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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26
DUB RUSSIAN POSSESSIONS.


Our facetious contcmpoy, the CONNER.
cial Bulletin has dissertation upon the al
yantages growing out Of onr suddenly nc.
quired Russian territory. In this wise:
1t is an.ice country.
The following gentlemen nre already
talked Of there US representatives 10 Con-
grcss: John Frost, Esq. A. v. Snow, ]. >.
Berg, and Ivan Smilliski. ~.
The country has always been celebrated
for its iilrs; well known ngricult'irist as
sers that fir trees may be seen growing
there in the open plains IN the Summer
months. Congress is now dcliberat'ng up
ON the subject Of sending such resolutions
rs have to be referred to this region, Tor
that purpose, us it would be a great saving
Of expense.
The fisheries cannot be to highly appre.
ciated; indeed, Secretary Seward made
.prctty kettle OF fish" in buying the territory.
There nre some species Of fish that have
not yet been mentioned, the snoc s-mth
there in Summer, aud the species Of 'suck-
ers" that will soon manifest their presence,
now that the United States has its lines
round the coast.
Trade is also good; the former possessors
did r1lshin' business.
The election returns will always come in
promptly, the inhabitants live SO near to ono
of the poles.
The climate Is delightfully."- mild, for Il is
rcported that tho Governor and his stall
wears no(w) shoes in traycrsing the terri
tory.
Since the ratification Of the treaty, stoves
have gone up; and, as il was reported Tint
hardware generally would become good
property, many politicians have had hopes
of their consciences, which are noted for
har,l wear.
Il is thought that q standing army will have
to BIO maintained there, as the Russians re-
port staying among the natives all the year
round. The army will DO uniformed in
frieze.
ESQ. Maux, a justice of the piece in some
Of the extreme upper counties, has petition.
ed for them to be set off rs new State, to
be entitled L. s. place Of the seal.)
An investigating committee from Con.
gress will start Immediately to ascertain II
| Il Is the place of the "green SEAL" Us II is
reported that water is SO scarce, the people
find rain.dedr there.
Notwithstanding but few heated argrl
mcnis among the people, great GOODNESS
often prevails in this country between
friends, the principle point Of difference be-
ing the freezing point.
Travellers represent the past season in
the territory rs very gay; the principal balls
of the season, snow balls, were round OF
enjoyment to the projectors. and the &c.
knowledged hits Of The season by those who
came in contact with them. The upper
provinces play their cards well, and sold
sle,lgo" is popular.
Tie great seal Of tho territory will he fur.
nishcd a, any time by the inhabitants, who
have seals enough Of all sizes for any Pur'
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rThc Washington Chronicle says tn

VThc Washington Chronicle says tho
result of the "breyct rebellion" inaugu.
rnicd by Mississippi and Georgia, has been
peculiarly unfortunate in realizing moro
from the Supreme Court than was askcl
for. II says:
The decision on the motion to flc tho
Mississippi bill covers broadly this point,
viz that il is the legal and obligatory duty
Of the President TO execute law, no mat.
ter whether no thinks Il constitutional ar
not, and that the fact of its constitutiona,iiy
can only he settled in one way-nnd that u,
by legitimate judicial proceedings on cases
arising under the execution of the law H..
SELF. The attempt Of tho rear guard law
ycrs to achieve in court room what Gen.
Leo could not succeed in doing on tho
field has rccoilcd most disastrously."
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26
A R,cuxosp PARE. ON Nosrusay A

