The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-08-10


TIE beginning
Gen. Butter. ia recent
states that be oonsiaers Is one
powers II Congress Is ST aside
Who oauuot take the test oath. and ~
Congress il the only power which ca8N
remove toe necessity Of taking The mon
clad cath.
Affairs in Caba are getting more
mixed every day. The oansc Of The rev
olutionists seems 10 be gaining grouud.
and one Spanish officer estimates that
il viii take 100000 troops from Spain
to subdue them TO add to their diff.
cuites, the cholera has broken ont
among the troops, c-rrying of two hun
bred daily
IA western paper "busts into
song IN the following airooious man
noa: Il told you story about Mr. Bo-
RE, and then my story begun How
his beautiful daughter saved Reeves
from the water, and now my story an.
done. for Borie hasn't any daughter
Elk President johnson IN n speech
Of over three honrs duration at Blount-
vile. Tenn, the last he made before
the election in that State took the
NEST open and unequiyocal ground IN
favor Of national reputation.
Forty thousand barrels Of precious
whiskey went up the spout in the great
Philadelphia fire last week. We are
inclined to think that none viii be the
losers except the owners. or perhaps
the insurance companies. The couu-
try at large win be vastly advaniaged.
Forty thousand barrels of whiskey rep
resent probably, an indefinite number
Of murders, stabbing ARRAYS, brawls
and fights, with an untold amount Of
domestic misery.
AN attempt is being made in Bour-
bon County Ky, to raise fund for
the purpose Of home for JEFF Davis,
in that, his native'state. A gentleman
OF Louisville has offered, if $4,000 OF
more shall be subscribed to the fund
to give building site for house, with
ten acres attached, within four miles oil
Louisville. Commenting upon this
movement, the Savannah Republican OK.
claims The idea of hedging in the
great Confederate leader on ten acre
lot and that four miles from town, is
simply ridiculous III the Southern
people wish to honor their old chief
and make him and his family comfort.
able, let them present him with large
and well improved estate, on which he
can live in style BETTING his character
and dignity, and at the same time lay
up something for those who are K
come after him. He deserves princi-
pality, and quarter million for that
purpose is not too much
The election for State and county
officers in Maryland takes place on the
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember" next, November 2, at which
there are to be elected twelve SENATOR
of the first class, to fill the places o
those who drew the short term 0. twC
years There are also to be elected tb,
members Of the House Of Delegates ant
the State Comptroller.
Andrew johnson continues, o
course, to rail against Congress. il
his last speech he declared that ''rath
er than see their wicked rule perpetu
ated, he would much prefer to be th'
subject of somo wise and just prince o
emperor.
"A Western paper speaking Of tht
sudden death OF man, says: 1T wa
dreadful blow to the family, which
consisted Of a wife, an adopted, and /
few boarders"
The Kentucky election on Monda,
Of last week for State treasurer ant
members Of the Legislature gave larg
majority TO the democratic candidates
James r. Tate is elected treasurer ant
1t is believed that there viii not be NOR
than Is or 20 republicans in the legis
lature
/ On Friday night two boys, name,
Michael Mahoney and John Gallery
both aged Is years, were roasted t
death while sleeping in an ash pit o
the Central Railroad, near Elizabeth
port, n. J. They belonged to Eli2
abethport, and being from home, wen
into the pit to sleep, and during ih
night the fires of the locomotives wer
hauled into the pit, literally roastin
them TO death.
John G. Breckenridge favois th
admission of negro testimony in Ken
lucky courts
Only Six Of the newly elected men
bers Of the Virginia Legislature eve
held positions in that body before
The Chronicle, recently started j
Boise City. Idaho, greeted its reader
J with the following original salutatory
We have started newspaper. Nam
- Capitol CJtronieai. Pnnciples-Den
ocratie to the hilt Object-To mai