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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

she house being crammed 10 sufFoea.
ton and although | have iclt al sorts
Of sensations, don't remember ever
feeling so humble, such decided
goneness, as | did when | looked out
Of the fifth story window and saw
from three to five thousand persons
waiting there with quarter Of dol.
lar in their pockets, who could not
get in. You can fancy my feeling,
on that occasion. lI pa (, ar., az.
seeing the money J h,d io ioos,, /
rushed to my cai pente. aud glt linn
TO cut through the pariiuun and ia,
up q temporary fight OF stairs in Ann
street to let them out in that way
BY thai means We saved two hundred
persons. But there WAS great loss.
In lhe following March the Irish pop
ulation said they were coming there
in large numbers on "St.. Patrick's
Day in the morning" gave orders
TO have the egress ready, endeavoring
TO save all the quarters this day.
An old lady with some small chill
dren with her was tue first TO come,
and VI l2 o'clock it was jsmmed TO
suffocalion, but there were several
thousands outside. | told the Irish
lady she could lake her "dear little
creatures" away from the danger
through the new door. "Sure an I'm
not going out" said she. 81 brought
my dinner, and I'm going TO stay all
day" ] discovered to my dismay
that all had brough, their dinners.---
Several thousand were waiting in des.
pair. | ran to the painter and got
painted the word egreSs on the new
hight Of stairs. They came round
in that direction, and seeing the word
egress painted there, said, "Sure an
that is an animal we have not seem"
For the purpose of seeing him they
went down stairs and were thus land
ed outside. They found that animal
in the street. BY that means we
were enabled TO accommodate all the
people that day. 1t shows tue i'm
portance of advertising.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

The RIP VAN Wrinkles OF OUR
RAcE.-One OF the most succinct and
comprehensive statements of the kind
we have ever seen, lately appears
in a speech made by Rev. Samuel
Coley, before the missionary anniyer-
sary Of the British Wesleyans, on a
late occasion. It is passage worth
preserving 81 suppose no country
ever bad such power of invention
and such stunted intellectual develop
ments as China. The Chinese is the
largest, yet, beyond its own realm, the
least influential of monarchies. From
China no mission has ever started, no
conqueIor has ever marched. Be-
fore all people in rudimental inven-
tion, they are behind all people in
development. They had gold and
silver coins before the first Darie was
minted, yet they traffic by the scales
TO this day. They first had gunpow-
der, but have got little farther with
It's use than to blaze il away in crack
ers. They were long before US with
the magnet, but no junk ever crossed
the ocean except in tow of a British
ship. They have printed from time
immemorial, but their literature
awakes no progressive intellect. They
have made glass for two thousand
years, and ordinarily do not make
it clear enough to see through yet.
Their astronomy is still astrology,
nor has their chemistry awQke from
dreams Of alchemy. They have po-
liteness, but their odd forms, and sla-
very of etiquette, only make them un-
sociable. They have a wonderful
language, but its elaborate cleyerness
is a curse and a fetter to their minds,
it the labor Of a life to learn
to read. They are not without no
tions Of dignity; but the men find it
in nails long enough for claws, and the
women in feet crushed into the shape
lessness Of hoofs. In the South At
lantic there i. a sea--the Great Sar-
goza. All the currents pass by it,
Dull, dead, heaving waves just move
the heaped-up taDgIe Of weeds that
grow, and the drift of wrecks that rot
in that staDgant, melancholy limbo
China is the Sargoza sea Of the ocean
of humanity"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

VOLUNTEERS AND REGULARS
The London Times of the 10Th, in an
article on the American war says :---
"There is hardly regular battalion
in the whole Of the numerous hosts
which are contending with such un-
paralleled ferocity aud resolution. -
The veterans who are occasionally
spoken Of cannot 10y possibility be
soldiers of more than three years
standing. Our own volunteers are
older troops than the Oldest troops
under Grant or Lee. There is not a
regiment in either camp which was
raised before the spring of 1861; for
the number Of the small regular ar
my almost vanished in the mass, and
it has never been found practicable
TO give il any material increase Of
strength. The whole of this dreadful
fighting has been done by volunteers
without any such training as our rifle.
men. Yet these raw companies, with.
ont professional spirit or regimental
traditions,wilh Captains snatched from
the counter or the store, and with
Generals who were attorneys a few
months ago, are fighting with as much
heroism and obstinacy as Ndpoteon's
Old Guard or Gsrganys Jrdvea
~arrirsi There may be little sci
ence in the business, but Of all that
makes soldiers there is as much as in
any war of which we Yead.'
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

