The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-04-27
THE UNION &c JOURNAL,
EDITORIAL BREvITIEs.

bDl1On4Ab DnbS1l4no'
y Gov. johnson said to the colored peoH
pie. "liumblc and unworthy as am, II no
better can be found. I will indeed be your Mo-
scs." I, il the opinion of the colored people
thata better can DO found, Mr.. johnson Is
still the Moses, nevertheless, but no has, rs
Nasby says, changed his Israclites, and it is
no, expected tina. he willlong continue isthe
Moses busine-s.-A soldiers and sailors
Mass meeting is called for the 10th Of May to
be holden in Bangor.-Going to Boston re-
Gently with party Of gentlemen from this
city we persuaded them to go over the GLOVER
route" contrary to their, usual custom. Their
objection WAS that the accommodations on the
"upper route" were better! an illusion quick
ly dispeled in passing over the road. The
Eastern L. r, under the management ofSupt
Prescott, is admirably conducted, and no pains
or expense are spared to render this route the
layouritc one for travellers. President
intimates that it is desirable that the Senate
should confirm Stanbcry as Judge, in order to
try JEFF. at Nashville for high treason. Jefi's.
treason is OF the very lowest and meanest kind.
The ice is out OF lake Winnlpissiogee, and
the steamer Chocorua has commenced her usu.
al trips.-Presden johnson has just par
doned a lot of criminals, counterieiters, &c.
We suppose this step is taken with view OF
being consistent for his pardon ofcopperheads.
-Geo. b. French, dry goods dealer in
Portsmouth, n. H., has been held by U. ).
Commissioner IIackett in So, 800 bail for pass.
ing counterfeit fractional currency.-Our
distinguished (notoriousO Chief Magistrate is
afflicted with an itch for making very foolish
speeches, and in his last effort he calls those
who do not endorse "My policy" a. pack Of
snarling whelTs."
~ Gen. Meade and sta n are in Calais look
ins alter the Fenians,--C. &. Clay, Jr. has
been released from Fortress Monroe on his pa
role. IIu requested to have an interview with
JEFF. before leaving, which request was not
crantcd.-An explosion Of nitro-clyccrinc
Zone part glyccrinc, the sweet principle of oil,
and three parts nitric aciD occurred at Aspin
wall on tho 18th inst by which siSty.threC
persons were killed aud wounded, two iron
steamships were blown to Fragments and other
property destroyed amounting to ut lcnst 81, =
600 ,OOO.--It IN rumOnrcd that new Repub
lcan paper il to he started in Boston.--A
war between Prussia and Austria is imminent
--Senator fcssendcn is recovering from the
yarioloid. --Gcn. Grant has issued an order
protecting white anil black Unionists in Flori
from the "rcconstructed.
II 20 900 tailorS in London are ona strike
The copIcrheajs say that Mr.. Johnson !,
about tn strike in the distribution OF Offices
hut will hc "strikc oil "a vast cavern II
said To undcrlie the city VI Lancaster Pa., an,
in boring deep wells the shaft has been known
tn sink. and an instance il stated where n maj
and OK team suddenly sunk in field, engulph
cd, buchanan lives there, but he is in no dang
or. for he has sunk rs low as he can go.---
5000 worth Of rum was burned near Campo
bcllo few nights since, on which there was
no insurance. GOOd.----Samuel Frost whC
recently murdered W. II. Day, in EIingham
N. II. has been indicted by the Grand Jury for
murder in the first degree. II was one of the
most cold blooded aud hcartless crimes ever
committed jeff. is TO he tried on the first
Monday in May at Norfolk-lt is estimated
that the Revenue this year will amount to
$500, OOO.--Reprcscntatiye Lynch has intro
duced bill in Congress that the Sec. of War
shall be authorized and required to detail n
competent army officer to instruct in military
tactics the students Of all Agricultural College
endowed by Congress.