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NETWORK CONFERENCE OF
THE METHODIST PROTESTANT
CuITDGIJ

| NEW-IORK CONFERENC E OF
THE METHODIST PROTESTANT
CHURCH.
The New York Conference of the Me.
thodist Protestant Church, now holding
its annual session in the Attorney street
Church, New York city, passed the fol
lowing resolutions on Monday, the Rev
J. j. Smith being the mover:
| Assembled, as we now are, under the
blessings of peace, for the first time rs q
Conference for four years past, with the
Rebellion completely overthrowi,--not
an armed Rebel in the field-the au-
thOrity of the General Government
| firmly Ie-established over all the late
rebellious states, it fifty becomes us as II
Conference to thus give formal express
sion to the feelings, and especially TO
the gratitude, Ofour hearts, for the won.
derful deliverance God has wrought out
for us as nation, in giving success TO
our arms, in having brought us safely
and triumphantly through one of the
| most gigantic and dreadful civil wars
ever known on earth; therefore,
Resolved, That for this great victory,
and the inestimable blessings of peace
and united country, and our infiu-
entail position among the nations of the
earth, thanks are due to Almighty God
for his manifest proyidentialsupe
of our affairs by giving us wise rulers,
skillful officers and brave soldiers, and
by SO wonderfully and marSelously
ordering all things as to make even our
occasional defeats andhumiliations tend
to subserve the cause of humanity and
the triumph of our arms; in preventing
humiliating wicked and ruinous COM
promises being made WITH our enemies
while in arms; in preserving US amid
the menacing attitude of other nations
and the diplomatic intrigue of European
courts from foreign war; in making even
the enormous sacrifices of blood and
treasure, the duration of the struggle,
and the sanguinary manner in which it
was waged by our enemies, the means of
intensifying our love of Justice and
hatred of oppression, and especially the
cause of the Rebellion, so that the ma
ton was happily educated in this school
of suffering under God to demand at
length the destruction of the accursed
institution.
Resolved, That believing as we othat
the Institution of slavery as it existed in
the United States was one of the most
unmitigated forms of wrong that ever
saw the sun-that it was most emphat-
cally the sum of all villainies; that this
Conference expresses its devout thank
fitness to the Great Ruler of nations
that this abomination has been destroy
ed, and our Constitution so amended as
to proclaim Liberty throughout the
land, to all the inhabitants thereof.
Resolved, That inasmuch as treason is
declared to be the greatest crime known
to civil governments-and as upon the
leaders of this Rebellion rests the blood
of million of human beings-it is our
calm and settled conviction uninhuenced
by passion, party strife, or sectional
prejudice-that expediency, constitu-
tional law, justice, and the Bible, all
unite in demanding that at least some of
the principal leaders of this rebellion be
punished with death.
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I'M AGINATION AND REALITY.


Years ago, Hawthorne-fo future use
in some strange story, perhaps, --entered
in his notebook the sentence: "To
poison person, or a party of persons,
with the sacramental wine." What
crime could seem more strange and i'm
probable than this-a crime only adj
missable I'M the widest romance? And
yet, quite recently, that form of murder
has been committrd in Sweden, from
motives, apparently, even move incon-
ceivable than edeed ITSELF TO relieve
his parish of its poor, q minister gave to
the objects of charity fatal draughts at
the Communion. Human nature is in
deed, in its fancies and in its works, a
mystery, and truth is stranger than fic-
ton. r9 .s-tf-
8 Probably most of our readers will re-
member a paragraph in Macaulay's ar
ticle on Machiavelli, in which Haw-
thorne's suggestion is stated as not I'M
common fact in the feuds of Italian
statesmen in the early part of the six
teenth century. In his mastery sketch
of the character of the typical statesman
of that period, Macaulay says ITO do
an injury openly is, in his estimation, as
wicked as to do it secretly, and far less
profitable. With him, the most honor
able means are those which are the
surest, the speediest aud the darkest He
cannot comprehend how man should
scruple to deceive those whom he does
not scruple to destroy. He would think
it madness to declare open hostilities
against rivals whom he might stab in a
friendly embrace, or poison in conse.
Grated wafer. "-Boston Transcript,
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THE NORFOLK POST ESTABLISHMENT FOR SALE

