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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

AT a late hour on the night of the 18th
inst, the Lincoln Hospital at Washing
ton, in the eastern part of the city, were
destroyed by fire, and four others were
pulled down to prevent the spreading of
the flames to the dry, andtherefore COM
bustible, timber, of which the buildings
were composed. The patients had been
removed several days ago. The hospital
mad been fitted upfor government re-
pairshop and commissary depot I.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

We trust our Northern contemporaries
will take pains to inform their farmer
readers of the great opportunities now
open to them of purchasing rich and
productive lands in this section of vir-
ginia. The lands are well adapted to
what is known as truck farms, and car
be purchased upon most favorableterms
We trust the Pennsylvanians, jersey
men, New Workers and New Englander
will take pains to glance over our adver
tising pages. t., ,--s. I'll, a
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

That was said to be an. awfully funny
scene at Cape May, last Sunday, when
the thunderstorm surprised the ladies
while they were bathing, and they were
forced to hurry back to their hotels in
their bathing dresses. Some three thou
sand queerly clad beauties ran the
gauntlet of the crowded piazzas amid
the jeers and laughter of the brutes in
patent-leather boots, who carefully noted
the feminine dismay, and rudely COM
mented upon it. 1t was wicked.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

The EIGHTH WONDER OF the fashionable world is sozo
DON'T Ladies' as they their unsued teeth and rosy
gums reflected in their toiletmrors and gentlemen as
their white ncsors fash through their dark mustaches
wonder how the benghed folk Of twenty years ago got
along without the teethbeautifyins, breath pertaining
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23
Arrivals at the Atlantic Hotel, Aug. %.

NJ " Wonderly lst Cavalry; Boyer, suffolk; "
" Cansey, Hampton, Va G W Daughtrey, Hampton, Va
+ spraugn, Suffolk A McCinit, Va; W .Grifith
BAIT Bel, Glenn, Bait b Betrtr, Ill; John
DORSEY, bait + IenwiclK, Washington;B J Bups and
lady, va Tnos Hughes Miss NJ W DcCominus Cums
berand; Bernard, Acknowledgement c; Francis D
Aoiloday, Flynn, MKilby, Suffolk, Va; H Deane
u Richmond, virginia Hni, w II Anthony; @ H
Clark G. II Marchant Texas; ] II Hyman M Y: FS
Hymand, N Y; b Hymand, NC,
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

BUTTER AND CHEIsE.-rhese two great essentials to
domestic comfort and quiet the children in particular
when they sing out for "bubby bread" be procured
fresh at II. D. White Co.'s, No II Whitewater street.
They receive consignments twice week. and are pre-
pared to satisfy the most stidiou taste with the best
butter and cheese in market See their advertisement
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

Some strong advocate for negro suf-
frage, who adopts the policy of gaining
his point by opposing it, revives the fol-
lowing fable: .-a. ~ ~.
Ksop, who has fable illustrative of
every phase of life, has left us one APP
propriate to the effort now on foot to
erect every negro into a voter, and to
make him the white mans equal. Ksop
says: A certain man having bought
Il Blackamoor, was so simple as TO think
that the color of his skin was only dirt
and filth, which he had contracted for
want of due care under his former mas
ter. This fault he imagined might easily
be removed. So he ordered the poor
black to be put into tub, and was at
considerable charge in providing ashes,
soap, and scrubbing-brushes for the
operation. TO work they went, rubbing
and securing his skin all over, but to no
manner OF purpose, for when they had
repeated their washings several times,
and were grown quite weary, all they
got by it was that the wretched Blacka-
moor caught cold and died"
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

VIOLATION CRY oRDiNANoEs-Danel Dyer, the Clerk
of the market is always the qaa pre for denquents
and others violating the market regulations Yesterday
he arrested party trying to come the sharp practice
in order to evade the law and sent them before the Mayor
for examination when it is expected the points Of the
case will be brought out. ,, =. -.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

of furniture alone; and, as next to a
good dinner comes good bed, there can
he no doubt of the success of this favor
tie hotel
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23
Virginia News.

