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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-03-15
Legislative Summary.

On Tuesday, March 5, in the Senate, re-
solve passed to be cngrUsSed providing for a
grant to Wateryille College of two half
townships Of land by the State provided the
friends OF the college shall raise and pay into
the Treasury Of the College the sum of so
900 in given time.
In the House, bill to authorize certain
towns and the city Of Bangor to aid in the
construction OF Bangor & Piscataquis Rail.
road. was passed to b. engrOssed; also bill
in relation to State Library, Separating it
from its connection with the Secretary OF
States Dcpartment-giyins the appoint
ment of the Librarian to the Governor and
Council and fixing the salary at 5000.
\ bill providing Cor the unlawful taking
of horses, cattle and other property, was re.
fused n passage.
On "Wednesday, the 9th, in the Senate,
the application Of the Maine Pathological
and Horticultural Society, Tor representation
the next Legislature.
Tho bin 10 aid in the construction Of the
AnostOOk Railroad was taken up and amend
ed.
In the House, the Committee on amend
mcnts to the Liquor Law made report ac-
companied by bill, which was tabled and
ordered to be printed. The amendment pro-
yids that wherever the words Intoxicating
liquors" occur in the present law, they shall
be taken to mean all alcoholic, yinious and
malt liquors, and cider.
The Speaker presented to the House the
opinions Of Judge Rice, GOOdenow, May and
Davis, ON the order Of the House relating to
the cOnstiutionality of the Personal Liber-
~ Law. The opinions of the other Judges
had not been received. The opinions rcceiy-
ed were ordered To be printed.
On Thursday, 9Th inst, in the Senate. the
Committee on Agriculture, to which was TO
fcrrcd petitions and papers providing for the
endowment Of an Agricultural Department
in connection with the Maine State Semina-
nv, reported that, while approving of the
proposition, they. recommended its reference
to the next legislature. Accepted.
The ArOOstOOk Railroad Md Sill came up,
and was amended by providing that all APP
populations Tor building roads now laid out
shall b. from funds, the proceeds Of timber
sold irom lands appropriated by this act
10 0ll then passed TO be engrosSed, IL to
Inc OIL rcpcaling the Personal Liberty
Law was taken up, and On amendment pro.
ls'u r,s'or'ng the precise phnseology OF the
law rs u was originally enacted in 1855.
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wnshinr,on Cnrresnondenca.

NEW YonR, March - The Herald's WASH
ipgton correspondent says the Liverpool con-
sulship is assigned to Speaker LittleJohn Of the
New York Assembly.
The Southern Commissioners will have an
interview with the President to-day. Arrange
ments are being made through Secretary Sew
ard by Senator Gwin.
The Times correspondent says there Is no
foundation for the rumors that Mr.. Chase has
resigned the Trcasuryship, on account OF the
determination to eyacuate Fort Sumter, except
that he was known to strongly oppose u.
Amos Tuck has been nominated for Naval Of-
fcer OF Boston, and Mr.. Phillips for the Col
lectorship Of Salem. a.,
Commodore Stewart has resigned, and takes
this occasion to review the proceedings Of the
board which dismissed him, with much feel
ing. Ills resignation will not be accepted.
The Tribune correspondent says that Fort
Picken will not be given up. but reinforced
The forts ut Key West and Tortugas will be
retained, rs they are Of national Importance In
military and commercial respects. Fort SUM-
ter involves q point Of honor ON y.,.
An extra session OF Congress Is likely to be
called soon. and the policy pursued will proba-
bly, be to repeal the laws making the ports in
the seeding States ports Of entry, and station
national vessels there 50 rs to prevent foreign
impOrtations.
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Lrrom ,ho worll,s corre,pondence. ]

