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GOSSIP IN ORDINARY.

The Boston Post doesn't like the manner i
which one Of It's contemporaries talks abou
Grant and the President. It says: eth
Springfield Republican performs CHARACTERISED
aip-hap, and gulps down impeachment with
smack that can be heard at Washington.
The Bath Times editor received m Invitation
to DO present at "Leap Year BALL." but In
ments that the fair ones discovered that he WA
married man and left him out In the cold wher
the evening came. lie probably sat up In hi
"stOrc clothes" in his sanctum all night wait
ing. Good enough for tho gay deccivcr!
The clcvcrcst writer's for the atlantic do moi
make $500 year It Is said, by writing for thai
magazine.
The light which started from stars Of the
twelfth magnitude when Moses crossed the Rcd
Sea has not reached the earth yet. II Is also rs
serted that leading Democrat started from one
Of those celestial bodies at that time, on down.
ward grnde, with copy Of the constitution un-
der his arm, and the light aforesaid has no.
ovcrtaken him yet.
The N. II. Gasstte, Of Portsmouth, has dom
ned new dress. 1t is the oldest paper In Amer
lea, and has good deal Of plth and elasticity
(no joke, Miller,) left in its old agc.
1t Is proposed by . western paper that law
be passed requiring every railway passenger
to buy on axe to be used In case Of accident,
law which would certainly mako the axe
trade lively.
A Maine ciitor threatens to come back after
he gets into Heaven. That Is q place far distant
from the profession, because there Is no "dcvil'
there; but If the Sunrise man docs get there, Il
will tax the Almighty's powers severely. and we
hope he will be gcntlemanly enough to stay.
1t Is suggested that perfect prevention
against slipping on both wet and dry Ice, Is q
little strip Of carpet on the soles OF pcdestri-
ans. It at oil events easily and cheaply
tried.
The report that the successful (D Protector Of
the lamentel Bodugger Ind been seen escaping
to Canada on aspavinei mule, in order to get
out Of reach Of Democratic "lafter," necis con-
hrmation. His appointment . "Foreign
Missionary" has not arrived.
It Is fact somewhat remarkable In legislative
proceedings that our Maine Senate was engaged
upon the repeal Of the Constabulary Act for two
days in steady debate, and then passed. the bill
to be engrossed by q unanimous vote!
Gen. Phil Sheridan is paying attention to =
young lady in Albany. It Is intimatcd that she
lives at the Executive mansion.
The Portsmouth IN. H.) Chronicle In speak
ing Of the advent Of Z. F. Pillsbury In New
Hampshire says that "hc has tasted the bitter
draught Of political adversely, and Is very
proper person to administer the consultations OF
the Coppcrhead faith"
The Montana Legislature kindly eIempts law
ycrs, clitor-, and idiots from jury duty.
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Tract Justice.

The n. Y. Post has the following pertinent
brief, and IL Is worthy the perusal Of bowling
coppcrheads, who love to quote the Po'i Is .
conservative journal:
Lori Stanley in q speech at Bristol. some
weeks ago about the attempt Of the Penians 20 70
set up . republic In ireland, said eve WIZ
not allow the British empire to Be pulled to pie
ces In virtue Of any fantastic theories.
Ireland and England arc inseperable nov sno
forever" That Is right-itis precisely .na'
the American people said In regard to 'en. "a
vis's attempt at secession. We would not anow
tho Union 70 30 pulled TO pieces In virtue Oh
any fantastic theories. But the Spectator ms
brief sentence Of comment on this decarauon,
which IL, also, worthy Of our attention "Aiser
all. there Il no such thing a indissolubls un'on
between true enemies and II Lord Stanley y 70
Justify his own declaration he must find means
Of making the union happy, or It can ne'ef %
indissolu6le." Equal and exact justice 70 al
men II the foundation ofall true content and
lasting peaoe.
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GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

