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Les MiserahIes.

The local editors of Connecticut held a con-
vention at New Haven on the 31st ultimo.
The assembly must have suggested to the
behoder that famons paper in the Spectator.
"The mountain of Missries," to which each
conner made a contribution of his woes
What dismal jokes the poor fellows must
have madel What ghostly light must have
illuminated the ''festivs board" at which they
assembled, for we cannot conceive that even
an unlimited supply Of the "rosy," to which
Richard Swiveler SO elegantly aludes in his
talk, could make convention of local editors
any thing but convention Of miserable men
And miserable they must remain until the
"reliable gentleman" becomes person Of un-
improbable veracity, and facts become more
abundant; above all your local editor must re-
main an unhappy animal until he solves the
difficult problem of being in two places at the
same time, and comes into possession of the
ring of Gyges
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4. F. OWENS,
REAL ESTATE Il GENERAL AUCTlONE

l. announce to the citizens of Norfolk and the
counties in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina
that they are now prepared to sell at auction any
property which may be entrusted to them for
that purpose. This department of our business
will be conducted by Mr.. Il. F. Owens, and we
respectfully solicit the patronage ofall who desire
to make speedy sales of property and to have i'm
mediate returns of proceeds.
jy3l f.. C. LINDSEY l. co.
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One of NapoIeon's Projects.

Louis Napoleon is building in Paris the
largest structure of modern times designed as
place of amusement. 1t is an opera house
which will rival in extent and grandeur the
Coliseum OF Rome. 1t will cost about S.
100000, and will be constructed entirely Of
stone, brick, and metal Nothing combusti-
bic will enter into its composition. 1t will
cover seven and half acres, and be two hun
bred feet in external height. There will,
however, be great loss of room in the space
occupied by galleries, stairways, and the pc
euliar front Of the building, 50 that the opera
house proper is calculated to seat only about
three thousand Every box will have its
separate saloon attached, fitted up like draw
ing rooms, and carriage way will be con-
strueted to the second story from the street.
The most scccessful and celebrated artists
of France painters, sculptors and architects
will be employed in its ornamentation and
erection. 1t will lie entirely unapproacha
BILE in finish and richness by any structure at
present existing.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-08-06

JOHN COLLINS MoCABE, d. DIT will be
a matter of local as well as literary interest
to many of our readers to see brief extract
from review of Henry Ward Beecher from
the pen of DIR. McCabe, which we find in the
National Intelligencer. Our reviewer indul-
ges in the following reflections which we ex-
tract from the brilliant article in which it is
to be found:
San agitator and an actor, he has figured
largely in the hostility of section against sec
ton, and by his genius and talent, has proved
himself, will not say ''foeman worthy of
cur Steel" but certainly no mean enemy,
whose party and principles are now in the as
cendant in the land. Whence the wonderful
power Of this man? Beechsr has studied hu
man nature like book. He knows all the
pipes and stops in the great organ, humans
ty. He touches the instrument with a cum
ming finger. He knows when, and where
and hew to play. He can tell themoods.
when his strains should soothe, or when the
trumpet should stir. He can give to threno-
dy Its peculiar wall, and to triumph its shout
and hosanna. He is master of the instrument,
and ifnot great preacher, he is certainly a
most accomplished actor. If not in earnest.
his stimulation is wonderfully perfect; if unde-
vout, he is then the most accomplished de-
ceiver who has ever graced, Or disgraced, the
sacred desk"
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new Mode OF lighting pipes.

