The Union and journal., 1860-04-06

A Pretty Good Cow.
Ihave COW, Of the common breed, about six
years old. She Is very kind and docile. For
my own qualification have taken little pains.
to sec what We got from the COW for the last 10
weeks. shs cslved on the sth day Of January
last The calf had what milk Il could take for
four days, when Il was taken from the COW.
From that time to March 2ist-n dsys-we
have made 81 lbs. OF butter, besides selling
over 40 quarts ofmilk, breaking up pans Of
milk at any time, for the benefit Of transient
customers. The quantity Of milk set turing
thi. time did not average overt quarts per
day. u q T.f. .. pEAhno.
Biddeford, March "a.
81 They have Q crazy loon In tho U. s. Ben
ate, who goes BY the name ofWigfall' and halls
from Texas, who IL making fool OF himself,
and disgrscing the people who sent him there.
He uttered speech the.other day, devoted es-
pecaIy to the abuse Of New England, In tho
course Of which he drank occasionally ofliquor
furnishedat his dcsk. This wigfsll, We saw by
q sketch published just ater his election. car
ries In his body one or moro bullets received In
duels, and wear. several scars about the head
and face, received In that delightful pastime for
which "men OF honor" have such relish.
y The Republicans are pur,uing the sound
policy Of leaving Presidential chances at Chica-
60 to settle themselves Much has been said Of
Mr.. Cameron %: Mr.. Seward-that Cameron
has said "Seward cannot carry his State penn
sylvania,) }" and that Seward says "camsron
cannot be elected" Now, this Is NIL untrue
roor-bscks Of political correspondents in tho
pay Of opposing candidates. Mr.. Seward says
that "any man who Is nominated can and
must be elected. I do not stand In the way OF
success" Mr.. Cameron says that "whoever
is nominated must and win carry Pennsylvan-
ia," and that che does not desire the nomina-
tion, and xould not acceptit II obtained BY the
statement that himself alone can carry that
State. Iwould not consider such q statement
or such action as just to the other States"
II The story that Spain had agreed to sell
Cuba to US, and only halted about the price,
was too foolish thing to be believed, and has
been contradictei. Spain has no more idea Of
selling Cuba than We have ofselling Florida.
n The Bangor whig says the Republican
State convention will be held In that city some
time In June.
y The whole chain Of cities between Al
hany and Chicago. has declared In favor Of the
Republican party. Eastward II will yet be eI-
tended TO the borders Of New Brunswick, and
westward to Missouri. The opinion Is express
ed that Maryland will send q delegation TO the
Chicago National Convention.
VA st. Louis paper rcmarks-"we hear
almost every week ofthc discovery Of routes.
and passes through the Rocky Mountains In
the gold region. The explorations ofthe miners
have proved as fatal to the theory that tho
mountain ranges arc impossible, e1ceptat two
or three points far apart, as the experience and
obsei vation of travellers on the Plains, to tho
notion that vast desert overspreads the In
terror.
MAYurAcruRrSo SrocKs. Brokers'
Board, Boston, on Saturday, ]. L. Henshaw
sold 80 shares Bates Manufacturing Co., at
III q ll2 per share; IS shares Hill Manufac-
turing Co., at lo5 /; Of York Manufacturing
Co., at siiso; o Of Peppercll Coat s647ia
$3.50 per share.
TIE ARoosrooK DENocnAr-A democratic
paper with this title has just started at Houlton
The paper Is respectable in size, we'll printed,
and It's only faults the character ofits politics.
The Custom House officers who arc interested
In its publication, we presume will make It
permanent institution-so long as they hold
their Offices.
TnE MrurIA.-Under law Of the State the
Military Divisions Of our State have been COM
pressed into three Divisions-and under the
new organization three Mayor Generals were
elected by the Legislature before Its adjourn
ment, as follows: First Division comprising
the eastern section Of the State-John l. Hods-
don Of Bangor. Second Division. for the mid
die Of the State. wp. II. Titcomb Of.
Third Division, for the rest Of the State, W.
Writ Virgin, Of Norway.
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC DErALcArIoS.-The
Milwaukee Sentinel says that the Committee
appointed to investigate the defalcation In the
Dane county treasury, Wisconsin, have report
ed $40, 900 to be missing. or this sum about
$4,000 Is chargcable against the term OF Z.
II. Gleason; 5000 against that Of Philo Dun
ming; about 500 against that Of wm. A.
Wheeler, and $4,000 to that Of Frank Gault. tho
present Treasurer.
~ Hon. Israel washburn, Jr., Is spoken OF
as the next republican candidate for Governor.
NEw-Yonx SUPERVISORS. Out Of 727 Super
visors elected In various counties OF N. Y. State
nj the recent elections, $40 are Republicans
This is large incrcace over last year and tho
year before. In 1850, out OF 733 Supervisors,
the Republicans had 463; In 1858, out OF 660,
they had 435. The Spring elections arc pretty
fair indication of the tendency ot the voters in
The GALL. So says the Commercial adrsrfi'e.
vvvA. as~... r. ,usIv NJ II m bunk.