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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03
FANNY FERN On soNs.lN.LAw

Fanny Fern, having lost her eldest
daughter in marriage, makes the follow
ing reflections, by her, rather significant.
When she pcuned them Doesticks had
probably just declared his intentions.
How any young fellow can have the
face 10 walk into your family, and deliber-
ately ask for one Of your daughters, sur
prises me. That Il Is done every day
does not lessen NY a,omshpe+ 81 she
sublime imppdenee 81 Tie thing. There
ioa haze been. eighteen or twenty years
of her life, combieg her hair and washing
her face for-hipi II Is lucky the
thought never strikes you while You are
loing il, that this is TO be the end OF ALI
What If YOU were married yourself. that
is no reason why She should be wilched
away into separate establishment iust rs
you begin 70 lean upon her, and feel proud
of her; or, AZ least, il stands 10 reason
that after YOU have worried her through
lhe measles, the ehicken-pox, scarlet fever
.and the whoopiug cough, and had her
properly baptized aud yaccinaled, this
young man might give you q short brcalh-
ug time before she goes. lie seems to be
oT different opinion he not only insists
upon taking her, but upon taking her i'm
mcdiatcly, if not sooner. lie talks well
about livery well you have no obiee-
lion 10 him, not The least in the world, cx-
cept chat when tie world is iull Of girls,
why cuuldn't he fix his eye on the daugh-
ter Of somebody else? There are some
parcn's who are glad TO be rid Of their
daughters. Blue eyes are as plentiful
Is berries; Why need il be this particular
pair? Isn't she happy enough as She is Z
Don't She have meat, and bread, and
clothes enough, 10 say nothing Of lore?
What Is the use Of leaving a certainty for
an uncertainty, when that certainty is
mother, and you can never have but one /?
You put all these questions TO her, and she
has the sauciness 10 ask ii llat is the way
You reasoned when father came for you.
You disdain TO answer, 0, course it is
mean dolging of the question. But she
gets round you, for all tlat and 50 does
he. toe, though yoh Try your best not in
ne ~ -1 ~ VNall Il ,nnI /
must, You jus, order hor Wedding el5fhe',
muttcrmg 10 yourself tie while, Dear,
dear. what sort Of fist viii that child
make at Il, head Of a llouse3 How will
She ever know what to do IN this, that, Or
the othel emergency she who is calling
on moher fifty times day, TO settle ef-
cry tritliag question what folly for her TO
set up house for herself How many
mothers have had these foreboding
thoughts over a daaghter And yet that
daughter has mel life. and its unexpected
rcyerses, with a heroism and courage as
undaunted as il every girlish tear had not
been kissed away BY lips that, alas may
be dust, when the baptism and woman
hood comes upon her.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

NR. Russrls AecouSr-The Chica.
80 Tribune says;
eiIon. Owen Loveioy aud Hon. r.. II.
Mashhnrnc, both Of whom we're at The hal-
lle Of Bul kun,wereiinown Yesterday. and
from lbctu we get additional facts 10 rela-
tiou 10 tlte ubsatdiiy III Mr. Russers ac-
count Of The retreat. Mr. Washhurne ar
rived st Fairfax Court lIesise direct from
Ccnlefsille, three hours after Mr. Russell
had passed, and even then but few soldiers
had made their appearance there, and they
we're sirngglers who in some way Ind
avoided tlie New Jerscy regiment that
turned the broken columns back. Mr..
I.osejoy arrived In Washington about 1
O'clock on Monday morning, bringing il
some wounded soldiers ID an ambulance !,
aud he relsoits ihnt al Tint hour not two
huaared men out Of all the regiments TINT
Nr. Russell imagined he heard IN bis rear
lad arrived Ile further SAYS that though
with Hunters column, and on tile ground
when the retreat toward Centeryille eom-
mcnced, he did not see soldier on our
side run not one. He had given up his
horse 10 an aid q Gen. Tyler, and retuIn-
cd to Cenieryilo on foot, and In the midst
Of hundreds Of men who had got separated
from their regiments but though unable
70 rally and form for want Of officers, the
soldiers game off n a moderate pace, all
the while prepared 10 do their best for de-
Tense i pursued, As they were not, Yet
Mr.. Russell, eleven miles from Ccnicrville.
at 7.l5, heard these men, IN his rear and
the roar Of the fight was 50 great that il
oeerpowered or made uncertain to his ears
the roar Of The guns"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

