The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-05-04

- Senator pao'ttle Is 10 Chicago
mFklpE preparations - enter ppaa she
practise q lev b that els
Louisiana prom "a ,his SEASON Il
doatle rs last years uee crop. au3 -
greatly incFesee that q oranges
Iowa plants every threo wars
forest q 6WaWa gces. snl Within
considerably less than hali dossp
years 21O0oooo forrest trees have been
planiel and arc now growing IN tho
northwest Is good news that the
Americas mania ioF tree destruction Is
ahat.ng ia auy part q tAs coantry
Considerable activity exist. ia ihc
navy yards d New York and phladel
ph.a IN consequence d a recept orisr
70 place larger number q vessels on
war ioo,ing Is this designed a. Al
act o. intimidation towards The Cabao
authorities - ara there bapcs that cur
Hev pressieut viii uiike = posempiory
demand on ENGLAND for se,llemtutot
the Alabama elui,ns. aad back It np by
suitable wafhse display l.st ua
hope that the hl,er IS tie true expla-
nation Of th,a unusual activity At tho
| yards
Tho scare aboal tbo high price q
sugar Il passing away Tho Custom
House statistics show that the PTS
| q sugar and molassos are as large as
/ ever
Secretary Warmers annual aggre
gate d polls. property, Sc, ot hasea-
ehusetts, as returned bv tbo Assessors
/ throughout the state. shows TIE valua
ton tor 1868 TO be Sl25o. 4os. 9Ja, or
nearly Thousand dollars to every man
woman and child In Massachusetts
The increase sioco 1857 was $6i COS
52G OF IL per cent The number q
ralable polls was 33i $50 which "a
nearly as great as the whole number OF
hotses (99.979) cows ,lbl,lll), and
sheep lac, $50 added together Tho
number Of dwelling houses reported is
only 2O0,267. which Is less by somo
| 5000 than those reported 10 heeensus
Of 1865 The number Of acres u land
taxed is set down as 4, il2, 1856, and tho
valuation of real estate $3.50, 7236l7'
The aggregate taxation is stated 81
/ $lG096, 1893 exclusive OF the national
which were probably twice as large
1t appears from hereport Of the
National Association Of cotton manu-
facturers aud planters, that there arc
now in the Northern states 6G4 cotton
mills with G,35902O spinles; aud in
the southern states sc mills with 225,-
063 spihdles 1t is stated also that one
spindle, on the average, in the North
ern states. uses up 60 lbs Of cotton
year. while one spindle in the southern
states uses 13s lbs This arises from
the fact that the south generally MAJ
ufactures a much coarsor kind Of cloth
than the North. The total consump
ton Of cotton IN the manufactures OF
the United States was about $4,000
600, which is about half the amount
raised in this country
A Georgia correspondent, who
has been to see Alexander H. Stevens,
says that he is almost unable to move
about, and has little hope Of ever being
able to walk again. His principal anx
iety Is about bis book, for which he has
the material prepared but not the ply
aical strength 20 put it together
Congress having appropriated
! $500 for repairing the Mount Vernon
\ property, workmen were dispatched
from Washington On Monday 70 per.
form the necessary work Tie Old
Washington mansion 10 to be put IN
order and partially refurnished
Henry Ward Beeeher says On tho
hair-dyeing question. II a man will
be the happier for u, let him do it II
his wife viii love him better o. il she
will be made any happier IN the name
Of love let him dye. Family happiness
is great blessing 70 paFehasa a. 10
small cost'aa bottle % haif dye
Tie footprints IN the sandstone Of
the Connecticut Valley which were al
ways supposed 70 have been those q
birds, arc pronounced By Mr. Water
house Hawkins 70 be The marks Of
mafsnpipl animala such rs kahgaroos.
American merchants 10 Chna are
agitating the subject d an extension Of
tie trade privileges now enjoyed by
them IN that country. ~ present they
are permitted % approach with vessels,
land merchandise, aud reside ut some
twelve ports on tho coast 10 navigate
the Yaugtse river as far as Hadlow, six
hundred miles, and to land goods and
trade at that add three other ports on
the river; to travel freely 10 the native
vessels or other conyeyancesi Ia all parts
Of the empire. aud to take goodsto the
interior and bring produce from there,
under a sysien 81 passes BY which they
pay bali the customary transit anbes
interior commerce Not satisfied with
these eonces-tons they ask the right ~
residing anywhere 10 the empire with
out RESTRICTION, Of navigating ali Hs
waters. aud of trading at all It's COM
mercial centres; u building railroads