The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-14
THE NEWS.

ltul.
A. r. Sterling, of Virginia, has been
appointed q Collector of Internal Rev
enue.
Major Turner, formerly commandant
of Libby prison, Is now said TO be IN
Brazil.
A proclamation in the Canada Gazette
further prorogues Parliament to the 10th
July.
The steamer Georgia, once famous as
privateer, was sold in Boston on the
9th for $4,000.
Michigan furnished more than nine
ty-one thousand men for the war, or
one-eighth of her population.
The Hon. Hiram Walbridge Of New
York, was elected President of the DE.
troit Commercial Convention.
A Miss Medley, of Rockville, n. c.,
shot q negro woman through the heart,
on the I'd instant, while the latter was
arguing with her master.
The Chronicle semi-off1cially annOun-
ces that Mr.. Stanton does not intend to
resign, nor does the President desire him
to dc. SO.
The Worcester Spy says the niece of
the late Rear Admiral Dupont, daugh.-
ter of Commodore Shubrick, United
States Navy, is the Superior of the Con-
vent of Mercy in that city.
The census of Providence, R. l.,
which has just been completed, shows
that the population of that city is 81, 1871.
There are 1894 more females than males.
The entire colored population is LII.
1t is rumored that member of the
late Assassination Commission has been
assigned as member of the new one
which will try the late President of the
Southern Confederacy.
The Grand Jury of the United States
District Court in Baltimore, has found
indictments for being engaged in the
Rebellion, against thirteen prominent
Marylanders, including Bradley T..
Johnson and the railroad raider, Harry
Gilmer.
Several vessels, lately attached to the
East Gulf Squadron, were sold at Key
West on the 2Sth of June-among them
The notorious yacht Wanderer. The
squadron is being rapidly reduced to a
small complement.
A special dispatch from Nashville an.
nounces the arrest of Emerson Eth
eridge, late Clerk of the United States
House of Representatives, at Columbus
KY, by the commandant of the militia
ry post in that city, on the charge OF
delivering incendiary speeches In Ten
nessee.
The circulation of the Cincinnati dai
ly papers, as revealed by official figures
is as follows: Gazette, $4,000; CONNER
cial, $4,000; Enquirer, 10000; Times
II 900; Volksfreund, 1000; Volksblatt
5000; Union, $50. The daily editions
in Cincinnati reach $3.50; the weekly
editions OF daily papers, lbs, 200.
The Cincinnati newspapers publish
reports of the murder, by three robbers
of woman and child in house nea
Loudon, Madison County, Ohio. Thi
occurred last week. The owner of tn
premises and another man went to tn
house while the robbers were ransackin,
it, and killed, by shooting them, tn,
three robbers. The accounts give Meth
| er names or dates.
The largest run at billiards on recor,
was lately made at Cleveland, by MI
Frederick g. Britton, of that city. HI
commenced friendly.game with anoth
er gentleman, and, after making q rul
of thirty-five points, got the two re-
balls in the corner, and made the unpre
| cedented number of seven thousan
seven hundred and fifteen points. TIL
largest run heretofore recorded was si
thousand one hundred and fifty points
We learn that that portion of the
State OF Virginia lying between the Pa
munky and Potomac rivers, and bound
ed on the west by the Blue Ridge, ha
| been designated a military district, ur
| der command of Brevet Major-Geners
Devins, of the Twenty fourth arm
corps. General Devin's headquartei
will be at Fredericksburg.
Governor Brownlow has issued prc
| clamation declaring the act recent
passed by the Tennessee Legislature
| DISTINGUISHING rebels, as the suprem
law of tire State. He calls on the CIV
authorities to arrest persons who, unde
the pretence of being candidates fo
SphSAS1Sj tiC etdNioIilS tllt pGOple [
nullify the Constitution and laws, an
stirring up rebellion and sedition. En-
erson Etheridge has been arrested 70
delivering incendiary speeches.
Thr government of San Salvador,ba
withdrawn the eXequator of Docto
Bernhard, the Prussian Consul at Sal
Miguel. He is forbidden to return +
that Republic. He was implicated il
the recent rebellion, and had fed
President Duenas has thanked the arm,
for suppressing the outbreak. Passport
are exacted now in the Republic. Gene
raj Barros is very unpopular, and ha
escaped. He is regarded as. the chief o
the late rebellion.
General Sherman has issued an ordeI
declaring all acts of the Governor ant
Legislature of Texas, since the passao,
of the ordinance of Secession, illegiti
mate. Refugees from Texas are notified
that the United States troops are now in
possession of that State, and that they
can return home with security and re-
sumo possession of their property. The
order also notifies the people of Texas
that no "home guards" or armed bands
for self protection will be permitted, as
the military forces will be sufficient to
protect persons and property.
COLLISION WITH A RICHMoNp
STEAMER.-We find the following teIe.