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The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
From Norfolk. the late news from England — the weather — Price of salt, &c. [special correspondence of the Dispatch.] Norfolk, Dec. 18, 1861. The important foreign news brought last evening by passengers from the North, via Old Point by flag of truce, was received here with feelings of decided approbation and pleasure. The evidences of gratification were seen in the smiling countenances of a number of the people. Boys amused themselves in the streets with fire crackers, Roman candles, fire-devils, &c., and some person made a great light in the market place by burning barrels which had contained one of the many combustible materials produced by the old North State. There seems to be a general desire that the Northern Government may refuse to surrender the gentlemen who were, in so rude a manner, forced to leave the British steamer in which they had taken passage for England. A refusal to apologize and to restore them to the position from which they were t
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
s have been sent in haste to the Admiral of the North American squadron at Havana. Secretary Cameron wants four millions seven hundred thousand dollars to put the coast defences in order. The ship Montmorenci, from Bath, Maine, bound for St. Thomas, laden with coal, was overhauled by the privateer Sumter. She was ransomed for twenty thousand dollars, and allowed to proceed. The bark Island City left Boston Tuesday with 250 exchanged prisoners captured at Hatteras, bound for Old Point Comfort. The New York Herald says that in three weeks not a dollar will be left in the National Treasury. No provision has been made to replenish it. Wall street is in confusion. Stocks greatly affected — they had fallen ten per cent. Foreign Exchanges has risen to 112 per cent. There is an entire suspension, stagnation, and paralysis of business in the city. The Herald argues the immediate enrolling of all young and able-bodied men of the city, to be drilled for effe