The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-01-12


Thursday Cor ueseruer by the Repub
hcan Conventions q New Hampshire.
II cost si0.SSG7is7G 70 govern
thc city 81 New York last year God
pity The taN PAYERS
Gre At Bangor Me on thc night
q Jan. ls,. destroyed s9Ca000 worth
81 property.
In England. since tho beginning a.
The year 1890 more than 600 persons
have been killed. BY the explosions in
The coal mines
A young lady who save a steam Gre
engine in Boston. recently for the dlst
time, innocen,lv inquired Why they
boiled the water bsiure they threw It
on
A California paper SAYS that tho
Chinese arc getting So numerous 90 the
Pacific coast that they contemplate ap-
pointing missionaries "a rs among the
Christians 60 convert them to the Chr
uose religion
"A car recently left Boston laden
With salt for 6rm salt Lake City. 70
which place 1t is 10 20 through without
change p bull, distance q two thou
sand three hundred and forty eight
miles.
People who arc Interested IN tho
Holy Land will be glad to know that
Macadamized road has been construct
ed from Jaifa 10 Jorusalcm, and the lat
I ter city enjoys a steam mill Yankees
arc responsible for both.
"A Harrisburg landlord has sent IN
a bin to a young man for the injury
done to The house by that young man
father in ayaihng HIM self Of ono Of its
apartments to shoot himself in.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is reported to
have made 5000 600 or 81, 900, 600 ont
Of his great corner in New York Cen
trail. His late movement is considered
the greatest financial coup d ctai Wall
street has ever known.
The revenue offices in Louisiana
are dens Of thieves The postmast er Of
New Orleans has also caught the infec-
ton, and proved defaulter for $50,
900,
Rev. Mr. Beechcr don't have a We
ry high opinion Of the judges Of New
York City. In recent sermon be said
TO them;
IF such men are TO enter the King
dom Of God, they must be born again.
And there viii not be much more left
OF them when they hre born again than
would make fair-sizcd infant"
Gen Geo W Cole declares that
he will not live with or recognize his
wife again, and would not meet her
were it not to make some necessary mr.
engagements regarding the future Of
their children.
An ardent couple was married in
Charlotte county, Va, lately, standing
on one muddy bank Of a swollen stream
while the officiating clergyman stood on
the other. The bridges had been swept
away.
The lobby are preparing for a gen
eral raid on Congress this winter TO Sc
cure what plumber they can, knowing
that their time is snort They expect,
md wo hope justly, that with the com
ing in Of Grant the era Of retrenchment
and honesty viii begin.
Gen. Longstreet hns written let
ter advising the southern people to give
a cordial support to Gen Grant. He
sensibly tells them that il is fatal poll
icy to make point Of hostility to the
Republican party. lie assures them
that peace and order will como 70 them
by supporting and not by opposing the
measures Of that party.
Gen Grant has been seriously urg
ed to appoint jeff Davis Secretary Of
War, as 4 peace Offering 20 the South
Hero is Ulysses most effective 'peaco
Offering No terms viii be accepted
but immediate and unconditional sur
render propose to move immediate
ly upon yonr works. Z s. G1AAr"
II is reported that the Kentucky
Democrats are anxious to have John &
Breckenridge return TO that state. and
be elected Governor No doubt he will
do so, but it is some satisfaction 10
know that the state which elects him
viii PROBABLY lose one Of its members
Of Congress in consequence Of not al
lowing her negroes to vote. The next
census will inhict that very Just pun.
ishment.
Reyerly johnson and Secretary
Seward hope to complete negotiations
with England for the settlement Of the
Alabama claims during Johnson's ed
ministration To this end johnson isI
still shaking hands and dining with
rebel sympathizers in England The
United States Senate aill. however,
have something to say about il before
the negotiation ends in treaty.
According 70 the correspondents
Gen Butler and Andy bad gushing
.ime on New Years day eJohnson 3