The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-01-22


$4,000. At the other extreme, q Detroit
paper mentions the arrest Of a woman IN
that city with nothing on her person but a
loye-letter and dagucrreOtype.'
Tx total Of salaries received by the Brit
ish Cabinet Ministers is s2s9,OOO per an
mum the amount received by the President,
Vice President and Cabinet Ministers of the
United States is $4,000.
JoHN III. WHITE, while at work alone in
sash and blind factory at Bloomfield, on
Tuesday, was killed by being caught by his
clothing in the machinery. lie was Is
years Of age, and leaves family to mourn
his loss.
MADx INSANE ny LIQUoR. The St. Antho-
ny min News says that a gentleman from
Maine who recently arrived in that city for
the purpose ofmaking investments, was in
duced to visit one of the fashionable saloons
where he was 'drugged with the Internal
strychnine doses OF the establishment and
has been ever since wild, jibberins luna
tic. After being confined for several weeks,
he was taken the other day by his brother,
and the two travelled again toward home.
AT the present time there are no less than
1000, 900 acres fpublic lands in Minncso-
tn subject to pro emption at the rate of s 20
an acre.
DURING the past year % revolutionary |
soldiers have died, as have also p persons
of one hundred years and over.
1T is stated that minister is on trial in
New York State, ore of the charges against
him being that he hired livery horse and
wagon, was gone two days, snapped horses
six times, and came back to the stable with
the same horse he took out, having made
one hundred dollars by the operation
FRoN KANSAS. At the election Of the 18th
inst, 80 votes were east in lawrence, OF
which number . only were in favor of the
Lecompton Constitution, and the rest
against il. The Free State ticket received
from 900 to 2G9 votes.
We take the following from the Lcayen-
worth City Times. Jan. B.
Yesterday the election for State officers,
and the adoption or rejection Of the Lecomp-
ton Constitution in its entirety, passed of
without the slightest disturbance in this
city. Two companies of the U. 5. infantry
were at the polls, and full battery near at
hand, to preserve the peace. For the first
time in our life we were compelled to pass
through line of Federal troops to deposit
our ballot. We have special chapter on
this subject 'embalmcd,' which We will give
to our readers at an early day. We have
only space in this issue to give the vote OF
this city:
Against the Lecompion Constitution l,oo'
For the Constitution with slavery II
For the Constitution without slavery
Scattering o,s
Total l,Oo |
Majority against Lccomp,ou Constitution l,5'@
The average Free State Majority for the
State officers was 92j.
TnE Rockland Gazette gives the following
statistics Of the lime business, the leading
business Of that city;
The whole quantity of lime manufactured
in Rockland from March lst 1857, to Janu-
ary lst 1853, was 66l GIG chsks. Of this
quantity the number N casks burnt in pa |
tent kilns was 3QO,66O. The number Of
kilns of lime burnt in kilns of the old con-
struetion during the time named, was 742,
yielding in the aggregate l,O56 casks OF
lime.
NORTHERN TRAroRs REnrKEp. The Rich
mon South, an ultra Democratic slavery
paper, speaking Of Douglass late speech
against the Lecomp,on Constitution, uttcrs
the following, which Northern men of all
parties would do well to heed: ave hare
no confidence in any man north Of Mason
and DiToH'S. They cannot Be our tiicRds
and Be honest. The interests, of the two
sections are antasonistic. The Northern
man who goes for our interes, necessarily
goes against the North, has country, and we
can haze no confidence in traitor, no mat.
ter how high his place"
Thar honorable and humane organ, the
Washington Union, has the following, rec
ommending national instead Of private fill
clustering:
"To acquire the privilege Of constructing
railways, canals and roads across the 18th.
mus, to settle regions Of country traversed
by these routes, with peaceful trademen,
farmers, mechanics, &C., would seem the on
" sure and infallible mode Of planting our
institutions permanently in those regions
II, however, we must plant our institutions
in regions south Of US, by the strong arm
let il be by open and honorable hostility
conducted under the auspices and authority
Of the government. Nothing can DO easier
than to find cause Of national quarrel with
the Central American States and the Span
ish government. frs SET about seeking it,
II, contrary to our national policy. We must
needs extend our institutions southwark by
force, let it be done by honorable welfare,
and net by political foray."
VIVA, will not the mean do to advance
their own interests
Use efihe Ozygena.ed Bitfers, and you
have no cause 10 complain Of lassitude. de-
bility, or any of those complaints inscpcra-
HE lrnm our Snrino Neather They are