The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-03-30

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States are femss@ntel and only four.
va Tezas Msasspps Gsorgia and
F.rgshia are visboat representation
The political skies hook much bright
q d coaaecacat for ,he Republican
eaase than they did ; scar ago ~ shis
tame Il does SEEN - though hey
would elscl the whole State ticket and
gas a Congressman Or two.
1T lgrns out on examination that
PFestieu, Johnson did not issue 50
may vetoos As has been supposed
The record Is a. follows during hha
term. in vht,h two Congresses held Eve
rssio1 Total veloes, 10; pocket We
toes. c; become laws without the
Presidents signature, l6 Nearly all
tbs bills be vetoed were promptly pass
Cd over the veto,
The Worlds Washington special
says II is nov hardly expected by Sem
ators tia, the session viii end before
May LIST, II then. The House is more
sanguine, but there is no present pros
peet Of getting ont Of the woods.
The number o. persons IN the con-
sular service il 3s6. OF this number as
are from New York, 50 from New Eng
land, 10 from Ohio and IS from the 9TH
er Western States. The West com
plains Of disparity and it is said in
tends II shall be changed under the
new Administration.
"A brief executive session OF Senate
WAS held on Thursday during which ].
Bancroft DAVIS VIA confirmed as Assis-
tant Secretary Of State. and james Il.
Casey as collector Of the port Of New
Orleans. Mr.. Casey married a sister
OF Mrs. President GRAFT He Was for
merry a merchant Of ST. Louis, but re-
moved TO Now Orleans about three
years since, TO establish himself as q
cotton factor,
-EI-P resident johnson arrived at
his old home in Greenyille, Tenn, on
Saturday last, when be received a warm
reception from his old n~eighbors. In
reply TO the addresses presented, MIR.
Johnson said that his administration
had been stormy and tempestuous, be-
cause he had been battling in behalf OF
the Constitution. he was now a freed
man-freed from the bondage Of adj
ministering the government under a VI
olated Constitution. Congress was q
body Of usurpers. He reviewed his POI
litical life, and reminded his hearers
that the first ofico he ever held was an
alderman in their city. Nothing to-day
foreshadowed the part be would take
hereafter in the politics Of the State
He had laid aside his official robes, and
would remain a private citizen.
The fate Of the tenure-of-ofice bin
is again uncertain, to the great annoy
ance OF the ofice.seekers, who thought
they were "out Of the woods" when the
Senate passed tho amended bill APPROX
ed by President Grant. The opportu-
nifty was not, however, TO be lost by
those Republican representatives. who
desire to appear as the Presidents
champions, and they are noS demand
ing that the executive shall not be strip
ped Of his constitutional prerogatiyes
by the Senate. The Democratic repre-
sentatIyes, With perhaps two excep-
tions, will vote with the Republican
~repeRlers against the Senate bib, and
should this combination succeed the
Senate must gracefully surrender, OF
there will be a dead lock between the
two houses, This dead lock viii cause
a Withholding Of nearly eight hundred
nominations which the President has in
readiness to transmit to the Senate
But il is to be hoped that some eonces-
sions will be made, and an amicable ad.
jnstment Of this ycxatious question So
cured.