The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-09-22

AT Dsnbury, Conn.,, Seymour and Blair nag
hangs between brewery and graveyard.
We arr told that "swect are the uses Of sd-
versty." II this lie true, the Democrats must,
shout these days be bathing In sea Of molaSses.
In speech made few days since Senator
Doohtiie spoke Of the democratic party az the
grand corps Of the nation. The Senator il
/ given 10 absence o. mind and inadvertently lefl
the sc" of from the "oorps."
/ Illinois promises from 10000 to $4,000 for
Grant, Indiana at least $1,000, Ohio S0oe0, and
Iowa not less than 10000. The whole West ia
moving with irresistible power for Grant, peace
aud freedom,
/ Mr. Psndleion said, when speaking recently
/ 4 don't see where you all came from" Excuse
ne, yer riverance, promptly responded an indi-
ndual in the crowd, "thc most Of us came from
ould Ireland
Speaker Coifax is engaged 10 be married TO
! Miss Nellie Wade, niece Of Senator Wade.
The application 10 the United States District
Court for writ of habsds corpus on behalf Of Dr.
Mndd, Arnold AID spangler, confined at the Dry
TortugAs Prson, bias been refused. =r.
The New York Times says; III Grant ,polls
hfty thousand votes in this CT tyas he certainly
ought 10 do-he will carry the state" And the
Sun, which conceded New York to the democrats
4 before the Maine election, now thinks the result
in that state extremely doubtful.
1t is estimated that the amount Of American
Securities held in Europe, including United
States bonds, Railroad and State stoke and
bonds, &c, reaches the large sum Of $685., 400 900
| 1t seems to be question who is President Of
these United States. At any rate Mr. yAllandig-
ham ia Issuing orders 10 some Of the Cabinet, as
witness the taiipsing, received at the Treasury
department las Thursday, from Ohio:
To H. Mco,dloch Secretary Of Treasury, Wash
ton, u. g.:
Why are Radicals still appointed 70 Office in
this State This thing must stop.
G. L. VALLANDI0HAM.
The arithmetic by which the New York World
makes out great democratic gains in Maine, re-
minds Pittsfeld democrat Of the conclusion
reached by schoolmate Of his, who WAS given
this sum by his teacher John, II cat at the
bottom Of well gets up one foot every day and
falls back two feet very night, how long viii it
take her TO reach the top2" The boy laborod
long and devotedly at his task, but the cat
wouldn't come up. At last, light broke in upon
him, when, seeking the master John burst forth
"sir, I've got out that sum; the cat, as l figure
IT, is by this time about half way to h--lll'
We do not defle our columns often with quo
tations from the Lacrosse Democrat, yet it is well
enough to remind our readers that there is a
journal in the country, firm supporter OF Sey-
mour and Blair, which is capable Of such para
graph as the following.
Some Of the papers object to mentioning the
murder Of Mrs. surratt, and say she should rest
in peace. Very kind ofyou, perjured hounds and
Infamous editors who clamored for the death Of
a better woman than was the wife Of your losfer-
ish President, who was slain by a gentleman.
An important step has reen taken toward per
fectng steam locomotives for use on common
roads, by substituting India-rubber tires for the
driving wheel instead Of iron. This oxpediont
completely removes two OF the greatest impede
ments heretofore in the way Of the practical use
Of such engines--the Earring and consequent in
jury to the machinery, and the destruction Of the
roadway. The India-rnbber tire furnishes soft
elastic cushion, which acts both as spring and
pr election to the surface Of the road. The inn
proyement was tested recently at Edinburgh,
Scotland, with complete success.
The hnost crop Of corn ever raised in Mime
sofa is now ready for harvesting. The lowest Az
erage yield in some places ia fifty to sixty bushels
der acre.
The value Of the hay crop Of the northern
and western S,stes is estimated at more than two
hundred millions Of dollars the crop being the
largest ever produced.