The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-11-13
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Auo ANuW AotA AshAS bss cOSu PeS-
fishing statements Of the number Of hands
discharged during the present month from
various manufacturing establishments IN
that city. The aggregate ioots up sixteen
thousand three hundred and seventy. three.
What IN amount Of suffering will result
from this deprivation Of employment.
Tho Louisville Journal, noticing the
fact that Charles Mckay, the poet, Is now
on q visit to this country, says:
Mr.. MacKay, as Is universally known, 10
the author Of "There q Good limo. Com.
ing" There seems to be u very general
regret here that he didn't bring Il with
him.
WOODS HAIR RESTORATIVE We have
never known any other medicine win as large
share Of public confidence 10 80 short time AS
this has done. il has no, been more than year
since we first heard uf u, aud IL now stands nj
the head Of all remedies Of the kind. We have
never used any Of II Ourselves, having had no &C.
CASTOR, rs our "crown Of glory" not only ~ yet
retains It's original color, but gets more so-6u,
some Of our friends have, aud we have never
known u TO il Of restoring the hair 10 iis osigi.
nal color. We advise such rs are becoming pre-.
,uaturely grey, to give the "Res,oralive" . trial.
CAs,i~ (Iuinoi,) Herald. June, 1854.
Qua LITTLE LuIunr. During the year
ending juno 30, 1856, VIC imported
silk piece goods $25. zoo, GIL
Other silk goods 6,0l7,ll5
Laces l,C0l $40
Embroideries 4,66i, 1853
Worsted pieoe goods l2,236,275
Rich oarpetings 1929, l96
Shawls, wool cotton and silk 2,529,77l
This Is m increase over the imports Of the
same articles for the previous year Of nearly
sl2 0OO, 900, and is probably in turn eI.
ceeded by the imports for the year ending on
the 3Oth Of June last. No wonder the
times arc hard.
Tur MoRxoSs INTERNAL MACHINE. The
Washington STATES. OF THURSDAY. explains
It's hint ola few days previous in regard %
the alleged Internal machine possos.el by
the Mormons. Il says IL Is an explosive ma.
terial, discharged by electricity. the inven-
ton Of Mr.. Storm, and that IL was used
by the Russians In demoli.hing the iortifi-
cations Of Sebastopol, when it was found
they could NJ longer 10 held. Upon the
clo-e Of tho war the invention was laid b.
fore Cougr--drawings were submitted 90
the Secretary of War-Gcneral Quitman
and other officers gave u their attention, and
the whole matter was afterwards placed IN
the hands OF SEVERAL persons Tor the purpo~e
Of making experiments. Ii 10 now alleged
by the SAFES that thc-- men were all Nor
mons, and that, after Becoming iamil ar
with the invention, they abandoned the in.
yentor and carried their knowleige to Utah.
and are now prepared TO blow the United
States troops out Of existence at their lei
sure. Rather m improbable story.
Col. BKsroS. The Washington corrcs-
pendent Of the New York Courier and En-.
quirer, under date of October 81, says:
"Col. Benton has RECOMMENDED work
He Is now engaged in tie preparation of q
Review of the dicision Of the Supreme Court
attempting 70 overthrow the Missouri Com
promise He says IL Is appropriate Cor him,
rs the last survivor of the struggle and the
crisis which ended with the adoption of that
great measure craftsmanship, to yindicato
tho memory and the patriotism of the men
who accomplished 1t. The Review will
speedily appear, and It will DO contribu.
ton to American jurisprudence that will
give longer life 70 the bred Scott decision
than II would otherwise attain.
Mr.. Benton thinks that his health has
been permanently improved by the op.ration
which his late illness rendered necessarily
because 1t has removed chronic obstruc.
ton.
MuRDERoUs ASSAULT ny BOYS. We IRE
quite frequently called upon Of late to chron-
icle accounts of murderous assaults by boys,
who seem to have become familiar with the
use Of the knife rs q weapon Of offence
Ke MeV Bedford Mercury of Tuesday
morning gives the following account of
dangerous assault Of that character:
Gan assault of dangerous character was
made on Saturday, upon q man by the
namc of Gear, who liycs ut Hicks Mills
Mr.. Gear, who was ut work on Smiths mills
road near But,onwood brook, was eating his
dinner with others Mt work, when n party
Of colored boys. five In number, named Rob.
ert Lucas, George and Robert Hicks, lred.
well Turner and Edward Douglas, who were
passing, gave some provoking words to Mr..
Gear; the latter came up to them, when
they all fell upon him. threw him down and
during the melee he WIS stabbed by one OF
the boys; they were from seventeen to nine.
teen years Of ago. They were arrested and
will be examined this morning, if Mr.. Gear
is we'll enough to appear in Court"
COMMERCIAL DISASTERS. Since the LIST of
August there have been in the Uuitcd States
nine hundred and fity.two failures, suspen-
sions, etc., OF which four hundacd and
eighty-nine were in October, three hundred
and twenty-nino In September, and one
hundred and thirty four in August. As di-
yided of into States there were two in Maine,
six in New Hampshire, nine in Vermont,
seven IN Connecticut, ono in Delaware,
in Wisconsin, eight in Virginia,
two in North Carolina, six in South Caro-.
lima, five in Georgia, one in Tennessee, two
in California, four hundred and forty eight
in New York, eighty.fvc in Massachusetts,
oho Huuurcu anu tWcntv III fenHsyivunta,
forty In Ohio, seven In Kentucky. three In
Indiana, two in Washington, d. @; fvo IN
Minnesota, forty.fve In Illinois, six in
thirty-six in Iowa, twenty.three
10 Michigan. eighteen in Missouri, twenty
three in New jersey, and i've in Rhode r.
land. OF the failures in Pennsylvania,
thirty were In the dry goods trade, and In
N. Y. thirty-eight. In al. probability thee
are but moiety Of the actual failures, for
In the year 1887 while there wcre but 500 I
similarly reported In New York City, the
returns under the bankrupt law IN l84l
showed that 5000 took the benefit of the act
In that city, with liabilities to about fifty
millions Of dollars.
Hon. JOSHUA r. CLIPPINGS. The
friends Of Republican Freedom, oil over the
will DO rejoiced to learn that the
health Of this brave old veteran Is greatly
improved, and that he will take his seat In
The next House Of Representatives under cir.
that give reasonable hope that
b;s lifo and sarvics>a will r.. ion~ .~ol A.