The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-05-16


arc due to the various members Of our dele
cation in Congress, for Congressional docu.
ments.
INTERNATIONAL CrRcrs. This company
will exhibit here next Tuesday. It is said
to be one Of the best, For further particu-
lars see the advertisement in another col
umn.
EMr. Giddings ofOhio, has written let
ter contndicting charge that he had writ.
ten or instigated articles against the nomi.
nation of Col. Fremont.
POLICE RECORD. Wehavc not been able
to obtain any record of Police operations
this week. We understand that the week
has been an unusually busy one. More
drunk than usual.
q PErERsoS's MAGAZINE, merits large
circulation. The June number is received
in advance of the month itself. A new vol
ume commences with July. Now is the
time to subscribe.
y Justus Warner, aged 100 years and
20 days, died at Cleveland, Ohio, on the
10th inst. lie was born in Waterbury,
Conn.,, and participated in the American
revolution.
y There were but twenty-five persons at
the old-line wing meeting, in Kentucky,
which has been trumpeted far and near as
evidence of the "uprising of the wings
Prentice of the Louisville Journal, thinks
that not much of an uprising.
y Mr.. Herbert, who shot tho waiter ut
Wizards Hotel, is the occupant Of one Of
the contested seats from California. He was
elected in 1854, and represents the Second
Congressional District. lie is an Admins
tration Democrat.
y The Charlestown, (South Carolina,)
Standard believes that the existence Of this
Union may be temporarily prolonged by the
extension of slavery into Kansas, but that 1t
may be indefinitely prolonged by the rc-es-
Enlistment of the African Slave Trade.
- A correspondent Of the Savannah (Ga.)
News relates the case Of VIM. Ellison, a ne
gro, who purchased his freedom from his
master several years ago, and now owns a
large cotton plantation, upon which he
works fifty hands, and about onc-half of the
town of Statcsburg, in Sumpter district,
IS. c.
CONGRESS. The attention Of the lower
branch Of Congress has been chiefly occu.
pied with matters connected with the APP
preparations. Central America matters
have engaged the attention of the Senate.
Cass has made speech, family denying
some Of tho doctrines asserted by Douglass
in hs report on Kansas matters.
81 Hon. JonS j. PERRY, member ofCon-
grcss from the second District, has sent us u
copy of his recent speech in the House, on
the all absorbing topic. 1t is among the
best that has been made on the right, and
as the Portland Advertiser says: alt is
particularly valuable as giving in tho past
record Of that party, and showing how dem.
ocrlts are now required to falsify all that
they have hitherto prolessed, since the party
has been prostituted to the open, unequivo-
ss
cal and direct service of the slave power"
We hope to be able to publish portion Mt
least, of the speech ifnot the whole.
Run ITEMS. The keeper Of drinking
saloon at Ncwburyport offered troublesome
customer dollar week if he would keep
away from his saloon for year the chap
accepted the offer, and goes weekly and re-
ceiyes his dollar at the door.
At Salem, Ind where the women mobbed
the liquor dealers, the latter have since
mobbed the Office of the True Flag, which
justified the women, and scattered the type
about the Office and yard, and also outrage
ously attacked the dwellings of several of
the ladies.
A fellow named Leland married bcauti-
full and accomplished woman at Franklin,
n. Y, recently, and then kept ingloriously
drunk thereafter, until he dicd-about two
weeks.
MAY TRAINING. Wednesday was "ln-
spection day" under the new militia law Of
our State, and our people obtained taste
of something like an old fashioned, May
trimming. The uniformed Z" trainers" were
out very much to the satisfaction Of the
boys, and all others who take delight in the
,,cocoG,I exbibition of soldering.