The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-02-23
GENERAL SUMMARY.


Y The Epglishman Laird. who supplied The
Confedera,es with piratical vessels continues In
the business, aud IL now building rams for the
Chilians.
II Mr.. Stewards correspondence with the
French Government has convinced the Imperial.
lists that recognition is out Of the question. The
position taken by Mr.. Seward is said to be worth
hundred thousand men to the Liberal cause.
~ The regular Union ticket wassrctorious AT
Newborn, n. c., on the 9Th. at the city election
by 50 majority. The contest was warm and drew
out the largest vote ever known in the city. The
Union men are jubilant.
y New Orleans now has population larger
by CT, 900 than ever before; Galveston and other
Texan cities are full to oreraowing; and the same
is said of Memphis, Mobile, Montgomery, ATTAIN
Ia, and all the towns of the Southwest.
II A company Of communists living at VAL
lingforl, Conn, who ignore rum, tobacco. tea.
coffee and pork, managed to bring their expenses
for food and clothing last year to two dollars and
forty cents per week. or thirty. four and half
cents per day, for each person.
~ A man in Randolph county, Ind, is sup
porting eight sets Of childrcn-onc set by his pres
ent wife, three by former wives. three belonging
TO former wives, AMI one set belonging To the hus
ban of one Of his former wives by previous wife.
eighteen children in all. This man is certainly
entitled to the sympathy OF the community.
~ There were, in 1850. no less than 5cs, 1852
free white adults the slave stateswho could neither
read nor write. of whom 226 500 were men and
3il .2S4 were women. A contemporary attributes
the teuacity with which the Southern women still
cling to secession feelings to the ignorance thus
prevailing among them.
t1-A Soldier namci Henry Mahorn turned up
n day or two since in the Court Room in Benton
Illinois, Just rs David Williams was being tried
for his (Alahorn's) mur'lcr. II seems that Ma
horn disappeared from that locality year since
and few weeks ago u skeleton was found suppo.
sod to be Mahorn's. AS Williams had accompsni.
cd him--tncy having both gone to enlist in the
army--suspcion was at once fxc,l upon him. Ii
now appears that Mahorn lid enlist, but under
an assumed name, aud thus could not commune
cate with his friends, while Williams returned to
Benton.
~ Gen. Sherman made speech ut Detroit a
few days ago, in which he sail he never expected
to again command q military force. We arc too
powerful for our peace to be destroyed In the fu
ture by domestic or foreign foe The country
has too many men such those who accompan
led him through the pine forests Of Georgia aud
the Carolnas, for its quiet to lightly disturbed
Michigan herself alone, and certainly when backed
up by Illinois, Indiana AMI Wisconsin, could raise
an army large enough to not only rcpcl but crush
any force or power that should dare infringe upon
our borders.
II The Brownsville Courier ofthe 7th reports
that Gen. Mendez with 1000 men had taken pos
session Of the roads leading from Tampsco. The
French garrison, 100 strong, reinforced by few
hundred men, was ordered to attack the Liberals
The latter formed m ambuscatc and cut of and
massacrcl sixty ofthe French advance guard.
The remainder of the French troops, 500 strong,
renewed the attack, using bayoncts vigorously
and forced the Liberals to retreat, closely pursued
for several hours. Mcndez and almost all his
staff officers are reported killed. The Lberel
loss is reported at $50, and the French loss at
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