The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-06-24
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Tho prssid.n. Is on . visi. to Gen. Gran.

Inc v. .. OiIcut Oourt nave decided that IN
enrolment act Is constitutional.
At the late term Of the Supreme Court Q
Portland. Frank W. Kelley. Esq. was admitte,
to practice in all the courts Of this State. %
Gen. Burbridse has suppressed the oircula
ton Of the Cincinnati Enquirer in his depart
ment.
The Senate. on the bill amendatory to the en-
rolmsnt act, have refused to strike out the $500
Communication clause by majority Of three.
The Washington Star says sec'y Stanton hal
received . dispatch from Gen. Sherman CON
hrming the death of the rebel Gen. Polk.
The 18th Maine, re-enlisted veterans, mum
bering 80, including 10 officers. under tn,
command Of Col. W. Kimbsll, have returned {,
the field.
Ship building Is now brisk at Bath, there DO
ing more than ten thousand tons In process o.
construction eight ships, two steamers, on,
bsrque, and one schooner.
It Is said thar of sixty who have gone to th,
war from Tops6eld. not one has been killed IL
battle or died Of wounds received In action
Nearly all were temperance men.
The House has refused by . large majority 4
adopt the Senate bill, for the repeal Of tn,
$500 Communication clause in the present enrol
ment act.
The Executive Committee of the National
Democratic Committee, have voted that the
Democratic National Convention, to be held Of
Chicago, be postponed until August Goth.
Silas woodson has been nominated as Chic
Justice Of Idaho. Ia place Of Sydney Edgerton
who has been appointed Governor Of the new
territory Of Montana.
The editor Of the Loyal Sunrise announces
that there will be no issue Of his paper next
week, as the lady compositor is to be absent
and that he also is to DO absent at the same
time. A singular coincident.
In Somerset county, near Norridgewock, the
army worms have appeared, and have eaten the
leaves from all the trees over tract of land q
mile and half wide. and are making their way
northward.
Andrew johnson Is man who, in the Unit.
cd States Senate, in one Of his speeches denounc.
ing secession, said, as he pointed his finger in
the direction Of JEFF. Davis, "If were the Pres
ident. would arrest you as traitors. try you
as traitors, and hang you "a traitors"
Among the spectators in the gallery at the
Baltimore Convention was VIM. Lloyd Garrison,
II being his first visit to Baltimore since he was
put into Jail for being an abolitionist. He was
the guest Of the judge Of the same court which
him.
The President has nominated for Judge .id-
vocate General, with the rank Of Brigadier, Jo-
seph Holt Of Kentucky, the present incumbent,
and for Assistant Judge Advocate General, with
the rank Of Colonel, Major W. Mckee Dunn,
Of Indiana.
Miss A. E. Hanscom, aged sixteen, ut Sab
bath School festival on tho 9Th inst, at West
waterville, slipped from precipice forty feet
into the basin OF the Cascade. killing her in
stantly-a caution to young people not TO- trife
with danger.
The Navy Department has received intelli.
gence of the capture Of the British steamer sy-
rem, off Beaufort, N. c., with cargo Of liq-
uors, hoop iron, paper cases, keys, &C.. by tho
U. s. steamer Keystone State. The prize Is an
iron screw steamer, schooner rugged, md of
81 ~ tons burthen.
Two men and boy are going to sail from
New York this week for England, in little
boat. brig rugged. only fifteen feet long and one
md three-quartcrs tons register. This Is the
smallest vessel that ever esssyed to cross the
Atlantic, and 1t is expected the voyage will take
six weeks. A fool.hardy experiment.
About 400 wounded and sick soldiers, belong
ing to Maine regiments, on their way from Bos-
ton to Augusta, last Saturday evening, were
met at the depot In Portland by q large COM
pany and received with welcome shouts. Re-
freshments were distributed in abundance, and
eagerly partaken Of, after which they gave three
cheers for Portland, and departed for Augusta.
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Bridget Fayhay, an Irish woman Of sixty or
seventy years, was killed on the Grand Trunk
Railway, near the Portland Company's works
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