The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-11-20
asms GatI]srings, &t.

- Tho present day Affords q rcmarka.
bio fnl6lment Of the prophets words; 81
will turn my hand upon shes, and take
o,scy all thy riS!"
C. Senator Toombs Of Georgi,. whose
present term does not expire until 1859, has
just been elected Tor another si1 years by
the Legislature Of his State lie 10 there.
fore Senator until l865-which Is looking
long time ahead.
C Postmaster General Brown has had
magnificent carriage built ut Phil.delp hia,
costing over $1,000 The trimmings ar, Of
green and gold and the " ole affair makes
display quito suitable for European mon.
arch. These "Dcmocrats" are like other
folks-nthcr fond Of "cutting DASH"
-Sevenl Siamese ambassadors are ere.
atins sensation in England, tho chief of
whom has fifty eight wives, but he never.
thele-s was smitten by tho besu,y of Young
lady whom hc saw in the backward nc
Portsmouth, AMI offered to purchass her as
his fity.ninth wife for the sun Of $4,000. >
To CLEANSE MArrRAssn.-IIairm attras-
~ that have bccome hard and dirty, can DO
made nearly asgood AZ new by ripping them,
washing tho ticslng, and picking the halr
frce from punches, AID keeping Il in dry,
airy place several days. Whenever the
tic.ing gets dry. GIL Il lightly with hair and
tack il together.
The difference between rising every
morning ut six and eight. in the courss VI
forty years amounts to forty-nins thousand
hours, or three years ono hundred and
twenty -one days aud sixteen hours, which
will afford eight hours day for exactly ten
years, which is the same rs II ten yean were
added to q mans life.
SINGULAR CASUALTY. A young man near
Pamela, Mississippi, was recently riding
mule and carrying u shotgun. Iie tied the
end Ola rops, by which he was leading his
dog, to the gun. The mule became alarm
Cd, and threw him of; the dog started to
run. and dragged the gun after him, when
1t went Oh, and shot the young man danger.
ously in the leg
misunderstanding the hard times, the
theatres Of New York city seem to have no
lack OF patronage. On Monday evening
last, the attendance OF the various places Of
amusement in that city was Is ,915, receipts
$1,000. The greatest number at any one
place was at Niblo's Garden, 1900, the Nc
ceipts amounting to $500.
TIL, success Of The Fort Smelling swim
die has stimulated another operation Of tho
same kind, but on still more magnificent
scale. Tho Fort Ripley Reservation, con-
tsinlnS fifty seven thousand acrcs Of rs good
land rs there is In Minnesota, has been sold
to u combination Of spectators in concert
with government officers, Mt four cents.
~ In oil the large cities the homeless and
penniless flock To the station houses for
shelter. Every night this IL the case. and
will no doubt continue 10 be 80. We seo
It Is proposed in New York to appropriate
.m' IL ~, ~,m- -a,,.''- buildings for tho
accommodation Of such through the winter,
and to the city's expense. This Is quite rs
important Us TO furnish food.
-Business in Dover is reviving a littlo
Mill No. 3 started up ON Monday last, and
wo understand that another is to start next
week. One OF A. Folsom's Carpet Factories
was also set in operation last monday. wo
learn that n house and barn in Rochester,
owned by Downing Varncy, Esq, were de.
stroyed by FIRE on Friday night last. at about
I o'clock, and all the stoc. aid hay were
consumed, but the contents Of the honsc
were saved.-Dorer Gazette.
DECLINE IN TiTE PRICE or BEEF. At both
The Cambridge and Brighton Cattle Markets
the present week, there was decline of
nearly 80 cents per hundred on beef cattle,
which, with previous reductions, make, tho
wholesale price much lower than IL has bee,
FOR several years. Even ut this decline, u
largo number OF cattle were left unsbld. In
New York, also, there Was decline in beef
this week. There is now no doubt that the
retail prices OF meat, oil all kinds, will DO
considerably lower during the coming win
ter.
- Active preparations are making to
lay tho Atlantic Telegraph cable next June.
Four hundred additional miles of cable have
been ordered, and IL the eff,rt u recover the
three hundred and forty miles now -ubmery.
ed should DO successful, that amount also
will be added, 50 that the length of the ca
bile will he nearly three thousand miles -
The British government has sigui6eI its in-
tention 10 detich two vessels irom the navy
next year to assist IN tho work. and il l.
presumed that our government will also 70.
peat the favor Of Last year.
Tue MURDER At ToPsu,u. ME. The Jury
of .nques, on the body Of Eiphalet Berry,
who was murdered in Topsbain on the oh
inst, having been in session since the morn.
ing Of the lOth. closed their Investigations
ON Thursday. returning verdict that tho
deceased came Ia his death by u wound in
ilicted by David I. Dudley Of Topsham.-
Dudley WIS arraigned, pleaded not guilty,
waived examination, and was committed 70
jail. lie will probably be tried in April
The evidence is said to be very clear against
him.
The COMMON LAW or JorRSALisx. Tho
following from the London Times conci,ely
expresses what has the iorcs Of common law
among journalists -
"NJ notice can be taken Of anonymous
NHdpNeI " luuuucI IOt
insertion must DO authenticated by the name
md address Of the writer; not necessarily
Tor publication. but as u guaranty Of his
good faith. We cannot undertake to re.
turn rejected communications.
CLOTHING CLOTHING! Have you ever
'isitcd the establishment off w. Smith 4
o., Boston IL you have, you arc already
atisiied that the business transactions ofthe
'ouse are worth recommending. II you
nave not, and wish to purchase clothing ut
Wholesale or retail, give these gentlemen q
all, at your first visit 70 Boston, and We as
urc you that you will not DO disappointed,
i'hcr in tho styles, qualities, OF prices or
heir goods. We have spoken Of this house
eyerAl times, and can most conscientiou.ly
% so. and recommend them to universal
atronage. For their place oil business. and
ther particulars, SEQ their advertisement in
mother column.