The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-02-11


urgent efation 0f II p8msrat
The pgmocrai IS thg mst Infamous
Coppsrhead sheei ID tde country. ana
te uppusa @ Iualidc aau which has
most recommended Mc Flanders a.
PamerN Is lba circumstance that he
/ lIandnr ta1k > tarm ip I'ogt Warren.
during The ear fur reasonable attef
auccN
Tie World special save n. Naval
bill reported n tie uaaso E.s cut.
doRu the appropriations - ,be naval
service fram ihe original estimate Of
$4,000 900 Is Sls.p0000N The Wsst
Point blll Is unchanged. there being nj
rctrgnchmcnt III the Consular ANA
Diplomatic blN the expenses arc cat
down about 100000 The Offices 81
Second Assistant Secretary II state.
Superintendent II Statistics and III
amWer Of Claims ia the State depart
meut ara abolished
The Mood venetrnp, for decora.
ng tile interior 81 buildings. will prob,
ably supercedc paper ia a large do,ree
II Is taking wonderfully HI ten days
a company WIS formed IN Boston. With
q capital ~ Sl00 600, for the manuiac-
iure aud sale Of wood hangings. As
re.ief % the consumers Of paper ON tie
one hauc, and IA addition ia the value
4 Of forest trees on the other, this Il Il
sery important discovery Birds eve.
maple, ash buttornut and other trees 81
Vernon, will be in better demand
a strong religious revival prevails
at Cambrdgeport, and meetings arc
held nearly every evening ia the week
Mr McCollum, and minister nov
preaching IN that place. il n man OF
fine talents and faithful in his Masters
/ vineyard. The prayer meetings are
fully attended and through the united
instrumaniabty Of Mn, McCollnm aud
Rev Mr.. Wessgatc Of Athens, much in-
terest II expressed Some fitteon or
twenty conYerSIJa3le lanouneed
When Fort Doue,son fell General
Floyd and mos Of .us brigade managed
to escape ~ ho tetreated to Chat
tanooga, for the purpose Of going back
e NirgaIa his army pissed through
Jasper an the General mad a speech
AZ The courthouse He snid among
other things, tina, lie had done the
Yankees more harm than auy dozen
men III the South; that they lad u long
account 10 settle Nlth hul, and that he
was determined Tint, il settled al all, it
shoal ! b. settled ia he'll When the
Federal army came III, M Irish soldier
was tod what Floyd bad said about the
place Of adjustment. every well, said
Pat; we will be fully represented
there
! vessel arrived ut San Francisco
the Other day, from China. loaded with
goods lnyoiced ut such ridiculous pri-
ces that the custom authorities seized
them, thinking there must be some
fraud about the affair The invoices
were correct however, being good
sample Of Chinese prices Among the
goods were, handsome sets Of porcelain
bought l0f fom dolhis the set; bcauti-
tul fans, painted by hand IN brilliant
coiofs, with figures Of dragons and
Chinese beauties purchased at cent
each; NICE baskets, in sets Of -four, cost
ing in tho Celestial kingdom fonr cents
a set spades for garden a China
at q cent each; straw hat Ola good
quality inFo.ced ut u cont each; and
other commodities, the product Of Chi
nese industry, procured III tho country
at prices prop )rtiona.Gy snaIl
TIN PcmIc DER STATEMENT. 5ecre-
tary McCalochs mouthley report Of
the national debt shows tie following
to have been ita condition February /
Debt bearing coin interest, f1yl2 3ea .o4
Debt bearing currency interest 3ns 70s Gao
Matured debt not presented for pas
mcnt. l2.8ss, lGQ
Debt bearing 10 Interest 4ls,024,s46
Total, 2e5i ,8s4.sS5
Coin 10 the treasury, as.4st .i6s
Currency n he treasury. 26,376. 100
lotsal 224 eg98
Ds0t less cash is treasury 25s7.8I5873
Compared with the Janaaiy state
ment the total debt shows an Increase
Of $l9,1S9,72 aud that bearing coin
interest OF go $50 5l, the coin IA Tie
treasury a decrease Of $l0,13l 300, ii.
the debt bearing currency Interest 500
7S2, 600 The warrents issued IN jan
uary to meet the requirements Of the
government, including interest on the
debt, but not those for the redemption
Of The debt amounted TO So, 1880
Tng DnuoSD D4RrSs. Oitcey T,eta
Pictures from Fa'y and Amermaa Notes
This is the eleventh volume Of the dia
mond edition Of Dir Dickens ~1rks ak,
beautiful IN type, Illustrations, aud bind
ing as it's predecessors Oliver Twist
is made 10 pass unc9ntaninoted thro
scenes Of evil aud the novelist strips
wee Of its false glitter, wherein Dickens
differs from Buiwer, aud some other
writers III fins volume appear the
american Notes which 50 damaged
Boz N tie regards q many good people
especially persons who never rea them
We bavc Just given them a fresh pan.
sri and We must cpusess that Sc can
not find ihe occasion ~ ne ancient
outcfv. He found some thiugs % blame
md 8yine 70 laue. II He biuaed Fair
III aud laughed heartily, nnd We show
al tic NOuudsia our vanity. Heis D.
day the most popular literary man on
the continent; b. win bo heartily vel
coined il bis approaching visit; aud We