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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

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The question is so frequently asked.
who are to be benefited by the late de-
cision on a Bounty claim, that pro-
pose TO give the points OF that decision
publicity, through the columns OF the
JorESsL, that all soldiers may readily
determin, the question for themselves.
The claimant IN this case enlisted
July ID, 1861, aud was discharged Jan
8, 1863 by reason Of Surgeons Certif-
cate Of disability
On the 80 day Of May 1861 President
Lincoln isued proclamation calling for
a volunteer force TO enforce the laws
and suppress the rebellion; aud therein
stated thai The enrolment aud oIgani-
cation 81 said forces would be made
known lhrangb the War Department
In parsuancs thereof, gu the next day,
the Wsr Department issued General
order No. 10, which promulgated plan
for the organization OF said forces and
promised to every volunteer soldier
shen honarahly discharged one Hun
bred Dollars.
Congres convened Jolly 4, 1861 and
ON the 22d day Of July the Bounty act
was PASSED, allowing every volunteer
soldier 800 provided the soldier shal
serve two years or during tbs war; j
sooner ended AID said Act Is express
u made retroactive in It's operation.
Ca tie 9th q August, 1861 anotbeI
Act ass passed by which al the acts
proclsnatiuns ani orders Of the prsi
dent il reiallon "a the calling ont o. ID,
ni!ita "a volunteers are legaliged, ans
uade valid, as i they bad been is
sued aud done upder prsvions antbott,
81 Congress
The Departments have, under tb'
sappced retroactive operation IL th'
Ac, oiJuly ~. 1861 registered al claim
tor lonnty when tie soldier Ras dis
charged b. resson q Surgeons Certid
cate - disability. before be had com
plstsd = service Il Two years
The oourt held that the pfoolama
tlous auI a,ists aforesaid the cube,
meat under them. aud tue snbsequen
ratification u iless executive acts b
Congress. constitute : contract to pa
ths claimant 500. unaffected by th
Ae, 4 July q 1861
Al soldiers Who enlisted sabseqnen
10 The 22d 81 July. 1851 are not affect
Cd by the decision.
" X Fu~a5h
April II. 1870
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

We learn tat Cox Hsnaee Las sp
pointed " q PENN Eaq u Moui-
pslisf. Aa,i.lar q Accounts Ia place q
Dugald stewart. deceased hr Fer.
IN ga pyom1usni lswysr II Aoutpsl.
iss. ahd wsa The representative irou
that t0~a. 10 tie Legislature n 1867
and ID 1865 vas candidate for re
election but pas defeated james X
LangJoa succeeding BAN lie j. a.
uncle u Gov Headee The nutu6e
q candidates toF the appointment "a
quite large among whoa were, Hon
james N slAde q Middlebury. Geo
p Houghion " So Adams, Charles i
Marsh u Woodstock, MAJOR William
Roads q Chester. Eteu,zer Fisher 0
Cutuugsy,lie aud Evelyn Pierpont o
Rutland
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

THE Sr. LOUIS LAwYEREss - Miss
Barkalo Is a native of Brooklyn, N u,
and is woman Of more than ordinary
ability. Two years ngo after having
read Blackstone and other elementary
law books she made application for
admission as a student at Columbia coli
lege New York but was perem torliy
refused Nothing danniea, however.
she came ont West and settled Ia ST.
Louis, where she was admitted without
difficulty 10 the st Louis law school
For eighteen months she has been as
siduousIy leyoiing her energies to the
To the study ~ ihe science, aud her fei-
low students All agree in declaring her
by far the brightest member u the
class That there is no question Of her
ability Was clearly shown yesterday a.
the examination, where she promptly
and correctly answered every every
question propouuded 10 her Judge
Knight. although ogerAowing With gal
lautry, gave tho lads no quarter The
most abstrnse ani erudlie questions
were propoua1ed TO tbe applicant, but
not once dil the wise judge catch TIE
fan student tripping Miss Barkalo ID
about ~ years Of age, Of q bnxom fig
ore, amiable and really intelligent face,
and 4 large and expressive eye, THIS
IS a figure q speeeh-shs has two. =
She is now a member Of tbs 81 Louis
bar. and considerable interest y mani
fssted 10 witness her maiden Effort
- Loms Tunes.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

