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The Daily Dispatch: April 18, 1864., [Electronic resource], Affairs in Norfolk and Portsmouth. (search)
Affairs in Norfolk and Portsmouth. --The Petersburg Express has the following intelligence, relative to affairs in Norfolk and Portsmouth: Rev. Mr. Wingfield, who was sentenced by Butter to sweep Portsmouth's streets in Penitentiary costume, was afterwards persuaded by Butler to take the oath, said persuasion consisting probably in a threat of Hatteras. Revs Mr. O'Keefe and Plunkett, the Catholic Pastors of Norfolk and Portsmouth, received telegraphic dispatches last Sunday fortnight from Butter, asking 1st, whether they had taken the oath; 2d, whether they said the usual prayer for the President of the United States before vespers.--Mr. O'Keefe replied that he had not taken the oath, as he owed no allegiance to Lincoln, and as to the prayer before vespers, he had never heard of H. Mr. Plunkett, who has not taken the oath, repaired to Fortress Monroe and had an interview with the Beast; which resulted in his being allowed "time to reflect." With these exceptions, all t