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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-18

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i and the Portsmouth Ferry Boat, package OF money
made up in small envelopes.
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TINTED STATES OF AMERICA,
l DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA SIS:

Y. >. Mdrsuhl.
L. II. CHANDLER, ESQ., United States District Attorney
for Lbeant jylS-lH
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Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-01-25
From The Cleveland {0hiol Leader.
AN OSSIFIED MAN

There was strange spectacle at the depot yes.
terdaY man of whom accounts were published
years ago in newspapers in this country and in
Medical Journals in England, whe has been in
name is Valentine Perkins. He vas born fiety two
years since, in Henrietta, Monroe county, New
York, but has been resident for the last twelve
years Of Mantus Portage county, Ohio. At the
age OF eleven years he was thrown from q horse,
and his knee was injured by the fall. Fran that
time ossfcation set in, and the process made id.
vancemcnt joint by joint for fifteen years, when it
had completed its work. He is Thoroughly and TO-
tally cssi6ed with the exception that he can move
two Of his fingers, and make the slightest percepti
bic motion with one or two of his toes. He has
nos opened his jaws for more than thirty years, but
still be can talk with ease - -ss7zt-1e :
vi course be has to be fed-the food being placed
within his lips and left under the guidance Of moth
or Nature, who mysteriously insures its safe con-
duct into the stomach. He lies upon his side, upon
low bed or couch which serves also IS . litter,
with bis feet drawn up somewhat, and his right
hand caught up near his shoulder. lies thus ali
day long, shifting his position but once during
twenty -four hours, when he ID turned over on the
other sde While he is thus completely essfed-
human block of lime stone, As it were-his skin
retains ls natural character and condition. and dis
charges ITS functions perfectly, being perhaps mere
sensitive however, to the touch Of any object, as
that OF ty or hair, than is usually the case
When the light strikes the skin of the hands or
face, II looks like marble Of yellowish tings
brought up to the highest possible state of polish
He hes there On his couch like recum5snt statue
dis health is good he has an excellent appetite,
and lives withal healthy life One il naturally
curious to know how his mind Is occupied through
oil the dreary hours. He cannot resd, for he. has
been totally blind for thirty years. Out off from
that source, he is necessarily cast back upon his
memory, and be has most wonderful development
Of. this faculty. tits exceedingly tenacious. He
remembers the most minute and apparently triHing
incident OF circumstance has the entire past-every
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-01-25
CURIOUS FACTS IN LIVES OF AU-
THORS. Il

Bossuet composed his grand sermons on
his knees; Milton, before commencing his
great work, invoked the influence of the
Holy Spirit, and prayed that his lips might:
be touched with live coal from off the:
altar; Chrysostom meditated an6 studied
while contemplating 4 painting ofst. Paul.
Bacon knelt down before composing his
greatwork, and prayed for light from heav-
en-. Pope never could compose we'll with
out first declaiming for some time at the.
top of his voice, and thus rousing his nery-
Gus system to its fullest activity ~--
Bentham composed after playing a pre-
Jude on the organ, or while taking his
!" ante -jen-tacular "and post-pran6ial
walks in his garden-the same by the
way, that Milton occupied. Saint Bernard
composed his meditations amidst. the
woods F; he delighted in nothing so mneh
as the solitude Of the dense forest, finding
there, he said, something more profound
and suggestive than any thing he could
find in books. The storm would some
times fall upon him there, without for a
moment interrupting his meditations.--
-Camoens composed his verses with the
roar of battle i'll his ears; for the Portu-
guese poet was soldier, and brave one.
though poet. he composed others of his
most beautiful verses, at the time when
his Indian slave was begging subsistence
for him in the streets. Tasso wrote his
in the lucid intervals of madness:
Rousseau wrote his works early in the
morning; LIE Sage. at midday Byron at
midnight. Hardouin rose at four in the
morning, and wrote till late at night
Aristotle was a tremendous worker; he
took little sleep, and was constantly re-
trenching it. He had contrivance by
which he awoke early, and to awake was
with him to commence work. Demosthe-
mes passed three months in cavern Nv
the seaside. in laboring to overcome the
defects of his voice. There he read, stud
led and acclaimed. -l4'-,=
Luther when studying, always had his.
dog lying at his feet-a dog he had brought
from Wartburg, and Of which he was very
fond An ivory crucifx stood on the table
before him, and the walls of his study
were stuck round with caricatures Of
the Pope. He worked at his desk for DAYS
together without going out; but when
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-01-25

