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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13
STATE NEWS.


Eff. Pillsbury, Eco, who Is understood
to have controlled the political department
of the Maine Standard from its start, has an.
nounced in circular dated the Cd inst. that
no has purchased the Standard establishment.
subscription list, debts due, &c.. and Us soon
As arrangements can be completed, will as
sumo its entire control.
The wall Of the new wing Of the State
prison are up, and the mason work Of many
of the cells completed. The roof will bo
on in short time. The guard room is ar
ranged so that view Of the entire prison
can be readily seen by day or night.
s. W. Huntington Of Augusta, has in.
vented machine for dressing and blacking
boots, which Is operated by foot power. II
can do the work Of ten men. and will save
much labor in boot and shoe factories. At.
tachcd to the machine arc an emery wheel
and grindstone.
The Lewiston Journal says that Mrs.
GRAHAM, lady IS years OF age, residing on
High street, slipped on the ice Sunday and
fell, di.loca,ing her hip bone. 1t Is feared
che will not recover.
At tho last accounts, there had been l63
bankruptcy cases entered in this State
about so cases being In this district, and y
cases in the second district
Hallowell has contracted with Mr.. Ho.
rnn of Bath, for Soldiers Monument.
The monumeu, is to be erected and com
pl,,cd In one year from Nov. 18th, 1868,
a, the price Of s225o, besides lettering.
The city government Of Belfast has sub.
scribcd for 300 shares in the Belfast and
Mooschcad Lake railroad according to the
vote Of the citizens. g ,rur u .an
b. Thurston & Co. who for six yAs have
been mart owners Of tho portland Price Cur
rem, !" announce in the last issue Of that paper
tina, they have sold tho same to the Messrs.
Rich. We know nothing Of the circumstances,
bu. We do know that this Newspaper has always
been ably managed and always win be, under
Tho management into which Il has fallen. Sue
cess, always, TO this Portland institution.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

The Mobile Advertiser says Of Mai. b.
w. Norris, one OF the delegates Major
Norris came to Alabama from the State Of
Maine, and purchased plantation in the
county OF Elmorc. lie has fully identified
himselfwith the interests of our people, and
by his able speeches during the recent can
vass, contributed in a great degree to the
success Of our cause. Col. c. A. Miller,
formerly clerk ofthc Maine House Of Rep
rrsenta;ivcs, is also u prominent and very
useful member OF the Convention.-Hc is
chairman Of the committee on tho Execu.
tive Department, and recently made full
and able report upon the construction OF
that department, OF the new State govern.
ment to be formed.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

Mr.. Lynch has introduced blu into the
House OF Representatives that on all mate
rial used in The construction Of stream OF
sail vessels OF the United States there shall
be allowed drawback equal to the duties
which shall have been paid on such ar'i'
cles, AMI further drawback equal to all
internal taxes upon he same. The thru
section Of the bill provides that discrim'
mating duty Of ten per centum nd valorem'
in addition to the duties imposed by law,
shall he levied, collected, and paid on all
goods, wares, and merchandise which, on
and after the day this act shall take effect,
shall be imported in ships or vessels not OF
the United States Prorided, That this dis
eliminating duty shall not apply to goods,
wares, and merchandise which shall be in'-
ported, on and aiter the day this nc, takes
effect, in ships or vessels not OF the United
States, entitled by treaty or any acts OF
Congress To be entered in the ports Of the
United States, on payment Of the same du'
ties rs shall then bc paid on goods, wares
and merchandise imported in ships or YES.
sels OF the United States.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

The Presidents Message received some
pretty sharp criticisms in the Senate on the
day Of its delivery. Mr.. Drake introduced
n resolution ccnsuring Mr.. johnson for the
manner in which he speaks Of Congress
and its work. This was laid over without
debate, anil a discussion came up on mo-
ton to print the message and accompany
ing documents. SIR. Howard said that he
would no, vote for the printing Of the mes
sage. Tie called il wanton libel on Con-
grcss, and said j, was deliberate appeal to
thc people OF the rebel States to resist the
process of reconstruction, Mr.. Cameron
spoke Of il n an insult to the loyal people
represented in Congress, anil he would also
90 asains, its being printed. Mr.. Sumner
sail !, was an incendiary document, .calcu-
lated to provoke civil war, appealing to the
worst passions Of the worst rebels, and as
had in spirit "a anything that Jeif: Davis
could have written were he In the White
House. Mr.. Wilson declared that il was an
assault on Congress entirely unbecoming
the Executive Of the nation. Mr.. Dixon
defended the President at some length.
The question Of printing wen, over with
out settlement.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