TINS FoBr EDwAAD HuREss II now
appears that tbs author Of the story
that young woman at Font Edward
had become heiress 10 Sl9.000,O00 BY
the death % an English gentleman who
had Formerly oeat5we his affections up
ou her, was man named Gray, engag-
ed ii the dry goods business in Vii
liamsburgb y Y and who, BY iigur-
ing rs brother d the youug woman,
coutriyed Il obtain yHuous sums 81
money nom those to whom be related
lis fiction Among those VINO loaned
money to him are tie Secretary If tie
Dime Sayings Bank. who advanced
1000; Joseph II. Address, l6G Grand
street. $500 and Benjamin Andrews,
800
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Bpr4lo lr.vsl l530,0 bnrfo,s n

Buffalo brewcd $4,000 barrels q
beer last year
Chicago has ai,oui 500 streets,
vita total length Of $50 miles
"A clergyman il New York offers
up PRAYERS for the Legislature " that
State, which. he says. l. disposed 70
repeal even tle'Ten Goa mandmsnis
Before the ink u the Fifteenth
Amendment WAS dry, Gen. Grant re-
cened a note .om member 81 the
press asking for the pen IL was sent
immediately, and before the messenger
left the ante-room be was offered $50
i0r il
Official information has been re-
ceiyed that the British Government ID.
tend 10 place Capt Eyre On trial be.
fore a regular court martial. in which
case il Is believed thai be will be
sure to Be found guilty q the charges
made against bin, and severely punish
ca,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

The srlcct comm liee appointed
hy ,he British Parliament 10 inresli-
gate election eornp'ions, report e. the
result 81 their inquiry, the discovery d
corruption IN both municipal and par
.iamentary elections II prevails 10
many boroughs. bat not ia the eoun-
sies. To the credit d Scotland, she j.
reported free both # bribery AID IN
iimidation. TIE latter exists 10 both
the English aud Welsh counties and
S. 10 Ireland, the eommiite state that
what with nl0bx. landlords, soldiers,
and priests and probably parsons al
50 there isn't tie ghost 81 electoral
freedom left AZ cure ior these M.
doubted evils the committee recon
mend the ballot, which, the report
says, Hill prevent riot. preclude in
tinidAt.on, and increase purity.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

THE GoLD AND SILVER CRoP OF 1869
Mr. Raymond, the Government Com
missioner OF mining statistics, sums up
the yield of gold and silver for last year
as follows. II he errs at all it is in get
ting his figures from four to eight mill
lions too high; but he has proved him
self the most intelligent and reliable
student Of the subject that the govern
ment has vet EMPLOYED
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

Tu Nrmm 90 COMMERCIAL ra4yu
fas in The United States i essiuletti q.
from as 1000 20 5000, and from these
figures ola c4n get some idea how the
method q dong business has changed
within the la4t FEW years. though to get
faa realization ~ i he must sec a8w
these travellers swarm ~ the railroads
and 81 Tie hotels or be engaged in
business III some country town, 10 a
dali season, liable no. only 70 30 sci
down on, bat 10 be completely over-run
with them Wholesale houses now do
almost their entire business by means
Of 'drummers II they have any trade
they have t. ~ alter il Houses tbat
wait for trade TO come to them IN the
old-fashtonei way, end they DO not get
. il at all II r taken 10y the smart, vel
dressed, laxative young men who 90
lruund to the merchants door and take
his orders without troubling him to =
to tue city. The commercial traveller
system is a good one for railroads and
hotels, indeed many tayerns would fnc
their occupation goue but for these drum
mers. But, whether il is on the whole
a good change from the old style o
doing business, people are not yet pre-
pared to say Travelling is expensive
and it must cost a good deal of money
10 keep such an army OF commercial
( travellers in the field rs we have men
toned above. But on the other hand
they make competition sharp, the prof
it's of the wholesaler must be generally
less than formerly, so on the whole
perhaps the system is beneficial to the
consumer. There is national com
morcial travellers association in exist
ence, which is already beginning tc
make its influence felt in the abolition
Of license laws, etc, that affect its mem
bers, aud is relied upon by its members
to work good in other respects.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

