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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-04-10

CATTLE need to be we'll attended 10 from
this time ill turned out to gra~. They
should l'o property fed and we'll bedded
down every night, and their stalls kept neat
and clean. Too many farmers arc slovenly
about their bans, and particularly about
their tic.ups and stalls They should bs
thoroughly cleaned daily. Want OF care in
thi. mouth viii deprccistc your cattle far
moro than ,hcy have gained through the
winter u they bavs fsrcd ever % well
Cows thar sro ~couing in should be look
cd 70, and working oxen should receive
good attention. to have them in good con
dision for The lsbon Of "sping work" %
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-04-10
The Old Chimsey-piscc.

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Apsth on which no shadows fall,
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Naurh, lcf, but these. falr home alas.
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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-04-10

The following, rs FIR us the postscript,
was published during the short administra
ton of Gen. Taylor and what follows has
been added since
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-04-10

One oftho victims ofa New York steam
boat disaster was Stephen A. Allen, man
Of the purcst character, once Mayor Of
New York, beloved and respected by all
who knew him. In his pocket was found
printed slip apparently cut from a news
paper, Of which the following is n copy:
"Keep good company or none. Never
be idle. If your hands cannot be nsefally
employed, attend to the cultivation Of your
mind. Always speak tho truth. Make few
promises. Live up to your engagements.
Keep your own secrets. if you have any.
When you speak to n person look him In
tho face. Cool company and good con.
versation arc the very sinews Of virtue.
Good character is above all things else.
Your character cannot bc essentially IN.
iurcd except by your own acts. II any
ono speaks evil Of you, lot your liio DO so
that none will believe him. Drink no kind
Of intoxicating liquors. Ever 1.-Two (Inisior
tunes cxceptcd) within your income. When
you retro to bed think over what you have
been doing during the day. Make no hnstc
to be rich, il you would prosper. Small
and steady gains gives competency with
tmnquility of mind. Never play at any
game Of chance. Avoid temptation thro'
fear you may not Withstand It. Earn money
before you spend It. Never run into debt
unless you see way to get out again.
Never borrow IL you can possibly avoid it.
Do not marry until you are able to support
wife. Mover speak evil Of any one. Be
just before you are generous. Keep your.
selfinnocent Il you would be happy. Earn
money when you are young to spend when
you arc old. Read over the above at least
once week."
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-04-10

The New York Isdspsadsnt says that dis
tinsuishea loyal hero, who played . prominent
part at tho final conquest of the rebel army,
was asked recently to deliver lecture, histori-
cal, In Warrington, on Lees surrender. In
which he Was 50 largo an actor. himself reoeiv-
ing Lees sword. His answer was quaint and
characteristics. "YOu must let me of from this
labor. Ihave not the leisure. and cannot coma
Moreover, al things considered. I have my
doubts whether Lee ever SURRENDERED. At al
events, Il might not Be discrst 70 make the
svermcnt In Warrington" He would b TO
eArdcd - uttering myth.
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NUMBER 16.
r..eh a. Ws~.es 70 ssee.

There's tho secret! A saving woman At
the bead Of family Is the best savings
bank yet establisbcd-one receives depos-
its daily and hourly with no costly macbin.
cry to manage It. The idea Of saving 70 a
pleasant one, and II tho women would Inn.
bl'e It at once, they would cultivate and
adhere to il, and thus, when they were not
aware Of Il, would bo laying the iounda.
ton Of competent security in o stormy
time, and shelter in rainy day. The wo-
man who sees to her own house, has q
large field to save In. Tho bes, way TO
make her comprehend Il is TO keep an &C
count Of all curren, expenses
Probably not one woman In ten has an
idea Of how much are tho expenditures Of
herself and family. Where from one thou.
sand TO two thousand dollars arc expended
annually, tierc 10 chance to save some
thing II the effort Is only made. Let tho
housewife ,sks lo idea, net upon h, and
she will save Hany dollars, perhaps hun
dreds, where before she thought Il impossi-
bic. This Is duty, yet not prompting
of avurice, but moral obligation that rests
upon the woman rs well Us the man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26
FOREIGN.
licans.

