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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-06-13

/ years be never knew what an hour OF
Eepose was Even bis receptions were
terrible suiFerings Whe- lbc saloons
Of the White House were open. the
tide Of visitors rolled on without stop.
ping before him, and bis big and hon
est hand grasped all that were held
out 10 hin. The slave Of the Ameri-
can people, he was condemned 10 stay
At Washington when everybody else
had fed from Us heat and dust. He
only escaped in search of a little YER
dure TO the smiling slopes where the
Presidents counlry-honse is situated
BY the side Of the Soldiers Home
the asylum where the State keeps a
few invalids since the Mexican war,
In bis walks be saw The beautiful
woods cut down to make room for the
parapels and glacis of the forts, and
at a short distance was Ihelarge buri-
al ground, where ten thousand graves
all arranged in lines, were still fresh.
! have seen amidst those ' sOds this city
OF the dead, with its long parallels Of
alleys. its ten thousand white stopes,
all alike, and each one marked with
the name Of a soldier. One seems to
pass in review these interminable
ranks, the sameBess of which has
something terrible. These soldiers
who now sleep in an order which
nothing will trouble more, Mr.. Lincoln
had teheld young, vigorous and full
OF health"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-06-13

Mn. LNcoLNs KINDNESS oF
IIEARr AND DIsRKsARD o. PERsoN.
Al DANGGR.--l well remember one
day when poor woman sought, With
| the persistent affection Of mother,
for the pardon Of her son, condemned
death. She was successful in her pc.
tition. When she had left the room
he turned 10 me and said, Perhaps |
have done wrong but at all events
u have made that poor woman happy.
That this kindness OF nature was
sincere and heartfelt | cannot but
think admirably illustrated by an in.
cident which recall with peculiar
feeling at the present time.
Kind TO others, he had no idea that
any one could entertain personal en-.
nifty 10 him. l called on him one
evening at about 10 o oclock, and found
him at work alone. lie proprosed to
walk across to the telegraph room at
the War Department, and learn the
lates, intelligence from the armies.
AS we crossed the dark grounds which
separate the White House from the
War Office, said to him, DO you
often 20 over here as late as this 2
lie replied Oh, yes 20 over al.
most every night. ! yentured 10 re.
monslrate With him on the danger of
thus exposing himself, and said TO him
that he ought TO remember that Just
across the river was hostile popula-
tion, and there was .eason to believe
that in the city of Washington there
were many, possibly many hundreds,
who sympathized with the rebellion,
and that bis life was eminently prec-
ious and should be guarded with the
utmost care. shall never forget. nor
in this hour of mourning can i fail to
recall with deepest emotion, the simple
truthfulness Of his answer, 'Oh, they
wouldn't hurt me- The emphasis on
that word me, was most expressive
Of the belief Of his heart that noue
could possibly entertain thought Of
harm toward one who felt that he him.
self had charity to all and malice to
none
Alas, the fatal errorl When ] re.
call the numerous evidences Of the
warmth of that charity which my ac-
qualntance with Mr.. Lincoln could
furnish, cannot hesitate to believe
that the assassin struck al his own
friend, and silenced by his murderous
blow ihe kindest heart in all the
land.-M. Vaa Killer in ". 7. Pot
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A PHLosoPHIC DARKEY.-A cor
respondent OF ihe Cincinnati Gazette,
writing from the Cumberland river,
gives the following numerous account
Of colloquy with philosophic dar.
key:
noticed upon the hurricane deck
To-day an elderly darkey with worry
philosophical and retrospective cast OF
countenance, squatted upon his bundle
toasting his shins against the chimney,
and apparently plunged into state Of
profound meditation. Finding upon
inquiry that he belonged to the Ninth
Illinois, one Of the most gallantly be-
haved and heavy losing regiments,
and part Of which was abroad, | began
to interrogate him upon the subject.
His philosophy was so much in the
Falstaifian vein that ! will give his
views in bis own words, as near as my
memory serves me
Were you in the fight Z"
Had little taste of it. sa."
Stood your ground, did you 7"
No, sa, runs"
" Run at the first fire, did you 2"
Yes,-Sa, and wohld hab run
soona, had | knowd it war coming"
Why, that wasn't very credtable
to your courage"
Dat isn't in my line, cookin's
my pertenshun.'
