The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-10-07

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1t costs $4,000 to dig o 600 feet
oil we'll in Pennsylvania.
Chicago boasts 100,00O,OO0 brick
made the present season.
A little girl laughed herself to
death in Philadelphia, last week
A woman recently died in Lon
don, who hadn't been sober in JIG years.
of the 100000 Jews in the world
the United States has 100000.
"A French chemist says that but
tormilk is just the thing to make peo-
pie live longer.
in Canada, butter 1Oal2c, flour
S3,G5a$5.
Our navy now has 337 vessels,
and about 10000 officers and men.
President Lincoln has sent rep
resentatiye recruit to the army.
Gen. Frank Fessenden, son Of
the secretary of the treasury, has put
on Palmer leg and gone to the front
A little boy in Chicago remon-
stratod against his mothers lewdness,
and she beat him to death.
At the Chicago concert halls they
shoot about one man day. Nice
place for amusements
-Gunbort Magnolia has captured
the misunderstanding steamer Mata-
gorda. from Galveston, Texas.
Tho rebels estimate Sherman's
army at 100000 men, and Sheridans
at $4,000, which is not far wrong.
During Sheridan's fight at Ope-
guam creek, our men cheered for Lin
coin and the rebels for Mcclellan.
Which side has mistaken its man?
The recent report that the govern
mcnt had appointed new agents to
procure cotton in the rebellious states
is denied by a Washington telegram.
They talk of taking navy appren-
tica boys from ii to Is years of age
and keeping them till they are q.
Trained and practical seamen will be
the result.
The bell in the First Presbyte-
rian church at Morristown, n. j., is $50
years old 1t came from England
during the reign Of Queen Anne.
The decline in gold has greatly
deranged business at Chicago Ono
Of the leading banking houses there
has failed, in consequence of specula-
ting in gold and stocks.
Jesse, the guerilla leader in Ken
lucky, was drafted as Union soldier
IN owen county and approaching the
Joke ne sent an able-bodied darkey as
a substitute.
The Sandwich Islanders are get
ting almost as civilized as the New
Workers. At recent election at Hon
olulu 7SS votes were found in the bal
lot box after 1913 names had been
checked
Secretary Stanton has ordered
that when large sums Of money arc
found on bounty jumping deserters, It
be retained by the government, and
returned only after service Of the term
6 OF enlistment.
> Trains on the railroad from Ken
+ mond to fredericksburg have been
! running several weeks to transport old
iron and rags from the WILDERNESS
battle ground Bodies have been ez-
humed TO strip them for the rags coy
ering them.
AT the gold room, New York, last
q Tuesday, scarcely delivery OF the
h precious metals was made. II tae
4 contracts for deliveries We're strlcti
q enforced, three-quarters of the gold
i gamblers would have to slope,
4 Horace Greeley comments the
= first volume of his american conflict
o to his countrymen, hoping that, IN
perfect as it is, it viii help educate "ow
people into the faith and love OF i'r
partial freedom.
i The eagle that perched on the
e banner Of the Sth Wisconsin regime"
d in the battle of Kenasaw mountain,
and has been with the regiment IN a.
engagements since, was presented ~
the state of Wisconsin, "Wednesday"
the returned regiment.
General Grants recent move
ments were primarily to prevent asii
+ onstrations ON sheridan ana II
ne known that some five thousand n.n
N who were detached by Lee to reIni %a,l
OF Early on Tuesday, were called Ms MS
n again on Thursday as soon as Dui' 4
lie move was made to the north panA
'e the James river
no "A tornado visited Mattoon 49,
r recently, blowing down buiion,St
ne overtnrning and destroying ears, stto
m tering bales of cotton, hogsheaDd1s S g.%
,o bocco and barrels of -four IN an u~ rtss
,ir tons and taking various other hp 1lorp
as with property. One car was Kim Kim.
half a mile, but no serious persona Was
m jury was done. Its approach Il.
Of heralded by dense black ciouu ,hne
I'd ing rapidly in the west and rus sars
n with fearful velocity over the tre
at nearly due east, accompanied ;ct,
be mendous discharges OF ele leu an
nj which fairly shook the earth nA'
earthquake
fc -Amob attacked the banking I hsr
n Of the Western Marine and fre is.y