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cnity, that they are fully prepared to execute every do.
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Our Uisitina Cards.

Our specimens in this line vie with the finest Copper
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NATIONAL BANK.
EXCHANGE
NATIONAL BANK
OF NORFOLK.
PRESIDENT:
GILBERT C. WALKER.
CASHIER:
JNO. JAY KNOX.
DIRECTORS.
EDwARD NJ. BROWN. C%INCINATus W. NEWTON.
MARSHALL PARKS. GEORGE sANasTER.
.JN0. B, WHITEHEAD WILLIAM NICHOLS.
GILBERT c. WALKER.
GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY AND
FINANCIAL AGENT OF THE
.ItIf UNITED STATES.
Exchange Bank Fulfilling, Main Street.
AGENT FOR 7-sO LOAN.
A constant supply of Notes will be kept ON hand.
This Bank will buy and sell all classes Of GOVERN
MENT SECURITIES at current market rates.
FURNISH EXCHANGE and make collections on ALL
II PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES
Purchase Government Vouchers on tho MOST FAVOR.
ABLE TERMS, and give CAREFUL AND PROMPT ArrEsrroNro
ACCOUNTS OF BUSINESS MEN AND FIRMS,
and to any other business entrusted to the Bank.
FULL INFORMATION in regard to GOVERNMENT
LOANS at all tiEass c~hesrfully furnished.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, T.
fa vIC1 or COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY, ,
WARRINGTON, May 18th; 1886.
d~ersigned, 1t has been made to appear that the "Ex,
CHANG NATIONAL BANK OF NORFOLK" in the
City of Norfolk, Ia the County of Norfolk, add State Of
Virginia, has been duly organized under and according Il
requirements of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act t.
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piled with all the provisions of said Act to be compiled
with before commencing the business of Banking unde
said Act.
, 1866-09-25

The Copperhcals nrc making extraoEdfn.
nry efforts TO defeat ColfaS. They are orgnn-
fzing an extensive raid on the Ninth District.
Mcdonald, lnte Copperhcad candidate for
Governor, Inns stuml>ed it all oyer. Senator
Hendricks, Dan VOORHEES,. General Steadmau,
ex-senator Fitch, General Manson, General
Slack, Geo. c. Bates, Senator Doolittle
Brick Po,ncroy, Ryan, Dale, McCord, C. l..
advertised TO ca nvhss against Speaker ColCax.
The cold water renegade in the White
House IS at The bottom Of this general ou-
tlouglt on Colfa1. Tie Is excessively nnx-
ions to heat Ce1fax, and have tue Cop
perhtad blackenard, Tnrpsc, elected to Con-
gross, because he is man nftes his own heart.
II will be remembered that when Coliax
went TO Washington last fall, he made 4
speech a fortnight before the opening of the
session, In which he forcshadowed the pol
icy which Congress would pursue, and en-
pl.atic:lly denied the right Of the President
10 dictate the terms OF reconstruction, con-
tending that the power to determine that
question belonged exclusively to the legislp
five branch the Government. From that
moment the would-be dictator hated Colfax.
lie found that lie lad man 10 deal with
He is now Kissing Ills whole pack Of hounds
on the trnck Of the faithful and fearless
Re preventative. When johnson WAS swing
ing around the circle he stopped in Michigan
City, which Is In Co1fax's district, to fire q
shot Mt him, and devoted his time to abusing
him. But A. johnson may join his "satraps'
and stump every township in the Siuth Dis
trict and he and they cannot come within
5000 votes Of defeating Collax. The loyal
people Of that district hold the apostat1
and his ''satraps' in tho profoundest con
tempt and abllprrcncc,
, 1866-09-25
INTEREST on DEPOSITS.

