The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-30

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of abuse of "our worthy Goyernor,n F.
istrate of this great and proud state of
Virginia by the common council of
Alexandra, thus: sgrhe saddest pages
Of ancient history are those which re-
cord the untime1y Internal rdissensions
and strife which m arked the last days of
the famous city of Jernsalsm :, y, At last
accounts 'sHjs Excellencyn was able to
Sit up.
Peterson, the comedian, lenta brother
actor two shillings, and when he made
demand for the sum, the debtor turn
ing peevishly from him, said: Slang
it, I'll pay you to-day inj some shape or
other. ~ Peterson coed humoredly re-
piled II shall be much obliged to You,
Tom, let it be as much liketwo shillings
as you cam" gaftr0g3 +. Ifer54rs
A correspondent of the New York
Euening Post writes from Galveston: ~
have to-day seen n Confederate colonel,
with his full uniform on, stars and all,
driving dray, with a mule whose har-
ness was made of ropes. A late lieuten-
ant general of the rebel army is q clerk
in an express office at New Orleans; and
| the officer who drove Franklin and. his
| fifteen thousand men, at Sabine, is q
barkeeper at Houstonu ,,s, stsais sis s,
The Huntsville (AIa.) advocate of the
10th instant, says: "The Memphis and
Charleston road is now completed
through to Memphis, and daily trains
are running-a transfer by steamboat
| taking place at Decatur. The bridge
across the Tennessee there is under con-
tract, and will be- finished as soon as
| possible" -as1a-
DR.. William Irwin, American Consul
at Annoy, China, died during the preva-
lence of cholera at that place in August
last. He went to China about eighteen
months ago, from Central Pennsylva-
mia, where he was known rs /. ,'i.t,r'-
gnishnd rhysini"n, ana enjoyed. great
popularity. N3nIaAA4 .aa0sf s
A. plan is on foot in the South to
| induce the emigration of Germans to
that section of the country, to be ems
ployed as farm laborers and house
servants. A number of Germans, how
ever, oppose the plan, in circular which
they have published. ! 30 . i@fti
All the volunteer troops of our army
in Central Texas are to be withdrawn,
and will be replaced by regulars A
large number of the volunteers, both
white and colOred, had arrived at Gal
weston from the Rio Grande on the 23d
instant, on their way home.
| A conductor In horse car at Provi-
dence, Rhode, Island, on Monday, asked
a man who was sitting upright in his
seat. for his fare, when 1t was discov-
cred that he was dead. His death
occurred SO quietly that persons sitting
by his side had not noticed it,
Amos Kendall, Postmaster General
under Jackson, is building in Washing
ton, a house of worship, the Calvary
Baptist Church," at a cost of seventy
| five thousand dollars, which he proposes
to give to the society of the church, on
condition that, when finished, they will
furnish it. sf 2.
Gov. Wells of Louisiana, has appoint
ed an agent to seize 800 bales of cotton in
Galveston and ship the same to New
Orleans, it being the property of the
state of Louisiana.
Rev. VIM. H. Milburn, the blind
| preacher, received deacon's orders i'm
the Protestant Episcopal Church at
Burlington. Vermont, on last Sunday.
He has hitherto been Methodist . $ q
The Adams Express Company have
offered reward of one thousand dollars
for the arrest of Rudolph l.. Dodge,
charged with robbing their express, and
who escaped from the Vicksburg Jail on
the twentieth inst oI p @LGa ~
The officers of the Treasury Depart
ment have seized counterfeit plate OF
the ten forty bonds, ofthe denomination
of $500, so well executed that the spnri-
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