The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-01-12
EDITORIAL BREVITIEs.


81 In June, 1866, another at'smP, W" ~ ~
made to lay an Atlantic cable. Ths ". g.,
ENTERPRISE will be successful. In POM y ,A
the two failures have been s'e, 80. ~
were able to lay the CABLE a''"'"s" oa'y
Iono. ,h.rsbv became Superintendent OF the
,;..--Gresp, the Maiden murderer, is to be
snn. Gov. Andrews ,ickly philanthropy not
80 arpreeiated by his Council.-Many
State. arr moving in the matter Of erecting
monuments to thoir soldiers. The idea il praise.
worthy. although somewhat Pathological. since
our soldiers. like that Roman soldier whose
General was the MUSES., have already raised
monument more enduring than brass, and lof-
tier than tho highest pyramid. Better appro.
pirate the money to provide Soldiers Home.
1t is stated that $50 900 barrels Of -four
are stored IN New York, and IL 900 900 BUSH
els OF grain.--Colfax is not an unlikely can.
dijate for tho Presidency in 1868, but the can.
didate will not come irom the West. In
England man has been sentenced to three
months Imprisonment for nm attempt to hang
hi,useli.-The well.known DR.. Cummings, Of
England, takes exceptions to the ruling OF that
Great Court which pronounced Cain murder
err, tho II is not manifest up to what Court he
will take his clients case. He thinks that
Cain, not knowing the effects Of a stiff blow
from his club, did not mean to knock Abel stiff,
and therefore was guilty Of manslaughter only.
The DIR. is evidently getting senile.-It is ru.
mored in literary circles that the New Workers,
gro wing envous Of the success Of the Atlantic
Monthly, are about to start q colossal maya
zine.-Drcss-coats for gentlemen are again
coming in vogue upon dress occasions, such Us
balls, parties, calls, &c.--Maj. Gen. Wilson,
who captured JEFF. and his baggage, has just
captured more agreeable baggage in the shape
of a sewing machine that wears gaitcr-boo,s.
- The admirable State E-say Of Governor
Cony is so much "longer than the moral law"
that few Of the newspapers are able to publish
il, and its supreme length will prevent its be
ing very generally read. The Governor would
not make an apt pupil in drawing" since he
has no well defined ideas OF perspective or pro.
portion; but he would readily take to the trade
Of spinning. "great west'' is splitting
In two as may be seen from the fact that last
year in Chicago alone 275 divorces were grant.
ed.-Edwin Booth has returned to tho stage,
and met with aattcring ovation from the
Gothamites. Boston dailies have been
advanced in price, owing to the enormous cost
of printing paper.-Two Richmond editors,
Erdnliaer, and Enquirer, on Friday fought u
duel. and unfortunately, although six shots
were fred, neither were hit.-On Sunday the
mercury stood 81 below Mt Charlestown, Mass.
Sixteen dollars day for u fourth story
room is the price paid in Washington including
board.--Game is so plenty in Minnesota that
even in moderately populous towns bears occa.
sionally are seen, and not unfreqnently deers
show themselves. The same discovery is made
further east.-Our Legislature have voted
themselves one copy Of Wsbster's and Wor.
cester.s dictionaries, nine copies Of the Re-
vised Statutes, and one copy Of Lippincott's
Pronounciug Gazetteer. They ought to have
added some good edition Of an English gram
mar. for they doubtless need that more than
either Of the other works. In 1883 Bowdoin
College added English Grammar to tho course
OF study for the Freshman year, and the inno-
cents Of that year felt that slur had been put
upon them, but we never heard that they were
any worse Of for it.
" The owner OF the steamer "Planter,"
which the negro Robert Small brought safely
pas, the guns Of Fort Sumter, demands that
the Government shall return her. Learning to
DO surprised at nothing nowadays, We shall
not be surprised IL "treason is made odious'
nv returning Mr.. Fcrguson's property.-
There will be no war between Spain and Chill,
the former power consenting TO an arbitrament
by France and England.-rhep pirate Semmes
is to have m immediate trial, and counsel has
been allowed him. and that is right. But it is
rumorcd that his pardon is already made out,
and that is not right.-lt is said that strange
Developments are about 20 be shown rs to how
the 500 Treasury certificates were counterfeit
ed.-It is u singular coincidence that the
Speaker Of our House OF Representatives, and
the Speaker Of the Massachusetts, House, are
both named James NJ. Stone.--The Fenian
President. O.Mahoney, has como out "atop o.
the heap" the convention Of Fenians having
repudiatcd the action OF the Senatc.-The
London Shipping Gazette intimates that the
Fenian Head Centre Of Ireland, Stephens, is a
British spy. But then, the London Times says
that Alex. ii. Stephens is Speaker Of our ma.
tional House OF Representatives, and both may
be- wropg.-The chair that Robert +. Lee cat
in when he signed his parole to Mr.. Grant, has
been secured as trophy. Several Of our Office
chairs would not be 90 rickctty, II properly Sc
cured. Better men than Bobby Lee have sat
in them.--We give up considerable space on
tho outside to capital story, which ought to
have been credited to the Atlantic Monthly.