crIr NORFOLK POST ESTABLISHMENT FOR SALE.
The Norfolk Post newspaper establish
ment, which includes the most complete
and profitable Job Office in Virginia, is
offered for sale. The Office Is self-sup.
porting, as will be fully demonstrated
but the present proprjetors find it nee
essary, by reason of engagements else
where. to he relieved of the burden
incident to the publication OF a daily
;onrnal in Norfolk. For particulars ap.
ply NJ IhiS '''o'' f. M. BROWN.
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Mr. John Ruter Chorley has lately puhljshed yo)ums
d verse, entitled Tho wies Litany," which contains
prayer 10 the Virgin, beginning thus:
Thou that earth ddst weep!
By a broken hearts complaint,
And pain that posons sleep,
Mary, Mother, Queen and Saint,
Hear me- for my wound Is deep!
Aid me- for my soul Is faint
Bid the darkness and seal
Burning eyes that will not close;
Let me cease awhile 10 feel;
And the pangs of many woes,
And the heart thou nayst not heal
Gentle Mother bid repose
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We see that some people are laboring
under the error of con founding Freeman
Clarke, Esq, the able Comptroller of the
Treasury, with the Clark who had the
impotence - substitute his ugly physi-
ognomy for that of the Father of his
Country" ON the postal currency. TWAS
not the gentleman who ordered Governor
Peirpoint out of his office, but the
Clark who superintends the printing Of
the currency i'm the Treasury Printing
office. The same Clark about whom so
much scandal was published two or three
years ago, in connection with some
pretty girls employed in his office, and
whom he invited "to a supper at Will
lards.." Comptroller of the currency is
one of the most important offices in the
Treasury Department, and was filled by
Mr.. Hugh McCulloch, previous to his
appointment to the Head Of the Depart
ment, and is not second to the position
occupied by Mr.. Spinner, the Treasurer.
Mr.. Clarke is looked upon as being one
of the best tinanciers and political econ
omists in the United States, and has re-
Gently entered into very lively and in
teresting discussion with the Secretary
on the subject Of the financial policy of
the country. No, the Clark who sought
cheap Immortality, by distributing his
portraits at the expense of the public,
is another kind of Clark. 81
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Ine city Hreu upOn-W nlcn was known
to be full of foreign merchants. Farra.
gut landed, and with his marines took
possession, and hoisted the flag over the
Mint, and then returned to his ships
holding his conquest under his guns
This flag was, few hours afterwards
torn down by Mumford, u private citizen,
who was hanged by order of Butler, for
the act. Munroe continued to perform
the functions of Mayor after the Federal
troops had taken full possession; but his
acts We're SO openly hostile, and his Ian
guage so arrogant and uncompromising,
that Governor Shepley deposed him, and
appointed General then Lieutenant)
Godfrey Weitzel, Mayor. AS it was
found that Munroe continued to be dis
organizer in the city, he was sent to one
of the forts, where he remained until
released on his parole in 1868, by General
Banks, and sent into the Confed-
eracy.1 AT the close of the war he
returned to New Orleans, where
he has now been chosen Mayor as re-
ward for his services, and for his naughty
conduct towards Farragut when the
city was captured. 1t is but just to say
that the best men of that city did not
support this Pennsylvania interloper,
and corrupt leader of "thugs" and
former Know Nothings, in the recent
election.
AS to Col. J. O. Nixon, whom we per.
ceive the authorities have also refused ia
permit to qualify as Alderman for one
of the districts, no one can say one word
against either his public or private char
acter. He is in every respect humane
and enlightened gentleman; and the
only disability he labors under is, that
he was colonel i'm the Confederate
army, and has not been pardoned.
Why he was not elected Mayor, it is
hard to account for upon any other
grounds than the determination to re-
ward the vile conduct of John II. Mum
roe, and thus" openly insult the Govern
ment.
We perceive there were two staunch
and sturdy Union men elected recorders
in New Orleans, in districts where the
German and Irish vote sPreponderate.
On the whole, notwithstanding the
choice of Munroe, the election in New
Orleans shows that city to be in con-
,dition of very healthy Unionism. Sew
eral Of the candidates elected, are men
who, throughout the contest, stood firm
ly by the old flag, and the issue was
fairly made. The military authorities
have appointed j. AID. Rozier, Mayor,
who was one Of theseven members of the
convention who pelsistently refused to
sign the ordinance ofsecession, and never
would bend the knee to Baal. He, how
ever. opposed the emancipation policy
of Mr.. Lincoln, and supported General
Mcclellan in the last Presidential election
because he wanted the Union as it was,
with the Constitution, and the institu-
ton OF slavery unimpalred. His dislike
Of confederates and ema4cipationists
was equally bitter. AT present, he is
doubtless, supporter of President
Johnson's policy. We have devoted
this much space to the New Orleans
election because 1t is the newest impor-
tant event in the progress of reconstruc-
ton, and the latest military interference
in an election.
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General Burnside was nominated by
acclanaation on the Goth instant for Gov
ernor of Rhode Island by the Union
Convention of that state. His electioh
will be about his first victory. But the
,dace seems to be good ''unlucky III
war--lucky in polities'-and vice oersd.
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An Irish schoomaster Is teaching the
Mexican English at twenty-five cents
per lesson. His pupil progress rapidly,
and now approch every American with
"An' faith, how are yep "The top of
the mornin' to ye," &c.; &c. There is
some suspicion that the master" is a
Fenian.
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The Opera season will open Tonight
ut the Church street Opera House, with
ssellini's grand work of Norma. The
trials of the priestess Of the sun were
many, and they are told in plainflve
accents. She suffered because she was a
woman cause enough for su fferlng'
eilrp1v
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A fellow named King, was arrested a
few days since in Louisville for larceny
He subsequently told adjective that he
was the man, and not Payne who was
executed for the act, who attempted the
assassination ofMr. Seward. This fellow
wants notoriety. With the facts so well
known, it is rather singular the tele'
graph men should send out such a foolish
report, and still more singular that q
general oflicerin Louisville should take
notice oft and send to Washington for
instructions. Booth is alive, Payne did
not attemptto kill Mr.. Seward, and Mrs.
Surratt was not hanged at all, but some
other criminal dressed in female ap-
parel-are good reports for the telegraph
ers. Who struck William Patterson ?
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GENERAL GRANT AND THE PRESIDENCY,

