The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-04-06

81 Nane steea = y sisters hrst no
nas3 ue ~rappiegs or any other Pas
nomcna sitHbasad = spln,e We are
all twenty enc years older STAGE taoa. I
am reminded sllhoagh il seco,s but
yesterday Are We a much siseg
Will as maty more ysara reveal what
al thss mf
FagaDsxr sa.SF sgHnENnREs
On Mlndas taa presiisns VAS >, So
versly aiiirtel viti nonralgia in The
face-An Ailmont he had been Suffering
with from Saturday 70 refuse 10 re-
ceive any visitors whatever Ia then
this coaqnering hero through a iour
Years var, snblued by ono httle mouth
q civil lief
Since the above was written, tho
President has disledged Neuralgia
The seeming check was only a bait 10
rest his forces.
The Senate refusing to reeeie from
It's Amendms nts OF the Civil Tenure
bill, ask for a Committed Of Conference
sKxsrpLE.
A bin has beea introduced into the
Senate 10 make the penalty in the DIS.
triet Of Columbia hr charging ore
than the legal interest, 8 per cent, the
forfeiture Of the excess OF interest only
Money win be easier in the District
when that Law is passed. In some res
poets the legislation for the District is
the most advanced in the country. be-
cause the d istrict has no constituents
TO make Senators and Representatives
AFRAID OF their convictions.
wRv wjMES r aIvES PLACES.
An article, originally appearing in
the n. Y. IEdcpandsnt which is sxten
sively taken here, and copied into the
Star Of this city last Friday, puiporting
TO be written by a won IN clerk in the
Treasury Department. over her "
name, charging that numbers o. young
women are thrust upon the Depart.
ments by Senator's aud Representatives
on account OF their personal adsanta'
ges, who "have scarcely education
enough to tell the day Of the week by
a counting house calendar" has orea-
ted q really painful sensation among
some Of the more delicate and sensitive
. the lady CLERKS in particular, and
aroused the Indignation Of the whole
sisterhocd in general. know OF one
widow lady who, talking with a friend,
another lady clerk, wished, in tears Of
anguish, that there was anything else
in the world she could do TO make o
! living for herself and child, and she
) would not endure these repeated in.
suits, these humiliating associations
another day. Another lady similarly
, situated, who lost her husband in the
war, and who constitutionally and by
misfortune is perhaps morbidly sensi
$ tive even deplored that her life wa'
y prolonged TO bring her TO the necessity
. OF getting her support in tits manner
g These are extreme cases. But we ma,
very well be reminded by them that tb'
: ladies employed in these Department
are, for tho most part, away from thoiI
+ families and friends upon whom the
have been accustomed TO depend Il
stand between them aud the indtferen
s world. This fippant, indiscriminate
g accusation, therefore--which, IL n
home, they could afford to lot pass IN
" noticed-is here = very serious matter
Q and as cruel as it is unjust. While
. am not prepared to deny that Their
g are some instances of women gettinI
into the Department through tho rec.
& concentrations Of persons actuated B.
improper motives; on the other hand
| speak what / DO know when ! sa.
j that there Ia no other city in the Uniol
in which the same number Of woIne
e will present ms high an average OF Gle
. msntary education, real culture, fn'
elevation OF character, as these sam
l. decried female Government clerks
Every community from which these 10
dies come. is interested in their fame
y Many Of them, too, being deprived 9
their special providers and protector
have become specially the daughters {
q the Republic, in whom all her sons ar
specially interested. Let them not sal
T. fer unjnstly.
N OFFICIAL RsosA
d The new Second Assistant Postmaa
e ter General in place Of Geo. w. McLe
sr Ian, removed, Maj. Gen. Giles A. Smitl
is : gallant soldier. In 1864 be wa
recommended for promotion TO Ma
General, aud complimented by Gen. {
o. Howard. "for long and continue
10 service, aud for gaIlantry aud complete
re ness az an officer, during the Allani
aud Savannah campaign, in which B
he commanded the 4th Division.
be j. G. Bancroft Davis, Assistant Set
Rotary Of State. is a son Of Hone
n, John Davis" a Massachusetts,. II
was rendered a public dinner by Il
citizens Of Newberg, without disiin,
rs ton OF party, in view Of bis renoyi