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Practice VS. Preaching.

Mr.. BLAIR made speech last Friday night
at fremont Temple to the Athenians, Oh
which occasion he disclosed one or two facts
worth mentioning. For example, the 81 eaker
declared that at the time of the bred Scott
case, when it cost something to be friend of
the colored man, he (Mr. BLAIR prepared
the brief of the case and offered it to CHARLES
SUMNER, Senator FEssENDEN and others, ask
ing them to act as counsel, but they refused.
And yet the classic CHARLES can find no
rhetoric graceful enough in which to appeal
in behalf of the emancipated negro! Why
don't he thrust his hand in his pocket and
make a liberal donation to Cuffee, and call on
Mr. FEssENDEN to join him in the charity?
And these are the men who now profess to
feel deeper sympathy Tor the negroes than
for the white people even of their own neigh
borhood These are the fellows who para
phrase the insane cry of BARNAyE in the As
sembly, and exclaim Perish the country
rather than this principlel' which principle is
nothing more nor less than to ride into power
on black horse, over the liberties of the
country, Avs 7Fof
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GEN ERAL NEWS.
The New Japanese Duties.

San Francisco, September % An extract
from an official copy of the Convention, com
pleted June 25th, between the United States,
France, Holland, and Japan, gives theaduties
on certain articles Of import as follows
Candles, 2 boos, % cents; hides, L boo, 80
cents per 700 catee; quicksilver, 6, boos, per
100 catees; salt fish, 25 cents per 100 catees;
grain, -four, and meal, duty free; the export
of -four and wheat is prohibited; tea pays an
export duty of boos, so cents per 100 ca
tees; bags II cents: cotton, 9 boos % cents;
duty on the sale of steamers to the japanese,
8 boos per ton, and on sailing vessels, Doc
per ton. The bonded warehouse regulations
are on aliberal scale, and the charges are
1o
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clustering Out"

! The volunteer officers of the army are to
be mustered out; and we hail the announce
ment with entire satisfaction. 1t will be a
relief to the finances, to get rid of the support
Of SO large a class Of supornumeraries, and
promote the harmony of the country. Both
considerations are important. but the latter is
paramount, for the public credit depends ON
the public tranquility, Wesay that the har-
mony of the country will be promoted for
very sufficient reasons. The volunteer Off
! GERS, as a rule, have all looked forward to a
time when they would be necessarily con-
signed to retirement; and many of them have
endeavored, both in commanding and subaltern
positions, to postpone that time, by seeing
great necessity for the maintenance of gar
risons and military posts throughout the
South. In addition, many others have as
pired to positions of civil trust in their re-
spectve States and in order to conciliate
strength at home, have looked more at the
columns of the Radical press than at the
orders of the War Department,
Hence we have seen in numberless instances
publications from official sources directly re-
flecting upon the Executive policy, and adj
mirably designed to deepen the bitterness of
sectional luminosity.
No soldier who blends politics with his pro-
fession, can do his duty We know this,
and hence we hail the announcement, that our
future intercourse is to be with the Regular
forces of the country with peculiar satisfaction,
satisfaction which is only second to that
which we shall feel when garrisons are con-
fined to the occupation of permanent works
and withdrawn from supervision of local
affairs
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The Confederate Army and Navy
Officers

We have already taken occasion to call tie
public attention to the condition and pros
poets of many of these most deserving classes
of men, who gave call the living they had
and relinquished certain promotion and ex-
aited station, solely upon principle and cast
their lot with the fortunes of their own native
States. Many of these men are still out Of
employment, and are wholly without the re-
auisite means to embark in any enterprise by
which they may support themselves and fam
lies. Some who have been appointed or
elected to civil positions have been prevented
exercising the official functions, by orders
from headquarters; and others have been
forced to expatriate themselves in order to
earn a livelihood Their case is one of pecu-
liar hardship. Some of them were old men
who had already attained high positions in
both branches of the military and naval SER
vices, and who are now in their old age, per-
iectly destitute
Our attention has been recently called to
communication in the Richmond Enquirer
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monster demonstration of welcome with the
waving of handkerchiefs and hats.
81 ,yr.r,
Est if-''p
the demonstration was cf3ractelazed by the
pursuits OF those assembled ana everything
wore r,ral gand pastoral .asPeGts feople
came on .horsepack, ln Wagons anu carriages,
ana on 1901. On the great SUBJECT OF recon-
Struclon, winch brought them together, there
was common pond OF union
Inc President was introduced ny ex-lheut'
Governor Patterson.
,f y iRECEfTIoN AT ERIE F l;H II
But it was at Erie that the demonstration
of the day. and comparatively speaking of
the whoe trim as vet. reached the greatest
nronortinns : 4 LARGO. delegation from Fri.
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The Cholera. !

