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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-01

Mr.. George w. Stone, Of Swampscott,
Massachusetts, who was tarred aud
feathered last spring because he had ex-
pressed his JOY at tue news OF President
Lincoln's death, and refused to make a
satisfactory explanation or retraction,
has recovered eight hundred dollars
damages in the Supreme Judicial Court
at Salem.
Herschel V. johnson, of Georgia, ar
rived in Washington on Monday, bring
ing most favorable accounts of the Union
sentiment prevalent among the people
of that state. It
The Treasury Department has paid
over eleven hundred dollars to Mrs.
Washington, widow of Lewis Washing
ton, the rebel officer, being the proceeds
of her household property seized and
sold during the war. tt -..tt
On the Western plains the average
cost Of killing an Indian has been about
$500, 900, while for squaw the cost is
nearly $4,000, 900.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-01
Che aartolk Cast.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1865.
DO NoTLIKET0 HEAR HIM PRAY.

do not like to hear him pray
Who loans Mt twenty-five per cent;
For then think the borrower may
Be pressed 10 pay for food and rent.
And in that book we all sh0uld heed,
Which says the lender shall be blrst;
As sure II, ! have eyes to read
II does not say stake interest
] do not like to hear him pray
On Bonded knees about an hour,
For grace to spend Alright the day,
Who knows his neighbor has no flour;
I'd rather see him so to mill
And buy the luckless brother bread,
Aud see his children eat their ill,
Aud laugh beneath their humble shed.
do not like to hear him pny
"Lrt blessings on the widow bew
Who never seeks her home 10 say,
I'll wants o'ertakr you come 10 me-
| hate the prayer, 50 lOnd aud long,
That's offered for the orphans veal,
BY him who secs him crushed by wrong,
Aud ouly with the lips doth feel.
| do not like TO hear her pray, /.
With ieweled ear and silken dress,
Whose washerwonlan tolls all day,
And then is asked "to work for less
Such pious shayers despiie,
With folded hands aud face demure,
They lit to heaven their "angeI eyes"
Then steal tho earnings of the poor
do not like such soulless prayers
II wrong hope to be forgiven;
No angels wing them upward lsirs--
They're lost u million miles from Heaven.
cannot like long prayers TO hear,
And studied, from the lips depart;
Our Father bendsa ready ear.
Let words be few--Iir hears the heart,
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whole. that the three following acts are
said to have been written In so
what different style. 1t is well RmJ ';ci-
with what care and indefatigaoie so, n;sa
tude Meyerbeer matured this l I;soatto
work. twenty years ago the llDrs L
had to be written twice over py scIoei
From the same time dates the nusiv
the first act. which is divided from the
second by an interval of ten years. Inc
rest belongs to later period"
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has married Don Pedro. Vasco now
declares that he loves her, and does not
care at all for Selika, who is only
slave; and after this evidence Of vaciiia,
ton the act ends with II c0ncerteu
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-07
Richmond, March lst.
The Probable yankee" Attempt TO
Cut on the Retreat OF Lee-Predicf-
ed FniIuro-EarIy and Mud the OPP
posing Forces.

