The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-02-09
GENERAL SUMMARY.

ETA correspondent Of tho London Morning
Post says. at Is reported In diplomatic circles
that private understanding exists between the
governments Of Great Britain and Washington,
by which the claims made by America for the
losses at sea will be amicably arranged"
II The House Committee on Commerce have
| proposition before them to reduce the emolu-
ments Of Collectors OF Customs to q reasonable
figure. Under the present system the salaries
and perauistes reach the enormous sum Of from
$50, 900 to 100000 year.
Ey.A Vermont sergeant wrote to q New York
girl who pinned her name to some clothing ne
received through the Sanitary Commission, and
the correspondence led to courtshlp and marrl,
agc; and now the sergeant finds he has good
wife and cool half million In money besides.
E6The President refuses to interfere with
Gen Terrys recent orders annulling the yagrant
Act passed By the Virginia legislature. Yet here
Is an &C. Of State legislature made OF no effect by
a military order. What is the use OF theoriring
about the rebel States being in or on Of the Union
when such things are done.
~ Il Is said that il the bill for giving Gen.
Grant the rank Of full General becomes law, 1t
will be followed by another bill comforting the
rank of Lieutenant General upon Sherman and
Sheridan. Admiral Farragut will DO likely to be
made full Admirul-the Vice Admiralty in the
in the navy being equal to the grade OF Lieutcn'
ant. General in tho army.
II In consequence Of the large number of lie.
sertiJns from the regular army during The past
few months, Gen. Grant has issued an order call
ing ON commanders Of Departments and rcgi-
mcnts 10 take the most stringent measures Tor
checking the evil, and to cause inspections to DC
made. to discover and remove the cause.
y The following Is description OF q new
twouty dnllar hill nm hc First Nation.
al Bank Of Indianapolis, Ind Paper stiff and
hard, and darker colored than the genuine; let
teriug very fine, but numbering bad. Engrav-
ing poor, being coarse, and will not bear close
inspection. Back of the bill pale. and engraving
Of the picture ofbaptsm OF POcahontas very poor
u. s. stamp faint. and ink pale. General appear
snce fthe bill well calculated to deceive.
n The Boston Transcript, in noticing the
death Of the venerable Mrs. Gardiner Greene,
which occurred IN that city on Thursday, says !:
"She was the only person living here who sailed
from the Province Of Massachusetts under the
British flag, Just before the Revolution. With
her brother, the late Lord Lyndhurst, and q sis
ter, she embarked for England in the last vessel
that lett our shores under the English Ensign.
The three children then went to England TO visit
their father, the famous painter, j. 3. Copley,
who was Mt that time receiving much patronage
from, the patrons of art in London. She lived 90
years after meeting her father in England upon
his return from Italy.
eYrA detachment of the 9Th U. s.. Regulars,
while passing piece Of woodland n few miles
from Centrevlc. Tenn, recently, were fired upon
by q gang of hushwackers, and three Of them
wounded. The rascals were pursued anu one vi
their number killed.
u Tho Kentucky Senate has passed. an act in
incorporating n negro bank ut Louisville, one OF
the incorporators being worth Sl0O, 900. They
,.,,k l. .;.,n hat In hap L.
shall have no connection with the Preedmsn's Blu.
reau, and that no persons shall he permitted to
net rs officers who have ever lived in Boston
Mass"
y Different sounds travel with different de-
grecs of velocity. A call to dinner will run over
ten acre lot In q minute and q half, while o
summons to work will take from five to ten MIN
utes.
- The New York World says, "from the sen.
timcnts expressed by the President respecting the
negro suffrage bill in the District, there can be
doubt that he will veto II lift passes the Senate"
The World suggests that 1t was an act OF kindness
In the President, to the Republican members, to
let them know what he would do before they com
mtted themselves too far This is the very last
lesson of modern Democracy.
~ The Virginia Senate has adopted resolu.
tions cordially approving the course of President
Johnson on the question Of reconstruction They
do not desire to renew what has been so conclu-
sively determined, nor to permit any one subject
to their control to violate any of their obligations
to our Government.
2 Queen Victoria Is reported rs shocked at
discovering that the Prince and Princess Of Wales
smoke cigarettes together in little blue satin
sanctum called their smoking room. This perni-
cious and reprehensible practice was taught her
royal highness by her scapegrace husband-and,
horrible to say, she likes 1t
y clergyman's wife in Tamworth, N. H..
hung herself with skein Of yarn.
~ A pine just cut In Aroostook yielded 1000
feet of lumber.