The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-11-20
THE JOU RNAI.


rue.aay uoraips, No,. 10, 1866

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United State senator flam Nea Ief
ID hll tas maary osaaoHcj hy the
death & senator Wnet
0f renaH prisoners ou trid az
Toronto. Daniel Whsan WAS found
guilty % Thursday last and senteuc-
81 b. hing 81 the 18Th 81 December
John Quinn. formerly q Rochester y.
B.. and late u the rebel army was also
found guilty and sentenced 70 Be hung
Dee 18th
4 sIa al a patch from England states
thu. $1,000 meteors and falling stars
we've lieccruablc at Greenwich Obscry-
ato1y Oh Tuesday night and "Wednesday
morning Last The display was remark
abs brilliant. some Of the meteors ex-
cccding IS size stars 81 the first Inagni-
tude and appearing in aIl tle varied
colors ~ the rainbow
The Emperor Napoleon Is said to be
looking very wen, and may disappoint
the prophets by OUTLYING his maladies
Racine city, Wis, the home Of the re-
cent senator Doohttlc, gave Col Repub-
Bcln majority, against 10 two years age,
a larger increase than amy other district
in the State
Mr Corbctt thc United States Sena-
tor elect from Oregon, has made a speech
in which he took strong grounds in IA
yor Of the Constitutional amendment
and said that if the South refused to nc
ccpt its terms, itwould be forced to sub
NIT 70 something less easy
The Official report Of tho State Treas
mer 81 Georgia, made up from the tax
digest Of the State, figures up the loss
to that Commonwealth, through the re-
bellion, at eight hundred and foJty-me
millions, mo bau3,cd md GHytou hoa-
sand, oigLt dmdred and seremy-str dol
lars, or almost four fifths Of the entire
wealth Of The State according to the
census Of 1860.
The public debt, according to the
November statement, amounts to 81
SOL ,310,0O5 Y after deducting the am
CUNT of cash in the Treasury about
one hundred and thirty millions. This
is decrease, as compared with the Oc-
tobcr statement, Of so, O2G,935 9G
Simeon Draper, a wei known citizen
Of New York, died in that city on Tues
day, the 9Th He was a very successful
business man, and a prominent politi-
clan, and held the Office Of Collector Of
the port Of New York previous to the
appointment Of the late Preston King.
VERMONT LEaIMAruRE Hho the Hem
bcys d,r The following facts in rela-
ton to the members Of the present Yer
mont Legislature are taken from the
Manual just published:
"In the Senate there are ten farmers,
seven attorneys, five merchants, two
doctors. and and one coach manufactul-
en-, teacher cashier, tinsmith and mar
bic dealer Twenty-Five are natives Of
Vermont, three Of Massachusetts,. ono
each IF New Hampshire and New York
Thirteen are Congregationalsts, five
Episcopalians, four Umiyersalists, one
each Unitarian, Baptist, Methodist,
Christian and liberal, and three haze
no preference The oldest Senator is
Hon. Daniel Kellogg, Of NyindhaIn Co,
seyenty-fye years old, the two young
est, Hon Geo. n. Dale, Of Essex, and
Hon Russell s. Taft, If Chittenden,
each in his thirty-third year Hon Hi
ram Harlow, Of Windsor county, is the
patriarch as respects experience, being
in his eight wear Of service; aud Hon.
Bradley Barlow and A. T. Soulc, Of
Franklin county, have been in the Leg
islature six years.
IN tho House There are one hundred
aud forty-seven farmers, twenty-five
merchants, thirteen lawyers, twelve
manufacturers, nine ministers, six doc
tor5, and one OF moro representatives
If angmi er Of other occupations, among
whom are musician, retired mer-
chant a hotel clerk and soap dealer.
Two hundred and nine az them are ma
tiyos Of Vermont, fifteen u New Ham
pshirc, ninc 81 Massachusetts,, and five
Of New York Sixty-ninc are Cungre-
gationaliess, ihirty-nine Me,hodists,
thirty Baptsts, tnenty-one Universe
lists, and thirty-eight are disciples Of
Gallo and care for none ofthese things
enough g have any preference for ono
style Of religion above another The
oldest member Of the House mud the
Youngest come from Orleans county.
the former, Mr. Hall Of Albany, beng
seventy -thrce years old, and tie latter.
Mr Beinis. = Westmore. twenty five.
The MOST experienced legislator is Hon.
! l. Miner. II Manchester who has
seen tcn years ~ service Mr. Pr0ut %
Rutland, M Stewart. II Midlchurv.