The New York herald., 1862-05-25
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ton and much better consruc cd than those Sewas
int Craney Island and OF her points deendng tne sp
pr ehes 10 Norok Fifteen guns were left I'D osI'on
Of them red piee Of large ca ibre The oarranks
LETT in % order and gave evidences of taste ana
com ort Colonel Dodges party were the rst Union
b. hood bited surliness Of dis cn at nrs ano
disncued anything like good samaritan
III spirn to the hal, FINISHED excursonsts Tow mo
mi Ia coLve salon however seemed convince them
tear ne Unioh troops humans and the best tnaI
tLeiI houses Afforded was soon produced eonsderape
rebei property Was found at the Point. which wl
be taktL possession OF
Johr c Wise, an eminent citizen cf Norfolk. and sldea
brotlUr OF Henry A. Wise, had interview Win ths
lIi!iary Governor yesterday by request. MI WseHs
ste cripple; but notwithstanding that no is sunsr
nf srtm paralysis. AID has lost mis- eyesisht h's mno
remains unmlrlii Cd aud s active as ever After
few niGgtss Mr. W. frankly admitted that the people o.
the South van-glori,us oyerhnrdened with sell.
conceit. and boastful in the extreme and thai our
troubles were est OF the fostering Of thoss
ona eharac terstics until they had come 70 regard
themselves superior te any o,h,r pody o. men Mn, n
ably and although he came tse urod with sympathy
for his native state ard the uth no departed more
thar two thirds convert 10 the Generhs propos'ion
tha, the government bt preserved atali hazards
and South has real grounds FOR bringing sn
caames upon the co ntfy as have been ehtaiea Oy I'M
rebellion The interview an interesting one, Ano
the ew persons who Witnessed II we're deeply anoctee
by the occasi n. Mr. Wise upon the confines OF the
grave pressed by disease and wearied with weight o.
years; but sti with mind unclouded, he gives almost
dying testimony in favor Of the old wsrnment.
has 10. 10 is srs =
B.onagood, Santos and few others, who have aone
heaviest business here and who are heavily ndsotsd
TO Northern houses remain closed for obvious reasons
They have among the most violent OF the oppOsera
OF the government bably under the FEAR tnas men
Northern creditors nigh cali upon thsm; and now tne
the the Union has been opened they keep ~
their shutters under he apprehsa ion Their trus
position well understood here and the sensible psop
here look upon them with contempt
The work upon The railroads leading out Of Portsmouth
s actively prosecuted and within few days trains can
pass 70 suffolk All that is wanted now u the reins
stock .
Business NJ the Provost Marshals Office 10 fair critic
rion OF the good order Of the city Is s admitted on al
hands that Norfolk has been qus for tho past Ten
days than been known 70 be for any time within
year past There no complaints OF the ordinary out
upon persons and property there are no arrests os
and the city is more like country village
than anythng else. whether tn. chapge to be attr
bnted to superior moral corr dtion or our soldiers
which reelected by example by the people, or whether
rebel army took away al the riilraf u the comml-
nifty with it, are questions which will not discuss fur
her than say that adxture Of tho pure Unionism
mas undoubtedly produced the result.