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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-13

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I'VE, ssa'' All he mnmbers arc expected to attend
promptly. uvpuAN scuuRICHr, Cap. oong.
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81 ms ?. I'm these hea.iq arterf; aud NO such
20, al, ~i be granted unless 1t shall he Tor The
f.nss, af The Coaf+dersey
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TTESrIlN, G ,veracr's Mounted Guard You
"A atI meet at the City Hail on Wednesday 81
- the 18Th Inst, At So O'Clock, mounted and
snr ,anipoal for drill aai inspection. Members
'Ss 4. The store cf ChrisaIan h Lea for tqaip-
Ea I.s NJ order Of d M LEA, Captaia.
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26
prANE 5. MALkER,s E.tate.

StTATE OF VERMONT Alta Probate Court
- Manchester District rs. holden OF Manchester
IN and fee said District on the 9TH ,lay Of DULY, A.
y 1854
Present Hon Z : KENT Judge
The Administrator On ne estate Of Duane $.
Walker, late Of Peru IN said District deceased ape
plies IN writing for license to sell all the real estate
II said deceased, including the rerpfstoh Of the
widows dover, representing that the personal cs-
tate Is not sufficient 10 pay the debts Of said dcceas
cd and that part Of the real estate cannot be sold
without Injury to those iutcrcsediu the remainder
Whcrcupon Il was ordered that said application
De heard nj Protat, Court, tobe hpldefr at the
Probate Office, IN Manchester. II ara To- said dis
trct On the last "Wednesday ofJuly 1864, and.that
notice thereof be given By publishing this order three
weeks ,uccessively in the MANeHEsTER JorRSAI,
printed said Manchester previous TO said time Of
hearings II. X LOWLER, Register.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26
JOHN ". REID's Estate.

StTATE or VERMONT, I At Il Probate
~ bennington County, SIS. Court holden at
in and fcrsaid District, on the 29th
day Of Jane, AID. 1894.
Present Hon. I. S. RENT Judge.
An instrument in writing purIorting to be
the last will and testament Of John W. Reid,
late Of Sunderland, in said District deceased,
was presented for pr5tats
Whereupon it was Ordered that sGid instru@
ment be proven at all'robate Court to be holden
at the Probate Office, in Manchester IN and
for said District, on the last "Wednesday Of
July, 1864, aud taat notice hereof be given by
publishing this order three weeks successiyely
in the MANCHESTER louENAI., printed a said
Manchester, previou. to said time Of hearing.
II. K. FOWLER, Register.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26

The Chicago Tribune compares The
conduct Of Pennsylvania 10 that Of
the Western States, aud says:
When Indiana was invaded. al The
call Of her Governor, 10000 men
sprang 10 arms within lofty-eight
hours. They In the plough in the
furrow, impressed horses wherever
they couli find thcm. and in two days
stood ready TO defend the soil OF the
State from the tread Of the foe. The
Governor Of Ohio>~at The same time
called for $4,000 men, and his call
was promptly responded TO.
The norlhp ard movement Of the
enemy, recently SO Threatening, is at
end, ar so nearly 50 that We fear, ere
this, Pennsylvania, like Mr. Wardle's
fat boy, is fast asleep again This,
her thire annual awakening. has pro
ven her briefest and least harmful
She got one eye oTen, and like a
broad-backed ruminani disturbed by a
Cad hy, she even put out one leg, as
il 10 rise bat the disturbing insect
has gone, and all along the AIleghan-
ies. stretched upon her TAT hill-sides.
Pennsylvania again dreams Of con
tract and only Of 'barbed steeds" IN
lhe visions 0i horse contractors.
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THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY.
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These Ps should no, b. taken By females that
are pregnant during tho FIRST THREE MONTHS
a. they arr sure % bring Miscarriage but at e,-
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IN ai cas4s ~ Nervous and spinal Affections pain
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They can be sent in d bottle containing 50 pills
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26

