The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-13
81, stated that IL GOO OfDr. Kano's


work have been sold.
The London Christian Witness complies
statement, from which il appears that th'
total number Of Protestants in the world is
IS, $50, 600.
UsKFuL INVENTION. "A eountryman passing
over u railroad in northern New York, which
is proverbially s!or, asked the conductor
why cow-catcher was attached to the real
car instead of the usual place he was in
formed by that officer that il was q in order
to prevent the COWS on that road running
into the train"
= An aged lady in Milford, soon TO die
sent for an attorney in order that her will
might he properly executed, and although
the document was drawn up with all pru-
dent despatch, il was returned 10 her resi-
dence Tor her signature. fvc minutes after
death had visited the invalid. BY this oc-
curence, q considerable property IS diverted
from the channel into which the deceased
would have turned il.
"TuE TuL Esd OF TIE LAW" An anus
ing affair occurred yesterday afternoon
The Justices Court was in : ssion, Judge
Gushing on the bench. A plaintifappeared
TO recover grindstone, and being called 10
the witness stand, depoSed us follows:
II called upon the defendant for the
stone, but he refused me, telling me that be-
fore / could get il must try the tail end Of
the law, and | at once brought the matter
before your Honor"
The Court looked stern and threatening,
spectators sniekCred, embryo lawyers laugh
cd behind dclcate handkerchicfs, grim off,
GERS smiled, and the witness sat down aston
ished.-Bos,on Herald.
To CORRESPONDENTS. The Albany Journ-
al, one Of the ablest papers in the country,
makes the following suggestion to its cor
respondents;
/" We must al.o request consideration and
breyi,y. The average length Of editorial ar
ticles in the Journal is from 20 10 80 lines
a moments reflection will convince corrcs-
pondents that they could not reasonably ex-
pect us to give them moro space than we a.
low ourselves. Many communications
which we would willingly publish are ex-
cludcd, for their intOlerable length"
The highest salary of governor OF any
State in the Union is paid in California,
$4,000 and the lowest In Vermont, $50,
and Rhode Island 800. Louisiana pays
$4,000, and Virginia $4,000.
y Lord Mansfield having once threaten
ed to hold his court on Good Friday, so clear
off arrears OF business, much TO the disgust
Of the lawyers, SERGEANT Davy said to him,
that if he did, "he would be the first Judge
who had sat on that day since POntius Pr
late" His lOrdship concluded to adjourn
the court.
The NEw CABISEr.-The Washington
Star. IN announcing the departure of Mr..
Buchanan from Washington for Wheatland
on Monday last, states fact, in which the
public may have entire confidence, that he
took his departure without having finally
determined upon any one member of his
Cabinet.
The Mormon country and the Mormon
manners do not seem to please all who emf
crate to that territory. IN Englishman
publishes in the Leeds papers his six years
experience among the saints He LETT lest
ITS pOlluting principles should cOntaminate
his own family and expresses gratefulness at
his escape from the degraded position TO
which he had reduced himself and them.
The Carson League (temperance) fund o.
Vermont amounts 10 S3O0,0OO, and has re.
Gently been laid under half per cent. a.
sessment, which will raise $500, to be de-
voted TO the cause.
SUCCESSOR To Mr.. Books. The Charleston
Evening News gives a report that the friends
of Ex-Governor James III. Hammond will
run him for Congress IN the District lately
represented by Preston ). Brooks.
DR.. URE.-This distinguished and vcnCra-
BILE man of science died ON the Oh instant, in
London, at the age of 80 years. He Is we'll
known by his writings in the United States,
especially by his /" Dictionary of arts, Sci
ence and Mining" which has no equal in
any language.
e. The following is from the Buffalo
Republic. Ii is somewhat Smoky
" A singular incident occurred last week
on the New York and Harlem Railroad
As the Express was approaching Chatham
at speed of forty miles per hour, the en-
gineer discovered n large bullock on the
track. coming directly towards the train
at the top of his speed. \ happy
thought occurred to the engineer. Instead OF
reversing his engine, and applying the brakes
in order to stop the train, and to drive the
frightened animal from the track, more
steam was applied, and the engine moving
at high rate of speed, struck the bullock
in peculiar manner throwing it sufficiently
high in the mir to allow the train To pass un'
der it: after which the bullock struck th'
track, and continued in the same direction
as though nothing had happened. But ON,
such circumstance has ever been recorded.