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A POEM BrTK: LoNeFELLow.-

Mr.. Longfellow has poem in tn
Monthly, and as everybody read
his poetry, whether it be good or bad
we transfer it to our columns:
KILLED AT THE FORD.
He 10 dead the beautiful youth,
The heart of honor the tongue of truth
He the light and life of us all,
Whose voice was blithc buglc call,
Whom all eyes followed with one consent,
The cheer Of whose laugh and whose pleasant word
flushed all murmurs of discomfort.
Only last night, as rode along,
Down the dark of the mountain gap,
To visit the picket-gpard at the ford,
Little dreaming OF any mishap,
lie was humming the words OF some old song:
1.-Two red roses he had on his cap,
Aud another he bore at the point Of his sword"
Sudden and swift a whistng ball
Came ont OF the wood and the voice was still;
Something heard in the darkness fall,
And for moment my blood grew chill;
spake In q whisper, as he who speaks
In a room where some one s wing dead
But he made no answer to what | said.
We lifted him up on his saddle again,
And through the mire and the mist and the rain
Carried him back to the silent camp,
And laid him as II asleep his bed
And saw by the light of the surgeons lamp
Two white roses upoNhi cheeks,
And ono just over his heart blood red
And saw in vision how far and feet
That fatal bullet went speeding forth
Till it reached town in the distant North,
Till it reached House in a sunny street.
Till it reached heart that ceased to beat
Without murmur, without cry,
And bell was tolled in that far-of town,
For one who had passed from cross to crown
Aud the neighbors wondered that she should die.
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RICH MEN OF THE DAT,

Thirty years ago, and indeed at n
much later period, i'm this country. q
gentleman worth from fifty tn a hundr,.d
thousand dollars in property or cash w..
considered rich man, and country
merchant worth from five to ten thou
and dollars above his liabilities was C all
ed "welloff," and looked up to by his poor
neighbors as being very wealthy. We
then had but few millionaires,-and
Stephen Girard and John Jacob Astor
stood almost alone in their glory, as men
who could count their assets by the mil
lion. But we have changed all that
now. We had a war with Mexico, and
thousands grew richer; we discovered
gold in California, and hundreds became
millionaires we built up the great
West, expanded our resources with our
growth, and discovered philosophers
stone at the same time, by whose means
we transmitted paper into gold, and
we rapidly increased i'm wealth: the re-
bellion broke out, and the slow process
of coming money in the mint was
changed to the more rapid method of
making it by means of a printing
press, and soon we were a nation O f
millionaires. The cotton princes went
down, but thekingso of Petroliarose in their
stead, and oil and shoddy ruled the land
Aud now the possessor of few thou
sands is no longer man of means, F"
but he must be worth ut least half mil
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party of pretended artistes, who have
no standing anywhere.
But we have wandered far from the
work in hand, and that is to speak Of
the Barber of Seville, and tell how it
was performed. The music of this
opera is Italian, and 80 are its morals.
The most injurious of our ''yellow COW
cred literaturen is not so dangerous III
the hands of the young as the Hdretto
of I'll 3arbiere," and we are not sur
prised that our clergymen should warn
their flocks against the demoralizing in
fiuences of the opera, when it Is intro
| ducing our young men and ladies to the
licentious and corrupt manners OF ltal-
ian society. The story of the h6retto
runs that one Count Almayiva falls des-
perately in love with fair maiden
whom he has seen at her window the
ward of one DIR. Bartolo. The Count
employs barber of the city, who it
seems was ever ready to attend to every
bodys else business to the neglect of his
shop, as sort of go-between. DIR. Bartolo
is one of those villainous old scoundrels,
who wishes to marry his ward, the fair
Rosina. himself, and thus secure her
fortune. A series of devices and expe-
dients are adopted by the Barber and
the Count, to make the acquaintance OF
Rosina, and obtain a clandestine inter-
view-in which, after some difficulty,
they succeed. The old guardian ishood-
winked completely, and does not learn
what is going on, until MS ward and
intended forced bride, is made complete
ly happy by being joined in wedlock to
the Count. The matter ends by all
parties being recOnciled, and the curtain
drops. There are some laughable situa-
tiQns, aud some very pleasing songs, but
the execution was horrible. 1t is useless
for lis to attempt anything like critical
examination into the merits Of per-
Torrance which was entirely wanting
in merit The bones of Rossini would
have ratified in his coffin had he heard
his inspiration so mangled. Figaro, OF
course, barberized everything, and from
the first "La, la, la, Ia" at his entrance
to the drop of the curtain, we were
powerfully impressed with the idea thai
the MUSES. did not preside at his'birth.
But as just critics after the manner
of John Dennis-we must say that
although Mad. Patti Strakosh failed as
Rosina, and broke down in the Irish
ballad of Kathleen Mavourneen, still in
the encore she fully compensated the
audience for the heroism they had
shown in going through drenching
rain to hear the opera. For this petite
morceau we give her full credit. The
audience was rather thin-owing, per-
haps, to the rainAwhich poured down
all the evening; but, if the management
complained of their first audience, we
think the attendance last night must
have sorely discouraged them. Perhaps
our people are not capable of appreciat.
ing the opera-in this form.
| F.
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N O 7 | G E .
TIE NORFOLK POST ESTABLISHMENT FOR SAIL