New York, Sept. 4-There were five new
cases of cholera reported in this city yester-
day. During the past two days thirteen
deaths were reported The warm weather of
the past few days was said to have caused
the increase. The mortuary report showed
six hundred and forty-four deaths as having
occurred during the past week. The num-
Der of deaths from. cholera was forty seven, of
which only twenty-four occurred in tire city
proper.
Brooklyn, Sept, 4.-The weekly mortality
bill for Brooklyn shows great falling off in
the number of deaths, the aggregate for the
week being two hundred and 6fty-fve
St. Louis, Sept. 2.--lhe deaths Yesterday
from cholera were about CO. Incomplete
mortality reports for the week ending on Fri
day, show three hundred aud thirty burials
from cholera. About four hundred and fifty
is probably the true number of deaths for the
week, which rs only one-third the number of
interments for the preceding week. n ~
st. Louis, Sept, 3.zzThere were 48 cholera
interments yesterday. rs ~ a4 ~
Philadelphia, Sept, 2AFor the week end
ing Sept. lst, So deaths from cholera have
been reported in this city. ta (! oar
Philadelphia, Sept. Dr. The cholera reports
for to-day show II new cases and56 deaths
The weather is exceedingly hot 49, q
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and Sentinel which alludes to the condition of
these Confederate officers, which is represent
ed as being far worse than that of any other
portion of our suffering people. This cores
pendent states what is truly the case, that
they are ''cut off entirely from the practice of
their profession, denied the privilege of hold
ing offices of profit or trust under the Gov
eminent" and asks "what are they to do to
support themselves" 1t is difficult, in the
general prostration and universal suffering
and lrivation which prevail at the South to
inaugurate measures Of remedial nature to
alleviate the condition of any particular class
of the community. Where all are sufferers
and feel most poignantly the hardships which
are now the universal lot of the entire people,
it is almost impossible to successfully inaugu-
rate measures tending to assist any class, how
ever deserving. All are poor; all are strug-
Cling like men overheard from a sunken
wreck to reach a secure haven; and conse-
quently there are few who are in such con-
dition of prosperity as to form themselves in-
to an organized society whose object shall be
to contribute to the temporary relief of any
particular class Still, there are some, how
ever few, who perchance have reached a COM
paratively secure haven in advance of their
struggling fellow sufferers, aud may be in a
condition to render the proposed aid. 1t
would be noble work in which to engage
and exert the power they possess for good.
Such an effort would open a way to men
most deserving of their support aud encour-
agement, and afford them some evidence that
they are not wholly forgotten by the people
for whom they forsook all in order to follow
their cause
The mode of relief suggested by the cor
respondent to whom we have made reference
is to form what he calls Philostrategean Sc
cieties throughout the Standardization
friendly to our military and naval command
ers, which are to inaugurate and prosecute
proper plans for effecting the purpose
The fund raised by subscription it is pro-
posed, shall be loaned to these deserving men
dedicated to the support and education of the
orphans of those who fell in the service, or
to some other purpose of kindred charac-
ter. In few years the amount would be
refunded, at the expiration Of which, the OBJ
jects of the association having been accom-
plished, pro rata division could be made
among the members II these general sug-
gestions could be reduced to practice by some
man of energy it would relieve the most de-
serving classes of men, if a distinction be
legitims tie, who fought for the Confederate
cause. We have deemed it a pleasant duty
correspondent with a hope that they may
lead to S me practical result.
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From Caiifornia-MOve me nts of Gene
raj DOWeil-NTining Stocks. & C.