a saspsciau wss enirrsinet IN the
Wa DEes ihss fhe rebel invading
iof1e 81 lsaYirg Msfyias3 started 70
reiniorcf aoiasfoa Al Ailauts Gen.
Sherman. - receiving ihe Information,
ssisrrapl.oi pronplly Sl>ei thsm eome
- an r,say 81 them
fits sasd that bsllei uhisiisd close
b ite Pfsssdsni's carriage "a The re-
cent aght 81 For Stevens Mr. LIN
roin vas rear enough 70 crack JOKE
81 responfe 70 The crack q ibe rebei
rife.
twas ssppostd that lhUFloa Weed
lad lost heavily ia Wall Stirred spec
a,a,ians bar Re s described 4. II New
York With bead erect, elastic s;ep,
clear CSC. smiling face and new hal
ALI indiciiious that his Wallet Is Ecil
stuffed.
Mai.. Gen. 4. r. s'Ieaari hiss been
promoted to The Lieutenant. General
ship II Tie rebel army made yacan, by
Tie death Gen Polk.
A private letter from london gives
"a fact which NC have no, seen before
pulsilsied -" AZ the great eomfn~mo-
ration day II Oxford last week, Con.
frdefme officer appeared on the plat
form IL his uniform. and was cl<erea
q such dcgrve as 70 rise s., eral
times aud bow 10 tie galleries n ac-
knoaledsemenl Or tse honor
Michael Blue, Of Pulaski. Trnnes-
see. bad a terrible attack Of the blues
/ few days ago. his wife presented
him With three Blues at one BIRTH
tuo gil. and one boy
The Richmond Enquirer ofihe 18th
says, I'll was reported that Gram had
received wound ia lie shoulder from
fragment d shell, and that he
died during tho amputalinn which was
/ resorlsd 10 by his surgeons. II seems
too good 10 be true, but the source
from \ hirh We receive the rumor lends
it nc least an air Of probability"
-Four little children whih playing
in an oak chsss ia Neaburg, were W.
exprctcdly shut Ia by the closing Of
the nd AID smo,hered 10 death.
On the morning Of the 18th, the y.
Y. World had the following Presi.
dent Lincoln is luxing the resources Of
his cunninI to eonlrive preiexts Tor
adiournihg AN actual draft until after
the Presidential election In the af-
ternoon the writer Of The SANDER bad
Tie ai.iactlun of reading the proela-
mstecu calling for 500,0b0 men. and
announcing unless they were obtained
in fifty days, draft would commence.
We now hold upward a sixty-two
lholsand rebel prisoners. -Four thous.
and OF these are officers.
The Louisiana constitutional con
yention has completed its work, and
tie free state constitution is submit
trdto the people on the first Monday
III September. The constitution abol-
i,ltrs slavery and provides Tor popular
education.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26

Ibe New Iosk Journal a Cgtn.
mrres. qooiiag she vfi repeated coEa-
rsouplaec -ibal the Febellion Is GO as
lasi legs. asks peevishly how many
legs she rvt,eilion has got The Chi
cagu Itgbunf answers
There Is 3 leg 10 0hie called Val
landigham, one IN Chicago called the
Tines. iwo m New York, the Journal
az Commerce. and World. and one in
Cinriauaiii, the Enquirer. besides two
very lame legs Al Richmond and A..
lania. The Northern legs are the
nln.t serk leeahle
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26

REBEL ATROCITIES The barbar-
tiles praciiced ~ guerrillasin Nilsson.
ri have probably no parallel in any
war on record. They appear ~ act
more like licnds than men in human
form and with human ir''ptlscs -
Some OF their atrocities ave most hor-
rible 10 relate. A few days ago Il
ourg man named Hart was murdered
Ia ST. Francois county, under circ1m.
Stances Of The most revolving cbarac-
Ter. " hen fouud after his capture
bY The buslwhack he was suspend
III from a tree ia such way rs TO
have produced lingering ind e6cru-
ciating death, his hands being lied be-
bind his back by hickory thong pass
I'D through holes bored in his wriste.
Other marks Of aggravated torture
acre found upon his parson.
Ano her case OF extraordinary
aIrpciiy was tie killing Of IN old
Methodist preacher named Morris, 10
Platte county, man sixty years Of
age, VI ose eyes were first put oui,and
then he was shot.
Numerous other cases almost a.
bad have come to our knowledge
Tie shooting OF innocent, uuarmea
citizens Is thing o. diily occurrence.
The victims are nearly always radi-
cal Union men. Conservatives are
rarely disturbed. Both Hart and
Morris were peaceable citizens, bur
unconditional Union raen!--.S. Louis
Democrat.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
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have been restored 80 health that had before despair
ed Testimony given IN bunreds II eases. 4 single
dose relieves Va rES MINUTES
Ash for Bryans Pulmcuic WAfrrs-tbe original
and only genuine is stamped Bryan" spurious
kinds are offered for sac twenty i've cents box
Sold By al Druggists
JOB NOSES sole Proprietor.
!yts ~ 'rtlandt Street, New York
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26
PRESERVE YOUR BEAUTY.