We copy the following article from the
La Crosse tWis.) Democrat a western dem
ocratic paper which boasts that its circula'
ton excels that ofany other democratic pa
per in the country. In abiding to the iact
that some prominent democrats had sig.
gesied Gen. Sherman Tor the presidency u
says:
Sand such q candidate !! Shermsn-Willlam
Tecuraseh Sherman-Vandal Shermsn-sher-
man Of the torch and ax-Sherman. prince OF
band OF bumners. thieves, vagabonds aud rui,
hns- Sherman. "whose march to the sea ,
would have damned to oil eternity legion OF
pirates and freebooter s--Shei man, the lackey
tool, leftenant Of the Sangamon brother OF the
devil, the obscene, brutal and boorish Lincoln
Sherman whose hands are red with the blood
Of thousands Of American freemen--Sherman,
whose glorious acts can he written in two Worus
ATLANTA" and Columbia" This mush-
room Of civil war, blood-watered, rank win
the corruption and wickedness engendered in
the helish crusade for the enslavement Of white
men and The triumph Of nirgers-this thing q
Democratic candidate for the honors, when as
party, we have conferred upon Jefferson,
Madison. Monroe, jackson, Van Buren,, Fierce
and Buchanan Proposed by a,RentucklAn,
from sovereignty thousands Of whose sons
rest In unhallnwed graves, slain TOR the love o!
lihe rty by Sherman's minions! Great God! thai
a ID Democrat should 80 disgrace himself aud hu'
initiate that.grand old party"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

The Richmond Enquirer, like all the rebels,
Is hugely pleased with JOhnson's message and
his political course, ami finds mo words sufficient
to sound his praise. Now is this proof that
johnson is 4 patriot, or does it show that he Is
hand in hand with the rebel element which has
cost US 80 much to subdue, JEFF Davis also
applauds Johnson's message-another conyin-
cling proof that the Democracy are patriotic.
But here is the article from the Enquirer:
The Roman sentinel who fearlessly bayed the
horrors Of terrible death, rather than desert
his post at one Of the gates Of Pompeii-when,
as eontemponneous historian tells us, "day
was turned into night, and light into darkness,
and an inexhaustible quantity Of dust and ashes
poured down, deluging land, sea and air, and
burying two entire citics''-exhibiteda courage
in no way superior to that with which Andrew
johnson conironts the enemies Of the Union and
the conspirators against the supremacy Of the
white race. The intrepidity Of this patriot Is
more impressive in his last message than usual,
because he exposes the crimes Of the radicals
against the Union, the Constitution and the eau
casian race, with the calm, dispassionate dignity
Of judge summing up against criminal.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

The report Of the Postmaster General
shows the business Of tho Post Office De,
partmcnt, and the condition Of the postal
service. in very favorable condition. The
receipts ofihe department for the year end.
ing June 30th 1867, including all the speci.
al appropriations for sea and land service,
and for free mail matter, were Sl9,9Is,6o3
the expenditures Tor all purposes were
si9,2i5,5s4, leaving an unexpendcd bal
ance in favor oflhc department Of SI43,elO
which can he applied toward the expenses
OF the department for the current year. The
increase Of tho internal revenue, independ-
ent Of tho specific appropriation for the year
1867. over thar ofls66, was $3.50, O40. The
increase Of the revenue from the sale Of
stamps md stamped envelopes was $685..
46i +; the increase Of expe ndlunres for 1867.
over those OF the previous year, was owing
chiefly to the extension OF the land and
ocean service. During tho past year new
postal conventions have been ratiied and
confirmed with the United Kingdom OF
Great Britain and Ireland. Belgium, the
Netherlands, Switzerland, the North Ger
man Union, Italy and the colonial govern
msut at Hong Kong, reducing very largely
the rates OF ocean and land hostages to and
from and within those countries.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