San Francisco, August sf-The United
States Circuit Court has granted an appeal in
behalf of the city in the Pueba case
Major General Mcdowell, escorted by
United States troops. started yesterday on his
tour of inspection to the White Mountains,
to ascertain the mineral resources Of that re-
gon of the country, which is little known.
The ship Midnight arrived to-day
Mining shares are fat. Yellow Jacket, 1877;
Chollar Potosi, 1876; Belcher, III; legal ten
ders, 704; United States Seven thirties, June
bonds TIA @ NEktiAs EsA 0
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,.. igg INSURANCE. s4euifot.4 ~
BUILDERS, OWNERS, MERCHANTS, :
SHIP PERE. sa,ias e-t.s

IN property to insure, are respectfully remind,
ed that we issue policies on every description OF
risk on liberal terms. F"H ,sss@f1'T&a'
gB- Our companies and our mode of transact
ing business, togetnerl with our prompt settleA
ment of all claims for losses since our Office has
been established, should be well known in this
Ws~ Merchants are informed that we paw bar
ucaiar attention to Inland, loastwise and For
eign largo RISKS. alg 8 4lal peIlbG v5 hesHes
yss We take Builders Risks on houses in pro-
giess OF erectlons and Insure Dwellings, and Fur
niture on pleasing terms sl 'y7Isl
j. O.. DEFINING, sil.xo
Office, -Dsming's Insurance. Building
au2s- ss Tg Cor Main and Commerce streets 70
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-09-05

On Monday last q majority of the magis-
trates Of Wake county, with remarkable un-
anfnity resolved on establishing work
house, under the provisions of the recent act
of the General Assembly. Messrs r. G.
Badger, county solicitor; Q. Busbee, j. O.
Williams, br. ". I. 9Busbee, VIM. H High,
R. W. Wynn, W. d. Jones, VIM Harrison,
and IL. A. Hoge, We're appointed directors;
and from the known character of these gen
tlemen for energy aud industry, it is expected
that the establishment will go into successful
operation at an early day. Wyatt j. Holle-
man, ESD, was appointed manager of the
work house. by the court 80 10
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-09-05

INFLUENCED by the positive injury which
SO many have experienced in the use of the
many nostrums which have been thrown
broadcast, upon the world, have succeeded,
after years Of unremittipg labor and research,
in forming a preparation, entitled MARS
DENIS -CARMINATIVE SYRUP, which,
from testimonials received from eminent phys
ieans, and all other sources, has proved to
be complete success, IN curing all affections
of the bowels. ~-o.f = es,,
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From FORTRESS Monroe.

Fortress Monroe, September % The regu-
ations recently adopted by the Board OF
Health of Norfolk, requiring all vessels com
ing from New York to be examined by an
appointed inspecting medical officer, previous
to their departure from that port, has been
rescinded. hasts.f..e-, ff
The United States double-ender Monoeacy,
Commander S. p Carter, sailed to-day fol
China, to join the. East India Squadron. =,
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COPARTNERSHfP NOTICE,
FTAvTNG ADMITTED MY Brother,
Il FRED. GREENWOOD, to an interest in
my business at my New Store; it will hereafter
be conducted under the style of 81 ..s7a Il yaa
sat G.. F. GREENWOOD q BRO aaT
All the Watches and Jewelry have been
moved from q Main street, to our new Store,
where We intend to continue the business on. q
more extensive scale than ever, and hope by re-
newed efforts and strict attention to business, to
merit the same very liberal patronage heretofore
The old Store Fl Main street win be carried on
on my account By Mr., ]. A. FILLS as a Fancy
Goods, Trimming and Notion House a ~
au2l 3 @. F. GREEN WOOD N
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From ST. Louis.

ST. Louis, September 3 Thirty eight fires
occurred at Cairo during the last year, in
volving a loss of 100000; insured for about
$500, 600, @
President Johnson has accepted an invita-
ton to visit st. Louis. He will arrive here
on Saturday at noon, and wl1lreinain ever
Sunday. ..-..--....s7 s4ci4+ re 97o'
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DUO Alto NAL.
NORFOLK FEMALE INSTITU
OCIIUUL FUR q.
RS. Or, WRIGHT,

aNV RS.-DK. w KIGHEs
lyn NO. 20 BREWER STREET,
win open an Elementary School for Girls in
Norfolk, on the Second Monday in September.
i4REv. A. s. BARTEN, Visitor.ed ie s5s.9 l.
Terms per quarter payable in advance Il itiv.
Tuition from S. to $3.50, according to studies
pursued. Fuel Extra, ST.. yFl A5F" 2 4'.4 >'
She will also receive as Boarders, few young
ladies desirous of attending Seninaries in this
city. 5ai4 hlH refsoif5 ed4 sset- Hsg4aa1rlae
For further information, apply to Rev, 0. S..
Barten, or Taylor, Todd 4 Tucker ,,s,il 'z-r.e-
0jy3i- tl0th .sep*s t-is.i} Ba58 H-'ii 's4S9a
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UNIVERSITY : OF VIRGINIA + 4

