The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-04-27

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-shs surviving frissds several II the
same isfaily --eeme On SC eslsblisbed
day each rear. and aecorats tie graves
q The departed irVfu her houssholas /
Ard sbai il most remarkable 70 an
Ameroan. not sd iaoe is 70 be seen
in al The numbers gathered there that
day. The friends Of those silent ten-
ants will so INSIDE and place their
wresths, Sc, q the 4mmor,elles The
favorte grave flower II the Preach
"Ady up ia house. aud make any
change conceived since the last visit.
aud then sit down around the Little "a
Die, aud commune with each ether and.
in sp,nt, wiih the host They seem 10
feei that they are actually visiting the
DEPARTED aud that is the explanation
81 their ohetriaineas
Is tnere anything in this custom
worth initiating?
EP0cH METEOROLOGICAL
Warm weather seems to have .aitly
set in here. Since last Saturday over
coats have been insuiTerable, and the
ordinary ii Indoor winter clothing has
been uncomfortable with little exer
else. The grass, aud buds, aud leaves,
and flowers. are decidedly cropping
ont" aud yesterday morning early !
heard some bird music IN the neighbour
ing trees making such glad sweet con
fusion Of sound that | listened ia vain
to determine whether there We're two or
three or two or three aud twenty, little
songsters engaged in it. Such gush
ing, rushing joyous, iubilant prattle
was theirs, over the returned warm
weather, il would have formed a model
for bevy Of school girls just started
on picnic excursion We have bad
tie summer gusts, too, already; and
the dust of our broad aud dirty streets,
and broader avenues, has enveloped us,
until we have prayed for rain. Ram
came, IN no traditional gentle April
shower, but in continued falling, and at
times, in driving sheets OF water that
bent the trees, and broke the flowers on
their fresh, lender stems. Tho latter
part of yesterday, the rain fell thick
aud fast; and all night until early in
the morning whew how it poured
down, us il the windows Of Heaven
were open sure enough. Then the
prayer e. wish-went up from so,
900 hearts, doubtless, for suspension Of
such active operations And that has
been fully gratifed. Never has Earth,
turning her eneek to the God Of day
for her morning salute, been kissed
more kindly than she is this Wednes-
day morning. Now, awhile, Wen pray
no more; but, in our contentment and
gladness, praise.
A GRATIFYING APPOINTMENT
You may have noticed in one of the
latest lists of confrmations of Collect
ors Of Internal Revenue, the name Of
Lindsay Murdoch, appointed for the I'd
District OF Missouri He is the senior
editor Of the Bollinger County Stand
ard, Of that State; aud has been a
straight-out Republican from the time
when it was conducive to neither social
consideration nor physical safety to be
one. He was among the first to sug.
gest the Acknowledgement of rebels as
the mode Of restricting their power for
harm to their own country they insane
~ wa-red against. In July, 1861, he
organized the first military command
in $. + Missouri, III defence Of the I'm
ion cause; and in recognition Of his ser
vices in suppressing and Furnishing ma
RAIDERS and bushwhackeis, the citizens
Of Cape Girardeau Co., in September Of
the same year, presented him with a
abro, sash and belt. Thus are his en-
ergy and practical efficiency Of charac-
ter, no less than his resolute patriotism
and sagacity, demonstrated, aud his
merits as civil officer youched for
These Southern appointments have
more than party or political interest at
taching TO them. There is oftentimes
the interest o. quiet, unheraldsd, real
heroism in their antecedents, before the
time had come for them to dream Of
,notability and reward
DpoRTASr TO NATIONAL nAyKs.
Tie Secretary Of the Treasury has
ordered that there shall be no exchange
Of those securities deposited with Gov
eminent as security for the public de-
posts in National Banks.
THE QUAKERs tsTIh
At the White House, Monday after
noon, delegation Of Quakers from va
rious portions Of the UIion, headed ~
Mr. Sam. NJ Jnnuey, Of Virginia, wait
Cd upoH the President by invitation,
and had an interview Of bali an hour
upon the subject 81 moral reformation
at the South. II is proposed by them
70 appoint superintendent Of the
Quaker interests at the South, whose
duty il shall be to visit all the members
Of the sect in the Southern States. and
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