The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-11-03
THE UNION &c JOURNAL,
GENERAL SUMMARY.

81 Emerson Ethsridge has been acquitted.
WTunisian Embassy inv Arlington.
81 Thanksgiving in Maine the 23rd.
WDr. Worcester, thclcxicographer, isdcad
81 Aga~i. pronounoes Brazil enormously
rich in coal. al HIIGW g & ri
~ Great boiler explosion in New York.
Seven killed and seventeen badly scalded.
- Receipts from intornal revenue average
more than 81, OOO, 900 per day. W.
II Chief Justice Chase is about to be mar
ried.
Z y Tho rates Of wages at the Charlestown
and Kittery Navy Yards have been restored.
81 There are ia female clerks in the U. s.
Treasury Department. .,. .... ANA
81 There 10 an epidemic, Of divorce cases in
Cumberland County; only thirty.two are ap-
piled for at this session. ru,i..- ra 3. Il
~ Elections take place in Now York, New
jersey, and in Massachusetts,. The only doubt.
full State is the latter! .unu .,i .aI 90 h'Iu''
u MAMMALIAN has announced o Mexican
as heir to his throne. Perhaps by tho time
Max. dies the hereditary estate will be q thing
as light as air. .." s'
y Twenty vessels have been wrecked of
Mobile by q terrible gale.
e The Pirate Shenandoah is still ut work.
She has destroyed in all twenty.four whalers.
e The Fifth Middlesex District Convention
Of Democrats in Mass, met in convention Mon.
day, and four delegates wcro found to be pres.
ent. .... ,....... sr.z. ,-,.. 81. 49,.
~ The Hayticn rebellion has closed so'rH
ETA defeat Of tho Liberals is reported at
hlatamoras. f '' 'a .'-.'a
81 B. johnson Barbour, Congressman elect
from Virginia, Is ssumping New Jersey against
the copperheads! 1t would not be surprising
IL South Carolina should find the position oc
cupied by the "Democratic party too mean
for endurance.
e Death has come to the aid Of tho cop
perhoads in this State, the only power capable
Of saving them from death, paradoxical as 1t
may seem. BY the death Of the Senator elect
from Knox County. John B. Dutton, the Sen.
ate will be obliged to chose q cop.
~ The steamer Republic. en- route from
New York to New. Orleans, was rocked OF the
coast Of Georgia on Wednesday last. Four
boats and raft, filed with the Passengers and
crew, were launched, and ono Of the boats
reached Charleston, S. @. on Saturday. The
Others have not been heard from. Tho boat
contained fourteen adults and three children.
w"If Congress-" says Jersey Copper.
head "can say that negro shall vote In Vr.
gina, they can say that Democrat shall not
vote in New-Jersey." This comparing the
negro to Democrat is one OF the most aagran,
acts Of injustice ever perpetratcd upon long
suffering and down-trodden race. .o -
R"0ccasional" Of tho Philadelphia Press,
otherwise John w. Forney, editor Of the
Washington Chronicle, AYERS that ''Presidcn.
johnson has never yet appointed one single
coppcrheadto Office"
II Mrs. jefferson Davis Is residing at the
houseof MIR. Schuyler, near Agustea, Georgia
Sho enjoys her usual robust health, Is under no
surveillance, and is permitted to correspond a,
will with her husband and friends. --..r o..
II Gov. Cony has rcconsidcred his previous
appointment Of Thanksgiving, and appointed
Thursday Dec. 9TH, us the day. .a 81.
81 Latest returns from South Carolina give
James l.. Orr 500 majority over Wade Hamp.
ton. for Governor. The Legislature has elect.
ed Gov. Perry U. s. Senator for six years.
The Chicago Republican enumeratcs rs pos.
siblc candidates Of the Union party for the
Presidency in 1868, Andrew johnson, General
Grant, Secretary Seward, Charles Sumner ant
Gov. Morgan.
II The vlcksburg Journal says there is Q
. man in Petersburg who buys for $40 head tht
interests Of former shareholders in the property
Of their late slaves, trusting to get some day
compensation from the Government. II tina
fellow was in Maine, he would probably b
nominated by the copperheads as their candi
date for Governor, .,.. - .r.l... .r. -r.
II Lord Palmcrston, the English Premier
died on the 18th ult., aged 81 years. II L
) said that Earl Russell will succeed him. f
- Gen. HUMPHREYS is Wing, and the frs
that was ever elected In Mississippi. II !,
worth mentioning that tho entire Congressional
delegation from that State are Wings. By
this We presume the Democrats are either IN
pardonablc or refuse to take the oath. At any
rate, it is objectionable to DO copperhead.
II The N. Y. Independent says that "wha'
most men mean to say by 'the President,
plan of reconstruction is the pardon Of every
rebel for the crime Of rebellion, and the utter
refusal to pardon single black loyalst for the
crime Of being black" .,....,
Vwc learn that Thomas Greene, of North
Waterford, committed suicide, by hanging on
Tuesday Of this week. lie was found In pas
ture, suspended to tree by his handkerchief.
lie was an uncle to the Grover of Bethel, who
committed suicide recen,ly.-Democrat. ,,i,
81 It is again said that Mr.. Cushins's mis-
sion to England Is connected with the claims
Co. t;cal IA ms vo the prea denk henO fullv