LIVERPOOL, February &c. Cotton is
easier; Orleans, 93d; Uplands, %;
sales, 10000 bales.
BERLIN, February 26.-The new treaty
which has been concluded between the
United States and the North German
Confederation provides that natives of
Germany must obtain license to emf
CRATE, which shall be registered, and
those who after taking out naturalization
papers have resided FIVE years in for
eign country shall be released from the
obligation of military service in Ger
many.
New YORK, February 26.-The Her
AIDS London cable dispatch confirms
the resignation of Earl Derby.
Mr.. Disraeli goes to Osborne to see the
Queen on Wednesday.
An Abyssinian dispatch says the in
habitants met by Napier's envoy were
all friendly to the English, and the
women of Odooa cheered the military
mission when they entered that town.
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HAVANA.

Havana, February 26.-Specials to
the Herald state that Baron Tindal,
from France, and Senior Iturbide had ar
rived, en- route to Mexico.
The national debt of Mexico is to he
extinguished by the sale Of con6scated
property. s
The Yuaki Indians had attacked seve-
raj Mexican towns, and assassinated a
general.
President Juarez visits Washington
The rebel schooner oriante had been
captured off Yucstan. Reinforcemenis
and money are called for to suppress the
Yucatan rebellion.
It was feared Canales would capture
the specie en- route from Monterey to
Matamoros.
Venezuela advices state that the rebel
lion had been almost entirely suppressed
Jamaica dates TO the 18th state that the
American consul is acting vigorously to
obtain redress for the outrage on the
schooner Hannah Grant.
Breadstuffs are advancing. The sugar
crop will be onequartes larger thar
ueuai
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

well, who have been delegated for that
purpose, viii advise the Senate that the
House has impeached the President, and
that they will appear In due time before
the bar Of the Senate, and mako the said
charges good.
Stevens, Boutwell,, Ashley and Logan
are particularly jubilant over the result
What nextY is now the question,
and one not easily answered. as
there are many Radical Senators who
despise the whole proceeding, and
one Of that body declares that the SEN
ate will never disgrace itself as the
House has done, by its hasty and silly
action. II is the opinion Of this and
other Senators, that the Senate will not
convict the President who, in the mean
while, declares that he puts his faith in
God and the American people.
Secretary Mccullough declines to re-
cognize Mr.. Stanton as Secretary Of
War.
The report that the President sent for
General Emery, and that during the
interview General Emery informed the
President that he would obey no order
unless it came through General Grant, is
denied by General Emery.
The military will not be allowed to
escort the remains Of Majer Kelly to the
grave to day, the authorities fearing that
the appearance of the military in the
streets would excite the populace.
General Grant said to Senator Wilson
to day that the army officers were unit
in support of Congress, and that there
we're not dozen out of twenty FIVE hun
dred who would obey the Presidents
order, unless sent through him. Grant
also said, in reference to General George
H. Thomas declining the Brevet Lieut..
Generally It's sst what expected of
Thomas. He is good soldier"
II is understood that the present Cab
met would promptly resign if the Sen.
ate sustained the impeachment, but it is
hoped by the friends of the administra-
ton that the Supreme Court will decide
the tenure Of Office bill unconstitutional,
and thus determine the case.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

