The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-08-25

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claws sunk deep into the fesh. On
wen, the horse, sncriiug, plunging ard
rearing in mingled pain and terror
en- he went, until, exhausted by taiigae
and loss Of blood, he fel PROSTATE
/ Those who came that way a. hour A.
Ter, cautiously and iimidly. saw q
three stretched together. They stolc
ap--lo the horse aud tiger were
dead, aud over their lifele forms vi
The travelcr, inseasible, assuth alive,
and son giaspiag tie fseualy ife
/ The Southern Opposition.
Extracts from Leitsrto the Richmond *
/ auiner
The people are weary Of the fragrant
mismanagemcnt Of the government
The spirit Of resistance is as strong as
ever, aud the devotion to our cause as
fervent and unshaken bat we are
disgusted and disheartened at the
the course pursued by the administra-
lion. The causes Of popular discomfort
are not new or recent unfortunately
they have too long existed. But peo-
pie have waited and hoped for change
deeming it inexpedient to complain
| publicly until the abuses and griev-
ances have grown clossal and national
patience is exhausted. Look beyond
the Mississippi! What a humiliating
spectacle meets the eye Missouri,
the noblest Of all the border States
/ (saye Virginia., utterly abandoned to
her rsecutors--while Missouri's
blood was poured out in Vicksburg,
and Missouri's troops, who never sur
rendered before, were made to stack
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their arms by order of Gen. Pember-
ton. A large portion Of Arkansas
oyerrun and held in federal bondage,
simply because Mr.. Davis's protege
/ No. 2-GeneraI Holmes-is kept in
command, in despite the prayers Of
the State and the irrepressible com
plants of the army. If General
Holmes is not in his dotage the Eng
lish language possesses no synonym
to indicate his stupidity aud inertia.
The administration is not ignorant d
the disgraceful fact that the army
which numbered thirty thousand when
he assumed command Of the depart.
ment, dwindled down without battle
and solely from discomfort, unpunished
deseriions, and mismanagement, tC
seventeen thousand. Mr.. Davis knew
that the trans Mississippi army longet
for Gen. Price, believing that he would
lead il to victory Why was he sub
ordinaled to such a general as Holmes
himself substitute for Hetll ? For
the same reason that General Pemb-
erton was made TO rank him, because
he does not possess the favor Of the
president Does any man doubt tha
had General Price been in Genera
Holiness position he would ere lhi:
have redeemed Missouri
VIII no one who has the presiden-
tial ear render the conlederacy ser
vice, by reminding him Of the celebra
ted anecdole Of Louis Nj, which h
must have read when he studded
Vattel? That monarch was urged tt
prosecute an oil personal fued, but h
sternly and Indignantly replied "Ih'
King OF France does not revenge tn
injuries Of the Duke Of Orleans. -
Had the people dreamed that Mr. Da
Wis would carry all his chronic antip
athies, his bitter preiudices, his pue
rile partialities, and his doting favor
: itisms into the presidential chair, the.
would never have allowed him TO I'll
il. Little did they imagine that SOM
: Of our noblest, purest patriots, great
: statesmen, and ablest generals woul
6 be inundated to the obscure hatred
q Of provincial politics or tie forgotte
! quarreIs Of the War Department q
e War Department at Washington
He seems to have mastered but on
/, axiom Of Machiayeli " The dissen
; sons Of individuals contribute to th
4 welfare Of the state Owing TO th
s inyeterate characteristics OF tie Pres
I, ident, some Of tie most important, nay
n vital portions Of the land have bee
i condded 10 the hands Of officers whl
n ill all OF Sheridan's famous catego
!. RES Men Of tried inability, and con
= gicted deficiency; Of contriged weak
j ness and Fixed inattcnlion," Beholi
d the portrai, Of Lowell, Peinberton, ant
i Holmesf Whatever estimate NJ