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killed and wounded in the engagement.
The captors were shelled by a French
war vessel OH the day following their
occupation of the town, but were not
driven out. They however left volun-
tarily soon after, having previously
plundered the place, and sent their spoil
over into Texas, where some OF 1t was
seized by General Weitzel and returned
to its wners. General Weitzel also sem
a guard of men to Bagdad to preserve
order. General Mejia, the imperial
commander at Matamoros, has COM
menced new earthworks and the mount
ing of additional guns, and has sent a
rather threatening letter to General
Weitzel, who on his side is putting
Brownsville in a condition to be pre-
pared for whatever may occur.
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The New York Herald states that
there is a prospect of an early termina-
ton of the war between Paraguay and
the allies. A paraguayan steamer, hav-
ing on board a,,messsnger from President
Lopez, with dispatches for President
Mitre. of the Argentine Confederation,
arrived at Corrientes, on the Parana, on
the 23d of November last, and delivered
the documents in his charge to the chief
naval officer of the allies. Though no.
thing positive concerning the nature of
this mission had been learned, it was
generally thought at first to mean peace;
but it seems not to have been allowed 10
cause any cessation of allied operations.
The Brazilians, it appears, have no great
faith in the consistency of their Argen-
tine and Uruguayan allies, who it is said
are liable at any time to turn around and
espouse the cause of Paraguay. The
Brazilian government is therefore push
ing forward to the scene of hostilities,
with all possible rapidity, all available
troops and naval vessels, SO as to be pre-
pared even for desertion by its present
friends. Lopez continued his efforts to
resist the advance up the Paraguay river
to his capital of the allies; but he was
deficient in proper sailors to man his
vessels. 1t is said that he has impri-
soned the Spanish and Argentine con
suls, for what cause is not known.
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THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION.

The following interesting summaryof
the proceedings and debate in Congress
on Mr.. Thad. Stevens proposed amend
ment to the Constitution, to settle the
Southern question, we take from the
Herald's correspondence of the 23d:
"Mr. Stevens. from the Joint Recon-
structiOn Committee, to-day reported a
proposed amendment to the Cpnstitu-
ton which has been hatched up in that
Committee. 1t embraces precisely the
same ideas as those of Mr.. Blaine, OF
Maine, on the basis of representation
set forth by that gentleman in a speech
a couple of weeks ago, although the
phraseology is slightly changed. The
present amendment provides that when
ever the elective franchise shall be de-
MED or abridged in any state on account
of race or color, all persons of such race
or color shall be excluded from the basis
of representation. MI. Stevens, i'm in
PRODUCING it, said he proposed to have
the thing passed before the sun went
down; but out of consideration for Mr..
Andrew Jackson Rogers, of New Jersey
who had made a minority report, and
who wanted to speak on it, he would
postpone the previous question for a
short time. MI. Rogers seized the
opportunity to make a forcible speech
against taxation without representation,
which he held would be the effect of the
amendment on the states if they did not
adopt negro suffrage. He was opposed
to forcing negro suffrage upon the states
in this way. Mr.. COnk ling, of New
York, also a member OF the committee,
made an able speech for the amend
ment. From a table which he had
carefully prepared he calmed the fears
of republicans like Mr.. Blaine, who
have believed that any alteration of the
basis of representation would disas-
trOusly effect the eastern states. Under
the proposed amendment they will be
small, while the states lately in rebel
lion will lose a small proportion of their
representation i'm COngress-sO small, in
fact, that Mr.. Conkling regards the
proposed amendment rather in the light
of a conservative measure. He Is Onl,
anxious to break up the system which
entities three-fifths of q black nan to
representation on the floors of Congress,
Democratic members are anxious to
debate the proposed amendment at
length; but it is doubtful If an Oppor.
tunity will be afforded them. Mr.,
Stevens plausibly insists that Congress
must act upon the amendment speedily
in order to have it ratified by the legis.
latures of nineteen states, which
according to his arithmetic, constitute
three-fOurths of the Union. Several Of
these legislatures will soon adjourn, and
MI. Stevens desires to bring the amend
mapt hpfOra them in time.
"The amendment to the Constitution
proposed by the Joint Reconstruction
Committee was introduced this morn
ing in the Senate by Mr.. Fessenden, tn
chairman. and laid upon the table TO
the time being"
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WILL YOU LISTENY