From the Richmond Examiner March .
The latest northern papers, gratultouS-
ly assuming that Lee must retreat from
before Richmond, and that his march
must he by way OF Lynchburg, and in
the direction of Kentucky OF East Ten
nessee, announce with confidencesthat
measures have been taken for the de-
struCtlon of the Virginia and Tennessee
Railway. As they have but small
available force beyond the western ter
minus of that work, and ~ the common
roads in that quarter of the world are
impractiCable at the present time from
the unprecedented frOsts, rains, and thaws
of this winter, ii is reasonable to assume
that the intended movement upon the
railroad must be from the east; from
Wine hester to StauntOn this force would
have the advantage of an excellent ma
cadamized turnpike road Gen. Early
is, however, cnCamped somewhere on its
line Of march in such fore as might eff
ieCtually check the expedition. If its
numbers should he so great, however, as
To force Early back then another Obsta-
Gle will meet il Immediately after pass
ing Staunton, for their the Rock road
ItEulludtts anu lllUu IOduS Dtkln, duu IL
is quite probable that pontOon bridges
would he needed for other uses than the
passage Of rivers and mountain torrents
The peculiarity of roads in mountainous
regions is, that they traverse the valleys
and lowest depressions of country, and
cannot, of course, hang upon the ridges
During the winter and wet seasons there
is continuous ooze of water from the
foot Of hills and mountains, which keeps
the roads always deep with mud and
mire This is the state of things upOn
which the enemy would embark upon
passing StauntOn And as the distance
from there 10 Buchanan, where another
macadamized road begins, is sixty miles,
il is problem for calculation how long
it would require for 4 large cavalry force,
dragging artillery and pOntoon bridges
along with it, to accomplish a march OF
sixty miles, over roads deep with mire, at
a season of the year when they are AT
their very worst. A further element OF
the proposition would be how long the
journey would occupy with a deter.
mined enemy in front, who if failing to
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-07
NEW YORK CITY.
Celebration of Victories.
An Immense Demonstration.
Description Of the Procession, DecOra-
tions, &c.
Press Dispatch

New YORK. March 5.-The spirit of
our people, based upon our iate victo-
ries, for the celebration to-day received
fresh impetus by the announcement of
Sheridan's gallant exploits. All feel
that the postpOnement from Saturday,
both on account of the weather and eX-
traordinary cause for rejoicing, was iu-
dicious and opportune The weather to-
day is fine.
The city is enveloped in flags. The
weather is as fine as could be desired
On account of the postpOnement the COM
mittee of Arrangements were enabled to
enlarge their scale, and the programme
was made to embrace many new tea-
lures. One of the NEST imposing displays
i'm the procession was that of the Singer
Sewing Machine manufacturing cOmpa-
nv, with their six horse team, splendidly
decorated, drawing a truck, upon which
was erected magnificent pavilion filled
with young ladies operating in the man
ufacture of army clothing. On the side
of the pavilion was inscribed, 1--WE
clothe the Union armies while Grant Is
dressing the rebels They were escort
ed by a full band and $50 employees of
the company
NEW YORK, March 6.-The demOnstra-
ton in honor of and rejoicing for our
victories today was perfect success
throughout The procession was the
most imposing ever witnessed here.
The military and fire departments both
turned out strong and presented mag
nifcent spectacle. The various trades,
with workmen engaged i'll their respec-
tive avocations, added interest as well
as curiosity TO the display. The assem-
bly, of people about the speakers stand
of course was immense, and the enthusa
ism commensurate. Thus New York, i'll
rejoicing over past victories, has again
pledged herself to assist i'll securing new
ones, and made the pledge i'll a manner
which shows her earnestness i'll the patri
otie cause.
NEW YORK, March 6-The procession
to-day was of great length. The military
display was fine, aud the iremen made
an excellent appearance. Other portions
of the parade, including veterans i'll car
riages, excited much interest. The pro-
cession was about three hours in passing
given point.
The meeting in Union Square was
largely attended The crowd in the
streets was probably the greatest ever
seen in New York.
Nine thousand bales of cotton arrived
here to-day from Savannah
Gold tonight 81 95s.
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check the advance, would at least delay
it, and by passing over the road IN adj
vance, put in the very worst possible
condition for the force pressing on be-
hind. From Buchanan the railroad
might be reached, over bad roads in a
days march, or the enemy might pursue
the maoadamized road to Salem, distant
some thirty miles; but it lis plain that
the period necessary to accomplish the
march would be sufficient to atferd time
to intercept and. thwart the whole pro
ject If, however, the enemy should not
strike for BuchananOn leaving Staunton,
but make directly for Lynchburg, dis
tant about seventy miles, he would still
be so much delayed, by the condition OF
the roads that an ample force could be
interpOsedfor the protection Of that city.
The same difficulty would also obstruct
him if he were to turn off at right angles
at Staunton and cross the Blue Ridge in
the direction of fCharlottesville, Gordons-
vile, and Richmond. Looking at ali
the circumstances of the case, we think
it quite probable that the enemy would
find that the expedition would be pre-
mature, and likely to end in failure II
not in grief The absurdity of endeavor-
ing thus TO intercept General Lees re
treat at this early day is amusing
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-07
FROM THE SOUTH.
Governor Vance Rallying.
The Latest Richmond Papers.
Grant and Sherman TO be Beaten I'm
Detail-Gpv. Vance Aetive-CRPture
mt GreenviIIe, N. C.-Arrivni Of Ex-
changed Prisoners.
Press Dispatch.l


