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WILL MIR. DAVIS BE PARDoNED Z

This is the uppermostinquiry just now
in Washington. On Friday afternoon
a delegation from South Carolina. repre-
senting the Convention of that State
waited upon President Johnson, and pre-.
scented the memorial of that body, asking
that Jefferson Davis be pardoned. A
long and friendly conversation ensued
but during 1t nothing fell from the Presi
dent, to justify the beliefthat the prayer
would be granted. Indeed, there was
an intimation to the contrary in the OBJ
servation of the President T" that if trea-
son was committed there ought to be
some test to determine the power of the
government to punish the crime" And
there is deep meaning In the further re-
mark of Mr.. Johnson, where he states
that he was " free to say it was not a
mere contest between political parties,
or question as to defacto governments.
Looking at the government us we do
the laws violated and an attempt made
at the life of the nation, there should be
a vindication of the government and the
constitution, evenifthe pardoning power
were exercised thereafter IF treason
has been committed it ought to be de-
termined by the highest tribunal and
the fact declared, evenifclemency should
come afterward. There was no malice
or prejudice in carrying out that duty
In our judgement, the case of Mr.. Davis
will come before the Supreme Court.
The country and the President both de-
sire to try the question of treason"
We have no idea, however, that Mr.
Davis or any of the men now in arrest
and charged with offences against the
the nation will, If convicted of high
treason, be hanged. The country is too
powerful to resort to the English prac-
tice of banishing or shooting from the
cannons mouth, men who may he con-
victed, after their overthrow in the field,
of political offences. Mr.. Johnson says
enough to justify this Interpretation of
the purposes of the government toward
the leaders of the rebellion. "Iftreason
was ever committed it ought to be de-
termined by the highest tribunal, and
the fact declared, eoen If clemeacy should
come afterwards" We do not agree,
then, with the author Of "Philadelphia
news" that the release of Jefferson Da-
Wis, is only Il question OF, time. In our
Mr.. Davis will be tried on a
charge of high treason, chiefly for the
purpose of settling few questions, the
chief among them those of the right of
secession and state rights. When the
Supreme Court passes upon these, Mr..
Davis will be permitted to retire to his
family and his home in Mississippi.
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KENTUCKY.

| President Johnson on Friday ISSUED
the subjoined proclamation, ordering
the cessation of martial law in the State
of Kentucky, where it has existed since
the 9Th of July, 1864, it being established
by proclamation issued at that time by
President Lincoln, for the purpose of ell.
abling the National authorities to sup
press disloyal combinations in that State
and to prevent incursions of insurgent
bands from without. .a.
Whereas, by proclamation of the 9Th
day of July, 1854, the President of the
United States, when the civil war was
fragrant and when combinations were
in progress in Kentucky for the purpose
of melting insurgent raids into that
State, directed that the proclamation
suspending the privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus should be made effectual
in Kentucky, and that martial law
law should be established there and con-
tinue until said proclamation should be
revoked or modified; and whereas, since
then the danger of insurgent raids into
Kentucky has substantially passed away:
Now, therefore, be it known that i,
ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the
United States, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the constitution, do
hereby declare that the said proclama-
ton of the fifth day Of July, one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-four, shall
be and is hereby modified in so far that
martial law shall be no longer in force
in Kentucky from and after the date
hereof. '"
In testimony whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
twelfth day of October, in the year Of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five, and of the indepen-
dence of the United States of America
the nineteenth.
.@ ANDREW JOHNSON. e.
BY the Presidents
d w. HUNTER, Acting Sec'y. of State.
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The New London divorce case is draw

The New London divorce case Is draw
ing to close. During the testimony
for the defence, it came out that Mr..
Jonathan Harris, although a very de-
vout man, was n good deal of an ami
NAL. He began to charge his wife with
impurity two days after their marriage
he told many persons she was an i'm
moral woman; he used to pound her
on Saturday and on Sunday receive com
munion; when Mrs. Harris locked her.
self up in bedroom to escape his OBJ
scene charges, Jonathan would Strew
the stairs with bits Of paper bearing
foul words, so that his wife, when she
came out, might read what she refused
to hear. Itlooks as If Mr.. Harris would
be worsted.
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ANOTHER FIRE.