SYMMETRY OF FORM
YOUR HEALTH AND MENTAL. POWERS,
By using that safe. III lsant, populaI, and Specific
Remedy known as
llELMBOLDs EXTRACT EUCHu
Read the Advertisement Ia another column aud
Prgat by it,
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26

Il i reported that Gen. Hunter has
demanded 10 he relieved from the
command Of the Department OF West
ern Nirginia,in consequence o. all his
available troops having been ordered
10 repor % Gen. Wright, who has
charge d lhe column sent in pursuit
q Tie Rebel raiders There Is a
very general impression that Gen. II
suffered hiinselI 70 be onlsilled in his
recent campaign against Lynchburg
and this taking q BIS troops from bin
may be ratification Ct the popular
yerdic, by oar military authorities
.4l5oag J3Breal.
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days the worst cases y NERVOUSNESS, lUpoten-
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26
Pension and Clam Agency.

H. X P0wLER svocrssoR ar l. sAKGEANT
THE undersigned having taken license e.
Il csaiu ageat. is prepared 70 receive apph-
cAtlofs for Pension, Sack Pay and Bounty
clalins At claimaits having mhfaished husl
ness With Hen. l.. sargeznt are notified thai
the same Is isft wifh the Subscriber 70 prose
cute 70 completion.
HK Y0wLER
Nsuehe q. rBlv Il. tfft--3ms
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26
LEGAL NOTICES.
M.nTiN nnnEnrs E.ln,r.

GTArE on VERMONT Alta Probate Court
- Manchester District s. holden at Man hester,
ID and Tor said District on the geth day of Junc A.
a. 1864
Present Hon. T. s. KENT. Judge.
The Administrator on the Estate Of Mafiln Rob
eTts late 4 Manchester In said District deceased
proposed Il render account II he admir- sifatin
Whyrcupon !, was rtlerta that said application
be heard at a Probate Court u be held ht the Pro-
bate Office IN Manchester 10 Ihdfor said district on
the eth day Of Judy 1854 ard that all persons inter
tcrested IN said estate be notified thereof by pub
fishing copy Of the pcord Of this order three
weeks successfully Ia the MANcHEsTrE JouRNAL,
printed al Manchester the last u which publications
hail be prtyrus o. said time Of hearing
II, X FOWLER, Register.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26
DAVID sUELDOA's E.tate.

GTATE or VERMONT, ! At Probate
- Manchester District, IS. 'iConrt holden at
Manchester, 10 aud Tor said District, % 22nd
day Of June, a. D 1864.
Present, Hon u. s. KENT, Judge
An instrument inswritng purpor ing - be
the last will and testament Of David Sheldon,
late Of Rupert, In said Di3trier. deceased. was
presented for probate
Whereupon it was ordered lat said iustrd-
ment be proven at n Probate Cart 70 be held
at the Probate Office in Manchester, IN and for
said District, on the last Wednesday Of Aily,
1864, and that all persons interested in said
estate be notified thereof by publishing copy
Of Tbs record Of this order three week success
sively in the MANCHESTER JOURNAL, printed
a. Manchester, the last Of which publications
shall be previous to said time Of hearing.
II. X. FOWLER, Register.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26
NOTICE!
lmporiani % PalM-Itaf RFal1rra ,

y nnn DOZEN GOOD PALN-LHAF
%sUOO Hate wanted iar which the high
ct market price wii be paid IN Money o. Mer-
chaHaiSe a. the Store x the subscriber n
i}eadF We VI. Good palm-lesf furnished 10
brniaers 81 aH times AZ iov rates.
sIxGs ~ HAre.-siens Asis. : incA TuB
4 ineh Cfewn, ineh Bum. BOYS Hath. iuch
Top, inch gro&H. 3 nch Hrm.
c B. WILLIAMS.
b s,iis, VI, vs. r Issf- sms.
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w. a. ADAMS
VUu n cal md FEafnI M n % e ffrs1If
CLOCKS, GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
silver and Plated Kafc.