TIE NORFOLK POST LsTABEIsHMENT 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 be relieved of the burden
incident TO the publication of daily
journal in Norfolk. For particulars ap-
ply at this office, to -
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The sound of pattering rain drops
never fell more gratefully on the ears OF
a thirsty people, than they did yesterday
upon those of the denizeus of Norfolk.
Our cisterns have been empty, for 10!
these many days; and our folks have been
bnying, and borrowing, and begging,
from their neighbors, until these latter,
for their own preservation against want,
have been compelled to cut of further
supplies. 1t will gladden. many heart,
if the rain which commenced last eve
Ming should continue for several days.
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The correspondence between the
President and his Provisional Govern
ors, so reluctantly transmitted to the re-
construction "directory,p is manifestly
incomplete and not particularly fresh.
His part seems to have been to recon-
mend such measures as were calculated
to "disarm the adversary" whom he
afterwards Identifies with the radicals,
meaning those who were not disposed to
restore the revolted states at once to their
relations with the Union. Gov. Perry
makes the usual display of his shining
qualities, aud asks repeatedly after the
chances of his being allowed seat in
the Senate. Governor Johnson, OF
Georgia, is ''inclined to think suspen-
sion of pardons might have salutary
effect" on the Legislature; and Govern
or Holden, of North Carolina, begs the
President to pardon no leading men
without consulting him. The same
officer telegraphs with a prophetic
squint at the Senators elect from Geor-
gia, "If were Northern member OF
Congress, doubt whether would con-
sent tO'sit with any member of the So
called Confederate Congress-" Fhe
correspondence shows clearly that Mr..
Johnson demanded of the states far
more than he was prepared to insist
upon or they to render. Alabama and
Florida both ratified the Constitutional
Amendment "with the understanding
that it does no. confer upon Congress
the power to legislate upon the political
status of the freedmen of this state.'
Mississippi rejected it altogether, yet
she has none the less found favor,
though Mr.. Seward, writing for the
President TO Governor Marvin, said:
HE regards the ratification by the
Legislature Ofthe Congressional amend
ment of the Constitution of the United
States as Indispensable to successful
restoration of the true legal relations be-
tween Florida and the other states, and
equally indispensable to the return OF
peace and harmony throughout the
"-NeiO York Nation.
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The homeliest young lady at the opera
on Thursday night sat in a seat behind
us, and she was busy all the evening
criticising the other ladies' dresses, bon
nets, cloaks, and beauty, too; nothing
seemed to suit her taste. AT length she
turned her attention to the stage, and
said "P'shaw; l havn't seen good
looking man on the stage tonight" We
agreed with her, mentally, of course, in
this assertion. Suddenly turning her
eyes to the dress circle, she remarked as
she recognized party known to her:
"rhere's the Smiths Amt them Yam
KEGS sitting along side? Yes they are.
But, OF course, they are not with the
Smiths. That's impossible" We sat her
down as a Lindseyite,--and supposed
she didn't know she was talking behind
a Yankees backbone from Vermont,
too.
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BELGIAN AMBASSADOR SLAIN

