The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-01-08

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an S. ta oiy t set q Pc
constantly & bend 3 tie i rp
Rsrer. distant 10 mle lra Louis
ad abaas $50 irum Memphis Tean
l IN le r@m Tbs
an taass ia usae from 81 Gu rdeau
aclman wla oag hundred years
founded lemeat 3 tbe Cape
s3ma two mile as lie rf from here.
ia ,de course q events flel o.
H found t vay 20 ilas point
aaicl aaa considered better ate fora
town. aid ll4o rame followed e. Cape
Gaasleau has population q about
5000 aud IS steadily aud substantially
growing Its situated ithn the Cot
rom Zone aud IS getting to Do quite a
mart ior that staple the shipments for
Tie last year exceeding 5000 bales, ay-
lramng 500 poundseaeh The country
back. iikc all 81 South last Missouri,
heavily tju4beral and ia consequence
docs not settle up quite so rapidly as
those parts Of thc State whore a iam
can Be started sooner The people Of
lhe town IS wen as tie county, which
bears the same name, are principally
Germans. / believe. and ~ course radi-
"a majNities arc The iaahion that Of
. tha last election being about 600 IN the
county. Tie old settlers here, espec-
iaLly those Of tie FIRST familea are
conservative in politics tho some hun
dfcds were DISTINGUISHED under the new
constitution, and were compelled TO
take back saats in the work Of recon-
suuction II now seems probable that
both Of the Conservative candidates for
Congress from this State, thai received
mejoritics Of the votes cast at tie late
election viii fail to get their election
certificates, and that Missouri will send
up solid radical delegation Of nine
members Go work for the country's well
fisro at Washington This District, The
81, sending Col Albert Jackson, Of this
place instead Of Thomas T. NOEL, The
apostate radical Of last term, and Geo.
Nv. Anderson, Of the 9th District, il tie
place Of Col. Nm. II. SBitzer, the tool
Of the Gamble dynasty in this State, Of
unsayory memory 10 the loyal soldiers
Of Missouri Letters Just received from
St. Francois County tell me that it is
more than probable that the returns
from al but two townships in that couu-
81 win be thrown out, which VIII. give
the control Of that once paradise Of
bushwhackers into the hands of loyal
people again The mir Of South East
Missouri is decidedly unwholesome for
for rebels, and nota few Of the hopeless
ones are seeing il il that hight ana have
begun moving Texaswards Brazil and
especially Me1ico having lost their
charms Of late, to this class Of people
who seem SO unfortunate III seeking
their rights
Cape Girmdeau has some war history.
IT VAS m important post for four years,
ana its vicinity was. il April, 1853, the
scene Of one Of the Union battles Of the
war. The rebel General Marmaduke
!, with some ten thousand men undertook
the capture Of Che place, but the garri-
son having been suddenly and unex-
pectedly reinforced, met the ASSISTANTS
outside Of the Notifications, and after
several hours cautious fighting such as
that hero is famous for he suddenly
abandoned the enterprise, asa wise per-
son rehnqaisheth The hot end Of apoker
"Abigt eyasi5 eripuit, etc" hcwaatE-
or here is perceptibly milder than in tho
latitude Of St. Louis. We haze had but
ono light snow, and freezing weather fol
! three days Considerable ice has drift
! cd down the ri-er, but boats continue
! running between Mamphis andSt Louis
! and the ice has disappeared.
This town is called THE Marbly City,
and has fine steamboat so named in
its homer. 1t derives the name from
: quarrios Of fine lime stone in the yicin.
ity, which is called marble and compares
quite fayorably with some quaIries B
the Vermont article, but the best Of i
is far outshono by the Rutland marbl,
as the two qualities appear ranged side
BY side, at the only marble shop in
town; stil, Il may Be That a stratum o
Parian marble underlies these suifac,
indications and fortunes arc awaiting
the results that more enterprising eior
may develop.
Lime IS largely manufactured mere
and under the namoof CapcLime' ha.
quite 4 reputation il commerce. Thre,
! Touring mills with capacity 81 l20t
barrels a day are ID fall operation, Will,
tAe wheat raised ln this vicinity * faua