A nlcs assortfaeni 4 iewelry. ahA ssae;asies tiar
SOC ear srf s. IS "a rff good targatn kefairihe
deDs II short Eaficf. Also, SEent ia i5s Iitiie
Gisni sesins Mssf7a.
Faciars Fslat 8pfI 5sfh, 1854
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BENNINGTON COUNTY COURT.
June Term. IED1.

BOOKS. KEnb& co
This & an action on Book Account wherein
the plaintiffs claim a balance II SIX Hundred
dollars
II appearing that tie defendants, james II.
Beebes. Jpha Webster sad William Reid, re-
side ont 81 this Sisfe, aad 10 perssnal -, vice
has been made Oh ihefn, i i ordered bY The
Court thar notice ~ the Presidency g this ae-
tion be giyea 70 said defendants by Publishing
the substance " tlis actiou and this osder three
weeks successiweiy Ia the MAScBfsTg JouEa
A.. printed At Manchester, ia aid Comfy, the
last a. which publications tHsii be ~ least
;weatT days prior 10 the session n sald O. ~.
Aeni 10 BE- holden 81 Beuningion, - agd for
said Eoaa'y 81 Bennington, % The fFst Tues
day Il December. 1854, * which time said De-
Pendants are required 20 appear, % Their &C.
isgh viN be recorded.
Rs order n Court
J0Hy y. HALL. CLERK.
=. CtsYfxIp P'Nn,itfs Atorua
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Editor OF Journal.
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Df. IUseI0u D6HT sIfl--llaYue used your
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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-11-16
THE PIRATE FLORIDA" CAPTURED
Blythe "WAUCHUSSETF."

The L. S. ship Kearsage arrived at Bos-
ton, on Nov Sth, and had as passenger W.
w Williams, Asst Paymaster of the L. 5.
ship Wauchussett, bearing dispatches de-
failing the circumstances attending the cap
ture of the pirate Florida, In the port OF
Bahia, Brazil, on October 7th without tho
loss OF a man on board the " auchussett.
The kearsage had On board the chief engln-
eer and boatswain of the Alabama as prls-
oners of war, and the surgeon aud sixteen
men belonging TO the Florida. The Wau
chussett Is bringing her prize, the Florida.
home. The following Is brief account of
the circumstances OF the capture of the pl-
rate Florida:
She arrived at Bashia Bay of San Saliva
dor, 'on the night OF the 7th ult Captain
Collins having held consultation with his
officers determined to sink the Florida in
Port Accordingly gbout three clock the
cables We're shipped and the Wauchussett
steamed for the Florida, hitting her on the
quarter without doing her any great injury.
Capt. Collins now called out To those on
board the pirate to surrender or he would
sink her. This demand was replied to by
the First Lieutenaut-''u under the circum-
stances | surrender " A Howzer was now
made fast, the cable slipped and the Florids
towed to sea. In the malice several pistol
shots were fred, and accidently two guns
from the Wauchussett Captain Morris
and Wolf, Of the Florida 5 crew were ashore
ON liberty. The Florida was taken COM
pletely by surprise Seventy of her men,
1t was known being on shore, and the others
Just coming on board were asleep and intox-
icated The blow given the Florida by the
Wauchussett carried away the mizzan mast
and main yard, which fell on the awning
preventing any of her crew from getting up
I
of the deck of the intention of the Wau.
chussett' captain that he sang out you will
same time calling for a light. Twelve Off
GERS and fifty eight men of the Florida were
captured
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-11-16
TIE MACKERAL FISHERY.