Slow GRINDING.-Quite mum.
Der Of years ago there lived IN An
droscoggin county, Me-, man by the
name of L. He was a farmer.
stage-drivcr and hoiel-keeper, and
was blessed with large family Of
boys. Among them was the hero Of
our yarn. Idc was the name that be
was best known by. He was lean,
lank and scrawny-always. on hand
to run errands and do chores gener-
ally. One very hot day in July Ide
was sent OF about three miles TO a
mill, with a large lot Of grain TO be
ground. Unluckily for him, there WAS
quite quantity in before be 60; there,
so that il was late in the afternoon
before they got to work on lde's lot.
The water was low, consequently The
mill stones revolved rather slowly
lde was hungry, and l,N inner man
grew uproarious, and looking up to
the miller, he says:
Uncle Reob, ! can eai that meal
iasler than you can grind it,
"Ah, my boy. how long could you
do n!T
"Why, iill ! star, ed 10 death r said
Id.
Uncle Reub ays that be never got
such sIios before.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

FACTS FOR FARMERs.---"If you
invest your money in tools, and then
leave them exposed to the weather, it
is the same as loaning money to a
spendthrift without securily--a dead
loss in both instances.
If you invest your money in books
and never read them, il is the same
as putting money into bank, but
never drawing either principle or in.
terest.
If you invest money in fine stock
and do not feed and protect them, and
properly care for them, it is the same
as dressing YOUR wife in silk to do
kitchen work.
II you invest your money in choice
fruits and do not guard and give them
chance to grow and prove their value,
il is the same as putting a good hand
INTO the field win poor tools 10 work
With.
II sou invest your money IN a good
farm and do not culliyate il well, il is
rhe same as marrying good wife and
so abusing aud erslaying her as to
crush her energies and break her
heart.
Il you invest your money IN fine
house and do not cultivate your mind
and taste so as 10 adorn it with intel
ligence and refinement, il is a. If you
were TO ~ear bIoaicloth and six
hat 10 mill.
If you invest your money Ia fine
clothes al 4 do not wear them with
dignity and ease, il Is AS il a pl5w-
man were 10 sit II : jrweler's table
10 make and adJus hsir spring
II you invest your money IN strong
drink. 4 isSfhe same a. turning hun-
cry log. into growing rofniield-
ram sill ioiloW 10 Logb eases.
II ypu invest your money - every
new wonder ihM flaming circulars
proclaim, il Is the some MS b0yii 2
tickets al lottery Office where there
are ten blanks 20 one prize.
II sou invest your morey 10 The
''lasi novel, il i the same as employ
ing a lailor'> dandy 10 dig your Pola-
toes.-- Ereh0Hge.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

were you ever ashamed Of tho
names of some of our battIe.fclds f---
asks the Springfield Repadticoa. Not
Northern muasills, but Southern chiv-
airy, are responsible for such names
as theso-they are genuine and his
torical: Bull Run, Smokers Gap,
Shughter's Mountain, pold-cat Sta
tion, Gum Neck, Niggerfoot Road,
BuzEard's Roost Pass, Cockeysyille,
SouilIe-town, SINNERS Neck, Mob
Jack Bay, yellow Tavern, IIardscrab-
bic Town, Snaketown, Jericho Marsh,
Pining Tree, Pumpkinvine Creek OK
Neck, Guinea's Branch, Snake River
Hollow.
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The Price Vermont 1. s.pnrnr.