fact and event in his experience h.,o.
up lika stratA, and Summons At ' ~;% hiu--pea
sion requires, occurrences which h.n., Or as oce,
the minds of bis friends. His reco Ise faded from
ties is wonderful. Places that he h.s Of oc.l
ago. before struck with blindness he visited yesn
tfy az he rides along-so vivid IAN oan now den
he of the relative position of thines 0eeton bay
rivers, &c. 80 as bridge,
He is very expert at mathematical o,,.,
and can with great readiness give for Sseul.tions
number Of square inches in an area tb sAaape The
whose square feet or rods is given him number Of
Of course it must be q world If 49,,
care Of this helpless man, but his fvlk to take
cheerfully borne the sad burden for maeads kse
years. He has now gone to Painevjlls .. man forty
charge. a. County
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-01-25
When Home is Swa..

Homes not merely four square wall,
Though with pictures hung and a;l,,
Home is where affection calls snuea;
Filled with shrines the heart Ia. br;,, ;,
Home I-go watch the faithful, dovs 0u'ldsd
Sailing meath tae heaven above =,
Horne is where there's one to love,
Home is where there's one to love- no,
Homes not merely roof and room
1t needs something to ende.r it
Home is where the heart can bloom
Where there's some kind lip to chs.,;.
What is home with none to meet, II;
None to welcome, none to greet ia,
Home is sweet, and only sweet,
Where there's one We love to NEST -,
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-01-25
Casualties at Fort Fisher.

List Of casualties in Company D, 4Oth Regk A. "
Saturday night 14th inst
Killed-Prvate NJ P Cation.
Wounded-Capt Lane, not seriously; Sels'
" W Briggs, slightly; Jas W Dickson, arm , p,u,
ken; Edwards, slightly in shoulders tran Mhoa
Dunn, slight in arm Alfred Baseden, slight; ln0'
Bradley, severely in leg and jaw bone broken.
The following were left on detail at Fort hoI I.o
Lieut. J Brabble, WIN Daniel, j Grimm ~ %
Il French, Robinson, Thos Spence ana " -
Bridgers. .,s.d
Sick-Kenneth Gather, Lewis Hudson, AMT an At
Warner, and N Howe. These were also ie''
Fort Holmes.
The balance Of the company, with Capt hAn''
were at Fort Flshsr.
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,jAprtI5 -Garp!iua Stauanrh
Evening PRAYER.

FROM HYMNS OF TIE AGES.
came to Thee to night
In NV lone closet where no eye can see,s -
And dare to crave an interview with Thee,
Father OF love and light!
Softly the mooabeams shine,
On the still branches # the shady trees,
While the sweet sounds of evening on the breeze
Steal through the lumbericg vines
Thou sae'st the caluprepos :.
That rests on all-the air, she BIRDS the flower,
The h.iu,an spirit in its weary hour,
Now at the bright days close.
IT'S Natures time for prayer;
the silent praises Of the glorious sky,
And the earth's prisons, profound and hisn'
10 heaven their breathings bear..
With them my soul would bend
: In humble reverence at Thy holy throne,
Trusting the merits of Thy Son alone
Thy sceptre 10 extend.
If | this day.have striven
With Thy blcst spirit; or have bowed the knee
To aught of earth, in weak idolatry,
pray to be forgiven.
IF in my heart has been
An uniorgiviug thought, or word, or look,
Though deep the malice which scarce could brock,
Wash me from the dark sin.
II have turned away
From grief or suffering which :ght relieve,
Careless the cup of water cen to give,
Forgive lie, Lord, pray.
And teach me how to feel
Nv sinful wandc.ngs with deeper smart,
And more Of mercy and of grace impart,
My sinfulness to heal.
F.therl my soul would be =.
Pu1c as the drops of eyes unsuilied dew,
Aad as the STARS whose nightly course is true.
So would I be to Thee.
Not for myself alone,
Wonli these blessings Of Thy love impiore,
But for each Pentent the wide earth Ger,
Whom Thou hast called Thine own.
And for my heart best friends,
WLo5c stealEast kindness DER my painful years
Has watched to soothe Affections griefs, and tears
My warmest prayer ascencs.
Should DER their path decline
The light Of gladuess, or Of hope. u health.
Be Thou their solace, and their joy and wealth.,
AS they have long been Rhine.
And now, 0 Father! take
The heart cast with humble faith on Thee,
And cleanse its depths from each inpurity,
For nv Redeemer's sake
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They have corrugated iron houses in New no,t
The material used is thin plate Of iron, cerLus n
s,ss ps .d b. s s9 OF 9sns s an" 'l'
solid with cement or concrete form single wan
any desired thickness. Think Of living in an IRON
clad housed
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-01-25