In two western States the law Of libel IL en-
gaging attention. In Wisconsin II Is proposed
to protect editors and publishers In the publca-
ton Of accurate reports Of public proceedings,
while in Missouri bill Is under discussion to
make II m offence punishable with imprison-
ment to admit to the columns Of newspaper
anything calculated to injure the character or
reputation Of any person.
The New York Mail says Thurlow Weed will
certainly retire from Journalism and public life
after the Presidential election, which he can af.
ford to do, as no Is full Of years and experience,
and has property worth about S8,OOO,OOO
George William Curtis calls General Howard,
man destined to the most cnviablc Immortality
In the affectionate gratitude the most injured
of races.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has isued an
oder abolishing the Metropolitan Revenue
Board Of New York.
The National Bank interest Is beginning to
be powerfully felt in opposition to the Randall
bill.
Mr.. II. Carpenter has been retained by Mr..
Stanton to represent the Government In cases
where Attorney General Stanbcrry declines to
appear.
A Natchcs paper speaks Of the arrival there
Of "that illustrious representative Of the South,
Jsgerson Daris!''
The chances Of 8. 8. Cox's confirmation ms
Minister to Austria arc decreasing A speech
which he made In 1889 at Detroit, proposing to
raise an army Of 100, 900 men to 20 into Cansds
to bring Vallandigham back Is operating against
him.
Nearly eighteen hundred dollars have been
collected in Philadelphia for the relief Of the
Crctans, mainly by the eIertions Of Rev. Philips
Brooks.
Over five million dollars worth OF imports
were received at New York last week.
Destructive fire at Pittsburg, Pa. Loss sup
posed to be S2i3,000.
A German woman In Cincinnati died sncsinfe
on Friday. and Was buried. On Sunday after
noon the vault was opened, and II WAS found
that she had been delivered VI twins. The pre-.
sumption Is that the mother was buried alive.
The Mobile Gala Register states that Judge
Busted. lately shot by District Attorney Mar
tin. has nearly recovered
The farmers In many portions OF the West
arc still greatly incommoded by the want Of
water. Many Of them are compelled 10 haul
water for miles for kitchen use aud for their
cattle.
A negro WAS recently hanged by 4 mob at
Frankfort, Ky, for an alleged crime. but II
has since been incontcstably proved that he
WAS innocent.
The Glasgow bingham mills At South Had
ley Falls are starting up with renewed activity.
hiring all the operatives they can secure, aud
running on full time.
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OUR OWN STATE.

At West watcrvillc Is q shirt factory which
employs forty hands on the premises and work
/. given out to one hundred persons. One hun
drei dozen shirts arc made each month.
The Gardiner Reporter well says the fortunate
termination Of the accident on the p. 4 n,
road the other day, Is but another instance Of
the uniform good fortune which has attended
this respect. We doubt II there is another rail.
road In the country which has had 30 few scci-
dents occur on ia track. II speaks volumes In
favor Of the care taken BY tho company and its
employees. ....
The Calais Adpertissr has . story Of an elopc-
ment which has little romance In Il. Week be-
fore last, while Baptist minister and his wife
Of Brewer were gone to funeral, their daughter,
aged IL, procured horse and sleigh on pro
tencc Of going there also, but instead she took
her trunk and drove Of to meet her lover, and
they started for Calais The horss gave out at
Beadington and they performed the rsst Of Tie
journey by stage. A license was procured and
the parties were married, but the bridegroom
Was Immediately after arrested fsr horse-stealing
and taken back to Bangor, leaving the young
woman ct Calais too sick to travel, The mans
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Ssrtn0ino his SeaIpina-Knife.

Andy Is hourishlng his scalplng knife With q
vengeance across the New Hampshire line.
Among tho victims ws notice our genial friend
and successor In the Rochester Post Ofice,' ].
II. Worcester, ESQ.,, who has Deen supplantcd by
Mr.. j. @. Davis, formerly Of Alfred In this coun-
ty. Davis Is $3.50 conservative" whom the
cops. have been trying to bait in order to bring
him clear over, for some time. He Is pretty
good fellow, and we don't believe he Is quite
ready to swear by Andy. But Worcester could
not be bought, 50 he was oustcd. Such
ousting under those circumstances won't injure
him with the good people Of Rochester II Is
an honor to any man to be turned out Of Office
by Andrew johnson, and indicates manliness,
personal integrity and devotion to principle,
which are hated by copperhaeds and traitors.
while they are hOnorod and respected by the
patriotic masses.
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Something 10 member.

