The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-12-01

Grants Official majority IL OHIO
42l90 IN fndianA loll6
Collar carried bis town. bits county
and bis State while Cen, Blair Is boat
ca IN BE ward, eiiy. county and state
An ola Democrat 10 Madison. Ind,
ena, is erieycd sorely ior having given
his son an education. 4 have had ten
sons grown says be- "and all Of EN-
voted the Dimocratlo ticket but one
! spilled him by giving him an edaoa
ton, and SO be il a Republican and
votes the against the Dimocrata
The terms q Office u twoniy-one
u. 5. Senators expires on the The ith
Of March next Their Successors, TO
tho number Of sixteen, are Republicans.
net gain q two. the Democrats get
ting senator IN Oaso. California and
Nev ie-s aul the Republicans gain
at S "a PanGsy aaa indiana.
Ieuaas e ISL cousin ABA Couuec.itat
Tho eruption 81 Noun. yeasus is
sall very threatening mud imposing
. All tlo cones ID thl volcano emit rumb-
. ling sounds and eject large quantities
Of lava. Tha lawn has Get a whole for
est Of chestnut trees on 6ro causing
immense devastation Houses, farms
/ and lau1 are overwhelmed With ruin
and tho population ef tho nearer yil-
Ilages are leaving their houses ia great
/ destitution
From the "a 10 the 10th Of Janu-
AIRY, 1869, q week Of prayer is bcsought,
under the authority Of the Evangelical
Alliance, over the whole world
The Secretary Of the Treasury es
Inmates the revenue Of the government
for the fiscal year ending June 80. at
$25. 900, 900.
"A Washington dispatch affords the
gratifying information that the govern
ment has not even considered whether
it will abandon the prosecution Of def
ferson Davis, but will ask continuance
of his trial solely on the ground that
Chief Justice Chase ought to preside,
which he cannot do at the present term
because OF the approaching term of the
supreme court Mt Washington. Also
that Attorney General Eyarts thinks
that if Johnson hadn't been impeached
last March Davis would have been tried.
The Rev Mr. Nasty gives Gen.
Grant some valuable advice as TO the
best method of securing the pacifca-
ton Of the country. He says: There
can be no peace SO long az the Biairs
are ont oy offs. The Blairs must hav
places. A government without Blair
into it is not legal Linkin failed to
command the respect nv the Blairs, and
where IL Linkin johnson let the Blairs
go, and what an Awful Example is he
Don't be afraid that they wont take
offs under you. They amt pertikeler
they'd as soon run your administra-
shen as anybody's. You can git The
support Of the Bairs That Boon is
within your reach
The Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, reports 535, 440 members, after
all the losses Of the rebellion; n gain OF
2y,93Y, or ueaIly SIN per cont since last
year. The old Methodist Episcopal
Church has ,255,O7l members, an in
crease Of 1913, AGO, on above 8 per cent
since last year The "South" has $3.50
travelling preachers, and 1852 local, a
total of6,341 The Methodist Episeo.
pal" has 808l travelling preachers, and
9,898 local, total Of 1879. Total
|, preachers in both churches, 25720.
Gen. Rousseau, who has command OF
the Fifth Military District, has report
ed concerning the affairs Of the past
year, to Gen, Grant. In relation to the
election in New Orleans and Louisiana
generally, he states that tho republi-
J cans stayed away from the polls, by nd
vice Of their leaders, who said there
would be.riots if they attempted to vote
} He also expresses his opinion that riots
would have resulted il the republicans
had come to the polls He excuses
himself by saying that be had not mill
J tary force enough to preserve the peace
} Gen Rousseau cannot expect to be be,
lieyed The policy Of Andy Johnson
, and his tools has been to defeat The
measures Of Congress by leaving Tho
] rebels to have their own way.
The pretty girls Of Brainbridge
Georgia, are laying off Yankee calicoef
and wearing Southern homespun.
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