CHER UP.-Wc read dispatch two days ago
from President Davis to a gentleman of this city,,
which he says that he will use every effort to de,
iend and protect South Carolina and that he loves
her As much Is the Yankees hate her WeIe
much encouraged by these declarations Of the Pres'
dent, as We believe them to(bc sincere, and to sls
Nifty great deal We beg our down hearted read !,
ers Gf We rave any to remember that the safety Q,
South Carolina is now the safety Of Richmond anu M
the government ITSELF We are thus identified VIII
all that claims the protection of Gen. Lees army.
Surely that is a tower of strength upon when "
rely. Meanwhile every hand to its work-evsIy
man to his post We live not for ourselves, but ,cl
country and duty, for truth and God-CoIum0''
Is o. Guardian. -.
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Are the State governments anything Or moth.
ing r'-Conseroatioe.
Nothing; absolutely and positively nothing when
you have trucking Governor, and Le 5slatms
composed of men who have not the moral courage
to do right and save their people from abject slave.
~, thorough ruin and complete despotism With
State governments are managed by men who ara
cowed by the terrorism of corrupt, amt t;ous de.
signing central power, they are absolutely "noh,
ing" We hope the Conservative will understand
and correctly apply our remarks he will not lave
to 80 far to find that nothing" for which he seeks.
We had State government in 1861, to pull d1wn;
but now when the people see their rights, Their
property, their liberties, one by one passing from
them, and call upon those whom they have honor'd
and iq whom they have confded to succor and save
them, they find" nothing. "-Proqress.
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What we conceive to be failings in others, are
not untrequently owing to some deficiencies in our
selves; thus, plain men think handsome women
want passion, and plain women think young men
want politeness; dull writers think all readers de-
void of TASTE and dull readers think witty writers
devoid Of brilliancy old men can see nothing to
admire in the present days; and yet former days
were not better, but it is they themselves that have
become worse.
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-soliloquy of a Detailed Farmer.
SCENE, THE MOUNTAIN TOP.

"A pretty kettle of fish, to be sure! H.,.1
What Is this see before me-the butt .nS .' sm-
my hand! And . musket-to shoot y.a, ""ards
WAS opposed to this war from tho fust rvs:
Of being here! Weighed about 2lO. and 81, .b laea
beautiful mark for these Spencer guns, Tr.w!a
up and down here-its worse than n,oa.' a1u'pns
dered about can't sit down when chnHsss VI:
from one pint to another, and no kind Ar n e'.a
busum of family-niggers at home doine n nvIs
What's the difference betwicks me and er. U"n,
nrner !? Why didn't they bring Bill CruL I'pua
Cause alleged he's got;s fifteen ngge.s and p..
1--WE Whxr's the commissarles3 Thars ;"
Thunderguss, jos as well kwolted as ma to f. Oue
libbutty. WARS. the msgstrits? TbaTs " S,1 'f
Potbelly, jest as lively as krikt Wbar SV ts
kwortermasters? Pressing other peoples tbinos S'
hoiloaing "harry up thar I" Whars the preacher,
Praising Nv the gallant soldiers and telling thsm ~
do their duty. Whars the doctors! I ss,,in 10
down talkin' to other peoples wives! Whars tbs
town counsel and setchr A sayin' "Put 'em in
the country has plenty o. men!" Wb,Ta n,
editors Abusen .ov the guvvinment for mt ,r
restin' ov the stragglers and film up the ranks,
And so we go.
am not fifth for a soldier, any way-has M
kind o fancy for this here kind O. think. Can mali.
as much corn as anybody-in favor of the v,r
gcin' on-hb-butty- all that sort of things.
but to take man out, pouring down raining dSpf
knew the first step, customed to good ea.in at As
years Of age, inclined to be corpolant liable to
apaplexy. wife in delliket way-right plump the
first hop against these cavalry or Torbut-if this
is what you mean by waw, then the territories
ken 60.
b'lieve they're actually going to fight as giurla
they wasa putin us right in against that cavalry
yesterday. Wouldn't mind the local defense 50
much but this is jes nothing but waw; mout 4,
we'll belong to the army at once. Takes
drink.)
As cum along, thar was Bill Grubbirs setir
on his fence; says he, "Ah, old Teller! fitin ol
your country" And here Gums commissary.-
"Ah, Mr.. Backus, these are sollem times no coun
try can be subjued when such men as you shouds
their muskets!'
Ipushed on how did swell wonder if loo,
forces often gifts killed That's the very last thin
would like. think should fancy the way thos
old Romans use to fix themselves in these cases
they took some kecr of themselves; they had you
breastplates and sheels, aud such things you ia
chance ifa built was to hit you. A built woul
so through me like = frkin of lard I woude
what's the motion for kwafter. l think I'll SUI
render, when it comes to close fittin. They can
! expect felar to do anything rash. In case d
get kilt, III let Betsey know. (Sits down an
Writes J
"D:ar Betsey, In case I gets kilt takes N
| pen in hand to inform you NV the same. View.
charging w the enemy, and built went clea
through, me, maxim hole as big as partridge eg
Don't marry Immediately, as may get we'll s.
| that thela hogs don't waste that corn
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,ye
FROM HYMNS OF TIE AGES.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-11-02
THE OTTUMWA COURIER.