II Is well sometimes to remember some things;
and there are times when we cannot well help
remembering them. The Kennebec Journal
says truly that at the approaching Spring eicc-
tons the people Of Maine will not forget all the
hendishly disloyal works Of rotten party, how
ever much the leaders Of that party may vail
about taxes, negro supremacy" the "poor peo-
ple," and the like. They have not forgotten
that State Rights Democracy and Its Rebellion
cost the nation three thousand millions Of dollars,
and carried mourning into an hundred thou
sand families:
That Democrats of the North offered aid md
comfort to the rebels through the whole conflict |;
declared the war ga failure" and In National
Convention recommended the withdrawal Of the
Republic from the soil Of the South, and
the adjustment Of affairs upon the best possible
terms:
That Democratic leaders cried Peace Pence
when there could have been no peace that would
not involve the subsection Of the North to the de-
mands of the South:
That the Democracy Of the North, with ex-
ceptional instances, had no sympathy with the
war measures Of Lincoln Administration but,
ON the contrary, kindlcd "frcs in the rear"
which, but for the patriotism Of the Republican
masses, would have "palsiel the arm Of thcgov-
ernment," and the Union been dissolved:
That while Democratic Congrcssmen, Cover
mons and Generals violated their oaths, and went
into the Confederate Congress and Confederate
Armies, no Republican Congressman, Governors
or Generals, turned traitors and went into the
Confederate Congress and Confederate Armies |:
That every Democratic State but Delaware
and New Jersey went out Of the Union, and
those two would have done 30 II the power Of the
Union army and the Republicans Of those States
had not prevented:
That while the Democratic States went out Of
the Union and the controlling force Of the Demo-
cratic party was exertcd to the utmost for the
success Of the rebellion and tho consequent do
struction of the Union, the Republican party
proved loyal to the Union In every trial and
emergency:
That while the Republicans always ,rejoiced
over rebel defeats and rebel surrcnders, the
Democratic party rejoiccd over Union defeats
and Union surrendeS.
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EASTERN RuLRoAp MilriSo.-The annual
meeting Of the Eastern Railroad was held in
Boston on Monday, Sd inst.
Hon. :. A. Chase Of Salem expressed his
grstincanon at the succcss Of the corporation
Tor the past year, as shown in the report, and
Congratulated the Stockholders on the same.
The annual election Of Directors was then had,
and on motion Of Mr.. Hackett Of Portsmouth, a
committee Of three was appointed 10 receive
and count votes for . Board Of seven dirrctor..
The balloting Was prooe~iei with, and the fbl.
lowing named gentlemen were unanimousIy
elected each receiving 6g73 so,s~,
George NJ. Browne, Samuel Hooper, Nathan
lei Thsycr. Franklin Haven, and Benjamin y
Bates, Of Boston, Vim. L. Dwight. Of Ports
mouth Henry L. Williams. Of Salem.
A vote was passed. providing for the Issuing Of
100000 worth Of new bonds, to provide for III,
present or future debt Of corporation. Som,
Of the private business Was transacted aite,
which tAs meeting sdjOurued.
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FOREIGN.

