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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-07

RowpYisM-Tuesday night our city was rather more
noisy than usual from the fact that several parties wore
out on a time. Imbibing freely they became pugnacions,
and were spelling for q row. Two youngsters hitched in
a Billiard room, and one tried hard to make a target Of
tho other, but the pistol was very weakly und did no
damage beyond making a considerable noise and draw
ing quite q crowd to the scene Of action. The police
were on hand just in time to be too late, but they cap
tured the pistol One drunken individual was elected
tomfhe theatre in q very summary manner for creating
srev,, add 7hstaaasgt he aadisncs. Served him right.
4 party ef tasizsnssn d stSsraa ssaldiersj were sastxsd In
slight dts'fssdh on Mainsnss- Me defasr5 6f ChtspA.
street, but sftet'soAs nss6tiasAs apSutasssnxssionu6
iqrhiAlitsS botif HstfesswercsxiA stosis Sussshouse,o,
'ftie paiee md OrdA rsans6 4upsns sgaIs,isxc.,.ss
.hst-tsgtshd II ~datknsss khS~Sasi 7aAos tst.ss,vaepc,
tifohi the hpaAuHalhy " the bcsAsy JPs-iessuheslss,s,,
rave skGa 70 themselves ss1hsa send a~Sxa,wssiSs
AMY soseAstssegiS sof 4hs old sm,iRi~U 70
fdins efeslsr7 hotg .Ilsh bIyas1 7sn sLs :
l. ,s.a ssSf -1x57c sqxffz rH5 Tdsva aus !
III s@sssvsTr hsA abst GoHels I9s4T tis u r16gA
'fsfa ~ stsrr'lahpq saekAsqsdY aes4lbrbppsh
tTriL ask aaytAatAeppifsiepSS9AsEas cQ4f
SEesess4egty sstsseJsppdegd fAssssenas
.psss amy n S.i!,s: H s!s.s.s' IN 8 /
/! insist on the payment ofiss fall valus,
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in our expenditures for useful purposes.
If we would invite population and cap
ital, we must offer some more substan-
tial and attractive inducements than we
can hold out at present, in order to lure
them to our embraces. A move in the
water question would be accepted as a
token that we are awaking to our true
interests-for the energies of the people
once aroused, they would not stop at
any hal f.way measures of improvement.
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disgraced the calendar ofNewgate. Per-
haps the ladies the Picdyune refers to
could find their effects by applying to
Banks, Flanders and their satellites.
The following is the article from the
Picayune alluded to:
Our respected fellow-townswoman,
Mrs. Cora SlOcomb, it is stated in the
papers, has been restored to her property
in this city, through the intercession of
Gen. Butler. 1t is said the General de-
manded this act of pardon and restitu-
ton as due to Mrs. Slocomb in conse-
quence of his pledge and promise to that
lady, made whilst he was the command
ing General of this Department. We
need hardly say that, in common with
our whole community, we rejoice in this
act of grace and favor extended to so
estimable q lady as Mrs. S., and we give
Gen. Butler full credit for the discharge
of an obligation of honor and good
faith.
We trust that his sensibility to appeals
| of the character of Mrs. Slocomb,s Will
| not be satisfied with this act. There
are a great many other claims on ms
honor and faith, quite as strong as Mrs.
S.'s-to which, it is hoped, he Will give
| his early and earnest attention.
On occupying this city, General u
Ter issued a proclamation, under date OF
the LIST of May, 1897, which contained onaSi
ty. of whatever kind, will be held in
| violable, subject only to the laws of the
| United States.n This was the pledge
| Gen. Butler made, not as his promise
| to Mrs. Slocomb was, in q private letter,
but in a solemn public act, issued by
him as a high officer of the Govern
ment. -ue.-r
The people confided i'm this promise
and acted upon it, resuming their BUSH
ness a~yocatfons and conforming to the
orders of the Federal authorities. What
| followed is known to the world. 1.-THE
rights of property were not only viO-
| lated. by q thousand acts, not authO-
| rized by the laws of the United States,
| but millions of dollars of personal eff
| fects, of more than even their apparent
value, were seized and appropriated by
persons assuming to act under the autho.
rity of Gen. Butler. There is scarcely q
family in town, many of them as good
Union people as those who deprecated
upon them, which has notsuffered nthis
way hardly o lady who has not contrib
uted to the splendid stock of jewelry of
which disappeared from this CITY durinr
the summer and autumn of 1889. x
great deal of other n@ronertv vanished in
ike manner-nropertv which was not
needed for military and which
was not claimed or Used or annronriated
bv the Tinted States. IF this nronertv
Was liable to confiscation. it belonged to
the limited States. If would he q fraud
unon the Government, for other parties
to anpronriate it. IF it was not so la
| bic. nnd was not needed for military
purposes. it was against the orders of the
Government to seize and appropriate II.
It was, too, a paipable and GROSS viola.
ton of General Buffers proclamation.
as quoted above. Who, then, is liable
for such wrongful acts of spoliation?
Not the Government, for it did not APP
prove or sanction such acts. Individuals
not acting under the orders of superior
officers would certainly be amenable to
A. fAn
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THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD III,

THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD DIS.
AsTER.-The coroner's jury in the
recent killing on the Long Island Rail.
road find that the deaths "were pro
dnced by the carelessness of r. J. Race,
conductor of the mail train, and James
White, engineer of the express train. y
The jury also censure Oliver Charlick,
president of the road, for the careless
and irregular manner in which trains
are run, and consider that lie is indj.
rectly responsible for the collision.
Some of the members of the jury did
not agree to some parts of the general
verdict. .-
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THE LONDON TIMES ON SHERMAN
MODESTY, BOLDNESs N SAGACITY.-
Whatever may have been the character
of General Sherman's audience at St.
Louis, there is no installing the modes
ty with which he told them the story of
the campaign of the Mississippi; nor
a any one fail to appreciate the feeling
which prompted him to stop at a point
where the narrative must have been a
mere history of his own successes. 1t
is no easy trial to a victorious General
to stand before IN. audience already ex-
cited in his favor. He must neither be
| cold nor vainglorious. The first would
be q rebuke to his hearers, the second an
| injury to himself. General Sherman
deserves the greater credit for having
passed through the ordeal with success.
He took up the narrative of the war at
a time when he was almost unknown,
and he dropped it before he became the
single object of attention and specula-
ton. ~ y-
There is a homely plainness about the
speech of General Sherman at st. Louis,
which will, perhaps, be regarded in this
country as its most admirable character
istic. The successful soldier addresses
the nation of the world most given to
rhetorical oratory in words blunt and
rude as ever OthellO could have used.
Of himself he says little, and he never
speaks of his soldiers or colleagues ex-
cept by way of praise. 1t is thus that
he disarms all criticism on the occasion
of his speech. AT the first blush no.
thing car be more opposed to our no
tons than that a General should be
called upon to address a mixed audience
upon the campaign in which he took a,
leading part. Once, indeed, an Admit
raj announced the victories he was 60
ing to achieve, but he was excused be-
cause he came from a demonstrative
race, and his exploits, possibly from no
fault of his, bore but a slight proportion
to his promises. We are accustomed,
however, to look with more favor upon
the older commander, whose despatch
to the Admiralty was confined to the
sentence, II have destroyed all the
Spanish vessels on this coast, their
names and rating as per margin.u-
General Sherman's speech was longer,
but it was as plain and direct, and it
must be said of him that he was as
modest in victory as he was bold and
sagacious in battle. .5.-l
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-07

GRAND paIzrs.-Yesterday at the sale OF unclaimed
packages of the Adams Express Company, at the auction
rooms of Fclger, Cartwright 4 Co, the bidding was very
active, particularly when packages containing cheese were
put up Several bought themselves rich. Big prices
were paid for heavy packages, with the hope OF drawing
a heavy prize. Two or three hundred were sofd-we
mean packages, of course--not the buyer. Others moro
contracted in their ideas, confined their luck to small
prizes and drew accordingly. Nobody drew q watch but
all enjoyed the scene watching each other. Folger YVES
the "public cryer,' and did very well, considering his
experience. The sale will be continued to-day at ~
o'clock, and bargains may be expected, as the remaining
packages are all small and evidently valuable,
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-07

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-At Petroleum
Centre, on Saturday morning, at ten
o'clock a fire caught from a spark emit
ted from a laborer's pipe. The flames
destroyed three hundred barrels of oil,
and a tank at Anderson's wells. After
burning an hour the tank burst, and
spread destruction over an acre of terri
tory. Two engine houses, two derricks
and a refinery were destroyed. The
flames at one time seriously threatened
the whole town. 70 80
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-07