Tho Augusta correspondent Of the Bos.
ton Journal says that the ball introduced in
Congress by Mr.. Linch, member IRON the
firss district in this State, rs a measure Of
relief To our prostrated ship-building inter-
es,s, 10 hailed by satisfaction by our ship
owners and builders and, should il pass,
will 90 far towards removing what they
have hitherto conceived just grounds of
complaint in the enactments OF Congress in
Imposing such burdens upon the tonnage
Of Maine. More than one half Of the sea.
going vessels in tins country are built in
Maine, while IL is estimated that 81 per cent
of,he state tax is paid by her shipbuiders.
TIE unfricndly policy Of Congress has, BY
IL. .uerous burdens, dnwn nearly million
and a half Of dollars from the industrial pro-.
ceeds Of the State, 50 prostntins our ship.
haiidins interests that nearly all Of our ship
yaris are deserted a, the present time.
The espperheads delieh, to point to the
TX rbei staies to show that the only
strength ths Republicans there have, is
among The oesrOea Perhaps that il so,
hu, ESQ, how does il happen that North
Carolina l,ss given 5000 Republicans ma
jori,y while very decided majority Of her
registered voters arc whites and In but Is
o,a ofs, counties are there more blacks
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

GEy. SuEnmAS's REpoRr.-The official 10
port Of Major Gen. Sheridan, Of operations In
the Fifth Military District up to the time Of his
removal, has been received ut the headquarters
Of the army in Washington since the completion
Of General Grants report. lie says that the
persons whom he found holding civil Offices In
Louisiana and Texas were nearly all eI-rebcl
soldiers or sympathircrs with the rebellion, and
that while they held office It was impossible to
execute the military reconstruction bills. lie
defends his action in removing many Of these
officials, and says that they were suffered to ~
main In Office until Il became absolutely ncces-
sary from their disloyal acts TO Dust them. He
adds that no strove to perform his duty faith
fully and impartially, taking as his guide what
he sincerely believed to be the spirit and mcan-
ing Of the law which he was appointed to exc
cute.-Ho further says that reconstruction was
Progressing satisfactorily in his department At
the time Of his removal, and to the satisfaction
Of all the people Of his district, except unvpcnt-
ant rebels and dishonest political tricksters
whom he had denounced. He says he has been
sssailei by tho highest officer under the govern
ment Is tyrant and partisan but he do
elares that In his heart he feels the ssperson 10
b untruthful.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

The hearing in the York County election
case took place before the Governor and
Council at Augusta last thursday afternoon
and closed Friday night. The executive
court decided to report to the Senate that
no senators appeared to be elected. leaving
that body to decide the status Of the differ
cnt senatorial candidates. We understand
tina, a majority OF the Council were satisfied
tina, the illegal vote in York should be rc.
jected in the court, but that Governor
Chamberlain wished the Supreme Court to
pass upon the subject before decision, and
that question was referred. II is said truth
fully enough that none save Almighty God
can tell what will be the verdict Of petit
jury; il can rs ,ru,hfhlly be remarked none
can tell what will he the decision in any
case. Of weak and III furnished men. Thus
far the hearing is triumph Of the copper
heads.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

The Memphis Post contains full report OF
the trial. In Fayette County. Tennessee. OF q
rebel soldier named Newton Clark, for the
murder ola Union man, David ID. Sones. The
which the defence did not at
tempt to controvert. were that the prisoner
went into the store Of Mr.. Jones. and purchas.
ell cloth for which he rendered In payment
'coutcderats money" Mr.. Jones declined to
receive Il, and showing frmness In his determ-
instion, Clark worked himself into a passion
and shot him dead. The scene was witnessed
by the wife Of the murdered man and by sever
al others, whose testimony rs to the facts
agreed perfectly. The defense was confined to
proof Of Clark's previous cool character. AZ
ter short absence the jury returned verdict
of"not guilty" Tennessee statutes ought to
declare In what murder consists.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

A Washington correspondent says that Sem
tor Doolittle has brought forward In the Senate
the new Democratic hasc Of operations on recon-
sru ction. 1t Is hoped by the allies of the rebels
that the constitutions adopted by the conventions
held this winter in the Southern States will be
defs ,ted by the popular votes in those States,
and then the colorcd people arc to DO disfran-
CHS cd, excepting those who served in the United
State army for at least one year, those who can
rcati and write, and those who understand the
nat urc Of an oath, and those who own real es-
tate, either in their own name or in that Of their
wife, to the value Of $3.50. With such rcstric-
tons the Southern States could DO reconstructed
under white mans government; but the loyal
Union men Of the North will surely not aban-
don the enfranchiscd freedmen.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13
THE IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION.

