The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-06-13
NEWS rrEAts

The surrender q Gen Hood and s,aa
vas made to Gen. Davidson on The slst q
May
Iiissaid large number Of Mosby's men
ave stll a. large in the mountains
Kirby Smith has started for Eance BY
way 4 Mexico. His wife has arrived in
Memphis. and is going across the ocean to
join him.
Mrs Gen. Roger A Prior comes up regu.
larly to cur commissAry at Petersburg, to
DRAW rations designated for the poor Of the
city.
Miss NJ. Davis, beautiful young hdy in
Chesterfield. Va. daughter Of prominent
citizen, was shot dead last week by discard
ei lover, named subett, who is under ar
rest.
A large number Of c0ntrabands who fol
lowed Gen. Sherman to the North, have
made application fer permission to return
to their homes.
Dan Maginnis guerrilla, who had been
released on taking the oath, was found dead
in Ballard County, Kentucky, few days
ago, his body pierced by six balls.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Boston adpertiser says the perforated spi-
nal yertebre OF the assassin Booth is in the
army medical museum, and will soon be ex-
hibted to the public.
Lots Of ropes have been sent to President
johnson to be used in hanging Davis. The
odore Tilion has the rope with which John
Brown was hung, which he has been keep
ing for jeff 3 neck. That wsuld be as APP
propriate as any.
Official returns at the War Department
show that the number Of deaths in our ar.
my during the war, oggr egated three hun
bred aud fifty thousand. This is an item
in the terrible price We pay for national I'M
ion,
Ex-Gov. Aiken says That not till after the
Union forces had occupied Charleston did
he see a copy Of President Lineolns first
inaugural A spurious paper was publish
ed, pretending to be copy, but it was IN
no respects like the original.
The editor Of the Charleston Mercury
wants to take the oath Of allegiance, and
Gen. Gilmore advises him to consult with
the President.
The Tennessee Senate has passed the
franchise bill by decisive vote. Rebels
are excluded from voting six years, and
care is taken to exclude all but loyal men
from tile polls.
Ex-Goy. Magofiu, Of Kentucky, has come
out decidedly in favor Of the adoption Of
the Constitutional Amendment by that State.
II is said that he is 30 fully impressed with
the Importance Of immediate act ion on this
great question, that he intends TO take the
stump in favor of the amendment.
On Wednesday evening, as Mrs. Tilda
Starburg was trying to drive horse from a
lot near her house, the animal kicked her in
the breast, inaicting injuries from which
she died in an hour.
Isham IT, Harris, the rebel Governor Of
Tennessee, has not been arrested. The chap
caught was another lonfer Of the same fami-
~ name.
Gov Extra Billy Smith," Of Virginia
is said to show fight. He is roaming in the
woods at the head Of a band Of gnerrllas
and declares he will neyer--neyer surren-
der.
A correspondent Of the Tribune writes
from Charleston that he has under tuition
there class of bright colored folk, and
among them is a son Of the aristoeratc Gov
Magrath, now held as prisoner by the Gov
eminent
There are ten millions Of dollars on de-
post in Banks in Montreal. to the credit Of
Southern secessionists. When the traitor
lea ders saw the avalanche coming. though
they cried out to the people that they would
never surrender, they took care TO feather
their own nests.
Gen. Sherman was paid of Thursday
He is quite poor. having made no money in
! the war.
Ploughing is o pleasant occupation around
Petersburgh where exploding shells are
very likely to seud horse and driver high in
the air.
| JEFF Davis when captured embodied ell
that remained Of the Southern Confederacy.
lie was the body polite. and bis Wife's
dress the outskirts.