A SAD SToRY.-Cmmander Williams,
who was lost with his vessel, the Oneida
in Yokohama bay, was a widower Of
something less than forty, and the faith
er Of two bright little children. In May
last he contracted an engagement for a
second marriage, which was to have
taken place very soon after the arrival
OF the Oneida in this country. / believe
it was fixed for the middle of April. He
left the United States for Japan in June
last, and just before his departure he
was one OF dinner party at which my
informant and his afiianced bride were
also present Had he returned safely
he would have known fate which his
brave heart would not have met, with
the courage that il faced death at lis
post on the quarter deck Since the
FIRST of January bis two children and
bis intended wife have died. When he
left japan be lad not heard this sad
news, but supposed be was coming
home to meet them all in health and
happiness. So to one, at least. Of tbs
gallant men vino went down on the i'll
iatsd steamer. death cannot be called
DISASTER Mack in Cincinnati In
qnlrer.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

- An alarming disease. thought to be
spotted fever, prevails Al North HavsF-
hill. y II. aitefiy deiying the skill Of
medical men. Persons u ali ages IN
llis have been stricken down BY il liH.
INC bat three OF iouf hoars after the
appearance q The first symptoms
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12
- RrNsrsrAIS killiNa AaaIc all. n
Astounding Revelations

Tsa seieHuhe rasHssuess AZ il rs assa sgsiAst
ihs hslT dFss ~ vhirh icAd i Ne tAsls The @Nsw
ara Medical sesiisr asd ne Jeufnsi q Chests.
ift" bitterly asuaauns ttsn. 7 ., he tsH ass hs
saisiJ dyed Have y0s ssss
Prof Chiltons Testimony.
f,aHae5 90 esfsfsi saslysls, and certifying that
Cristsdoros Excelsior Dye
81 ne hatf, bat
Absolutely safe
CRlsrsuoEos HAIR PRESERVATION. - =
prsssIpg. sets ugy ehstm the HIS shst pysiug
TrvH
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12
TIE JOURNAL
Trss.r Mps A,m u 1870

Tbs faH rs1uras ifom Ceauessicai
shgu rsl - s1t2a fsihsg 20 q
asl asmacrsts sn 4 2la Fepuhlsoans
from tie vote = iaa gear kngissb
hsA 44ls1. a majority q so The
senate has II rsl,sibioan aud 10 demo
Gratis. And ihe Houss Is republicans
AL ii8 denocrata "a Senator Fos-
tsr sBd sr Cougrssansn Alfred 4
Rsrnham are elected 20 tbs House
Probably NJ Fos,sl viIl r. The fspub
lsosA noninss 81 Speaker
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12
THE RIVERSIDE MAGAZINE
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

A SUPERB ILLUSTRATED MONTY.
II stands at the head Of juvenile literature in
America.
The subscription price is A25O year, but any
one who sends the names Of four subscribers and
$1,000 will receive the magazine free for ono
year
n. B.BSpeeial attractions begin with the May
number, and those who choose can send si.70
and receive the magazine for eight months.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

All lovers of tea and coffee will be
interested in the following, which we
clip from an exchange:
Look out for your tea There is
poison in the cup Beware especially
OF recent importations The Chinese
dealers have been adulterating the new
crop with iron and steel filings One
sample Analysed was found to be load
ed with these filings, and with dirt,
worms aud promiscuous rubbish be-
sides In how many houses, otherwise
well kept, is it possible to get a cup OF
tea even now? A lover Of the true de-
cotton may wander pretty nearly all
over the town without finding his pail
ate cheored with the proper flavor.
Aud now the prospect before him Is
still more dismal. Where is the grocer
or hotel keeper who will undertake to
dispense the genuine commodity? A
good cup Of coffee, writes certain
London advertiser, eau now be obtain
ed in London. There is more news in
this than one thinks--nt least, if we
are 10 believe an Old number Of the
Lancet ia which it was stated that the
old collins OF the ancient London GEM
eteres were collected, ground and mix
cd with cofle, 70 give il pecoiar tiay-
or. the flavor must have been un-
laaE
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