The Petersburg Express thus COM
plains of the absence of one of the ne
cessaries of life:
"Here we have city of 25,000-prob-
ably 10000 inhabitants-on this I'D day
of August, with the thermometer ap-
preaching the nineties, and there's not
an ounce of ice to be had, for love nor
money. To say nothing of ice as lux
ury, it is now indispensably necessary
for the sick. Will not some enterprising
northman send down cargo or two?-
We know of no enterprise in which one
could now engage: that would be more
likely to pay handsome profits"
The people of the cockade city have
our heartfelt sympathies One might as
we'll be out of the world as out of ice
during this heated term. g..
The irrepressible Martin Meredith
J4ipscomb is candidate for Congress in
the Richmond District. The following
is the distinctive plank in his platform
it respects the Secesaionists;
81 would have the General Govern
ment establish in each State lunatic
asylums for this wicked and unfortunate
class of persons, whose care and custody
shall be under the superintendent of
the Freedmeli's Bureau
j. T. Depue, native of Alexandra,
Va, passed through Richmond Sunday
evening, in charge of an officer, on his
way to Raleigh, having been arrested
in the first named place on Thursday.
charged with ascending from Raleigh
with twenty thousand dollars in his pos
session belonging to his employer, a
large liquor dealer in that city.
In the Lynchburg Congressional Dis
trict the following gentlemen are NAM
ed for the next House of Representa-
tives: James F. johnson, Thomas s.
Flournoy, J. b. Stovall, DR.. r. E.
Withers, "A. S. Buford, w. L. Goggin
and VIM. G, Marlet.
The Richmond Wing advises the
adoption of the Constitutional Amend
ment abolishing slavery. Noone should
be supported for the Legislature or Con-
gress who does not fairly and squarely
take this position. -..7
The first edition of the Evening Bstlle-
TN made its appearance in Richmond on
Monday. 1t isissued in connection with
the Daily Bulletin by Messrs. Baily s.
Wedderburn.
The Richmond colored y represent
tatives to the Alexandria Convention
are out in another card against the Pres
ident of that body. ..-..-. ..--,
The bridge over the Roanoke river, on
the Danville Railroad, wasagain washed
away last week, lFE II =
G. W. Murdough has been appointed
Notary Public for Norfolk and Ports
| mouth.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

The New Albany Qndiana) Ledger
says That Sherman's great wagon train
mas oeen eneamped at New Albany for
the past eight or ten days. 1t is conf
manded by Captain Wilson. The train
VIII be conducted from Indianapolis to
Fort Laramie, and thence to Oregon and
Washington Territory. ss-1s 4
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23
MARRIED.

On the evening of the 22d Of August at the residence
Of the brides father james Reid Esq by the Rev. Mr.
Chandler, Mr.. W. ALIEN OF Reesville New York, and
Miss MARY A. REID, Of this city.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

ZIG REVIVAL AND CAMP MEErISe.-rhe colored popula
ton of this section holding revival at their Camp
Meeting on Lamberts Point. About two hundred will
be baptized Sunday in the river that place.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

Mrs. Sion II. Rogers died at the resi-
aenSe Of her husband in Raleigh, N. c.,
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

PIc.Nlc--The Sunday School Scholars of the Baptist
Church OF this city with their parents and teachers en-
ioyed the benefits of rural treat Yesterday.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

The Ballard House, in Richmond, we
are glad to learn, is already doing @
splendid business. This is WELL. Mr..
Main has expended $50, 900 In the matter
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23
The Courts.

TUE MILITARY COMMISSION is in fill operation in
the second story ofthe Custom House.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

Sewsmen and newsboys desiring papers VIII P'es''
nave their orders at the counng-room The evening p'
lions lefpre six o'clock
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

Advertisers are requested hand in their advertise
nents before six o'clock in the evening previous 10 pun
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

Al communications relating 10 business matters eou
sec,ed With thu paper should be addressed TO D. "
Brown, Norfolk Post All communications pertaining y"
Editorial matters and all correspondence intended for the
paper should he addressed to John Clark Editor
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

The WEATHER.-The Thermometer at DR.. W. +. Lewis
Drug Store under the Atlantic Hotel, indicated the fol-
lowing state of the weather Tues iaY:
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

Mayhew Brothers. Booksellers and stalionerS are a-
thorzed agents to sell the Norfolk f' and all orders
Il with them will be attended to the same as II left at
4, IN oi1iaa of puIlIeatiOn
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-23