On Saturday a vote on the question OF
impeaching Johnson for his high crimes
and misdemcanors, was taken, and mega
lived BY the vote Of 81 to los. OF this the
yeas were all Republican and so were G7
of the nays, tho remainder being copper
heads An the members from this State
voted against impeachment, with the eS.
crpiion Of Mr.. Lynch who voted for IL,
Our Washington correspondent speaks on
the first page, Of remarkable conversions or
backsiidings upon this question, when pat
ronagc was in question. Our able repre-
sentative believed as majority of the ma
lion and Of his constituents believe, that
Johnson deserves to be removed, Tor his
crimes, from the office he has disgraced rs
long as he fills il. Those Of the Republi.
cans who opposed impeachment believed
the same, bur the question upon which the
whole body divided, was, its impractieabi
ity. We honor the vote Of Mr.. Lynch who
has from the first believed that Johnson
ought to have been impeached by the 39th
Congress when his crimes were committed <;
aud many Of those who were so disastrously
conservative Mt that time, now see thar the
golden opportunity was lost through an in.
cScusable lack Of the first elements OF
craftsmanship, Had that 39th Congress
which has made its history, to much Of
which we owe the preservation OF liberty
and equal rights. and some Of which, in.
Guiding this question Of impeachment, will
be written rs timid, spiri,less, and shilless,
done its duty ut the time when that duty
should have boon performed, Johnson
would have become acquainted with some
thing ofjustice, the honor and dignity Of
the government been preserved, and the dis.
corlant States would now be peaceful and
restored. Changing the immediate SUBJ
jcc,, we have n distan, recollection that at
the Augusta Convention last summer Mr..
Peters was very positive that he should
forthwith start for Washington and vote for
impeachiny Johnson. As we do not find
his vote recorded among the yeas, perhaps
he got lost on the way.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

II is a curious illustration Of the demoraliza-
ton Of New York Democracy that Fernando
Wood, the day before the late municipal election,
made application in writing to the Superintend-
ent of Police for squad Of policemen to protect
his office from the ineursions Of what are known
as "strikers''-that is, fellows who make bu-
sincss Of levying contributions on candidates
previous to the election, under the (often false)
prtcnsc that they control 80 many votes in this
or that particular ward. Mr.. Kennedy does not
like Mr.. Wood, but in this case, nevertheless,
the policemen were sent to protect him from bis
friends
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

The Hartford. Comm Courani says that the
beauty Of copperhcad Logic is well illustrated by
the party platform in New Hampshire.-one
resolution asserts that "taxstion without repre-
sentation" Is revolutionary and despote." and
another consistently declares "thc attempt to
establish negro suffrage an atrocious crime
against the principles ofrpublican government
and the civilization Of the age" They would
tax four millions Of black men without single
voter among them. Docs any well-bred person
who comprehends the meaning Of the word civ
iliraiion suppose that s,ich party can succeed
The fellows don't know that colorcd men voted
in ten Of the original thirteen States when the
Constitution was Niiopted.-They don't know
that 1t Is only thiry-two years since negroes lost
the right in North Carolina and Tennessee after
fierce debates. They don't know that Andrew
jackson was President Of the Constitutional
Convention that gave negroes the right Of SUI
frage In Tennessee, or that Martin Van Burer
voted for ii in the New York Convention Of ls2O
AL they 10 know Is that modern Democracy
founded on doctrines Of superior and inferior
rights among superior and inferior men.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