NORWAY Oars WHAr Oars TO PLANT,
Last fall, we asked Tor the experience
of those of the readers of the american
AgrtcHiturist who raised the Norway
Dat, or had tried it in comparison with
other sorts. We have received a num-
Der Of responses, and proposed to print
this month, but they are crowded out.
The writer's who have had good seed,
with few exceptions, seem greatly in
favor of tho Norway. The yield in
some instances has been enormous.
The straw uniformly extolled for stiff
moss, length, and leafness. The best
success seems to have ueen where little
seed was drilled in, on good land. The
plants, when not crowded, make many
stalks In procuring seed for planting,
we surely would try some Norway even
if they failed last year. Other varieties
would be tested also, but Of the new
kinds, these take the lead. They are
not white, bat OF various tints Of light.
er or darker gray or rather smoke col
or, never black.-AgrtcultmiSt
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

Wyoming Territory has two wo'
msn acting A. justice Of peace Let 0
man be brought before them for neg
lec,ing hiss wiis and going for another
woman, and ihsy would seRtenoe him
to lie hang ia minute.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12


HALLS HEALTH BEOK.
- nm ,... ,,tr.tt,- 1T I. ty.t., !,
is perhaps The beet known household physician
il the country. lie has prepared All emiaently
practical book, called
u,ru no conn r,y,>,c
II gives plain aud intslli gibe sccount u the
common thngr that ase0i our health. d3et, heat,
e.nibipg exercise 'ieep and illustrates the pre-
Feniion and cure 81 disease by bsihraI agencies,
CONTENTS
The Object u Dating.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

A coon CHEAP AND RtLtAnIE LINtMKNI.
y suCh al article - ~ Tobias Nthettan itafap n,
ifntui Pint bottles s. one Dollar rat Lsmeness
Gate Cans. Collie, spfalus Nr sarrtHira better thah
sliy other II ta asrd b. vi lhe great hpfsemra au
LaaE Island courses d siil not eHre Rut bone nar
SpaN there {. no LlHueuf iu existence that Nlu
What it VI slstea % cUrr it positively daes
Sc ~ Afsef H1ii u tf.tAuuf affF tfgtas sisf
hoft upe dee revive. sud uhen saves the life - On
oyurshrsft1 az driyen horse Fe,- Cu'it aud Belly.
ache H hfs ueter failed fas ~ satv a. he san lsos
ust sure b. ihs vauahla tiniheat ~ b. ne lntsr
Embfots1au % he dsY.
Nse lt one and all sotts fht bgargisis and Store
kcelers throughout Inc lniisd siatea pvpn, 10 Park
Place, NeN YORK.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12
A oongh, Cola. or Sore Thront


pasms etc ThtEe affections aFe most troublesome
10 persons past mddlosge. win even come IN bed,
are yety painful arid often dangerous 10 damp wealth.
r. they are more frequent than 90 dg. These plHsefs
give ciafat ONCE ani need 10 hr alwayr ia lie draw
e. handy
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

Me'.rs > BaIrh & Son. y Protiaegee. 4. l., wrls
N0y fs6s "Ws have sold thc Porous Past p for
twfHiy years. and a. fe.aiilBg and iplbae aust haY.
sald tarai y-air th 0HsaHG afagether Tbty wsil
Nktd.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

Srtrr Coxrrvr7oN ~ fssrns Cos
Eema Aia meeting a The Listers q
Wapdsor Coaasy bell March l2 ls7o
tlc faiiov1tg fsaeiatsaa 50 adopted
He ni. That We invite each towu
Is ihe State e send one q ts LISTERS
IS Mautl der, s. = ielegats r. eeneT
ID cHrtntlcn IsslsFs. r. agree ca a
ban. g aQTra,sal n real estate through
tie state. said convention 20 be called
h NAY ueHt
VIII you meet uiihBs II c0uveEtioni
Please answer, directing 20
CuAmEs @ IBousoS,
Woodstock, VI
GU I CHngs.
G y THOMSON, Com. 81 Conference
DHfes Ross
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

A MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG AND OLD.
70 family that has children in il should fail 10
haze that "prince Of Juvenile magazines" tsee
Sabbath at Home"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12
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Remington
THE NEW ARTICLE OF FOOD.
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S. I. 1860 X

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This w0nderful vegetable restorative is The
sheet anchor u the feeble aud debilitAted. A a
tonic and cordial for the aged aud lAHguid, II has
no equal among stoniaebios. Asa remedy for the
nervous weakness " shich women are especially
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IN ali climates, tropical, temperate ffigid, i
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FAcrs BETTER THAN PROMISES.