EOR SALE.-r have for sale about go
BENCHES, suitable for seatings for a small Church
or Lecture Room. They vanished and In first
rate order They will be sold at bargain Also about
one hundred yards Of MATING,
F. f. FERGUSON,
aug1s-5t Auctioneer and Commission Merchant.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23

Graphic accounts are published In the daily
papers concerning Gen. Phil Sheridan mag
mi6cent and destructive raid down towards
l.ynchburg, and around to the north of Rich
mond, last week. Previous accounts rather
'underaoed than exaggerated the Importance
'of the work accomplished by the gallant Gen
,eraL Miles and miles of railroad were destroy
Led, The Kanawha and james River Canal
was rendered useless Gen. Early army was
utterly broken up and scattered among the
mountains-Early himself very narrowly es-
capped capture by our troops. 1t is estimated
that the supplies consumed by our forces OF
issued to the starving poor Of the country,
would have kept Lees army for at least three
months Our loss was less than dozen men,
The raid is without parallel,
The latest from Sherman is to the 2lst inst
Tuesday. Passengers arriving at Washing
ton state that two scouts direct from Genera
Sherman say that he occupied Goldsboro', n
Carolina, without opposition, last week, hav
ing connected with Gen. Schofed
Gen. Sheridan was being supplied at tn,
White House with everything needed for tu
ture movements,
The Army Of the Potomac, at last accounts
was still quiet.
Rebel news from Mobile via Richmond ind
cate an early attack upon that city by our Ian
and naval forces.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23
Division of the M E. Conference.

BY reference to the proceedings of the VI.
r. Conference, now in session in Philadelphia
published in another column it will be seen
that the committee on the division of that body
reported in its favor. After considerable de
bate, the question was decided in the negative.
The question of a division of the Conference
into two or more has been before it for several
years past, but owing to the diversity of opin-
ion with regard to a dividing line and the un-
settled state of national affairs the matter has
been rejected or postponed from year to year.
The General Conference, the Legislative body
of the Church, at its quadrennial session held at
Philadelphia in May last: gave this Conference
permission to divide itself in such manner as it
deemed expedient; but having decided against
division, for some time longer, at least, ii
must remain united brotherhood" The
Philadelphia Conference is the largest in the
world and it is believed to be the most uumer
Gus body of ministers that anywhere congre
gate, Of any denomination of Christians. Tht
number Of ministers attending the COnferenc,
is about two hundred and forty, and the mum
Der of members of the various churches unde
their charge at the last Conference was 80, 1913
we presume that, despite the war, which ha
disturbed some portions of the territory ther
is quite an increase over last year. It's opera
tions embrace section of country stretching
from the Pennsylvania line on the north to tn
extreme southern limit of the Peninsula form
ed by the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
including the whole of the eastern shore G
Virginia and Maryland, the whole Of the Stat
of Delaware, and all that part of Pennsylvania
between the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers
In such a conference of course the diversit.
of people, interest, and feelings is very great
One of the principal grounds for a division i
that the ministers, owing to their numbers
can scarcely be accommodated with "homes'
among the members and friends of the ChurcI
during the sessions Of the Conference, excep
In the large cities, and one of the advocate
Of division stated that even at the presen
session some of the members were staying a
hotels and paying large prices, which the!
were scarcely able to meet. 1t is no wonde
division has been asked for, yet the member
have becQme harmOnIzed together, and enter
tain considerable attachment to their large
conference.
The division of the Conference is only 8
question Of time aud expedicncy Many o.
the ministers, while they deem a division ne
cessary ip many respects believe that it will
add to the interests Of the Church to remain
united during the continuance of the war
This feeling is entertained by the laity, espe
cially in this part of Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23
The Revised Code

