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

~ Five bales ofcotton opened in Lowell con.
tanned 9S7 pounds Of sand.
~ Look out for counterfeit fves on the Union
Bank Of TIayerhill. and counterfeit tens on the
Essex Bank, also at IIa1srhill.
~. Within the past fortnight some 500 Post
Offices have been re-opcncd in the SOthcrn States,
and the work |, still going forward.
sY.Thc Governor Of Georgia has vetoed the
bill making valid all contracts between whites and
blacks.
~ Den. Wood has been detected franking cir.
culars Of his Daily .Nsus nine months after his
term as Member ct Congress expired.
r8' The State department has received aag
from the people Of Lyons. France, dedicated to
the people Of the United States, in memory OF
Abraham Lincoln. It Is Of the finest fabric.
TTwo soldiers who stopped at the Briggs
house in Chicago few nights ago, blew out the
Gas instead ofturniug It of. In the morning ono
Of them was found dead and tho other just gasp.
ing for life.
II A woman in North Carolina put into her
coffin while in q trance, being supposed to be
dead, very much surprised and mortified her
friends by suddenly walking the room iu only her
grave clothes.
Y-A little boy recently died at West Bethel.
Me-, in consequence OF another boy piling stones,
while at play. on his stomach, while lying down,
so that he could not rise. Hc was injured inter.
nally, aud died In two or threo days In great dis
tress.
rBThc Subcommittee on Reconstruction, who
have been investigating the condition Of affairs In
Tennessee, have submitted their report to the
General Committee. II Is understood that the re-
port Is favourable to the admission the Tenn.
Representatives.
y The Courts of Texas admit negroes to testi
fy like other persons. They hold that the law
against this fell with the reasons for the law.
They also decide that Texas Is not a conquered
country, and therefore an unconquercd State Of
the Union.
B-"Perlcy" tclesraphs from Washington to
the Boston Journal that President Johnson told n
leading Union man Thursday. that his remarks
Wednesday must not be construed into . desire to
ally himself with tho Democrats. IS ho has no idea
Of taking such step.
II Eleven men were frozen to death In the vi-
cnity of Hamilton. Fillmore county, Mimi, on
the night Of the Goth ut. Six OF them were fro
zen in sleigh while passing along the road.
Another man was found frozen in q stand.
ing posture with his hands over his face, and
only three or four rods from house.
~ Francis Levec, one hundred and ono years
OF age, Is living at Pennington, N. II. He was
born at Iiavrc de Graco, Jan. 2nd, i765. was a
soldier under Napoleon, was engaged at Waterloo
aud soon after oamc to America He Is . spare
man, stands erect, and walks with light quick
step; and his sight and hearing are yet good
u Rev. J. Kimball. Superintendent Of Colorcd
Schools for tho District OF Columbia and vicinity.
reports that there are As schools. with l06 teach
ers, 55Ss scholars registered on the books, and
regular attendance OF 1891. There arc also ~
night schools with $50 scholars. and 30 Sabbath
Schools with 259l scholars.
FY- The Cincinnati Commercial quotes Mr..
Seward as having "malo the comprehensive OBJ
scryation to n gentleman, who asked him how
far he intended to permit tho Fcnian foolery to
60 The most valuable lesson taught US by Eng
land during the war was how to preserve strict
neutraiity'"
n Gen Butler has just closed negotiations for
valuable mill property on the James River,
near Richmond, intending to erect extensive cot
ton factories The Cox farm, containing $500
acrcs. through which runs Dutch Gap Canal, has
been offered to the General, and he has in con.
temptation itspurchasc. New England families
aud mill operators will be settled upon II.