The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-06-22
THE UNION &c JOURNXL,
EDITORIAL BREyrr1Ss,

81 Zen. Green Clay Smith Of Kentucky,
has been nominated by President Johnson
Tor Governor Of Idaho. Tie is a Mcclellan
Unionist Of the Kentucky patiem.-Col.
w. w. Sea,on, Of the National Intclhgencer.
died on tho 18th inst, aged si.-The ma
chine shop Of Walter Corey furniture manu-.
factory, Portland, was destroyed by fire las,
Saturday night-R N. Corning, Esq, P.
NJ. ut Concord, N. H., died las, week. Fun
eral services on Saturday were conducted by
the Odd Fellows, Of which he was men,
bcr--Thc European Peace Conference
have failed to pacify the disturbed elements in
Europe, and bloody war is now considered
inevitable. It's expected that Hols,ein will
witness the first hattie scenes.
= The Rochester(N. n.y. Courier says that
the Great Falls Ns,cs las been discontinued,
the publisher having sunk $500 in trying to
sustain il nine weeks.-lt is currently ~.
ported that the Governors Of several States
will Immediately call extra sessions of their
Legislatures for the purpose Of passing upon
the Congressional plan Of Reconstruction.
Hon. James Humphry, member of Con-
gress from N. Y, died at his residence in
Brooklyn, on Saturday last. lie arrived at
his home, from Washington, only few hours
before his death. He was graduate Of Am
herst College in the class Of lS3l.-Jeff.
Davis, in conversation with certain visitors,
the other day, spoke in the highest terms Of
Ex-Pnsident Pierce. No comment is needed.
"A new railroad project u on foot to build
railroad from Dover to Portsmouth, N. II.
The City Councils Of each place have appro-
pria,ed $1,000 towards preliminary action, md
the matter is now before the N. ii. Lcgisla.
turc.-Gcn. Rousseau, Union conservative
Representative from Kentucky, recently ut.
tackled Mr.. Grinnel. Republican Representa-
tive from Iowa, with cane, for words spoken
in debate in which Grinnel said hard things of
the Kenuickian, the most Of which was
doubtless true. Rousseau will be expelled.
Cold is mp am ong tho fiflics with but lit.
tic prospect Of declining.
y New Hampshire has made choice OF
Hon. James w. Patterson as the successor Of
Senator Clark. The vote stood in the House,
Patterson 100, Eastman ITO, scattering2. In
the Senate Patterson hal nine out of twelve
votes. The copperhea,ls now say that MIR.
Clark was defeated because he was "radi-
CAL" failing to mention the fact that Of the
two Patterson is moro "radcal" than Clark.
--Janes X. Kelly, copperheud candidate
for Governor Of Oregon, declares, in public
speeches, that he is in favor Of having the
National Government pay for all the slaves
emancpated.--The Doolittle Johnsonians
Of Wisconsin are trying to get up n separate
Convention in that State, but the call is not
sustained by single Republican there
The circus clown Dan Riceis trying to tumble
into Congress by performing inside the John
son ring in the 10Th District Of Pennsylvania.
Dan is not the only clown who has tried to
60 to Congress, nor the only one who has sue.
cccdcd or f,iled.-Senator (elect) Patterson
Of New Hampshire, will deliver the 9TH of
July omtion ut Portland.-ln the ID Con-
grcssional District the candidates Of the Re-
publicans are Sidney Perham Of Oxford and
DR.. A. Garcelon Of Androscoggin, with the
chances apparently in favor Of the latter
The ship-caulkers strike in New York has
resulted disasterously to the strikers.