The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-05-18

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II is stated that the French Allan
uc Cable Company VIII land their shore
end At a point On the beach nearly in
front OF the new Stockton Hotel, Al
Cape May From the Cape three main
zines vail deyiaie. one running across
the bay 10 Lowes and on 10 Washing.
ton, another direct to Philadelphia.
and the third along the shore north to
New York. The steamer having the
cable on board viii sail from Fran &c in
July
"A further reduction Of the clerical
force Of the Treasury Department was
made on Saturday The uniortunAtcs
in this instance, i, is said. are female
clerks The force at the departments
has been up 10 the present time kept
on war footing, owing to the inaa-
ence brought TO bear by Congressman
and others in favor Of the incumbCnts,
but it is the intention Of the Admins
trauon 10 retain no officials in Office
whose services are not absolutely noe
essary.
The average Canadian snowfall
for twenty years has been 1850 inches,
in 1861, very snowy year, it was &C.
So inches; while between October and
March Of this past winter there fell 1865,
So inches,
Carleton, the New York publish
er, has lately purchased tho Worth
House, corner Of Broadway aud Fifth
avenue, standing on the nest valuable
ground in New York, and it is report
ed will make it sort Of "home for
rejected authors" He will soon have
il full
The profits of stock raising in Kan
sas are set forth as follows; Mr.. Har-
low Isabel purchased COW in 1859
for $40. He has sold Of the increase
$500, and has twenty head left, includ-
ing the old COW. He has lost in ten
yeals four calves. Add to this the val
ne Of the milk and lutter, and you
have a per cent, for the $40 that could
not be realized in any other way.
"A nineteen-ounce baby is the pres
ent wonder Of Richmond.
Michigan papers state that o young
man named George Denslow, living at
Rome Centre, in that State, dreamed
on tho night Of March 10 that he was
deaf and dumb, and on awaking was
Mortified to find that be could neither
speak or hear From that time till the
4th OF May, ifty-three days, he remain
ed totally deaf and dumb. On the eve
ming OF that day, on returning from the
field where he had been at work, an odd
feeling came over him and he was com
PEELED TO lean against the fence for sup
port. Presently he heard bird sing,
and found, also, that his voice had re-
turned to him. During this suspen-
sion Of voice and hearing he had en-
!
! joyed uncommonly good health.
The New York Society for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals, received
requests to the amount of 100000 to
aid in carrying out its objects.
The Visible Admixture law passed
by the Democratic Legislature of Ohio
shows the ruling passion strong in
death" of its party orginators. The
act provides that any person, not a
white male citizen Of the United States
who shall vote, shall be punished by inn
prisonment in the Penitentiary from
one to five years. 1t also provides that
any person who shall induce a negro to
vote shall be punished by Imprisonment
in the Penitentiary from one to FIVE
years. In the same State the same vi
olations Of law in the case Of non res
| ident white man or an unnaturalized
| foreigner are punished by one to six
months INSTEAD Of one to five years as
aboye) confinement in Jail The dis
elimination shows the Democratic ma
Lightly against the negro whenever suf-
frage is concerned. This, too, while
the Democracy Of Virginia and Of the
South generally are coming to concur
in impartial suffrage and he speedy
adoption Of tho Fifteenth Amendment
is going 10 render that measure newt
able. Such Bourbonism, however, is
instructive.
The railroads Of the world, at the
close Of 1868, are reported to have been
IN the aggregate JOS, III miles long
The comparative mileage Of tho differ
ent countries is given as follows; Uni
ted States, 42256 France, 1894 Prus-
sia. 5,923; Russia, 4el7; Italy, 4,109.
The total for Europe is Sc, 500 Asia
has 4,474 miles; South America,
1924; Australia, 789; Africa $50
Some weeks since Miss Gaines, a
very respectable young lady in Mary