The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-05
BETTER to die, better to serve
Than crsve the hire do deserve.
Rather than fool 1t so,
From Fortress monroe.

FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. s.-The fire at Ports
grocery store of H. @. Brlnkley,' at the corner Of
eoUTeS an Sna Wing oil o
sccldentaly letting candle fall on the aeor isnlng
Fire Department OF Portsmouth and Norfolk were
promptly on the spot ana rendered very etticlent
GospoSt Navy YaTS M II they had not been on hand
SO yerp Hs os
Insured for $1,000. The building was owned by Mr..
the virginia Mutual Insurance Company. and is a
total loss The adjoining house owned BY N Mrs ;S D. g.
and insured in the Virginia Mutual: .,,,.
The steamer Louisiana, OF the Baltimore ana
Norfolk line while backing into her wharf at Ports.
mouth. on Saturday evening last ran INTO tne wharf
She Sss NG5S s6e @ AID bs
ready to resume her regular trpsto Baltimore on
"S The Steamer e Lady of the Lake which runs from
CTlsfeld Maryland. TO Norfolk, and is due here at
learned E rom iu Captain Cap ingram the Courteous Com
6" bs rr a sSs rs as sne aS.oTpa
about half mile out and could not be got on that
while the cargo which consisted chiefly OF cotton
and oys,ers, had to be IshtsIed 70 the shore, The
when she Immediately LEFT tor Norfolk, TO be on regu
large and enthusiastic meeting OF the conserva-
tive element Of the city OF Norfolk was held last
pressed It, Of forming White Mans party and adopt
ge,d Ing p platform therefor: q w. Newton Esd was
stated the object Of the meeting and concluded by
Who + rci6ie speech on the situation Of AFFAIRS
in Virginia and the ChrOlnas He was very severeon
the radcsl orators who have been sumplng South
for political purposes and charged them with engan-
derng hatred between the black and white He
closed his remarks with stirring appeal to the white
men OF Norfolk to unite as one man upon the White
Mans platform some remarks were made by Colo
mel Hint on and others. when platform adopted
ar number OF delegates were chosen from the diff
feIent Wards to the Convention
company A, sd United states Artillery. 80 strong
under command OF Major shinn, arrived here this
the steamer George Appod, aud have taken up theiI
6s Re has ss
and a looking body Of men. The officers are
Major Shinn, comm enoing First Lieutenant John L.
Turmau: ana Second Lieutenant Pops.
The large iron BteamshiD ProponIfs Oixon's line
which has been loading with cotton corn, aud nava
stores in Norfolk, for the past few days sailed this
afternoon for Liverpool direct. She Is an Immense
vessel and loaded to her full capacity with these
staple products Of the South. r1'-7
Captain Ransom. OF the brig Ocean Ranger from
Rio, reports the barque lookout and brIgs Virginia
Dale, and Henrietta, having sailed for this pori
several days before he left They have not yet ar
now, supposed TO be the Dale. -,
com mandinR, from Baltimore, for Galveston TIE xas
sailed this morning for her destination. She is
schooner OF some three hundreds tons, and is 70 be
stationed on the Texas coast
The brig Niagara. Captain Curry, from Baltimore
for Port Spain. sailed this morning.
The brig Ocean Ranger Captain Ransom from RlC
with of coffee, Tor orders sails In the morntnl
for Baltimore, where she has been ordered by heI
eonsgnees