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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL.

obh
ALE-Philadelphia and Hudson, s3.2J.
BRANDIES-Applo 10000 90; Hennesey, 0tard, P-
net, Castilion, &c, sloO0@l60o; Fancy Brandies; Cher
nv, blackberry. Ginger, &c, s50o@6.5O; Domestic Com
mon) ~ IS California, per case, 5000.
BITTERS-Bokee's, brakes, Wahoo, RUSS, Scheidam,
&C., sllOo@ls; California Wine Bitters, per case, sl50O.
BACON-Baltimore, Sides, 10000; Hams, 25@ SOC.
Smithfield Hams, cuts to order, 2S@2oc.
REEF-Extra Mess, S1s.O0@200O; Mess, sl6o0@1sJW.
BRICKs-First quality pressed, $500; I'd d. s22OO
I'd do, $500.
RAIGHs PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER, s66 per ton.
CORN-White,7 0@75c.; Yellow, SsogS3c. 900.
COTTON-Ordinary, 34@37c; Good, 31@40c; Mid
ding, 40@45c.
C0FFEE-3l@36c.
ClNDLES-Adamantine, 24G25c.
CIGARS--Domestic and Imported, 2o@lao;
COAL-First quality, 40@45c: I'd quality, aSCgioc.
Observation-Disclosures Prints, 1886; ,spragno do
27l%:: do 80; Amo:keag do 2,1a; clutches D do
30 London Mourning do 27L; Amoskeag do, y; Ian
caster Ginghams SO; Delaines, 30; STANDARD Sheet
Inc az. ~ fine Brown Sheeting 500; 81 do W; - dc
ie do so a 55 Ticks 5114a62%; Striped Shifting
3saS5; Colored and Bloached Drills, SI13aS9; Colored
oa m niT Tlolfa1Iil sls.5o@15.75; Extra, 81 .OOa1 1915
super. $9.50@IO.OO; Fine, ss.5O@9.eo.
~FORAGE-IIay, I5o@2oo per Gwt; G0rn, y9gloI pei
GIN-$2g50@5OO.
HOOPS-None.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
LF~ATHER-Calf skins, SOgsloo pof dozeh' sole
IT M~nMiBER-Ci per thousand, $1,000; I'd do, $1,000
% I dIi quality, per Dbl, s2.5o@ssOO; ID qualit y
$l.50@200
0MiMwhale, per galIsn, s2Oo@2.2S; Linseed, SIS
h" poRKWMess $50. OO@35.0O; Prime s25@320O.
pORTER-London best brands, $3.50; Philadelphia,
RUM-s24O66O0.
~ROsIN-Not quoted.
ROpE-Manilia, 23@26c; Hemp, 25@3Oc.
sUGAR-Brown,1 4@l7% cs Refined,Crushed Powdered
| and GRADUATED, q Hc5 A White, 1915; b White, 10; G
Elk, 1slIc.
/ sTAvES-$25O003000.
NAVAL sToREs-Crude Turpentine, none in market:
Turpentine, S5.50@6O0; Tar, $5.50@6O0.
| T0BACC0-Connecticut Leaf, 2oC076c; Vir. 6O9$l.25
in market; Manufactured, 6Oc.@si.25 Smoking, 5ocIg
| Sl.O0; Snuff, 50cd@S1O0.
~WHEAT-White, S1.9Oa210; Red, Sl.50@1.T5
l W~HIsKEYS-0ld Monongaheia Glow proof S22O92
1 30; Rye and Bourbon, S2.35@7.O0. -.
\ WINE-Champagne: "Star, "sHeidsick," "Grsen Seal,
De st. Marceau. "Red Lac" &c, s25oC@42N; sherry, -
| MsOO: Port, S O06pSO0; Claret, in cases, 5000, 5000, Is