During the past few weeks the
Standard has contained official re.
port from al The Vermont troops en-
z god with the Army Of the Potomac
M tie present campaign, which reports
give q complete list Of all casualties
las have thus far occurred. From
the recapilulations Of these several
reports we compile the following tn.
bic, which win have sad interest for
Nrrmaa,iars
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

"Perley," ielegraphs from Wash.
ington Officers from the james
river are astonished al the doubtful
manner in which the campaign is spo-
ken Of by some here. The city Of
Petersburg is now under the guns of
Grants batteries, and in due time the
rebel iortificaiions in the vicinity will
be commanded. The skirmishes show
the desperation Of the enemy, and Of
iicers captured admit that they have
staked everything on the defense Of
Richmond, while Petersburg i re-
garded as the rebel capital
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

NEwsPAPoRAL,--The Montpelier
Wachmaa, the Freeman, ST. Johns
bury Caiedonian and Newport Meps,
have all advanced their rates TO $500
per year in advance. The Wood.
stock Standard, Ne~@irDIer, Windsor
J0urnaf'and some other State papers,
have also advanced their rates, tho
latter, ,he Joaraai TO $3.50 in ad-
vance.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

STaNNgEING.---A story is told Of q
stammering fugitive who is said to
have begun an appa Al fsf ~Qua-qaa
qua" ~Oh r said pursuing
trooper Il cant 4 for gga
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

retained possession Of their valisex
which they lugged along with most
praise worthy industry We passed
the bridge shortly after five o'clock,
and rested there until an engine, with
two cars attached, arrived from Phil.
adelphia, loaded with marines and tive
brass howitsers, from the Philadelphia a
Navy Yard.
A REcoSNofssANcE
was made by them down toAards
Magnolia, where they saw the cars
still burning; but no rebels we're
found Lieutenant Hsyeock, in charge
Of ihe marines, then brought his COM
mand back to PerryviIle. The re-
leased prisoners climbed up on the
engine, the roof Of the car, on the coal,
rnd in fact wherever standing room
was 10 be had. j got good place
on the coal. We made good time to
Havre dc Grace, and after waiting for
a short time were crossed over 10 the
Philadelphia side Of the Susquehanna
river.
During our stay at Magnolia we
noticed that a large number Of citi.
zens from the surrounding iarmhouses
were laughing, chatting and frater-
nizing with the rebel troopers. Their
conduct may have been dictated by
policy, and should be sorry 10 i'm
pute it TO any other motive. On the
authority, however, Of Mr.. III. A.
Greenfield, agent Of the Baltimore
and Philadelphia Rrilroad, it is stated
that they associated on SO friendly
Sooting with our captors, mot that
they loved the Union less, hut the
confederacy more" Among these
sympathizers were a noted lawyer,
several medical men and other resi-
dents of the place. These persons
are, am informed, all residents Of
that part of the country, and their be-
havior towards the rebels was GER
tainly very reprebensible.
In conclusion, am but performing
an act of simple justice by stating
that Major Harry Gilmor was not
cognizant of the conduct Of his men.
lie strictly prohibited all stealing
from prisoners but the event proved
that the lawless troopers under his
command could not be restrained
from lilehing a purse or a watch when
a fair onnortunilY nresenled ilaelf
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

Arr REfLrcTloS Two county
men went into hai,er's 70 buy one
Of them bat. They we're delighted
With the sample, inside the crown of
which was inserted a looking-glass.--
"N hal is this glass fof?' said one Of
the men. The other, impatient at
such rural ignorance, exelaimed:- -
"lfhai forf SHY, ior tie man who
buys the bat 10 see hos il lls him
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

A week filed Up wiih selfshness,
and the Sabbaih stuffed full u rellg-
ioas exercises, will make a good Phar-
isee, but poor Christian.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

"Whai are ladies, who make the
shopmen show goods, bot never bur.
chase called in medical parlsnce r.
Il don't know, am sure" ! said
aWhy, they are called oopnier.irri-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

a Wr has just discovered the true
cause ofthe bravery ii uegro troops
They are tile calor bearers of the hu-
man race.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19
Barnhams Advertising Experience

