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From Norfolk.[special Correspondence of the Dispatch] Norfolk, Sept. 5, 1861. A flag of truce was sent yesterday to Craney Island, from Fort Monroe, with Rt Rev. Bishop Verot, Rev. J. T. O'Neill, Rev.--Regnouf, and a young man named Gregory, a resident of Portsmouth, who has been a student in a Catholic institution in New York. They arrived here last evening. These clerical gentlemen of the Catholic Church are directly from the North, and, having a permit from Gen. Scott, came South without molestation. Bishop Verot is a Frenchman, as indicated by his name, and is distinguished for his high character and ability as a clergyman. He was about a year ago, appointed Bishop by the Pope, without the usual forms and ceremonies — a convention of Bishops, nomination, &c.--peculiar to the Church of Rome Rev. Mr. O'Neill has resided in Savannah, Ga., for many years. The Bishop and the two Priests took lodgings, on their arrival, at the Atlantic Hotel. The Bishop will, however,