The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-11-24
GENERAL SUMMARY.


South Carolina Senate. ... ,. !,
EY. They have a three legged colt in Port.
land, six months old. faa rnf.ra' Q .1 .a... -
~ Gen. Grant says he expects to SEQ the
Pacific Railroad completed 10 Eve years.
~ Hon s. G. Fessenden has removed from
Rockland to Stamford, Conn. .l. a,
uH The mortality In the United States hoapi.
t,ls during the late war. was only nine per cent.
In the Crimean war IL was FIFTY per cent.
T Il costs fifteen dollars aud half to trans
port barrel Of -four, worth only twelve, from
Savannah to Milledgeville. -q. n'
II II is said that his repatriation Tor Its
equivalent. for he is not an American citizen)
was the condition Of John Mitchel's release
from prison at Fortress Monroe. ,r
Y The Belfast Age says Mr.. j. R. Walls,
Of North Searsmont, has a yoke OF oxen four
years old last spring. that pirt seven leet and
five inches each, weighing 1915 lbs. % .'.
~ Marcus L. Ward is elected governor Of
New Jersey nv. 2947 majority. n Republican
gain oI IL, ,242 since last year, when Mcclellan
had 1905 majority. ..,I
II Rebellion in Jamaica is squelched. The
British have summary way OF dealing with
rebels. over 1000 blacks having been shot or
hung. ..a .u. .Ha ..a-.E
~ Gen. Frank Fessenden has been promoted
to Maj. Gcnertl of Volunteers. Pip says, IL
his father had been Member Of Congress, he
should have been Lieut.. General long before
this. 'f. p. o. >. ''''n 20 .'n't''
y3- The official canvass Of the vote Of the
Ohio soldiers at the last election showed that
Cox (Union) received 2i2S, Morgan (Demo.
cran GS7, Long 4, and scattering 10; total,
3l29. artn.
~ Tho London Ners says there Is evidence
on every side that the result of civil war has
raised the prestige and credit of American and
her enterprise higher than ever they stood be-
fore. .....
II John Minor Bolts Ia in Washington urg.
sng claim for $40 900 for wood taken of his
estate near Brandy Station. Va. by our troops.
lie has already received $4,000. The Quar-
termaster General considers the demand as ex-
tortionate.
" The President Is more than usually an.
noyed by impOrtunate reconstruct:onists. He
remarked that he had tried to overwhelm the
South with pardons and kindness, hut he be.
gan, from recent events, to think them incapa-
bic Of appreciating magnanimity.
~ According to the address of the State
Teachers Association OF Tennessee, thero are
90. 900 adults in that State who can neither
read or write, and 100000 children without
school advantages. 1t seems that one quarter
Of tho adults are totally illiterate.
y The Gardiner Journal saws Hannah w.
Rollins. daughter of Eliphalet Rollins Of Pitts.
ton, was burned on Monday last, so severely
that she died the following evening. She was
sitting beside the stove. in the absence OF her
parents, and by some means her clothes took
fire. She was 26 years of age. "'."'
rE- The Norfolk Post in alluding to Mr..
Beecher now view regarding hell says The
entire abolition of He'll and the i'm provement OF
Heaven would be a very popular plank in the
platform Of any party just now. We want
new issues and hope that this suggestion
will take" .,..'... ...t..E 10 .
gThe Navy Department Is taking measures to
reduce the working force at the navy yards.
and the pay Of several descriptions Of rnechan.
les who have been receiving very high wages Is
also to be reduced. None Of the ordnance
hands in the ward here are to receive over
three dollars aday after the close ofthis month.
y Postmaster General Dennison is award.
ing the southern mail contracts Tor which bids
have BEEN made. Of the 6fty,four routes ad.
vertised in Florida, only six could be contract
ed Tor. The Department refuses toaward con.
tracts or to give appointments us Postmastera,
to any pcrsons who cannot subscribe to the
test oath. r-N t.f ''
" Gen. Robert E. Leo recently applied to
tho War Department for permission to keep a
few pieces Of artillery now at lexington, Va,
and belonging to the United States, for the pur-
pose OF instruoting tho young men at the mill.
tary school in artillery practice. An officer
was at once sent to remove the guns to Rich
inond. r-t. ..I.
~ Late news from Michahoacan states that
the French had collected in considerable force
and scattered tho Ju rist forces, capturing five
Liberal generals, viz, Ortega, Parnporas. Dia',
S,lczo and Urourgo, who were subsequently
shot. Gen. Alvarez, Liberal, has proclaimed
the life Of every captured French or Imperial
general forfeited. .! '...''-.
~ The biggest tree in California is called
the Starr King. 366 feet high and so In cir.
cumfcrence. There arc Others larger In cir
cum ierence-63 md 64 fcet-hut the highest
of these are 60 feet shorter. There ia stump
of much bigger tree that was 70 feet in cir.
conference, and which Is supposed to have lived
and grown for about Eve thousand years.
~ The rebel Gen Longstreet asserts that in
April last the rebels had under arms but ESQ.,
600 men, of whom our records show that l76,.
QUO nfterward formally surrendered as prison.
ers of war The total strength Of the Union
armies on the lst Of May was upward OF ,OOo,-
600 of men, and We also held 9s, 200 rebel pris'
oners. .,, v mr.lr."sagf o.. .
~ The Bangor Whig says: 1--WE have re.
oeiyed specimen OF what is called Mount NJ
neo (Moosehesd Lake) gold quartz, There Is
something yellow In IL, but We can't see the
gold. Nevertheless. Il is alleged that an old
California miner has extracted at the rate OF
sS to the ton, and that, deeper down, the ledge
produces $50 to the ton, which will pay Tor
crushing"
v From the middle Of Oct. to the middle ol
November there were IL railroad accidents, OF
which eight were collisions. In the same peri
cd. out Of Ii fatalities to inland steamers, but
four were collisions. Thirteen boiler explo-
sions of various characters took place. Of which
four were to steamboats, and three to locomo-
tivcs. There were Al ship and steamboat dis
asters. and II railroad "sccidents" during oo-
tober. Go. ,-.rgt. a-irBi noiIibfu' 20.
ey- West yiro;nia. IN 1850, contained $685..
600. free persons and Is 400 slaves. IL, isrI-
Ing lands are IL 900 900 acrea thesoil 10 r'ch
and productive. It's mountains fertile and rich
~ timbered, and Il costs but one!t third as much
to raiss cattle thsre % In Ohio. Blue grass
soon follows all crops, and roots out clover and
timothy. lts western border. skirts 300 miles
on the Ohio river, and It's eastern 10 but 81
miles from tide water. t'