The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-07-18

The rebel General Wise has made i
application ihroael military channels .
70, ibc POSSESSION II his plaiaiico -. .
uased 81 Roli8un. lev miles from
Npriolk IN his petition Wise sets
forth that be J. pafoied p'i'oner q
var, belonging 10 ,he array o. Norih.
era Virginia. and ihat be received 10
due form a paper 81 lhe hands q
Major General John 6ibbnn, % h.
occasion 81 ths fnsl aHa ioial surrrn-
de- q Lees armN granting him The
privilege Il eoine nboal uudisgarbcd
AMI uumol "a Wise further AL
lrges tba lis old hame which he
seeks las &c taken possession 81 by
negroes. OF 50 called freedmen, aud
tor lhts reason te cannot regain Il 70
himself and family lie therefore
asks that be may be put 20 undis
turbed AID unmoles,sd possession OF
tie plantation in accordance with the
alleged stipulalions Of his parole,
hose spirit, he thinks, includes this
feature.
BloWnc. tie Tribune correspondent,
IN describing The death Of Ben. Me-
LullougA, avs he NRs struck by =
MIME riae-hall IN the br, asl, Is | am
assured by one " ho saw him tall, and
after he was taken from the ground,
while waving his sword and encour-
aging his men 10 stand firm. He
died If his wounds about eleven
o'clock the same plight though he IN
sisted hat lac would reeoyei, repeat
cdly saying with great uath- that he
VAS not born TO be killed 10y Yam.
kee. A very few mlu ntes before he
expired, his physicians assured mm
be had bot a very brief lime TO live.
4 AT this Ben, looked mp inerrdnlously,
and saying. Oh, hell : turned away
his head, and never spoke after.
Miss Emma, a spirited and rebel.
lious yonng lady, the daughter OF MIR
Latiemer, the proprietor OF . board
ing house in Edgefeld, Tenn, on The
Fourth OF July, became highly ineens
ed alta Union flag display ed on heI
fathers premises. aud rutbles,ly tore
n down, and would have tramplrd !
under foo, had not Lieutenant Adams
who Witnessed the outrageous proceed
ing, inlerlered. The Lieutenant toot
the flag from the excited young lady
hands, and returned 10 TO its oriaina
position. The upshot OF the matte
was that Miss Laitemer was arresie'
for her unladylike and incxcusabl
conduct by the military authorities
She was sent 10 the military prlson,an
will lie tried by military commits
sion. Miss l.. is about twenty year
of age, is in robust health, aud Is sal
TO bear traces Of beauty.
Workmcn are engaged at St. Loui
in removing bodies from the old Gem
: etary 10 The new ore, and in diggin
up the graves have found none
enough to make the work interesting
E not such valuable treasures as wer
3 discovered in The graves at Chlrlqu
but still enough 10 excite their cupC
ity. In one grave the sum OF 500
, in French gold was dug up; u ~
j peartd 10 haze been saved up IN ! h
collar Of the owners coat, who doub
: less had died Of cholera during IL
! epidemic of 1910, and had been bu
led without being updr ssed. In a.
other grave $50 WIS u earihed, an
Sl2O in another Large sums ma
be found, aud he laborels are on ii
qm rire for the precious meat
Ii will be remembered that vile
I tie rebels made their last raid ~
I Mar, land that the dwelling Of Ho
y +. p. Blair. near Washington, vi
e sacked. Among other articles stole
: by the rebels wa. bracelet, high
e valued as a memeDto, belonging 10
h dau glitter OF Mr.. Blair. The mo
: strenuous efforts had been made 10 r
= cover the article, but without avail
|, The matter was finally entrusted
It Charles =. Burnett, member Of Il
,e One Hundred ard Sixty second NJ
1t York State Volunteers, but who hi
!. been on detached service in Wtsie
is Virginia for the pas: year, and
d Sunday, the Goth uli., he d CO yer
ID The bracelet upon the wrist Of you
8. lady attending church IL Wlnchest'
= Virginia. II was Immediately han
ID ed 10 Burnett, and is now in posse
h. sion Of Miss Blair
n. A Western reporter IN one oil
cities on the Mississippi announc
the arrival from New Orleans OF q
lie lady of a prominent major gene
~ after the following quaint style !;
rk Mrs. General C came up,
i'll passenger on the Handy. Her car
IN consisted OF three hundred and elgh
n bales Of cotton and eight hundr
lh tons assorted private freight
rk Some forty suits are reported
.. entered against detective Col. Bak
he Charges are made that he arres
BY men improperly and then relea'
on them on paying sums varying fr
he $500 to $4,000. One affidavit cha
he es that $4,000 were divided amt
81. Bakers subordinates. Colonel b.
to often been accused bu! never cow
IRE ed.
Gu Among the prisoners Of war rele