The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-02-07

DrsFHrHRs. ASH WAR TuRr
SAr.--Durhg the rig 81 ne rain
storm, tfastg assfrttx came into Gen
Mays camp. ana wcrr brous bt 10 hi.
qua1@- IL reply 10 my qaes'ion,
What DO your people think ct lhe
war nov a very ntelireu, man ot
80 years. said. 7,Aey fliat thr rfbeH.
Son IS a5oes glgged cat he sad
their falious wrre short. and clothing
scauiy. Two men came over in the
middle Of ihe forenoon Upon asking
ono Of ,hcm 1t he vas Erred upon, be
said No. there Was an understanding
between Us net TO FIRE upon those who
wished to q" Others came in all
a'oug the linc dlr.ug the stormy night
There Is no dauh, upon my mind that
The reports OF deserDiou 50 ireqaeully
gwen IN the papers are mainly cor
rect, Refugees are also numerous.--
Nineteen women and children came
aboard the steamer at Point Lookout,
on my return ap the Potomac They
had been six weeks getting from Rich
mond 70 that Point They an told
the same story Of high prices, want
and Indebtedness ii the rebsl capital.
aud Of that terrible military rule which
makes life and liberty every moment
uncertain.
Governor Oglesby, OF Illinois, is a
Keatnckian by birth, and doubtless
shared the prejudices OF his native
State but he has been lighting rebels
until be carries pretty fair allowance
Of lead in bis body, which seems to
hsv operated to clear his brain, since
in his Inaugural Address, he says
Is the public sentiment Of the courl.
try to be checked or delayed in It's de-
termination to eradicate Slavery from
the soil Of the Republic, by the con.
slant inquiry: What is to become
OF The negro. after he Is free Z 1t
might better be asked, What may not
become OF him I He can labor he can
learn, he can fight, improve, and as
plre; and II, at.er we shall have tried
for as long 10 make him q useful fire..
man rs we have useless slave, We
shall fail and he shall fail, there will
he time enough left ia which to solve
this persistent question.
George p. Marsh, American min
lister at Turin, has presented to the
United States sanitary commission the
copyright Of bis late valuable work,
entitled Man and Nature
The Springfield Republican well
comes the draft rs il will give the pro-
yost marlhals guard in that city some
other occupation besides getting drunk
The Cleveland Piaindeaier men
tons the case OF well dressed young
man, OF good manners, who gave in his
income tax to the assessor at several
thousand dollars, paid the tax, and had
The pleasure OF seeing his name in the
lists among tie nabobs Of the country.
On The strength OF this lie conrie5 2
wealthy mans daughter, and marri 4 !
ler Then il was found ont that he |
lad 30 money, and had sold his moth
,r's watch to pay the income tax
The government made a good thing |
out Of it, and SO did the young man |
From gentlemen who are direct
rom Shreveport, the 1iisSiSSippidn
earns that the report pat IN circula-
ion few days ago that Gen. Hind.
nan was arrested by order of Gener-
j Smith, proves untrue. The last
leard from him, he had advanced far
nto Texas, on his way to Sonora, TO
shlrh State he was repairing in &C. |
ording 20 a spe cial invitation by TIE
Duke Of Sonora, who is no less perso.
age than Dr.. Gwina, formerly Unit
d States Senator from Mississippi,
nd more recently from CALIFORNIA.
has been stated that Gov. Foote in.
ends emigratiug TO the same region.
-Richmond Wig.
Ii 10 stated that if Ex-President
'ierce, now journeying about the
)untry, should include Washingt on
his tour,it win be the only instance
a record of any Ex.President visit
e the national capital after the close
his lerm,except in the case Of job n
,ulncy Adams, who resided there sew
al years as member Of Congress
Why does not some enterprising
an publish directory. with The in.
me tax opposite the name OF each
srson who has an income tax 10 pay !!
hat convenience for managing
amas with marriag cable daughters j
hat help to those people who val
, their acquaintance, new and old, !
: the length Of their purses
Mr. Jefferson Davis has lately found |
in Richnond,-that is 10 say turn 6
The number Of sick and wounded /,
ldlers in the various military hospi-
Is throughout the country on the
irty-frst Of December was fraction ]
FER eighty-three thousand, the hos : !
raj Accommodations then numbered !,
e hundred and twenty thousand !,
Ids.
JEFF Davis, in &C cordance with the d
signs Of the rebel Congress, has APP !