$1,000 and S2l.00; Sauterns, per case, S9.Oo9l5; Caiifor-
| mia, per case, $1,000 HOO.
W0OD-Pcr cord, S4.50t95.O0.
WHITE LEAD-s@7.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
FRESH MEATS-Att the stalls, Beet, according to cut
| lo@l5 cts. Veal SOLO cts; Mutton l29l5 cts; Shoat
| 7661 90 per quarter.
| 81 GOAL 25 per pair; Geese 62C975 cts.
FRUITS-Apples 754S0 cts. per peck.
VEGETABLEs-Cabbage 5@10 ctsi Onions 10 cts. PEI
| bunch: Reefs 10 cts. per bunch; Soup Vegetables I@lo
cts. per bunsh; Potatoes 75@$l " per bushel; Sweet
| Potatoes 75@sQ cts per peck.
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Captain Bennett, of the yacht Henri
eta, has accepted the challenge of Cap
tain Lopez, of the Philadelphia yacht
Palmer, to repeat the late race over the
same course, on the conditions that the
proposed contest shall be a sweepsteak
of five hundred dollars each entrance
fee. and that other yachts shall be in.
yited to enter. 1t is also proposed thai
the race shall take place in November OF
December.
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Captain Moore, who wass sent to Ander-
sonville to identify and mark the graves
of the Union dead inferred there, reports
his mission accomplished, and the burial
ground laid out as a cemetery. Twelve
thousa nd four hundred and sixty-one
graves were identified and marked with
the name, regiment, &c, of the deceased
soldier, four hundred and fifty-one re-
manning which could not be identified.
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Proctor will repeat his fine persona
ton of Jibbenainosay " tonight. and
Marston will play "Take Your Wife
to Portsmouth," which is a local farce,
and quite suggestive, though the people
of Portsmouth might turn the tables on
us, and say "Take your wife to Nor
fnIk
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Chief Justice Chase has been the
guest of Jay Cooke, at his beautiful resi-
dence on Gibraltar, Put-in-Bay Island,
Lake Erie. Miss Ransom, a Cleveland
artist, is also at the island, making
sketches of the scenery around for sever
al large paintings ordered by Mr.. Cooke.
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We publish this morning, in full, the
speech delivered last Wednesday night
in New York, by Mr.. Montgomery Blair
1t will be seen that, though recentlyact.
ing with the Republican party, he de-
nounces their negro-suffrage platform,
and again identifies himself with the
Democracy. The speech is worth read
inn
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DIR. BUSINESS CARDS.