GENERAL GRANT AND THE PRESIDENCY
The Galena CID Daily Gazette Of the
14th instant has an article evidently
written by General Grants immediate
friend, called forth by the fact that
'some time since q Republican and
Union meeting in the city of Rochester,
N. Y, had nominated Lieut.. General
Grant as the Union candidate for the
Presidency in 1865" 1t is very signifi-.
cant. While the attempt to nominate
the general for that office is charac-
terized as premature agitation" the
writer states that "his friends look for
ward with pride and hope to the time
when he shall receive the highest office
which can be bestowed upon him by a
grateful people, as reward for the in
estimable services he has rendered his
country" The article says that "he
takes no part with the President. as
against Congress, and no part with Con-
gress as against the President" His
"official acts" are his present platform.
ellis views in regard to the necessity of
the freedmen's bureau and the keeping
the troops in the rebel states are record
ed" Ellis orders for the protection of
Union men in the South, his suppress
sion of disloyal papers In the South, and
his opinion of disloyal papers in the
North, are also on record" His written
declaration, nearly three months in adj
vance of Mr.. Lincolns immortal proea-
nation, that slavery should be wiped
out before the war ended, is we'll known
to all intelligent men," This important
declaration is succeeded by an italicised
passage, which is as follows:
1--WE know that all General Grants
hopes and sympathies are with the great
and patriotic Union party of this coun-
try. In feeling and in sentiment he is
strongly identified with the millions of
loyal people, who, in the long years of
war and carnage and blood, gave their
hearts, their blood, and their treasure
to their country. We have neither SYM
pathy nor liberation for any party, nor
any set of men, who were against the
country in its terrible time of trial and
peril through which it has safely
passed."
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Advertisers are requested to hand in their .dverfSe'
meats before six o'clock in the evening, pl ayIous to
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All COMMUNICATIONS relating to business 'ou
nected with this paper sh, ud be addressed 10 r.
Brown, Norfolk Post All communications pertaining 10
atoria matters and all correspon dence intehue' ior
,be naper should be addressed to john Clark, tor
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we have scarcely paused to give it
thought. or to inquire into its causes
and probable consequences. Indeed,
for us it can have no consequences, no
matter how it may terminate. 1t can
not be denied that they have done some
pretty good fighting, and that the de-
voted and fanatical Paraguayans, have
shown extraordinary bravery in defend
ing their nationality against the fearful
odds by which it has been menaced, and
from this fact, Paraguay has won much
sympathy, though, when we consider the
merits of the ease, she is entitled to but
little, and that portion of the world in.
terested in South American affairs
would be greatly benefited if the pug
nacious and pertinacious little despotism
were wiped out Of existence. But why
discuss matter in which none here
takes an interest. 1t has been some
time since important military opera
tons of decisive or brilliant character
have occurred. All the parties to the
quarrel seem to be pursuing the Fabian
policy, and are, seemingly, bent on tir-
ing one another out by movements and
maneuvriDgs. The Paragraphs have
established themselves in sort Of
second Richmond" at the confluence
of the Parana and Paraguay rivers,
which the allies appear very cautious
about venturing TO attack We may
look for news from South America
soon; but when it comes nobody will
feel any interest in it in Norfolk.
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aounar'' Grand Romantic Opera, in Five Acts.
+ A U ST.
Mesdames Canssa and Patti Strakosch signors Errapi
Mancusi and Nara in the principal roles
, 1866-08-31
THE End or THE RAINpow.