Barnham's Advertising Experience.
Tie American Museum | bought
twenty-five years ago, because the
owner had died, he having msde a
fortune because there was no other
museum there He had been dead
two years. His daughter did not ad-
vertise. 1t was losing money. Peo-
pie would look at the sign american
Museum" call il a fine building and
pass on. They would look at a mon
ument with about the same idea Of 60
ing into it. The expenses were forty
dollars and il didn't pay that. Find
ing there was really great collection
OF curiosities that only needed the
public should know of to secure pa
tronage, bought it, and every quar-
ter of dollar could take in there |
laid out in advertising. ! immediate
ly took the money to the newspaper
offices, got out handbills, and the peo-
pie came In wonderfully, and the
quarters accumulated so fast | scarce
~ could imagine how TO lay them out
in advertising.
After exhausting my ingenuity in
the way of handbihs and placarda and
advertisements, | thought ! had ad-
vertised enough when spent $500 a
day in that way. Bonner 0: the New
York Ledger said led him in adyer-
tising. He has beaten me and every
body else out Of sight. He has ex-
pended at one time, in five different
daily papers Of the United States, So
600 in each paper, making $4,000
in each days advertising, with three
lines repeated, and taking four pages
al once. He says the more he adyer-
tises the more he makes. | was ad-
vertisins TO a great extent, and then
asked what else could do got
band of music--the most horrid music
you ever heard--and / advertised |
had hired Two bands OF music; one
played two hours and the other two
hours, and that they played all the
evening for nothing. But | don't
suppose anybody went there to hear
the music; they paid quarter TO get
in where they could not hear it. 1t
was worth more than that to get away
from The music. When person ad-
ydriises to give you something for
nothing, you will get cheated.
You can never please dead head.
Ii is harder to please a dead head
than to please those who pay for sd-
mission. There was quite number
Of windows, and | asked what it
would cost to put large oil painting
between each Of these, representing
animals andbir So many hundred
dollars, and so many weeks. | got
him to take Cuyier's illustrated works,
and to copy the picture Of every ami
NAL or bird that ever were created
He came and told me the job was fin
ished. | looked al il aud was satisii-
ed. There were some animals there
that would have puzzled Cuyier.--
However, We got thiry men, who
worked all night to put them up
When people came down Broadway,
next day, they didn't know what il
was. Sote thought ali ilie animals
had broke loose in ihe night. Solpe
paid ileir qaagtera and rushed ~ TO
see hoM il Looked.
When Tie first Fourth Of Jaly came
after | speni 50 many thousands VI
dollars ia arresling the public atien-
lion, many people, who had said be-
tore, aIswill 70 there y ben ] get
iime, came, and by about Twelve o.
.la@k I sNt, -at y af1
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BbSISEw DIREcfORY.
D. II. MEACIIAM. N. ID.

DgACuclNG PHYSICIAN AND SUR
Il GEON. oaice nearly opposite r, Ames
store Particular attention. paid 70 Extracting
or FILLING Teeth.
Fssiosy Point, Msy 10. it6l.-52
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nUTEL CAgDX.
YANDERLIp,s sEOTEI..

This bong established Hutd still continues
open f,r the accommodation of TIE travelling
rHhlc Particular attention given Ia boarders
frrm si,rdad during tic summer months. The
rubilc patronage hitherto literally extended Il
'..reciiully solicited.
EN-. VANDERBILT, Proprietor,
Matc hester, Urt 4, is63
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TiiE EQUINOX house,

Or.s from .juae u Bscsa,Jer. ~ perhptHcai 6r
frasfft8t risifois.
Thi. llousc, having been recently enlarged.
/. nov tie most c,sunudious in ne State. sud
/. furnished wgh the latest comforts and rom
vsnienees. EoF information as d fnoms, &C.,
address v VI. ohNlN, Agent
Disncle.'er hne }, ifei
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.VlNRR 4 PRINDLE,

TToRSEYs AND c0rNsELL0RS AT
n LAW. Claim. Pension and fire
asd Life InsuiHncc Agents.
0rftct oyEa EQriNox SroiT.
Manchester Bennington County, Vermont.
A. L, stNEn. 90 iE rmNpLF.
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l.. II. COY.
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER rs
w B.ats shJ saoe.. door. uafil of Con.
Iaginnsl CiuyrA.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

A MoDEL certificate Is tie follow.
ing Dear Doctor, will be one
hundred and seyeniy-fyc years old
next October. For over eigbty-four
years have been an invalid unable TO
step, except when moved with lever.
But year ago ! heard ofyeor Gran
ocular Syrpp. J bought a botle,smelt
the cork, and found myself man /
can now run twelve miles and half
in an honf and throw nineteen somer-
saults without stopping. No family
should be an hour without the Grani-
cular Syrup"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