A SCIENTIFIC way Of lighting pipes and CT
gars had been recently introduced in Paris
under the name of poudre de .feu. 1t con-
sists of pyrophorous, which is preserved in a
small tin case with narrow orifice. When a
little of this black powder is poured out on
the end of cigar, or on the tobacco in pipe
stem, and then gently breathed upon, it be-
comes incandescent, and is IN condition to
light said pipe or cigar What next? Why
there are little tubes sold containing pellets of
potassium, and they are recommended to the
juvenile Parisians as means of forming
splendid Gregorian fireworks on any couve-
nient piece of water! Could Sir H. Davy
see this he would be as much astonished as
we should in seeing him.
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THE GREATEST NOVELTY OUT.
A MUSICAL COS TER. whose
IA growing ia equal to nature, that wakes you
up in the morning, and puts you to sleep at night,
for the moderate sum of ten cents,
The trade supplied at q generous discount. -
Shop-kespers would do we'll to give me a call
and provide themselvs with most wonderful
toy, and one that will sell like hot cakes.
jun2 CHARLES JORDAN.
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The Fenians recently held meeting in
New York, at which James Stephens made an
address and received one from his admirers,
signed BY sixty-eight Of them. .nE
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II EA s E OF LAMBERT,S POINT
~ HOUSE FOR SALE.-The unexpired term
1.-THE Farm at Lamhert's Point, formerly known
as "PEDDLE.S REST together with all the
Bagatelle Table, Boats, Bath House, Horse, Bug
gy and Harness, one Spring Cart, Farming
Utensils and Crops now growing, will be sold for
a low price. -. ~
As this farm contains 80 acres 1t viii make
valuable place as garden farm. s-sss !.
E. G. LINDSEY d CO., ).
wnaa Real Estate Agents,
aul u West Main street.
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CONCERT AT TERRACE GARDEN n "
The New York Herald contains a notice of a
concert given at Terrace Garden by Theo-
dore Thomas. Mr.. Thomas was lad who
formerly lived in Portsmouth and is of Ger
man parentags. When quite small chap
he performed admirably on the violin and
has gained quite celebrity in New York,
where he removed some years ago. The Her.
aid says: "To say that a large audience
gathered, would not be giving q proper idea
of the numbers of New Workers, young and
old, who leaving their heated houses. crowded
the Third Avenue cars to have the pleasure
Of listening to the music dispensed without
parslmony by Mr.. Thomas and his orchss-
tra. We are sgratifed at Mr.. Thomas's sue
cess and wish him oil prosperity,
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CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES. The New York
Commercial, as quoted by the Sun, assigns
the following reasons for the existing high
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BUSINESS CARDS.
M II. C.. LAND,

NV II. C. LAND,
LUMBER, LINE, COAL, HAY, PLASTER,
CEMENT AND BUILDING MATERIALS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
VIDE WATER STREET,
(Old Custom House Lot,)
Has on hand 81 -l ~
SHINGLES, LATHS, f..,.-.,. .,,-.
10 HAIR, WHITE, SPRUCE and
IS YELLOW PINE BOARDS,
JOISTS and SCANTLING, III JsU
FLOORING PLANKING, s-
4 DRESSED WHITE PINE, ,- II
p A CEILING and PARTITION STUFF,
jy26-Iy @ T0NGUED and GR00vED
NOTICE.-James IL. Johnston, Jr..
In d. George w. Johnston, have asse-
ciated themselves together under the firm of
,, JOHNSTON e. BRO, m
for the purpose of conducting the wholesale and
retail Wood Business and Ship Broker
age. .s. ...-
We will keep constantly on hand seasoned Pine
chasers at the same price it is selling at in the
County Dock, and deliver it at their houses with
out cny expense of carriage. Merchants and eth
ers doing business in the city, may send their
ders, and rely upon prompt delivery of the kind
of wood they specify without requiring their per-
sonal attention. We can be found at Newton's
wharf next to the Ferry. b.
a r'At- JOHNSTON & BRO.
FlNHE LATE FIRM OF j. e. Il. GRlF.
l,,aI ~ 81
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Horrible Outrage by Negro in water
- tGwn, N. Y.
[From the New York Express.


