The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-03-10

! Daudslioos In fun bloom arc found tbus
early on the Armory grounds. Springfield.
/ The death Ex-Governor Cannon Of Delaware
snnounoed.
/ Il appesrs ROW that the supposed rsbsI
raid q Csstipe. last fall. was In reality Gro
cuted BY soms Union soldiers stationed there.
A naval expedition Of considerable useni-
Jude % said to b 6ttiug out u Cairo. The
feet viii comprise thirty stssnsn. 4
The price Of q substitute 10 New Orleans
b about $4,000 The drais has created pro-
found excitement there. VI TOy
Tho President. has nominated Gems. How
ard and Scho6eld 10 b Brigadier. Generals Ia
the regular army. -
Vice President Hanlinpases through this
city to-day on his way to hishsm in Hsup.
den. -..tA .-.f.4
Estimates OF Gen. keo's strength, made
from the best authority, prove him to hsyo
from 10000 to $4,000 men. Of which, l. 10
SUPPOSED, he has sent South TO Beauregard
from 10000 to $4,000
Railroad iron will now psy duty Of ssv-
enty cents hundred instead Of sixty, Ono
cent pound has been added 10 the duty on
iron tubes, which will now pay three and -
half cents. ,...- t,.g
It's stated that the frst stage coach ever
run In America, was on the route from Bos-
ton. Mass. to Portsmouth,, N. II. il l68l.
IL was drawn by two horses and accommoda-
ted only three passengers. rJ
WIN. p. Frye. Esq. OF Lewiston, was
elected Mayor on Monday BY an almost unan.
imous vote-thcrc being no opposition thket.
DR. Israel Putnam Was 10 elected Mayor Of
Bath last Monday, with only one dissenting
vote. The vote was very light.
The Condition Of the people Of Tcns may
be inferred from the fast stated in the Hous-
ton Telegraph, that more than four hundred
families in shat city (of less than 5000 10.
habitnnts) are dependent upon tho city FOE.
the necessaries Of lie. ..-sI
A sufficient plumber Of contrabands joined
General Sherman during his great march
through Georgin, to organize ten new color.
ed regiments already. with an overplus from
which couple moro regiments may yet DO
raised.
West6eld, Connecticut, thinks Il has .
ghost. He, she II, they, or them walk up
and down In u vacant house In the night sea-
son, causing the most delightful terror to tho
people, who gather outside the house to lis
ten to IL.
The Taunton, Massachusetts,, Gazette tells
of man in that city who made vow when
Sumter was taken by the rebels, not To cue
his beard till II was retten by our forces.
lie was clipped by an enormous pair Of shears
on rho 9th. in presence OF largo number
Of his friends.
A rival to Anna Dickinson has appeared
10 the person of Miss Emma Iiardinge, who
hos just arrived from the Rciac. where, dur.
ing the recent political campaisn she spoke
In San Francisco twenty. eight nighss 10 suo-
cession to tho largest audiences ever gathered
in California. .'-... ,.
A man was found sleeping on the sidewalk
In New York. on Saturday night, and was
taken to the police station. He had nothing
on but shirt, and his clothing was found
neatly packed away on door step. He evil
IDENTIFY thought that he had gone comforta-
bly, to bed. ....
A man BY the name Of Charles Huges, Tiv-
ing IN Douglass, Massachusetts,, feeling un.
we'll, went to dnwer and took out what
no supposed 10 be EPSON salts. He swall.
owed the dose and died within eight hours.
Il proved to DO arsenic. which was bought
two years before for destroying rats.
The Goodyear rubber patent Is dead. All
Efforts to get Il extended failed. This will
make many Ends Of rubber goods much cheap.
or. A few days since them. Y.Tribune said
It would make the difference Of dollar In tho
price Of overshoes. This is good. Money
enough has been made out OF the patent,
which has been twice extended, thus cover
ing period Of fourteen years, with profits
Of millions. .I-Ir1 r.f..
The number OF passengers arriving In tho
United States from foreign countries during
the 1854. was 22l .535 Us appears by u COM
inunication from the Secretary OF State. Of
these l90, $50 landed in New York: In Mas.
8,055 In Pennsylvania, 4.467 10
California. 3,l85: in Maryland. 1850; in
Maine. 1874; in New Jersey, 32l in Orc
pon, 307; in Florida. 1919; In Rhode Island,
81; In New Hampshire, Is. But three pcr-
sons died on tho voyage. I. rf
The Enquirer Of the 9Th says tho country
turns In disgust from Congress. For four
months It has set 10 Richmond. and day af-
ter day witnesses the military strength Of tho
dwindling AWAY. and though
Loo has appealed and implored Il 10 uso tho
great military strength Of negroes for do
fence, yet has wholly Jailed and refused to
adopt this measure. .'
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue has
made the following dscisioo When party
executes bond TO bank for sum Of mon.
sy and assigns mortgage TO the bank ~ se-
curity for the payment Of the bond ut its ma.
turity, both the bond and the Assignment Of
the mortgage aresubject to stamp duty. Tho
fact that stamped collateral security 10 given
does not exempt the principal instrument
from stamp duty; neither would the stamp
upon the brinc,pal instrument relieve tho
from stamp duty. gone
Letters from the Army OF the Potomac. TO
solved In Washington, say the reported cap
luro Of Early and his forcc ut Charlottesville
Is untrue. A battle took place at that point
however, Sheridan and Eirly, which resulted
In tho rebels being driven from the town with
the loss Of some prisoners but that the main
body Of the rebels, along with their couman-