The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-06-09

tering out OF service Ill the volunteer atui'
lery. .-..i.l'.5 81. .t.s....
Never buy goods, says Prentice, Of those
who don't advertise. They sell 50 llttlethat
they have to sell dear. NJ.
Now chat Kirby Smith has surrendered,
not more than one hundred thousand troops
will be kept in service, and the disbandment
of tho rest will go on as fast rs possible.
The Government detectives have succeeded
in tracing John II. Surratt, to the doors Of
monastery in Canada. Since his entrance
there, no trace Of him has been discovered.
Gen. Howard, in charge Of the Froedman's
Bureau. will appoint IL Superintendent. with
n Quartermaster and Commissary of Subsist-
ance. in every Southern State.
The Emperor Napoleon is of tho same age
rs President johnson and Jefferson Davis
fifty.sevcn. The Emperor Of Russia is forty
seven, and Victor Emanuel is forty-6ve. o.
The Pennington Chronicle says Messrs
Ball & Richardson Of Indian Rock, have just
captured the greatest specimen of a bear ever
seen on our northern borders. a'
Maj. E. Whittlcscy, formerly q professor
in Bowdoin College, has been appointed by
Gon. Howard State Superintendent under
his Bureau, for the state Of Mississippi.
The Secretary OF War has directed that all
returned Union prisoners who have suffered
martyrdom at the South, shall bc Immediate
ly discharged and receive three months ex.
ira pay. 'H.4
James A. Seldom, late rebel Secretary Of
War. has been arrested, and is on board the
guuboat with Hunter and Campbell. Hun.
ter's initials, R. NJ. T. H., used to be inter.
pretcd fright Must Triumph Hunter" "
We learn that tho Eastern Bank is calling
in nll the white.iaced five dollar notes which
are counterfeited, and are Issuing instead,
those of tho red tint, which never have been
counterfeited. There are no denominations
on the bank coun,erfeitcd, except fves.
The Massachusetts, Ploughman advises poo.
ple to look out for frnuds in -four, saying that
barrels are often found too light in weight.
II mentions instances where on being tested
they have fallen short eighteen pounds, weigh.
ing but l78 instead Of 1876. sfm '.'a
The U. S. government is said to be in po
session of information that Sanders and
Thompson were not only accessories to the
murder of the President, but to tho plot to
spread the yellow fever and introduce it into
the White House. a
Magrath, rebel Governor of South Carroll
ma, issues proclamation Of date 9th inst,
suggesting that the suspension of hostilities
makes proper the restoration of the civil gov
ernment of that State, and calling upon the
State officers to return to Columbia. Ma.
grath is played out.
A German paper tell singular story Of
the coolness Of an opera singer. Her dress
took fire ct the foot lights and tho audience
rose and shrieked with alright. Beating
four bars TO allow fof the interruption, she
extingnished the flames, and then taking up
the air where she had left it, sang II through
calmly to the close. ...5..t. 81. |
The War Departments has received the butt
of tree, some two feet through, from in
front of one of our earthworks on tho old
hattie field of Spottsylvania, from which the
tree-top has been literally shot of with bul
let's Twenty-eight pounds Of leadcn balls
have been picked out, and yet hundreds re-
main imbcdded in the splintored wood. 'a
Since thu 7.30 loan has been in the market
the people have been subscribing at the rate
Of millions of dollars day. Before the
war. Howell Cobb could not borrow cent
on United States account; yet the rebel pa
pers north and south have for four years been
mourning at the loss Of tho ''good old Dem
ocratic times - -
The Louisville Journal says the conviction
of the expcdicncy and necessity OF ratifyins
the Constitutional Amendment is everywhere
gaining ground in Kentucky. The best and
most enlightened friends Of the State are rap
idly wheeling into line and putting their
shoulders to the wheel to push on the great
work Of ridding the State OF IN incubus and
nuisance.
Tho Springfield Republican tells story Of
recovery Of memory, which is remarkable
A rich Bostonian returned to the u. s. As.
rssor, $50 900, MS his income for 1864. The
assessor, who was posted up. suggested to tho
nabob that II he wished to rectify his return
no could do 80. Nabob clustered, and then
reflected. Reflection helped his recollection,
and no amended the return by making Il
$3.50 900. ~ y ~ q a.,'.., y...s
Whatever may bo tho result Of JEFF. Davis
trial, IL is comfort TO know that II he cs.
cape, tho gsllows he cannot escape the ridi-
cule Of the world. His dominion ends in
universal laughter and jecrs-the greatest
punishment that tyranny can receive, even If
Il be that Of Nero or Tibcrius. Those hoop
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skirts, and thosc big boots stcaling "in and
outv benoat In them not like ..littla mice. y