" Come, Nelly" cried on soft Summer day,
When the sunbeams were chasing the rainbow
away;
"The rainbow has lit on yon hill, and you know
There bags full of gold at the end ofthe bow"
We were young, thoughtless children, sweet
Nelly aud |,
And we thought the hill top was close to the sky
We,thought too, four brothers had said it was
SOY,
We should find heaps of gold at the end of the
bow.
So onward we trudged over meadow and green,
Where violets modest aud daisies were seem
Nor paused till we stood in the valley below,
And gazed all around for the end of the bow.
Not here" I said sadly but Nelly replied
Il: is hid, in the moss, by the waterfalls side ;
Run FAST if you move DER the pebbles so slow,
I'm sure III be first at the end of the bow"
We found not the treasure we searched for till
night
But Nelly, the sweet fragile blossom was right
From the valley of tears she was first called to 60
To the spot where is resting the end Of the bow.
, 1866-08-31

cost almost as much as the claims are worth.
Several WElla Wallaans have good claims,
among whom are Dick Eddy, Ned Skunk, Jack
Stine and Doc Gleason.
The side gulches in this locality paw very
well where water can be had. But leaving out
further description, and taking the country as a
whole, the man who would compare it in any re-
spect, except pastorally, through the summer,
to any. part Of California, is, in my opinion ft
subject for a straight-jacket and Stocktoniau
discipline and benefit. 1t is held that the coun-
try is not half fprospected, which to some extent
is true, for sinking thirty feet holes on uncers
tainty is pretty expensive prospecting, and soon
tires the man who fails to strike it.
started out by saying that the country was
overdone, and will now leave the cousidera.
ton of mining matters and look to other sub
jects. The papers have no doubt kept you
posted in regard to the arrivals of steamboats,
from St. Louis. This season has been so faVora-
BILE that the Deer Lodge and Luelld have reached
Benton on their second trip. Teaming pays
splendidlyl Freight is now brought from Benz
ton (l3O miles) for II to &c. per ID. in green
backs Look, then, at the expense of "Tender
foot" shipments From st. Louis to Benton 10
cents, drayage included, and thence to Helena 2
cents, all IN greenbaeks. Rather nice chance
we have to compete with the Tender feet"
Bat even they have got more than they bar
gained for, and there is gh steel, iron, bo-
rax shovels, pick and ak handles to supply this
country for two years TO come.
ShoVels retail at $3.50; picks (Sdnes best)
S7@Ssi pick handles 81, and in fact almos.
everything but clothing in proportion.
1t is very certain that unless new and exten-
sivs placers are struck this fall, which is doubt
ful, very doubtful, the country must collapse;
and it is my opinion that, taken as a whole, this
Territory is now in the meridian Of its prosper
ity. You, and doubtless many others, may con-
slider this prejudiced and one-sided view; but
if | can reason from cause 10 effect, and can see
facts as they exist, have given you very near
ly correct version of matters as they exist.
, 1866-08-31
NUMBER az!
ABIblelcuss n the Police Court.


