The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-07-27

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80 ola iaper vhaea mAny etoellert
resolutions we're not followed ~ Ger
responding practice asd reform. On
tbe door plainly marked in chalk. vas
recorded February IS, lsit % drink
ing. and thea February 20. len "a
Agasn
Daring The visit d tie western
c1niaer .Al party al sal, Lake City last
week Senator Trnmbul sul Br sham
Young had brisk conversation q a
fes MINUTES length Or tic ft.alion II
that territory = .ha ge5erpmeut d the
UulteI States Young Informed Mr.
T-umbul that be uusi not % surprised
II after returning 70 Washington be-
heard that some federal officers were
pa. out q Utah without their consent.
Mi Trumbuil suggested that il would
Be- better 70 consult the President be-
forehand j, might b. embarrassing
otherwise There was some converse
ton on the laws against bigamy, which
Brigham Of course held in fine con-
tempt Hospitality was dispensed spar
ingly, aud the visitors were treated
while they stayed with cold and distant
politenoss.
1T is stated on reliable authority
from Richmond, that Gen. Candy has
written to the members elect Of the
new Legislature, recently elected in
Virginia, individually, to find out how
many ale ready to take the test oath.
Ia case there is quorum able to quail
is, lie viii call the Legislature togeth-
er excluding those unable to take the
oath, and have United States Senators
elected and the fifteenth amendment
ratified. The incompetent members
may then come in under the state con-
stituton If there is not quorum,
he will order new elections 10 be held
in districts represented by those who
cannot take the cath. BY this process,
two radical United States Senators will
be elected, probably Governor Wells
aud J.. H. Chandler.
"A gentleman OF Bennington, VT,
recently found in an old newspaper an
affidavit made by Capt. Jonas Galusba
Of that place, in 1877 and 1s0S. Refer
ring to the battle Of Bennington, in
l777, he testified IL was ordered with
tho entire company under my com
mand, BY Col. Moses Robinson, to said
battle ground, and marched in obedi-
enco to said order, at the head Of my
company. l recollect at the time Of
Bennington battle, soldier camo up
TO Col. Nathan Stone, and said, 81 have
no gun, what shall / do?" Stone re-
Piled, "Stand by me a few minutes, and
You shall have one" The man obeyed,
and in a short time Stone drew up and
fred at a Hessian as the Hossian fell,
Stone said to his comrade, Run and
get your gun" AID the man obeyed.
- Mr. a. d. Richardson, who has Just
been over the Pacific railways, writes
that the six owners Of the Central road
are reported to have divided $4,000
900 profits on construction he regards
that as an exaggeration but pats 1t at
half that princely sum. But they Owl
besides this accumulation, the land
grant, ana nearly all the stock, aud if
the road pays they viii lie six OF the
richest men on the continent One Of
.hem has q palace in New York. An
ether, who resides in Sacramento, III
ustrates admirably what the road has
done for them. Upon one corner Of
his large lot is frame cottage story
aud half high, which probably cost
81 200-a tasteful, cosy little house
covered with trees, vines and flowers,
and very humble in It's preteusions.
There the owner had lived for years
when the company was organized
Now, in the centre OF the same lot he
has nearly completed new residence,
which looks like the greatest marble
fertilization on Fifth avenue. II might
be mistaken for an opera house, or q
coliseum for a Peace Jubilee 1t is
145 feet long, and, though a frame