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Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-04-26
TRIAL OF NA30R GEE.
From the National Intelligencer, 2lst.l

From the National Intelligencer, 2lst.l
This trial, before q mill tary court at Ras
leigh, had reached the 26th day ON the 18th
inst. A nation had been made to quash the
indictment, on the ground that the peace
proclamation restored the writ of hdbedS
corpus. The court decided against the mo-
tion. A writ Of hd6eGs corpus was obtained
from Judge Ecwle, and served on Gen. Ru-
ger, to produce the body of Major Gee, to
which writ the General declined obedience.
The counsel for the accused argued before
the court that the answer IF Gen. Ruger
MAS iusUihclent, and moved an attachment
against that officer.
After full and patient hearing, his Honor
Judge Fowle was understood to say, that
according 10 the construction which the
court was disposed to give TO the recent pro-
Clamation of the President, the court had
inferred that it was the purpose of the Pres
ident to restore to the people of the State
all Of the benefits of the civil law as in time
of peace; one consequence of which wRl
that no person could be subject "a LIal BY
martial law, unless be vas in the land or
naval service Il the United States" 1t was
taketi for granted that the petitioner had
never been in either service.
lUe court Hdu Always DeleNeu lidb III
time of peace the civil law of the State,
consistent with the civil law of the United
States, and not in conaict therewishs was
supreme, and martial OF military law was
suhordinate thereto. It might be, however,
that the court had misconstrued the intent
Of the Presidents proclamation, and that IT
was not his purpose to suppress the EXERCISE
of martial law as to military commissions
in actual session for the trial Of offenders at
the time the proclamation was promulgated,
The court, being desirous Of avoiding all
conflict between the civil authorities OF
the State and the military authorities of the
United States, deemed it advisable to take
further time for consideration, until it could
have an opportunity of aseertaining the pre-
else meaning of the proclamation on this
subject; and accordingly the motion was
continued until 10 O'Clock A, NJ, twenty
eighth April, 1866,
Meanwhile the trial of Gee Is progressing
! before the militsry court.
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The Defeat Of the French Troops at Mazatlan-
Affairs at Acapulco-The United States Gun
boat Saranae.
Passengers who left San Francisco March
30. state that on their arrival at Acapulco,
April 6, they learned that a collision had
occurred between the Liberal forces, under
Corona, and the French troops occupying
Mazatlan. II appears chat Corona had for
some time closely invested the place, but
finally withdrew, when the French marched
out, with the intention, 1t is presumed, of
giving Corona battle if he could be over
taken. Corona let them get well out of the
city, when he fell upon their rear and COM
menced vigorous attack. When the steam
er which brought the news to Acapulco
left Mazatlan the fighting was still going on,
the officer in command of the French troops
having been killed while endeayoring to
rally his men, who were being severely
wOrsted by the rebels. 1t was thought the
entire French force would be killed, as pris-
oners are not taken on either Side. Yet, as
the last accounts from that quarter stated
that the Imperial General Lobasas was
marching force of from three TO four thou
sand to the relief of Mazatlan, he may have
come up in time TO turn the tide Of battle.
The military situation at Acapulco re-
mains the same il has been for the past year.
The French troops have garrison in the
fort and man-oi-war in the harbor, while
the Liberal Gen. Alverez commands force
which occupies all the surrounding hills and
prevents communication with the interior.
Ills encampment is in plain sight from the
harbor, but the French manifest no desire to
dislodge them. Indeed the French are
obliged to keep close within lheiF lines dur
ing The day, and at night TO lock themselves
up in the fort. The town, which never
numbered more than a few hundred souls,
| has but about one hundred in it now, and
those are of a class too poor and miserable
| 10 get away,
The United States gunboat Sdru,ac was
| living in the harbor on the 6th-othcers and
men all we'll The officers appear TO be much
amused at the situation at Acapulco, and
commisserate the French who, despite their
/ inability TO dispense with their customary
/ airs. are nevertheless not little humlliated
at their position
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-04-26

FROM THE ALTAR To THE GRAvE.-On
Thursday of last week brilliant wedding
was celebrated in ST. Peters Church, Nor
ristown, n. j., the parties being Capt. Jas
]. Van Horn, of the sth United States in
fantry. and daughter of Col. John c. Raf-
farty. On Tuesday Of this week, while the
bridal pair were passing their honeymoon
at the Astor House, New York, the bride
was taken i'll, and in short time was a
cOrpse
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NEW YoRK, April 20, 1866.