THE b. 81 Nj. r. II. EXTENsIoN.-The
contractors on this work, Messrs. j. S.
Wolf g. Co., commenced the grading oppo-
site this cfty some time since, and have
had a considerable force at work, when
the weather has admitted, as it has until
within few days. The contractors are
experienced, energetic and responsible
men and will push the work as fast as it
can be done. We understand that they
want some 1,500 hands. The grading
along the city fronts, westward from a
point between Market and Green Streets,
being through the River, outside of the D.
V. track, will be heavy fill, requiring a
large amount of earth and we presume can
be done to better advantage when the riv-
er is frozen. There will be lively times in
that locality during the coming winter.
The Railroad Bridge over the Des Moines
River will also be in progress from this
time on until completed. 1t is to be,
we understand, a permanent and costly
structure, employing a large force ofwork-
men, and a good deal of material. The To-
cation eff the bridge is four miles above the
city. The Company we believe, are build
ing the bridge themselves. For some
time past the qnarrying stone for the
bridge has been going on in. Henry county,
on the line ofthe road, from which fact,
we infer there will be no delay from the
want of material.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-11-02
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Prices.

The great and terrible civil war just
closed has left us many monuments Of it's
existence beside it's wrecks and ruips.-
For three years, it reversed the natural
law Of civilized rociety which makes Pro-
duction outrun Consumption, and thus
givos 10 buyers at least an equal voice with
sellers in fixing prices. We have so long
been burning. wasting. devastating, that
nearly all overstocks Of products have
been used mp, and all the necessaries and
comforts of life are to-day in short supply
and eager demand. All great wars. if pro-
tracted, have kindred effect But our
currency expansion has decidedly exag-
gerated, if not the essential, at least tho
apparent, cost of nearly everything that
money will buy. Our dollar Is a Fictitious
dollar, equal to two or three British shil-
lings, instead of the four shillings two
pence, or thereabouts, which it should bal
ance. Food, fuel, clothing-dear enough
in reality-thus seem to be forty to fifty
per cent. dearer than they actually are.
We are among those who wish and labor
to get back to terro tiy,usa at the earliest
day. And we believe that day need not
be distant. So long as the Government
was spending one thousand million per
annum on an income of two or three hun
dred millions, we knew that it was practi-
cable neither to maintain nor to resume
specie payments; but, now that its current
income from taxes exceeds its total out
sumption at n very early day. And-since
Truth is better than Falsehood-we hold
that it should not allow the legal dollar to
range in value below the specie dollar a
moment longer than imperative necessity
DICTATES. The esolvent man who owes mon
ey that his creditor wants, vet postpones
payment under the belief that he can paw
more conveniently, at a smaller sacri-
flee, at future day, is simply knave-
and why not Government as well?
We believe in and work for the earliest
assumptions; yet it is simple honesty to
say that the country is doing remarkably
well withoutit. Nearly everything is dear;
consequently, the active, stirring, capable,
energetic, efficient, who produce more than
they consume and sell more than they
buy. are generally making money. 1t is
a very bad time to run in debt; but cap
ital time for paving off debts and getting
something ahead. We presume our own
business to be fair sample of what is go
ing on all around us, and therefore speak
of it. We are paying very high prices for
paper, for ink. for coal, for labor, and for
everything required in our business, while
we sell our work much cheaper in proper
ton than we did in times of solvency, yet
we are doing very well-far better than we
did in '6l and 80, when the currency was
much sounder than it now is. And it ia
the same. we are confident, with seven
eighths of the more energetic and efficient
farmers, mechanics, manufacturers and
traders throughout the country.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-11-02