New YORK, March 6.-The Richmond
ENQUIRER of the 3Oth has Il long article
showing that Sherman and Grant are TO
be beaten in detail, and then the inde-
pendenee of the Confedsracy will be Sc
cured. Gov. Vance is now active at
work. it says, in rallying the people and
organizing resistance. 1t says Grant has
stripped every section of the country
and in Western Virginia has not men
enough to protect his generals while
sleeping.
Richmond papers are confident Ill the
belief that Grant will move the moment
the ground will be sufficiently hard to
permit him to do 50. They say he has
everything ready for all advance
Our forces are kept watching nightly
for Semmes on the James, while the
rebels are kept active watching for de-
sertion from their lines.
A portion of the New York 18th cavalry
and one company of thelst North Caro-
lima mounted infantry surprised and
captured a company of rebel soldiers
near Greenville, N. c., and then dashed
into the town, destroyed commissary
stores and captured other prisoners.
The Tribune's Wilmington correspon-
dent announces the arrival there of 500
exchanged Union prisoners sick, starved,
emaciated and naked.
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From Cairo.

CAIRO, March 6.--Six hundred bales of
cotton passed today for St Louis The
Memphis and Vicksburg packet james
Watson, laden with government property
large number Of passengers and eighty.
six soldiers, sunk twelve miles below
Napoleau on the morning of the ODD A
number of lives Were lost, including the
Adams Express Messenger The steamer
aud cargo are a total loss
Nine buildings were burned last night
uvolving IN estimated loss Of Sl50,OO0
The principal losers are Martin Walsh,
clothier, 24,000-insured 5000; Daniel
Able & Co, groceries and boat store, S47,
U0O-insured $4,000 john Clancy, pro-
duce dealer, 500, 20,000-insured s., 800; P. L.
ritchett, liquors and boat stores, $4,000
insured $1,000.
One hundred aud fifty bales of cotton
passed for Evansville.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-07
REBEL REPORTS.
Resignation Of william 4. Rives, ns
Senator f. OM Yirgi
From the Richmond Dispatch, March .

From tho Richmond Dispatch March p
FELLOW CITIZENS: The shattered con
dition of my health with my advanced
age, considerably transcending the three
score wears and ten allotted to man, hav-
ing disqualified me for the discharge of
the representative duties which you did
me the honor two years ago by an unso-
licited choice to contide to me, feel con
strained by sense Of duty and proprie-
ty to resign into your hands the trust |
then received from you, and which | am
now physically incapable of executing
| have honestly and faithfully endeav-
ored to serve you according to the meas
ure of my ability, but, as | apprehended
when you called Inc from my retirement.
my strength and constitution have ut
terly sunk under the attempt. For the
last six weeks | have been confined to
my bed by a severe and complicated i'll
ness, and the consequence has been much
to my chagrin and regret, that you have
been misrepresented i'll Congress upon
some of the most important questions
which have occupied the attention Of
that body during its present session. At
my time of life, and with the shock al
ready received from repeated attacks OF
disease, brought on in the public service
during the last three or four years, |
have no right to expect, whatever may
be the result of my present illness, that
in the future | shall he better able to
serve yOn than at present Your inter
ests and the interest of the gIeat cause
in which we are engaged are OF too inn
pOrtantka character to be committed to
so precautions and feeble guardianship
The labOrs of the present session of Con-
gress are drawing to close, and the pc
riOd of the general State elections being
now at hand, when my place can be sup
piled without putting you to the trouble
of special election, | have thought the
moment most suitable for resigning into
your hands, Is | now do, the remnant of
nv representative term One word only
which my strength permits in cOnclu-
sion, besides the grateful recollection /
shall always cherish of the confidence
and encouragement with which you have
sustained me through long career of
public service, we shall still DO bound
together Ivy common sentiments and
common interests in the future as in the
past. My constant prayers shall be ad-
dressed TO Heaven to make that futuro
as propitious and glorious as heart can
wish. But whatever it be, share it
with you
Whittier thou goest, will go; where
thou lodgest, | will lodge; thy people
shall he my people, and thy God my God;
and where thou dest will | die, and
there will be buried
Your friend and servant,
w ~ RIVES
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-07
From CaIifOrni q.

