The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-10-18
,nrAL q COUNTY INTELLIGENCE.


Second Assistant EusiUe'r George t. SAM
yer. Of the Navy, who was sried at Portsmouth,
cunt martial, has been found guilty o'
,.I,sr,...,,'' to las superior oicer ia dee''''hS
,b,t,bc Pr silent Oush, to be impeaehei' an
IA .,l,r u Juhason's nan Frrhy, Secretary
WrlIc,, lac Las been Suspended from da,S "'
one Near oa half pay. Tho m"si aston sA.SS
,hirr nhyi, this i, that oil Gr'nimA ns"''
.,h,, "a r,,ch the ease soIgieIly' Hha
~, ,i,,,e entered Portsmouth, hsrbor duu1s
hew,raaI captured the city ani burnt the
,yh u, Navy Yarl. Grandfather uieon .'onh-
,.,rl ,r,,ll NO; have discovered the disaster
,,,,u Nakel nv some three weeks afterwards
,,y delegation Of paro lei carpenters ON loot
from Etttery. Bu, an Independent thinking
man n, q .frs honestly his ophionot traitor
I. NJ. country, and worse than usurper, AMI
a. .,,a says Ne Is "disrespee,iar' to his lord
ant Muster, drunken Andrew Johnson, and
mus; be punished, suspended and go on hall
pay! G5ol Lori, pity Connecticut II she has
any-,rur, r,n ls,ollers Ike that syeophsnie'
or..l.ng, d.rt-e ,tius. lousy, lazy. dhly-ialS.
Iecrgpit, o,l-Bah.-spocimen at "a'h'nS'oh'
W, nn,i,c thu. many places are making ar
r.ngcment. fer lectures the approaching sea-
son, AL in most Of them some as'ooI'''on W
organization il taking the rspons'o''''S'ah'
engaging the lecturers. We SHOULD be p.easeu'
81, y-o l,uht not our citizens gsnerally OF Saco
mil uilIcf,rd would be also, tosec some action
lein, taken towards securing good course OF
lectures on scientific or popular subjects
Cannot the Lodges Of Cool Templars OF both
cities unite anil give the public such a series OF
iu-, r,,etiye cater,ainmentst They can In that
way make their Oder more useful TO the cen
crl public than meeting In secret Tor dis
eussion among themselves.
Tn. S,eo Democrat says "the slemsais OF
Billelurl celebrated the victories In Pennsyl-
y,ni, AMI ohio with fireworks, music aud
sncychcs." We presume onr neishbor -
,l,lutin. ofihe time when the "eieuen's" shall
melt With isryeut heat with such hre-caiers as
rei,lce ia rebel su,sesss, calling upon the
,psks anil the mountains to bile them. The
"Lrmea,s" that wnull administer To such
rrcc,.uI could only he those that hover
around
ssrt, Wy wheeling tima 81 nlgh,-
MN ohurcl-yarls ysvn anil he'll Rscu htcs,hs oh
CEiyslaa IA TIE vcrlL'
TN, c,-c % Chr,stina Stimson W. John ".
S,imtun, for divorce, has been ON trial in the
Sarry,ns Juli,ial Court at Alfrel during the
mast week anl has cSstci much interest
In Kittcry where the parties reside.
The libel ant suel for divorce AMI alimosy.
anl also for the custody OF the children.
Ar,cr Tie testimony % the iibshnt and por-
ton ul that of the libelss had been offered, the
case vas Withdrawn from the jury AMI the bal |
mcs OF testimony given TO the Court, who, AZ |
ter hearing arguments Of counsel, directed that
the action DO dismissed. The case was ably |
conducted by I. q. jordan for libelant. ani
John VI. Goodwin and Ira 7. Drew for libelee.
On Noalay night John Longfsllow, a hd
about 70 Years old, OF Augusta, aud James
King ol Portland, confined nj Alfred, broke
nil los chipping of the stone sides Of the win.
,loss III their cell. helped from the outside By
certain suspected parties. (Lougfellow Is the
young fellow who escaped from the Augusta
ian, Travelled to Hennebunk Depot and robbed
/, oi SO, when he was arrcsted.) On the same
night small, sized bay mare beonsin; to
Dimon Roberts. Of Lyman, was stolen, un-
doubteily 10y the escaped conyi;ts. a reward
il oG5rcl. the particulars OF which will be
iJuni in our Advertising columns.
A special meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Portland, S,co & Portsmouth Railroad Com
plny l. clcl tor to-day, NJ the Hall at Nit
tcry Station. to act upon the matter In conflict
with the .ylcrn anl the Boston & Maine Rail-
rpal Companies relative to the payment Of the
rental from thOsc companies In gold or silver
coin according To the terms Of the lease. The
,liruGlors viii present q report upon the Legal
Investigation into the rights in this regard, aud
suggest a coursc to be adopted by the stock
holders.
The examination ofDr. Daniel W. Jones upon
the charge Of shooting John W. StmsOn on the
night IT tie 18th September last, at Kit,ery,
with intent To kill. took place before Justice
N,-,ley NJ South Berwick, on Monliy last
The accused was bound over in the sum Of one
THOUSAND dollars for his appearance at the Su-
prcmr Judicial Court in January next for
trial. g. g. Yca,on Esq., appeared for the State
anl Abaer Olscs Esq, for the defense.
The respondent at Kennebuuk OF the Port
land Press says that MIR. Pharaoh Perry of
KCnncbuutport was drowned near Cape POr-
pose h,rbnr on Friday. 18th instant. lie was
in q small boat with Capt. Hui when the boat
was overturned. Capt II. was sayed. Mr..
Ferry lcayes young wife AMI two children.
Ills age was % years.
Asst Fred s. Mes. U. s. Coast Survey, ar.
riycl here rOesutly AMI has taken up his quar-
tcrs NJ the Ferry House. = short distance from
the o,ty. Il is bis intention 10 make . minute
survey Of S,co River nom its mouth to this
city. We believe the Government proposes
making Great improvements IN our river,
which we hope will prove beneficial to our CON-
lnuntty
Some % the active young men OF the North
Congregational Church ia Portsmouth, y. III,
have organized prayer.mcc,inE on boari the
United States receiyins-ship vandAlia; anil ev-
cry Sabbath afternoon meeting for, prayer
and cxhortation Is hell. Over two hanircl
men ars on b,srl ,ssiAip; and 'trE IS and pa.
per, 4 . substituted arsons thsas So
The erisinal, y sshsrl x.~ps. ,celsornicd on
Folks couesrf celp,uy, with xhps z. Mich
OILS anil 10 0ssai 0rshs1lsk< Or to yiss one Of
their popular snssrts lpnents a che. cisy nill
on SI,urliy (to-n,orrew) evening. eommenc-
ing at : o'eljck rAs Dsea Of Mrs. NichOl.
alone are worth ss~e long ways to hear.
S,F.mea will remember ths. the efficacy OF
tho rlIy lrognphio Report as as GdreytisiRg
cnt,rprise TOR the State. viii depend largely
thcnumb,r Of watcr-powers represented in 1t
anil that aocoriingly spcciticstions for al
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