The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-03-16
NEWS ITEMS, ETC.


frost leii il, aud is o total loss. Belonged
10 Mr.. Mitchell. aud cost $1,000
THE SHipwsEcE BILL is intended 10 in
crease The facilities OF rescue IN cases oil
wreck or danger along the Atlantic Coast.
This was one Of the earliest acts Of the ses-
sion, and is now a law.
lT"At length" said an unfortunate
man who had been ruined by vexaiious
lawsuits, cat length have found haPpi.
ness, for am reduced 10 necessiiy-and
tina, is the only :hing know Of which has
no law.
T. Persons who purchased The Texas
claims, which have Jus, been passed by
Congress and approved by President
Pierce, have made great specuiation.-I
Large sums have been sold as low rs Is
cents upon dollar.
u The Texas creditors bill was re-
turned To The Senate. signed By the Presi-
dent. There goes 81 $50 900 TO satisfy NJ
claim agaiIs, Government no more Just
than those which The President ignored by
his veo Of the SpolIaiion bill.
(" A Ynkee who went over to the
mother country sumo time ago, was asked
on his returning, how he liked Great Bait
aiu, "Well,n he said. " England ~ u
very nice country, exceedingly fertile, wei
cultivated very popninus and very veal hv
bni.r continued the Yankee. 4" never liked
10 take a morning wsle. after br-akfis', be-
cause m. country is 80 small tina, | was
airait Of walking oil The edge "
KESxEsuxEPoRr ANNUAL MEETING. T
Cnrrier. Town Clerk Geo. p. lrtf0ui-,
Treasurer; Arlrsw I.nQues, Muses. Nason.
J M TarhoN. Se-clmsn and Assessors; :.
II. Gnuld, Town Agent; John Biker, War
ren Blown, Superintendent School Cum
mi'i-e.
The above were no, chosen entirely with
reference tn politics, but nearly all are tenn
peIance, Morrill, meu.
PENoB cor & KENNEBEc RAIL Ro,D.-I
The clIzSns Of Bangor un Frilay accrp'e,I
the bill auhoriz.n. the civ Of Bangor ioI
loan its c,edn in aid OF The Penob-coi and
K.nnebec Railroad "a The amount Of $780,
900, and Ia the Penob.cot Ruad 10 the
am Iuu, Of Si75 600. There was little o.
position to anything. The following i thu
vote on hi Penob-cot and Krnneh-c loan
ave, 1886 nays IS. On the Penohsco'
(shore roulel loau--ayes I2i5, nays oil.
UNDERGROUND RAILROADS. any.douht
less, Ihiuk q. au underground railIoad ~ n
mera figure OF speech. aud not ~ n veriia.
BILE fact; but we learn hom the Miners
Journal that ihrIe a'e IN Schuyhill county,
Pa. about Que hundred AID ihIrly miles 81
good su'sarri,l ailgoad. which ARE under
gruunl. beln. built .or ih- use Oflhe varI-
GU, cnal mi,r- IA that county. A great
may ooloTel peO lie iIav-l on these roal>.
bu, they are cnlnr.d with coal lust, and not
with African blood.-Chi=en.
STATE LOAN We learn iha: the whole
Of the new State loan for S2lS,c00 has
been taken at premium on the whole
sum of about $4,000 Bills for larger
sum Than required were received, AMI
about three quarter, of The whole loan ha>
been taken 10y citizens iu our own State -
Among the successful hi l,Ier. were john
M. Wno,l, who obtained SIS, 900 at par. AID
A. w. II. Capp who was awarded $4,000
nj the sane rate. -BaRgor Journal.
The PosrAGE BILL provides that for lei
teTs .oin. les than 1000 miles the postage
shall be three cents, aud over that distance
il shall I've FIRE cents. excep; where postal
treaties wlih other countries shall prevent.
The amendment further provides that, after
the LIT of January. 1856, all the letters
shall be- prepaid aud that done with stamps
also, that letters containing money can be-
registered, 50 "a TO show that they have
been sent, bat in no instance TO make the
Department responsible for them.
THE Collins APPROPRIATION BILL. This
bill, which was it's, vetoed by the President,
ani Afterwards approved when presented
in the form OF an amendment 10 the Naval
Appropriation bill provides that Mr.. Col-
lin. shalt, for the siy wears % come, receive
a.ruallv fnr his services in caryin. the
mails, SS5S 900. H. musi, however, first
replace The ArcIic with new vessel. AMI
the United S,alss may nj any Time terminate
the arrangement, by giving six months no
ticc.
Yy-li haS been discovered iha, keep
erol la..r beer celia in the Rnwrrv, iu
New York. fuT The purpose of tvaling The
law Tpdui,in. him tn close his place ou
SUNDAY, hts h "a, IN the habit III h"llin.
pretended ,eli.i ~ services therein. otfici
aim. him elf ~ the leader at The ceTrnu-
MES, a., ake~ the Bible. reads u chapter
or two. serves each ~ hl- heaters with u
gla>~ or hrrr. and tk's up collection A.
tn. Cous,iiu'ioI tn"pahy dill um cuni-m-
plre 80 much liberty az conscience, the
Arrangement will be- in,eIlereJ with by
the police.
GES. IInu,ToS. The OIL hero Of s.. Ja.
ciuihu, has hren leciuriug IN New Sms and
Boston, Ou slavery. Temperance, AmerIcm-
i~'u sc. lii previous history hts anlahlr
qualities and The Noble stand he took ia the
u. :. Senate IL behalf at The petitions oi
the 5000 cl-r.vinen.h has pro, u,rd hun manv
friends ., The north and he Wa received
both ~ Boston ard New Smk with hraN
welcome Bat his speeches have added
nothing To hls f,me or popularity. aud he
seems n,her % have lot nv his noIiheru
tour. H. stands with one fiui on slavery
and The her on free snil AMI will p'obihly
he found. like the Du'chman's COW, on both
sides bnl moi Ear enough o. either >iIe a.
satisfy The norih or the south. lie j. popu.
l,7, hn, like The poor .irl whom every body
liked bui nobody loved. h. will remain sia-
Gle and come shou Of The Presidency
Progressive dgs
EXPLORATION. a young Lads recently COM
plaincL I. VI yoT Mood oi New Yotk. ,ha,
shi' Ia! been rtn ,lnyed hy tirm To make
shirts. thai she wa obliged to deposit -
with them ~ security. and then having
made three SHIFTS at ouly IL i-2 cents each,
her ply was refused on the preience that
thsy were moi male we'll ,uouph and the.