The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-05

OF New Hampshire hal great CAUSE LUZ Joy
but the Nutmeg State furnishes Crater.
i A Justice in Ohio solernniaed tho mar,
riagc of John Filter and Tilda Jane Soph.
roney Phillomela Merida Mas,in Anderson
Smith! --.--.-
A dispatch from Hartford, Connecticut
states that returns from all but few small
towns indicate 700 majority for English
The Republicans arc sure Of both bnnche.
of,he Legislature.
General Grant was urged to become
President of the National Temperance
Society. lie said he was in full sympathy
with the cause, but "did not think he was
the man for it,
A dispatch hns Just been received In New
York from Governor Throckmonon Of
Texas, to the effect that his State would
Immediately rcorganizc under the Recon.
siruction Act
The Eastern Railroad is running opposi-
ton to the Boston & Maine, from Boston
TO Lawrence via Salem, five tickets for
three dollars.-Whercvc the two roads
can touch the same place tho opposition is
seen.
Gen. Sawyer, who is charged with the
administration Of the military bill in Alaha.
ma, says literal compliance with the civil
rights bill will be cxnctcd, and payments
for services rendered the State during the
war are forbidden.
A subterrancan city has been discovered
in Turkis,an. in Central Asia. tits fgreat
extent, and seems to have been originally
built on the Lake Avcl, but by the rcceding
Of the water is now at some distance from
its shores, and in the course Of time has
been covered up by sand and nlluvinl dc.
posits.
The Governor has appointed Hon. John
d. Brown of Portland, Samuel F. Dixie,
Fsq.. Of Bath, and Hon. Lyndon Oak, Of
Garland. Trustees Of State College Of Ag-
riculiure and Mechanic Arts. Hon. Mar
shall Cram Of brunswick and Deodat Bras
tow, Esq, Of Brewer, have l'een appointed
guardians Of INDECENT orphans Of soldiers, in
conformity with q resolve Of last Legsla.
tuc.
The rebel General Joseph f. Johnston
says the victory Of Bull Run was regarded
by the confederate troops as having decid.
ed the question Of Southern independence,
and ending the war, and thousands of them
left the ar,ny AMI went home. Tile Union
army. no says. was "lcss ,lisorganizcd by
defeat than the Confederate army by its
triumph"
All Fools Day has its advantages. A
gentleman IN Portland lost an envelope on
the street, containing three hundred dollars,
on Monday last. Several people passing
kicked Il and poked il, but no one lifted il
until hoy came along, took il up nnd de.
velopcd its contents, which were returned
to the owner.
The Journal says that most Of the mule
spinners in the cotton mills at Lewiston
declined on the LIST inst, to work over ten
hours day. aud the agents have received
or,lers to run eleven hours rs usual or shut
down the mills. In Lawrence md Man
chester the spinners have concluded not
to strike. and the Journal is persuaded that
a strike, especially now when there is such
surplus Of manufactured goods in the
market and when the owners Of mills are
not very DESTROYS Of running, will result
only in stopping all the looms for several
months.
A dispatch from Concord, ". u in ref.
erence to the special election for mayor on
Tuesday, says, "rhe candidates were The
present incumbent, lion, John Abbott, Re-
publican, Chas. II. Proctor, q respectable
colorcd barber, for u Citizens Reform tick
ct. and DR.. Goodwin, the temperance nom.
ince. Returns have been received from oil
the wards but Baskerville. which gave ABB
bo,t 55l, Proctor 345, Goodwin W, untl
scattering ~. At three o'clock II was re-.
ported that Proctor had the lead, which
caused considerable excitement. Tho Abb
hot, men Immediately rallied, and the cleo
ton Of their candidate was made sure
Proctor's vote came mainly from the Dem
ocrnis. 'r.s .. -'.
The Lewiston journal is informed by n
gentleman from the town Of Milan that n
man made on assault, with intent to kill,
upon two Frcnchmen, OH tho 18th inst, In
that town. The assassin succeeded IN
wonnding one Of them frightfully IN the
head with an axe. The other proved too
much for him, and succeeded in making
his escape, when the assailant man
known by the namo Of Jack l.erry, fled to
the woods. Money wns his design, It ia
supposed, though both Of the assaulted
men had but $50 about them. ..s off,.
The Connecticut election on Monday ro-
suited in the choice Of James +. English
for Governor over the present Republican
Governor, Gen. J. w. ilawley, by about
700 majority, and the election OF copper.
heads to Congress from the lst, 3D., and
4,h districts. Barnum Is elected, but it's
the wrong one-wm. H., and not =. I.
The legislature is largely Republican which
is about the only thin & left us. Our loss is
Governor and three congressman, and
those We could nfforl to lose half dozen
times over, rnther than the breaking Of our
lines by the rebel enemy, and n. their re-
duccd state Of health, giving our northern