No Merchant, business man or Mechanic should 10
without these-and we can furnish them in any quantity,
shape, size, style or color, on the shortest notice and at as
cheap rates as they tan be procured in the United states
Every man that prctends TO do business should be well
supplied with Cards.
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Our weather is cool, pleasant and
bracing. There is q vim and sparkle in
these October days which have come to
succeed the protracted term of heat and
%liquifcation, which oxigenize the very
currents of health and commerce, and
send a visible tide of new life through
all the arteries of pleasure and business
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The Tennessee Senate was engaged on
the 10th instant discussing whether ne
gro testimony shall be received in the
courts of that State, and it is stated
that the discussion is likely to be pro-
1opood
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FROM

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1S.-The steam
er Golden City, with one thousand pas
sengers and one million two hundred
and forty-five thousand dollars in treas
ure for New York, and four hundred
and fourteen thousand dollars for Eng
land, from Central America and Pana-
ma, sailed from San Francisco on the
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF NORFOLK, OCTOBER 20.

ARRIVALS.
Steamer Geo. Leary, BlaKeman, Baltimore.
Steamer Louisiana, Porter, Baltimore.
Steamer Magenta, Baulsir, Riclmond.
Steamer Thomas A, Morgan, Edgar, Baltimore.
Steamer Albemarle, Bourne, New York.
Steamer Eolus. McCarrick, Mathews county, NJ
Schooner Maria Ann, Rhodes, Nixin9ton.
Schooner Hatton, 0Neal, Columbia.
Schooner Hannah, Westbrook, Portland.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Louisiana, Porter, Baltimore.
Steamer George Leary, Brakeman, Batimor
Steamer City Point, Talbot, Richmond.
Steamer Thomas C0llyer, Mitchell, Richmond.
Schooner Whiting Long, Hayes, NY.
Schooner VIM. Frazer, Applegatl, deorgetown.
Schooner Wave, Crittenden, Windsor, NC.
list OF PASSENGERS per steamship ALTERNATE, IL. A
Bourne, master, October 10, 1865:
W. II. Brown, Miss Mary S. Pond, Miss N. G. Partridge
Daniel c. Marten, VIM. Chambers, VIM. Corhagar, Cole
man Bell, j. V. Davidson, Mr.. Burrows, Mr.. Ward, Mr.
Lee.
CoNsIaNEEs per steamship AlbeInarle, Bourne, iron
New York, October 10Th, 1860 Commanding Officer Ma
w Yard b. +. Bockman, Il. Camp, II. Nj. Dunn 4 20,
Llblin 4 Stiner, Morris 4 Gwathmey, Sherman u Bro.
Naval Storekeeper, Seldner & Co., $. Trudewind, Davis
Bro, G. A. Smith, A. Layago, De Sheelds, J. Cannon, LIE
page Bros, D. 2. Martin, +. A.. Boyle, &C. Vi. j. Shield
W. IL. Brown, J. ii. johnson, Beard Il Roper.
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We trust Major Gen. Torbert will so
instruct his guards, that negro-marble-
shooting may be stopped tomorrow.
Mayor Tabb says it is not his businessto
'skeep the Sabbath holy :" that is, he
has no power to keep the colored boys
from breaking the Sabbath.
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There is no connection between the
Fenian Congress, now in session IN
Philadelphia, and the General Episcopal
Convention holding forth there. The
Fenians are an orderly body and behave
like Christians and men of sense.
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Telegrapgit Wtbs,
NORFOLK POST DISPATCHES.
NEWS.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O.-Hon. Alex
ander H. Stephens had a briefbut graft
flying interview with the President to-
dizzy. He was accompanied by Judge
Lochrane, of Georgia.
1t is currently reported, and believed
here, that the President has uncondi-
tionally pardoned John Mitchell.
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THENORTH CAROLINA CONVEN'
TION,

RALEIGH, Oct. 2O.-The Convention,
which adjourned last night, will assem-
BILE again on the fourth Monday in May.
An ordinance was passed preventing
any future Legislature from assuming
or paying any debts created for prosecu'
ting the rebellion.
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FIsH-Hog Fish $500 to 81 rs per dozen; Spots lO9l5
cs. ner dozen: Trout 250150 cts. a piece; Mullet l0915
cts, per bunch Sheep Head 50@$1 90.
BUTTER, LARD AND CHEEsE.-Butter 45@5O cts.
per pound; Lard 25@40 cts. per pound; Cheese 1Sa25
cts. per pound.
OYSTERS-25 cents per quart.
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-Cotton dull at
SOC. Flour dull and declined sc. Wheat
declined from 8 to sc. Corn unchanged.
Pork heavy. Lard quiet. Whiskey
firmer at SIC.
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Our Uisitina Cards.

Our specimens in this line vie with the finest copper
plato engravings, and are executed with great ne''hess
on iue enameled and Bristol Cardboard
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TROOPS MUSTERED OUT.

TROOPS MUSTERED OUT.
FORTRESS MONROE, Oct. M.-A por-
ton of Company G, Sd PennsylvanlaAr'
tillery, has been mustered out of ser
vice.
The steamer Karnak sails for New
York tonight. The steamer Dictator
arrived at 5 p. M.
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Our ddleddina Cards,

No couple can live happy or die in peace, blessed by
the love Of children, unless they can ~bequeath to them,
as gifts of remembrance, a few of our beautifully exc
euted WEDDING CARDS, gotten up in the latest style
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NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

THE pRoppIrroRs of this Establishment respectfully
announce to the Public of Norfolk, Portsmouth and vi
cinity, that they are fully prepared to execute every de-
s~cription of JOB PRINTING known to the business,
not only with NEATNEss and DESPATCH, but in Il
styIe unsurpassed in the South for BEAUTY and EbE-
CANOE. We have the most complete and varied assort-
ment of TYPE of L SIZES and DESCRIPTIONS
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CARDS OF ALL KINDS.

