The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-01-10

'" 'Nhtt llttit tiiu@ FciAit& tNe aUFC
OF Gehersl Butler IN New York B
p" Tore the Presidential election.
y II behooyes everybody in tho Er
: pire Cjiy to take care Of himself
: herself just now, for the Devil is /,
: loose with a vengeance. Those wi
u have a large stock OF bi.umen on bar
should take care 10 keep their pitc
hot, for there is somebody 10 nav
Mothers should be careful 10 koe
their children within doors. and kee
The nursery gate fast locked. for IN
Ogre Is og the rampage. Bank k-mar
> ayers would do well 10 secure in fire
| proof vaults, their grecnbacks am
seven-thirties, with such stray coll
watches and silver spoons as have Is
capped the hegira OF specie. Ii ther,
be any Jewelry about, tell il not il
Gath don't let it be mentioned A
Ascalon iorbear TO speak of il at Jop
pa. A little bird may carry the news
10 the Fifth Avenue Hotel. There
broods a bigger bird, portentous bird
a bird OF the most evil omen---a bird
whose taIons were whetted at New
Orleans, whose beak was sharpened
at Fortress Monroe, who has been
lately trying his strong wind at the
James River. lie is very horrible
/
bird--a bald headed eagle with a wall
eye, bloated cav, and dull, coarse
pumage., His eyrie is full OF crino.
line skirts,cotton permits, blQod-thirs.
ty proclamations, beef contracts, fans.
gloves, silk stockings, and the bones of
women and children. His name is
benjamin Franklin Butler; and But
Ter the Terrible has just assumed the
military command of the city and state
Of New York.
The terror with which the news ofI
the appointment of this notorious per-
son to a temporary dictatorship, has
been received in tins city of million
and a quarter inhabitants would be lu- /
dic.ous; we're it not pitable. His We. |
ry name seems to be productive of
paIlor and palsy. The all
absorbing theme is Butler. What is
be doing here2 Why is he come p
What does he mean to do 1? How long
will he stay? Why was he sen; p
Wlll he supersede Gen. Dix? VIII |
ie suppress Democratic newspapers +?
viii he plunder any Banks i? Will he
,xact any forced loans from 'reputed
'hilanthropistS 2 Will he shut up the
New York Hotel, and send Hiram
Jranston to Fort Lafayette Does
% mean any mischief TO Fernando
Wood, or to Gov. Seymour or Eras- =
as Brooks 7 VIII he hang everybody? ,
nese are questions you hear nervous /
and anxiously asked on every side. :
hey shake, they tremble, their fin n
ors twitch, their knees knock togeth- =
:, they have goose-hesh, their voices :,
e away in faint and inarticuIate \
hispers. Two or three nights since I,
went, with numerous staff, to the II
,era. !
"A thousand hearts beat happily Of b
'uros, and music arose with its yo-
ptuous SWELL when suddenly Boaey n,
'peared in the box. should like TO r.
we felt how the thousand hearts q,
at then. The variation Of palpita- ii
n was not discoverable. but It is Ger. ae
IN that thousand pairs Of hands be- ba
n forthwith to beat. The audience
solutely applauded Benjamin But ",
:, and be posed, he did the ancient re
tute, he looked upon them with a re
m sternness as though.to say, Tm ne
re /, Jupiter Ferox. Fear moth ~
until you feel my power. Just vi
v | wear the white kid glove over fo,
hand Of iron. Sometimes forget mr.
put on my gloves. | am come for III
your goods, and all your chattels, mo
. 80 long as you behave your va,
YES won't eat you up; but my ap. nv
ite is uncertain, and, when aroused tio
atiable. There sat in the next box bet
zen. Butler one Of the most noted nm
lionares in New York. lie look a :
very uneasy, and from time to time
sgled, say like a tomiit under the Jrr
uiar inspection Of basilisk. Tie wa.
lcral whispered to one Of his aids. the
vas, perhaps to ask how many mil bee
S his neighbor was worth. Then eva
ixed his solitary eye upon him, |
there was something in that coli the
orb equivalent 10 this: i like seiz
ionares very much. They are tice
good eating; much better than ana
laus or canvass backs. ] used to dan
them down in Louisiana. You neic
mt such a thing as a triile Of 5000 the
that you could oblidge my order hop
iih before you leave this house Of II
millionaire, however, managed to rial
away, and have no doubt that I
aning home, be Immediately bur leav
couple OF millions ia gold in the stat,
garden, for fear Of accident. wbe
ltler, the terrible; IS, a. / have NAV
you, an inmate Of the Fifth Ave. siste
Hotel. lie is fond of taking % tber
uarters at handsome hotels. and prest
aemies say tia. when he patron anly
The ~. Charles, at New Orleans. prey
oniumeniously refused, after a pIe ,
o. many months, 10 discharge his vi
lie would be bold man who lion
nerve himself ~ ibc ta.k of ask belle.
.a!ler for his bfL IlisiiI dun
ne master of So many legious. Ar
iilh Avenue people must feel ~ stanz
. they lad lhc Dragons Of WAN new
Z one 0f Iaeir nrfVata ,.,Il. ~N