The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-18
THE NEWS.

AAE NEWS.
tits reported thatduel are of frequent
occurrence in New Orleans, between the
returned Confederate soldiers who were
all through the war and those who staid
at home. Whether the latter are Union
men or of Southern sentiments, is not
stated. There were about twenty thou
sand hale andhearty young men in New
Orleans who were saved from conscrip-
ton by the capture of the city. And
although frequent opportunities were Of
tered them to go beyond the lines and
join their friends, they preferred remain
ing safely at home, and We're loud and
bitter in their denunciation of the Gov
eminent and supporters on the street.
corners. The result is, that they have
fallen under the displeasure of the young
men who have returned from the war.
Duelling is an ugly practice, but it is one
of the cherished institutions of the Gre
scent City.
AS previously announced, the Presi-
dent, last Thursday, pardoned seventy
applicants for pardon under his Amnes-
ty, Proclamation. Among those pardon
ed were, from Virginia, J. d. Hammers
ley, Alfred Moses, .. HI. Chalkley, J. B.
Davis, J. T. Sublett, Chas. Stebbins,
John Harold, A. Bodeker, w. L. Pan,
mill, J. r. Childree, ]. G. Cabeil. M. r
Hartman, l.. l.. Stevenson, H. II. Jones.
J. a. Scott, ]. A. Robinson. w, r.
Gates, A. B. Trick, D. v. Buchanan. +
M. Bennett, J.. Moseley, G. Y. Morris
R. G. Morris, X. T. Morris, r. w. Payne
w. A. Maury and Andrew Wade: from
Florida, Columbus Drew from Mississ-
ippi, Stephen Duncan; from Louisiana
j. j. Pringle, ]. w. Payne, Lewis Tex,
ado, r. w. Adams, H. w. Montgomery.
s. P. Duncan, B. s. Stone. IA -
The Mobile, Alabama, Tribune, con-
iesses the sins OF the South thus: 1--WE
have sinned against the progress of the
age: No man can deny this and yet
we nave done 1t with. conscientious
ness which ought to provoke the COM
passion of those on whose mercy we
must rely. We are as good as thew. We
have acted as honorably as thew. We
have suffered infinitely more than thew
Of the North. A few years. famine and
pestilence, with occasional earthquakes.
would not have hurt us as has this four
years war;" Fa
A Washington letter to the Tribune,
on the l4th, says H.. A. Risley, Esq,
experimenting Special Agent of the
Treasury, has been assigned to duty in
the Solicitors office, and will superin-
tend the closing up of his late depart
ment. We presume from this that the
reported abolition of the offices of spe-
cial agent of the Treasury is correct.
and that the duties hitherto performed
by them will hereafter devolve upon the
collector of internal revenue.
DrnasI1nk Til = L = &,
parcel sent him from San Francisco. It
was opened by q young officer and his
father, who had had the yellow fever at
New Berne. The father was made Sc
riously i'll, and the package is supposed
to have been infected by some malignant
| disease. 1t is getting to be dangerous
| for man to be President of this coun-
try, owing to the fast increasing number
Of villains it contains.
An enterprising company, for novel
undertaking, has just been organized in
Leavenworth, Kansas, under the pat
| ronage of the Interior Department. 1t
is call for $50 volunteers to go to the
plains, capture and tame from 5000 to
| 10000 buffaloes, and drive them to the
States for use in our markets. It is be-
lieved the project will be complete suc-
| cess. Whether they will capture them
by the horns or the tail, is not stated.
There has been considerable sharp
| talking between the Canadians and the
Americans in the great Trade Conven-
! ton, which is now in session at Detroit.
"neutrality,o but the latter endeavor to
laugh it off, trusting to make us forget
| past grievances by taking good natured
view. From all accounts, our cousin
appeared to be very far from gaining
much by this kind Of ingenuity.
The Vigilance Committee in Oregon
| ing line. No less than fifteen horse
thieves were hanged at Walla Walla,
and the work was still going forward
with much briskness. Thieves should
always hang together. sl. ~
Among the neutrality-suspicious. for par
don is that of Gus. w. Smith, who re-
signed the office of Street Commissioner
in New York, to accept major gener-
alship. He failed as a military man.
Kenneth Rayner, of North Carolina, is
also an applicant.
It is thought the Atlantic Cable will,
be laid and in good working order by the
25th instant. We shall, of course, pub
llSn Cne QrSC ulSpaUcH' Inc charges, ny
agreement of the English Government,
will be Is. Cd. per word. -
A conversation with an intelligent
gentleman from Henry county, Virgil
mia, assures us that the corn crop in that
county is excellent, and that the negroes
generally have gone back to their old
homes to work.-Repubtc.
General N. NJ. Curtis, recently chief
of staff of Major General A. H. Terry,
has been assigned to the command at
Lynchburg. General Curtis left Rich
mond for Lynchburg on Saturday.
The wife and son of Joseph Rotz, liv-
ing near Chambersburg, Pa, were killed
by lightningon Saturday, while gather
ing fuel at wood pile.
The rebel Gen. Forrest was seriously
injured d few days ego, by being thrown
from a rail-car.
Mr.. L. H. Chandler, of this city, and
Gen. w. II. Malone, are at the Spots
wood House, Richmond.
A returned blockade runner has just
murdered his wife, in England.