We have the poor always; they should
be the constant care of good apd charit-
able people. All cities are filled with
legitimate objects for the proper exercise
of well-directed ~benevolence, and in
this respect, Norfolk is not behind the
a%ge--thOugh we fear there is a great
deal of neglect, not wilful neglect-but
from a want of knowledge. The winter
is severe, food and fuel are deal, and
there is much suffering among the help
less. We will give II case, for the
consideration of those who have to spare
from their surplus stores,-and there
are many more.
In a dreary and lonely garnet, in a
certain house in this city, where rooms
are to let, furnished, or unfinished, to
suit the taste of the applicant, lodges a
poor widow, the mother of five children.
She is a pale, sickly women, still young
in years, but the trials of poverty have
made sad inroads upon what may once
have been a good constitution. -Four OF
her children are still so young as to re-
quire her constant care, while the fifth,
a bright youth of ten years,-who has
seen many more winters in his young
life, than summers-is her only
support and dependence. This lad
when able to procure employ
| ment-and that is not always
manages to earn some four or five dollars
a week. He is a good boy-of whom re-
port speaks well-and this much cannot
be said in favor of a great many boys Of
his age in Norfolk. The earnings Of
this child are all this family has to de-
pend upon for support-and it is, indeed,
a slender reed-so very slender that few
will be able to see how a family of six
can be maintained on the small p~ittance
| received by a te~n-year-old boy for his
weekly services. We know not how
this widow, with four helpless orphans,
has managed, thus far to exc out a mis-
cradle existence on the scanty allow
ance; but we do know that the family is
now in want of the actual necessaries of
life-they are suffering for food, for fuel,
and for clothing. During the "cold
spell" we had, she Borrowed" a little
wood to keep the children warm-and
was forced to accept from neighbors the
crumbs that fell from their richer
boards, and now the condition of these
helpless ones is not improved, but they
still depend upon the kindness of those
who are but little better situated. This
poor woman is in a very wretched and
unhappy situation, and her help
less condition calls loudly for the
interposition of that holy charity
which gives and questions not. #r.
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PROPOSED BASIS OF SETTLEMENT.

At length we are permitted to see a
glimpse of light breaking through the
murky clouds that have obscured in
mystery the intentions of the congress
sional majority in respect to the south
ern states. The proposed settlement of
the negro suffrage question on the basis
of a constitutional amendment seems to
us a good proposition, provided it is
honestly meant, and does not conceal
some hidden design. But the southern
people are disposed to suspect all things
that emanate from the source whence
this had its origin. They fear the
Greeks, when they bring gifts-and see
. very colossal wooden horse in all v
lures for compromise from that quarter.
The amendment would seem on its face
to be sufficiently equitable, -and if in
tended in good faith, We think the South
should cheerfully accept it. 1t merely
proposes to change the basis of represent
tation so as to include only that portion
OF the population allowed by state laws
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'GeltgrapBie Webs.
NORFOLK POST DISPATCHES.
THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a. MI. Wilson,
of Mass, offered Joint resolution for an
amendment to the Constitution prohib-
iting payment for slaves or for any debt
contracted i'm behalf of the rebellion.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The discussion of the bill for the enlarge
ment of the powers OF the Freedmen's
Bureau was resumed and continued
until the adjourn ment.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
In consideration of the Constitutional
Amen 1ment fixing the basis of repre-
sentation, a new amendment was offer
ed TO appoint representatives according
to the number of voting population. No
question.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25
HECHOLERA.

An eminent physician of New York,
| DR.. Sayre, who has devoted much at
tention to the study of the causes which
| bring this dreadful scourge upon COM
munities, claims to have made a discov-
cry through which its progress may be
checked and citiessaved altogether from
its ravages, by the adoption of very
simple measures of precaution-princi
pal among which, is a due regard to
cleanliness. According to this new theo-
ry cholera is a portable disease and may
be carried by travellers a great distance
in their journeys, and the seeds of it
sown by the way without their ever
being aware of the fact, or it being at
tended by fatal consequences in Their
case. This explanation is sufficient to
account for the disease always keeping
along lines of travel. If this be the true
theory of its communication, then strict
quarantine measures and cleanliness,
would seem to be all the precautions ne
cessary to prevent its introduction. The
authorities in New York are disposed to
attach considerable weight to the opin-
ion of DIR. Sayre, and are willing to test
the %soundness of his theory. As we
should leave no probable means of pre-
vention untried, we suggest to the au-
thorities of Norfolk, the propriety of in
quiring into the feasibility of this, or
any other plan, that will guard our
city against a visit from the scourge.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

The meeting at the City Hall last
night, was a very respectable gathering,
and its action will be found reported in
our local column. The citizens seem
determined to rid the city of the lawless
men who have chosen this as the safest
field for their depredations, and wehope
the Measures they have adopted will
prove efficacious. A volunteer police
force of one hundred citizens is to be Or
ganized for duty at once, and all who
desire to enroll themselves, can do so by
calling upon the committee appointed
last night, of which Mr.. Thomas. +.
Owens is chairman. We would advise
the ''garroters" and "thuggers" to leave
the city while it is yet permitted them
to depart in peace. Let them not stand
upon the order of their going, but go at
once--for their doom will be harsh in
deed, should they fall in the way of our
"volunteer police.n
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THE FACTS OF THE RIO GRANDE AFFAIR

We have been in the greatest muddle
to discover the exact nature of the re-
cent raid across the Rio Grande and the
sacking of Bagdad. From the tele-
graphic dispatches we have received it
was impossible to ascertain whether the
Mexicans had taken Mexico, or Mexico
had taken the Mexicans. But the fol-
lowing lucid and concise statement of
the difficulty, presents the matter in a
more Ineligible light and gives us an
inkling of the exact state of affairs. The
party which captured Bagdad, mum.
bered about one hundred and twenty,
and consisted principally of soldiers of
the One Hundred and Eighteenth Uni
ted States colored regiment, and they
made prisoners of over four hundred
imperialists and took four pieces OF ar
tillery. They also attempted to get pos
sessionof the imperial gunboat Antonio;
but in this they failed, there being a few
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