4 You've WOMAN LOCK En UP IN CHURCH
THREE DAys.-Yestcrthty morning an ad-
We tisement was brought othis Office, ask
ing for Information of the whereabouts OF.
"A young lady who had been missing since
Sunday afternoon, and of whom no trace
could be found. and whose absence had
caused deep distress among her relatives.
In the afternoon, just before the Eagle
went to press, a gentleman came i'm to stop
the publication of the advertisement, sta
ting that the missing lady had been found,
and he related the following singular story:
The young lady wenton Sunday afternoon
to the Presbyterian church, corner of At
lantic and Bond streets, after the Sunday
school exercises she went to her seat in the
gallery. The minister having to leave
town TO attend the Synod, no service was
held in the afternoon, and the sexton sup
posing the congregation had retired, closed
up the church, locking the young lady i'm
the building all alone. She says she tried
To get out, but the doors resisted her efforts
to force them open, the windows were be-
yond her reach, and she was unable to
make herself heard outside. Here she re-
manned close prisoner in the church un-
til Wednesday afternoon, when the sexton
went in To prepare the place for the usual
evening prayer meeting, and discovered
the missing lady, who was i'm very ex-
hausted state for want of food, having been
fasting i'm solitary confinement for seventy
Eagle.
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The N eWs.
John Mitchell has not been released.

John Mitchell has not been released
Henry Ward Beecher, on Sunday,
preached a sermon, in which he gave in his
endorsement OF President Johnson and his
reconstruction policy.
The Provincial Government of Canada
is in high state of excitement in regard
to the Fenian movement.
The Nebraska Territorial election on the
10th resulted in handsome Republican
victory. Gillespie is elected Treasurer by
200, and Kountze Auditor by 400 majority,
and the Republicans have both branches
of the Legislature.
Col. John o. Mahony of New York, has
been elected President of the Fenian Bro
therhood of North America.
A rural editor was recently married, and
previous to starting on his wedding tour
promised his readers that he would give
them "a minute detail of what he saw and
did" There would doubtless be demand
for large extra edition OF his paper.
The arrears of Southern Postmasters to
the Government are 1851 ,4O5 80.
A ne gro insurrection is reported in ia
maica.
The Convention of United States Asses
sors is in session at Albany.
1t will require ten million dollars next
year to pay pensions.
Internal revenue receipts on Monday and
Tuesday amounted to 5000, 500.
Gov. Morton is lying ill with rheuma-
tism and threatened with paralysis.
The Episcopal Convention adjourned on
the 10th sine die, without issuing any pas
toral letter to the churches.
The steamer Majesty, with $50 bales of
cotton. was burned at Shreveport, Ba., on
the 22d inst. Boat and cargo a total loss.
Mr.. Mcpherson, Clerk of the House of
Representatives., has stated that he should
not place upon the rolls the names of Con-
gressmen elected frcm States lately in re-
bellion.
There is hereafter to be no shaving on
Sunday Cin barber sheps) in Massachusetts.
The edict has gone forth from the High
Constable of the Commonwealth, and takes
effect OH and after next Sunday.
Negotiations are pending between the
olucerS Oh the chicago o ROCK lsla1u rail-
road and those of the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, railroad for the purchase of the latter
by the former. The Chico & Rock Island
offers s., 800, 900 for the entire Mississippi
Il Missouri road, which it now controls
under a lease.
HURF.-A brakesman on the B. & NJ. r
Railroad had his hand caught between the
bumpers of two cars and badly crushed,
at Fairfield yesterday. We did not learn
his name.-Ifawkeye.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-11-02
Eddyville Items.

On Sunday eve, I'D inst, about 9o'clock,
a small dwelling house in the northern
part of Eddyville, belonging to Mr.. Brad
ley Vance, was discovered to be on fire.
and before Il sufficient number of persons
arrived at the place it was past saving and
was rapidly burned to the ground. 1t is
supposed to be The work of an incendiary.
The house was not occupied ut the time,
but family was to have moved into II on
Monday.
wilkins & Co. have opened out "A part
of their large stock of boots and shoes, in
the new building next door to the post
office.