Well, but have you no regard for
your reputation Z"
Regulations muffin 10 me by the
side OBJ life."
Il Do you consider your life worth
more than other peoples r
It's worth more to me, sa"
"Then you must value it very
highly 7"
Yes, sa, ] does--more dan all dis
world-more dan a million OBJ dollars
for what would dat be with. to a mar
with bref out Of him? Selfpreserba.
shum am de fust law wild me"
But why should you act upon a
different rule from other men Z"
Because different men set different
values upon dar lives-mine is not in
the market"
But if you lost it, you would have
the satisfaction OF knowing that you
died for your country
What satisfaction would dat be 10
me when de power OF feelin was
gomez r
"Then patriotism and honor are
nothing to you
Muffin, whatever, sal regard
dem as among de yanities."
"If our soldiers we're like you, trai.
tors might have broken up the Gov.
ernment without resistance"
Yes, sa, dar would hab been nd
help for ii. / wouldn't put my life in
de scale gainst no gobernment dat eber
existed, for 10 gobernment could re.
place de loss TO me"
DO you think any Of your com
pany would have missed you II you
had been killed r.
May be not, sa--a dead white
man aint much TO desc sogers, let alone
a dead nigea--but Id missed my.
self, and dat was de pint wid me"
II is safe 10 saY that The dusky
corpse Of that African will never dark
ca tie Geld Of carnage.
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TENACIOUS OF LIFE. command
ing brigade in this corps was Gen.
IL. A. Barnum, Of Syracuse. Your
correspondent once wrote this mans
obituary--after the seven days Bat
ties. The surgeon reported him dy-
ing, ard he was left on the field, after
having sent his last words TO his wife
and little boy. However, he came
down from Richmond on the first flag
ot-truce boat, and lived 10 fight ut
Fredericksburg, at Chancellorsyille, ut
Gettysburg, at Lookout Mountain
where he was again wounded and
now to lead brigade in Sherman's
march to the sea- You wouldn't I have
thought as you saw him backing
wild horse to-day, receiving the boz
quets that were brought to him, ani
bowing acknowledgements TO the cheers
that greeted him, that he has still nm
unhealed wound from Malvern Hill
yet such is The case. You conld put
your whole hand into the raw cavity
in his side that still remains, aud will
never hedf but since he received that
wound be stormed Lookout Mountain,
and was chosen 70 60 10 Washington,
bearing the 80 flags captured illere.---
Cor. Tribune.
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LIPE TOO SHORT ron STRlyE.--
Charles Dickens relates the following
story Of Douglas JerrolJ
"0f his generosity bad an exam
pie within these two or three years
which il saddens me to flink Of now.
There had been an enlargement be-
tween Us, not on any angry words,
and number of n,nlhs had passed
without my even seeing him ii the
street, when II fell out that Sc dined
each with his own separate party. In
the Strangers room oi tie Club. Duf
chairs we're almost back 70 back, aud
| took mine after he was seated, and
At dinner ] am sorry 70 remember1
did not gaze that way. Before we
had sat 50 long, he openly wheeled
his chair round, stretched out boili his
hands 10 an engaging manper, aad said
aloud, wilh bright and loving tace
that can see as ! write 70 you. Lei
US be friends again 4 lile's not long
enough for this ]
Boys and girls, remember, II ever
you are inclined 70 quarrel that life Is
too short TO waste siDgie moment IN
vain dispute rather let all your b..
diyidoal improvement, and n aid ns
and assisting Others % making tlieH'
happy.
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BEAUTIFUL Ex1 ACT.--Men sell.
dom think of the great event OF death
until the shadows fall across their own
path, hiding forever from their eyes
the traces of loved ones whose loving
smile was the sunlight Of their exist
ence. Death is the great antagonist
OF life, and the thought al the tomb is
the skeleton Of all fears. We d. not
want to 60 through the dark valley, al.
though its passage mty leadto paradiset
with Charles Lamb, we do not want 10 lie
down in the muddy grave even with
kings and princes for our bed-isllows.
But the fat Of nature Is. iDs6Qrable.
There is no appeal. or relief from tho
great law which dooms US 10 hit.