The telegraph has already informed us
of all attack by guerllas on the Belgian
embassy, on the road between Mexico
and Vera Cruz, whereby the ambassador
and two of his suite were killed. This
embassy was sent by the new king OF
the Belgians to inform Macmillan and
the Emperor's Carlotta of the death of
King Leopold, who was the father OF
the Empress. The sad affair had cast q
general gloom over the Imperial house
hold. The following particulars of the
occurrence are furnished by the Herald's
Mexican correspondent:
The Belgian embassy took leave of
their Majesties last Saturday, and left
yesterday by diligence for Vera Cruz, in
order to take passage in the North
American packet of the 8th instant.
Unfortunately, before the diligence had
arrived at Rio FriO, it was stopped by a
band of brigands. The members of the
Belgian mission, who were accompanied
by three or four soldiers within and out
side the vehicle, took immediate steps
to defend themselves, whereupon the
UTlSdIiuS Sheuduuitu Will pTeclpltdte
haste, not before they had fred one
volley, by which Captain D'Huart and
General Foury and two other persons
were killed.
The same evening notice of the oc-
currence was received in Mexico city,
and his Majesty the Emperor set out
with a French escort for Rio Frio.
Yesterday morning at o'clock, ac-
cording to previous announcement, the
funeral services for the soul of Baron
D'Huart were performed In the Church
of st. HyerOnimus. A detachment of
Belgian INFANCY formed guard inside
the church, and the band Of thesr regi-
ment executed some splendid funeral
music in one of the side aisles, close to
the vestry, Their Majesties the Empe-
ror and Empress assisted at the sad GER
emonies, as also the Minister for Foreign
Affairs, the President Of the Academy,
Don Fernando Ramirez, some few per-
sons belonging to the court and govern
ment, the personnel of the Belgian Lee
CATION, and great number of French,
Austrian and Belgian generals and off,
cials. The ceremonies commenced at
half-past eight.
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AUSTkIA,

MURDER IN RoXBURy, MASS. - Boston
March M.-Mary Ellen Kearney was
shot dead in the doorway of her fathers
house, in Roxbury, by John Moran.
The parties had been keeping company,
but Moran's character being reputed bad,
the father Of the young woman had for
hidden him the house. The alleged
murderer surrendered himself to the
police this morning.
Another cause for shooting the young
woman is the statement that she had
accidentally learned the contents of a
letter from q man named Mallory, in
Philadelphia, written to Moran, an
nouncing that the man they garroted,
had died of his injuries, and cautioning
Moran to keep out of the way. IT is
said Moran was recently in Philadelphia.
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LATEST MEXICAN News. New York
March 2l.-The steamer Eagle, from
Havana on the 18th instant, arrived to.
night. News meagre.
1t is authoritatively denied that sin.
gle case of cholera had appeared in Ha-
vana. The smallpox is decreasing.
Mexican dates to the 18th have been
received in Havana.
Juarez is said to have been defeated al
Cuajimqualpa by body of Imperial
cavalry. The leaders of. Juarez escaped
OH foot.
The resignation of KedealjO as Minis
ter of Finance has been accepted, and
General Almenter has been appointed
in his stead.
Several changes in the Imperial Cabi-
net have been made, but they are OF
little consequence.
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FAMILY POISONED. New York, March
2l.--The family of Urah Townsend, of
Tarrytown, consisting of himself, wife,
and four children, were poisoned by
something eaten in their own house.
The eldest daughter, aged nineteen
years, is dead, and the others are i'm a
critical condition. One or two are I'M
likely to recover. Their flesh is horri-
bly, swollen, and they are growing
weaker.
Mr.. Townsend Is justice of the peace,
and the deed is suspected to have been
done in revenge by some unknown par
ties.
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John p. Hale, Minister at Madrid, has
written TO prominent members of Con-
gress, urging an increase of his salary,
which is now So, 900 in gold. John al
ways had way of his own. He charged
heavily for an opinion in the Senate. 1t
is reproach to the country that such
Jack should represent the North Amer
lean Republic at the most refined court
in the world.
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LATER FROM EUBOPE.

