The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-19

Irrxs - n wslsr3ags. q Bsuuingtss.
Gel. y lbs "a vsrmant, has Fesigsel 80
commission On Aceeaat q eontsnaea 80
health. Col WsltriaKs sent oct a. Cap
tain q Company A, and y reasan y she
resignation q bis supsriaFs ahJ bis ovu
god 0olduc', received rapid prumo,ivn. II.
Col. Stone, VIA iea tbs State a. firss Lieu
tenant 81 the sane company is nos Ia com
m2nd Of the regiment. Two ielleWs hls-
ing entered Yields store ID Stamford aud
drank water on a wager, enc fnishiug eleven
and the other twelve full giassrs, the Meas
aud TraaSersrf suggests that they be pa
10 service as demonstrates .--- Rev. l.. Il.
Chapin Of New York, leesared bgioW the
North Bennington Leeturv Association, az
the Church at Centre Bennington, % fuss
day evening last Cough Is to ige,ure IN
the same place on the evening u The goth.
james Hough.on, 81 sIamturi, recently
sold pair q three year Uld steers 10 nau
in Uonnee,ieut to- three huudrrd dollars
the pair weighing $500 pouods. aud one Of
taem siugly 1850 pounds ----lhc .Atus aud
1raatctipi says thar an Oh lady 10 pownai
objects TO having telegraph pole put in
! her door yard because every time she
/ spanks her children II will 20 all orsr the
country which Is libel On Bennit gion
County. --Ilawley Bolley have boaght
the farm and quarry Of X. {. BloOmer, in
South Dorset.--Ffteen deaths have oc-
CURED in Peru since the first Of January
/ the present year, all but three Of which
were persons under seventeen years Of age
The First National Bank Of North Sen
4 nington has commenced issuing bills
The Troy and Boston railroad company
are building a new bridge al Pownal.-----
Samuel Maynard is building new store at
| South Dorset. Wv iudham County Court
is sitting at Fayetteville, Judge. Barrett
presiding. The dwelling house of Walter
Child, Of Wilmington, was burned 10 the
ground one night last week. -----'' l.. c. 5, :"
of Bondyile. writes TO lhe.drgus aud Patriot,
as follows f" Go ahead; spread the banner Of
4 free, and uncompromisng Democracy 10 The
breeze. Faithfully stand by he Constitution
cur fathers framed, and high heaven viii
bless your efforts aud thai abomination Of
dessolatIon, corruption aud fraud, aud all
the clique, in rebellion against the rights ol
the people, aud Of the States. must come
down. The hand writing is on the wall, in
/ flaming letters, 50 plain that the officials AT
Washington have seen aud read, and trem-
tle.---The dwelling house Of Peter Drazy
Of Peru, was reces& destroyed by FIRE. his
family barely e'skns IN their night clothes
Company F, of the Seventeenth. composed
Of recruits from Bennington and Windham
counties. has been organized as follows -
Captain, Lymaa L. Knapp, Townsheud,
/ First Lieutenant, George Hicks, Benning-
ton Second Lieutenant, George W. Kings
bury, Chester. Captain Knapp has many
friends in this place, having spent two or
three years at the Seminary both as student
aud teacher. He vas Captain in the Six
eeenth Vermont and fought at Gettysburg.
The public examination Of teachers Of
Common Schools for the town Of Dorset.
will be held in the schoo house Of District
No. 6. INT East Dorset. on Thursday tho
2othInst at O'Clock, I. NJ
/ /DR. EZRA EDsoN, Of Factory Point, met
with serious accident yesterday forenoon.
While engaged in ping heavy pllnks at the
Depot, large pile fell upon him, breaking
his leg. lie is now doing well.
The road between this Village and Fact
ory Point is the poorest in town, this eud
being much the worst. The mud to be dry-
en- through in going Out Of the village tI
way is unparrellel in quantity and Quality
As this road is Travelled more than 9,1y other
A it should be repaired with care /propertion
ate to its importance.
Rev. Mr.. WnrrrEMoNE Of New Haven
an agent of the National Fteedmen's Relic
Association preseflted the claims of the soci
ETY. he represeShts upon the beneyolCnce .
the people1n the Congregational Church 0
this yjnage ip the forenoon Of Sunday last
and>in the Baptist Church at Factory Pom
in the afternoon of the same day
In the organization Of Company + Of th,
+ Seventeenth Regiment, D. H. Dyer of thi,
place is Second Sargent, and Samuel b
Norton of Bennington, Third Sergeant.
The Prohibition OF SLAvAgY.-0n Fri
day last the Senate passed the resolution
proposing an amendment to the consttn.
ton, abolishing slavery by the very strong
vote Of 3S 10 G. We give the yeas aud nays
as follows: =
YEAs-Messrs Anthony. md.
Ter, Clark, Collamer CouneS y Dix.
on, Doolitle, fessendeu, y Foster
Grimes. Hale. Harding. Iarln, Harris,
Henderson, Howard. Howe, Johnson. Lane
tlnd j, Lane kansas, Morgan, Morrill,
Nesnith, Pomeny, Rtmsey. sherman,
Sprague, sumner, len Eyck, Trumhull Van
Ninsle, Wade, Wilkinson, Williams and
Wilson--36.