GENERAL MCCLELLAN IN DRESDEN.
The well-known northern General
Mcclellan has been soiourningJ In Ores
den for the past few days. He is con-
stantlySisiting all the museums and ex-
amining heTnumerous collections OF
arms and trophies in this city. 1t is un.
derstood that he intends to devote HIM
self to German military studies, and is
now making himself thoroughly ac-
quainted with the Prussian army, which,
more than anything else, attracted his
neutrality-suspicious. Correspondence
(August 16) AUegemeine Zeitung. q
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-07

FENIAN MEETING AT Troy, N.Y.
There was a very large meeting of the
Fenian brotherhood of Troy, New
York, at Griswold Hall, Monday night.
The room was crowded. Mayor Gilbert
and other prominent citizens were pres
ent. Speeches were made by Patrick
Corbett, of Syracuse, Mr.. Brennan, of
New York, and Thomas b. Carroll, of
Troy. John Morrissey came upon the
stage, made a speech, and ended by con-
tributing one thousand dollars.
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-AA..N@M AA.LA. A%-AA ~ ~ NkAFAAA AAE
The NuPrrAL TIE has been described as q knot fixed
with the tongue, which the teeth cannot unIoose. But
the teeth themselves, IL beautiful by tho aid Of sozopoxT,
are powerful agents in producing the fascination which
leads to lnarriags.-Ths charm, to which this delieious
preparation lends to the breath, too, hasa decidedly BY.
mental tendency. White teeth and q pure BREATH wbss
heart can resist themf
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ROwDYIsN.

In Richmond, on Tuesday, Mr.. Chas.
H. Wynne, the reputed editor of the
Times newspaper of that city, was
knocked down by a Georgian on Frank
lin street. The editor drew his pistol,
his assailant seized it by the muzzle
and then drew a cowhide from the side
pocket OF his coat, with which he flogged
Mr.. Wynne in most unmerciful man.
ner. The aus of the quarrel we did
not learn, owing to the neglect of Mr..
Postmaster Sharp to forward the Rich
mond mail. Mr.. Wynne was taken i'll
to the Ballard House, where he boards,
so much disfigured and besmeared with
blood, that his friends were scarcely able
to recognize him. In this city, on Tues
day night, there were several alterca-
lions among gentlemen, and one person
drew a pistol upon his antagonist in a
crowded billiard room, and fired at him
three times. Our reporter states that
there was a fight Mt the Theatre, and a
street scene between civilians and SOL
diers. We have assurance from Rich
mond, that the military authorities are
determined to follow up the matter, Of
the assault on Mr.. Wynne, and to Illus
'tate their determination to preserve
o,aef in future by infiicting upon the
Ueorglan, the EXTREMIST punishment.
VIM Mayor Tabb notice the offences
.N..s pace here, or will he leave the
task to Gen. Torbertp
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-07

We BEG leave to call attention to the sale OF that yalua-
BILE family residence, No. 90 Catherine street, to take
place to-day at twelve O'Clock NJ. precisely, by Messrs'
Leigh & Phelps, auctioneers. The property will be sold
and the sale offers rare inducements to capitalists. Also,
to a valuable building lot on Avon street.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-07

In Georuetown. South Carolina, on the 18th of July
1885, by the Rev. Richard 8. Trapier, JAMES URIC
formerly of Norfolk, Virginia, aud N ELIZA, daugh
ter Of DR.. W. r. +. Prior, of Georgetown, South carolina
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-07

Raphael Semmes, and his son, Major
Oliver Semmes, have arrived in the city,
and both are now stopping at 24S Canal
street. Raphael Semmes ranked as Ad-
miral in the Confederate Navy and
commanded the Alabama when she. was
sunk by the Kearsage off the French
cOast.-N, o. Times. 80.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF NORFOLK, SEPTEMBER g.

N N IL - ii ML. HA# Fa -NfA+F-A
rl ssirs- =. -t,-, ARRIVALS. ws sfsf y-a4fpS 81 raj
Steamer Dictator, Deering, Baltimore. iI4f Fss-ls-f
Steamer Louisiana, Porter, Baltimore.
Steamer Magenta, Baulsr, Richmond. =
Steamer City of Richmond, Powers, Richmond. se&g
Schooner Francis Caftin, Wass, Boston. ee,ss
DEPARTURES. --sz
Steamer Thomas Colyer, McCarrick, Richmond.
Steamer City Point, Talbot, Richmond u
Steamer Louisiana, Porter Baltimore. ~~-
Steamer Dictator, Dcering, Baltimore. u
Schooner Little Rock, Bowen, Baltimore.
Schooner Monterey, Magin, Winsor, NC.
Schooner Francis Caften, Wass, Boston.
OF ARRIH1LS N DEPARTURES AT
FORTRESS MONROE. September 5.s--1.y
ARRIVALS.
Steamer 8. O. Pierce, Richmond.
Steamer Edward Everett, Baltimore.
DEPARTURES. ars taS>
Steamer winnisimmit, Norfolk. .xs.1sI
Steamer Edward Everett, City
Schooner Lewis milford, Washington. 4 O II
Steamer Blackbird, Norfolk.
And the regular mail boats
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MAYORS CouRr, Observation-Disclosures Reilly was arrest
ed on complaint of Eugene Rely, charged with assault.
ing him, aud using threatening and abusive language TO
the latter and wife. Michael Reilly was required to give
surety in the sum of $500, to keep the peace towards
Eugene Reilly and family, and hned SO with costs, fol
d~isorderly conduct.
John Cain, fined rs 90 for allowing three horses to run
at large, in violation of the City ordinance. ..
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CITATIONS
O-laHs .sA t~tA
YEAST


