The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-05-23
SAMUEL WELLS.

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Tho New York Herald's correspondent
says;
"when Mr.. Giddings tainted in the Hous'
to-day, during one of his abolition Trades
DIR. \. X. Marshall Of Kentucky, immcdi
ately visited him, not as a patient, he said
but to see il the Odd AbOlitionist wa
dad"
DIR. Marshall is one of the leading Fill
moreites in Congress.
WiLDER's SAFES. We saw on State stree
yesterday one Of Wilder's Gre-proof safes
that must have appalled, the heart of tn,
stoutest most determined burglar that lookeC
upon itr \ plate on the door informed tht
public that :" j. +. Wilder was the" max
or, Boston" and being secured further by
one of Halls patent changeable powder
proof locks, we are sure that the funds Of
the City Bank, Biddef1rd, Me-, for which il
has been manufactured, will be secure in it
ample closets. IL weighs about three tons
vet il would make very handsome parlol
ornament. Inside was strong burglar box
lined with steel Observation-Disclosures Atlas
y At the adjourned School Meeting helC
at Beethoven Hall ON Friday evening of las
week, it was voted to build a school House
to he located on Birch ST., and the sum o
$500 was appropriated to build the house
and pay the district debt. The money 70
tins purpose was to be obtained, $1,000 b.
taxation, and the balcnce by loan, and tn
school district agents were authorized b.
vote TO obtain the sum needed.
The Agents report included plans of tn
building needed, and estimates of cost
house and lot. The house to be built vii
be divided into two school rooms for, pri
mary and intermediate school.
Mr.. BLAIR As A SHAREHOLDERS. A goo
deal has been said in the Nebraska paper
about Mr.. Blair's slaves. The Nation0
Fra gives the facts, in the case. 1t says:
"There Is not slave on his farm, VIII
has not been purchased at his own sOlieita
ton, or at the request of benevolent persons
to save him from being sent "a the souther
market, or TO prevent u family from bein
broken mp. The money is adyanced-th
man or woman has the privilege of workin
1t out-and, to prevent all risks, the ire
dom of every one of them Is secured, 0
will, in any contingency, and not only ire'
dom, bat provision for homestead
SAFEGUARD AGAINSr CoTNTERTETING.
gentleman in New Haven has invented
process which furnishes complete saieguai
against coun;crfeiting in any of its form
The face Of the bill is covered with chen
zeal preparation of light yellow tint. lea
ing the denomination Of the bill IN lette
of original color OF the paper. The pla
printing is done with blush-black ink, While
has the popularity Ofpenctrating the pape
. and Of being translucent when held bctwe'
} the eye and the light. Tho composition
, this ink is known only to the inventor, nj
: prevents the possibility of counterfeiting
means Of new plate.
, How TuEr LOOK UPoy IT IN TIE Sor1
. The New Orleans Bulletin, the chief col
, mcrcial and political Journal of that cit
and supporter of the Fillmore ticket, 81
Il the campaign;
=, The man Is rs blind as a bat. and hop
ppid, who does not sec that there
"sS's - 'sdowing question which or,
oIV 49, 49, =, -ailOirS zap al other issues :
~ S,so Inn ~ 'Hd riial question Of sian
81 Pi;nI a, !, a. We may, complicatc
c,or,sr II as much as possible, the fact ca
80, ~ d;sr,is,J that ,Sa, .ry IS the real c
p,eHf Of party dirisiOas, anu o aah,
party with the expectation tia. ~. IL b.
of IL North and South would UNI, y" anu ~
monte upon this main point Of dist ~"'
only short Of mOoR-SirHek madness"
Az OLD, ON MAS. DR.. jim died
Shreveport, Louisiana, on the 18th ult
r aged one hundred and twenty-iour year
i, three months and twenty-five days. He W
, born December 81, 1891, in Fredericksbur
Va. as the slave of Capt. John Carter, VI
8 served as an officer during the revolutiOna
, war. Jim was the body serven, of CAPITA
= Carter and Others through the whole peri
of the revolution-was well acquainted wi
Gen. Washington and most Of the 9th
distinguished generals of the war, and v
at Yorktown aud witnessed thu last decisi