New York, March 22-The steamship
Australasian with Liverpool dates to the
| 10th, has arrived. The following is q
summary of the news:
ENGLAND
The shareholders of the Atlantic 'Tele-
graph Company unanimously adopted q
resolution approving the arrangements
made by the Directors with the Anglo
cable this year Upwards of one hun.
bred miles of cable are being laid pei
week, and June 18th is fixed upon as the
time for the Great Eastern to leave
Sheerness. Undiminished confidence is
generally expressed in the success of the
scheme.
| President Johnson's speech at Wash.
ington on the ed ult., was very gener-
ally applauded. The Times warmly ell.
logizes it. The Daily NeWs gives its
qualified approval, and bitterly de.
nounces BancrOft's grafton.
In the House of Commons, the Par
liamentary Oath bill was read second
time, after D'Israel had given notice OF
an amendment which will make the
oath recognize the supremacy of the
| Queen, and acknowledge allegiance to
| her successors.
| The Reform question is actively dis.
cussed by the papers.
| The Pail Mall Gazette assumes it as
certain that Earl Russell's ministry
must soon dissolve, whether defeated
upon the Reform question or not.
In the London Bankruptcy Court APP
plcauOn was made for the release from
custody of George N. Sanders, now q
| prisoner for debt His debts exceed
| 100000. His bankruptcy is attributed
to his disappointment in the execution
of contract with the Confederate Gov
| eminent for building iron-plated vessels.
There was no opposition to his release,
but owing to some 'informality the mat
ter was postponed.
IRELAND.
The Irish police continue TO carry out
their extraordinary powers with great
vigOr.
The police are still searching for Ste.
vens in Dublin.
AUSTRIA.
| 1t is stated that the Austrian Minister
| OF Foreign Affairs is authorized to make
| fresh treaty with the French Govern.
ment for the completion of the Austrian
volunteer corps for Mexico.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Liverpool, March 10. Cotton-Sales
to-day 10000 bales market buoyant and
prices a trifie higher. Middling Up
land 19al94d. a
London, March 10. Consols s6ias7.
lfive-Twenties 70s.
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A detachment of regulars passed
through Cincinnati on Friday night on
their way to the lake cities to guard
against q Fenian invasian of Canada.
A Fenian Senator" residing i'm Gin
cinnati, on hearing of the fact said that
there would be plenty of work for them
in short time.
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Poor little Raymond has hard time.
The Nation says he is publishing in the
Times select extracts from an enormous
number of letters which he has received
touching his course in Congress. They
all seem to come from very good people,
though we can hardly say that the ex-
tracts reveal as much intellect as virtue.
But we think the public will agree with
us in doubling the value of this kind Of
evidence. Letters to members of Con-
gress, like witnesses in courts of justice,
are to be weighed, not counted, and,
when man undertakes to represent the
feeling current in his neighborhood on
any public question, the important point
is not what he says, but who he is.
Then, again, few people write to men,
ber of Congress except those who agree
course write to somebody else; and we
venture to assert that if the opinion of
the country on the Presidents policy is
to be got at by counting the letters writ
tCb w ~ Will Dc
found that Thaddeus Stevens and Chas
Sumner can show more than anybody ia
either House. We hope, however, that
neither of them will be tempted into
producing his correspondence. The lit
erature Of reconstruction is already suf-
n"iently voluminous, and if the private
letters f all the wise men of the coun-
Try dlstricts were to be added to it, it
would certainly raise the price of paper
without very much increasing our light.
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The Goth of June, 1867, will be the
eighteenth hundredth anniversary of
st. Peters death. On that occasion the
Pope is to convene all the bishops of
Christendom to Rome, where a grand
jubilee will be celebrated.
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Eewsnlen and newsboys desiring papers WI please
have their orders ut the counting room the en ning pre-
vious before six O'Clock.
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.ANorHnR yRro RY THR pREsInENr.

