The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-08-23
GENERALLY NEWS ITEMS.

~ "NcbNsShoH ol'SN""' W. 49, 7 a :
sdminiaration Of tho War Department Is
creating establishment by his rigid economy
and dismissal Of superfIuous officers. lie
has already saved millions OF dollars.
81, The Turkish Admiral recently foreibly
took 4 despatch from d servant Of the U. g.
Minister Resilient. Edward Joy Morris 1t
Is reponed that Mr.. Morris has since laid
The case before the Turkish Government
and demanded redress Tor tho outrage.
The reply Of the Sublime Porto has not
trsnspired. nin ..., rr1ml. .0er. -,
10 Il Is stated that Gov. Brownlow an.
nounees ,ha, lie u now III isvor Of q gcncr.
al amnesiy to rebel offenders, and rcstora-
,ion OF their political franchises. ~ 20 ,r"%
The Augusta (Ga Sentinel nouns over
the daily Increasing evidences that the Re-
publican pony Is building up thorough
and compact organization In Georgia.
I'd General Wager swaine has returned
from Alabama, and reports tho Republican
organization there very strong, The con-
seryaiiyes- have called a convention, but
having no unity Of purpose il Is not expect.
ed that they viii be able to make any oppo-
sition that will be seriously felt . ar
ny. The Montgomery. lAla.) Sentinel says:
every man Of two thimbles full Of com
mon sense knows we'll the Republicans Of
Alabama will elect eighty out Of the one
hundred delegates to the Constitutional
State Convention, as certain as the election
Is held ..f,...r .,srr. --r. ..r..... ET
A Virginia apoetessr says that before they
can humble Virginia., just as well may
they try to snlly the stars Of Heavens bat
Elements high when they crimble to moth
ing, Virginia shall shine eternal, immtliable.
glorious, divine ~ "Sic Semper Tyrannis!
e Pluribus Unum Hurrah!" suggests the
N. Y. Gazette. ..., IN -. r-
Gen. Sheridan Is the youngest man ever
prominently mentioned for tho Presidency.
He is only year older than the constitu.
tional requirement.. .' ...r.'
The Capital Is in state Of great excite.
ment, tho rebels, taking heart from the atti.
tude Of the President, being more defiant
than at any time since the war began.
A New York paper printed letter pune.
ttiated Just as Il was written. The result
was pointed-and well pointed-protest
from the writer, In which he says he "al.
ways leaves that for the printers"
The Davenport brothers have rival in a
new wizard who has made his appearance
in England. He not only shuts himself up
In box, but gets out without opening the
door. ...
Ono Of the griefs OF divorce seeking
husband in Chicago was that his wife struck
him with the carving knife and with the
stove handle.
The California Independent Union Com.
mittee have nominated Caleb l. Fay, a
merchant Of San Francisco, for Governor,
aud B. r. Nickerson, Secretary Of State.
in North Carolina, many parties refuse
to pay the State tax on the ground that the
State government is not in practical exist
ence, aud believing that the sheriff will not
be allowed to distrain for the non-payment
Of taxes.
A society is being formed in Cuba to
promote the immigration Of white laborers
from Spain. ID .-....... ......
Mr.. Johnson has become so bad that even
Mr.. McCulloch has quarrelled with him.
Secretary Stanton was the first public
man to take johnson by the hand to save
him from utter disgrace after his humilia.
ting ,iebasement when he took the oath as
Vice President
Il is stated that the Cabinet do not SYM
pathize with the President in his attack on
the Secretary of War, and that at It's meet.
ing on Friday the question Of the resigna.
ton of President Johnson was brought up
and urged on the ground that his successor,
Mr.. Wade would be 30 ultra us to kill his
own party.
Mrs. Sarah Davis, Of Fairfax, VT, recent.
ly arrested on suspicion Of having caused
the death Of her s,ep-child, has been held
for trial for mnnslaughtcr. Her husband is
believed to be guilty also. ~,
In running to catch "fy bali in base
ball game at Osagc, in Mitchell county,
Iowa, a few days ago, two players came in
had jaw broken and was knocked down
insensible, and was ''crazy for twenty.four
hours thereafter" while the other had his
face bruised and the bones Of his nose
broken.
A special Chicago despatch says Robert
8. Gilmore, Postmaster Of Chicago, has
probably been drowned. Just before dark
on Friday afternoon he went out on the
lake in his boat. Soon after storm came
up, and since that time he has not been
seen or heard from. Saturday morning
his boat was found some distance from
where he started shattered to pieces, but no
traces Of its occupant were discovered.
Parties are searching for tho body.
A member Of the London press WINS the
only available man In England who could
address the Sultan in his native language.
The richest man In New Hampshire is
Isaac spaulding, whose weekly income is
$1,000. .... ......... ........
All the parishes Of Louisiana but six
have majorities Of colored voters. Should
the colored men act in concert, they could
convert the State into Black Republic,
when Black Republicans would no longer
be 6gurative expression. That would be
a prosper finale to Loulsiana's mean con-
duct In seeding. ''
A Mr. Harris, Of Kingston, Wis, crushed
some potato bugs in his hands, and subsc.
qucntly picked some strawberries md ate
them. During the following night be was
suddenly attacked with violent pains,
throwing him into commissions, when for a
time life was despaired Of. The physici-
ans decided that il was Tho effects OF tho
potato bug. Another, after handling bugs