The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-05
THE NEWS
We have Havana dates TO the Goth ult.


from which we clip the following: :
Judah P. Benjamin, late Secretary of
State of the Southern Confederacy, ar
rived in this city on the 18th, from Mas
sau..' A mythical story is told OF his es-
eaping from Florida, being picked up BY
n British schooner, wrecked ON one Oh
tha bahama islands, and finally finding
a rafIoe in Nassau, which place he~soon
iefr in the British schooner Britannia.
The truth is, he got out of Dixie some
low and arrived here from Nassau in
the aforesaid schooner. = = = 4.s
= PIE Stonewalis being prepared for
delivery to the United States autho-
fif The United States fpigate Oneida, Cap
+,in STEPHENS. arrived ateetfine O'Clock
this morning, and leaves agaihat FIVE P.
! NJ. for the sea. ..!.............,
- new dramatic piece next 4week, >entl-
| fled .sThe War OF the North or the I;II
u The RI health OF Havana is pretty good.
Weather warm and dry.
The official statement of The public
debt, as appears from the books Of the
Treasury Department, on the 3lst OF
July. shows the amount outstanding to
/ be So, ISL 1853, 275.85, divided thus, viz:
The debt bearing interest in coin is
ST, 1OS 49,, GAL 80, on which the Interest
The debt bearing interest in lawful
money is 81, 2S9, l56, 545, on which the
interest is S74,740, 630.7S.
The debt on which interest has ceased
IS Tie debt bearing no interest is
1851, 1906 1863. 8..s.. .,..,.....
lawful money, is S139, 262, 46s.2S.
The legal tender notes in circulation
are as follows:
, One and two years five per cent notes ssoe5923o
United states notes, old 4.2e03
United States notes. new issue...s..... 4oZoot,9oo
Compound interest notes, act OF March D, .--o.o.o
1868 iyvVoooo
Compound interest notes. act OF june oo, o- a, -o
i''-i'f'o
Total legal tenders in circulation. sese2s6269
Tie amount of fractional currency is.,. 29it5oooo
o The uncalled-for pay, requisitiohs and
D miscellaneous items of the war ana
: Navy Departmentsamount toSis, toe,ooV.
g The amount of coin in the. Treasury IS
i, Total amount in Treaty, SIG, 739, 632.59.
+ A Washington dispatch of the I'd to
y the World says;
e In the absence of any other note
n worthyevent, the arrival hereto day OF
e the mysterious prisoner arrested ut
1t Memphis, and heralded by telegraph for
II the past three days as John II. Surrattt,
st caused considerable of q stir, although
the prisoner did not turn out to be Sur
rat, but a man named ID. &. Ryan. 1t,
e nevertheless. appeared he was arrested
k on evidence said to show clearly his
completely in the plot to assassinate the
Of President and cabinet. Ryan, as he
IS calls himself was arrested by the pro-
n vost-marshal of Memphis on the 10th OF
he July. and his case duly reported to the
,r authorities here, who ordered that he be
IN brought to Washington. He was heav-
s. ily ironed. and in charge of a sergeant
d and guard, and maintained an air while
to in the provost-marshap office here very
tie much in the style of the late assassin
ye Payne. Ryan, however, is slender, only
y five feet high, and has a thin, sharp
st face. He says he has been a captain in
a. the rebel army. 1t is also claimed Tat
st he is we'll known in this vicinity.
Is A London newspaper states that NJ.
~ Eloin, the confidential agent Of the
~ Emperor Macmillan, had conference
3 with Lord Palmerston during bis recent
:. visit 10 London, bat failed entirely in his
,s efforts 10 induce the latter gentleman to
- - alter the Mexican policy of the English
81 Government. Lord Palmerston is rep
= resented as telling Eloin that England
= would continue to stand aloof from
:" Mexican entangiements, and that she
9 could do nothing which might be re-
- garded as unfriendly by the Governs
Il ment of the United States.
c. The reports of the failing health of
ID Davis have caused an inquiry, from the
b. War Department. as to the real state OF
ct the prisoners health. The report made
J, by General Miles sets forth that the
& prisoner, jeff .son Davis, is in the en-
d joyment of excellent health; and, more
p over, that his physical condition has
l. visibly improved since his Imprisonment
r in Fortress Monroe.
:, ~ Mr.. Fofncy, in his last letter, states
:, that s'it is only waste of time in the
Ii South to elect doubtful or reasonable
- men TO the next Congress, - for, he says,
y if Mr.. Mcpherson, the clerk of the House
e of Representatives, were to put their
~ names on the roll-which he never
=, dreamed OF doing-the House would at
!. once repei the tempt.
l. EX-Confederate Congressman Foote,
l. from his asylum in Canada, publishes a
If lengthy letter in the New York NeWs,
to in which he urges negro suffrage upon
n the people of the South, as the only
a. means through which they can secure
ut representatives in Congress. -"
OF The Washington Chronicle says the
II suspension of the writ of habeas cor
,. pus will be continued as long as Presi.
~ dent johnson thinks such suspension sis
" required by due regard to the public
safety
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