The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-03-22

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fact showed how gladly the news OF the
destruction Of that fortress would DO received.
The dispatches Of last evening do not men,
ton the matter, and we presume the story is
hoax.
PERsoyAI--" Awful Gardner. the reformed
bruirer has become insane, His eIertions In
sustaining the reading and coffee room in
New York have been very great, and have ri
last ended in mental arrangement. One Of the
New York sporting papers admits that Mr.
Gardper's reform was genuine, and that his
establishment has been the means OF reforming
some Of the worst characters ever known In
that city Of vice and crime.
- Senator Wade. In answer to an applica-
ton for consulship, cor which mo bodywas
asking said There is no such consulship on
this planet. You may find 1t on some fixed
star, not here"
- The Northampton Press says that an ambi-
tIous young lady was talking very loud and fast
about her fayorite authors. when literary chap
asked her II she liked Lamb. With look OF inef-
fable disgust she answered her interlocutor that
she cared very little about what she eat compared
with knowledge.
~ Information has been received In WASH
ington showing that under the sanction Of the
Russian government, lines Of telegraph have
been established from Moscow to Kazan, and
thence are extending eastwardly through 81
IBERIA, in order to connect with the numerous
Russian military posts and settlements along
the Amoor to the Pacific. A company has al
50 been chartered by the Canadian Parliament,
with large capital, to connect Quebec with
the trading posts Of the Hudson Bay Company
in the territory north of the Columbia river,
from whence, as it is believed, 1t will not be inn
possible to unite the American and Asiatic
lines by submarine cable across Behring's
Straits, and thus bring the network Of telc-
graph lines on the two continents In connec-
ton with one another.
y Charles p. Leonard, formerly Of Maine.
a resident of Anderson Vail y.Cal., was drown
ell while crossing Willow Greek recently. lie
leaves wife and three children.
EY-The Portland Advertiser says; It seems
but yesterday that we announced in our mort
uary column the death by diptheria Of three
children of Isaiah II. Baker, of windham all Of
whom passed away within short time Of each
other. This morning We record the death OF
the father from the same disease, and we are
told that the mother now lies i'll from the same
cause.
CHILD BURNT IN DEsSIsvILLE.-On the
morning Of the 4th inst, q little son (only
child) ofJames II. and Mary Hayward, aged 2
years and months. was fatally burned, whilst
the mother was out milking. Its clothes took
fire from the stove.
rYIt Is announced that Geo. +. Talbot,
Esq of Machias, has been nominated by the
President as U. S. District Attorney for
Maine, in place of George +. Shepley, tho
present incumbent.
MAINE APPOINTMENT. Charles Clark, OF Au-
burn, has been appointed and confirmed Marshal
Of the District Of Maine, and Hon. Elijah lIamlin
Commissioner under the Reciprocity Treaty with
Great Britain.
Commemorative got the figures In relation
to the number Of tons of the Major Ander-
son. FIGURE TOO HrGn, last week. Che Is
fifty tons instead Of five hundred. We shant
take anything off the credit Of the Pool resi-.
dents tho, for We are told that they have with
IN the last week purchased another schooner
from the same yard, ofabout forty tons, and
named her after the brave COMMANDMENT
Chief of the army, Gen. Scott We agree
with the Pool folks in likinga good name for q
good vessel.
WASHINGTON, March 90.
The President has sent the following nom.
nations to the Senate: A. ii. Burlingame,
Minister to Austria; b. Il. Wood, Minister
to Denmark; ii. S. Sanford, Minister to Bel
GUM; Freeman III. Morse, Consul to Lon
don
Thomas j. Dryer has been appointed Com.
missioner to the Sandwich Islands; James
o. Putnam, of New York, Consul to lIavre;
Rufus King editor of tho Milwaukee Scnti.
mel. Minister 10 Rome.
ILLNESS or Mn. BUcnASAs.-The Baltimore |
cii,n,r learn, from A gentleman direct from
Lancaster, that Mr.. buchanan is lying serious
~ m A, wheatland, from nervous affection
by the excessive political excite
ment he has lately experienced.
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llnd the rates Of postage. a, fixed upon by act
Of the Southern Congsess on tbs 2lst Of Feb.
published in the Montgomery Mail. Single
letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight.
for distance under 500 miles, s cents; for
} cent, each. The postage TO be prepaid. This