A RICHMOND PAPER ON NoRrHERy Al
LANCE. The hints from Richmond that
arrangements were making there for dali
~ Republican paper seem to have some
confirmation in the leading editorial article
OF the Richrnand Wing, the concluding
paragraph of which is US follows:
In connection with tho subject Of resto'
ration or reconstruction this question comes
up how far shall we consider and act with
or against Northern partieS This Is
grave qucs Ion, bu, we think il II easily
answered. As We long since said. our tr'i.
policy is TO avoid entanglng a lanes with
Northern parties, To avoid engaging in led
er,l do tics. II unsvoi' able, IL We find 10
nee, ssary 10 enter the field aud to ally our
selves with any Northern party let us net
s.nSilly not pas. ionaicly. We must give
up sentimental politics and become. rs all
other people have beco'nc, converts to tho
utilities. ~ to the matt ot principle, one
party IL no more to he trusted than another.
The De,nocraiic party quite won our con-
tiLence by its lair sentiments and promises,
aud much good we rot by them.
The Republican PARTY never deceived W..
because il never promised us anything uI,-
Ill now. II promises us now restoration il
we comply with the requirements ofihe mil
i,ary law. This party could, Tor il has the
power, give us sell 80" emment and admit
n. into the Union, and, rs We havs said. il
is under q pledge to do 80. The Democrat.
ic pary would, We believe, do the same Il
il had the power, but il has not. five ally
ourselves with the latter in the opening
cou,cs, We shall find ourselves IN hopeless
conflict with the Republican party, the Is
snc Of which will be our permanent disiran
cbisemeut, confscaiion. and the CREATION o
n State government Of the most siringen
character by those known rs ioyaiists
When We find ourselves forced to choose
ma very soon we may, between veal
Northern party that can do nothing Tor itsel
or us, and strong party that dominate
over every department ut the Government
being, in fact, the Government, and which
can, accordingly rs We oct and It chooses
M, ,,s up or tIanbic Us down, we shoul'
,isem ourselves unfortunate in being -
committed TO aud Identified with their an
t,ropi.,s as to he unable to consult the sug
rc-,ions of expedieDcy and self'prcser,o
ron, A. our object IL restoration. we pro
ro.. TO pursue thai policy which will mos
.tI.s,uaIly aceomplish il, without regard :
marty Ms.eedents and political creeds. w
s.nll feel in doing this We are best servin
Virginia. & tt
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26

Az INDIA RuRBER ToSauE.-A write
from Paris speaks of meeting a Parisian
coaclIman to whom misfortune had given a
curious celebrity. Some time since eau.
Ger in his tongue rendered ampn'ntion nec'
essary. This operation was performer by
the surgeon Of the Hotel Dicu, who shortly
afterwards replaced the lost tongue by one
Of india rubber. Although he cannot
speak, he tastes, swallows, and smokes his
pipc will, apparent enjoyment Aiser eat
Ing he takes out his tongue-as one takes
out a Get oftce,h-to clean Il; and between
his rcpas,s he generally finds J, moro con.
ycnicn, to carry il in his pockst-.N Il
Posi-.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26
EnsEzzLEaEyr AND SUICIDE. A dis
match from New York. Wednesday, says

John Quick, Of Oxford township, N. j. a
prominent Candidate in the last Democratic
Convention for Sheriff, on Monday Of lat
week absconded, after procuring large s,in >
of money and dcirauding many 'lnaispec'.
ing citizens. lie procured several lhousnn
dollars from the Washington and Bcl,'der'
Banks under the endorsement Of his father.
and various sums from other individuals oi
from fiiiy To one hui'ired dollars enrlI'
The aggregate deficiency Is over S3o'V".
ile has sloped to parts unknown, leaving
il is said, his family in destitute rIrc'''r.
stances. This sudden nni uncapec'el
event proved too much for bis father "
hear. iIc was tho owner OF q faH'l, nni
living in comfortable circumstances, beng
worth some $4,000. lie had endorsed i"r
his son il Is supposed to nil him IN some OF
his specuIaiions, and the news Of his sons
rnscnlity and clopcment completely over
came him. On Monday last various wriis
were sevcd on him for The payment OF notes
he had endorsed. At night he retired NJ
usual, hat 10 the morning was found 10 his
barn, having committed suicide by hanging.
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carried in the same manner, because Il
probably con,ains the largest portion Of ne.
croes who can he influenced by their old
masters. The Radicals will carry the 9th.
or States if the negro vote Is registered and
pollcd. On that everything depends, II
my estimate is correct, the South will be
nearly equally divided. 1t Is a curious
speculation. aud the result will DO interest
ing in whatever why decided.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26

SisouLAR CASE. The Oxford Democrat
tell. the following story Of man who lives
in Turner, this State:
Samuel d. Wing. aged about 30, soliier.
has wounded In the battle Of SPOTS, ltan'a:
His right arm was raised ut the moment, AMI
the ball entered near the elbow. passed up and
entered the right lung, where II lodged. Ten
months aftsr, he coughed up . piece OF bis
blouse I inch By l 10 si.s. and piece OF the
lining II by I inches. Two years and nine
months sissr, he raised . piece Of bone by !
inch, Q piece Of shirt II BY I and . piece 81
blouse inch by u. lie can feel the bali some
timss 10 the lung now. he has not been Able
70 20 from his room since the wound until ~.
Gently. but 10 now improving In health and
| gaining strength.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26