On Wednesday last three little girls who
had gone to the woods to pick raspberries,
observed negro sitting ON stump near by
and reckoning to them. This alarmed them
so that they began to run, and found them
selves instantly pursued. One of them, "a
girl of thirteen or fourteen years of age,
named Stella De Morset, tripped and fell,
and was caught by the negro, who carried
her some distance, violated her person, and
fled, leaving her insensible. The other two
girls were so frightened as to be able to do
nothing but run, and upon arriving at the
nearest house, were unable for a long time to
tell their horrible news. The poor child was
soon found, and conveyed home, still in an
unconscious state. The negro was instantly
pursued, and has been tracked to Salisbury
and thence to Sheffield, but has thus far con-
trived to elude his pursuers. He was sur
rounded last Sunday in a swamp in Sheffield,
by at least fifty men, and twenty-five of them
mounted, but with more than fox's cunning
he doubled upon them, crossed the noun.
tains, swan rivers, and escaped, and is still
and S. A, Woodward, of Watertown, are af-
ter him. His name is Charles Brown, and
he formerly lived in Meriden, and was SOL
oloI IA 1ns L Wouty-SoVtntu ~. v. IA TeWdtu
of 800 is offered for his capture.
LATER-ARREsT OF THE NEGRO.
The villain has been arrested He had
doubled on his tracks, come back to Connec-
ticut and got to Meriden. He had been
tracked by Captain Peck, of Litchfeld, to
Sheffield, Mass, and from thence back to
Watertewn, where he was seen and recog-
aized He was further tracked by Captain
Peck to Meriden, where on Thursday night
he was cornered in barn from which he es-
capped by leaping out of window. He was
afterwards arrested by the sons of Mr.. Foster
who were moving in field in the southern
part of Meriden, when the negro came along
They had just received handful describing
him. He was taken back to Watertown fol
preliminary trial.
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+. A. karin,
a MERCHANT TAILOR
FRESH SUPPLY.
lust RECEIVED s3 ere

JUST RECEIVED ee1
u - d AT THE DEPOT,
Another supply of useful articles for House
keepers, consisting of Washing Machines, Char
coal Furnaces, Preserving Kettles, Refrigerators,
Water Coolers, Ice Cream Freezers, Toilet Sets,
Old Dominion Coffee Pots, Tea Pots, &c.
Also, Cooking Stoves of the most approved
patterns, including the Noble Cook, sizes; Nom
umental, 8 sizes Mount Vernon, 5 sizes; Barley
Sheaf, sizes; Waverly Cook, q sizes; Senator,
sizes; Fire Side, sizes; Marion, 2 sizes; Chal-
enge, 8 sizes; United States, sizes; Southern
Star, sizes; Hudsons, sizes Stewart, sizes,
Fulton Range, 8 sizes; Palmetto Cook, 8 sizes,
8 sizes. II rggas-M M%2
The above is part of our stock, in addition to
which we have great variety OF all kinds Of
Stoves, adapted to all purposes. We are also
constantly adding to our stock every desirable
pattern that appears in the market.
Give us a call before purchasing.
jy26 GILLETT, CHERRY d -MAPP.
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The WATcHMAN.--We are happy to well
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teachers $500 per annum. Address Charles
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Go To WoRK.--The Atlantic New Era
says
Young man if you would succeed, 90 to
york. If you cannot obtain clerkship, take
something else. You had better be rolling
barrels, OF blowing, or building fences, or
chopping cord wood, OF carrying the hod,
than doing nothing Quit depending upon
your friends
And the Fredericksburg Ledger gives the
following example worthy of all imitation;
We were pleased to notice during our late
visit to the market house that the stall of Mr.
Granville Gilman was attended by his son,
Mr.. William 8. Gilman, formerly the accom-
plished editor of the Eastern Virginian, pub
lished at Tappahannock, Virginia, and more
recently connected with the Richmond press
land for some time member of the bar at
| this place) We cite the instance for the pur-
pose of rebuking the number of idle young
men, not only in this town, but all over the
State, who are lounging about waiting for
something to 'turn up" instead Of doing
with all their might whatsoever their hands
| find to do"
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CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES. The New York
Commercial, as quoted by the Sun, assigns
the following reasons for the existing high
prices
]. The scarcity of everything needed, -
several crops will be required to fully over
come the rigorous effects of short production
and the unusual consumption during the war.
2. The innumerabls taxes on production.
importation and exchange of commodities,
which swell the price Of the various articles
needed by the people.
8. When gold is at $50 everything import
ed from foreign countries, as we'll as every
thing produced at home, costs considerably
more than it would if we made our exchanges
with sound currency of equal value to that
used by other commercial nations.
4. Cost of rents, owing to scarcity Of houses
throughout the whole country. This scarcity
is due partly to the insufficient amount of
labor at our command during the war, but
more to the use of depreciatrd currency,
which enhances the cost of building Capt.
talists are unwilling to construct houses at so
per cent. more than they would be worth
when the currency returns to soundness. The
high rents now paid for houses, and for the
buildings used by producers and merchants,
necessitates corresponding increase to the
consumers of the p rice of every article they
purchase So that these who never receive
the visit of tax collector, indirectly pay
their full share of the taxes levied on the
country.
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IMPROVE YOUR SIGHT