AccIDESTAL INyENmoNs-GUN-sH0T
In an article on "Accdcntal Inventions,
in HacmiHqa's Kagd1iae we find The fol-
lowing, "ABrstol plumber-his name was
Watts retired 70 bed one night. as usual.
and had most extraordinary dream. lie
is-so his fancy paints hin TO himself
crawling about upon 4 church root, about
to solder up defect in H. when, by one
Of those unaccountable incidents which we
take very quietly when they come TO US IN
dreams, dcwn goes the ladle Of boiling met
Al into a pool in tie street below. Try
again, says old Honesty aud he dcscends
TO yet his ladle and his lead. The former
is there, sure enough, but the latter is rep
resented by a myriad OF tiny, perfect
spheres. With real material lead, aud
his eyes wide opcn, be goes through, next
morning, the exact process he noticed ir
his dream. and-inauguates the manulac-
ture Of lead-shot" The story goes on 70
tcll us that ''the patent he had for his inycn-
ton he sold for 10000. and that with
this Gl0,000 be built, forthc establishment
ofhis native city, a crescent Of houses,
which the citizens were impoliie enough
TO christcn Watts Folly.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

A New STATE OF KANAwnA.-Th
Wheeling Union convention has passed
the ordinance creating Il new State ont Of
Western Virginia by vote Of 80 against
2s. The boundary as fixed includes the
counties Of Logan, Wyoming, Raleigh,
Faycttc, Nicholas, Webster, Randolph,
Tucker, Preston, Monong ,hela, Marion,
Taylor Barbour, Upshur Harrison Lew
Is, Braxton, Clay, Ksnawla, Boone,
Wayne, CabelI, Mason, ,Iacksou, Rom,
Calhoun, Writ, Gilmer, Ritrhie, Wood.
Pleasant, Tyler Doddridge, Wctzcll, Mar
shall, Ohio, Brooke and Hancock. A pro-
vision was Incorporated, permitting adjoiu-
ing counties to come in ifthey desired il,
by the expression Of a majority Of their
people. Inc ordinance also provides for
new election Of delegates TO the c1nyen-
lion. The question, for new State"
shall be submitted 70 the people living
within the proposed boundariesat an clec-
Gpprto ,Aeo obsla October 2liba.. Tic name
convention viii adjourn Wednesday,.
Great harmony prevailed during its ses-
sions.
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

Is ar lrom being reciproeaied, tie mem-
bar q lhe Confederate Congress a Mont
amtrg d Richmond, who should aail
DC condugi o. policy % ihai body a. fha
Government u the United States he's been
assalIed BY the sympathizeu with scegs-
sion ID Washington would nai reach his
hotel IS safety. llewould swing irom the
HeNt lamp-fost
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

WHAT PARsoN BRowNLow SAYS
The Washington Republican publishes u
private letter from Parson Brownlow, cd
itor Of the Knoxville Crcnncsscc) Wing,
in Which this passage OCCURS -
An order has been made at Richmond,
10 suppress the publication Of the Knox
vile Wing, but the notice has not been
served on me yet. have given them the
deyil IN this days paper, and | shall con-
tinue to say just what please, until my
Office is closed or destroyed by brute force.
They have about run Inc ashore in Il
pecunary scnse--brokc up my business
withheld all letters containing subscrip-
tons; and thus ! am driven to the wall
with more subscribers on my list than the
eight secession papers Of East Tennessee
all put together. But will starvc, or beg
my bread of Union men, before viii sur
render to this vile heresy Of secession.
With my best wishes, am, &c.
w. g. BRowSLow.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