IN immense n,sss meeting Of the citizens
Of Dsrisn comfy, Georgia. was recently
held, ct which patriotic resolutions sustain-
ing Congress were adopted. and harmony
between both races were advocated.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26

A blacksmith In Sherman, Maine. 10
obliged to advertise that he cannot possibly
do the work Of an adjoining town because
his home customers arc 20 numerous. This
blacksmith In the only mechanic we know
OF who can afford TO "strike."
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26

The VorE or THE SoUrH IN THE NEXT
PRESIDENTIAL ELEcrroS.-''A Veteran Oh
server" in the New York Times (who was
sufficiently sagacious to sustain Congress
when the Times, editorially, sustained the
Presidency goes into an interesting cnlcu-
lation with respect to the probable division
of political parties in the South, with the
new element Of the negro vote. The writ.
er says:
In my opinion the conversion Of negroes
to The conservatives will he equal to the
conversion of the whites to the radicals
perhaps. not rs much. There will be some
division, but not great deal. The meet.
ings held in Tennessee, in Georgia AMI Viz.
ginIa, show that only small number OF
negroes will 20 with the conservatives. j,
Is desirable that some Of them should 20
against the main body, in order not to pro.
duce q division by races So also there
will be much larger body of radical
whites than 10 commonly supposed. Let
MS then look into the probable political di.
vision of voters in the South. In the cleo
ton af 1860, the total vote of the C0nled.
ernte States Exclusive Of Tenncsee) was
7l4,000.
OF this number Virginia and Georgia
gave onc.third. The negro population OF
those States was about 3,2O0,00O. SO tar,
as the war affected the numbers Of men,
The proportion was greatest among the
whites. The stories told ut the close oil
the war, of great negro destruction were
Congregations Tho negro population Of
the Confederate States is at least rs great
as when the war began. They arc a pro-
life people. and are increasing. As there
il no properly qualification on their votes
they will &c they choose) vote in the nat''.
raj proportion Of men. They will give
$50, 900 votes. The total vote of the Con.
fsderaie States. if polled, will br ,9GO 900
One fifth the whites will vote the Radical
ticket, and il is possible, though not prola
BILE, that one.ffh the blacks will vo,o the
Conservative. With this generalization We
have the aggregate vote oftlic Confederate
L Cs.so. c,tlnxvs.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26
The Senate adjourned on Saturday.

=
On the first page we give a biographical
notice Of ex.Mayor Shaw which, like truth,
+ carries with 1t its own conviction.
The Eastern II r. have put on four more
new and elegant passenger cars on the
through route to Portland.
Mills, the Franconia murderer, has es-
capped from jail. lIc has since been cap
tured.
Taunton. Mass has voted to surrender
its city charter if the Legislature is willing,
by vote Of 755 to 03i.
The Richmond Dispatch notices an in
crensing disposition on the pprt Of north
em capitalists to invest in Virginia lands.
In Livermore is a shoe peg factory which
uses a coni of white birch day, turning
out COCO quarts Of pegs.
In the application Of Mississippi, the court
have decided that IN application to restrain
the President from performing ministerial
du,y cannot be maintained, and leave to file
tho hill WINS denied.
| A cotton warehouse ut Savannah. con-
timing over 500 bales of cotton, was burn.
ed Saturday night. A dwelling house ad.
Joining was also DESTROYED. Loss $40, 900.
Three firemen were injured.
IT,. oh,o uo,.. =, REPRESENTATIVES,. be.
e,,. ,d;ourmen,. refused TO take up and
,o,s the seno,e amendments to the eight
hour bill, and Il therefore failed to become
law.
Tho uod dor excitement has broken OIL,
ofre.b in Chicago. n rabid animal having
h;,,c, n. mony es four bows on Tuesday. A
wor of determination is pursued against the
canine rncc.
T. :. ,bo,,cbt nv business men that tho
p,,,Lu,,, Az, ,v;lI nrove bcneficiol 10 trade
hv ros,or;,v monv 70 nc,iyc business life
,.ho Lave hoo, obI;ccd IN cover no their
,r,rs,c,;o,. Tins cbeckinu TINT shirt of
o,,.r,r;se which. ,bourh Il brought misfor.
e"'e'p'''' ".", ,o"s"
'""e' T. 'oo '"'""''' '" ~ '
APar's letter to the lineage hep"0"'a"
says Head Centre stephens Is "''ng eo"',
i"rao'y 'h '"a' Guy WI" ''' ""o WV.
yct Inns money TO nay for long rides in
,'' w -. 80, ,;.;,. - ,hs Emo.
"."'' a' ~
'''" ''"'
Thomas Doherty' an ir'shlnan' IS "hner
arrest In Gloucester Mass ior ki'l'ng ms
own son, child three years OLD. poherty
is of ungovernnble temper. AMI while beat
ing the child its mother 'nteriered' wh'ch
so cnraged nm tliat no dashea inc ch''u
hend against '''e oc"s'o"u' N'"''S " ''''"''
".
Parties in the South nre fast assuming
definite status The Union men both black
and white arc everywhere known NJ Re-
publicans; those who believe in Johnson
STYLE themselves National Reconstruction
lists, while tho frc.caters, rebels and poor
white trash, arc as they always were,
"Dcmocrats."
It is now proposed to Use petroleum rs
fuel for steamers &C., instead of coal, and a
pn,en, has been taken ont TO burn this oil
and n stock company is formed for in,roduc.
;pc the ,ne,hod. Il has been tried in the
navy and n board Of engineers have report.
cd f,voroblv upon Il. Il il claimed 200 tons
IF ,c,roleum will do the work of 1000 tons
Of anthracite coal.
u.,,,,,,,, =, Calhoun, :, Cord,p
60, ~, .,.,,. tho, ho ro.omlv sow in
-. ,,.v so,or,v 6vo xomsn IN Tim, placc.
,ome Of whom had walked ten miles in
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$4,000
10000
$4,000
100000
100000
R0AnAn
Conservative whites
Conservative negroes
Conservative vote
Radical whites
Radical blacks
$4,000
Radical vote

