The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

the black race cannot be made available
i'm the South, and adds that public opin-
ion in North Carolina ia unanimous in
favor of a separation.
Advices from Nashville, Tennessee,
state that enormous frauds on the inter-
nal revenue have been discovered there,
one liquor house having swindled the
government out of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. The negro vot-
ing question is causing considerable ex-
element just now in the Tennessee
Legislature. ~ H~ reF.T D.
A plate for printing counterfeit five
dollar bills on the Bank of Montreal,
with paper and implements for carrying
out the operation, was yesterday found
concealed in the wall. of the Croton res
ervoir, ON Eighty-fourth street.
Some of the voters of Jefferson coun-
ty, West Virginia, pretending tobelieve
that that they are still in the Old Do
minion, have made preparations for
holding an election there to choose
membersof the Virginia Legislature
Governor Foreman has therefore issued
q proclamation ordering the arrest ofthe
offending persons, and for the purpose
of frustrating their designs has called
upon the national military authorities
for assistance. -lT
| THE FENIANs.-The New York COM
mercial advertiser comments as follows
with regard to the Fenian movement :
The significant acts among all this ex-
element and panic are, in the first place,
that the Fenians have notyet committed
a single overt act; in the second, the
readiness of the English Government to
ignore all legal usages and resort to mar.
4 tial law and the forcible suppression OF
newspapers; and, in the third place, the
strong overmastering sympathy every
where manifested by the Irish people
toward the arrested and suspected Fe-
mans. -rl- 7..
i General Banks commits himself
squarely to negro suffrage. Here is his
sententious record: .a=-
BOSTON, Oct. 9, 1885.
SIR:--In answer to inquiries present
ed to me, have the honor to say that ]
am in favor of granting the right of suf-
; frage to colored men. / believe this
measure to be necessary to the settle.
ment of the affairs of this country, and
have full confidence thatit will be adopt.
ed. urged this upon the Constitution.
nj Convention of Louisiana in 1854, and
in an address / delivered in New Or
leans the 4th Of July, of this year, copies
of which l inclose, you will find a full
expression of my sentiments.
With great respect, am as ever, your
obedient servant, N. +. BANKS.
The augusta Chronicle (Georgia) thus
threatens us in case the Blacks are en-
franchised: I=. t,s 1a B.
"And we say further: IF this thing is
forced upon the country by political
, majority, then we will take care to turn
, the African suffrages to other purposes
, than those designed by the Republican
, agitatOrs. The negroes will be in oui
employ. under our care, and, If control
ed by any, under our control. 1t would
be little to the credit of the consummate
craftsmanship with which the SOUTH has
illustrated the councils of the Union, II
such an element Of power should be left
unemployed, or under the charge of our
political adversaries. The hour that pro-
claims Negro Suffrage rings the death
k,,eH of the Republican party. If the
Democracy of the United States fail to
arrest this wrong upon the White Race,
and this humiliating condition is i'm.
posed, we give fair warning that we
stoOp to conquer" 81 9.P.' ta'H 3
Miss Mary Alice Chase, juvenile &C.
: tress, made her debut, at Worcester
Massachusetts,, on Tuesday evening
October 10th, 1885, before most APP
Z proving audience. She is reported to be
young lady of much promise, and
, her present rendition Of infantile parts
is admirable. .....#. ....