The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-21
THE NEWS.

some breaches OF the peace, in which the
colored people of the city, as we'll as the
colored soldiers were mixed up. Gen.
Bennett the post commandant, has con-
sequently found it necessary toissue spe-
cial orders of a pretty stringent char
acter, requiring all citizens to deliver
| up firearms in their possession, to refrain
from assemblages and noisy demonstra-
tons on the streets, and to remain at
| their homes after eight o'clock in the
evening. The soldiers are also reminded
| of their duties, and warned against the
preparation of any outrages or the ex-
hibition of any discourtesy to the PEG.
pie. <'iIJu
The New York Tribune states, con
authority, F" that the families of Jeffer-
son Davis and G. G. Clay retained emil
nent and well known loyal advisers as
early as the middle of May last, to an.
pear whenever the government shall
think properto order the trials of those
State prisoners. The senior counsel is
q gentleman of whose prominence at
the bar there will be no question when
it is thought proper to announce his
name. Any reports, therefore, which
appear from time to time, in different
newspapers as to efforts made on behalf
of the prisoners by persons representing
themselves as their counsel, or engaged
in their legal service, may be safely re-
garded as unauthorized by the parties
chiefly concerned. ~ 'te
The Albany Argus states that Frank
J. Clarke, very fast young man, about
% years old, was arrested in that city on
Sunday night, by Officers SYomey and
McCloud, of New York, and Capt. Gin
ton, of Albany, for stealing SIS, 900 worth
of jewelry from Nine. Hudson, an ac-
tress, for whom he had been acting as
agent. 1t Is said that he confesses his
guilt. He has pretended that he was a
wealthy returned Californian, out the
Argus says he has been abounty-jumper,
and is but recently married to a respect
able young woman.
The Richmond Republic informs us
that there is no doubt of the election of
A. r.. Courtney to the office of Com
monwealth's Attorney. 1t gives him
the following brief biographical sketch /:
Mr.. Courtney entered the Confederate
army, at the commencement of the
war, as lieutenant in the champion
Battery" and was subsequently pro-
noted to the rank of major, which po-
sition he held when General Lee sur
rendered.
| There is destructive freshet at pre-
sent carrying devastation with it along
the borders of the Raritan river, in New
Jersey, and also another equally destruc-
tive in the Schylkill river, Pennsylvania,
caused by heavy rains in the mountains.
Great destruction ofproperty is reported.
| A freight train was destroyed at Middle.
brook bridge and twelve 12O FOUNDERS
were lost in the flood. 1t is well we
don't need these articles of civilization
any longer. --....-. -......-.---.s. t.a
The trial of Miss Harris, for the muir
der of young Burroughs, clerk in the
Treasury Department at Washington,
was still progressing. The testimony
was concluded on the 18th, and on the
18th the argument before the Jury would
commence. There are eminent counsel
on both sides; but there is no doubt the
verdict of the jury will be i'm accordance
with public sympathy, which is strong
in favor of the girl.
T he conspiracy convicts-Mudd,
Spangler, Arnold and O'Laughlin-have
left Fortress Monroe on the United
States steamer Florida for the Dry Tor
tugas, there to serve out their sentences.
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the Dry TOrtugas, instead of the peni-
Tertiary at Albany, or any other State
prison, places them out of the reach of a
habeas corpus writ from any of the State
courts. ar .fs
The long talked of International bridge
at Buffalo seems about to be realized
Two million five hundred thousand dol
lars has been pledged for the work, which
will consist of durable and elegant
iron bridge, to span the Niagara at that
| point, as well as for the construction OF
a grand union depot building and the
seven miles of railway around the city
to connect the eatern lines with the
bridge. .''@ ~" 7'..--
| On Tuesday, at Poughkeepsie. N. Y,
| there was afour-oar boat race between O.
club of that place, and a New, York
club. The direct bet was $1,000 a side,
but it is surmised by some that ten times
that sum was entered. The New York
city club won, by two lengths and half
ahead. Time, 81 min. 20 sec distance
over five miles.
Several hundred persons had to leave
without getting an audience with the
| President at his reception on the 18th.
Among those in the ante-room were Orr,
of Mississippi, and Register, ofArkansas,
| both of the late rebel Congress, the latter
of whom has been pardoned, An en-
gineer of the Alabama was present in
the crowd seeking clemency. ,a
The Boston TraUetler learns, that a
number of rebel generals have recently
been released from Fort Warren. Among
them was Major Gen. Jackson, ofSavan-
nah, and it is understood that Generals
Marmaduke and Battle were also of the
party. There are now but few rebel
officersin confinement at the fort
Fitz Greene Halleck, the poet, is now
in the seventy-third year of his age
John Jacob Astor, when he died, left
Mr.. Halleck an annuity of 5000 year,
which VIM. B. Astor subsequently in
creased to $1,000 year; so we suppose
that Mr. III. is comfortable off in his old
age. . .tai..t ... s.l 5.s.4....- +
Official communications received by
the Department OF State from Paris justi-
fly the expectation that the cannon and
other property carried across the Rio
Grande by the rebel leaders after the
capitalization, will be freely aud fully re-
stored to the United States in compli-
ance with the demand. ls4}
A French chemist asserts that if tea
be ground like coffee before hot water is
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