The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-04-03
VOLUME Xln-NUNBER il.

with tbo "rOOt Of all syil,' your ftiend.hip
Is sought BY both great and suall. ~
vElihu Bunia hs engaged 10 lecture
on slavesy, at Detroit, Mich, last weak. but
when hs arrived, found he church olo,sd
acAins, him, ftom no iupssssion that his
spcech would be political. Il was tho first
time that any church had besa elossd against
him.. $50
Col. BrroS OUT Or rus CouxrRr. For
the fr.. ,ims 10 hh lie. Col. Benton has Wis
tied foreign parts. Last week no allowed
him.alf 70 b drawn over the Suspension
Bridge at NiagAn into the dominions Of the
sovesisn .lady Victoria, Defender OF tbs
faith and Queen Of the United Kingdom.
The spoils. When Governor Marcy was
| told thst the rulo Of removal was 70 bs sp-
piled vigorously 10 all o6co holders at the
expiration Of their commission, his only rs-
ply was, that ho thought he had souo iar
enough In declaring that 10 tho victors bo-
lonsed the spoils, bat he never supposed they
would be encouraged to quarrel among them.
selves and pillage their own camp"
IAn eloquent Catholic priest, in at
tempting to persuade his dock to avoid the
ball room on Saint Pstrick's day In the
evening, closed his appeal with this perfect
ly conclusive, and to on Irishman, knock
down and drag out argument "Thc Irish
man who goes to that ball is no better than
Dutchman!" No ansthema could add "
the force Of that.
VA bill has becn introduced In the
Ohio Legislature, providing that in the elec-
ton Of Judges tho names Of the persons
voted for shall bc placed upon . separate
ticket, and o separate box shall bc kept by
the canvasscrs for the reception Of those
votes. This is one step towards separating
the Judiciary from the influence Of political
organizations. II will doubtless pass with
out serious opposition.
aT "S.lly," said fellow to girl who
had red hair, keep away from me, or you
will set me afro" "No danger Of that"
Was the answer, "you arc too green to burn"
VLprd Stanforth told Moore that Lady
Caroline Lamb, in moment Of passion, had
knocked down one Of her pages with q stool.
"well," said tho poet, "it Is nothing un.
common for q literary lady to double dorna q
page"
BEAUTIES OF GoNo TO Law. In tho wor.
cester County Court Of Common Pleas, o
Mr.. Dudley sued Mr.. TIT to recover $l,25.
the price Of q pair ofboots. The action was
IN appeal from the decision Of . Justice Of
Peace in favor Of the plaintiff. The costs
will count up to between Sl00 and Sl25;
the plaintiff therefore RECEIVERS dollar and
u quarter. and probably pays his lawyer ten
times that amount, besides his own loss Of
time. The defendant pays his lawyer, loses
his time and Sl2j, in q foolish endeavor to
save SIPS.
Hoes LIVING IN Snow. Mr.. Wilkinson
Of SmithGeld, r l., led out thrcc Fat hogs
to be slaughtered, and while he and his Us.
sistants wero butchering one, the two Others
mystcriously disappeared, and nothing
could be found Of them for six weeks at
length they were discovered within forty
rods of the spot they had subsistcd under
the snow upon what they could find there,
and upon their own fat, Of which each had
lost about 100 pounds.
An ASTRONOMICAL FACT. A bright star,
named Sirius, or the Dos-star, passes over
US in the season called doG.days; and some
people have foolishly supposed that its pres.
cnce may cause madness, or hydrophobia,
in dogs. It is calculated to b. 1900 .0O0,.
0OO, 900 miles distant from tho earth or
or q 900 times as distant as tho sun h.. A
ray oflisht from Sirius, travelling as fast as
a connon.ball at its greatest speed. would
not be seen on the earth for 523 ,2ll years.
But this is the nearsa fired star among tho
multitude over US ...
q The New York Herald calls attention
to the wealth Of the Cabinet a. follows:
Most Of tho members Of the present Cabi.
net are wealthy and o. unit they represent
an aggregate wealth Of some four and half
millions Of dollars. II may bc thus divided
among them.
lewn Cass, ny 'r' $2,000,0O0
Howell Cobb, ..- 6O0,OO0
Ja'ob Thompson, 1000 600
f,bv II E1ov kO0 mn