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

The New Hampshire courts have decid-
cd that man may make his will on Sun
day without danger to his lcgatccs.
The consul a, Queenstown. ireland. in
forms the State Department that cholera
prevailed in that part of the country oil
winter.
The Connecticut election took place on
All Fool, day, and not inappropriatcly.
either, since j, resulted rs fools would have
il.
johnson is now laying his plans for an
election to the Senate from Tennessee. II
is thought that with the vas, patronage a,
his command he will succeed.
The I.indell hotel at St. Louis. the larges,
In the country. was destroyed by fire last
week. Another will bc Immediately re-
built.
Congress adjourned on Saturday, but the
President convened tho Senate in extra
session to dispose Of executive aPpoini-
mcnis, and to net upon the proposed ces-
sion Of the Russian Possessions in America.
Tho Paris Exposition was opened on the
l-,. inst. The whole arrangement is said
to be quite unsatisfactory, not one tenth Of
the goods bcing opened AMI arranged.
The number Of Americans present were not
more than usual.
Il appears that the recent reported negro
riot in Charleston, =. e., arose from the
colored men insisting on their right to ride
in the horse cars, and the determination Of
the whites no, tn permit them. The affair
was an uni'nportan, Que, and nobody was
materially injured
The Republicans carried the Cincinnati
municipal election on Monday by abou,
1000. Columbus. Ohio. was carried by
the Democrats by 500 less majority than
last year. Circ'eville, in the same State,
went Union, which was a gain.
The Supreme Court Of New York has
decided that mn agreement to pay debt in
gold cannot bs enforced, though treating
gold rs a commodity, contract for its pur.
chase or sale is proper. Under the legal
tender net gold has ceased to be currency.
This is important
The Spraguc purchase ut Augusta, Maine,
was consummatcd on Saturday. A final
transfer OF the wntrr power and other
property has been made. The entire
amount paid FOR tho properly is about
S555, 900, ofwhich amount the city assumes
S.5o,O00, payable mostly in municipal
bonds running 90 years. 1t is expected
that the slcssrs. Spuguc will commence
operations Immediately.
Mrs. SWEET, tho Kcnncbunk prisoner,
was received at the State Prison last Satur-
day. She is placed with two other women
-onc sentenced to be hung for murder; the
other for horse stealing. Mrs. SWEET de-
ciared to the Deputy Warden that she
couli not and should not put up with such
accommodations and living. She had never
been used to il.
Tho darkey stands very good chance
down s,uth to get his rights. The cx-rcb-
els arc cultvatiny his acquaintance with
the utmo.t nssidui'y, and lionizing him to
a wonderful d'yrce, asserting thai they are
his hes, friends. Perhaps they may sue
coed in woolipg him into that belief, Us they
have whipped in the Irish at tho North; but
such result will only prove what they
have always asserted and still Assert, that
the negro is incapable Of sclcgovcrnmcnt.
The Memphis Bulletin says that In the
pine woods Of Mississippi and Alabama
thero arc hundreds and thousands Of
active, s,alwart young white laborers, who
are wasting their time in utter aud entire
idleness, because they are too proud or too
laz, to work. Many Of tho families to
which these young vasabonis belong nro
in starving condition, some cf them be.
ing the actual recipients Of charity from
the frcelmen's Bureau.
The net which takes away the right 10
bcstow the publication Of the laws and
other government advertising from the
Secretary Of State and gives il to tho Clerk
Of the House also authorizes the newspa-
pers thus selected in the seeded States to
publish the acts passed by tho 39th Con.
rrrss This patronage will insure the cs
Enlistment Of Republican journals in ev'
cry southern State.
A mas meeting Of tn ci,zens Of Savan-
nah, Ga, was held there, April Isl. A
large major ~ oI those present were colored
men. Addresses were made by ex.Gov-
ernor Jvhnson, Col,nel Stone, Dr.. J. j.
wnr;ne, Colonel %. 3. Fi,x, and several
others. Resolutions were adopted recognis.
ing Congress rs u supreme Legislative pow
er, pledeing themselves to stand shoulder
to shoulder in the reorganization Of the
State Government and maintaining national
unity. recognizing the importance Of the
education Of the whole people, declaring
their purpose to labor earnestly for the ed
uca,ion Of every citizen, and requesting the
Military Commander or the District to order