The late Congress passed some. one hundred
AMI eighteen private and public acts and &c
teen joint resolutions. This compares fayora-
bly, in number with the work Of other sessions,
while the character Of the bills Is much more
important.
The new patent law, rs II passed Congress
at the very last hour Ut the session, makes
some radical changes. Patents are To run
twenty years instead Of fourteen. a board oil
appeal from decisions Of examiners OF patents
Is provided for in order to relieve the commits.
sioner. No appeal is allowed from the hnal
decision'of the Commissioner 70 the judge oi
the District Court, as heretofore has been the
case.
Lastly. the salary OF the commissioner Is in
creased from three thousand to forty.h'e hun
dred dollars.
PERSONAL The report that. Miss Lane was
married ON Monday turns out to be false.
Mr.. Buchanan, before his retirement, direct
ed the Secretary Of War to.set aside the onier
for the Court Martial Of Captain Pope, on inc
Ground that he does not believe that the re-
ma rls az that officer affected him injuriously,
and therefore is not willing 10 have them pur-
sued. :,
The new Postmaster General has given II out
today that no Will ftluIc MI appuCalOus iot
office in his department 10 be endorsed By the
members Of Congress from the respective dis
rricts, and that they will be held responsible
for the appointments.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March ~.
The Injunction Of secrecy has been removed
from the new permanent constitution. The
principal new features are that no person not
citizen Of the Confederaiel States. shall be al
lowed to vote for any officer, civil or political.
State or Federal,
Under the first census. South Carolina Is en-
title 10 Eve Representatives IN Congress
Georgia 10 ten; Alabama 10 nine FLORIDA To
two; Mississippi TO seven LOUISIANA To SIX,
and Texas 10 six Each state Is entitled TO two
Senators. The State Legislatures ma, impeach
judicial or federal officers, resident or acting
Ia said state By O two-thirls vote, and shalt re-
late TO but one subject aud be expressed by
title. The President and vice-President shall
hold Offices for six years.
The principal officers ofthe departments and
diplomatic service are TO be removable nj the
pleasure Of the President. Other civil officers
thall be rcm2yable when their services are un.
necessary or for other good causes and reasons.
Removals must be reported to the Senate when
practicable. No captious removals are to be
tolerated. HTNflI 80 n
Both houses OF Congress may grant seat
on the floor TO either VI the principal officers
Of the Executive Department, with the priv
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Fort Sumter.
ofthe meditaied evacuation Of Fort Sumter,
the N. Y. Tribune speaks as follows:

Ofthe meditated evacuation Of Fort Sumter,
the N. Y. Tribune speaks rs follows:
:" II, as Is predicted with some confidence by
our Washington correspondents, Fort Sumter
Is 10 be evacuated, no doubt the humiliation
will be great, and the order for such move.
meut will be given by the government with q
regret auite equal TO that with which the peo-
ple will receive the tidlngs. but let It be
horne In mind, that this humiliation comes, IL
II must come, not from any negligence or fec
blencss of the present administration, and is
not an evidence Of retreat from wel!-dehned
aud strong potition: that II Is concession
neither to the rebel power OF the south nor 70
the timid expostulaiions OF the lew ID tue Nor'h
whose counsels are weakness; but th.f u Is one
ofthe last bitter drops in the cup lett IN our
hands by the Government which has so long
weighed us down, and which has now hardly
passed out of our sight. The evils which Adj
ministrations, as well rs men, do, lives after
them, and we expect to feel the curse. The
duplicity, the mean scheming, the inconceiya-
BILE baseness which have brought us to the pres
ent complication of our national Affairs cannot
lose the poison all at once.
The people will be prepared, II this with.
drawal of troops takes place, for yell OF exul-
tation from every traitor in the land for taunts
and swelling congratulations from the men who
have labOred more earnestly than any o'hcfs
for the destruction Of the Union by crying out
for concessions and compromises; but let all
remember that the strength has not yet DEPART
Ell from our flag, and that this movement may
be only the crouch which is to prccedc the de-
cisiye leap. mo matter II the treason which
has woven around US its tolls compels step
which no one wishes to take; no matter FIRE.
bellion seems to have advanced its banners, or
II Treason turns more confidently towards us
its brazen front The policy Of the govern
mcnt remains unchanged, and its firm foot Is
just rs nmoyabe as ever on the Constitution
and the laws. 49,,
In case the predicted event happens. the peo-
pie will place ON the proper heads the resPon-
sibity of the act. They will follow the late
President to his retirement with sharper In,
dgnation than they have before felt; they VIII
moreover ask, with an earncstness which calls
for reply, why the repeated assurances went
forth from the be;eagured fort that the COM
handing officer needed no aid, no supplies ;
they will demand from all who have borne
part in the transactions Of the past two
months with relation to this important place o
strict account Of their stewardship. They Will
none the less renew their conhdencein the pow
err they have set over them at theiNational Cap
tal, and will by that confidence strengthen tile
hands of the Administration.
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Relolcinrs nj the fall Of Gac,n.

