is but brackish, and, aud in addition to
fcient malaria to warrant the posting OF au
order, by the military governor, that their
proprietors should fill them up. No response
! comes. The proprietors are in the rebel army.
and The muddy 1norsLes still tester in the sun.
Four additional orders have recently been
ported on the street walls. will cite:
"Cixlians are strictly prohibited to carry
penalty Of arrest.
mo trader will In future be allowed to sell
| any greater quantity than one pound Of te5
| and one half bushel Of salt, to any purchases
whatever, unless upon q written pefmissior
| frt N these headquarters"
This is to prevent smuggling supplies tt
! Richmond.
"AiI passes for fishing or other use Of boats
| are hereby revoked. Holders Of such passe:
will return them to the provost MARSHALL
efdce at once, when they will be renewed, i
| deemed expedient-"
This is to prevent letter carrying.
"Assemblages IN the street, for purposes Q
| political discussion, being provocative OF ciTi
/ disturbance, are positively forbidden; and tn,
exhibition Of badges and flags being indiestiV'
| Of disIoyal sentiment. will nut be tolerated
Parents Til1 be held responsible for ths con
duct Of their children in this particular"
|. These are all signed Brigadier General Miu
tafy Governor Egbert L. Vie1e.
| Awcrd upon this gentleman. Grave charge
exist agaiI st him By Union men OF a careless
NESS Of their interests, and an undue partialit
! towards secessioniste. They assert that b
much time in trif1ing talk with secession il
hsbi,auts Of the place, both male and female
who visit BIN daily By SCORES To many {
theee be has granted passes to the Nortt
without requiring 8n oath Of allegiance, Whe
Union men Of humber social grade have ha
difficulty in obtafaing them. He broke III
| Eot lorg ago, Union association, uumbarin
| tyer six hundred members, under plea that
gave offcnse to the secession1sts and led t
quc1rels and also refused to muster in thre
hundred Union recruits raised by Col. Wa
eop, and authorized by both GoV. Pierpo1
a reason: From charity fund Of 81 500, il
tended for Union people, he is said to ha5
distributed, last week, portion to needy s.
| csssienists. A Union man, disorderly und
the influence Of liquor, be has punished
imprisonment, while secessioEist of lea
ing tami1y, anenable for similar cause
!. the came retrlbution, he has dismissed with
rf.prin,and