joins RANDoPH.-The most remarkable
man in the Virginia Convention Of 1929
and 1880, was John Randolph. lie artic-
ulAted excellently and gave the happiest
effect TO al be said. Ills person was irail
and uncommon, his face pale and aithcred.
but his eye radiant as diamond. lie owed
perhaps more to hi- manner than 70 his
matter. and his mind was rather poeiical
than logical. According 70 bis usual GUS
tom, bis cloQucnce was eKerted ~ satire
and inyectiye bis shrill and pipelike voice,
musical IN its lowest tones and like clar-
ION inits upper ones; his expressive use
Of the long bony finger, "ihat jayelin Of
rhetoric, bis whole appearance, aud the
sarcastic. bitter character Of bis speech al
ways commanded The respect Of tie house.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03
IapRoPrr LINES


Tla aeflI = oaayulsiug ffou ecnsfs % side.
Ana Whf aHd e,a.mailea aut tustn divide
Vita falst fWam and stripes Hs horsoa
deekoi.
Bas 1iak Uai eur Nst'onal hanaf d wnclels
Jehovah d ~, q Csc pteIle fg Jewn,
And taan ull aisRg tAeh segeasana. ieHa.
While Jssls8a survive, n flic @ sii land q Bliss.
t# Dar1 i 6n0 smal Dimensions in Hs
uA give us bis head ,sty gua in a charger,
Ills 2gaiaS q tAiml lie- yea neei nQihus lafgari
Ihe Bctels wl saon Gaa iheiF neess iB halter,
Fof ihe 90 iiess = Liberty never viii filler
Crushed ih5agh she may ~ by 8 miserable faction,
Rising " glayt Sic aih ep forth @ action.
"Rousa and "eafl per.dtenlate may be,
"Iionta Abc'sn edmpliasat b Dayis and b.,
a Beag s-euafl mly ehtnge ior ct-guard
fr tHr-
They u;Ii haHg lieu high e. Nansn, to view
lht South are gfewug jae biz f6r fhe,F strength,
ne.tes egHsalt 1M Bcaeiists ghost a iuli
leugihs
0f Calhoun. 10 bis splanioF of plaster anA wax,
Sa near DE ouee came to the halter a fax;
Though AZ ccsped biz ias. punishment here,
I6pW fll like i Dante, d Bobesgicfge.
Ttraoai, Jaig lsal.
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me. She showed her real Character a
fcw aavs etier onr marriage showed ber
ihe blessed crimson shawl which bad
redeemed from is owner and shall always
keep as inemenio.
There are sometimes pleasans things %
bo found Ia unexpected places cfrtainly
] may be aij 10 haye picked out wife
in the cars. Home JopWa.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

A country girl coming from the field
was told by her cousin that she looked
fresh a. daisy kissed with dew. Well,
it wasn't any feIler by that name, but il
was Steve Jones that kissed me. ! told
him that every one in town would find il
out.
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For IHF .N9HfH91F1f JON HNLl
Up up brave Fcrmoutos dosi thou lesr not
the sail.
0feur patriot brothers who lsl ia thc aglt'
Up np 50 boll yoemef, ali grth On your
swords.
Anl swear thar yaa'll stand ~ your 1ts anil the
right
Up tbgn uifh year raler, youl eltrs aad power
liliub q lhe aee.ls yUnr fathers achiesel
Swear thal you q stand by the IN Constitution,
And uetcr III gue Gifts lass bcfcrfiescd
Deal With llie Rebel. as justly they merit
Spare not 4 life where Il traitors heart bcat.
~ tlcu 10 Tbs 6old. ith Shot, shell aud cannon,
Ees them knox the Green Mountain Boys aesr
retreat
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

How 10 KNOW FooL--By six quail
ties may a fool be known--angcr without
cause, speech without profit change With
out motive, inquiry without an object, put
ting trust in a stranger, and wanting ca
pacily 10 discriminate between friend
and a loe.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

