--The Petersburg
Express has the following intelligence, relative to affairs in
Norfolk and
Portsmouth:
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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 the clergy in the two titles have been forced to take the oath.
It is reported that the magnificent mansion of
Mrs W E
Taylor is to be confiscated, although she has taken the oath, and has influential friends among the
Federals.
Hatteras is to be the permanent and regular prison for the rebellious of
Norfolk.
Miss Roane, whose case excited such interest in the
Confederacy, was the first victim, but scores have been sent there since.
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