The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-22
TERMS OF ADVERTISING,
TUE NORFOIK posr
Academy, pite of the rain, from pit to

Academy, pite of the rain, from pit to
dome.
Lord Brougham regrets that his voice
cannot reach across the Atlantic"
We regret IL. too, MS if the human voice
could be heard at any such distance,
there would be no need of Trans
Atlantic Telegraph. and such people a.
Lord Brougham might be employed IN
transmitting useful dispatches instead
OF making useless speeches.-Ars,G Gran
dy,
A burglar. named Andrew n. Haley,
who is now awaiting trial ut the New
London, Conn, jan, slipped out on
Thursday, while the TAILOR was inside,
locked the door, asked the turnkey how
he liked il, las far rs he had got,M and
walked of with the key. He was soon
discovered, however, in n neighboring
house and committed 10 his old quarters.
The New York Citizen says Gen. Dix
| is relieved of his command at his own
urgent and repeated request, being anx-
ious 10 devote himself TO the Pacific
Railroad Company of which he Is Presl-
dent. and 10 give his attention rs early
as possible TO the affairs of his private
fortune, which had been neglected dur
ing the severe labors of his military life.
The n. y. Stock market Thursday was
for time huoyaut, but prices gen.
orally declined, and there was not much
business. Government securities were
sold below the subscription price. Gold
opened al llSs, but the rate declined TO
ll2I, aud closed at tritle higher. At
the Evening Exchange the ruling rate
was lab.
A meeting of sympathy for the Mext-
can exiles in New York on Wednesday
in the large hall of the Cooper Union.
at which able addresses were delivered
by the orators of the occasion, Messrs.
Joshua Leavitt, joaquin Viliaiobos,
Xarhos, Rivera, aud Others. The pro-
oeedings We're lengthy and interestingly
The piers of the Suspension Bridge
over the Ohio River, at Cincinnati arc
| nearly completed, aud the wires Will
sooube stretched in their proper positions.
| The span of this bridge Is one thour
sand aud fifty-seven feet--the largest
span in this country.
The trial of the Salvador raiders has
been concluded. They were sentenced
to be hanged, but General Mcdowell has
committed the sentence against Hogg
and the other leaders TO Imprisonment
for life and six of the man are TO be III
generated for ten years each.
The lessees of the Spotswood House,
Richmond, have received notice that
the property in their hands has been
| seized under the condscation law. Per-
sons holding other property in that city
have received similar notifications.
The Fourth of July was duly celebra-
| n ~ avHI
Oregon. Therewas some feeling wrought
up at san Francisco because colored men
appeared in the procession.
The trial of Miss Mary Harris at Wash.
ington, for the murder of Mr., Burroughs
was concluded ON Wednesday afternoon,
when q verdict of mot guilty. was
brought in.
John Balcher and VIM. Evans, Of the
Sd PENNSYLVANIA Artillery, have been
arrested at Fortress Monroe, on suspl-
cion of having robbed soldier OF Bat.
terry b, of five hundred dollars.
| A gentleman in New York has offered
to give $500 in prices, TO those soldiers
| who have either lost their right arm, or,
have had il disabled, who will show tha
best specimen of left hand penmanship.
James Wilson, alias l.. w. Gay, swim.
died several Cincinnati merchants the
other day, by paying for goods with
forged checks, always receiving balance
in money. lie escaped.
| The Baltimore Custom House appoint
ments have been made. The Collector
is Edwin IL. Webster; Naval Officer,
Samuel NJ. Evans; Surveyor, e. Full
ton.
The Rev. Henry Johnson, of Chester
field, Va, who shot and killed soldier
who was robbing his garden, has been
sent to the penitentiary for five years.
There is to be Il grand reunion of all
| the Turner societies in Cincinnati, next
September. 1t Is the first assemblage Of
the kind in this country;
Daniel Pierce, charged with swindllnr
the Government by means of false
vouchers, escaped from custody In Gin
cinnati on Monday.
The Springfield Union says the new
opera house there will seat 1900 persons,
and will cost $4,000.
The new radical paper, the Nation,
does not satisfy its friends, aud Is being
severely lectured.
A woman is in prison in England for
burning her child's eye out with a red
hot sliewe..
Gov. Brownlow is suffering from inju-
ries received by fall few days ago, at
| Knoxville.
| Robinson, the Maine soldier, WI N saved
Secretary Stewards life, has blu pre-
sented with farm.
| Leo Hudson, the actress, has been rob.
bed by her agent of $1,000 worth OF
jewelry.
Two men carried Off in balloon from
Belfast, Ireland, are supposed TO nave
perished.
Seven thousand head-boards had a.
rived at Savannah forthe Andersonville
dead.
| A bio buffalo hunt Is organizing In
I,eovenworth-I25 men each to pay
500.
Dr pritchard is on trial in Edinburg
for poisoning his wife and mother-in-
law.
Councillor Bird holds up his hand 10
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