Under this heading is included Cards or Tickets OF ev'
cry description that can be executed on Cardboard, from
a fine, large colored hand-biI, down to a bread ticket
The small trades need these, aud in every other place bnt
Norfolk, no baker, or ~ice-dealer, or milkmen, or grocer
or huckster, would pretend to do business without them
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T I G K E T S

Candidates can have their tickets promptly and cor
rectly printed, and their election warranted if necessary.
In fact, the o OFFICE is capable ofeSecuting
ANYTHING and everything that can be called for in tho
business. and will guarantee universal 80 tisfaction on tho
most liberal terms and we respectfully request a con-
tinuance of the patronage heretofore so generously be-
slowed upon our efforts by the people of this city and
State.
All orders should be plainly written, especially proper
names. to prevent mistakes, and handed in at the Count
ing room on the first floor, or if sent by letter addrcsscdt TO
f. NJ. BROWN, Norfolk Post.
TERMS;
Cash on delivery of the work, except in cases where or
ders are from regular advertisers, In the latter cases pihs
VIII be rendered monthly,
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THE WRECK OF THE ATLANTA.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-The bark An
derson, with one passenger and three OF
the crew of tho steamship Atlanta,
which was wrecked on the 10th instant,
while on her passage from New Orleans
to New York, has arrived here. 1t IN
supposed that the remainder of the crew
and passengers all persisted.
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The White Mountains were well cover
ed with snow last week, and Washing
ton and Lafayette remained so nearly
o day.
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DIED,

In Boston. on the 18th instant, JOHANNA ELIZA
BETH, wife of Irwin A. benson, and second daughter oil
Timothy aud Catherine Deeoursey, aged 2l years.
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Mayhew'& Brothers, Booksellers and statoners, are
authorized agents to sell the Norfolk Post, and all orders
at with them will be attended to the same AZ If left at
the office of publication.
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Newsmen and n~ewsboys desiring papers Will please
have their orders at the counting room the evening pre-
yious before six o'clock.
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The New Bedford Mercury says that
as q gentleman, now a distinguished
merchant of Boston, but formerly a resi-
dent of Nantucket, was one day engaged
in planting potatoes on his farm in that
town, a dry old fellow stopped to watch
the operation. The merchant, more en-
thusiastic than sktlful in his farming,
was dropping five seed potatoes in each
hill. "Ah, planting potatoes, Squire,
remarked Uncle Jerry. "Yes," replied
the merchant, "and if the rot does not
take them | expect to have a good crop.
What time do you think Is best to dig
potatoes, Uncle jerry" The old fellow
looked into a hill, and replied, dig, em
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Posters and Dodgers.

We print these of all sizes and in all colors of ink and
paper, and next to advertising in the Post, the best way
to make known your business is through tho POSTER
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PROPOSALS FOR RATIONS.
QUARTERMssTER'S OFFICE,
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS,
WASHINGTON. October u, 1863.