Providence, r. l., October 13.--The
Randall mill, in johnson, used for the
purpose of manufacturing shoe lacings
was burned yesterday. The mill was
insured forS3, 900 in the Home Insurance
Company, of New Haven, and the
Thames, of Norwich. The stock and
machinery was insured for 81 $50 in this
city. intH' a.t 49,.
Theinsurance on Chaplin & Downse's
WOODEN mill, in Oineyyile, partially
burned last night, is $l6O, 000-$l0,O 600 in
the Hope, New York, $4,000 in the
Springfield, Massachusetts,, and SAC, 900
at offices in this city. Ii is estimated
that the loss will be fifty per cent.
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The Boston transcript says there is
now on exhibition at a jewellers shop
in that city curious piece of sculpture,
intended as IA present from a gentle
man of London toa literary gentleman
of Boston. The carving is on piece of
Hernc's Oak, celebrated by a we'll
known passage in Shakespeare. This
famous oak, after having stood the blasts
of mauy centuries, was Frustrated by one
of more than ordinary, fury, re- which
swept through the forests of Windsor in
1858. Great has been the anxiety of
thousands, since its destruction, to pos
sess fragments oft; bat few, who had
not "a friend at court, could be gratfied
with even a small fragment. In this
exquisite piece of sculpture Shakespeare
is finely represented, as are also Herne
the hunter, and his hors and hounds
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OUR NATIONAL FINANCES.

The speech Of Mr.. Secretary McCul
loch, an abstract of which appears be.
low, will be approved by all prudent
men. The principle underlying the Sc
cretary's system is that the sooner we
come back to paying as We go, and avoid
the fatal influences of a fatal currency,
we shall sooner reach healthy pros
perity. The trouble of war is that the
artificial condition of society during
danger 10 apt to affect time of peace
The Secretary points out this trouble
aud advises us to economic, fund the
legal tenders, contract the currency
gradually, and return to gold as the
standard and representatives of values.
Nothing is more delusive than the ap-
pearances of false prosperity. We cam
not follow dreams without stumbling.
The speech of Mr.. McCulloch was de-
livered at Fort Wayne, Indiana last
Wednesday:
He said he was not one of those who
seem to repudiate coin as measure of
value, and to make secured paper cur
the standard. On the contrary.
he belonged to that class of persons,
who, regarding an exclusively metallic
currency as an impracticable thing
among enterprisingand commercial peo-
pie, nevertheless look upon an irredeem-
able currency as an evil which circum-
stances may for time render necessity,
but which is never to be sustained as q
policy. By common consent Ofnation's,
gold and silver are the only true meas
ures OF value. They are the necessary
regulators of trade. He favored we'll
convertible paper cnrreny. No
other cannot to any extent be a proper |
for coin. 1t 10 not expected |
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GREAT FIRE AT BELFAST, Me.

BELFAST, Me-, OcT. l3TH.--A fire last
night consumed nearly the entire bust
ness portion of this city below Washing
ton and Cross Streets. Over one hum
dred buildings Were destroyed, and the
loss at least 100000. The principal
losers are s. S. Lewis, Edward johnson
d Co, Stevens & Co., the heirs of A. ].
Morrison, f. M. g. ID. Lancaster, A. j.
Hartman a. Co., and l.. S. Smith. The
fire WAS caused by an incendiary. A
strong wind, which famed the flames,
threatened destruction to the whole city.
One hundred and twenty five build.
ings were burnt last night. The loss is
nearly halfa million of dollars, of which
about one quarter is insured I.
The injured parties are not Respondent
and contracts for rebuilding portion OF
the burnt district Were made during the
progress of the flames. ll ,-a
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-16

= The Legislature of Vermont assembled
at Montpelier on Thursday, and the
House of Representatives elected j. w.
Stewart Speaker and j. H. Flagg Clerk.
Governor Smith delivered his valedicto-
ry on Friday, and Governor Dillingham;
read his message. Abill was introduced
to repeal the act exempting United
States securities from taxation. YER
mont would do well at this session to
expunge the liquor law. 1t is useless as
q moral agent, and the sooner it is put
into the tomb of the Ca lets, the better
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-16

Mile. Luca, the most celebrated prima
dona of the present day, is the daug hter
OF poor Viennese Jew, named Kasch.
She was singing in the streets of Vienna
about twenty years ago, when her re-
markable voice attracted the attention
of Karl Formes, the renowned basso,
and, at his suggestion, Count BALI caus.
ed musical education to be given to
her. She is rather petite, but remarka-
bly, beautiful, and her eyes are distin-
guished for their great brilliancy. She
was one of the most admired performers
at concert recently given by the dow
ager empress of Austria, the naughty
and Intellectual Archduchess Sophia, At
the palace at Ischl, that most select and
aristocratic Of European watering-pla-
ceS
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-16

A map of Virginia, got up by Captain
John Smith, and published at Oxford two
hundred and fifty years ago, sold lately
in London for SIPS. We should like to
know If this map includes an outline of
Mr.. l.. H. Chandler's (2d) District,
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STILL ANOTHEl, FIRE.