As Virginia. Arkansas and Georgia con-
tain tho largest portion Of the. white vote,
II IL probable they will be carried by tho
| Conservatives; South Carolina may be
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26


cee,ling from human being. She at last
succeeded In getting within about twenty
rods Of her home, when she fell from ex'
haustion, and was found dead on Sunday
morning.
One of the Presidents private sccrta.
rics states publicly that Mr.. Adams las
been instructed to decline the proposition
made ly the British Government few
days since for an adjustment Of The Alal'a.
ma claims. This leaves that question
where il was originally, without any prop.
osition from either party pending. 1t il
not improbable that the British Govern.
ment may next propose to relinquish Brit.
ish Columbia as nm offset for these claims,
hat there has been no proposition from our
Government, neither have any negotiation,
taken place on this subj ect.
Il II related that after the grent success o
aThc Ideas Of Madame hubray," the latest
play Of the younger Dumas, NJ. Dumas
pare. wrote to his son a. follows
Sra: Your writings ap charming.
should like to write something conjointly
with you. refer to my published works,
"Monte Cristo," "I.cs Trois Mons queta.
ircs"a Yingt.sns-apres," &c- Tor my testi'
monials, and am,
st % ALxxAsprR Dunus.
To this tho author OF "Les Danes aul
Cancliss" replied Is follow.
Sns Ill had not read your works, the
very high opinion which my father has Of
you would have forced me to accept YOU
proposal: am, also,
ALEXANDRA DunAs.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26

North"
A riot occurred among the workmen in
the Silver Bend Mining Company at BEL
mont, Nevada, on the 18th inst. The mob
rode Mr.. Garfield, The agent Of the cnlnpa-
ny, on n rail, and committed other outrag'
es. A shooting nfIrny also occurred during
the riot, in which twenty men were killed.
Mr.. Garfield escaped unhurt
Gov. Jenkins Of Georgia advises his peo-
pie to do nothing in the plan Of rsconstruc'
,ion, but wait for better times. Mr.. Jen.
kius evidently does not ask himself the
question what condition such do-nothing
cattle will be in who witt for pastures to
grow feed to enable them to resist the in.
eyitablc DEGREES Of fate. Already the heart:
Of our people are warming towards those
men, who although they fought us SO cruel.
" to themselves and US, now SEQ their er'
TOR and arc trying to relieve the past by nc
cep,ins the ciiuation which they must nc
ccpt This fact, for we assume il to DO fact
arises from seeming readiness on the par
o, some lending men ID tho South to ac'
hereafter with the men Of progressive hea'
who, against their forces, have saved the
country, and whose craftsmanship the re
suits OF years have proved. But such ,
dawn Of fraternity appcarc,h not becaus.
We particularly need their political aid, q.
truly acceptable as il would be; but becaus,
Iit gives us confidence In their political fo,
sight, and gives evidence that, IL they car
zee Car enough to well direct their own in
dividual interests, they may be entrusted
with greater, il no, higher, responsibilities
thereafter.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26

