The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-12-01

msjoritiss from $50 to 800. .
II A striking curiosity has lately been disco.
vcrcd In the Nevada Territory. It's mountain
OF rock salt, situated about twenty miles from
Meadow Va 10y, and only eish.een miles from the
head OF navigation on the Colorado river. II re
ses abruptly from the plain. about 400 feet In
height, mountain ofpurc, sparkling crystalized
salt.
q From circular received by the friends Of
the deceased the death Of DR.. VIM. Irwin, Ameri-
can Consul at Americana, Is announced.
q The fact developed by the steamship Attain
10 nre very singular, and tend In measure to ex-
plode the theory that Asstc cholera is contagious.
The cabin passengers Of this ship have not expe-
rienced any symptoms OF the disease. ...
81 The Military commission which tried Capt.
Wirz is not yet dissolved, and this gives color to
the report that II Is to be retained. with one or
two changes, to try Capt. r. B. Winder and Dun
can for cruelties to prisoners at Andersonville.
Ga, and for similar conduct at Salisbury
II The Cocheco Mills at Dover N II. run 49,
232 spindlcs and ITO looms. turning out 10 ,000-
600 yards ofoloth yearly. The print works con
sumo annually 10000 pounds Of madden and 90
90 tons Of coal. .H ir ."." .r~ .
W"Y on can't deny that We have mustered
some Of the finest armies ever seen on the globe!
haughtily said the rebel General Wade Hampton
to General Fitzpatrick, during the negotiations OF
Johnson's surrender to Sherman. "Yes," quick
ly replied the dashing cavalryman, "you MUSTER
ell 'em. and We peppered EN-"
II Hon LUKE P. POLAND. the newly appoint
oil United States Senator for Vermont, has been
on the bench of the highest court Of that State
for about seventeen years He was one Of the
prominent men In the earliest Free Soil movement
In Vermont, and his brother was for many years
the publisher Df the ,ireen Mountain Freeman,
the organ Of the party. -t"
II The Portsmouth Journal, to illustrate
how plenty the bogus $50 Treasury notes ure,
says that q grocer doing business In that city
had occasion to visit Boston one day last week
to purchase goods, and prior to his departure
he went to one of the banks and drew $500 in
U. s. 6fties, but arriving at tho city and pur.
chasing bill of goods, II was found that his
greenbacks wouldn't stand tho refining fire Of
detective skill, seven notes out Of the eight
proving to be worthless. .... ....... ...,
- A Democratic orator Mt meeting in
Now Creek, Va, q few days ago, remarked
that "tho assassination OF Abraham Lincoln
was msrciful dispenation but 1t would DO
still moro mercful dispensation II his I'M
assassinated." The speaker has been arrested.
~ A new counterfeit FIVE dollar legal ten.
der note has been detected, and it is known
that thcy have been printed in indianapolis,
Ind. Ii can he known by its dark appearance
and by the imperfect execution OF tho Goddess
Of Liberty on the left end. The imitation OF
tho red seal of the Treasury is better than any
ono vet made nv countcrfelters
y Hot water toughens steel A writer in
tho Scientific American says razors, especially
in cold weather, should be put Ia hot water be.
fore being used, and that be cannot uso picks
for French burr mill stones properly without
hot water.
y Gen. Grant, with portion of his staff,
has left Washington on visit to Richmond,
Charleston, and other Southern towns. The
General has not heretofore visited the ex CAPT
tai Of the rebel Conledcracy since its capture.
~ Thanksgiving, December Z, will be the
S5th anniversary Of the Thanksgiving appoint.
ed by the Continental Congress ut tho suppress.
sion of the treason of Benedict Arnold during
tho Revolution. This coincidence Of q second
Thanksgiving on the same day, for the same
cause, is singular.
~ The Fcnians, according to official returns,
number in Canada over seventy thousand.
q 1t seems that cholera doctors are Of OPT.
Mon that newly made bread is a promoter OF
the Quebec bakers are allowed TO sell nothing
but stall, bread. -.
II Me~rs. Stevens & S,yward propose to
pnoilsh tue hchheoec oournai aaiy anu u'-
weekly through the approachlng session OF the
LEGISLATURE. frioe lot oahy S.' 'or "''weeky
81, IN ADVANCE.
s~ Young man and Young woman were
burned TO death on Thursday, Nov. 10th, in
franklin County, Kansas, while trying to save
some hay from being consumed by a prairie
FIRE. The parents of the young people came
from Indiana, and lately settled near Ottawa.
Gon. Howard thinks tho neuro need, tho
Freodmen's Bureau still longer. In Georgia
and Alabama no likes the prospects Of tho
blacks. s .. r.. p.G 't..
u,n,,,r ", has co. a. row manor
rha io,,ow;pS ..b;," !. from II ..Tbc,. i'm h M
,rn,b In the renort that President johnson In.
tends pardoning. JED Davis Tor the purpose OF
placing him at the head OF the ireedmens bu-
reau, the report originated from the Tact that
he recently pardoned tho rebel den. Humph::
rcys 70 enable him 70 take Ms scat - GOV. OF
M'es'eo'PPi' ........
81 The lieralds Richmond correspon
dence Of the 18th says, Gen. Grant WINS hear.
tily welcomed 10 that CITY by the military nu-
thor;,;ca Ue rreelv e,nrcssed his on;n;on while
IL, IL ~ M.;a o." ' JR IT, WI W." a,'
'nere 'eS'fuIns uoA'oau """'t'. ho smc Gun
phatically tnnt the advent OF Maximlllian 70