The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-01-20
BIDDEFORD,
GENERAL SUMMARY.

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The Internal revenue receipts during the
present month have been over seventeen mil
lions Of dollars.
Vice Admiral Farragut has received 40 inti-
nation from the President that he 10 TO have
charge Of the entire operations OF the navy.
The q. 9. sloop Of war Ssn Jscinto. was
wrecked OF ono Name Key" Bahama Banks,
LIST Inst. No lives lost. Most OF the stores Of
the vessel saved.
urday, declaring Missouri free State, In ao
cordance with tho emancipation ordinance
passed by the State Convention. 3.
A shoe peg factory at Livermore Falls uses
up $50 cords of wood per snnum In the manu-.
facture Of $50, 900 worth Of machine pegs.
This Is "pegging away" to some purpose.
A. o. p. Nicholson, formerly Senator from
Tennessee, has had enough of rebellion, and
has returned to his home in Columbia, under
the old Gag.
The Little Rock Democrat says that the
recent election Of Senator from Arkansas
is void, because there was not quorum Of
the Legislature voting.
Nearly all the traders Of Savannah have taken
the oath Of allegiance There Il great suffering
among the poor. and to considerable degree
among the wealthy. Gen. Sherman's entire ar
my Is being reolothed and equipped.
Recently party Of the Home Guards and
the Ninth Missouri Cavalry pursued through
several of the interior counties the noted chief
Jim Jackson, whom, with seventeen OF his men,
they succeeded in overtaking and killing
When the reconstruction bill comes up In the
House, Judge Kelley Of Pennsylvania, will pro.
pose to amend 30 as to give the electoral fran
chse to all loyal men In the South who can
read, without regard to color.
Mr.. Fessenden has signifed to the President
his desire TO DO relieved ut the earliest possible
moment, 30 that his successor may have an op.
portunity to become familiar with the details
of bis Office before the 4th Of March.
EP. Kingston, the t,Otrical and circus
man, Is ut present managing Artemus Ward
and his show. paying Artemus $1,000 Q year,
aud pocketing all DO can make over that and
the other expenses.
The Commercial Advertiser. 10 an article on
the defeuces Of Wilmington. says Fort Fisher
has - guns, Fort Caswell 81, Fort johnson 10,
Fort ST. Philip 0, ON other works2o; total mum.
Der Of guns 20S.
In the beginning OF the month OF September
last Sheridan was simply q captain in the 18th
Infantry. Twenty days later he became Brig
adler, and In less than two months time a Ma
jor General In the regular service. Such arc
the rewards Of gallsntry aud skill.
The boilers Of the Pioneer Mechanic Shops In
Burlington, w., burst about half past o o'clock
Monday morning. The engine house Is conf
In..l kAlt ksv nj alxs
been taken out OF the ruins, and tAree more are
still 10 them. The loss Is estimated ct $25. 900.
The Concord Patriot complains that, "whon
q man deems II necessary to curtail his expenses,
he cuts OF his newspaper before he thinks Of
dispensing with his rum, tobacco or any other
injurious or foolish luxury. And whore man
Is taking two or three, he drops his home paper
first and his city paper last"
That tho Rebel Gen. Price Is dead seems to
be settled by Rebel official order which has
been received at Little Rock by the Union COM
mander, Gen. Reynolds. This orler. which Is
dated ut the headquarters Of the Rebel army 10
Arkansas, on the 4th Of December, announces
Prices death, and names Gen. Fagin as his sue
cessor.
Manufacturing stocks are advancing. Those
especially Of our Lewiston corporations are
firmly held Ia the market. Their stocks are
among the choicest, rs the corporation business
has been most judicously and successfully man.
aged. On Saturday. Is shares Andr0scoggin
Mills stock sold at 1877, 2 do Hill at l53.-Lep-
iston Journal.
An officer reports chat Gen. Thomas was
at Clifton, Wayne Co., Tenn, on Saturday
The rivers were high. and the roads 80 bad
that no important movements could be un.
dertaken. Hood was believed to he still re-
treating. Our army was abuudantly sup.
piled.
The nomination Of Parson Brownlow for
Governor OF Tennessee is very generally COM
mended BY the loyal press. Should he DO
elected and fairly seated In authority, that
State would DO about the most unhealthy re-
gion for Sccessionists outside Of a smallpox
hospital. Hemp ind collins would be in live.
ly demand.
General Butler appears to be under very
heavy cloud about this time. We still hope
that something may "turn up to relieve him,
since he has been relieved of his command un.
der such doubtful circumstances. In war men
60 down as quickly as they rise, and Buffers
star seems to form no exception.
Richmond papers continue to quarrel over
their leaders. They think jeff Davis course
reprehensible, and also make an onslaught up.
on Kirby Smith, who Ii now discovered to pos
sess none Of the attributes Of great general.
Hoods failures In Tennessee and Georgia are
attributed to the disgust OF the people OF those
States for tho Confederacy. None hut Lee and
Johnston appear to give satisfaction.
We have to record another terrible disaster
Mt sea. The steamship Melville, which left New
York on the 5th inst. for Port Royal, encount.
cred n severe storm On the7 having her bows
stove In by the sea, and about noon the next
day she suddenly went down. Thus far only
four persons are known to have been savei,
two passengers, the mate and the third engn.
Ger. She had so passengers and % officers and
crew.
A pecialdispatch to the Tribune, dated Nash
willie, Jan 10, says Albert d. Richardson Of tho
New York Tribune, with Vim. Z, Davis, cor |
respondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette, and clerk
Of the Ohio Senate, have arrived there. They
escaped from the rebel penitentiary at Sanls |
bury, N. c., on the night OF Dec. 18th In com
pany with James II. Brown, also of New York
Tribune. They came $40 miles by Q circular
route through mountains before reaching our
lines fifteen miles from Knoxville.
We regret to learn the sudden deceaso Of the
Rev. II. NJ. Blake. pastor Of the Pine Street
Church, Portland. While on his way to attend
divine services last Sunday he dropped down
In Pine street. DR.. Fitch Was immediately
called. but he expired In sfsw moments. The
deceased ranked high In tho Methodist demon.
nation, and was beloved by his congregation.
Mr.. Blake was formerly pastor Of the NJ. E.