galleries and then the floor not 10 In
dulge In any demonstration OF applause
or censure. This had coed effect on
crowd that was evidently wrought to n
high degree OF excitement
As Mr.. Stevens rose, the Speakers
hammer fell, commanding order, and re-
storing such silence thai the first
words Of the infrm voice Of the chair
man Of the Reconstruction Committee
could be heard declaring, 10 his OH
cial capacity, for the hrst time,
for the Impeachment of Andrew John
son for high crimes and misdemeanors
Colonel Mcpherson, Clerk Of the
House, took the place Of the usual read
ing clerk, and read the report When he
concluded with the resolution for i'm
parchment, the crowds in the galleries
were evidently uneasy for some demon
stration, but Mr.. Stevens at once arose,
and was again heard throughout the hall
HI said Il was not his purpose TO discuss
the question, and IL no one on the Dem
ocraiic side desired TO discuss 1t, he
would move TO take the vote, with
the knowledge they now had OF the
act of the President in removing Mr.
Stanton from Office while the Senate
was In session. He had no desire to
discuss the matter, and would give the
other aide an opportunity for discussing
II il they desired. The Republican mem
bers appeared to be ready to take the
vote.
OF the scene at the White House the
same correspondent says:
An account of the situation at the
Capitol and War Department having
been given, the White House remains to
be Photographed The President has
been comforting, a'good portion OF the
iay. with his Cabinet and Senators
Dixon and. Doolittle and Gen. Thomas
General Banks called during the day,
and had brief interview. The Presi-
lent seems to be impressed with the
of the situation, and expects
he House TO vote for impeachment, but
RELY expressed his intention 70 test the
conflict which has arisen only in the
courts.
| did not see the President until ii
o'clock. No new feature of importance
las transpired to day at the White House.
The President is comfortable and Sc
enc, and says he regrets that General
Thomas did not yesterday perfect his
york, and take and retain posses
ion Of the War Department. But
le 1.-THE Presidency has accomplished his |
main purpose in getting the matter be-
ore the court, where the constitutional
~ of the law will be ju6icially deter
mined. There are no reasons to appre-
lend further difficulty as to the War De-
at present
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WASHIN 6T0N.
The Impeachment Questions
The Excitement Incl.
dents and RumOrs.

We group below mountaineering col
lection of facts, reports, etc, telegrsphed
in specials from Washington Saturday
and Sunday nights, and published in diff
ferent Northern journals. twill be read
with absorbing interest:
WAsHNGToy, February 23-The feel
ing and excitement over the events OF
yesterday and the coming events Of to-
morrow have made Sunday an unusually
interesting day in Washington.
The Presidents house has been
thronged all day by his friends while
Mr.. Stanton's levee at the Department
was at one time SO great that it was found
impossible for members to get in the room
where it was held.
At ii a m. there was a meeting Of the
Cabinet, and the situation was freely dis
cussed. Secretary Seward and Attorney
General Stanbery remained long in con-
ference after the other members had de-
parted.
A number of newspaper gentlemen
called upon Gen. Lorenzo Thomas to-
day, and found him quite socially and
afably disposed, and willing to talk freely
on the events of the past week, and their
probable results as affecting himself.
Gen. Thomas denied the report that he
was intoxicated when arrested, and com.
planned that injustice had been done him
in the newspapers 10 this matter he
also denied the statement that Stanton
had on any occasion denied him admit
lance to the War Office. He felt con-
WINGED that be was lawful Secretary Of
War, and that the President had q right
to issue the commission he held. BE
understood that the clerks Of the War
Department had said that they would not
obey his orders, but he hoped this was
not true, as he did not want TO discharge
any body.
The following was asked:
Question-Did Mr.. Stanton give you
reason to believe at your first interview
with him on Friday, when he said that
he wanted time to pack up his papers,
that he intended to peaceably resign the
Secretaryship2 cool
Answer-Yes; he undoubtedly meant,
then, to leave quietly.
General Thomas said he only had been
at the War Department twice since re-
ceiving his appointment
General Grant was present when be
presented the draft Of his appointment
General Thomas offered this order to
General Grant. General Grant said I:
as this order addressed to meT
NO." said General Thomas, "but i
meant to see you at your Office, and ex-
hibit this order now, that you may read
IL"
Grant read il carefully, and handed il
back without reply.
Robert ]. Walker waited upon General
Thomas after his arrest, saying that. IS
bis friend, be felt Il his duty 10 inform
him that General Grant alone had power
70 circulate orders to the army according
TO the terms Of the law. Gen. Thomas
replied that be vas aware Of that fact,
and that his duties we're confined 70
transmitting War Office orders 70 Gen.
Grant
The President friends are dissatisfied
with the course pursued BY Gen. Thomas,
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m. pre-iden, and His Message.