IMPROVE YOUR SIGHT
II HAVE JUST RECEIVED a fne
4 assortment of fine Steel Frame Spectacles
with superior quality of fine French and Eng
fish Glass of those celebrated AUSTRALIAN
Crystals and at half the price My assortment
will enable me to fit any eye unless the decay OF
old age prevent Also received fine assortment
of those real Brazilian pebbles.
| invite all having need of tense, to call and
have themselves suited. ~ e t.r3
Also just opened, fine lot of Jet Goods, Gold
and Glass Pins, Carbuncle and Etruscan Brace
lets, Necklace Pins, &c. ssI.
J. NJ. FREEMAN,
jun25 20 Cor. Main and Talbot street.
MORE NEW GOODS AT NO. II MAR
kET SQUARE. M
TUST RECEIVED DIRECT, George
- Westenholm's XXI. Cutlery, Wade Butch
ers XCD. Razors, Joseph Rogers l. Sons Draw
ing Knives, Philadelphia Carriage Bolts, Yir-
ginfa Pat Axes, Bench Screws, Timber and
Board Rules, Anes's Spades and Shovels, w. d
s. Butchers Firmer and Socket Chises, Pumps,
Horse Shoes and Nails, Fry Pans, Castings, Lead
Pipe, Sheet Lead and with full line Of House
Furnishing Goods and Wood Ware.
W. r. HUDGINS,
jy 81 Hardware Importer.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-21
State Governments in the COnfederacy
During the War.