The Democratic candidate for Cover
norship of Connecticut has just been to
Washington, where, says the Intelh:
geacer, "he had several cordial and
pleasant interviews with the President,
who appreciates the friendship of Mr..
English, and who, we have every reason
ia believe, would be highly pleased to
hear of his success on che first Monday
OF April" :.
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MAYHEM & Brothers, Booksellers and sta1onefs, are
authorized agents sell the Norfolk Post and all orders
eft with them will be attended to the same II lett at
he Office of publication.
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Advertisers requested to hand III 'heir 'u'erus'
m ants before six o'clock in the evening" p svouS ''
utilization
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President johnson has recognized F.
A. Santers as Consul of Wurtemburg at
Galveston, Texas.
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All communications relating 10 p"si"''' -
aected with this paper should DO auu'e'''' :" :" 80
Brown Norfolk Post All communications ps's"s
dioria matters, and all correspondence in'ehueu i0'
.,,onIi he addressed to John Clark, Biitor.
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THE NEWS
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


Washington, March 22-Senate.-The
Senate passed a bill abolishing the
Southern Judicial District of the State
of California, and constituting the
Western Judicial District of Louisiana,
and of the State of California respect
lively one Judicial District.
The case of Senator Stockton, of New
Jersey, was discussed. A protest has
been made by the LEGISLATURE of that
State with regard to the validity of Mr..
StOckton's title to seat in the United
States Senate.
House. House was principally
engaged in the consideration of the APP
preparation bill.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
New York, March 22.-Secretary Sew
ard, in reply to Mr.. Kisolffe, of this
city, declines to intervene with Great
Britain in the case of Mr.. Gonzales, q
subject of San Salvador, who lost a
quantity of merchandise on bOari the
American bark Golden Rule, burned by
the Alabama. Mr.. Seward declines to
interfere because Gonzales is not an
American citizen, nor domiciled in the
FENIAN DEMONSTRATION IN SAVANNAH.
Savannah, March PA large and
enthusiastic Fenian demonstration took
place here last night. The State Head
Centre presided. An address was made
by Daniel Donavan, of Boston. A large
number of names were added to the roll
of the Circle, and Irish funds were free
ly taken.
ANOTHER VETO BY THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, March 22.,Although
| there is no certain data on the subject, a
report generally prevailed among the
members of Congress to-day that the
President will veto the Civil Rights bill.
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The Irish police continue to carry out
their extraordinary powers with great
vigor. l..
The police are still searching for Ste
VEINS in Dublin.
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POLITICAL SPECULATIONS.
Amicable Settlement of the
Reconstruction Question,
The President Ayerse TO Any Action
Of Congress on Suffrage.
Etc, Etc.. Etc, Etc. Etc, Etc.

NEW YoRK, November ia special Wash
ington despatch to the Commercial Adpertisfr
says it is confidently expected that the ques.
tion of reconstruction will be amicably settled
early in the approaching session ofkCongress.
Negotiations for that purpose are in progress
between the President and leading politicians
OF all parties, North and South. The bases of
settlement will be universal suffrage and u
general amnesty.
The President partially accedes to this propo
sition, but insists, upon constitutional grounds,
that the question OF suffrage properly belongs to
the Estates, and is so far averse to any action
of Congress upon that subject.
If the assurance can be obtained from the
Southern leaders of the speedy adoption OF
universal suffrage, the President will waive his
objections. The proposed basis of settlement
contemplates the abandonment of the Consti-
tutional amendment as a condition of Southern
representation.
The Posts special Washington despatch says
that facts developed to-day show that there is
little hope that the President will recommend
impartial suffrage.