"a 9llHeAl e. SOUTHERN gfi@ palg
UNIVERSIT SERIES.
'TNHE BSCRIBER TAKES Great
important and valuable Textbooks for Schools
and Universiti' IS, prepared by, distinguished
Scholars and Friends of Education in the South.
The want of good books adapted to Tire use of
Southern Schools has long been felt. Leading
Teachers in the South admit that new era in
Educational Interests has opened, making amin
perative call for the works now in course of pre-
paration. The gentlemen who have undertaken
to meet this demand, have for several years made
cognized as among the first scholars of the coun-
try These workswilI be issued in the best man
ner possible. Other important works are proec-
ted, and will shortly be- announced. The Pub
fishers are confident that this series W II be cor
daly greeted, as an important step in the adj
vancemeht OF the Educational Interests of the
------.- ~ -laLa. u
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Also, good assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres
and Vestings, W hich give my personal attention
to Cutting and Making. CONE where you can
get good fit, good make and good material, No
II E. Main ST. au 29-1m &
DISTOLS.-C odand new model Pocke t
L Pistols, Colts Pistol Caps, Colts Cartridges,
Smith & Nelson's Cartridges and G. D. Caps
for sale at New Hardware Store, Commercial
Row, near ferry.
sepl .-. j. g. WOMBLE co.
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Personating Mosby.

A nameess scapegrace lately went to a no
tel, in the city of "Magnifcent Distances"
and unblushingly registered his name as John
S. Mostly The news of the Colonel's arrival
seemed to take wing, and the aimposter was
soon surrounded by crowd half agape and
eager to get glimpse of the redoubtable
chieftain 1t was not long before one of the
more curious of the spectators ventured to in
troduce himself and number of admiring
friends. Between them it was arranged that
the Colonel should retire to private parlor
and give reception. Nothing 10th to being
lionized the pseudo-colonel consented, and
played his part with admirable complaisancc.
Even number of M. C.'s were in atten-
dance, and seemed fascinated by his CONVERSE
ton and manners. The Colonel ordered cham
paigne and his order was honored with alac-
rty. 1t is also limited that he checked for
funds and obtained them. -
While the crowd fingered, and all present
seemed to be enjoying themselves largely, a
gentleman from Loudoun well acquainted
with the real Colonel entered the parlor, and
discovering the imposition, directly charged it
upon the cheat. 1t is possible he had been
under fire before Certain it is that he pre-
served his self-possession, and coolly requested
the audience to suspend Judgment for few
moments, only while he retired to his room
for indubitable evidence of his identity
While the crowd patiently waited his re-
turn, the impudent scapegrace decamped,
leaving all bills unsettled as matter of course
. Staunton Gay Spectator
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-03-15