We flourish and ssciads-A As the lrfv.sz
Of the forest, and the flower that bios-
SONS and withers in day has not
Trailer hold upon lie than the mighli-
est monarch that ever shook The earth
with his footsteps. Generations Of
men appear and vanish as the grass.
and the countless multitude that thrsng
the world to-day viii tomorrow ap.
pear as the footsteps in the sanl on
The sea shore.
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The ConrplYators A Personal De.
acrgpgcn of the Aasasains ca Trial
Al Washington.
The mos graphic pcaonal des.
eripiien yet given n the eonspirators
on trial a, Wasbingioa, appears n
,be New York Metlodia ofthis week
written by Rcv. Dr.. B. Il. Nadai, one
Il the editors q that paper lie says
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CuAmcrtmsrio Ltrtta o.

CnAEAcrtmstio Ltrtta %
GENERA SarENaS. The ioaoaips
letter, representative = General sher-
mans gool na,ard aatp ebae,cleri.
tics, is interesting a. sketch Of ott
Of the May episode. # the ~sr
Arlasr, O. SEP, -, 1861
Rcr. b.. Confederate Arms
Dear Sir--iour letter Of September
ith is received, approach ques.
ton involving title to a horse
with Difference FOR the laws u war
That mysterious code, Of which wc
talk so much, but know 80 little. Is rc
markably silent on the horse lie
is a beast so tempting to the lhe soi-
dier, 10 him Of the wild cavalry, llc
fancy artillery, or The patient ioiSutry,
that find more difficulty Ia u, 0 vr-
ing worthless, spawned beast, dian
in paying n million in greenbacks +
so thar fear must reduce scuF
claim to one Of finance, and refer yo,r
to the board OF claims IN Washington,
that may reach your ease by the time
your grand chili becomes great.
grandfather, Privately, tlnnk il
was shabby lIing ia the scamp OF
the 3lst Missouri who took your
horse and the Colonel or his l@rigl
dier, should have restored him. lint
| cannot undertake To make good the
sins Of omission Of my owen c,loprl.
or brigadiers, much less Of those Of -
former generation When th rl-
el warts over and peace oucc m,ra
gives you parish, J will promisr, 4
near you, TO procure out OF Une!c
Sans corrals beast that will replace
the one taken from you so wronsiuily;
but now il is impossible. We have
journey before US, aud need all We
have, and, fear, more too; SO look
out when the Yankees are about, and
hide your beasts, for my experience
is that all soldiers are very carclrss
in search for title. know that
General Hardee will confirm this, nv
advice.
With great respect, yours truly,
w. I. SAERMAN, Hy.- Gen.
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A STORY ABOUT ANDY JonN
soN.--Mr. f. b. Carpenter. who spen
several months in the White House
while painting his picture of tb,
Emancipat on Proclamation before
the Cabinet, contributes to the hde
pendent a skitch Of the late Presiden
from which we make the following
extracts:
Shortly afterwards, he told us thi-
story OF Andy Johnson, as he ws'
familiarly in the habit Of calling him
Il was a few weeks prior to the Balti
more convention, before il was known
that Gov. johnson would be the nomi
nee for the Vice Presidency. Said
he, had visit last night from Col
Moody. the fighting Methodist par
son, as he is called in Tennessee
lie was on his way TO Philadelphia
conference, and, being in Washington
over night, came up 10 see me. lie
told me, he continued, this story .oI
Andy johnson and Gen. Buel, which
interested me intensely. Col. Moody
was in Nashville the day it was re.
ported that the rebels, strongly re-en-
forced, were said TO be within two
days march ofthe capital. OF course
the city was greatly excited. Said
Moody, ] went in search of Johnson
at the edge of the evening, and found
him at his office, closeted with two
gentlemen, one on each side. As
entered they retired, leaving me alone
with johnson, who came up TO me,
manifesting intense feeling, and said,
Moody, we are sold out Buel is a
traitorl He is going to evacuate the
city, and in forty eight hcurs we shall
be in the hands of rebels Then he
commenced pacing the floor again,
twisting his hands, and chafng like a
Gagged tiger, utterly insensible to his
friends entrcaties to become calm.