LL az -
COMPOUND,
The very best article for FAMILY BAKING ever In.
vented. 9
Liquid Yeast entirely superseded, and much trouble
saved by having an article always ready, never sour, and
good, sweet Bread a sure result, ~,
This Compound Is composed entirely Of vegetable ex-
tracts-one of which, Hops, is the most healthy o. arti
with this Compound for making LIGHT, SWEET. NU-
TRITIOUS and WHOLESOME BREAD, or anything that
requires Yeast. 1t has been in use several years, and has
been thoroughly tested in many cities and towns in the
United States. The constant and rapidly increasing de-
mand is the best possible evidence that it is Just what the
public require, and that it possesses all tho advantages
claimed for it. te -u.rrII7 II
This Compound is made in small square cakes, one of
which Is sufficient for FIVE QUARTS OF FLOUR, or the
cakes may be divided and used in proportion to any less
quantity Of -four. H.uH-. t ri 1T 80
The general agency for this celebrated Algl9
S. Y. G.
is established at the TIP TOP WINE and LIQUOR
STORE under the ATLANTIC HOTEL, where It may be
obtained in any quantity.
Packages containing ten cakes sold ct only PIFTEEN
CENTS. - =
Bundles containing twelve packages Zone hundred and
twenty cakes) sold at 81 so. ~ - s"N
Full directions how to use wrapped around each pack
age. .,a - +-tU. "a
So SAVE TROUBLE AND lave, GOOD BREAD
by trying apackage Of il. TIP TOR @
p Wine and Liquor Store,
I sepo-d Under the atlantic Hotel.
- or .I- 49, frr--'f - r-rs ~ |'''re-s -E'-
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All communication relating to business matters con
nected with this paper should be addressed TO H. Al
Brown, Norfolk Post. All communications pertaining to
Editorial matters. and all correspondence intended ior tine
paper should be addressed to John Clark, Editor.
Advertisers are requested to hand in their advertise
ments before six o'clock in the evening, previous to publ
cation. .f.
Newsmen and n~ewsboys desiring papers will please
nave their orders at the counting room the evening pre-
vious, before six o'clock.
Mayhew 4 Brothers, Booksellers and Stationers, areau
thorized agents to sell the Norfolk Post, and all order,
It with them will be attended to the same as If left q,
he Office OF publication.
s. NJ. Pettergill & Co. are authorized Advertising
Agents for the Post in New York and Boston.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-07