When Conrad failed, a year or two since,
VIC warned our hankcrs, in several articles,
against the pcEnicious practice OF paying In.
tercst On dcposits, and We also warned our
readers not to deposit with any bank or bank
CT that paid interest on current deposits. The
faiiurc Of Doolfttle reminds us of our duty
10 repeat the lesson. 1t Is said the favor
able terms" he offered to~country bankers
and the low rates at which he would furnish
them exchange, and city dcpositors as well.
enabled the Producers Bank to secure quito
d husiness-all in fact It ever had. When
Will the public learn the lesson that when
ever banker Offers very much better terms
than the market will warrant, d gigantic
swiudlc will sooner or later he the result ?
For banker to pay interest On dcposlts
slould in all cases be taken rs pri,na .Jae:<
evidence that he Is to be avoided. A bank is
established to loan money, not to borrow 1t.
The safe keeping and the ability
to get 1t when ever It Isl wanted,
arc all the depositor should expect for
The use Of Ills money. It ia NIL tho
bank can afford to pay, and for It to offer to
do more than TINT should al onco warn q
man to take his account somewhere else.
These remarks arc based o., well settled
principles OF finance, and, If the public will
not heed them they must suffer tho conse-
quences.
But they arc In no sense applicable to
, 1866-09-25

bcr for Sheffield. But he Is suci "vile
nntithcsis" that no one heeds him now,
thonrh he always endeayors to ride OF on
the Brittth Lion cry, and MY Country" as
ey tries to mount On the strength Of "My
Po!fcy.''
A correspondence has been going on in the
newspapers arising out of a "charge" made
against Mr. Goldwin Smith IN the Standard,
Butler In America The Standard arerTed
that he could not be a gentleman and do 90.
Mr. Smith, In my opinion, did not show his
usual judgment in taking any notice Of tho
matter The very print that defended Mr..
wire, was Just the journal g make Il au Of
General Butler. With regnrd to The famous
New Orleans proclamation. which Is the
''dnmning sin" OF General Butler In the eyes
Of bis adversaries, should like to know
what step was to be taken If, as Is stated,
the ladies Of New Orleans acted in the man.
ncr they arc represented to hare done
towards the officers aud soldiers under Gen
eral Buffers command But 1t docs not lie
to Ar. Eyre and who are subscribing to u
fund to defend him from the charge Of mur-
der, to attack man Of Mr.. Goldwin Smiths
character, the best living writer, In my
opinion, Of the English language.
Amongst the subscribers to the Eyre Dc.
i 4CltE Z uHA d&G lQAAA lAE uAA NlutAC9
| philosopher and hero worshipper, Thomas
Carlyle; Mr.. Winwood Reade, an amatenr
African explorer, who looks upon slavery In
much the same light ns Mr.. Calhoun
did-as naturnl, right, humane and divinc
MI Ruskiu, the great art critic, whose mind
Is 20 logical as to be at once the author ol
"unto This Last" and the upholder ol
force Sir R. J.. Murchison, the President 0,
the Geographical Society, &C., &c. In fact,
the old East 1nd1an and the new West In.
dian interest have all gone with the late
Governor of Jamaica; but on the othel
hand, he was burned in ctflgy in Clerkcnwel
Green. 9 few days ago, though tho origlna
Intention WAS that he should be hanged
Again the people on one side, a sccti N 0
tbe aristocracy on the other. Whether al
regards principle, or views Of men as eua
bodying principles, afgairs here are becoming
very nccentuated
II is encouraging to find Mr.. Gladstone de
claring III the town Of Salisbury which
represented By one Of the "Botany Bay pol
ticians'-Mr. Marsh-tl.at he should Zen
deavor to avoid those halchearsed modes Q
speech and action which undoubtedly arc i
favor with certain portions Of tho comnun]
ty'-a declaration which elicitcd Erea
cheering. If Mr.. Gladstone will only carr
} out Ills words, we shall have a new Rcforf
act, for the mind Of the people Of England
| now set In that direction.
, 1866-09-25
THE STATE FAIR.

