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From Norfolk.

the Lincoln spying commissioners at Fortress Monroe--they Can't come over — the Yankee Government and Napoleon — case of M. De Bebian.



Norfolk, Feb. 4,
--There is no doubt that the special spying commissioners appointed to visit the South, are at Fortress Monroe, but there is not the slightest probability that our Government will permit them to visit the Confederate States.

Among the persons recently arrived here by flag of truce from Fortress Monroe, was Mr. de Bebian, of Wilmington, N. C. He was arrested last summer at the North and confined in Fort Lafayette. Through the interference of the French Minister, he was released, but he was refused permission to return to Wilmington. He then obtained a a passport to go to Europe, but Mr. Seward endorsed on it, ‘"It is understood Mr. de Bebian is not to enter into any of the insurrectionary States."’ He went to Paris and had an interview with the Emperor Napoleon and showed him Mr. Seward's endorsement. The Emperor promptly declared that he should be allowed to return to his place of business. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs prepared the necessary papers for the French Minister at Washington, and Mr. de Bebian returned to the United States. He called on Mr. Seward for a passport to enable him to return to Wilmington, but he was refused it. On the next day the French Minister called on Mr. Seward, exhibited some documents, and asked for a passport for Mr. de Bebian to return to Wilmington, and Mr. Seward very cheerfully granted it.

Mr. de Bebian has applied to the Federal Congress for the amount of damages he has sustained, and it is probable he will be reimbursed. He claims to be a French citizen.

Fifteen officers and 380 privates were to have been released from Fort Warren and leave Boston yesterday en route South. The merchant seamen are also to be released.

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