la msh'fn'Bakff7i5re was run over and
4lled.hy alaeazse theOther day. ,xs
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vDoN'T LIKE LEcTUkING.-Onth the re-
turn, a few days since, Of several Indi-
ana regiments to indianapolis, they met
with a warm welcome. ~ y - -
Colonel Dick Ryan made o little SEN
sation by pitching into the practice of
giving the soldiers advice as to their be-
havior. He was opposed to. turning
these receptions into prayer meetings
and conventicles, at which the Soldier,
who has spilled his blood in defence of
his country, is expected to be talked to
like a naughty schOol-boy. He believed
the soldier to be asfuliy capable of TAX
ing care of his own salvation as any one
of his advisers, whom he Recommended
to take small doses of their w medi-
cine. He believed the boys should use
their own Judgment in regard to the
propriety of takinga drink.
Bully for, Colonel Dick!
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MAYoR's CoURT.-Capt. Hammond and Sergeant Alsop,
charged with q breach Of the peace, and with interfering
with the police in the discharge of their duty, were turned
over to the military authorities.
Charles Lee (negroI charged with stealing, was turned
over to the military authorities.
v. II. Rogers and Abner Blanks were brought into
Court, and e~rraigned upon q charge of n breach of the
peace. The witnesses not being present, the case was
POSTPONED until this morning. j 49, t - =
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CONFESSIONS OF CRIMTNALS.-A wo
| man of J:rantford, e. W., q few days
ago, on her death-bed, confessed that
she had poisoned several persons, in
Guiding two of her own children. She
added that she felt an almost irresistible
mania to deprive of life by poison those
with whom she was on terms Of friend
ship. lj-T q
Another wretch, of the opposite sex,
has confessed to an equal degree OF
guilt. The correspondent of the Chi
cagO Republican writes from st. Louis:
"Daniel Andreas, late postmaster at
Glencoe, in this county, who committed
suicide a short time since, left a confess
sion acknowledging the committal OF
several horrid deeds, He confesses that
he murdered a returned Californian,
some eighter ten years ago, and robbed
the body of about ten thousand dollars,
and buried his victim at his own .ex-
pense, without mourning suspicion, and
receiving credit for his generosity. He
also robbed the mails at various times f;
was the means of killing two of his
children, and meditated the murder of
his wife, o .,..-.g ..i--.. .a,4A
These cases, with those.of the quintu.
pie murderer in England, the female
poisoner, Mrs. Grinder, in Pittsburg,
and the South Dedham murderer, Mrs.
Marston, make a fearful chapter of
crime for the summer Of 1855.
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~ ~
st. Louis. The commission is to meet
at Council Bluff on the 10th inst, and
thence proceed to Fort Rice, where the
council Is to be held on October 18th.
Miss Fannie McGregor, daughter Of
Mr. James Nc regor---President OF the
State Bank of Boston, was accidently
shot at North-C Conway, N. H, on Sat
urday. She was a young lady in the
prime of youth, and was well-known
and much esteemed in her native city.
The investigation in the Ketchum
case was to have been resumed on Mon
day, before Justice Hogan; but owing
to the absence of the counsel for the ac-
cused, an application for postponement
was made, and the case was adjourned
until Monday next, at 10 A. NJ.
A fire at the Pennsylvania oil regions
on Saturday last destroyed property to
the amount of eleven thousand dollars,
and seriously threatened the destruction
of the town of Petroleum Centre.
The bark Clara Bell, belonging to the
Russian-American Overland Telegraph,
Company, arrived Mt Stitka, Russian
America, June IA, with the propeller
Lizzie Horner, in good order. @ :.
The propeller Mollican, of New York,
exploded her boiler near Trenton, N. J.,
Yesterday. killing a lady named Van
EDyns, seriously lnjuring the engineer
and the captain.
THE steamers plying between this city
aid RielaAonssA fsNStl. 50 fast that the
lHbstmaster. ofsfhssC Capital of Virginia is
AFRAID tAsHuAt the mails on board of them.
n lRthe AiRingsroom of the inrineipal
|hSfef 81 Nantucket. is. posted a notice.
s3[!a; a5sstsg arrange them;
shreveport, La, has been burned, In
Guiding q considerable amount of cotton.
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The Courts.

MILITARY ~CoURT-Captdin Samuel Gilmore presiding
Ned Williams, colored, charged with assault and battery
on the person of james Riley, white, was sentenced to
twelve days in hard labor prison.
Urius Turner, colored, charged with drunkenness and
~disorderly conduct in the market, was sentenced to ten
days in hard labor prison.
Charles Lee, colored, charged with stealing money and
shoes, was sentenced to twenty eight days in the hard
labor prison, at the expiration of which he will be sent
to Government Farm, not to return to this city without
leave from ~Freedman's Bureau.
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FIsII-Hog Fish 81 90 to s.. 2s per dozen, spessAo@lS
cts. per dozen; Trout 25@60 cts. a piece; Mullet 1O@16
cts. per bunch ; Sheep Head 50@$1 90. 1850
BUTTER, LARD N CHEESEABntter. 209S6 cts.
per pound; Lard 2a@25 cts. per pound; Cheese 1925
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A little girl of twelve years, named
Bridget Mack, who was confined in the
Magdalene section of the Tombs, New
York, on a charge of larceny, made her
escape on Sunday afternoon by forcing
open the crate damper of her room.
crawling thence through the chimney
to the roof, jumping. down thirty feet
into the prison yard, and scaling the
iron picket fence and getting out into
juries in her struggles for freedom; and
late in the day she was found secreted
under a bedin q house in Jackson street,
rearrested and recommitted. ..tf-Lu'