The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-04-16
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The senate ratified ihe Russian tfea-
/, 90 Tuesday last with only two votes
Il sl,c negative IL terms arc not yet
allowed 70 b made public
Secretary MccuIloch hastcoeirei con-
ordinations from several New York
larlors "a tie fact that for the year
cndng April isi. be- had reduced tbs
,cllt asla tno hundred aad niue mil
liu,s y dollars
II !. stated that z I Bsrnum ran
lch.nd his ticket in his district. which
Il NO shows thsl the Boston I'osf was
nos n. from night when i said that
tsough lie lad a museum in New York
he had 40 show IN Connecticut
The Avcry Island louisiana salt
mime Is incahaustible. aud the material
pure a. crystal, containing uinciy-uine
Ier cent q pure salt 1t has a working
company with a capital Of = 100000.
Jea Davis's plantation with that Of bis
brother Joe, have been sold to a former
dave u Jet~s for four hundred thousand
dollars. on q ten years lease, aud the
eolorod man il is said, viii make eighty
tl4oueand dollars this year
Tx Brigadicr General Joseph Bailey,
sAcrilT u Vernon county, Missouri, was
s,euially murdered while discharging
the duties Of his Office by two brothers
Lewis and Perry Pxley, on the 2Gth
ult Gen Bailey viii be remembered q
the gallant officer whose ingenuity extri.
Gated Commodore Porters gunboat fleet
from a perilous situation at the time o
the disastrous Banks expedition up tbs
It'd River in 1864 The affair has caus
cd intense excitement in the bordei
counties. The citizens have SUBSCRIBE
$1,000 reward for the apprehension 0
Tie mnrdcrers.
The Legislature Of Ohio has come t
IFS senses, it would seem, A dispatel
from Columbus, dated April 18th, an
nounees that The manhood suffrage bil
lins passed the Senate with the Hous
amendment II extends the right Q
suffrage to al male citizens except reb
els, dcserters and skedaddlers.
At Rochester y. Y, on "Wednesday
April 81, there were lodged in jail thirt.
four counterfeitcrs and dealers in ba'
money who had been arrested in West
orn Now York that day and the day be
fore, by Col Woods detective corps c
the L. s. Government and Deputy I
i. Marshall Keeny, Of Rochester ]
wa,s the largest arrest Of the kind eve
made in this country and attracts n
little attention.
The progress Of railroads IN the Un
tel States il one Of the maryels OF tn
aye. Within period Of less than fort
years upwards OF forty-one thousan
miles Of steam railroads have been cor
structcd IN the United States, at an az
gregatc cost Of 81, 500, $4,000, In th
six New England States there are 1856
miles Of railroad completed and in us
constructed at cost OF $l99, 09l ,4S3.-
In New York 3,025 30-100 miles, whic
cost ESQ.,. 579, 1876 In Pennsylyani
where the first railroad in the Unite
States was constructed in 1903, 4,0S
miles are in operation, which cost S2l0
$50, 900. In addition to her 4,037 mil
Of railway, Pennsylvania possesses N
ward Of 700 miles Of underground tra'
leading to coal mines from ore beds al
furnaces
Ii Is stated that combined mihtal
and naval expedition will shortly Wis
Russian America, for the purpose
taking formal possession Of the yarioi
settlements, and also Of acquiring ace
rate information relative to the top
graphy, climate and resources Of th
country.
The freedmen's bureau officers at {
South VIII commence on the first
next month to issue rations to all vi
are destitute Capt Cook, the Ric
mond agent. issued during the mon
81 March i2.505 rations to INDECENT c.
orcd persons, and i0,0ai to indigo
loyal whites
The Washington Surgical Museu
which has been fitted up in the reno
oled Ford's Theatre, VIII be opened
the public on Monday, the annirersa
81 President Lincoln's assassination.
Among other curiosities which viii
on exhibition is the joint Of Boot
spine through which ihs bullet pass
which killed him.