We have received a copy of the "
Old Dominion" newspaper, containing some intelligence from
Norfolk of interest.
Butler has put his engine in order for work by the appointment of a number of officers to sit as a "military commission" for the trial of persons whom he shall arrest.
The Beast was in the city himself a few days since on a tour of inspection.
Gen. Barnes, the military commandant, met him at the boat and congratulated him on his "first visit to
Norfolk since the rebellion began." After inspecting the defences of the place, among which is one fortification called "Fort O'Rourke," he went back to
Fortress Monroe.
An effort is being made by
Col. Hazard Stevens, a Yankee, to raise the "1st regiment of loyal
Virginians" in
Norfolk and
Portsmouth.
A meeting was held in
Portsmouth, at which "
Lieut. Gov."
Cowper was the
chief speaker.
He was authorized by
Gen. Butler to say that H men enlisted in this regiment he (
Butler) would take special care that their families were supported, and that the regiment should never go out of the department.
There is great mortality among the negro troops; and the
Macon House, once a well known hotel in
Portsmouth, has been converted into a hospital for them.
Regiments of negroes, numbering at their organization 1,000, are now reduced to six hundred.
Those is
North Carolina have suffered as severely.
Wm. R. Houghton, a citizen, was arrested for appearing in Federal uniform.
He had been confined in Fort Norfolk for having a Confederate
Major's commission in his house.
He "took the oath" and was released.
Among the
Court proceedings we see a suit of
Geo. H. Merriam, of
Norfolk, against
Wm. Webster, of Newport News, for $14, 1000.
The property of
Webster had been attached.
The remains of
Sanborn, the
Yankee lieutenant killed by
Dr. D. M. Wright, had been disinterred and sent
North.
The pastor of a negro church delivered a discourse over it from the
Custom- House steps.
Miss Susan Denin is playing at
Norfolk.
