The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-01
NEWSPAPER NEWS.

The New Orleans Picdyune of the
Goth states that several gentlemen who
have travelled lately through Texas,
concur in the opinion that there will be
a very large crop of cotton raised in that
broad State this year; some, in fact,
think the crop will be larger than in
any previous season. Their statement
is that the freedmen are generally hiring
for the year, while the high prices of
cotton have stimulated the large mum Der
of small farmers throughout the State
the thousands of Germans, especially
who have done without negro labor for
some years--tO devote their energy and
skill to the cultivation of the fleecy
staple. E
Advices from Rio Janeiro have been
received to the second of January. The
allies were within fifty miles of the
Paraguayan position, on the north side
of the Upper Parana. at Passo da Patria,
and were expected to force the passage
of the Parana at that point, assisted by
the feet Great efforts were making by
the allies to overwhelln the Paraguay ans
by superior numbers during the month
Of January. Sickness had proved the
greatest drawback to their operations
thus far, out it was thought to prevail
as extensively among the Paraguayans
as allies.
The Galveston Bulletin says there are
two kinds of newspapers, which are
equally unwise and equally injurious to
public sentiment. The first sthat which
misrepresents southern sentiment and
ISLANDERS southern men. The second
class is comprised ofthose papers which
represent the negro AS idle, lazy, and
vicious--who seek to sink him still lower
in tile general estimation, and at the
same time to raise up a sentiment averse
to Northern men.
The President, It is said, has deferred
issuing the formal proclamation declar-
ing the restoration of the Union, until
the opinions of Gems. Grant, Sherman,
Meade, Thomas, Sheridan, Siclilcs and
others, could he obtained relative to the
submission of the Southern States to the
Constitutional authorities.
The steamer Leo has arrived from Sa,
vannah. Fire was discovered among the
e0ttQ 3D.. eom9Rrisng her cargo on the 9Th
of the passengers and crew, with q
damage of only 1000.
| Seton Hall College, at Orange, New
Jersey, was mainly destroyed by fire on
the 28th ult. No lives We're lost. The
| libraries were saved. The building was
insured for $40, 900.
A fatal atfray occurred on Gravier
street, New Orleans on the 9th, in
which A. l.. Newberry was killed and
Capt. Oldham severely wounded. The
young man who shot Newberry sur
rendered himself.
The Washington Republican says
that Mr.. Dixon was the Senator, the
substance of whose conversation with
the President was telegraphed through
The country,
Secretary Seward had an interview
with Santa Anna, at st. Thomas, on
Mexican affairs. The hostility of the
Mexican leader to the Empire imparts a
degree of significance to the meeting
that is regarded as highly important.
Edward Steward, Past Grand Master
of Free and Accepted Masons of the
State of New Jersey, died at the resi-
dence of.his son-in law, in Newark, N.
j., after protracted illness, at O'clock
Monday evening.
There were 494 deaths In New York
last week--99 men, 1903 women, 16l boys
and 127 girls-an increase of go from the
previous week, and a decrease of two
over the same time in 1866.
A wife's toast for the tea-table--" My
husband, may he never be tight; hut,
tight or straight, my husband"
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