Which IL ss.Ibi 10 better than per cent compound
interest for money, TO aay nothing of The valas
OF over ~ yssrs' life Insurance.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12
MOTHER GOOSE.

Mother Gooso has had justice done her ia a sn-
perb edition, illustrated by eighteen pull-page
pictures bs II. L. STEPHENS, ten pages of music
by CHARLES MouLros, and ten smaller illustra-
ions by GAsroE FAr, II fssA full account Of
Mother Goose, valuable historical notes. aud ia
altogether
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

hSrmCr COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
| , ron TIE DISTRICT OF VERMONT
Il ru Marian ~ JoHS 4. Part bvSEatrf.
IN HANKaprTuYt
Warrant Ia bankruptcy has been lsruad rs
said Court against the ESTATE ~ John h PRATT
~ Bennington, " the County u Bennington oi
tho state " Vermont, ia said District, sAjudged
Bankrupt upon the petition 81 hts creditors
and the paymen, ~ any debts, aud thN delivery
o. any property belonging 90 seid bankrupt 90
him OF to bis use aud The transfer ~ any prop.
etty by him. are forbidden ~ Law, Meeting
of the Creditors Of said Bankrupt, TO prove their
dubis. aud choose one OF more Asslgness ~ his
E.tsto, vi be held Of a Court Of Bankruptcy 10
be holpen At Cenningtou. ia said District, an The
9Th day Of April 4, d. 1870, at 10 O'clock A, NJ,
nj the Office ~ A. =, Lyman, before 4 4. lSmin
ESQ., one Of the Registers to Bankruptcy 10 said
Court. N hMAiLEN
Deputy T. \. Marshal az Mess, "A GET 2vi7
WHERE CAN | BEST INVEST
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-09-09
III Radical Paper on Grant.


The Cincinnati Commercial, though
a Radical paper, cannot conceal its
disgust of Grant. 1t observes that,
as yet, the President has disclosed
no striking or original genius, unless
for selecting, with singular infelicity,
and without reference to anything
save his personal friendships, obscure
individuals Of very average mcdioc-
rity, to fill places Of high public
trust; also that it is worthy Of re-
mark that be has adhered with much
uniformity to tho Scriptural injunc-
ton about providing for bis own
household, aud not that alone, but
the households of his brotber-in-law
and cousins and wife 3 cousins, in dis
pensing the Federal patronage. The
Commercial has barely one hope left
for Grant: in that be will enjoy OPP
portunities during the next eighteen
months for the development Of what
ever latent talents he may possess
but it is not very sanguine that he
will develop any alarming amount Of
intellect il that time
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-09-09
correspondence.

Editors Plain Dealer:
During the short time the writer
had the honor of being Principal of
the Public School in Cresco it was
very natural that some IF those un-
pleasant occurrences always connect
ed with q teachers duties should take
place. But he supposed that those
we're by-gones, and that he should
have nothing to remember Of school
life except the pleasure he had expc-
rienced in attempting to perform his
duties we'll. It was therefore sur
prise to him to notice by mere ac-
eidcnt the uncalled for and grossly
unfair article Of the Times entitled
"Thc School House." In noticing
this article through the columns Of
your paper. he wishes to ccnsure no
one, but to show by fair statement
of facts how the Editor of the Times
might have arrived at q far different
conclusion.
The contract which the Principal
held, bound the district to do what
ever was necessary for the comfort
and convenience of tho school. It
also bound him to have an oversight
Of the school property. and prevent
as far as possible its injury. As to
the FIRST clause the Principal finds no
fault. All was done that circum-
stances would allow and yet it is we'll
known to many that when the school
house was FIRST occupied it was not
thoroughly dry. It was never made
clean and pure by the usc Of soap
and water. The condition Of things