Yesterday morning a strange ish turned up In
the ealaboose, and when the prisoners were inS
troduced to Judge Rix be took his seat In the
prisoners corner and looked the personiheation
of an outraged individual. tear occasionally
glistened in his cold gray eye as be listened %
the narrative Of crime that has become as house
hold words to those whose duty calls them 10
the calaboose and Police Court. He was drsss-
ed in suit thar had probably once been black
but With thsRAccum ulatiou of dust and wear
had changed to-a duh leaden hue. The features
of the individual were large and prominent, bis
Grecian nose indicated his character, perhaps,
as plainly as If 1t had been written in black and
white upon his broad forehead, from which the
hairs were brushed backover the Uranium. FL
nally the case Of Ezekiel KimbAll was called
When the name was uttered our friend arose.
aud exclaimed in sephuchral voice
'"Behold, oh Lord, for l am in distress my
bowels are troubled my heart is turned within
me for have previously rebelled. They have
heard that Sigh there is none to comfort me;
ell mine enemies have heard of my troublsa
they are glad that thou hast done it,"
"You are charged with assault and battery
on your wife, Susan Kimball; are you guilty or
not guilty" 80 .,
" A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth
and word spoken in season, how good it iS."
"Are you guiltyF' inquiries the Bailif.
Gas madman who casteth frebrandS, ar.
rows and DEATH"
"He says, your Honor, that be is crazy, bat
don't believe him.
"A lying tongue hateth those who are Afiie-
ted by it and aaattering mouth worketh ruin"
"He says l lie; l may have been mistaken
your Honor, to reporting his plea, but did not
do so Intentionally"
"a fools mouth is his destruction, and his
lips are the smoke of his soul"
"Call the witness" said his honor, and q
small timid-looking little bodie took the stand,
and was sworn, when the prisoner broke out
with.
at is better to dwell in the corner Of the
house-top, than with a brawling woman and in
wide house"
The woman proceeded and narrated how the
accused had slapped and pInched her, and was
declaring that it was not his frat offence, when
she was interrupted by the prisoner, who de-
clared that
"a falls wituess shall not be unpunishsd, and
be that speaketh lies shall perish"
She became the least bit excited, and rotor
ted:
Excellent speech becometh not fool, much
less do lying lips become Prince"
The Court stopped the colloquy by ordering
the prisoner to appear for sentence, who, when
he heard the words fall from the lips of the magN
istrate, exclaimed
Judgments are reserved for sccrners, and
stripes for the backs of FOOLS"
The bailif ordered him to 60 below, and as he
disappeared down the steps leading to the Gala
bOose, he uttered:
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous
but who is able to stand before envy 2"-SGn
Francisco Call.
, 1866-08-31

CELESTIAL PHYsICs.-Astronomers have with
reason anticipated from spectroscopic research
es the solution of many problems of celestial
physics. Nebule, it has recently been known,
exhibit monochromatic light, and the unavoid-
able Inference is that they do not shine by So
lar light, which is chromatic, consisting of seven
colors. On examining Semple's comet by the
spectroscope, the spectrum of the nucleus was
found to be monochromatic, and to differ from
that of the coma itself. The nucleus is there
fore self.luminous, but the continuous spectrum
of the coma light indicates that it shines by re-
hected solar light from ours or some other sun.
, 1866-08-31

WHAT queer old fellow the Frenchman must
have been who, for twenty years, loved lady,
and never missed passing his evenings at her
house. She became a widow. al wish you
joy," cried his friend, "you may now marry the
woman you have so long adored." " Alas r.
said the poor FrenchmSn, profoundly detected,
% and if so, whers'shall spend my sveningsl"
, 1866-08-31

CONSERVATION oP FoRcE.-Physicians are al
most daily finding experimental proof of this the
noblest generalization of science, as for instance
the transformation of heat into motion. Mr..
Rennie recently transformed motion into heat
sufficient to boil an egg. He placed it in a yes
sci which contained ten pounds Of water and
which was forced to reVolye 232 times in q mint
ute. 1t is wholly undeniable that in this event
the motion was the only source Of the heat.