The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-03-06

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%c1hibiiou, Bow being bold IN Faraht v
. asHm engine and ta5lsr, Ina miniature.
aud dtsCrihed 81 tle smailoss steam en-.
giuo 10 the ustiA Il slaads scarcely
two inches III height. add i covered wnh
a sass ,hsdr, Tue ~ wheel 1 made Of
god, with steel sfmk, AID make seven
lheasasd Revolutions pr miasic The
engine apd boiler are last med teretlsr
eiIh thifiy igbt mioiaarc screws and
bolts tie whole weighing thirteen grains,
or nuder one quarter o. an oance. The
manufacturer avs that tie c,apora alton of
six diops 81 watt viii drive ,he engine
eight miuutes This dwarf piece Of arc.
cheui.m sas designed and made ~ a
clock manufacturer IL Hersiord, England
Fred Douglass states thai an attempt
was made "a aesassinatc him in Baltimore
last sunday night, bu, failed.
Gen. Gran, was accidentally shot Ia
The hand while in New York, last week.
10y the explosion 81 a rifle which be was
cxammit 2. The wound was not serious
aud did not prevent hi. attending lbe 70.
eep,ion nj BrUoklya last evening gissa in
his honor.
Con. Grant while on a yisil ii New
York last week. was made The recipient Of
a purse containing Sl00,000 by the lead.
ing wealthy citizens OF Inst city.
Mr, Seward occupied himself on his
journey from Washington to New York ia
preparing his speech which lie dictated 10
n slenoerapher CA lly tram. That adj
dress was copied 10 The afternoon and eor.
rected Tor the press. and ~ the evening
delivered almost exactly as prepared aud
printed.
A Wisconsin farmer has tried the ex-
pertinent VI making molasses from the
stalks Of sweet corn, and finds Il yiskls
as much as sorghum and Of a better quail.
ily.
II is said tbai- ile delightful family
mansion presented 10 Gen. Grant by The
c]ltlzebs Of Philadelphia is become such a
museum Of trophies that there Is no room
herein for the domestic circle, their Lars
and Pv0ales. The d%rawingroom is rrput-
cd a store louise OF patent saddles, cavalry
boots, aispans, photographs, swords, med.
ais, books, camp chests, cloths, ice pitchers,
champagne baskets, gold beaded canes,
wax iruiis, breakfast knives and cigar
boxes.
MAJOR Gee, at one tire in charge Of the
Confederate prison at Salisbury, n. c., Is
soon 10 be tried at Raleigh, on the charge
OF cruelty to the prisoners under his charge
during the war.
A distinguished lady of title has sent a
communication to The French academy
announcing the discovery Of the cause Vi
cholera to be n microsro, &c insect. The
saynns laughed NJ the idea at first, bat
after hearing h,r essay ordered AN invest.
iguion.
A man named Qoigley dropped dead,
last week, ~ Norwalk. While being
shaved ia lt%eparaLion for lie grave bis
lace aas tut viii tie tazor, Wien lie
blood Il wed and he qaiekly arose, put on
Lis garments AID went On lis business Ike
Il live man.
The wife oftGraudm Davis" at X ,ox-
vile, Tennessee, has gives birth TO TWEEN
tynine children, twenty eight Of whom
are living, and twenty five Of them served
IN The Union army during the late rebel.
lion Mr.. Davis is upward Of ninety
Years Of age, but hale and hearty.
Mrs. Pafti gion asks, very md g%nantly,
il the bills bsieie Congress are not count
eriyit, WHY there should be 20 much dill
Guilty ~ passing lhen5
In The SMALL island Of Ioau, on The coast
d s,oiianl, sixty one kings lie buried
ioity-eisbt wee Scotch, eight Norweginns,
loGr Irish, and one French.
In Charleston, :, G., a few DAYS ago,
Judge Allrich sentenced a white man ron
lictel Of robbery, ~ rec ive thirteen IasIl-
Is OF The bare back, IN accordance with
The Stale law. Gen Bennett interfercd
and prevented the i%nilictiCn Of The punish.
ment, declaring that ri was against the
spirit d the civilization ihat peryades So
ciciy At The present day
Berry tie one aimed guerrilla chief who
was seDtenecd 10 be hung On Friday tho
"a inst, al Louisville ky has been res.
nd for II dass.
an elegantly dressed woman,in The flush
Of youth and health. was found dead on
On Of The streets Of louisville last Thurs.
day. II was subsequently a<ce riained that
she was a t%lflJt, and had probably been
murdered lc obtain a large sum Of money
she carried IN one of her stockings.
Madame Murat Of Tallahassee, widow
Of the late Col Achirle Murat, irsi cousin
Of the Emperor Of France has received Ms
a gin q liie unnuily fiom Louis Napoleon
Of Hfty thousand francs, in consideration of
her losses BY The results II the war.
a druuken man was taken from a house
Of ~ fame 10 the lock up IN Washington,
The other nigid, where upon i ~ were,
found a roll 81 ttter fhonsand dollars and
- paper showing tIat be Was a Judge Of u
United States court 10 i Western State.
The a~ed policeman 70 k ldm home.
"a is charged that pardocs are still sent
Off South from Washington marked "Coi-.
Irct on delivery 800"
A joFial couple At Indianapolis were re-.
I $500 -. - =. 1T