SAN FRANCIsCo, March 1.-The last
steamer from Mazatl9n brought seventy
bales of cotton grown in Sonata by
Americans Cotton culture in that State
is attracting great attention, two cotton
factories were in operation which turn
out million dollars worth of goods AN
nually. From Hong Kong we hear Of
the purchase of 10000 pounds Of cotton,
half of which is to be shipped direct t"
New York and the remainder TO san
Francisco.
The late snow storms have been heavier
and more extensive than known IN Cali
fornia for several years.
One Thousand bbls. of California
crushed sugar sold here today at l6
cents, for June and July delivery. The
winter weatherstill lays an embargo on
mining operations
Sailed, the steamship Saint Louis for
Panama, with passengers and mails for
New York, and about one million dollars
in treasure, of which only about Sl47,-
900 goes to New York
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-07
general SHERMAN.
Rebels Evacuate Florence.
Movement on Fayetteville.
Firing on Cape Fear River-specula
tions about Sherman by the Rich
mOnd Whig.
lPress Dispatch.l


New YORK, March 6.-The Raleigh, n.
c., Journal of the ID says: AS the train
left Wilmington, our Whitworth bat
terry, planted at the head of Market
street, was firing upon the enemy, who
had appeared upon the causeway upon
the western side of Cape Fear river
Their main advance was then checked at
Alligator Creek Some few skirmishers
pushed forward but were driven OF. 1t
is believed that Hapgoods brigade, with
the exception of the 7th battalion, has
been captured. Some accidental cases
may have escaped They probably have
They were on the west side of the Cape
Fear The other troops are Oh that side
The Richmond Whig of the Sd alludes
to Sherman's operations, and indulges III
the hope that if our plans are not
thwarted, our able Generals and brave
troops in that quarter will be able to
bay him or send him bowling to the
rear If the report brought us by tele-
graph that the small force left by him at
Columbia has been expelled, be true,
then the repulse in front should he suf-
fer SUCH would probably render his at
fairs desperate in the extreme. But we
will not speculate further in regard TO
matters which mast cease to be matters
for mere speculation soon.
The Richmond Dispatch of the Sd says:
A telegram from Fayetteville on the lst
says that at that time no Yankees had
advanced in that direction from Will
mington. We have nothing from Sher-
man He is supposed to be still in the
mud of South Carolina.
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well, therefore, to drop all reference to
this gentleman us a peace man, and here
after recognize him as the cotton COM
missioner, or so-cailed peace messenger
Trading cotton for bacon is a business
that requires no mystery, and if Mr.. Lin
coin desires cotton and tobacco, and Is
willing to exchange TOR them provisions
at proper prices, why not send his bacon
minister here openly and avow his pur-
pose to drive trade even amidst the din
of warl The spectacle Of two nations
fighting and trading at one and the same
time is novel, and Europe must again
recognize the great step made by tins
country in war trade as we'll as In war
implements. If the United States has
outstripped the world in iron-clad ships
big guns, great armies, and huge debts,
il has also taken the fist step toward
big trade with its enemy. Having
blockaded all the ports and etfeotually
shut Europe out from the great staples
of these States, il monOpolizes commerce
by opening neutral ground for trade
This is said to be Mr.. Singletons and
Judge Hughes business. Trade is what
these people want; but whether they
want trade only with the Yankees is n
matter we think extremely doubtful
Perhaps the Yankees may be compelled
te open Norfolk as neutral port. 1t is
not probable the European nations Will
permit the United States to blockade
the coast and then open the inland trade,
which is the effect of law now existing
in the United States The particular
mission of Mr.. Singleton being one of ba-
con and beef, ~ well as OF cotton and to-
baceo, has no political significance what
ever His movements are therefore OF no
importance But, at the same time, the
public do not relish his return to Rich
mond
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-07
Growing Over the Fall Of Charleston
What WOald Become Of the South
il Subiugated