The want Of an intelligent digest of the law,
Of this State is seriously felt by almost every
one who has occasion to refer to the Statutes
The present Code" orcollection of laws called
The Revised Statutes, was published in the
year 1852, since which time it would be safe to
say the work has. received twenty -iive amend
ments biennially 1t is no longer safe guide
to those who wish to 60 according to law,
Chapter after Chapter, Section after Section
of it have been amended III important paTticu-
lars, and parts Of it have been repealed and no
one can tell by it what is law unless he has CO.
pies Of the pamphlet laws from 1852 To the
time at hand, and has crefully noted tie chan
ges. In 1859 there we're eighteen bills nassed
amending the Code, and the amendments en-.
braced about fifty different items. In-IS6I
twenty two amendments were passed. In 1856.
ten amendments were made, and in 1863 thir
teen anendatory acts were passed How MANY
more passed in 1864 we cannot tell. for ths
pamphlet laws are not yet issued. And cl,irinp
this session Of the General Assembly scarce )
day passes without bill being offered amend
ing Sections and Chapters. To relieve th,
public from this confused law tumble we thinL
the Legislature ought 10 authorize board q
lawyers TO prepare new code, especially a,
the present edition is nearly exhausted. A,
the State does not make agratutous distribu
ton Of the hooks. but sells them at q cost prict
to those who require them,s the expense need
not be reckOaed in the way of the proposition
l-DcldlcdrCaA,
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23

ADvERrsERs.-Mrs. E. Carr has opened
at her new bakery and confectionery store,
large assortment of Trimmings and Notions
which she invites her lady friends and Others
to examine.
Baggs & Cotton have just received a new
lot of Spring and Summer Cloths and Cassi-
meres, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, &c.
This is the place to get "purty store close"
Jas. Hammond advertises Stray Heifer
Jacob Hallman has the best quality of Quick
Lime for sale at the Landing
VIM. L. Garrett advertises Boots, Shoes,
Trunks, &c. 81 S. I'd ST., Phila.
Geo. W. Buchanan has three Farms for sale
in this county. See adv. ..
A meeting Of the stockholders of the Duck
Creek Improvement Company will be held on
saturday, April lst, at Foxwell' Hotel.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23
The LesisIatuTe.

Che Legislature adjourned on Friday last to
meet on Wednesday, of this week The pre-
SORT tu,jne.s before the body will be completed
to-4ay, Thursday it is thought, when they
will adjourn until about the middle Of June,
to make provisions for paying of the interest
on the State Bonds.
= it was generally supposed that, having a
Governor g after their own kind" who could
convene them at any time they might deem
necessary they would adjourn sine die, but
for reasons best known to themselves, or from
force of habit, they will not; at least we are 5,
:. informed by one Of the members. 4D -.
The bill Increasing the fees of Magistrates
Constables, Witnesses, Jurors, Referees, &c.
has passed both Houses, and is now law.
A resolution was offered in the House OF
the l4th which was agreed to, 10 pay tn
members of the Legislature in gold or it
equivalent. Ii not already, 1t doubtless will
,inest with the approval of the Senate.
The bill giving the right of way to the %
Slnmoia and Port Deposit Railroad across tn
State, after being defeated and recalled severs
e;mss, has finally passed both Houses ~
- tThesbill granting the Kent County, MARY
land), Railroad the right Of way through tn
State lissalso passed both Houses. This road
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23


MORE ABOUT THE PAcA TaAoEDY.--The
Baltimore Sun gives the following as the cause
which led to this melancholy affair
1t appears that the property in dispute con.
sists Of l 400 acres of land, with certain i'm,
provements and that John Paca, the deceased:
and Edward Tlghman Paca, were part heirs
of the estate Edward Tilghman Paca, how
eyer, having joined the rebel army, his inter-
est in the estate was eonhscated, and that ON
the 18th of January it was sold in this, city by
Marshal Bonifant, in pursuance of decree of
the United States District Court. Col. VIM.
B. Paca became the purchaser of this interest
at about 81 900, although it was said to be
valued much higher. Out of this, it is be-
lieved, originated the distressing tragedy. =
A Centrovile paper gives the following in
cident:
Mrs Paca, sister to Jones, and mother Of
John =, Paca hearing the report OF the guns,
came to the scene, aud in the most agOnlzlng
tones, and with all the distress and sympathy
which mother alone can feel, bent over ant
called to her son, "Speak to me, my son
speak to your dear mother" TO which VIM
B. Paca replied, He is past speaking now
and the blood is all on your skirts !; you advis
cd the erection Of the fence | killed them II
self defence" and putting his two sons, Illgh
man G. and James, (both said to be non com
pos ntentis) in the carriage, he ordered theu
to be driven to Centreville, and lodged theI
in jail Wednesday hight VIM, B. Paca wa
also lodged in Jail.
The funeral of the deceased took place q
: their late residence on Thursday last, attende
by large concourse of friends and acquan
ances.
The affair created great excitement, but
general disposition is felt ON all hands to II
the law take its course.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23