Suddenly he turned, and said, Moody,
can you pray? That is my business,
sir, as a minister of the Gospel, re-
turned the Col. Well, Moody, |
wish you would pray said Johnson ;
and Instantly both went down upon
their knees at opposite sides of the
room. As the prayer became fervent,
johnson began to respond in true
Methodist style. Presently be crawl
ed ovor on hss hands and knees to
Moody's side, and put his arm over
him, manifesting the deepest emotion.
Closing the prayer with a hearty
AmenP 7 from each, they arose.
johnson took a long breath, and said
with emphasis, Moody, feel better
Shortly afterward he asked, Will
you stand by me ? Certainly, |
will,' was the answer. Well Moody,
| can depend upon you you are one
in a hundred thousand He then
commenced pacing the floor again.
Suddenly he wheeled, the current Of
his thought having changed, and said,
Oh Moody, | don't want you TO
think / have become religious man
because | asked you to pray. | am
sorry TO say it, but ] am not, and have
never pretended to be religious. No
one knows this better than you but,
Moody, there is one thing about it,
! do believe also in the Bible, and |
say III be damned if Nashville shall
be surrendered I
And Nashville was not surren-
dered
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IMMORTALITY OF BooTH.-One
OF the most influential motives which
prompted Booth to his great crime
seems TO have been the ambition TO
perpetuate bis name in history. lie
has fully achieved the infamous no;o.
riety he sought, His frequent quo
tation Of the passage about "the am
bilious youth who fred the Ephesian
dome" is made clear by the following
passage from Rollins ancient history
"Tls day Alexander the Great was
born the celebrated temple of Diana
at Ephesus, was burned. 1t is well
known that this temple was ono of the
seven wonders Of the world. II had
been built at the expense Of Asia Mi
nor. A great number Of years were
employed in building it. Its length
was 425 feet, and its breadth 220.
1t was supported by I27 columns,
three-score feet high, which as many
kings had caused TO be wrought at a
great expense, and by the most excel
lent artists, who endeavored TO excel
one another on this occasion. The
rest Of the temple eorresponded in
magnifcenee with these columns
One Erostratus had set FIRE to the
temple on purpose. Being put to the
torture, in order to make him confess
his motive for committing so infamous
an action, he owned that il was with
the view OF making himself known to
posieri,y, and to immorsalize his name
by destroying so noble a structure.
The states general Of Asia imagined
they could prevent the success Of his
view BY publishing a decree prohibit
ing the mention Of his name. How
ever, their prohibition only excited a
greater curiosity, for scarce one Of the
historians Of tIas age has omitted 10
mention 50 mOnssrous an extrava-
ganoe, and al the same time tells Us
tie name of the criminal,
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" ANpERltp's HaTEI.- rs,i. Dong estab-
l,.be Hpiol siill continues open f3r Tie
setl.n anIatsH of tl,e imyrtug public. Far
tlculst Atirailon givvn 20 bpstlers from alraau
4uyiur The summer months. he public pat
onarr hglerto Literally extended j. respect
uiiy solicited
y X "a NpfntIF, rfui1fTnf,
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4. u coy
At AXVrscYTBEg AND DEALER IN
vi n@ts stti Nm-ts. : dplrs uu Hl4 ul Gou.
afHaual iMnh,
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county. but looks ike q Seoichman.
His hair is yellow, has beard and
mouaachc pale red, bis complexion
white, almost as the shilesl paper, bis
eyebrows Albino, his eyes signiiying
nothing, and bis expression blank va
csncy.
ARNOLD.
The last in the series is a poor
youth by tie name Of Arnold, who
has made confession, not yet given
to the public. He is rsther = good
look ing boy, with no special facial
MARKS.
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Credit-A wise provision BY which
consables and sheriJs get i living.
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CaE EQptSoN H0UsE-o opepfrom June
10 pccemher Cor permanent ~ transient
visitors. This House. having been recently
ssist gel Is pow the most commodiGHs lh the
STATE. sad furnished with the latest vonlarts
AND eaavebienees. Ter Information as rooms,
&c.. address
FataGrts. A6kNT
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A sadness which was almost SUI
perhuman passed now and then over
his brow, on which the wrinkles had
deepened into larFows,on those strange
features where the hearty laugh Of
other days had become a sort Of pain
iul grimaee. remember meeting the
President one evening toward night
fall. tie was asi leaving the White
House and, according to his habit, was
going to tue War Office 10 get news.
