The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-08-11
MAINE.
General Summary.

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h Two boxes have been received at tho De
parsment in Washington, from Georgia, con
tanning 1000 amnesty osths. Swearing comes
easy this hot weather.
The Mntamoras Ranehero Of the sd says.
among the rebel leaders steering for the city
Of Mexic., are Generals KIRBY Smith. Price,
Wilcox, Magruder. Walker, King, Preston
and Ieadleater, Colonies Hemnay and Ob'-
non, and ex.Governors Allen and Moore.
There were still at Monterey Generals Sheloy,
= Bee and Iiindman. Colonies I.nckctt, Broad.
we'll and Ridley. Governors Reynolds, Clark
and Murrah. Tho latter is, dangerously III.
Tho IIcrald's Washington dispatch says
Gen. Buffers business in Washington lately
was to secure the pardon of Mrs, Slocum and
other ladies Of New Orleans, which being
done no has. left the city. "a,
A man named John Hill. in custody Of the
Sheriff Of Benton County, Mo-, for being
concerned. with twenty-five Others, in the
murder Of several Union men, was iorcibly
\ taken from the Sherif-s hands. July l6. car
ried across the Osase River, and shot dead
without ceremony.
General Efforts AFRO being made by officers
and stockholders of Southern railroads to 10.
gain possession OF their roads and to secure
credit from tho North 10 replenish them.
These officers nre now in Washington for
this purpose. ,.w ,.gr Dan. M .tai
The British steamship Glasgow. of tho In.
man line. which left New York for Liverpool
on the morning Of Sunday. July 30, was
burned mt sea on the 3lst, in latitude 400
46' north. longitude 68" 33' west. The pas.
sengers and crew were nll saved. r era
The Oxford Plumbago Mining Company
have made u contract 10 tunnel into the side
of Puzzle Mountain in Newry, one hundred
and fifty feet, to intersect the veins OF plum
bago from the surface. Operations have al
ready enced.--Maine Farmer. '.
The proclamation Of Provisional Governor
September as the day for electing delegates
to the State Convention, and the 18th Of the
same month for the Convention to assemble
In Columbia to alter or amend the State con-
stitution. sr H.l.I1 M .r. -rr
Robert Taylor, late Register Of the Con-
federate Treasury, publishes the opinion that
there are circumstances in the present state
Of general and national politics which mako
II imperatively necessary that those citizens
who were prominently identified with the
cause OF the Confcdcracy should exercise u
rigid political abstinence ut this time.
The IIerld's Virginia correspondence says
that the planters tell the negroes there that
they arc not yet free, and Cypress the freed
men in many ways. There is considerable
opposition among the Virginia arissocracy to
Northern emigration there.
A st. Louis policeman shot young lady
instead of q dog hc aimed ut. @
Gen. o. o. Howard has been breveted Ma
jor General in the regular army, to date from
March 30th. Tor gallant and mcritorous ser.
vices.
Tho members Of the New York Common
Council supplied themselves with kid gloves
from Stewards, on tho occasion ot the cello
bration OF the recent victories, at the city S
expense. ~a
A bright chap in Philadelphia recently
tried +, ascertain whether m old shell was
loaded, by inserting a hot iron into the fuse
hole. lie found out.
The rebel Gen. Jubal Early, who was 40
frequently beaten by Sheridan, Is in Wash
ington, impudcnt and defiant.
A young lady has died OF Asiatic cholera
in Jersey City:
The town of Lincoln. in New Hampshire,
has not furnished soldier 10 this war nor
raised cent In tho prosecution Of Ii. Those
who were drafted stepped out, those that 70.
manned caring for those left.
Macmillan, it is said, has made contract
with foreign Speculation Tor the introduc
ton into Mexico Of several thonsand negroes,
to BIO kept in slavery.
1t Is rumored at Washington that tho Pres.
idcnt has made Gov. Wells Of Louisiana
Provisional Governor, 80 that the control OF
the State may be obtained and rebels pre-
vented from holding Office.
The Baron Won Santen has been divorced
from his baroness in New York. Her beha-
vior was unladylikc, in iact immoral.
The IIerald's South Carolina correspond.
encc says movements indicate the intention
of the National Government to keeps whole.
some check for season yet on tho natural
secession and rebellious cdervescence Of tho
chvalry Of that State. A garrison hns been |
placed in nll the principal towns OF tho inte-
rior, mostly composed Of colorcd troops.
Reports from Arkansas to General Howard
show that the freedmen in that State are in
excellent condition; they work well and IRE
attending school in largo numbers.
It Is officially stated that thus far 7s2 900
soldiers have been mustered out Of service
since Lees surrender, and that ut that time
our armies were composed Of over MILLION
men. Htt
The gallant LIST Maine Cavalry havc ar.
rived at Augusta and will be Immediately
mustered out.
Frederick Stanford, Philadelphia broker.
In, din,pparcd, taking with him $4,000,
n large porfion of which was borrowed. and
another mans vito. leaving behind him at
his boarding house. a trunk containing sever.
al pairs Of boots and an old hat.
Boston Corbett. who shot Booth. is sick
md destitute in Washington hospital. lie
has not received any Of the reward offered for
the capture Of Booth.
Gen. Grant visited the Victoria Bridge on
Tuesday. and lcf: Montreal for Toronto by