QUARTERMss STEERS OFFICE,
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS,
WASHINGTON, October II, 1851
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this Office, until
2 o'clock, p. NJ, of the ODD day of November next, for
furnishing Rations to the United States Marines at the
following stations for the year 1866, viz;
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
| Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Brooklyn, New York.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| Washington City, District OF Columbia.
| Gosport, near Norfolk, Va.
| Mound City, Illinois.
Each ration to consist of three-fourths Of a pound Of
| pork or bacon, or one and a fourth pound of fresh OF salt
beef; eighteen ounces of bread or -four, or twelve ounces
of hard bread, or one and a fourth pound of corn meal;
| and at the rate to one hundred rations OF eight quarts OF
beans; or, in lieu thereof, ten pounds Of rice; or, in lieu
| thereof, twice per week, one hundred and fifty ounces of
desicated potatoes, and one hundred ounces Of mixed We
| ~getables; ten pounds of coffee; or, in lieu thereof, one
| and a half pound of tea fifteen pounds Of sugar four
| quarts of vinegar; one pound Of sperm candles, or one
| and one-fourth pound of adamantine candles, or one and
| One-half pound OF tallow; four pounds OF soap, aud two
quarts of salt.
The rations are to be delivered upon the order 0fthe COM
| manding officer of each station; the fresh beef, either in
bulk or by the single ration, of good quality, with an
equal portion of hind and fore quarters, necks and Kid
| %ney-talow excluded the pork No. | prime mess pork
the flour extra s%uperine; the coffee good Rio; the sugar
| good New Orleans, or its equivalent, and the beans, VINE
| gar, candles, soap, salt, &c, to DO of good quality
All subject to inspection.
All bid must he accompanied by the following guar
antee
The undersigned - of -, in the state o.
-. aud -, Of -, in the State Oh,
| hereby guarantee that in case the foregoing, bh OF
| far rations rs above described be accepted ne or they
| will. within ten days of the receipt Of the contract at The
nostoffice named, execute the contract Tor the same, with
| rood and sufficient securities and in case the said-
Shall fail TO enter into contract as aforesaid, we guarantee
70 make good the difference between the oilor OF the sad
A. b, Guarantor.
G. d., Guarantor.
Witness:
z# Il. y.
I hereby certify that the above-named - are
known to me as men of property, aud able to make good
their guarantee.
10 he signed by the United States District Judge,
limited States District Attorney, or Collector.
No prnposal will be considered unless accompanied by
| the above guarantee.
Newspapers authorized to publish the above will send
the paper containing the first Insertion TO this office for
| examination.
Proposals TO be endorsed I" Proposals. for Rations for
| 1866" and addressed to the undersigned,
W. b. SLACK,
oct20-law4w Major and QuarteTmsster.
II o r r e N L E.
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| In a private family. Apply at No. As Bermuda street. q.
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q. NJ. Pettergill & Co., are authorized Advertising
Agents for the Post in New York and Boston.
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BILLS OF FARE

Done in a manner so skillful and rare; that cen epicure'
will not complain of the fare. No Hotel OF Restaurant
should be without thom. These we furnish daily at re-
duced prices.
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Advertisers are requested to hand In their advertise
m,nt. b,fore six o'clock IN tho evening, previous to
publication.
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TT N I r. f. ID Fl O u S e i,
NORTHWEST CORNER OF COMMERCE N
BROAD-WATER STREETS - WILLIAM SNYDER,
pROpRIETOR.-This popular resort and Restaurant has
been thoroughly overhauled and rehtted. The Bar if
now stocked with the best OF
LIQUORS,
ALES,
LAGER BEER,
WINES and
CIGARS.
We will open with a
GRAND LUNCH,
on SATURDAY, the 2lst instant, at IL o'clock. Come
one. come all-tho United is about. oct2l-3t~
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Manifests and Bills of Lading.

In this branch Of the business our Printers excel-and
can furnish shippers or steamers promptly.
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TM Nurfolk gost.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1866.

All communications relating to business matters con-
nscted with this paper should. be addressed to H. M
Brown, Norfolk Post. All communications pertaining 10
EDITORIAL matters, and all correspondence intended 1or
ne paper should be addressed to John Clark, Editor
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TESTIMONIAL BENEFIT TO s. W. GLENN.

