The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-02-03
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Nsrs- Gen. Butier-Eramining Offers
Pupers-Ciaim .agents-Senator Wads-Sa
pannah-Senators Lane, Fsssenden. and Nor
san.-TAe Cabind-Selfmafe men-Ihs l't
Cops Railroads. &c. ........ ....... ..-.,
- WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. %. 1865.
Mr.. Epiroa News now In this city Is variet
of course, rs one day telegram nnnouncestha
Butler or some ''other man" Is the coming maj
Of the nation, and the next II Is announced tina
Fort Fisher 70 taken, Notwithstanding Butle
and Weitzel said II was "inpregnable" to rs
sault: 90 goes the world-'o.day, "up;" to
morrow. "down." The lite popular Major
General commanding the Department Of Vir
pinia and North Carolina is now Mt Willard Z
Hotel. with no more power than his fellow.cit
liens. and vet the Republic is considered safe
some say he Is dead rs "Little Mao" other Say
he NAV turn up. One thing 10 sure, u Butler
hal taken Fort Fisher, and whipped Beaure
gard last summer at Bermuda Hundreds, aftei
he promised General Grant by telegraph to TAXI
care Of him, II he (Grant) would take care
General Lee, he would now he the coming mar
ofthe nation; but alas alas how the glory
that was gathering around him has departed
How have the mighty fallen A Cocd story u
told now Of q court-martial convicting mar
Of some offence and sentencing him to work or
the ''Dutch Gap canal" fortwo years, sending
Il to General Butler for his approval, whereup.
ON he dismissed the Court and discharged the
the prisoner. Some think this good joke on
the last great DIGGER. = 49,
A short time since Sergeant Morehouse (noW
Lieutenant) Of the First Connecticut Cavalry,
-, Has In ha ors frn
Washington to Baltimore, asked q second Lieu
tenant for his papers, upon which he was abus-
ed for doing bis duty. and the Lieutenant came
to his senses upon finding that the Sergeant
kneu his duty and would do 1t. The next OH
Ger addressed by the Sergeant was In undress
uniform, and Immediately produced his papers,
showing why he was travelling. Upon their
being examined Il was seen that Major General
Sickles was the soldier who DISPUTED not the au.
thority of the "Provost." Cannot many ofour
young officers learn lesson from this incident!
The claims Of officers, enlste men and citi.
liens again,t the government are becoming so
numerous and complicated that Il nccesstate,
competent aud honest agencies, through which
such claims may be prosecuted with any hope OF
success By the claimant. Already several very
respectable firms have been established for this
pnrpose-none more so than W. N. Hawley,
Filfllan s. Co., General Attorneys and Claim
Agents.
The views of Senator Wade. as expressed n
few days since In the Senate, In regard to the
policy of the Government and the people car
ing so much for the rebels ofSavan,ah and else.
where, while our own unfortunate brave sol.
diers languish and pine In rebel prisons, are
heartily endorsed by all true loyalists. Eye for
an eye, &c., IL the only way to open the eyes OF
those Intervals who now hold power over por-
ton of the South. |.
The re. election Of Senator Lane, of Kansas.
makes him strong man In the councils Of the
nation.
Capt. C. II. Palmer, who appeared against
North & Co., and was abused by Seymour &
Co. for 80 doing. has been made the Colonel OF
his regiment by Governor Fenton'
The intention OF Secretary Fessenden to re-
turn TO the Senate will make II necessary for
the President tn find the right man for the high
aud responsible position Of Secretary OF the
Treasury. Instinctively almost all eyes turn
towards Senator E. D. Morgan, late Governor
Of New York, as the most fitting man for that
post, for he. as much rs any man now In public
life of the party In power, hns the entire conf
dence and esteem OF the capitalists OF the En-
pire City, as we'll as the true loyalists OF the
country. He was among the 6rst who organ
lied the party which has twice made MIR Lin.
coin President, and none more than ne has con-
sent to the Court of 81. James, 1t would show
England that our Republic is not destitute OF
ss able and dignifetl citizens to represent her
abroad as II ever was from the hist days OF our
history. The President naturally leans towards
such men rs Senator Morgan to ill responsible
positions; for, like himself. he. with Wade,
Yates, Fenton, Morton. Fletcher, Wilson. Stan
ton, Terry, Farracut, Grant, Sheridan, Green
Clay Smith. and host OF others now IN exalted
phases, began life In humble but respectable
spheres, and porked their way to where they
now are. Who will not love the Republic which
ha, such fruits always at hand when needed for
Its servicel :.
General Hanc ock's corps Is fast filling up. It
In understood that officers nre now being APP
pointed from Pennsylvania for the First Corps.
tn, disability concerning State benefits which
previously existed In reference to troops organ.
Ice I In the manner OF said Corps have been re-
calties throughout the land ought to give spe-
cisl attention to the claims OF veterans In re.
gard to local bounties, as II should be renem-
bered that nj the commencement OF the war
these veterans received no special pecuniary In
ducements to serve their country. Would not
twenty veteran patriots, II induced to go again
to the field, do their respective localities more
credit than fifty green, raw recruits! Every
sane man we'll knows they would. Breyet Ma.
jor General Alfred II. Terry, OF C0nnecticut,
will doubtless DO made full Major General, 40
he has done what Butler and weltIel failed to
do. 2. ..,..... Ir
The question Of building new railroad from
Washington to New York will most probably
be passed over by this Congress, as the late nd
mirable arrangements Of the Camden and Am.
boy, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore,
and Baltimore and Ohio Companies. have re-
moved the apparent necessity for such move.
Now the trip Is made In ten hours, In more COM
Portable cars, without change, than any In the
country, there being double track all the dis.
lance by next season the bridge across the
Susquehanna will be completed, which will
greatly shorten the time. The simple question
Is now asked, has not the Government already
enough irons In the fret Ought not the cities
and harbors on our lakes and sea-coast have
more of the attention Of Congress, rs to the
need Of better defences, than such questions rs
building rival railroads where there Is no I'm.
mediate need for them, and increasing the pay
of clerks who do duty rs general thing only
from nine to four o'clock daily. o.P.E.
IMPORTANT To EVERYBODY. Tho Commits.
sioners Of Internal Revenue gives notice that
alter the LIST Of February. 1865. persons ex.