The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-06-12

Ths Republican Senators decided this Dsrn'
Nc In caucus nss 10 make any changs !, tnaf
'mosrs until December next
In ths sap~sms Court .. Cambrids, MaA,s
woman w. divorced from her husbsnd dsysr
Two aso oscsuss be h.d joinsd . sscs who believe
the marriage relation yoa.
A eo'orcd woman in Richmond, Va, who had
been annoyed BY negro man, told her soo, .
boy ten years, 70 shoos ths ssllou II h ssms
''nosing" about the hou.. fhs M. ,Sortiy
Afterwards made his spps.,..o. s.a u. bow.
obeying his mothers inst,eesisas, bot and
killed him.
A New Hampshire hrmer has . nock Of shsp
whose wool became 6lled with hay sssi during
the winter, and now the result Il crop Of gr.ss
On the top Of each individual. BY ut.ls man
agemsnthe might produce lamb and green peas
on the same stock.
Kit Carson, the celebrated pioneer, guide and
hunter, died 1t Fort Lyon on The 25d inst,
from rupture ofan artery In The neck.
For the ant time In dx yean the city Of
New Orleans, on tn ID instant, wss ne ffsn
the presence q FEDERAL troops, white o. bAek.
The N. Y. Nation thus sdroitiy expresses IT,
feelings In relation 70 the roosn. grief Of Miss
Winnie Roam: "Ths interruption Of Mis-
Rssm's labor, We are sorry not to b able TO
regret"
An carly adjournment Of Congress 10 new
probable, but Il will not take place tin tho
Southern Senators and Representatives hASe
been admitted and the States have been plscci
under the control Of loyal men.
There Il . great scare in Cansia on sccsunt
Of fear ola Fenian raid.
Congress has postponed the csnidsrsii0a ofs
new tariff until next winter.
A dispatch from Gen: Napier reports that
heavy food pre,ailci In The Sopo dehle, Abys-
sinia, BY which 81. hundred natives have been
drowned.
All future petitioners under the bankrupt oct
must pay fly per cent. Of their Indebtedness to
secure their discharge.
This Is the Detroit Pots first proof on typ
cal terms and points schuyler COlfAx 10 .
printer, regularly trained In the cran. LIE 10
the first printer ever nominated for - high IN
Office As the Vice Presidescy. In ncs, be 10 the
nOnpsriel Of printers, the pearl Of the crsfs, and
No. diamond type ofaman. lie win make
. capital Vice President. and although ths no
blest Roman Of them al, the Italics win sus-
tain him In noble manner. His popularity Ia
without . |, and win make tbeoppositiOn scs's"!
A Delaware man has lost three wives and
twenty-one children by death, but be has enc
wife and thirty children living, perhaps be ID
happy after all.
A bill will be introduced In the Senate this
week providing for the consolidation Of the bu-
reaus Of Agriculture. Education and Satisfies
into one. under the oontrolof the present Com
missioner Of Agriculture. It has been suggest
Cd that the head Of this Department be made
member Of the Caoanet.
Joy at meeting sister from whom she had
been long separated recently caused fine
young woman, who worked In family at Dan
yers, to become suddenly insane, and she hal to
b conveyed to Worcester Asylum . raviDg
msnaic.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs have In
structed Senator Sumner to report adversely on
the nomination Of George b. Mcclellan - Min
lister to England.
Weston has failed In his one hundred milo
walking match.
New Hampshire papers predict very largo
apple crop In that State this year.
From every part Of Wisconsin and hinneso-
u, and In net from nearly al over the western
States, como the most cheering reports Of tho
grain prospects for 1868.
Texas 10 far behind all other States with 10
spect to reconstruction, The Constitutional
Convention did not meet till the 6rst Inst.
McClellsn's nomination to b minister u
England has been rejected.
The trial Of Jcf Davis. which was pat down
for Wednesday Of this week, Ia to Be again post
poned. Although he witnesses were subpc-
nsed for that day, Davis keeps away, having
been apphscd In advance Of tho postpoueme,t.
It Is now said the trial win take place IN Octo-
Der. Why prolong the farcef
A dispatch from Silver City, Idaho, juno 2,
nays that soldiers and scouts, headed by Bcebe.
Gen. Crooks chief scout, attacked and killed 80
Indians near Owyhcs Ferry. This hand Of saw
ages hal committed many depruhtioas during
the past two years. Not ono Of them escaPed.
The Legislature Of Alabama In 1896 passed. an
act permitting crippled Confederate sOldisrs. dis
abled from obtaining livelihood by manual Ia
Dor, to pebble free Of tax. General Meade, be-
lieving that there Is no good rrason Why these
benefits should not be extended to oil disabled
persons, has issued an order changing the law
10 that effect.
The Main shipbuiliers Association has BEEN
refused representation In the National Board Of
Trade. Their claim to sests was rejected on tho
ground that the association reprssented BY them
was organized for special purpose and did not
come within the provisions Of the constitution
adopted BY the board.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Beamn In The
House juno 9Th provides practically for u, TO-
$3.50, % A.. -,,ic.r.;tv 49, -ith r.~>l.