The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-09-29
'MAINE.
General Summary.


General Summary.
Secretary Stanton had an interview with
Mallory In Fort Lafayette. E
A man In Davenport, H., Is under arrest for
pulling out his wifes tongue.
Ineepdisries arc burning the property objective
temperance men In Northampton, Mass.
"Bessy" Moore. widow Of Tom Moore, the
? poet, died Sept. 4. aged 90 years.
George Scstes, . returned soldier, residing Mt
Manchester, Me-, cut his throat day OF two
since on account offsmily troubles.
Teams loaded with stolen goods at the great
6re In Augusta. Me-, have been tracked In eve
cry direction into the adjoining towns. -u--
Two thousand dollars worth Of liquors be-
longing to Thomas 8. Bartlett. Of Augusta,
were seized the other day. :.
The Alabama Convention has passed an or.
dinancc doing away with slavery, by q vote Of
80 to 3.
The Internal Revenue Assessment in the
First Coll. District of Maine. for themonth
of August, 1865, amounts to l4,366,32.
The English have ordered two gunbosts and
two men-of.war to DO stationed of the West
coast Of Ireland.
Sept. 9Th great fire In Constantinople DO.
stroyed $500 houses, public buildings and
mosques.
Il Is said that Gen. Sherman wears the badge
Of the secret order Of the Fenians. Slightly
erratic, perhaps. Stand from under.
Canada Is becoming dispopulated. It will
at some time follow It's population, and come
itself to the States. ~
A professcd Major married a Watervillt
girl, and after keeping her In Boston few
days left her and forgot to pay his board bill.
A large tract Of land has been secured In
Virginia for some Scotch emigrants who will
settle there tho coming winter.
C. C. Burr. the ex.rev. politician, edits a
coppery Monthly, called the Old Guard. II he
writes as he speaks, ho had better call It the
Blackguard.
W. w. Cox, of the Post-office Department.
has had autographed q fac simiie copy Of Ben
jamin Franklin's first ledger OF the Depart
ment, kept by himself while Postmaster Gener-
oil. ..T
The Hallowell Gazette says that the Ameri.
can National Bank OF Hsllowcll, Is In no man
ner connected with the American Bank which
has of late fallen into dlsrepute.
The Government recently captured 500 600,
In gold. 81, 900 in silver, and $4,000 in sill.
yer bullion belonging to the late Southern
Confederacy.
A Washington correspondent mentions the
gratifying fact that the government expendl.
lures. which had before averaged $4,000 900 a
day. diminished during the month Of August
to s436,O0O day.
The American Ballot, paper lately publish.
ed Mt Portsmouth, N. H., has been discOntin-
ued. The proprietor says he has supported II
as long as his money and credit held out, and
he therefore Is Obliged to stop.
The published statement that over one hum
dred thousand applicants for pardon under the
amnesty proclamation have been received by
President IL incorrect. The number Is little
over fifteen thousand.
The Fcnian Brotherhood Is said to be getting
SO strong In Cork, that that city will soon be
Withdrawn from British control. The only
difficulty in the way Is the want of cork.
screw. t..
The pope has determined that the eighteen
hundredth anniversary Of the martyrdom OF
81. Peter shall be celebrated with great pomp
ut Rome next year. The Catholic Bishops ut
the whole world will be invited. W
A writer suggest In the New York Saturday
Times that every railroad should DO provided
with It's private graveyard, where Its victims
might be inferred ut the company's expence.
A simple act of justice to surviving relatives.
A freight train broke through burned cul.
vert on tho Kenncbcc and Portland railroad
on Monday. and eight cars were smashed.
The engine and tender got over before the
break down occurred.
The price Of white paper has gone up, part.
ly because the dry weather has stopped the
mills, but chiefly because great demand exists
for School Books ut the South. where they are
very scarce, and where million Or two OF new
scholars are wanting books Immediately.
A typographical error. In notice OF some Of
the numerous bitters which food the market,
makes an old proverb read: He who 10 cruel
10 beast, abuses the trust which God commit
ted to him." Evidently tho compositor knew
what retch-ed stuff he was advertising. iat
The Tribune's dispatch says private letter
from Mississippi states that most OF the militia
now being organized In that State express the
determination not to be mustered under any
other than the State dag, the stars and stripes
not excepted. l Pig sta.r rn'hr.I. '.i
A raving mad Catholic priest cut his
throat in the cars between Boston and New
York, frightened the conductor and oil the
passengers out Of the car. sprang through
the windows, and after he was taken, 1t 70
quired four men to hold him.
Tho New York Express reports a trial in
that city where four girls, sisters, between
the ages of sixteen and twenty two, were wit.
nesscs. They arc oil inmates OF one house OF
ill.fame In that city. Their father Is On
orthodox clergyman. .l sii
The Tribune, commenting on the message
of Gov. Perry, says at is scarcely In good
taste, to say tho least, for just pardoned
Convention, to cast an impution on the pur.
pose Of tho loyal States, and to arraign q
great party dominant In those States for its
viows on national policy"
The Bangor Wing states that parties in
that city, OF ample welth and the best bust
ness connections, will proceed at once to orga-
neze company with capital OF two hum
dred thousand dollars, for the manufacture Of
woollen goods. to use the water power at
Treats Falls, ifa dam ia erected at that point.
The recent fires in Portland were set by an
incondiary, and the villain has been arrested,
and confcssed. His name In George w Jones.