The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-03-20
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A F6eugbman has discovered .hai b.
plibius tao into potato bills when plantel
The pota,o ~ NAY be prevented. and that
p~o'aloes Kept II a cellar with tan are
equally pftset,cl ieom disease,
al passengers ard baggage going into
Canada are thoroughly searched by tho
CANDIDA ]oiisiais TOE arms or other Fem.
a. supplies There Is much exci,emen.
= S'aaiA and troops are bong forwarded
70 lbg l]raniicr.
The Legislators Of North Carolina are
slid g ii,pou themselves anut the pumN
tive Sitie. la lhe House Il Commons. a.
the lower chamter i ca lel, members may
olteg be stcu shutting stick. aad smoking
Their pipes q Il Stage Yankee.
a Lads il New London, Conn, rot up
out q bed the other night and walked 10.
The cemetery qlltc ! 4 stance. II her night
clothes. In telurpiog home she fell into
Z poed, getting completely soaked throush.
When she arrived home Sic was almost
tlszen.
The BRUSH nj is,er, Sir Frederick
Baace bias addressed a note 10 Secretary
seaa ard relative 10 the unprecedented lie.
niau demonstration upon Casada. The
Secretary replied that strict neutrality
would be maintained upon tho part of the
Uned States.
Tue dssraeeful fights between the 49,
phomoro aud freshmen classes Of Yale
College, which have been going on for
some time aud were occasioncd hy N,
freshmen wearing tail bats and carrying
can without asking permission Of tho
sophomores, have been stopped for the
present by tie suspension Of seven mem
ter. Of each eiass.
Hiram {. WOLF, Eq President of The
First National Bank al Easton Pa., com.
mItel suicide on Monday mig i by shoot.
ny himself through the head. The follow
ug are the conteuts Of note Nc wrote
Just beiofc committing The deed sFath-
er, Mother, Brothers and Sisters; Foul
slender has ruined my reputation. | leave
Tbs world tonight for a better. Nav
God have mefey on my soul
An amusing scene occurred on the cars
between Schenectady and Utica last F,i.
day. A gentleman and his wife took pms.
sage IN The cars al Schenectady Tor tbe
Vest, aud came away without their infant
child, which bad been LETT AZ The depot in
Schenectady, each supposing the ether had
'took tn baby They were not hong IN
discovering thatthy lad ~loh something"
and getting Ola 81 Johnsvills. telegram.
81 back for the missing responsibility.
which was brought 10 Them by i blushinr
conductor on the next train.
Gen Shemap has written u letter TAX.
lug ground against the payment Of claims
~ property destroyed during his campaign
N NE South, aud charging upon Wide
Hampton the responsibility Of burning The
cit - Columbia, =. q. lie says he Is.
sued orders against burning The city, but il
was all on fire when his troops reached il.
1t Is somewhat singular that The Leeis.
laturcs OF Maine and Missouri, which came
into ;he Union together as opposing forcss,
should on the salnp day ratify the Consti.
%Iutianal amendment, and also on lie same
DAY pass resolutions sustaining The action
ct Congress on the Frecdmen's Bureau
bill.
Reports from Texas recently received
by Cen Howard. state that the condition
Of the freed people is improving, though
great numbers Of hem enjoy 10 more lib.
eriy ilan they did during The existence OF
slavery The report says that an officer
at ihc Bureau IS very much needed in
Anderson, Aug lima, Houston. Leon. Sa.
bine and free.toue counties. Some com.
plants are received ltom freedmen thai
are not laid justly.
Gen. Custer gives rather a gloomy nc.
count Of political affairs in Texas. There
Is be says, lille If any ~lsyally outside our
anes, aud Il our troops were withdrawn
thfre would be none anywhere. Green.
lacks ale but seldom acknowledged 10
have any value, and gold and silver ARE
circulating medium. IL many plaees
sreeabacks viii not buy food or faol.-
The idea 'iat they will ever be paid i but
entertained, Matters are daily
growing worse.
The burning OIL well near Franklin,
Is q curious phenomenon. Ii caught
two week ago aud has been burning
with Undated yehemence ever since, DEFY.
ing al attempts TO qlenrh il. The flames
cover a track u forty feet square and
mount sixty to one hundred feet high,
uniting % much light fhal ncwsnapers
may be read by II in The nigbl four ~ dye
miles distant. The earth Is baked Ave
feet from ,be nell iIe tries are
aud the grass growing in the vi.
'nhy from Is ilegi. and the spectacle is
attracting crowds q spectators.
ktsrrCBY ASD THE PgEsfDgAT.-A
from Kentucky on Fridy lat