The Animal Fair, under the auspices of the
State Agricultural Society Of Illinois, opened
yesterday on the grounds near this city.
The State Fair has become one Of the insti-
tutions Of the United States. It is now as
regular as Thanksgiving Day, or the Fourth
Of July, and, to a large portion of the peo-
pie, is looked forward to us ono Of the most
rational Of all the festival Seasons of the
year The State Fur appeals directly to
State pride, and indirectly TO personal pride
The farmer, the stock raiser, tho tarmcr's
wife and the fruit grower, who, by
industry, perseverance and skill, succeed in
doing something crcditablc to themselves,
profitable 10 the community, and tending to
Inc rood name OF The State, find al the State
Fair the filling means Of adv crtising the fact
and Of getting that applause which is none
tile less grateful to human feelings when tho
recipient knows it to bc ,neritcd. The Coun-
ty Fairs are tile best possible means Of cx-
cbanctnr x7cvs rr,on loral interests, and
, 1866-09-25

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Savings Banks. These are most valuable In
stitutlnne, established to aggregate together
the small savings Of the 1aboring classes,
paying them small interest, and loanlng to
Others In larger sums nt an increased interest
sufficient 10 pny expenses and the smaller
Interest paid to depnsitors. Their charters
always give their ofllctrs time to convert
their securities before dcpositors can cali for
them, and hence failure where they arc
properly managed Is impossible.
It may be asked If person has . consld-
erallc amount Of money that he does not
want to t;sc for many months, whether ho
muy not take time certificate with small
rate Of interest from his banker. This ex-
ceptional case may be all right, bnt the Ger
titlcatc should In all cases specify that the
interest slorld stop as soon as the certificate
falls due. Tho practice Is Mt least OF doubt.
fnl expcd1ency. It would be Tar oester IN all
such cases 70 Invest the money IN GOV ernment
securities, and run the sisk OF "hateFer nac-
tuations there may be IN tho Market Iao
fall will scarcely ever bc cquai 10 tue inter"
est for the time being, ana they arc about as
likely to rise ns TO iail. II Is maeh sa1ef 10
deposit in the bank OF the whole people o1 the
, 1866-09-25

National Government. How many men. call
ing themselves loyal, arc willing to accept
these Copperhead assumptionss And yet this
is the pith Of the issue to be submitted 10
the ballot box for the popular verdict this
fall.
All tue Coppcrhead talk shout estates In
tho Union," and "ont Of the Unlon," is
merely sand thrown in peoples eyes to pre-
vent them from seeing tho simple actual
question which Is before them for their de-
We repent, the real question is on the Con-
stitutloual Amendment. The victors In u
war have perfect right to dictate terms 10
the vanquIshcd. The supporters Of the
American Union are the victors, and It Is
their right and privilege to say in advance
on what terms they arc willing to admit tue
ranquishcd Insurgents to participation in
tho government Of tho Republic. Tint la the
whole question freed from coppcrhcad clap
INN and s0DbistFT,
, 1866-09-25
Leach has been Justified on the plea ofself:
3,<n
THE FALL FASHIONS.
opening Day u New York New Fash
Ions in Hair and Parasols.

Rr N the New York EyrnIne Posi-. 20 fn.t1
The r.,ign Of the summer STYLES Is over.
and the rtgntar tall opening day produces
many changes in the shapes and trimmings
Of ladies' bonncis.- The admirers Of the
summer bonnets have looked forward anx-
tously to the "great opening" lest the
changes decreed BY fashion should not be be-
coming and graceful. but to-day the mllliners
are prepared to answer all Inquiries. -,
There has never beea greater variety Of
styles than now there is something to please
the fancy Of every purchaser and to suit
every style Of features, but whether or not
the fashions WIN suit every purse Is nnother
from those Of last year, and there is no pros'
ported goods and the price of gold. With
goods at a high mark. There Is the usual
variety Of coIora, b1t the leading ones Wnl
be green and English Magenta .
THE STYLES.
4 tasteful evening hat Is Of white material,
Catalan shape, and trimmed With purple vel
ret. Tho strings n1e edged with white 1ace,
and there Is purple and white ho"er On the
top, with smaller flower in the centre OF
The bsndeau to correspond With that On the
4 pretty bonnet is Of green velvet, trim
med with white. 4 necklace of.velTet, with
let ornaments, and q fau Of whita lace In
front. Another atyle Is white bonnet, trim
med with row Of fnges across tne upper
part ofthe crown, made Of -nasabont aud
pearls, white mafubout nctpss the back, and
pearl pendants around the cntiro edge.
An elegant stylo "a In black VelFet, tffm-