The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-09-20
LooAL 8 COUNTY IsrELLIeENCE.

kxECrfON hkfChNS-kne caco De"oefus
processes To have returns from all the towns
in the county giving the following result Coo
srnor, Chassberlain. eco. .Pa!sssry, 6,2o2 ;
Ssnsiors. Smith, 6,oss. Goodwin, CIV. Nc
Arthur. %. is2. Morrow. Q. IN. Burbsnk. 6.2sa,
Neal. gas Clerk Of CosSn. Allen, 6,a3.
Pllrseld, 6.2sd; Attorney. Kimbsll, o.os9.
Aver. 69is; 1Ssa..rsr. Littiedsld. 62os. Lsav-
lit, CTS; Cennissioasr, Mildrsm. o229'
Parker, 6263 Rssistsr Of Deeds. bryant.
s2l6, Tripp, 62s5. The above Is unreliable
save 10 Approximate the result. Is it gives no
scattering votes The scattering votes in saeo
numbered S., and in BiddsfSrd, IL. and prob
ably there we're 1t least 100 In the county, and
rs . majority b necessary to elect, u Is
more than probable that there Is no choice %
Ut leas. tso senator's. which val throu the cleo
ton Of those two Into the Legislature, TO be
selected ftom the -four highest candidates. p.
S-Sinee writing the above We have received q
s.mi-ofhcial report from the secretaiy's Office
Mt Augusta. OF tho votes in this county With
Cornish and Hollis not petnrnsd- Acton and
Ksansbunk DO not retaru The 'vhole number
of votes return necessary in order to as
certain msiority. Baxton returns jos votes
thrown for Benjamin Leavitt, county attorney
Three votes for senators more thsn me sno'e
number are ON the list from Eliot. keane-
Lunkport return, 1925. and Shapleigh. $50, IS
the whole number Of ballots In those towns
They mus, be proud Of their Intelligent Town
Clerks! Lebanon does not return any votes
for county aitorsey. Scattering votes for sena-
tors sppsar-ii In Btddeford, 1 In Buxton, lain
Kennebsnk. 1 each In Limington and Limerick.
- In Sseo, and o in Wells The election re-
turns are so mired that nothing but the ofbeial
coun, can decide ~ to the senators The re-
raainder Of the eoppery ticket Is without doubt
elected. the false return from Baxion being
doubtless O clerical errvr and capable OF being
amended The official vote can not be aseer-
taisel u.til thirty days atsr the election IL
the Governor and Council decide from the re-
turns STAT TO them two separate returns are
made) that . majority Of the whole number OF
votes can be asoertained from their paper, then
VIC think ii vail appear that Goodwin, burbank
aad Morrow are elected. Dot there Is positive
Is no way ~ aseertaining the number of votes
except BY counting the individual ballots. and
II that record "a not properly male. the vote
must be thrown out The votes frow kittery
are returned for H,mdon Fairasld. but this Is
doubtless clerical error. We would suggest
that neither Of the candidates for senator should
engage rooms at Augusta for the present.
LArkR.-A special dispatch frUm Augusta yes
terdsy to this Office, says. that amended returns
Of the {" whole number Of votes" cast In this
county, increases the number necessary foe q
majority, which decidedly strengthens the
opinion given above that there Is no election OF
senator's
"a episode" has occurred In New6eld. Last
Spring the Methodists and Free Baptists got
into some difficulty about their Injecting
house and finally the latter concluded to en-
ploy Q clergyman. the committee consisting
principally Of Democrats. They told the cier-
cymsn they did not want him to preach poll
tics. and he replied he did not carry politics In
10 his pulpit Harmony prevailed until the
minister voted the Republican ticket in Sept.
and now the cops. swear he never shall preach
there again, and . general mus has been
kicked up, generally, all on account OF . MIN
lister exercising the right Of suffrage SO
writes o reliable correspondent at Newheld'
We expect to see an advertisement In the saeo
D,moerai. something like this: " wanted at
Newaeld, sound. reliable eopperhead clergy
man. As none Of that stripe are recognized by
by any evangelical Denomination. certificate
will be required that the applicant never At
tended school, that no viii board round, pray
for JEFF. Davis and the Democracy. and vote the
copperhead ticket" We suggest that they
hire Rev. Petroleum v. Nasty.
The Great Falls Journal says that the Manu-
featuring Company have commenced building
Mt that place new cotton mill, i6oxioo feet
and four stories high. II Is estimated that II
will require one million bricks, together with
zoe, 900 H. of three inch plank and l7o,Ooo feet
Of timber. The designs and plans are BY the
Accn, Of the corporation. The Journal
adds:
This mill Is 10 be connected with number
three mill, and the wall OF the north emu OF
number three mill Is To be removed, as tne
walls between numbers three and four mills
forl A summing room, weaving room anu
c,rling room, each frs hundred and hirfy-
sir feet in lsnqth, making these rooms among
the longest, IL not the longest In America. The
weaving rom will contain eight hundrea Anu
seventy -one looms Of . new and improVed ps',
tern. and the esrding room three hundreu snu
6ey e,rd.- mostly new and Of the latest improv-
eI patterns,-The drawing and roping frames
are constructed by Higgins q Son. Oh Man
chester, England. and the cards oy the Sseo
Water Power Company.
The Sl,o Democrat thinks II has found an
alarming discrepancy in our statement before
and after the election. II II desired to repre-
sent us truthiully II could have done 50 by CIV
inc our own comments. weststed last week, IN
speakinc of our canvass, that the adverse re-
suit was arrived at by giving the cops all who
were returned a. ''doubtfal," result never
considered reliable in making any political
canvass, IS the Dsnoerdt well knows we
now know that whenever there Is an issue NJ
any election where the worse passions Ut the
voters are appealed 70. and when the only ar
Cumcnts Of our opponents are surreptitous
appeals to the basest motives. that hesi'at-
ing and doubtful men can always be count
al upon voting the coppsrhead ticket, where
they belong. Try again, neighbOr, but for the
sake Of appearing smart. don't be guilty o.
gross bungling.
The 9ist session Of the York Baptist Ascot
alton Vas held at Lebanon last week. Tho next
meeting Of the Association will be held with
the SOUTH Berwick Church, End "Wednesday In
September, 1865. Annual sermon by Rev. u.
II. Illsley, or Rev. y. X. Roberts alternate
The Clerk writes to the .fdr0eais IS follows
concerning the session
IL was one Of the largest, pleassntest, anu'
we trust, most profitable Of our annual meet
ings. spirit Of devotion and love 70 the
cause of Christ. together With marked una,
"A f..lta oh