From the Richmond Dispatch, March
The jubilation of tho enemy over the
fall of the little city ofCharlestOn, Il place
which would scarcely make good sized
ward of the city of New York, after a
siege of four years, and an overwhelm-
ing preponderance of laud and naval
forces, is equal To that of the French
when Napoleon with thirty thousand
raganuffins whipped the whole of
Europe As the little Confederate ban.
tam lies in the pit, its back To the earth
and it's face to the sky, the great, big un-
conquerable roosters, gobblers, eagles,
vultures, and birds of every race, who
have at last brought down the game lit
tie chicken, rend the air with their tri-
umphant cries They crowd round the di
minutive carcass, turn it over and rip it
open to see what it has got in its crop,
and generally agree that snch torriii-
cally sublime achievement as the subju-
CATION of that small bird was unparallel-
ed in war. After this, let the Car look
to Cronstadt, and England to Gibraltar.
If it requires only four years to take
Charleston, how long could any strong
hold of Europe resist the great and in
yincible fleets and armies of the all con
quering American nation. A Northern
journal, somewhat envions of the glory
which the diminutive seaport of Charles
ton has obtained, eudeavors to detract
from its merits by saying that the fortii-
cations which have enabled it to hold out
so long were originally constructed by
the United States Government. IL that
were true, it does not prove much for the
United States; for the strongest of those
Notifications, Fort Sumter, was taken by
General Beauregard in Il few hours;
whereas, the United States required four
wears to retake it, and could not have
taken it but for the evacuation of the
city, in consequence of the unobstructed
march of Gen Sherman through GeOr-
gia, and, after all, the Yankees taking
Charleston, or taking Savannah, or TAX
ing any other city or section of the South
ern Confederacy, is only doing. with a
great amount of fuss and blOodshed what
they had done quietly and more etfectual-
ly before the war, by the peaceful meth
ods of trade and commerce. Not only
Charleston, but the whole South, was
taken agood many years ago; and tosome
purpose, when tariffs, cOasting laws, and
bounties, rendered every slave holding
State tributary to northern manufacture
and commerce; when northern industry
supplied every article of clothing, Of
household furniture, every agricultural
implement in the South; when northern
books, northern literature, and northern
theology welded the sceptre over our
minds and souls Whether it is good
bargain to exchange such an occupation
as that for the dominion of brute force,
we leave it to northern ingenuity to cal
culate, when its passions have cooled
down sufficiently to allow it to work ont
the sum We are inclined to think that,
even if successful in arms, it could never
compel from subjugated people the re-
turns which are chiefly yielded by CON
tented and hopeful population.
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Wn.hinuian liens.

WAsHNGToN, March 6.-Ble SEN
ate has confirmed the following
nominations for Captaincies in the
revenue cutter service: William A.
Howard, John Hail Wilson, Daniel ID.
Tompkims, J. NJ Selden, George G. Ba-
ker, and Thomas n. Spencer.
The bill to repeal the section of the
act which provides for the appointment
of agents to purchase cotton and other
products Of insurrectionary States was
not vetoed by the President, but it was
said, failed to receive his signature,
which amounts to about the same thing,
namely, its failure TO become a law.
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Preparations for the Raid on O-wego.

OswEGo, March Ga meeting of citi-
zens held at the Board of Trade for the
purpose of adopting measures for the
better defense of the city, in view of the
anticipated raid by rebels and their
sympathizers now concentrating at Hal
flax, Mayor Grant presided and the meet,
ing was addressed by some of our most
influential men The Mayor stated that
he called upon the commander at Fort
Ontario, and that sufficient force would
be detailed to patrol the streets al night
4 committee was appointed to select and
appoint detectives to watch the stran-
gers now in town, and such aS may arrive,
until further action could he taken in
the matter The recent draft has added
to the influx Of strangers.