The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-12-15

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, going into the grape raising business 10 "heei
, ing, W. Va. a. ...n.H '"i ----- .''''' no
~ The Columbus, Ca, Sun learns that q
now cotton factory is about to DO established In
that city. a, ..s.l.r-s .r.ul 800 40 ,..i
e Tho North Carolina Senate passed the
Constitutional amendment on Friday with bot
oue ''se'is u'''e'n""s WIGS "" r.-. ~ aiu.H 100
ga Connecticut man died in tho New
York Hospital from grief at being robbed BY
sharpers Of all his money, 5000.
H Dick winder has been sent to Richmond,
Major Gee to Raleigh, and Capt. Duncan, to
Savannah, where thoy are tried BY court mar
tial. rL .a.r.N -g1r'. ~ .t.i 90 i'r.
uye9- Joseph McKecn, for q long series Of
years Treasurer oi Bowdoin College, died in
Brunswick on Saturday eve Of disease Of the
heart, aged Is. mn ,r,--.r..tl rr
| ~ How MACMILLAN ''outruns tho constable"
may b. Imagined from the statement that he
spends one hundred millions and his revenue is
forty millions. i7i'''r d
~ The Philadelphia ladies are said to be in
rebellion against che winter fashions and pro.
pose Independent styles oftheir own. Good
spunk and good taste. : o., I,a ,.a.''rH
~ A clsrkess complains Ia a Washington
paper that certain young arts are much favored
in the departments, aud the hard work all put
upon the aged and homely girls. ,,f.. .-..t
~ Garroters are plenty in Boston, and SO
are policemen. The latter have arrested some
SO boys and men, charged us garotters, and 1t
looks now as IL the scamps would get the worst
Of tho bargain. i,HH.ia rN ah' 70 inHbI> 20
81 The Tines Washington dispatch says
all the statements to the effect tliat the Presi
dent has expressed dissatisfaction with Mr. Col.
fax 6 speech are pronounced by tho President
without foundation.
H The officers Of the Treasury Department
have seized q counterfeit plate Of tho ten.iorty
bonds, of the denomination Of $500, 80 woll
executed that the spurious bonds would have
been difficult Of detection. sd .rDs-.
~ One Thousand one hundred and twenty
five mechanics and laborers were discharged on
Thursday from Government employ in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, there being no further
occasion for their services. ' '
II The Alabama Legislature has ratified
by an overwhelming vote, the Constitutional
Amendment abolIshlng slavery. The Amend.
ment Is now part of the Constitution, twenty
seven States having ratified 1t. 1s.. i.s'.
81 Wild pigeons are unusually numerous 10
Kentucky and Tennessee. They darken the
air, ayins in such thick clouds. One paper
siys they almost broke bridge down which
they alighted upon. That's a whopper.
~ Hon. Tom Corwin. Of Ohio. says that he
would have continued In the Mexican embassy,
but that no bad to climb mountains and keep
on foot al tho time to keep In reach OF the
Mexican Republic, and ho was too old for 1t.
II In. tho Missouri House Of Representa-
tiyes, a series of resolutions favoring negro
suffrage were introduced, and, alter some dis.
cussion, indefinitely postponed by q vote OF So
to 81. IA largo number of radicals voted for
the postponement. "a. g.a a6i tls. rrl
ETA collision has occurred on tho Mssis.
sippi, between two steam vessels. One of the
vessels. with one hundred passengers, mostly
discharged colored soldiers, sunk, carrying
down all but the crew and cabin passengers.
Loss Sl30,O00. ....i .." Hl1m ON.
e The Portland Duck manufacturing com.
pany are making great improvements In their
works, Mt Saccirappa. Me. They have moved
one mill and are building stone dam and two
three.story brick mills-ono for cotton and one
for paper. ''.'''. %, .'.
~ Mr.. Schadc, counsel Of the late Capt.
Wirz, has Just received an affidavit from Mrs.
Wir1, in due legal form, Indignantly denying
as altogether false the story that she attempted
to convey poison to the mouth Of her husband
while kissing him. ..... o.. ,. -.
H They havo just put into operation at
Cincinnati monster pumping machine, which
draws from tho Ohio river and discharges
stream OF wnter Ave feet IN diameter. Ii 10 the
largest machine Of the kind in existence. and
is peculiar in having neither crank nor ay
wheel. ..,.,i ......... "a.
Fl Among the soldiers who fought gallant
" for our a,g were ten brothers Of the name
OF Rood, who came from Britztown, Pa. Fight
of them were killed 10 the field, tho ninth died
from starvation at Andersonville, and the tenth,
after being wounded in eight places, was dis.
charged. ..l.sa-.'l
~ The Louisiana Legislature have passed
resolution unanimously to the effect thers Is no
opposition, open or secret, to the United States
Government, In that State; that slavery IL
abolished forever; that they cordially and
heartily endorse the Presidents reconstruction
policy. .y7...a. IF. :, mo,iiHI 'a a,-s
R Hon. w. a. Graham WAS elected U. s.
Senator on Monday by tho North Carolina
Legislature for the long term, receiving 1873
out of l54 votes. There was an unsuccessful
ballot Tor Senator, for the short term. Mr..
Graham was in the Confederate Senate and has
not been pardoned. ,f iu -ursa
E About nine hundred asd seueniesn cords
of GOOD from the celebrated Appomattvx apple
tree. under which Gen. Lee resigned, have been
distributed over the United States In the shape
of snuff boxes, canes etc. As General Lcc did.
mt surrender under an apple tree, the demand
for relics s falling Of. 1..iliI gIr ynrm .r4
~ Capt. volney Cushing, from California,
was robbed on the steamer New York, between
Boston and Portland. the other day, OF $3.50,
consisting of $1,000 gold draft on Waller
Iers. Of n, Y: $1,000 u, s. bond OF the June
s4r;es. No. g, 900 I and $3.50 In greenbacks.
PAYMENT on the draft and bond has been
stopped. asu e.i tsIh h'S '' 40
ry- An officer in tho old army, who went
South and Joined the rebellion at the outbreak
caIlod upon the President and asked Tor par.
don. The President informed hin that no had
not parionod an officer who had gone over TO
the South and taken uparms against the north.
Ho did not know uhst he might do IN the fu.
ture, but for the present be held their easss IN.
der advisenent. :. ,.. a. a...,..l
H Tho Nashville Dispatch of Saturday
arrests were made BY the patrols
yesterday. The cut.thoats have, no doubt,
been hunted TO their holes. Ifa highway rob.
ber is caught from this tims out, hs will bs
torn limb from limb. Tho people, arc terribly
in earnest, and the doom Of all murderers be.