/ One mellow autumn day, when nature had
put on all her colors and yelled them over with
silver tissue, was the last day of school at old
Gocomico. | had idled on my way to school
10th to exchange the blue sky and purple river
for the dingy school room. 1 stole neiselessly
to my seat, congratulating myself that the
master had not seen me. His head was on his
hand, his elbow on the table, A class of @iu-
niors'' were recitng paradigm of the first de-
clemson of nouns, silva Twice did one boy
give the wrong descending, and yet the old
| man had not raised his head, and the birch
rod was motionless The older boys exchanged
glances and whispered something of intoxica-r
ton. That class dismissed, a senior boy went
forward to ask an explanation of problem in
the double rule of three. Several times did the
boy state the question, and yet the master did
not look up, but only replied in dreamy
manner, using familiar phrase with him
" Illuminate and devise, lad; ruminate and de-
wise. = The boy returned to his seat, and an
hour passed. A hush brooded over the room;
a mysterious presence kept the boys quiet At
last the old man reused, removed his hands
from his eyes, and looked round. A pallor was
on his face that had never seen there before
" Lads, lads, lads" he said slowly, you may
go home, and tell them schoolmaster Suther-
land is going to another school," Some of the
boys, not understanding, gathered around for
explanation. But the masters mind was wan
dering, and he did not hear them. He went
on, as if addressing class-First conjugation,
infinitive ending-a-e-Amo, Amas-Amat
-Amamus- Amatis-Amant. Mere words,
lads, mere words! for she said Amo,' once
Ellen said" And again his head dropped
down on the pine table. The frightened boys
- ~
useless Schoolmaster Sutherland was dead
The pupils are scattered over the world now,
and the old field school house has long ago
diSa ppnara5 I-a-L
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DEATH BY FR1GHT-We learn that young
lady was frightened to death last week, in the
lower part of the county, the name of whom
we were unable to learn. The death occurred
under the following circumstances Two ladies',
living alone, were preparing to retire, when
some one raped at the door, and on enquiring
who knocked, and receiving no answer, one of
the ladies started across the floor to an adoin-
ing room, and dropped dead from sheer fright.
This brought shrek from the remaining lady
as she rushed to her sisters assistance; just
then the door opened, and in rushed the bro
Their of the two ladies, who had been mourned
for as dead nearly three years. He stated that
he intended a nice surprise for his sisters by
not making himself known until after they had
admitted him, and Judge of his grief on learn
ing that his surprise had resulted in the death
of one of his much loved sisters-Salem Union
AdvOcate. -
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TROPICAL NoTIoNs.-A notice of Sir John
Bowrings recent Recollections Of Java, in an
English magazine, says e'9'3'7 --.''
"Sir John was present once at the arrival
of cargo of ice for the first time in java
}'The people, he said, looked at with the same
wonder at first that they would have felt had
they seen similar masses of crystal. They
touched it; the cold was such as they had not
before experienced, and the novel sensation
filled them with awe and apprehension. -
But when it dissolved in their hands, they
fancied they had unknowingly worked mi
racle, and that some demon must have been
at the bottom of the mystery. Descriptions
of snow, frost ice, and winter scenery have
attraction to the inhabitants Of the hot re-
gions These are to them the very romance
of nature.
SIN my travels in the interior of Java, l
met with most accomplished lady, who was
burning with desire, about to be gratifed,
of visiting Europe and now tell me of all you
hope to see; from what do you expect to re-
ceive the greatest pleasure |? Oh she an
swered, "a forest without leaves"
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REDUCTION OF MILITARY ExPENsEs.-G
Grant issued an order on Saturday, requiring
commanders of military departments to cause
all rented buildings to be vacated as rapidly
as possible, and the troops and officers re-
naming in their commands to be collected in
regular military posts, the property of the
United States The allowances of barracks,
quarters and fuel to be strictly limited to the
schedule in paragraph 1908 of the army reg
ulations; and whenever quartermasters re-
turn hired buildings they are directed to re-
port to the chief quartermaster of the depart
ment their orders and reasons therefor. In
spectors general are directed to give their
special attention to the foregoing orders, and
to call the attention of all commanding officers
to the absolute necessity for economy and,
also to embrace these matters in their official
reports to the respective headquarters. s. Wosh.
Star .I s. ltuH
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The OLDEST HOUSE IN ENGALND GONE
During the severe gales that have prevailed in
England, the oldest house in England, the one
at the bottom of Blue Anchor Lane, West
Quay, Southampton, formerly the residence
of King John, had one of the walls blown
down, thereby destroying a secret court that
had existed within this wall, and which led to
a subterranean passage, planned for the es-
cape of its beleaguered occupants In one of
the walls of the house is recess, the size and
form of human being, tradition asserting
that poor wretch was built into the wall
alive, and there left by his barbarous jailers,
to perish by the slow and torturing pangs of
hunger. Within few months local anti
quar-, the Rev. E. Kell, bad photographs taken
of the remains of this celebrated historical re-
sidence
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The editor of an Eastern paper remarks
We have adopted the eight hour system in
this Office. We commence work at eight
o'clock in the morning, and end work at eight
in the evening. aTe 43Ii+
A countryman who was charged with ten
gallons of whiskey which grocer put in an
eight gallon keg, said he didn't mind the
money overcharged so much as he did the
strain on the keg." e4ra.' l-a E9.'
The whole membership of the Methodist
Church, North and South, is given as 1925
800; of the Baptist Church. 1,O4O,303.