THE BLoCKADE-RUNNER CREws-There
is q no such malignant or offensive type of
nonresident foreigners among us as the herds
of unemployed knaves that have been thrown
ON our streets by the collapse ofthe blockade
running business. They are insolent in pro-
portion to their filth and raggedness, and
they fancy that their flag is specially inten-
ded to cover insolence. They will be taken
altogether by surprise on learning that the
Secretary of State has given them just twelve
days to pack up and leave the country III
body. This measure is altogether com
mcndable. Oul citizens generally would
have gladly seen it introduced sooner.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23

A WISE REFoRM-In Hartford the high
price of carriages for funerals has induced
the people to alter their funeral customs
The friends and acquaintances assemble al
the house fthe deceased where the usua
ceremonies take place, and the assembly i,
dismissed, only the relative accompanying
the corpse to the cemetery. This is an ex-
cellent reform. 1t not only saves cost at
time when most families require economy
but it leaves the family to indulge their feel
ings of sorrow without witnesses. The ell
ormous expense of funerals profits no on
but the undertaken. 1t makes family be
reavement double loss to the survivors.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23

LOYAL CHARLEsToNIANs.-Charleston is
not without its loyal men. Albert 5. Nc
Kay, NJ. d., man we'll known TO the Ma
sonic fraternity, stood boldly out true to the
old flag, despite all threats and privatlons,
Ex-Governor Aiken is another instance of
manly and fearless integrity, one of the larg-
est shareholders and weathiest men of the
South. Since the occupation of the city by
our forces, he has reported the names of all
his slaves, seven hundred and fifty in mum
der, to the commandant of the post, and
given each family farm on one Of the mos:
fertile and productive islands on the coast
A generous act from generous man.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23

THE CASE OF NORTH There seems to be
a strong impression in the minds ofthe friends
of James North noticed in previous issue as
=" found drowned'') that his death was caused
by violence, and, accordingly, one day last week
the body was disinterred, when DR.. Green
held post morton examination. The back
part Of the skull was found to be terribly mash
ed, circumstance not previously known
This may have been produced, however, by
falling from the bridge he attempted to cross
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23

The FLooDs appear to have visited all
the country. New York State has suffered
severely, and travel is much interrupted. In
the Eastern States dams and railroad tracks,
factories and houses, have been injured. In
the West, Mound city, recently selected for
a Government Navy Yard, has been entirely
covered with water, and the timber iioated
off. The Cumberland river has been flood
ed, and portion of Nashville inundated.
The whole tract by these inundations
will make the loss of property foot up a
large figure.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23


we believe, is to form junction with the Del
aware Railroad somewhere between Smyrna
and Middletown.
The bill to protect native Delawaresns from
the imposition" Of the Philadelphia, Viii
mington and Baltimore Railroad Company was
lost by vote of yeas to IL nays. The Rail
road Company has offered to furnish transport
tation at greatly reduced rates to persons from
the Northern States who desire to settle in
this State, and some of the members feared
that 'abolitionists" would thereby be induced
to dwell among us,
! The bill giving State aid to the Junction &
Breakwater Railroad after being amended
several times, has passed both Houses. The
bill gives TO- the Railroad Company $4O0,00(
in State bonds when $2O0,0 in stock il
subscribed and paid iu. A certain number o
bonds are issued when $50,000 is subscribed
and on the same condition other Of the bond
are issued.
The bill known as the preacher bill, t
prevent ministers of the gospel being mem
bers of the Board of Education in Whining
ton was defeated in the House on the l4th b
a vote of yeas to IL nays, Why minister
should not take part in the educational intel
ests of the State we cannot understand; non
are better qualified than they for such a pos
ton, and the attempt to get I'D of the
services must have been from party prejudic,
Smyrna times., 1865-03-23

GONE TO SEA.-During the late freshet
and the breaking up of the ice in the Sus-
quehanna river, the water rose so high OH
the banks in the lumber districts OF Penn
sylyania as to float off about five or six mil
lions feet of pine timber in logs. They were
borne down with the rapid current and pass
ed Havre de Grace into the Chesapeake bay.
Parties are engaged in capturing the logs
and five or six hundred have been secured,
the owners paying one dollar for each log
brought to the shore.