The message Of the President, which
re pahhshed yesterday, is in substance
little more than an elaborate presenta-
ion Of facts and the situation, heretofore
contended for by the press Of the country
Nothing could be more apparent than
that the Tenure of Office bill as framed
did not reach the case Of the removal of
Mr.. Stanton, who was the appointee Of
President Lincoln, and to whose removal
the bill did not therefore apply. This
was doubtless one of the oversights Of
Congress, whose blunders have so long
been the jeer Of the country. We had
looked for message of somewhat more
decided and defiant terms. But it does
not follow that the action of the Presi-
dent will be any the less firm and manly,
when the issue comes yet more nearly,
because he has omitted to indicate his
in detail, to do which would
indicate the courage of the braggadocio
rather than the GOODNESS, ssgacity and
determination Of q wise, statesmAnEke
and resolute mind. We believe now that
the President will stand firm by the laws
and Constitution Of the country, which
il enough.
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| Edwoad., Morton, Pomsroy and John.

Edmonds, Morton, Pomeroy and John
son.
The Reconstruction bill was postponed
until Thursday.
In the House, Mr.. Stevens, OF Penn-
sylvania, standing In company with h's
colleague, Mr.. Bingham, Of Ohio, re-
ported rs follows;
Mr. Speaker, In obedience 10 the order
Of the House, we proceeded TO the bar Of
the Senate, and proceeding 10 your name,
aud in the name Of this body and all
the people Of the United States, we
impeached, as we were directed,
Andrew johnson, President Of the
United States, Of high crimes and misde-
meanors in Office, and we demanded
that the Senate shall take order to make
him appear before that body and answer
for tho same, and stated that the House
would forthwith or soon-we did not
state which-present articles ofimpeaeh-
ment, and make them good; to which
the response was "The order shall be
taken"
The Speaker presented oommunica-
ton from the Secretary Of War, with the
report of Major General Hancock, as to
the riot at Marshall, Texas, on the Slst
of December.
Mr.. washburn, of Illinois, from the
Committee on Rules, reported new
rule, declaring that, pending motion to
suspend the rules, the Speaker may en- :
terrain one motion, "that the House
shall now adjourn" but that after the
result thereof is announced, he shall not
entertain any other dilatory motion.
he also asked leave and offered the
following: -
Resotred, That the rules shall be sus-
pended as hereby ordered, viz: When
the committee TO prepare the articles OF
impeachment of, the President Of the
United States report the said articles, the
House shall Immediately resolve itself
into Committee Of the Whole thereon,
aud that the speakers in the committee
shall be limited to fifteen minutes
each, which debate shall continue un-
til the next legislative report, to
the exclusion Of all other business,
except the reading of the Journal; and
at three pm. of said second day the
fifteen minutes debates shall cease, and
the committee shall then proceed to con-
slider and vote upon the amendments
that may be offered under the fifteen
minutes debate, but no pro .Jen'o amend
ment shall be entertained; and that at
four pm. of said second day the said
committee shall rise and report its action
to the House, which shall Immediately and
without dilatory motion vote thereon; and
that if the articles of impeachment
are agreed upon, the House shall then
aud without dilatory motion, elect by
ballot seven managers to conduct said
impeachment on the part of the House;
and that during the tendency of said
resolution in the House, relative to said
impeachment, and thereafter, no dila-
tory motion shall be received, except
one motion each day that the House
do now adjourn" The resolution was
adopted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26
Bad Faith of Congress.