ALEXANDRA DuNAs.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-06
COLUMBUS, O.. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER g 1857 Z

i Mr. EDWARD Parsons, Just returned
from Montana, tells the editor of the
Lea auenworM COMMERCIAL marvellous
story. Last July himself and four
companions, while exploring the head.
waters of the Yellowstone, came ,ulpo upon
al Indian mound, surmounted by a huge
stone Dislodging this stone and sew
eral others, they found themselves in an
Indian catacomb, containing the skele-
tons of thirty warriors. Lying beside
the bones werej numerous ornaments,
among them many twisted circles of
gold. Some of these were Of unusual tnlu il,
size, weighing one and a half to two
pounds. What chiefly attracted atten-
tion was massive basin or kettle that
occupied the center of the apartment
This massive article proved to be pure
gold. and was so heavy that the party
hal erelt difficulty in removing it from
its resting place and bringing it into the
upper air. The adventurers were ena-
bled. by means of their axes, to sever
the mass into portable pieces, .ladened
with which the party turned their steps
homeward, having themselves. to walk
the gr5attr part of the way, to give re-
lief to their burdened animals. The
whole amount of geld was brought to
Helena, and Mr.. Edward Parsons cal
culated that his share of the treasure
amounted to about $21 900, the whole
bulk being at least 100000 in value.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-06
: A Man Buried in n Well for Twen.
E.-~sr.sry ty.Ihree HIolIss. T=-s-

'Ihe well of Mr.. Calvin Shepard, Q
this city, having caved in near the bot
tom, he engaged a colored man namet
George Jourdan to repair it. Abou
three o'clock yesterday afternoon Will,
Jourdan was engaged at his work, HI
tloosened stone, which, it seems, helt
1up the wall on the east side of the well
which at once commenced .caying il
1 from the bottom Seeing his danger
Jourdan jumped astride of the bucket
and shouted to the men above to haul
him up. E They commenced working
with will, but before they had raised
the bucket many feet the wall and dirt
from above fell upon the colored man,
burying him to the depth Of twenty-five
or thirty feet. Men at once commenced
work to remove the earth and stones,
but not much headway was made until
after dark, when Mr.. Orrin Gleason, a
weil-digger. with curbing and two or
three assistants to relieve him, made
their appearance. The work was slow,
but toward midnight they arrived at a
point where they could hear Jourdan's s
voice calling for help. He was asked if
he was hurt, to which he replied that he
was all right, but dreadfully tired of
holding up,so much dirt. He was told
to keep up good spirits and they would
socn have him out !; but the work was
very slow, only one man at time being
able to dig in the narrow space. ,.+---5. :
Thus the labor went slowly on through
the entire night, Jourdan begging the
men to work hard and relieve him from
his terrible position. Soon after seven
O'Clock this morning Mr.. Gleason had
got down SO far that the head of the man
could be seem, and in his anxiety to re-
move the earth had neglected to stay the
sides Of the well with his curbing, when
fresh quantity of earth caved III to, tile
depth of two or three feet. This mishap
seemed to discourage all parties, espe-
icially the men who had worked so hard
through the fourteen long hours of the
night; and completely exhausted, they
LETT the unfortunate man in this condi-
ton and went home to, rest. - At once
another call was made for bold man to
volunteer his services The circum-
stances coming to the ears of Mr.. Alf
Negus, a carpenter, he at once went to
the spot, and the first thing he did was to
make a7heie Eto Jourdan's head and fit
box above it, resting the box upon the
earth near his shoulders, so that he could
have air, Next he stay -lathed the curb,
ing already put in, and added to it sew
eral lengths, then began digging in a
systematic manner, as though he had
done MT ling but rescue men from peril
all his life. Soon the earth began to set
tie before his well directed efforts; the
negro's head appeared. then his. hands,
which he had thrown up to protect his
face and eyes when theJd dirt and stones
began to fall, next his shoulders, until
finally at about 2:15 this afternoon, af-
ter twenty-three and half hours burial,
Mr.. Jourdan was restored to@the upper
world, saved man. He was somewhat |
benumbed, but with the aid of two men
he walked into the house, where medical
aidwas at hand.-BingAampton Repudli-
can, 18th mlt.