The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-03-15


Gea, loss by foods in East Tennessee.
Congress has voted gold medalto Mr.
Peabody. Mr.. P's gold won Il.
Tho Mississippi Legislature has sPPro-
priatei 100000 for tho defence Of jeff,
Davis, when tried. TT .a
News from Carson, Nevada, speaks very
disparginrly Of the Legislature, which adj
joumed on tho LIST instant without passing
a revenue bill, leaving tho State without
credit.
The Fenisn uprising In Ireland seems to
have been made in disconnected manner
and appears to have bcen an utter failure.
A Washington correspondent s9xe the
Joint resolution introduced into Congfsss to
appropriate 81 900 900 to tho South, will
probably pas. We hope our Representa-
tive Lynch win vote against tho measnre.
The coalition between the old line Dem.
ocrnts and the Blair, or "Claybank" con.
serva,ives in Missouri has been broken mp
by the former. They represent the LATER
40 weak In votes bat great in Pretensions.
johnson has had q conversation with
Msj. q. O. Halpine In which no advocates
and predicts population Of our national
debt. Maj. Halpine has been summonsed
by the Judiciary committee of.he House to
testify to tho matter
There arc said to DO nearly thirty thou.
sand members Of the Loyal League In
Georgia, aud eighteen thousand in A'a'a.
ma, and Il Is reported that there Is not a
Southern State In which there arc not hun
drcds Of lodges Of the same orler.
We learn from the Lewiston Journal that
YeriIl and llaries, charged with being tho
West Auburn munierers, arc very quiet Al,
Auburn Jail Vcnill has little to say, while
iIaries is quite talkativc. Verrill was ask
ed the other day if he would like an inter.
view with the negro, when he replied in the
negative. The negro wants to have chat
with him. verrill spends most Of the time
in reading.
The Union Paper Collar Co. Of New
York has over one hundred suits at law and
in equity in the U. 8. courts. and gives con-
slant employment to nearly 6Ay Of the most
distinguished patent lawyers In the country
This company, which has capital Of 3d.
0O0, 900, owns all tho controlling patents on
paper collars, cuffs and bosoms, and prose-
cuies all who deal in or make those articles
In violation Of their rights, wherever found.
Its expenses in conducting its legal and
other business amounts TO over half mil
lion dollars annually, exceeding in that res
pcct both the celebrated rubber and tele.
grnph enterprises.
Tho net income Of tho Eastern X. r.
last year was $327, 3s004. after laying 1900
tons Of new iron and GOO tons OF welded
mills. 10000 slcepcrs, building q mile Of
side track. purchasing six new engines, re-
building four, purchasing and building six
very costly and elegant passenger cars, and
twenty one ordinary freight cars &c. &C.,
which management shows that Il Is ono OF
the healthicst corporations in the country.
A few years ago its stock was hawked in
the market at 81 md found few buyers,
bur,iened rs Il was with million Of debt.
About that time tho present management
took hold, and has paid that debt but about
$ii0, 900, literally furnished the road in its
present superb condition, and the stock is
quick at l07, The stock Of the D. & NJ,
r. r. is Ia, hut il has had mono Of the
drawbacks Of the Eastern In tho matter oi
debt. What the latter has been obliged to
pay by way Of installments, In tho case Of
tho former has gone to increase tho value
Of il stock. Valuable as its stock certainly
H. tho Eastern has shown remarkably 70
Operative powers, which, now tina, II is
sailing in smooth water, warrants tho be-
lief that It will soon outstrip all comped.
tor. Hon. George N. Browne 10 prosidcn,
and J. Prescott Esq, 10 Superintendent