9s When the reconstruction acts we're
passed one of the main arguments used
in their justification was that the provi-
sional governments, established by the
President, and concnrred in by the now
unrepresented States, were to all intents
and purposes military governments, and
that il would be unrepublican to receive
back States thus acting, under the power
of the bayonet Congress had repub-
lican plan OF its own, and that plan
il adopted, giving every possible assu-
rance that it should be carried out in
good faith. And the Congressional plan,
thus adversely adopted against that Of
the President required a registration for
SO many of the people as were enfran-
chised by it, that the States should vote
for or against conventions and new con-
. stitution for each, that majority Of all the
votes so registered should be cast, as ne
cessary to an affirmative result in the
election, and that majority of the votes
cast should be for the constitutions
which might be adopted. The object
avowed, be il remembered, as against the
plan of Mr.. Johnson, was TO secure a
fair expression of the voice of the people
in the republican form, and uninauenced
by the power of the bsyonet, which was
Denounced in Congress as an unlawful
and wicked tyranny Of the President
Thus Congress plausibly excused its
own work of usurpation by denouncing
as usurpation that of the Executive, and
asserting for its own plan the merit Of
due eonformance to the republican prin-
ciple in a proper regard for the SOW
ereignty Of the people That all this
was done only to keep control in the
hands of Congress, and in shameful bad
faith, is now distinctly apparent Some
of the less discreet of the Radical jour
mails confessed at he time that this was
all done only to save appearances, and
now the fact crops out beyond dispute.
D The congressional plan was never in
tended to be executed in good faith, ner
unless the people should speak as was
Predetermined for them. In Alabama
the new Constitution has been
defeated for want of the requisite num-
Der of votes being cast And il, on the
so-called republican plan of Congress,
the constitution would have been carried
By the requisite number Of votes, il fol-
lows slso that It should be defeated If it
fell short Of them.
Bot nov 3 new emergency has arisen,
and the. Congress shamelessly departs
from the principle Of upholding the peO-
s'ssOvereignty and is preparing 70 force
10 the State Of Alabama against The
wishes Of iis people, and in the very man
ner Il condemned IS us1rpation By Mr..
johnson 10 ell the speeches and proofs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

given on the Radical side Of the House on
the passage Of the reconstruction acts.
This 10 the unsorupnlous and overbsaring
Puritan all over. Il Is 10 carry ends on
false and fair pretenses II possible, but
right or wrong, 70 carry them. II 10
" heads / win, tails you lose" It is to
act without consistency, without con-
science, aud without hsnor 10 the very
manner II has condemned as iniquitous
Ia another. Aud now the people Of the
other down-trodden States which have
yet TO vote, are offered as reason why
they should vote for constitutions they
abhor, the assertion on the part Of the
radical press and party that it is useless
further to resist, and better to conform to
the wishes Of Congress, because the ad-
mission of Alabama and all the other ten
is forsgone conclusion, and that Con-
gress is not TO be resisted. Was bad faith
ever more glazing or more infamous on
the part Of any legislative mob which
ever governed q people or disgraced a
nation under heaven2 We deny the pos
sibility of producing anything more
grossly calculated to outrage oil sense OF
Justice or proprieiy among those who
have been educated under free institu-
tons, or anything more exsellently and
eminen,ly bad than this. The time has
arrived when it is Objectionable whether
resistance can make matters worse. Aud
/, becomes the duty Of honest men to pre-
serve their sslf-respesi BY refusing all
sanction to the wrongs which are heaped
On them to the everlasting infamy EITHER
.rtkorS etaN
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Notice of Dissolution.

THE FIRM OF H. N. & B. N. HART IS
/ this day dissolved by mutual consent,
HENRY N. HART.
b. NEWTON HART.
Memphis. February Is. 1868.
Tn retiring from the firm of II. n. 4 B. N.
HART, IL is only on account of n call from my
old friends at st. Louis TO renew my practice in
that city, which l could not refrain from &C
cesding to-. The card in. connection WITH Mr.
ton a Hart, will, trust. be full guaranteeto
nv clients that what business J. have still pend,
ipx in the Courts Of the State has been placed
~ HENRY N. HART.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

We are pleased to see the announce
ment in this mornings Appeal that Gen.
Pike will remain permanently connected
with that paper as its editor-in-chief
Gen. Pike is well known to the country
as a man of great ability and as we'll
informed and frst-class Journalist, who
combines force Of expression with large
measure Of fairness and dignity. he is
an ornament TO the profession, and we
wish him long life, permanent succeEs,
and unbounded usefulnessin his presen.
vocation,