Mr.. Carter IN his Summer Cruise oc
the New England Coast" gives the follow
ing facts concerning the mackerel fishery
When mackerel vessel reaches place
where the fish are supposed TO be plentiful,
the master f'urls all his sails except the main
sail. brings his vessels bow TO the wind, ran
ges his crew at intervals along one of her
sides, and, without a mackerel in sight, at
tempts to raise a school by throwing over
bait. The batter stands amidships, with
bait-box outside the rail, and with tin cup
nailed to long handle he scatters the bait
on the water. If the mackerel appear, the
men throw out short lines, to the hook of
which a gittering pewter jig is affixed. The
fish, if they bite at all, generally bite rapid
", and are hauled in as fast as the most ac.
tive man can throw out and draw in line.
As they pull them on board, the fisherman.
with jerk, throws them into a barrel stand
ing beside him. So ravenously do they bite,
that something's barrelful is caught in fif-
teen minutes by single man. Some ac-
tive young men viii haul in and Jerk of
fish and throw out the line for another with
a single motion, and repeat the act in so
rapid succession that their arms seem con-
tinually on the swing. TO be high line,
that Is, to catch the greatest number of fish,
is an object of earnest desire among the am
bilious; and the muscular ease, the preci-
ciSion, and adroitness of movement which
such men exhibit in the strife are admira
bic. While the school remains alongside
and will take the hook, the excitement of
the men, and the rushing noise Of the fish In
their beautiful and manifold evolutions In
the water arrest the attention Of the most
careless observer.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-11-16
PROFESSOR MACK'S WIFE;
OR. MARRYING \ COOK.


Some years since. when I was in college,
we had amongst our faculty, a curious,
parsonage. whom every one regarded with
considerable respect, and yet rs a character
sui leaer5s. lie had lived many years with
out wife. and expected to live 50 always.
Indeed a he was the professor Of mathe-
MATES the abstraction OF his science for
bade his indulging in the idea Of getting
married To the female sex, therefore, he
showed no other regard than common pO-
illness required His character was purely
negative. OF course he was not popular
with the ladies, and they kept themselves NJ
d distance from him. But circumstances
that often bring about a match in other ca
scs, placed hJm m a peculiar dilemma. It
seemed q Whim that a necessity was iaId up
ON him to get married. lie was one OF the
faculty OF the cailege.-ail the other proteS-
sors were married and obliged TO entertain
the distinguished visitors OF the Institution.
Hehad always 5OardeH OF course it WASH t
expected Of him that he should ever give a
party or dinner. But it began to be regard
ed a. rather mean in him to shirk off this
matter from year to year, and, well off as
he was pecuniarily, throw upon the other
members Of the faculty the cost and trouble
Of entertaining the special friends and pat
rons of the College. The question was
therefore frequently asked:
.Nhv dosen't the old miser entertain
some OF the distinguished visitors that visit
US?
Now our professor WASH a miser at all
and it often troubled him to think he was
situated that he couldn't bear his part OF
the burden And yet; what could he do?
Must he ret married? And if so, to whom?
He had no special regard for any one IN the
vicinity Of the college, and no one had any
special regard for him. In his younger days
he had seen at school a young lady in the
city OF New-Y ork. in whom he had felt a
peculiar interest And of her he hadn' t
heard for years. Doubtless before this time
she was married, or in her grave. Possibly,
however, she was still living and waiting for
him Glorious thought He was quite
relieved ut it, though, indeed, there might
be no foundation for his relief. Neyerthe
less he could make due inquiry. Nor could
he long delay. for commencement day was
at hand. only few weeks off. 1t was his
turn. or rather would be if he was married,
to give the great dinner to the distinguished
personages who would be present on the oc-
casion. There would be the Governor Of
the State. and his lady-the trustees OF the
Institution and their friends, and others of
equal repute But who should be master OF
ceremonies? And who should grace the ta-
bic? He could square the circle perhaps,
but such circle as this, what could he do
with it? If he were only married, what a
belpmeet would his wife be at such time.
And vet, his wife must be good looking,
intelligent, and accom- plished lady; otherwise
the blank would be blot
Now there was young lady in the neigh
borhood that the professor thought might
answer. He had seen her at his boarding
house, and spoke to her once or twice :.
''But she may say no, and If she did,