Somebody Gays "deyils is a mean word
amy way Il may be written. Remove the
Il and il is evil. remove and i i vile, re-
move I, and remains, which has The
aepiratc oBnd Of bell.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03
GENERAL BUrLER.

we viii hold a. q brother, lm WHO
.-tnl- " the nioni we viii hold him as
All euemy Wlio would strike from rs con-.
,t=liatioh single star. But ] hca some
ono say, Shall we carry on this tiatlici-
dal wu:e . Shall we shed our brothers
blood, aal meet ii arms our brothers Of
the Soutll. 7. ] would say, as cur fathers
ola not hesitate 70 strike thc mother coun-
HY IN dcien- Of our rights, SO I'VE shoald
moi hesitate to meet the brother as lIcy
djd Ille mother. HI this auholy, this fra
lrieidd wm + forced upon us, | say woe
TO them who have made the NECESSITY.
Our mgd- ave clean, our 1icarts ale pure
bat the Union mast be preserved at all
hazards of money and, il seed &, Of eec-
~ Tic thi. side Of the Arctic regions.
Oar faces are set South and
ihetc shall be 10 footstep backwards. H.
is mistaken who supposes that sc can he
indlnidated by threats or cajoled By com
roH The dry Of compromise i pa,t
tor yer
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

Men generally make way for him who Il
determined 70 push bolily past them.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03
W. G. BRowNLow.

DEATH OF THE FIRST FEMALE LEcTu-
RER.-Miss Anna Laura Clarke, of North
ampton, the fist woman lecturer in this
country, died on the night Of the 18th inst,
At the age of 49, From 1910 to 1878 she
gave public lectures on historical subjects
throughou, the Free States. and met with
good pecuniary success. She was unos-
tentatious in dress and Planners, and was
a great lover ofrepublican simplicity.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03

To the man @ho does not pay the print
er an exchange says:
May his boots leak, his gun hang fire,
and his fishing lines break.
May his coffee be swcefened with flies
and his soup seasoned with spiders.
May troup Of printers "desils, lean,
lank, gaunt and grim, and a regiments Of
cats catterwaul under his window each
night
In short, may his business go to---the
Legislature.
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.A1t GNCf ilt2sFI ~ IlfE CAuc
Oa tl.c oto'e, pleasant ralls and iuci-
leuis are not common, hfiuk. I4i~opjn-
on expressed 70 my friend Somer*, the
e.el dag. In reply 10 my remark he re-
Hted Il ltte adventure, which, as il is APP
propos. and moreover involves a lilde love
ana seGiment ! give, without apology ia
MS own words. 1t proves thu ia the
mo. mlacky places love and entmett
may be discovered.
vas cseorting home the lovely { lar
luHH D., 10 whom ! was at tbat time
a9te devoted We rot into one af the
crowded avenac cars, where Cbarluie
could scarcely find room 10 spread her
cmo,iae and arrange her yoMminoas
ilomccs. / stood up near By, there leing
no vacant seat.
Aiicr a few minutes, came IN a poor
wvulau WHO deposited basket, and hcll
Ia l.cr arms a small child, while a little
eirl cuug 10 her skirts She looked tired
anl 81 cak. but there was no vacant seat.
To lie sire, Charlotte might have soa-
lenscd her hoancc, but She did not Be-
side her however, sat lovely and elegant
,oang woman, who seemed trying. by
moving down closer to others, to make
space enough for the stranger between
herself and Miss D.. At last she sue
eecdcd. and with tie sweetest blush ] ever
saw, sle invited the poor burdened female
10 be seated. Charlotte D drew her
drapcry around her, and blushed, too, but
"a was not a pretty blush at all, and she
looked annoyed at the close proximity Of
iis new comer, who was, however. clean,
aud decenily though thinly clad,
The unknown lady drew the liitlo girl
upon her lap, and wrapped he velvet
mantle around tie small, half-clal form.
and nut ber mud. over the hali.irozen If
tie blue hands.
50 great was the crowd tlal alone
seemed q observe her The child shiy-
ercl the keen wind, from the open door,
blew upon her unprotected neck ] aw
Tie Young lady quietly draw from under
her cloak-a little crimson shawl which she
softly put on the shoulders Of ihe little
gir, the mother looking on IN confused
wonder. After a short time she rose 70
leave the cars and would have removed
the shawl Tie unknown gently whis-
pered. No, keep il on keep il for her.
The woman did not answer, the conductor
hurried her out, and her eyes swan IL
tears, which no one saw but me. no
iiced her as she descended 70 basement,
and hastily remarked the house.
Soon after my unknown also arose to
start. was in despair for ! wanted 10
follow her. and discover her residence, but
could not then leave Miss D..
How glad, then, was 70 see her bow
ing, as she passed out, 10 an acquaintance
of mine who stood near. From him, ere
many minutes. bad learned her name
and address.
To shorten my story a. much as possi-
be, that lady is nov my wife. ln the
nalest incident which introduced her g
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-03
EMINENT STATESMEN on THE
UNION.
JOHN A.. DIX.