There was nobody with him, though
he had often been recommended not
10 60 out alone ba, be despised dan
ger, and be had horror Of constraint.
With his plaid folded round him
against the cold, he moved slowly on,
losl ~ reyerie, like a tail phantom.
] was struck with The pensiye and
suffering expression Of has face. Az
itsii0n and anxiety had gradually bent
Ard al last broken, that stout and gaA-
tic nature, aad worn the nerves Of
steel of the giant. For four long
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q
nis. sURRATT'
Lit lhe reader pause and take 3
view of ibis womon She sits there
in the corner, tie first in The row Of
criminals "A position Of honor "a
which both her age and her iu'clli-
cence enti,le her The reader a, first
finds n veil, q lhin one, between him
ard the object Of his scrutiny. Wait
= moment tbs witness Is called on to
identity her aud her face must be Hn-
covered. Sheis modest and reluctant,
bat iaasioe II stern. aud her shyress
must give way There, now, you see
the face perfectly and, befw en- u.s.
il i a foe enc, Indeed, j Their we're
nothing the matter, and we we're call
"a on al this distance Of ten feet, "a
eiYe an opinion, we should pronounce
her, for a woman Of her age. handsome
She Is iall aud large, without beine
fat weighing, perhaps, hundred anc
eighty pounds. Her hair, seen IN the
shade OF her bonnet, reveals no grey
and il beautiful dark brown, well
polished with ihe brush. Her face
AZ BELTS such form, il broad, bat MOI
coarse iost the reverse. IL Is fair
the cheek slightly tinged by the in
terest Of the circumstances and heI
eye is bright, clear calm, rcsoluie, bui
not unkind. Her expression, for the
several hours she was under our eye,
was that Of deeply sombre genileness
which still bore look OF having been
partly produced hy the will, and lor
the occasion Immersed as SIZE is in
crime. she does net forget woman:
ART. She Is doing her best 10 make a
favorable impression, by her dress and
aspect, upon her judges. She was the
very person TO mould the material
which fell into her hands, She no
doubt ruled them like a queen. But
tip courl, tunaiel is made Of quite
another metal
u,ro,n
N.o ti ,n,,l,.r 20 concentrate,
Sits larua- poor, doliish looking
outh. just pas, li, majority lie il
small. wiih "a utaked mouth. a nose
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tle man who .na .. Oar name il l..
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The line that JEFF was going to
fight il oat on-Crino-iine.
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PETROLEUM v. NAsBr,
I.ai, Faster Nv the Church uy the Moo
DispensashuD.
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e. r. ORNiS.
GtH0foN pEEItsr, Manchester, ier
- mosfi.
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STAGE NOTICE.

FTsHE Stage faaHlRs by.atea We I9M hssrhh
L ans - ~ Fs}at eamnsrffa. st FAc,w" FONT
wiiA al tka ,fsahs ssa siasr tines east q as3
Te~ssAsaA ~sii fsE fsi8x4 Leave 9aeifE
pesAi FassaHys Thsasasst sAa SaaHfdays. I,en o..
f3Fai ate ; - ff4ts. gsiurA "a Asaasys. Ws&s
ses-sags AS FraaYs. FsssehetiAs stsA ~ asioek
p = fsala % - v saiA aags
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JAMAICA HEATHER COMPANY mpnu-
~ fzcfare CnsieHi- Made Boots expressly for
she AeN KuE spd imdc. Al work wAuaHted.
Prices tg suit toe times. Orders solicited,
4. = ArHtar +. tsEkr. JAMAICA, Vt.
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a. Z. AMEs, VI ID.
u .TNANINtg fuR lNNAlpPkN
u ,iuAS. Ui5te ttof css' = tlle ta.'
ii.f CHsF O.
rartsg faa'. tupf 2 1905.
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yuns over the land, and will eoniin.
700 wave en- onfiI the Suihcrn hart
Is agin fred.
II hev dun--Noo Gersey her
spoke.
! rather spS5i my words will bare
trool, Look ou, fur a change Nv
policy.
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fItHE rLANENONF MANUFACTURING
CogtAsF, T. L. 6oppAHp, Agent, lnau-
ufaclavn 81 Paper and hoaks, bob friu'ers
aud Binders, aud v 'Jlesole Booksellers and
stsgioasrs. clsretnont, n. ". AZ