NAPLES, Feb. u. Gaeta has fallen at last
As soon as the news were received 10 Naples an
enthusiasm amounting 10 madness took pos
session Of the population. All we're In the
streets. from which every carriage was turned
out. Coming, as the intelligence did, about
dusk, no preparation hal been male for rejoice
ing, and II Is curious 10 observe how, as when
the Host Is carried Mt night, nm illumination
was impro,ised ON the moment. "Lumi Lu-
mi !" shouted the crowds below, and every
room was darkened, while wax candles, car
GELS, even common wicks with oil, were snatch
ell fr,m the tables and hurried TO the balconies.
i saw men. In the ecstacy Of their joy holding
great heavy chandeliers over balcony. GU
tars, and trumpets, and tiddles made their ap-
pearance at the windows, and amid shouts of
"Garibaldi Garibaldi - "Cialini % and
here and there "yictor Rmmanu al -
The ever popular "lIymn OF Gariballi" was
played, the whole crowd below jpining IN the
finale. never saw greater enthusiasm In Ma
piles, and even the Piedmontese. who hitherto
have been Disconnected with the Neapoltans.
were last night fattsred and satisfied.
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Hrnm the Philadelphia Pres.

In his remarks in reference to the charac-
ter of our institutions and the impossibility
OF legal secession without the consent OF all
the States, he only reiterates, in forcible
terms, the views which have been repeatedly
expressed by all the great statesmen OF our
country. Even Mr.. Buchanan proclaimed
his clear conviction that it was his duty to
enforce the laws in all quarters OF the Con-
federacy, ms Ear rs he was enabled and en-
powered 10 do ~ by Congress and the Con-
stitution; and Mr.. Lincoln could not, with
out violating his official oath, do less. But,
while he thus ayows his desire to faithfully
discharge all the duties which the American
people have imposed upon him, he makes an
earnest effort to remove the apprehensions
OF danger from his Administration which
have been excited among large portion OF
the people Of the Slave States; and 1t would
have been difficult for any one occupying his
position to have given them more ample AS
surlnces of a determination to treat the
south us fairly and justly us the North.
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In the House. the petitions for division
Of the county ofPenobscot had leave to with
draw.
The vote indefinitely postponing the Mil:
tia bill was reconsidered after u protracted
debate. Certain amendments were moved,
and the bill was laid ON the table.
On Friday. Sth inst. in the Senate, the
repeal OF the Personal Liberty law was dc.
hated ut great length, Messrs. Granger and
Adams in favor, and Peasc and Bicknell in
oppositiou. The amendment offered by Mr..
Pease was decided not in order. The bill
repeating the law was passed to be cngross-
ed. II TO 10.
In the House, the resolve in favor Of Wa
tcryille College passed to be engrossed; also
bill incorporating the City OF Lewiston.
The Aroostook Railroad Aid bill came up
the Senate amendments were concurred IN
and the bill passed, II to 40.
The bill defining the limits OF the town oil
Daniorth was passed to be engrossed.
The resolve making grant OF land to the
Mechanics Association Of Portland was
passed to be engrossed.
The bill enabling the Kennebec x Portland
Railroad to change its location in the city
of Portland, after long debate, passed to
be engroSsed, 7G to q.
On Saturday. 9th, in the Senate, a resolve
appropriating $3.50 for the support OF the
State Prison for the current year, was pass.
ed to be engrossed. Another resolve author
izlng the appointment of a commission to IN
vestigate the expedIency of changing the
State Prison was Indefinitely postponed.
The resolve in favor Of the Maine Chari'
table Mechanics Association was passed t.
be engrossed.
In the House, the Militia bill was passed
by q vote OF G2 to 80. =,
Mr.. Fox of Portland, moved reconsider,
alton of the vote on the Kennebec Il Portland
Railroad, and Tuesday next assigned.
On Monday, llth, in the Senate, the Mill
tia bill came from the House amended ant
indefinitely postponed. The amendments
were concurred in and the bill passed to b
engrOssed.
The volunteer Militia bill was indefinitely
postponed in concurrence with the House.
In the House. the resolve for the appoint
mcnt Of State Prison Commissioners was de
bated at length.
The bill for the apportionment OF the
State for Representatives to Congress wa
debated ut length, ON motion to refer thu
whole subject to the next Legislature.
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For the Union and Journal.