TIE GALAXY for December completes the
fourth volume. II contains combinations Of
the stories, awaiting for the Verdict" asd
"S,erhen Lawrence. Yeoman", IS well rs ma
ny other articles Of literary merit.
THE LAprEs' FRIEND for December Is holt
day number and magnificent one. II hasivo
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and an excellent variety Of literary matter.
TIM ATLANTIC ALMANAC, for 1868, publish
ed by Ticknor & Fields, Is the most besuiitul
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tains sixty-tour closely printed pages. The
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Hours At IIoxE.-The December number OF this
interesting Monthly continues Dr. BushnslPi
contributions. lie speaks here Of tho moral use
ofinsanIty. Storm Clr and Chrsty and continu
ed: and the opening chapters OF q new tale by thu
author Of the Heir OF Redelifs are published
There Is an interesting history Of the diiiicultei
experienced by the inventor OF the needle-suu
Introducing his are-arm and having II accepted
and variety ofmatter upon different topics, oil
Of which Is calculated to lease and improve.
THK ATLANTIC MONTHLY for December. is6'|
containsi The Guardian Angel, MI. ~ Oiive|
Wendell Holmes, A Mysterious PersonaEe, 81
John Neal, A Tour In the Dark. by W. l.. Paw
ettt, Au Autumn Song, By.ways Of Europe,
Visit TO the Daleiric Islands, by Baynad Taylor
Minor EliIabethan Dramatists, by X p WhippleI
Our Pacific Railroads, by X. Medburyi Grams
mothers story, The Great Snow. By Miss Ann
L. johnson Toujours Amour, by r. G. stedman
Among the Workers In silver, by James Parton |
Wha we Peel, by Charles J. bprague sonnet
George II. Boxer, Literature rs IN arr.
Iligginson "A Young Desperate, byr u, Adr,cty
Reviews and Literary notices. Ticknor ficid'
publishers. Durham hsst.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

On the Goth of June, 1865, the public
debt amounted to S27S3,s70; on the 3Otll
ofJune last, il was $4,000 .l99,2l5. show.
ing reduction during the fiscal year OF
S9l .2266Gi. During the fiscal year end.
ing June Goth, 1867, tho receipts were
S490634 ,0l0, and tho expenditures S346..
729, 100, leaving an available surplus Of
Sl439Oi.Ss0. II is estimated that the re.
ceipt for the fiscal year ending June Both
1865, will DO Sil7,l6l,92S. and that the
expenditures will reach the sum Of 1898.
269, 226, leaving in the treasury surplus
ofS23, S92,702 For the fiscal year ending
June 30th. 1869, it is estimated that the re-
ceipts will amount to 1881, 100000 and
tina, the e1penditureswill he s3I2,00O,O0O
showing an excess OF 30 100000, in favor
ofthe government.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

During the las, fiscal year 7,Ul ia acres
OF public land were disposed of anu the
cash receipts from the sales and fees ex-
ccedcd 100000 the sum realized from
these sources during the preceding year.
The amoun, paid to pensioners, including
expenses and disbursements, was SiS,6l9-
956, and 36,Is2 names were added to the
rolls. The entire number Of pensioners on
the 18th of June last was l55,47i. The
number of patents and designs issued dur.
Ing the year ending Sept. 80, 1857, was
IL ,655, and at that date the balance in the
treasury to the credit Of the patent fund
was S2S6,G0I. a.....
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

A Republican appeal has been published in
Texas, which says that "thc result Of the regis
tration in this State gives $4,000 white and
IL, 43O colored voters registered, or grand to-
tai Of lOi,096. From the correspondents Of the
Republican Executive Committee, who have
made careful estimate Of the vote throughout
the State, we learn that $4,000 loyal whites will
vote the Republican ticket In the approaching
election. OF the colorul voters VIC will carry at
least $4,000. This will give the Republican par
ty grand total Of 10000 votes, and insurcs be-
yond all doubt the holding Of convention"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-13

The leading Democratic paper OF the
country, the New York World, does not
share the Argus's whimsical notions about
the political status Of General Grant. 1t
does no, like the tone OF his report and
makes the following comments:
But Il Is too evident, both in the matter and
manner Of the report, that Gen. Grant Is solicit
tous TO excuse himself and stand well with Con-
gress. lie Is careful TO insinuate the idea that
he accepted the Sccrtaryship from sense Of
military suboriination, and he signs his report
IS General Of the Army rs well Is SECRETARY Of
War. a voluntary participation in an admins
trstion whose chief deserves impeachment for
high crimes, would be rather awkward for Re
publican candidate Tor President, and yet moth
Ing is clearer than that Gen. Grant Was FREE to
do as he liked. His 6nc-sing ON this point Is
nore Objectionable than his political silence.