! am for supporting the government.
/ DO hot ask who administers il. II Is the
government Of my country, and as such |
shall give it, in this extremity, all the sup
port IN my power. / regard the pending
contest with tie sccessionists as death
struggle for constitutional liberty and law.
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
The slavery question is a mere excuse
-ihe election o. Lincoln mere prcte2t.
The present secession movement is the re-
sult Of an enormous conspiracy formed
more than a year since--ionned by lead
ers in the Southern Coniederacy more
than twelve years ago. But
this il no time for detail OF causes. The
conspiracy il known Armies have been
raised, and war levied to accomplish il.
There are ouly TWO sides TO the question.
Every man must be for tle Uuited States
government or against il. There can be
no ncu,rals IN this war only patriots or
traitors. While ] sanction no
war on the rights Of others, viii implore
ny countrymen not to lay down their arms
until cur own rights are recognized
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Tie stars and stripes should BE- pre-
seryed, Il for nothing else, as a memento,
s. an emblem Of tbs best and purest gov
ermneni upon which tie sun shone. And
would invoke the bitiere-t curse upon
tRe head of him who would trail Il IN the
dust. am willing to place every parii-
IS Z property llai possea al the dis.
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THE MANCHESTER JOURNAL
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p5sal 81 he government II shg need. i b
this strife, and If this i rot cnou9 h ! am
willing q pgur out my lifg blood libatin
urea lhe esl'ag 81 rs pouniry. II faili
ta.s strife all ask Is llat mg corpse DO
ear.fed 70 my home 10 Tennessee, Wrapped
ia fiie stars and stripes, and that shall
b. buried among her mountains. Aud II
the Union shalI fall with me, all ask is,
thal, wrapped in the 1ag which Is her
emblem, / shall be buried 10 lho same
common grave. ask 40 greater glory
GEoKGE M DALLAS.
Iel us then he firmly linked as Il band
81 brothers, around this unchanged in-
darl For nay humble self born beneath
il, having aubibed from a yencatel iath-
eTs mealcations devoted attachment 70
comprehensive import: having dearly
iE.. D. the ai brother WHO gl.larty
ese bis lile % its support, AID daia- ia
distant field ot duty, found i hi, nohlest
hfoud having pcni my litc coatniol
aad happy, though poor aud ingloriaos,
uder ils ploterion; having been hon-
ared far beyond NY deserts by my follow
citizens. aud especially those 10 sustain
whose equality and rights ! shrank from
20 personal sacrifice ! come back 10 YOU,
gentlemen, files Il IS true, with grief II
ibe national caamiy. but unalterej II MY
determination 10 stand come weal d woe,
gNcrlrs ! confess, bat nnaltrrably, BY
e flag of he American Union, Che Whole
~a8s und Union forever.