NORFOLK, Va, October Is, 1865
s. ". GLENN, Esq, Manager Norfolk Opera House:
Dear Strive, the undersigned, beg leave to have
the honor of rendering you a Complimentary Benefit,
knowing, as we do, your unceasing efforts in catering to
the public.
We take this method to insure you of our undivided
support at all times, in consideration of the superior pro-
duction of the Drama on the Norfolk Stage, az second to
none in the country.
Should you do us the honor to accept, be pleased to
name the evening most acceptable to you.
And we have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
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Seven Thousand Paraguayans Shut up in
Uruguayana.


From the River Platte Times, Aug. 29l
General Flores was at Restauraci0n on
the 18th, and had al interview with
General David Canavarro to arrange a
joint attack upon the Paraguayantroops
about seven or eight thousand men, in
Uraguayana. He had in his camp more
than four hundred wounded men, the
greater part Paraguayans, and was in
want Of many medical stores. The Pa
raguayans were shutu up in Uruguayana
without horses and short of provisions,
and the junction of the allied forces on
both sides of the Uruguay would assem-
BILE together some sixteen thousand men,
before whom it would seem probable
that the enemy could neither make
| head nor escape. General Mitre imme-
diately despatched the steamer Victoria
to Restauracion with additional medical
| officers and q fresh supply of hospital
stores. Two other surgeons had already
started overland on the 10Th. Duarte had
been conveyed prisoner to Gen. Mitre's
camp by General Gregorie Castro, where
to his great establishment he was well
lodged and received every courteous at
| tpntiOn.
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TTENTION, PRINTERS.-An
N adjourned meeting of the Compositions engaged m
tile different Job and Newspaper Offices in this city, VIII
he held at the usual place This SATURDAY. AFTER
NOON, at 4 o'clock, precisely. Punctual attendance Is
earnestly desired, as business of Importance Will DO sub
mitted. By order OF the President,
oct2l-lt SOL. HODGES, Secretary.
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Witness +:
L Il.

II o r r e N Il q.
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in a private family, Apply at No. As Bermuda street.
oct2Q-lW
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taken prisoner by the Sixth battalion of

taken prisoner by the olxtn pattallon OF
the line.
y
The tremendous moment was when
our column and three Brazilian battal-
ions charged at "double quick" because
the Paraguayans retreated slowly, and
keeping up a continuous fire, while their
cavalry protected them in their disorder,
forming in groups and repeatedly charg--
ing our men, as the nature of the ground
permitted. 1t was then l ordered our
First Regiment of cavalry of the line
to advance, who, though received by a
heavy fire of musketry and by the point
of the bayonet, made such aslaughter as
you may easily imagine. And this was
a signal for a complete determination Of
the enemy whom it was impossible to
make prisoners, without heavy loss to
us, on account of their obstinate and
| stupid resistande.
This skirmish cost as dea'ly..
X 4 X X X
Very little artillery ammunition was
expended-not more than fifty rounds
for there was neither room nor time for
more, nor was much consumed by the
infantry.
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G H E G K S
For Banks or for Business Houses executed in Colors. and
equal to tho finest engravings.
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Yesterdays battle was irregular butch
eru which neither General Flores nor l
nor any one else could possibly prevent
seeing that the enemy, Wouid not sur
render and kept up a obstinate and des-
perate fire upon us, thus 0ccaslohlng us
lamentable losses, when perhaps we
should not have suffered IN an engage,
ment with a superior force. 1 canno
comprehend the idea thai a force O
three thousand men, without artil-
lery, should venture 70 encounter ours,
abandoning itself to a useless sacrihce'
and assigning as its only reason for DO
ing so that it had no order to surrender
This reason was given by the CHIEF IN
command, Duarate himself, who was
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PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE
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mails of the United States from January l,
1866, to June 80, 1867, in the State OF Virginia
on the routes and by the schedules OF depart
ures and arrivals herein specified.
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467S. From Selma, by Covington and Gala
ghan's. to White sulphur Springs, 81 miles
and back, six times week from June to sep
TENDER 80, and twice a week the residue OF the