The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-09-29
!. ID Maine Cavalry will como homo

The ID Maine Cavalry will como homo
shortly.
With the fire ct Augusta fresh In mind. tho
Bath Timss II urging the authorities Of that
city 70 purchase steam fre engine.
Hon. Charles r. Train Of Massachusetts, il
said to DO candidate for the clerkship OF the
next House OF Representatives, d Washington.
The Gardiner Journal nays the Are Once at
Augusta was the only Newspaper ofiice burned
out, and presumes the loss will be quite heavy
on the subscribers who have paid In advance.
A charge Of 323 kegs Of powder was explod.
ed In San Juan mine recently. Il opened the
way to S20. 600 which the miaers xot out In .
couple Of weeks.
Two young vireinians recently DISCHARGED
from tho Union army, On their return to their
homes, wcrc warned to leave By cx.rebel col.
diers, or they would be assassinated.
The President has ordered the Government
advertising TO be Withdrawn from the Re.
publican, and has given Il to tho Coustitu.
tional Union, a Democratic evening paper
ecu Rufus Saxton, commanding at Hilton
Head, has married ono OF the school Super
intsndsnts who went down there from Mass
achusetts,
Two men named Woodland, father and son.
left Portsmouth In boat on Sunday last for
the Isle Of Shoals. On Friday their boat cap.
sized but WAS picked up outside the harbor, aud
1t Is supposed the men were drowned.
Monday morning, between 2 and 3 O'Clock,
the Skowhegan Hotel was destroyed by fire. A
part Of the furniture was saved. Loss upwards
Of $4,000. Insured for $4,000. The Are issup
posed to have been tho work Of an incendiary.
Colonel @. W. Kicker Of Augusta, is ere,tinr
o handsome granite block Ia that place origin.
ally intended for Offices and hall, but since
the tire the plan has been changed, and Il Is to
DO converted into magnificent hotel.
A returned soldier in Birmingham, Conn,
lately coughcd up an ounce ball which went
nearly through his head In the battle of
Averysb,ro', N. O., and could not be pro-
viously extracted.
A man In harrington. r. l., laboring under
monomanis, killed himself by endeavoring to
force down his throat u stone. A post norton
examination showed that he had used the Same
found to contain three stones, several pieces OF
wood. corn cob, and corn husk.
"Old lronsidcs," (Constitution). which
sunk the British sloop.of.war Guerrero, 10Th
Of Aug, 1912, was launched at the Charles
town navy yard on the 2lst Of Oct, 1877,
the builder Of which was George Clayhorn.
The National Bank Of Concord, Mass,
was broken into on last Monday afternoon
while tho cashier was gone to dinner and
$500, 900 in U. 8. bonds. and bank hills
were stolen. No suspicious Of the thieves.
It was the boldest robbery on record.
The Gardiner Journal has adopted tho
system Of publishing births as we'll rs deaths
md marriages. Wonder II Morrill, Publishes
only those whom no does not insure against
such aceidents2 We have been expecting to
SEQ underneath his several records the words,
I" Not insured" Insurance Is great thing.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue has
decided that person who merely canvasses
and takes subscriptions for maps, books, &C.,
Is not a peddlsr within the meaning Of the
Internal Revenue laws. II, however, no re-
ceives pay for the books. maps, &C., at the
time no takes the subscription, or II he do.
livers them and receives pay therefor upon q
previously taken by himself or
by another, he Is peddler and should take
n license as such, t...... ...
John Damery. convict In tho Ne. State
Prison, died ut Thomaston, Sept 9th. They
were compelled to keep him In solitary con-
finenent to keep him from inlicting injuries
upon officers md convicts. rs he bad once rs.
saulted an officer. and ut another timo ut.
tempted the life Of convict. lie was con.
sidered very dangerous man. Damery was
sentenced from Portland 10 Dec. 1861, for
the murder OF Cassidyat Cape Elizabeth.
An important despatch has been received
at tho Freedmen's Bureau IRON tho
at vicksburg. in which he
says that the reorganization Of the militia
throughout that State has caused great
panic among the freedmen. He Gays that 1t
will 90 further towards disturbing the pres
emit relations between whites and blacks than
that has yet transpired. He adds
that II tho militia IL organized az the Prcsi-
dent requires. il will create trouble, % the
negroes are partially armed. .H.r'
A great excitement prevails at Niles. MICH.
igan. at the discovery OF petroleum In that
town. Doctor Shaw OF Chicago was sink
ing we'll. when oil was found ab0ut sixty
eight feet from the surface. The yield is
about four gallons q day. The local paper
says on Sunday church services and Sunday
schools wero dismissed, as the owner OF the
well had, with Characteristic generosity,
granted FREQ exhibition for that day to all
who might come to see IL. One lady was
allowed to take two looks, rs sho
had but one eye.
A paragraph Is going the rounds. credited
to the Mobile Advertiser Of Aug. 18th. that
o meeting OF nine hundred able bodied No
groes near that city, had resolved tho expert.
ment of freedom failure, tho "straDgers
from the North" their enemies, and that
they would return to their masters. Tho
other Mobile papers deny that any such meet
Ing has been held. or that there has been any
'uch number Of colorcd refugees copyrighted
,ear the city.
The DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. char.
actor and work of the Democratic " convcn-
ION remind Us of n little illustration In the