The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-14
THE NEWS.

CURIOUS AZ " hl0y SCShAst ss.Cs~ 80
,v h,,t fhirty-nine miles of water be-
tween the city Of philadclphla and the
citv Of Paris. This fact is evidenton the
man. and has been realized by the Over
land Telegraph expedition now ~ work.
The remainder Of the distance ID . prac-
lticable land route, which possesses un-
limited commercial resources. There
Is an unbrOken line Of communicates
between Cape Clear, 10 ireland, and the
in this hemisphere between Philadel-
phia and Frazer's river, in British CO-
Ifumbia. These lines are about 1A,S0O
miles in length. There still exists 9
oap in the belt of communication aroun9
the world of abOut6 800 miles. To unite
the AMOR river In Asia with Fort ec.
James, on Fraser's river, ia this conu-
nent, will complete the chain, blnung
the Chinaman with the European w
: African with the Caucasian. fn's9des-
phia Press. % af t44 seo3sao
4 It Is claimed by correspondent Of the
Boston C0urisr, that II was John Sal
:, mon, Samuel A. b. Bragg and Andrey
J. Oliver, who were instrumental, enS
r. of February as holiday. 1t seems that
ia 1866, the shop i'm which these man
T" worked, was closed and the bells were
a. tOlled, This IL big controversy, but Y
ir IL excusable, inasniuch, as Messrs. 81.
I'll mon. Bragg and Oliver saved the day e
Antietam, and sent Lee kiting at Getr
'e tysburg; aud it ia. said they invcntea
a. n-powder, Sin 1856" too, Still, the
at closing Of work shop IN Boston ?, ana .ne
- make the ed of February q state holi-
. day. ~ 81 ni4i IS egimssg
. The Richmond Sentinel has again
:" made its appearance, under the contros
n of its old editor, Mr.. Richard NJ. Smith.
v. n is substitute for the morning edi-
II a ton Of the Commercial Bulletin. Tue
Evening bulletin will continue to p
q published from the same 0ffice undax
ut the editorial management OF Mr. ErnssE
a. Lagarde.
An enterprising contemporary In PhN-
"a. adeIphia announces, in bis issue OF
:, THURSDAY, that the election in New
y. Jersey comes off next Tuesday, when
er there is every prospect that "MArcus, u,
", Ward will be elected Governor and {
n strong Union delegation sent to the
IA Senate and House Of Representatives.
.se Hiram Fuller, the London editor Q
anti American Journals Is the belle
~ who wrote lin LondOn) the letters 10
the Englisll papers from New Orleana
ur giving an account OF the atrocities
as United States officers. He used to y
~. an editor Of the New York Erpress am
:, other minor Journals before the war. y
~ Col. A. H. Bowman, Of the Unite
~. States Engineer Corps, died at his ~.
its ience, In Wilkesbarre, Pa, last weel
mt He superintended the building of Fol
al, Sumter, and at the time of his deaf
~ was President Of the Board Of Egg
~, neers charged with the remodeling
~ the coast Notifications. $3.50 la Hse
Of The Louisiana planters have adopte
md la plan to get the freedmen to pick the
on. cotton, aud Ii is meeting with success
When the davis work is done the co
- ton picked by each freedman Is mes
;aa ured, and he is paid according to Il
& amount of cotton'he has picked lsi'
her A captain, who accompanied Brecl
cart inrjdge from Europe to Canada has {
cool rived at San Antonio, aud says tn
syef Breckinridge has announced his dete
ugh minatiOn to remove to Texas, should u
'ere, President pardon him.
and Hh.e,nseu IN. Gaa.rd hss ise,,ed = mar
Is ~ festo to the soldiers, announcing ship
sor- of-war has been purchased for the GO
= we eminent in New York, and are on the
viii way to Hayt. .....a5
sth The Civilian fears that Texas will n
he represented in the next Congrea
,,aot The debt contracted By Texas dariI
!, ~ tbe war is nine millions of dollars, tt
Io,h' neopie on the Rio Grande object to !
ayel, pudiation.
leep, MIR. Palmer, the theatrical agent, al
e OF Mr. Jarrett the manager OF the Bosts
cams theatre, will leave for Europein Decei
ty.- Der. to engage a number of novelties
the American public. ts s.,.s
nun The Prussian nobility of the feut
the party have just sent the King Of Nap
SAINT a shield, magnifcently carved, rep
arm senting his deeds and exploits, especi
,ad- ly at the seige of Gaeta. sss I'll asn
self, Matilda Heron is playing now
go Pixies Opera House, Cincinnati.
pace has lately finished successful eugs
the ments IN Mobile and New Orleans.
the There is talk in st. Petersburg
equal further reduction in the Russian arm
larn Fifty thousand soldiers, 1t Ii said, '
ivan be sent to their homes.
ICE vi Poker sharpe says his wife is equa
. ie five ssfullsr-beauti-ful duti-fui, 81
LILY Oily full, youthful, and awful i-6os
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