The Canadian border, from which
rebel raiding parties set forth, with the
connivance of some of the citizens and
authorities, to plumber defenceless towns
on our northern frontier, has lately been
subjected to excitement and alarm by
fears of a Fenian invasion, and a few OF
our discharged volunteers, in a sportive
mood, caused considerable trepidation
among the gallant defenders of Fort
Wellington, last week, by a sham attack.
This is a dangerous species of interna-
tional amusement, and we hope it will
not be repeated; but there are many who
will not regret very deeply that John
Bull has occasion to learn the Importance
ola strict enforcement of neutrality laws
much sooner than he expected. -Phita-
deIDhsU Press. --r
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

The British bark Diadem, Capt. Han.
men,, from New York December 4, for
Liverpool, was lost at sea during the
dreadful gale of the 9th inst. The ves-
sci capsized, and the captains wife, and
two cabin boys-Henry Wheeler and w.
Phillips of Liverpool-were drowned.
The next day, the Captain and N sea-
man died from the effects of exhaustion.
On the 18th, the balance of the crew
were rescued by a British vessel. The
Diadem had for cargo 144,S83 gallons of
refined petroleum, 100 barrels of spirits
of %turpentine, and 10000 slaves.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

VIRGINIA LEGIsLATURE. There was
an important debate in the Senate on
the 23d, upon the passage of the law to
make the reputed father responsible for
the support of his illegitimate children
intended to cover the phenomena OF
mulatto and %.quadroon children. The
Sentinel says the debate was of a char
acter to exclude it from the columns OF
that journal. Where is Jenkins? The
Virginia Legislature would be a good
field for his sensation" quill. The
stirring case might be improved upon.
The bill would in all probability, be-
come a law, as it passed its second read,
ing. There is also a bill under discussion
to legalize the marriage relations of all
freedmen and women living ether,
and to make them imam and wife,"
whether they are willing or unwilling,
and to legitimatize their offspring past,
present, and to come. s
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25
SEIZURE OF A STEAMER

NEW YORK, Jan. "a. The steamer
Meteor, which was seized as an alleged
CHILEAN privateer, is still in charge of a
United States officer, although stren-
uous efforts on the part of prominent in
d~ividuals have been made. to have her
released. The evidence is strong that
she was intended for warlike purposes,
and it is FIRMLY believed that she was
intended for a Chilian privateer. The
matter will probably be referred to the
Secretary of State, as being of national
Importance.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

At Berlin and London the longest day
has sixteen hours and a half; at Stock
holm eighteen hours and a hall; at Ham,
burg seventeen hours; at st. Petersburg
nineteen hours; at Tornea (Finland)
twenty-one hours and q half. At Wal
derhaus, Norway, the day lasts without
Interruption from the 21st of May to the
I'D uf July; and al Spitzbergen the long,
est day continues for three months and
has seven hours; at it. Petersburg five
hours; at Tornea two hours and O half.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

The Philadelphia Press states that
thirteen men were hung in different
parts of the country on Friday, the 10Th
inst, and hundreds are awaiting trial
for the same crime.
What "crime?" The crime of using
such a word as chung" instead of
changed"
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

Ees~ FAMILY DYE COLoRS.-Among
the most popular aud useful articles of the day are the
FAMILY DYE CoLoRs manufactured by the well known
practical chemists, Howe & Stevens. SO very superior
are these dyes, so easily used, and withal afforded at so
low a price, that they are literally getting into every
body's hands, just as the praises of their merits are on
eyerybody's lips. Once tried, they become indispensable.
In many parts of the country they have displaced all
other substances and methods of dyeing. We, without
any hesitation whatever, pronounce them the best dyes
ever manufactured, while at the Same time they are the
cheapest in price. The ladies' are particularly delighted
with them.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

civil officer or other person from at
tempting to apply any provision of the
vagrantact recently passed by the Legis-
lature, to any colored person in the
department of Virginia. He says the
ultimate effect of the statute will be to
reduce the freedmen to a condition of
servitude worse than that from which
they have been emancipated.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

The Richmond Examiner of yesterday
contains a reply to "Plain Talk to pam
People" published in last THURSDAY
Post. We shall publish the reply TO-
morrow.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

See first page for a sketch OF q
"Pfinter,n a Letter from General Sher-
man, n"Gallows Twaddle, ""Intelligent
Press Dispatches" Jenny Lind"
"Gen. Grant" and a column of news
paragraphs.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

Hon. j. 8. Morrill,, M. G. from Ver-
mont, will please accept our thanks for
a copy of the report of the COMMISSIONS
of Agriculture, for 1868.
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IMPORTANT FROM NASHVILLE.

NASHVILLE, Jan. "a. The leading
Conservative members of the Tennessee
Legislature, and prominent Union men
of the state, have issued a call for a citi-
zen's meeting favorable to the restora-
ton policy Of the President. The meet
ing is to be held on the 22d of February.
The negro testimony bill has passed to
O second reading in the House to-day.
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