From the Daily Nesos.
1t is a favorite assertion of the radicals that
the Southern States had not, during the war and
at its close, any civil government, and that the
pseudo-govenments which were in existence
there were not republican in form. This idea
crops out in the report of the Obstruction Com
mitlee in such expressions as these:-'They
were in state of complete anarchy without
government" they were in an abnormal condi-
tion, without civil government" etc. This, as
statement, is false; and, as an argument, is tala
cious. Secession made no change whatever in
the Constitution of the several Southern States,
and their government machinery worked as
smoothly as it ever had done. The Constitution,
government, and law of South Carolina, Tor eX-
ample, were, in 1864, precisely what they were
in 1854, and what they had been for more than
three-quarters OF "a century. Ii South Carolina
had no civil government in 1864, then she never
had a civil government; II her government was
not republican at that date, then her govern.
ment never was republican.
Ii A. G. Magrath was not the lawful Governor
OF South Carolina, duly elected under the pro-
visions of the Constitution, then South Carolina
never had a lawful Governor, and the list of
worthless whom the State has honored by ele-
waiting TO the chief magistracy is simply list of
usurpers. Ii the South was, for time, in a
state OF anarchy, after the surrender OF General
Johnston, ii was because the Governments were
struck down by the mailed hand OF the United
States, the Legislatures forbidden to assemble,
and the Governors and other officers OF the Stare
mcarcerated. Upon this state OF facts to make
the non.eXistence of established governments
the preteXt for charging that the States them
selves had destroyed those governments by the
act of secession, is to insult the common sense
OF mankind. And If no better argument can be
found to justify the retusalto ackno Wedge those
governments, their successors viii inevitably be
characterized in history as mere usurpahons.
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councils without haZardiDg the gravest conse-
quences. Nor is there any other way Of super
seding this plan and the party proposing II
than through the elections for the next Con-
gress; but The remedy is simple enough and
may be MADE effective. Let the people of the
North who desire practical restoration of the
Union without further prctexts and eApedients
of delay, and who are anxious to see law and
order confidence and industry, commerce and
prosperity restored over the South, take their
ground Tor q new Congress of new men and
conservative principles, and the game is in
their hands. Republican candidates TOR Gov
ernors may be worthy patriots and popular men;
Republican constitutional amendments and
platforms may be all well enough in their way;
but these things should not divert the public
attention from the main questionable elections
of the coming fall for the next Congress.
Tie real issue, we say, carried over as 1t may
be with disguise, will still continue the same-the
indefinite exclusion or speedy restoration to a
voice in the Government of the eleven Southern
States rescued by fire and sword from suicidal
rebellion. They nave laid do wn their arms, they
have met the conditions prescribed by President
Johnson substantially the policy OF this amend
ment from Congress-they are trying to prove
their loyalty TO the Union by their good works,
and If they cannot all at once be relieved of
their preiudices in regard TO the black man, and
be made to embrace him as an equal and
brother, they are still entitled to some indul-
gcnce. The white men at the North, equally
responsible for all the sins OF negro slavery, in
setting it up as political idol with the creation
OF the Government, have no right to pass a
judgment on this account against the South.
For this bunder, which was worse than the
crime, the North and the South have paid the
penalty OF the bloodest civil war in the history
of the human family. Now, this great stumb
ling block of Southern slavery being removed,
with all its pernicious and ferocious influences
upon the body polite, what we have to fear
from the despoileG, disarmed, PROSTATE, ami
poverty.stricken people OF the South? They
are poWerless for any further mischief; but they
may, with little announcement, greatly assist
us of the North in the payment OF our national
debt Let honest patriotic Northern men con-
slider all these things in making up their tickets
for the next Congress.
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Adjournment Of Congress.
From the Tribune.

From The Tribune.
The members of Congress are naturally anx-
ious 10 find release from their legislative duties
They are weary OF Washington-its heat, its
mud, its dust, its odors-they would gladly ex-
change these for the greetings or the breeze Of
home. And, because they would gladly be at
home, we urge upon them to hold on until they
shall have acted decisively on all the business
fairly before them. For now the prosers and
the bores will not be endured; general debate"
is voted nuisance and suppressed; and almost
every day sees the business of the session palpa-
bly, advanced towards consummaton. We wish
Congress were ready 10 adjourn tomorrow; yet
we protest against any adjournment till the
work of the session is done. For do but con-
slider that
The Tariff bill is not even reported. There is
urgent need not only that the Tariff shall be
thoroughly revised, but that we have q clean
Tarif-not one that refers back to three or four
out OF six or eight others 10 fix its meaning-but
one that says IN and OF itself what shall be the
rate OF duty on every article imported, ana
makes those rates, so far as possible, specific.
We plead for stiff tariff; but high or low, let
the rates of duty be all distinctly specified in
the new act, and let them be specific.
Tnen We should have decisive action on the
currency. 1t ought 10 be vigorously contracted,
so as to make money comparatively scarce,
reduce the inflated prices now generally preva-
lent enable our people 70 construct railroads,
houses, etc, at reasonable rates, reduce our inn
ports, and largely swell the volume of our
exports. We are buying too much and selling
too little, living too high and getting too deeply
into debt, speculating too much and working
too liJtle; and the not distant end will be
grand crash ii we do not promptly wear ship and
take in sail. And Congress will make a great
mistake il 1t 9diourns without acting decislvely
in the premises. 1t ought to empower the Sec
retary OF the Treasury to bring the country back
to specie payment by the lst OF January next.
A national bankrupt law should be enacted.
At all events, we demand or its adversares that
they let us have decisive vote.
Many more subjects urgently solicit action,
and we trust will secure it. Three weeks will
suffice for much important legislation, provided
members are so generally anxious to get away
thar they will insist on short speeches and fre-
quent votes. Let Hon. Members feel as home
sick as may be, so that they hold on and in
sist on finishing their work first and adjourning
instantly thereafter.