WHERE BAD BOYs 90 ro.--In
the Police Court this morning, a lad
aboHi I 4 yeats old, was brought for
ward as a witness. Counsel objected
on tie ground HAT the log did not
understand the nature Of an oath. -
Justice Cornelius thought be would
question him.
My son, said his honor, "whcre
do boy 20 70 eho tell lies y
Boy"PIease sir, they goes into
ground"
Tie boys theology passed muster,
aud he vas "swOrn"
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-Nerer stand AZ lhe corner Of
street.
W
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19
rHE WALK TO BusH RIVER,

a distance Of about nine miles, was
commenced about three o'clock. The
released prisoners struggled along the
track ia small squads. The heat was
almast oyerpowering, and frequent
hal,s had to be made. Mark Tapley's
example vas imisaled to the lite for
everybody VAS Jolly. The horrors Of
LIBBY lad been escaped a ihe ex-
penss Of their money and olher ysla-
ables. Some few of the party sill
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19

were remarkably we'll treated by the
rebels, aud Il was somewhat amusing
~heH the train was stopped to sec the
rsbel horsemen ride up 10 the car
windows, where they wers greeted
someN bat as follows Why, Tom,
Is thai you = How arc yoa, Harry =
~Oh, come inside" Small white
hands were grasped By tbs bwwa
bard ones q The troopers and warmly
shaken Many oi lhsla dismganled,
and, ou eaitf ag the car, were very
afeeiionageiy Kissed BY their lady
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-06-09
From Hutlcr,s Army.

New YoRR, juno 5.-The Herald's
Fortress Monroe dispatch OF the Sd, says
the rebels continue to waste gunpowdor
on Buffers formidable works,
General Kauz was to have started
out again on an important mission on
the night Of the Cd It's destination was
to point Of the most vial Importance
to the enemy, and will assist Gen. Grant
vey materially,
\ Northern machinisl came into our
lines on the LIST from Richmond. lie
reports Lee TO have fallen back inlo the
Richmond inlrenchmens. Mayor Mayo
had been arrested and placed in Castle
Thunde for proposing to surrender the
city in case Of necessity, instead ofburn-
ing it as was proposed. Every man and
boy, even foreign subjects, were pressed
into service. The rebel papers com.
plain of Joe Johnston, and says he is
whipped, lie also says Gen. Lee is
sick and confined to his bed in Rich.
mond. Grant has kept him so busy for
the past month that even his iron frame
had TO succumb TO the great fatigue.
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Smiths losses were inconsiderable. At
6 p. Nj. Wilson, with his cavalry. fell
upon the rear of a brigade Of Hoth's d.
vision which Lee had drawn around to
his left, apparently with the intention Of
enveloping Burnside. Altefa sharp but
short conflict, Wilson drove them from
their rife pits in confusion. He took a
few prisoners. He had previously
fought and routed Gordon's brigade Of
rebel cavalry.
During these fights lie lost several Of
fcers. Among them Col. Preston, of
the LIST Vermont Col. Benjamin. Of the
| 9th New York cavalry, is severity wouu-
| ded. Gen. STANDARD, serving in the
| 18th Corps, was severely wounded on
Friday. Our entire loss in killed,
wounded and missing during the three
days operations around Cold Hnrbor,
will not exceed, according to the Adju-
tant Generals report, $500. This
morning, Saturday June 4th, the enc
my's left wing in front of Burnside was
found TO have been drawn in durIng the
night. Col. Cesnola, in command of
5000 men, arrived here yesterday, hay
ing marched from Port Royal. Telo-
graphic communication between Cherry
Stone and Fortress Monroe continues
interrupted.
A dispatch from General Sherman,
dated the 4th, A, NJ, thirteen miles
west of Marietta, reports that his left is
now well around, covering all the roads
from the south to the railroad about Ac'
worth, His cavalry have been in Ac.
worth, and occupy ia force all the ALA
roona Pass. No other military intolli-
gcnco has been received by the Depart
mont [SignCdl E. M. STANTON
Scc'y of War.