The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-12
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0ur ruFfs. give kraiss, HaAiNs. BRAINS,
Oh tul Two Seuuars bal thor faces
covered sgh tb,sr hands, bai harpeped 10
glance al each eise- thrapgh their singers.
aua - lhsis eyes mst, ,hsy eurzi eui
laughing
u appear. from 'hs allowing extract q a
letter frsm So cai,si ID ne Department q
the Cali, that Gen. Banks has learned a.
least che Thing necessary 20 insure success
We leave Ia two hours bat only hc Lorl
and Gen Banks know where We are going. %
Tie Nee York Wuikis very ss,cre "a
is criticism q recent literary professions
Il says " R.keg has published ! sobue, on
Gen Grant, aud Bengay an ealog1 On Owen
Larejoy. Tie ope j. an ilsul, 10 The living
and the oiber an outrage to The dead. f"
An exchange says that "the por,rai, Of
the woman that hept secret il ii the Brit
isb Museum. Il Is SAID not to resemble any
Woman now living"
( one Of the Government Inspectors grad.
! paliy came 10 notice that certain chicken
coop mle quite frequent trips between
Washington aud Alexandria. lie naturally
concluded Nat when cocktails we're abar-
dant whiskey nus, be near. On examiua-
( iiou The bottom of the coop was found to
be tin box confaipg several gallons.
The wife Of the rebel Senator Foo,e has
come within our lines. saying She is dis
gustel with tie con,ederacy and can not
+ live there. Persons aware Of the Senator
tendency 10 beligereut demonstrations as
exhibited 10 tho Committee rooms Of the
rebel Congress recently, think that she
probably means her husband instead Of the
confeleiaey.
The Washington correspondent Of tic
New York Journal of Commerce says that
the utter incompetence Of the clerks 10 the
Executive Departments is becoming the
subject Of universal comment, In one Of
the bureaus Of the Treasury Department
the second man in command can not write
an ordinary letter correctly, and one Of the
clerks under him can net write at all And
i Is stated on the authority of a Congress
nan that the head Of the Agricultural Blu
reau spells cabbage, 4" kabige."
In the Senate last Wednesday, the fol-
living resolution was subnilted by Nj,
salisbury
Resolred, That the Chaplain Of the Sen.
ate be respectfully requested hereafter &c
pray and supplicale Almighty God in oul
behalf, and not 10 lecture Him, informing
Him under pretence Of prayer, his, said
! Chaplain's opinion in reference to his duty,
as the Almighty, and that the said Chaplain
be further requested as aforesaid not under
the form Of prayer to lecture the Senate in
relation TO questions before the body.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Post Gays that Mr. Lincoln
atiirms that every document Of his since h,
became President, was his own composition
except the address to the English clergy.
men, which was written by Mr.. Seward,
The name Of Seymour seems to be one o.
III omen, especially to the Democracy Last
year they ran Seymour in Connection
and got badly defeated, and run one thi.
year with the same results. wag suggest,
that if our troops in Florida had not been
commanded by man whose name was sey-
mour, they would have been victorious.
During Sherman's expedition, as wound
ed Federal officer crouched into the yard o.
a planter, The latter split open his skull viii
an axe, killing him instantly. A party Of
Federal soldiers who soon came up being
informed oft BY the negroes, shot the plan.
ter, and putting he body in bis house burn
Ell all to the ground.
The Denver .Ners says that during tn,
recent session Of the Colorado Legislator,
not single member was seen drunk in BIZ
seat Or on the street, The matter is to b,
thoroughly Investigated.
An Alabama paper urges a genera adj
vance along the whole rebel line, saying
= 1t is better to die at the North with arms
in cur hands, than siarre al The South Of
expire in chains
The portrait Of Ex-President Piorce hai
been removed from the rotunda Of The CAPT
tol, and placed among the rubbish Of I'll,
building.
Gen Lew. Wallace has been put in com
mand of.tbe Middle Department, headquar
tiers at Baltimore. A reckless letter write
having accused him Of intemperance, Prem
ticc If the Louisville journal says he hap
pens to know he drinks Dothiug but water.
Thad Stephens Of Pennsylvania, the o.,
bachelor, was recently placed in delcat
position. lie has worn a wig for tweut,
years and was lately applied to on behalf o
the st. Louis Sanitary Fair for lock Of bis
hair to put in Congressional wreath.
Gen sickles has been appointed BY The
President 10 make a complete toar Of the sr
ritory reclaimed from the rebels, examine D.
TO the condition Of things aud report thera
upon lie commences ii Kentucky, and vii
go down the Mississippi aud come up tie Sc
7 coast
A London letter to the Round Table says
{ that the sun did not shine ONCE 10 Englaui
during the months Of January and February
Under those circumstances an exchange doe
NOT think ii unreasonable that John Bul
should get little cloudy in the insellec