The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-12-22
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The project of an underground
railroad beneath Broadway, New Yorl
S hopefully revived.
A nice young man in Sweden 10
years old, is nine feet five inches tan
Where is Barnum ?
An anti-garroters' vigilance com
mittee is doing a thriving business at
ST. Louis.
"A fatal and infectious cattle dis.
ease has appeared in Cass county
Indiana. q"
Gen. Logan has not declined tbe
Mexican mission; neither has he ne.
cepted it; he is in statu quo.
The Kansas state university NJ
Lawrence has an endowment of Accom-
acres of land and $4,000 as an initia.
tory investment.
The widow of Iturbide. formerly
emperor of Mexico, died last week If
Philadelphia, where she had resided
since the execution of her husband N
1924.
President johnson has approved
the bill to prevent the importation Of
cattle, and the bill for the retention Of
horses in the District of Columbia
These are the first two laws passed
since he attained the presidency
Tho judiciary committee Of the
House have agreed to report the reso.
luton offered by Mr.. Farnsworth Of
Ill, to provide a constitutional amend.
ment to bar the payment Of the rcbl
debt.
The Russian government sent ont
two telegraph officers to attempt to
obtain the permission Of the Chinese
government to run their telegraph
line through the dominions ofihe ce-
lestials to Pekin. The celestials OBJ
iected, and the officers withdrew
The Sunday Press says the Fem
ans are so much amused at the TOW
they have kicked up on both sides Of
the water, that the other day they
laughed till they split.
The New Orleans papers say test |
the Adams Express Company ms
loaned the sum OF S2,0O0,0OO to ihs
I Southern railroads to enable them to
resume operations.
Louis Napoleon, rs reward %
NJ. de LamartiDe for his last article
proposes to take two tickets IL the
next Lamartine lottery.
Maretzek's opera troupe begin
Q Washington next week. People com
; plain because the prices are three dor
lars n seat.
The parliamentary reporter o.
tho 7 oudnn Jymca, MI. TioHfor aas
Just retired, having been on duty forty
years without having missed a night
at the House of Commons.
! The late DR.. Barth, the Atnah
explorer, whose death is chronicled
the latest arrival from Europe, On Cd
occasion saved his life by drinking
own blood.
The revenue derived by the g.
I eminent at Macon, Georgia, from
duty of two cents per pound on COL.
@ for the six weeks preceding the p
of November, amounted TO four Al-
/ dred and fifty thousand dollars
: The Kentucky Senate receive
= message from the Governor on iil
f announcing that he had parao.
: Gov. Halves, Vim. f. SimmS and
ers, and recommending that Inc y
be granted by the General Assem-
4 and that a general law be pas'el
b doning all persons indicted ID
I State courts for treason.
: The steamer Washington III
). from New York, has been p!a@u
!, the mail routs between NORTON
n Newbern, through the canals
D 1t is stated that the stesuu
= of Boston, which arrived at M ' K
g last week, had been oyernaursu
d British cruiser searching iol i'-
d The Louisiana Legsla'1rH'
n n appropriated $4,000 fo 9., as
q United States and eopieasi'"
= diers
" -Advices from Matamol% =: h
Orleans represent the ffea .5o CbI
expecting a war with 'n'
States. ran,
: Reports from ottaT, +scipr
treaty s'sat 'i IS engaging pS the ' ssG h
Il ton Of the government ana y ds '
= the Christmas holidays 'to M 70
. will proceed to HaSH"
tinue negotiations. ,.;.s has
The Fenian Senate, T ~ come
. in session in New York u ne SenS
!. has adjourned. -Four THE \, othsr
q q awaiting with Roberts NV
4 Stephens.