Az IETERISEINa DIscoYERH.- ChaIle-
tsagne's tomb. which has for centuries been
q mystery, has at las, been discovered in
The Cathedral At Aix-la-Chapelle. Search
has repeatedly been made for i under the
,uspices Of the Court of Berlin, but has
hitherto been unsuccessful The discovery
vas finally made by accident, as is often the
case. Operations had been going on IN tho
Cathedral for some weeks, and traces of old
edifces had been found. Outside the Caro-
iiRgian oo,agon the tomb was found, an in
scriptlon on a stone In the shape Of key
stone Of an arch proving its identity, with
the resting place Of the great Emperor.
TIE inscription is as follows; "ln hoe sepul-
chrosunt tumuiSta ossa CARROLL MAGNi Dec
in acterno-Grau. S. T." The edihce IN
which the remains were entombed is not AZ
splendid one as had been supposed.
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DOCTOR WHITTIER.


A REGULARLY BRED PHYSICIAN, AS
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Much of his practice has been of a private ma
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9 A X ID.

On account of bad health this day sold out my
entire interest in the firm of FRENCH & CO., to
the above House, and cordially recommend to my
old friends my successors in business who may
be confidently relied on as gentlemen of the
highest business qualifications; and to those who
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honor, and energy.
For the many favors and large patronage have
received during the long number of years l have
been engaged in business, l warmly thank my
friends earnestly soliciting the continuance Of the
same for my successors and friends Reid, Chad
bOurn & Co.
Very Respectfully.
III. y. FRENCH.
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NO MERE SPECULATOR WILL. BE
TREATED WITH.

Description of lands and samples of oil OBJ
tanned from the property, may be seen by calling
at the office. No. . Union street, Nashville Tenn
The Secretary. f. H. Cotton, Nashville, will re-
ceve orders for stock, and will forward certificates
by return mail when the money accompanies the
order. jan26-tf
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To tbs Editor Of The n. !. Tribune:
SIR: Since my arrival in this city have
learned with deep regret of the two acci-
dents which have occurred lately with nitro
glycerine. Although the cause of these
explosions are uakp9wp, | nope 10 convince
competent and scientific authorities, tha,
tiitro-glycerine is substance less dangerous
10 handle and store than gunpowder. tt
That end propose making, il few days, a
series Of convincing experiments. Of which
the time and place viii be inserted in your
esteemed paper Until then ! respecsfaliy
ask tbe Pubic 10 suspend their oplhions, q.
yuch experiments viii enable them clearly
30 Judge Tor themselves | have the honor
iobe, sir, your obedient servant
A. NoBEI-
NEW YORK, April 20, lS66.
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MEXICO.

The Defeat Of the French Troops at Mazatlan-
Affairs at Acapulco-The United States Gun
boat Sarunac.
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A CARD,

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sent them for payment, as we wish to close VA
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WILL BE LEASED ON APPLICATION

This is a rare chance for bona fde operators to
obtain leases on terms that viii be amply remu-
nerative.
Terms made known on application.
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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-23

An EXTRAORDINARY OccURREScE.-A CORES
pondcnt of the Hartford Times tells story OF
q volunteer IN one OF the Connecticut regiments,
who in the advance OF tho grand army Of tho
Potomac in 1868, was taken sick, died and was
buried, the correspondent performing the last
sad rites over the remains of his dead comrada.
A volley was fired over tho grave and the soldier
was left to his long sleep. Time passed; tho
war ended the correspondent was honorably
discharged and he had forgotten in the rush
of events, his comrade sleeping by the Rapidan,
when the other day, in Hartford who should
appear before him but that dead and buried
soldier. IL is not strange that ho fol: u curious
sensation como over him; that no looked at
the figure before him without speaking; that
he stepped aside when the other advanced to
him with outstretchcd hand. The denoument
is thus given:
"Old chum, don't you know me?"
Said |. "Ycs do But what in the name Of
God are yoa doing here? helped to bury you,
once, in Virginia."
81 know that some one buried me, and al
ways thought you was ono OF them rs you
were always 80 kind to me! But you SEQ now, +,
sa,d he, Offering his hand to me, that am fcsh
al d b'col."
| shook hands with him, and he told mo that
he was in q trance when we buried him, and
that he was digging his way out, and had got
his head out, when the rebs came along ind
assisted him. They then sent him to Libby
Prison, where they kept him in durance for u
year. They then sent him to Georgia, where
he remained till the war was endcd-whcn no
was released.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-23

MARRIAGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES. marri-
age took paceat one of our fashionable church,
es one even last week in which considerable
difficulty was overcome. The minister was no.
titled to be in readiness ut precisely o'clock ;
the invitations sent as usual; but very i'm
portant item forgotten, viz, to inform the sex
ton OF what was to take place. The congrega-
ton assembled at the appointed hour, but
found instead Of brilliantly lighted and inyit-
ing church, Egyptian darkness prevailing, and
the doors strongly barred, with audience and
minister waiting upon the sidewalk. Within
five minutes of the appointed time the carriage
containing tho happy pair dashed upand was i'm.
mediutcy surrounded by sympathzing friends.
a messenger IN the meantime had gone for tho
sexton, and on arriyino at his residence, learn.
ed that le had gone out, carrying his keys In
his pocket. But tho groom, being brave sol
dier who had met danger on the field OF battle,
and had never learned the art Of retreat, was
determined to Eight it out on that line; :" M
by tho aid Of some keys procured, the outside
doors were made to yield, and by pushing u
little fellow through tue vcntilator, the inside
doors were unbarrcd, and by tho aid OF Luciier
the cdifce was speedily Illuminated, the wait.
lug people ushered in, and after about three
quarters Of an hours delay, the knot was tod.
While the ceremony was in progress the sexton
happened to be in the neishborhood, and sec.
ing tho church lights streaming out, doubtless
thought tho incendiary atwOrk, and came
rushing in with more than his accustomed
speed.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-23

20 In his speech at the Cooper Institute.
New York, on the 22d ult., Mr.. Seward illus
trated his idea Of the difference between Con-
gress and the President by the story Of tho
Nervous Man and the Man Of Nerve, which
the Secretary told cxcellently we'll. II very
happily illustrates the Secretary's idea; but the
misfortune is that his idea is nero fancy. IL
is but the rosy conceit Of Mr. Seward, that
"both the President and Congress have got the
Union restored, as they originally planned it
should be-" Instead OF that being now un
fat oocOmpH, it is the very matter in hand.
The difference between the President and
Congress reminds uS Of a story. A schooner
WIS ON her way up the Hudson river, and hud
reached point where tho navigation was din.
cult from the opposing current, the frequency
of shoals, and an occasional rock. While the
skipper, IN obstinate. dram-dripking old fellow.
stood at tho helm, his vigiant mate was on thu
lookout at the bow. Soon, the latter seeing n
rock just ahead, sang out: "Cap'n, down with
your helm, or you be on the rock" The
skipper, without moving his tllcr, roared
back "You look out for your end and III
take care of mine" The mate, who saw that
il the course was not altered, the vessel would
soon strike the rock, dropped anchor. Tho
boosy and willful skipper, hearing the rattle OF
the chain, and percciving that something had
happened, hailed the lookout: "llallO how's
your end now?" The mate, having saved tho
craft, quietly answered back: "My cnd's M.
chorod; hotg's your'n?-N. Bedford Mercury.
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BIDDEFORD, ME-, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH %, 1866.

The RAILROAD ENGINEER One Of our rail
road engineers, some years since, was running
an express train Of ten wcll.tlled cars. Ii was
in the night, and q very dark night too. llis
train was behind time, and he was putting the
engine to the utmost speed OF which 1t was ca
pable, In order to reach u certain point at a
proper hour. He was running on straight
and level track. and at this unusual velocity,
when q conviction struck him that be must
stop. "a something seemed to tell mo-" he
said, that to 20 ahead was dangerous, and that
must stop II would save life. Hooked back
ut my train and It was all right. | strained
my eyes and peered into the darkness and
could sec no signal Of danger NOR anything be
tokening danger, and there in the day time !
could have been FIVE miles. listened to the
working OF my engine, tried the water, looked
at the scales and oil was right. tried to
laugh myself out OF what then considered q
childish fear; but, like Banquo's ghost 1t
would not 70 down ut any bidding, but grew
stronger in its hold upon me. thought Of tho
ridicule would have heaped upon me II did
stop but 1t was Of no avail. The conviction
for by this time it had ripencd into convic-
tion-that muststop, grew stronger and ! re-.
solved to stop. I shut of, blew the whistle for
brakes accordingly. came to dead halt, ]
got offand went ahead little way without
saying anything toanybody what was the mat.
ter. had lamp in my hand, and had gone
about GO feet when saw what convinced me
that prcmonitions are sometimes possible. ]
dropped the lantern fr,m my nerveess grasp
and rat down on the track utterly unable to
stand. lie goes on to tell us that there he
found some one had drawn spike which had
long fastened switch rail, and opened switch
which had always been kept locked, which led
on to q track-only about one hundred and
fifty feet long-which terminated in a stone
quarry Here it was wide open, and had !
not obeyed my premonitory warning call 1t
what you will should have run into it at
the end Of tho track, only about ten rods long,
my heavy engine and train, moving ut the rate
of forty miles un hour, could have come into
collision with a solid wall Of rock eighteen feet
high The consequences, had done so, can
neither be imagined nor described, but they
could by no possibility have been otherwise
than fatally horrible. No one can here doubt
the fact of special interpostion of God by
which from calamity most terrific hundreds
Of lives were wonderfully spared. - Home
Monthly.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-23