Boston, Oct'r 3,-The extensive ma
chine shop of Walter Aiken at Frank.
lin, N. H., was entirely destroyed by
fire lastnight. The building was owned
by his brother, Jonas Aiken. The shor
was used for the manufatture Of stock ing
machinery and knitting needles. The
loss is estimated at 500, 900, which is well
covered by insurance.
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for the State. Such laws foster inform
ers, pimps and sour-ministers up there,
who never were born to love their neigh
bors as themselves. Repeal the thing,
and return to the license system, which
will put money in the State purse, and
at the same time enable towns to regu-
late an evil they cannot exterminate.
Listen to the voice of Virginia.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-16

We publish on the first page this
morning variety ofinteresting matter,
including full report of the interview,
en- Friday, between President Johnson
and the South Carolina delegation; and
two characteristic letters from Generals
Grant and Sherman. Read the first
page. --- =
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-16

Nothing definite since our last, in re-
gard to the election of members Of Con
gress in this State, on Thursday. 1t is
is reported that Mr.. Charles Palmer, the
Union merchant, through whose inter-
cession many gentlemen were pardoned
in Richmond, is defeated in that city for
the State Senate,
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-16

The incendiary who kindled the terri
BILE conilagration in Augusta, Me-, has
confessed the guilt. His name is Geo,
w. Jones, and he halls from China,
Maine. Belfast, Me-, has just been Wis
tied by an incendiary fire, and it is pos
sible Mr.. Jones knows something about
it. How would it do to hang Jones?
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The advantaeesof thoSpeetacles manufacture ever
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. They are entirely Tree from prsnatic ligh are
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changing after they have once been property adjusted
D. The Glasses the clcarest introduced aorlng
the greatest to the Of the woaai either in ord
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desired. -
t. Persons afflicted by pain in the eyes or discomfort
from the reflection of bright objects, will hnd the
of our improved Glasses which often the rays Of .ht
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3. Those suffering from dub feelings above the eye
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apparently floating in the atmosphere will find by usng
these spectacles that pain will cease the excited
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once. 4 tIs o. "A s.
We also have tho Double Vision spectacies which en-
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spectacles suitable for public speakers lawyers any
business
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Arrivals at the Atlantic Hotel, Oct. 18th

William Allen, Richmond, Va; G NJ Il Tscott Char
otte county, Va Lewia Hicks Petersburg, Va Chas
II Brown, New York; Jno White, Matthews county,
Va; G Tray, Mathews county, Va;W P,rham, Ma
thews county, vajW Parham, Mathews county, Va /;
Geo Taylor. Mathews county, Va; Pollard Mathews
county, Va White, Mathews county, VAT W Ham
ford Suffolk, Va; Gunner, Suffolk, Va; W A Butler
II Mickey, Plymouth, N CT G c Moore Roanoke Island
C;s Cherry, New Orleans O II Peters New York; v
Q Cook Va; Archibald Duck, Isle OF Wight; Chas
Thomas New York; Hexter, Baltimore, Nd; W A
W Burnes New York. -. ssis7 20 - ~ :
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Mr.W. r. Wilson has rented a store,
Tin the Kimberly Block } az Main street,
for the purpose of establishing the dol
lar-jewelry business, which, we believe,
is something new for Norfolk. We
commend Mr.. Wilson and his enterprize.
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Mr.. Joseph Proctor, the tragedian,
will appear, at Glenn's theatre, tonight,
in the character of Macbeth. AS this
gentleman is no stranger here, 1t is not
worth while to urge his merits and
claims to friends. A popular afterpsice
is to close the nights entertainment.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-16

The New York Times remarks -
weak as this Fenian movement is, We
say to-day, unhesitatingly, that it needs
from America but the same support
which the Southern rebellion received
from England, to give it force that
would rock the British kingdom to its
foundations.n
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-16

Weagain call attention to Mr.. Lembke's
advertisement. He can be consulted for
few days longer at the store of Mr..
Freeman, jeweller, East Main Street,
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The weather on Saturday and Sunday
was winterish. On the former day we
had continuous rain; and yesterday
we had some rain, attended by biting
wind. .a-f
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-16

Miss Hosmer and Mr.. Story, both
Americans, have secured the premiums
for sculpture at the Dublin International
Exhibition.
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The Boston Pilot states tn at num-
Der of the friends of DR.. o. a. Brow nson
lave presented him with life annuity
of one thousand dollars per annum. The
Doctor is mainly indebted for this gem
erous donation to Rev. I. II. Hecker, of
New York, one of the Paulist Fathers.
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War DspaErMRNr, WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 1886