Mr.. EprroR-Dear Sir Yesterday we held
our annual Town Meeting, aud 1t resulted as
follows;
.Noisrdtor-w. A. Cromwell.
Tolrn Clerk Joseph L. Davis.
SeIectmen-Nehemiah Colby, (Dem.) Elisha
II. Jewett, (Rep.) Sylvester w. Chadbourne,
(Rep.) ~ O.,
Supervisor of SehOois-Sylvester w. Chad
bourne, (Rep)
Tbrn .4qehi-Rchard Davis, (Rep.)
To,rn TTedsurer-Rlward llayman. (Rep.
Chief ERginesr-George III. Wakefield.
Granville Grast has been appointed Postmas-
ter Mt South Berwick Junction. W. A. Crom-
well resigned. c.
South Berwick, Mar. IL.
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The U. S. Senate Committees.

One Of tho most gratifying results of the
change in political matters, is the construction
of the Committees OF the United States Senate.
Prescribed for years, the tables are now turned,
and now the Free States have their just repre-
sentation. When such men as Sumner, Fessen-
den, Wilson, Hale, Trumbull, and Wade are
placed at the head Of the important committees,
there is reason TO feel that the work OF reform
progresses The committees are as follows:
Foreign ReldtiOns--Sumner, chairman; Col
lamer, Doolittle, Harris, Douglas, Polk, Brock
inridge.
Fiaance-Fessenden, Chairman Simmons.
Wade, Howe, Hunter. Pearce, Bright.
Commerce - Chandler, chairman King,
Morrill,, Wilson, Clingman, salisbury, John.
son.
Military 4 Gdirs and Militia Wilson. chair
man; King, Baker, Lane, Rice, Latham, Brock
inridge.
.Narai .9Gairs Hale, chairman; Grimes,
Foot, Cowan, Thomson, Nicholson, Kennedy.
Judiciary = Trumbull, chairman Foster,
Ten Eyek, Bayard, Cowan, Cllngman.
Post OHies aud Post ROdds-Collamer,
chairman; Dixon, Wade, Trumbull. Rice, Bright,
Latham.
Public Lands-Iarlan, chairman Bing-
ham, Clark, Wilkinson, johnson, Mitchell,
Bragg.
Pirate Land Ciaims-IIarris, chairman
Ten Eyck, Sumner, Polk, Dayard.
Indian .igdiTs-Doolittle, chairman; Baker,
Cowan. Ten Eyek, Sebastian, Rice, Nesmith.
Pensions - Foster, caairman bingham,
Lane, Simmons, Salisbury, Powell, Mitchell.
Revolutionary Cidims-King, chairman
Chandler, Wilkinson, Nicholson, Nesmith.
~
Cowan. Bragg, Polk.
District Of Coiunbia-Grimes. ch'irman
Anthony, Morrill,, Wade, Kennedy. Clingman,
Powell.
PaieRts-Simmons. chairman; Sumner, Doc
little, Thomson, Sebastian.
Public Buildings and Grounds = Foot,
Dixon. Chandler, Bright, Kennedy.
Territories = Wade, chairman; Wilkinson,
Cowan. Hale, Douglas, Sebastian, Bragg.
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rrom the n. Y. Erening Post.

Admirable as the Inaugural Address is in
all its parts-conyincing in argument, c''n-
ciso and pithy in manner, and simple IN
style-the generous and conciliatory tone is
the most admirable. Mr.. Lincoln thorough
ly relutcs the theory OF secession. lie points
out It's iolllcs and warns the disailected dis
tricts against its consequences, but he does
80 in the kindly, plying manner OF a father
who reasons with an erring child. He in.
dulgcs in no harsh rebukes, he calls no hard
names, but ho pleads against the error OF the
secossionists with the deep, warm-hearted
sincerity of one who deeply deplorcs the in
EltuatiOn hocOrrccts. Oneof the prominent
features is its wide and liberal nationality.
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Goops FOR TIE SouriI.-The following parai
graph from the Savannah Republican may DO
of interest to merchants. Il will be seen that
the seeding States intend to throw restrictions
around commerce in every available way, re-
gardless Of the prosperity OF mercantile inter
ests -
cas- most Of the impor'ations for the South
have heretofore been entered nj northern ports,
Il may be well for our merchants TO bear In
mind that under the present relations OF the
two sections il cannot he done without incur
ring the additional cost ola duty 10 both. Tho
custom has been 10 bond goyls in New York
and pay the duty in Savannah, but now, I'M
der Instructions Of the United States Secretary
Of the Treasury, the northern collectors refuse
10 let the goods come South without nm aldi-
tional bond obligating the party TO see that
the duty is paid in,o the United States treasu-
ry.
This state Of things will probably last until
the old Union can be brought to recognize rs
rs an independent nation, and In the mean
time, the only practicable remedy-if any DO
practicable In the present state OF our COM
mcrce--is to order all foreign goods intended
for the South directly To Southern ports
Sailing vessels are slow coaches In this go-ahead
age, but they must be endured until our pro-
jected steam lines shall be put In operation,
and we trust that the inconvenience referred To
win contribute something towards Fastening
on the day."
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lincoln, in taking the reins Of Government
and announcing to the country the senti-
ments and policy which are to characterize i.s
his Administration. The people awaiteu
With great patience and confidence the time
when this new policy was to be inaugurated
in the Federal Government; and the ardent
expectations of the people were satisfied when
the words. full of cIlmness and wisdom, and
lnurht with the oil OF kindness, were uttered
in their hearing. The feeling in this city
was that OF qualification and hopeiulness.-
IL wis seen that strong and steady hand,
guided by sound, clear head and good
heart, had taken hold Of the helm Of State,
and the first command will give assurance
tina, the country is saved. Suspense is over,
and now the functions Of Government are
resumed, with benefcent and well-eonsidered
purpose.
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From the Boston Transcript.