VtEws or Mn. PHrRRs.-In speech in Bangor
on Friday Atty. Gen. Peters said that the point
In which the President and Congress appeared to
differ was. that whereas the President was salts
fll with the endorsement already given Of the
loyalty Of the South by their ratifying the con-
sti,utonal amendment abolishing slavery, Con-
gress desired another endorsement which should
guarantee the future rights OF the freedmen, and
also secure the nation against any attempt TO re-
pudiate the national debt. or assume any portion
Of the rebel debt. Mr. Peters said that so long
rs the President stood by the principles OF free
sustained, but II there should be q collision he
tween him and Congress upon these vital ques-
tions, the people Of the North, the party Of Free
dom. would stand By Congress TO the last man. n
sentiment which the audience endorsed by reiter-
atcd rounds of applause.
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NUMBER l3.
SPARE LINES.

Silence is tho safest response for all contra.
dicton arising FROM impertinencc, vulgarity or
envy.
Alta banquet this toast was given "Woman
without her, man is "a brute" The report.
or had itprinted "W Woman-without her man,
is brute"
Tho Boston Post says the difference between
an orator and a vender of auack medicines. IL
that one at night Is on the rostrum, and tbs
other Is right on tho nos.rum.
The idle should not be- classcd among tho liy.
ing; they arc sort Of dead men not ii, to bs
buried.
"You exhibit great deal Of vanity, msdsm,
in always telling what Others think OF you.''
alt certainly would be no vanity in you, i,r, 10
tell ~hai the tcOrld thinks Of you"
"Can you do all sorts Of castings here 2" said
solemn looking chap at the Iron Worhs the
other day. Yes, said Frank, preparing to take
his order; all sorts. Well, then, returned tho
solemn inquirer, ~ would like to have you
cast shadow" He was cast out.
One advantage Of the imitation appears in
the fact that some burgla who had broken in.
to q store the other night were unable to OBJ
tain the most valuable goods they were marked
so high
A young lady aiFnanced to an ardent youth
in Bridgeport refused to fix the happy day, and
her lover made up surprise party for her, got
up tableaux, and persuaded Miss Indeeisiou to
help him represent marriage. She did and
found the knot securely tied. She says now
that she is glad OF Ii.
The Sunday School is tho nursery of.your
future church andthe only gurantee you have
that 1t will havea future, or even continuous
and heslthful life in the present. For what is
that church worth that neglects the spiritual
instruction Of the yonus
A profound observer remarks: 81 have often
observed ut public entertainments, that, when
there is anything to be seen, everybody imme-
diately stands up and etiectually prevents any.
body from seeing anything
II industry is no more than a habit, il is at
least an excellent one. II you ask me which
is the real hereditary sin OF human nature, do
you imagine pride, or ambition or egotism!
No; shall say Incidence. Who conquers IN
dolencc will conquer all the rest. Indeed, all
good principles must stagnate without mental
activity.
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II 4 startling discovery s said to have been
crcdtably asccrtaincd that the military excite.
mcnt now going on in Canada is the result OF
direct special commands from tho Crown OF
Great Britain, for the purpose of diycrting the
attention OF the Fcnian Brotherhood from Ire
land as the grand objective point, and tn pre-.
ciptate Union Of the Provinces with Prince
Alfred on an American throne. The agents OF
England are now here laden with gold to carry
out the plans, hut they have been fooled by
the detective system OF Fcnian brotherhood,
which ramies society in this country, even to
the table Of Sir Frederick Brrccin Washington
and the Governor General of Canada.
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II Hon. Horace Maynard, in recent letter
to Union meeting in Tennessee, thus speaks
of the Southern press
"Undcr thin guise Of Aattering the Presi-
dent, they assail his friends, who have stood by
him all through the dark years Of conflict, and
villify those whom they call Radicals, meaning
all Union men who opposed their Infamous
course, and who are now unwilling that they
should again be restored to power over loyal
men. Their venom affords the strongest Of ar.
euments against admission to the seats OF your
Congressional representation. The remark ap.
niles, with few exceptions, to the entire South.
srn press. The ideas and principles of the re-
bcIlion are constantly instilled into the popu.
lar mind.