Whereas certain tracts of land stu
ated on the coast of South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida, at the time for the
most part vacant, were setapart by Ma
jor General w. II. Sherman's special
field order No. Is for the benefit OF re-
fugees and freedmen that had been con-
gregated by the operationsof the war OF
had been left to take care of themselves
by their former owners; and whereas an
expectation was thereby created that
they would be able to retain possession
of said lands; and whereas a large
number of the former owners are earn-
estly soliciting restoration of the same,
and promising to absorb the labor and
care for the freedmen.
1t is ordered that Major General How
ard, Commissioner of the Bureau of Re-
fugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, proceed to the several above
named States and endeavor to effect All
mutually satisfactory to- the
freedmen and the said owners and make
and in case mutually satisfac-
tory arrangement can be made, he isduly
empowered and directed to issue such
orders as may become necessary after a
full and careful Investigation OF the in
terest of the parties concerned. |
BY order OF the President. 't 80
..f 1###s. +. ID. TOWNSEND,
tj Assistant Adjutant General.
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An old gentleman remarked the other
day that in 1776 we went to war on. ac-
count of the Stamp Act, and got the mig
ger; while in 1851 we went to war about
the niger and got the Stamp Act.
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usyhsw 4 Brothers, Booksellers and statoners, ara
authorized agents to soil the Norfolk Pest and all orders
II with them will be attended to the If left at
tn Office of publication. '
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Nswsmsn and nswsbeys desiring papers VIII please
have their orders at the counting room Tue evening pre-
viaus before six o'clock.
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,.r,,..r. ara requested to hand 10 their advertise
80. .,x o'clock IN the evening, previous tc
publication.
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g. " Pettergiil Co, are authorized Advertising
Agents for the Posi- In New York and Boston.
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CHE Murfulk gost.
MONDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1865.

Ali communications relating to business ","''~s =.
peSted with this psper shenld. DO addressed '" =. NJ
Brown Norfolk Post. All OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES p'''u"e W
Editorial matters and all correspondence 'h'eu"e" '
th. raner III uld be addyesseh 70 Jonp oia'h, S'o
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An itinerant theatrical companyIwill
play 1.-The Fenian Chief in Providence
this week. 81 q It 'f1
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ASHORE. = The steamship Creole,
bound from Richmond to New York,
failed to arrive here on Saturday night,
in consequence ofagrounding on Gooae
Hill flats, in James river. Up tor the
time of our going to press last night, she
had not arrived
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE,
PORT OF NORFOLK. oOrOHss IA.

PORT OF NORFOLK, oOToHSs IA. 4
fa - ARRIVALS.
Steamer Geo. Leary, BaEeman, Baltimore.
Steamer Louisiana, Porter, Baltimore =
Schooner II W. johnson, Garrison, Body Island, n.
Schooner VIM. Emery, Croswell, Baltimore.
!, Steamer Magenta, Bausir, Richmond.
Steamer City of Richmond, Powers Richmond
Schooner J. N. Broomall, Douglas, Philadelphia
DEPARTURES.
steamer Louisiana, Porter, Baltimore.
Steamer George Leary, Brakeman, Baltimore.
Steamer Claymount, Allen, Philadelphia.
Steamer Ga2elle, Byers, Coinjock:
Steamer EoIns, McCarrick, Mathews county N, C.
Steamer Thomas Collyer, Mitchell Richmond
Steamer City Point, Talbot Richmond. -i
Schooner IIarriott Harker Midget Fairfield, N. o.
Steamer B. J. Baker, Cole, Baltimore.
= d. 50 nJEn u r.eI
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ALEX. STEPHENS In WASH
INGTON.
BosroN, Der. l4fH.-Stephens and
Regain left for Washington this morn
ing. .. 5.s..ttr
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On the morning Of the 18th inst, HENRY LEE inf
son OF John and Martha H. villines.
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GEN TOWARDS MISSION TO THE SOUTH

The following orderexplains fully the
object of the mission which General
Howard started upon afew days since:
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HEARING INSTRUMENTS.

We have received from the American Institute Fair,
New York for the year 1866 tho First Premium for our
Instruments which can be applied and adjusted to suit
the various defects Of hearing t
We REFER to the superiority Of the articles
facture to the following well known surgeons aud pbysi
clans.
Marcus P Stevenson NJ n, Chief Surgeon N Y oph-
thalmic Hospital 10y
J. p. Garrish, NJ. o., Attending Surgeon N, Y oph-
thalmic Hospital --'
VIM. Frederick, NJ. D., Attending smpern n opb-
thalinic Hospital To-
H. IL. Nixon ~ d. Editor Of the Scalpei, and Surgeon
to the Fifth Ayenue Surgical Hospital.
J. Newton Walker NJ, D., Philadelphia
DR.. s. N Marsh New York. ''
VIM. Il. Bonsall, NJ D. Surgeon New York.
+. A, CALDWELL NJ. d.. oculist, New York
j, o. Smith, NJ D., ST Clinton Place New York
Prof Jos Knapp, Lecturer Obstetrics Philadelphia
..t oct1i--tf
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ARTIFICIAL MOVABLE EYES.

We are prepared to insert Movable Artificial Eyes with
OUT pam perfect III and no discomfort from then
Is guaranteed.
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~ ANDREW JOHNSON. I
By the President: .
w. HUNTER, Acting Sec'y. of State.