The style of the Address is Us characters.
tic as its temper. Right words in their
right places :" this is the requirement OF
god rhetoric. Right words at the right
times, should be the test by which We try the
speech OF statesmen and this test Mr.. Lin
coln's address will bear. Ii has not one
flaming expression in the whole course OF its
firm and explicit statements. The language
is level to the popular mind-the plain home
spun language OF u man accustomed to talk
with "the folks" and "the ncighbors," the
language OF mao Of vital common sense,
whose words exactly TT his facts and thoughts.
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CITY ELECTION.

At the City election on Monday the DEM
ocrats elected Seth S. Fairfield, Mayor, by
some 50 majority, and elected out of the Z
Aldermen.
JONI ii. ALLEN. Rep, was elected Alder
man in Ward 4, the one streak of light in
the general blackness.
We don't feel like commenting ourself.
and the Editor proper hasn't had time to get
a letter through, for under the circumstances
zoe didn't telegraph The result. The sober
facts will have to answer for this week.
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From The Boston Advertiser.

At last, then, there is Government oil
the United States. administered in the only
spirit by which it can be expected to pass
safely through a crisis like this. Honest
regard for the solemn obligations OF Official
duty. friendship and patient Cancellation
toward all, and the firm maintenance OF pub
lie authority. are the guiding principles ON
which Mr.. Lincoln undertakes his great
charge. How far these may insure success
we will not now consider. IL is enough that
at this moment they offer not only the best,
but the only hope Of escape IRON the dam
rerous extremity To which treason on the one
hand and timldity ON the other have reduced
the Union OF these States.
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Mr.. Norman Il. Judd. OF Chicago, has
been nominated by the President as Minister
to Prussia. Mr.. Judd is lawyer Of emf
nent ability AMI high standing. has been for
many years Leading member Of tho Senate
of his State. and as Chairman Of the Repub-
lean State Committee. contributed largely
to tho success Of the party in Illinois. a
better appointment could not have bccn made.
10 will DO accompanied, as Secretary Of Ia
cation, by Mr.. Hermann Kricsmann. OF Chi.
cago, gentleman Of fine talents and cduca-
ton, q German by birth, who was exiled %
this country In 1913 in consequence Of his
liberal political opinions.-M Y. Tribune.
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From the Baltimore Clipper.

1t Is firm in the nationality OF the senti-
ments expressed, and eminently peaee-loying
and conservative in its communications.
We heartily commend it as genuine Union
address, worthy of the fullest appreciation Of
every conservative Union-lOying man in the
South Us we'll as in the North, and not in
any way obnoxious TO the ultra, but honest
advocates of Southern rights. IL Lincoln's
Inaugural is an augury Of the character of
his Administration, the country may DO con-
graduated upon his election to the Presi-
uency.
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A tclegaphic report from there, states that
yesterday Major Anderson burnt tho last
stick OF wood, and that all the wood work OF
the fort had thus been consumed. Salt pork
for fifteen days, biscuit for twenty, and rico
for thirty days, constituted his whole supply
of provisions, and the men were worn out
with constant watching. What arc the
means of reinforcing the fort Ono thous-
and soldiers ut Washington, every man Of
them needed for the defence Of tho capital;
seven companies at Fort Monroe. which
without them would be snatchcd from the
government; one regiment in Utah. and the
two thousand soldiers in Texas dismissed by
fwiggs, who, In the present state OF the
country, could not reach here before August.