The news from Mexico shows continued In.
quietude In that country. The government had
been forwarned Of an intending pronunciamentc
In favor Of Santa Anna by the garrison at Vera
Cruz, anil force was sent there 10 arrest soIn(
non-commissionel officers and ringleadcs, and
quiet was restored.
The news from Europe Is clouiel with a.
dings Of famine or severe distress. In Russia
the northern provinces are sOrely tricl In east
ern Prussia deaths from starvation arc Of daily
occurrence. The tidings from some Of the French
districts and from Algeria almost remind one Of
the horrors Of Orissa and In England half ~
ciety seems to be opening soup kitchens or DO
ling out bread and Goals to the other half.
The British Abyssinian expedition has advanc.
ed only few miles beyond Senate. The cap
tives still remain at Magiala, alive and we'll
though closely guarded, but approximations arr
felt that Theodore will put them to death A. soor
Ms he hears Of the measures on foot TO secure
their release.
Ten Paris Newspaper editors have been sen.
fenced to be imprisoned and 10 pay n fine and
costs for publishing q report Of n debate In the
legislative body other than that firnishcd by the
official stenogrspher.
The Crctans have obtained . great victory
over the Turks.
China adyices are to Dec. 10th. On the 9th
Of November great fire occurvi at Hong Kong
which destroyed NIL Of one AMI part Of another
street. Numerous buildings wore blown up TO
prevent the spreading Of the conaagration.
Several soldiers were injured and number
Chinese killed. The British Consulate was at
tackled by . party Of Chinese on the night OF
Dec. LIST. Two Of the assailants were shot. Il
Is thought murder was the object As no attempt
was made to plumber. Agrcat battle WAS fought
ut Shang Tung Promontory, In which the i'm
peralists defeated the rebel army with an esti-
mated loss Of $1,000. The imperialisb were
subsequently defeated In several subsequent en-
gagements with heavy loss.
The King Of Italy and the Pope Of Rome are
ut issue on q matter Of some moment. Pope
Plus has directed the clergy throughout Italy TO
have Tt Dsum sung In al the churehm for the
victory Of Montana, In which many Italians
were butchercd by the French, who werc a,~istsi
that new member Of the Roman calendar,
81. Chsssepot, 70 whom DO the honor and tie
glory. King Victor Emanuel has issued proc
lamation forbiddins the holding ofreligious cerc-
monies for any such purpose In his Kingdom.
Which potentais will the clergy obey, tho ono Of
this world or the one oftho other world. Pope or
King, Church or StAtef &C..
A careless nurse In IN English work-hou'e
put paupsg baby into tub OF boiling water
and then nicely shanped Il by rubbing IL with
. coarse towel.
England pays cioo year for each Of In
SOLDIER. France Gao, and Prussis only go.
Forty-dve ships are On the way With $780,
600 pounds Of tee from China to England.
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Congress b expected soon 70 pas . law provid-
ing that smajority Of thcss actually voting shall
DO sufficient to ensure The adoption Of the Con-
stitution. Such bin has already passed the
House, and has been referred to the Judiciary
Committee Of the Senate.
The Columbus (ohio) State Journal intimstss
that George II. Pcndleton invested "a 900 In
the With District to defeat Beatty and elect
Barney Burns. The Cincinnati Commercial
says..the remark will not be smin that Pendle-
tons candidate could have been just Is easily
beaten for half the money"
The New York correspondent Of the Philadel-
phia Ledger says that . movement Is on foot
among the conservative Republicans Of New
York to establish third party on State mat
ters, but which shall cooperate with all other
Republicans In support Of General Grant for
the Presidency. ...1..
The Republican State Committee have issued
q stirring address. They say: "Therc Is Q Re-
publican majoritw In the State. It rcsb with
you to say whether 1t shsll be secured. The
means and result arc In these wordsworth and
Victory" ..........
The German Grant Clubs In Connecticut.
which are many and strong, are taking steps
for q solid State organization, the New Haven
Club leading In the movement.
Gen. Hancock has removed three Aldermen
and six assistant Aldermen Of New Orleans for
holding an election for receiver In the second
district. In contempt Of orders from hcadquar-
ters. Gen. Hancock made new appointments.
N. N. Bingham, special agent Of the Treasury
Department for tho prevention Of smuggling In
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, reports
that between April 25, 1867, and January 81,
1868, the property seized, actions commenced
and penalties paid through their fundamentally,
amounts to 1901 ,038.44.
The New York Republican State Convention
nominated Gen. Grant and Gov. Fenton for the
Presidency and the vice-Prcsidency.
The subcommittee on reconstruction arc con-
sidering whether any further legislation Is noe
essary to define the relations between the Presi-
dent, the War Office and the General-in-C Chief,
They arc also considering whether II Is expcdient
and proper for the House to take any action by
way Of expressing the sentiment the country
on General Grants conduct, and whether, In
view Of the Presidents course, Il Is not necessa-
ry to clothe him (Gen. Grant) with full authori-
ty In the matter pertaining to reconstruction,
Senator Doolittle, In letter to the editor Of
the GAINESVILLE Gasette, in 1862, said; GAS We
have war, and the rebels will insist upon war,
under the proclamation Of the President,
would make negro territory in the United
States, beginning with South Carolina
An effort Is making to have the Democratic
National Convention meet In Philadelphia.
Mr.. A. J. Hamilton Is to be opposed, as n
candidate for Congress from Texas, by his
brother Mr.. Morgan C. Hamilton.
A convention at St. Louis has nominated Gen.
Grant for one reason among others because che
will settle the Alabama claims by moving at
once upon tho works Of the enemy" g.,
The Richmond (va.) Register Is out for Han
nibal Hamlin for Vice President.
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In time Of peace. Secretary wello calls for 10
millions; but on tVins consulted In view Of gov
eminent frugality and general retrsnchment, b
looks over his books again. and thinks he can
get along with 25 millions, saving 20 millions,
or 80, in one item. And even these figures the
committee on Naval Affairs consider too high.
for they take the liberty to strike out three mil
lions more. 30 Old Bsmaclss came within
twenty-thrce Millions Of dollars Of the sum
thought necessary! Who says he Is not model
Secretary.
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name Is 8. D. Rhodes, and the Sh's Elsn NJ.
Shaw, The old folks Say they afs Wiling TO
"forgive and forget" provided he WIN desert
her husband, but not otherwise.
The Bangor correspondent Of The Maine Ston-
dard, nys young lady was buried IN that city
on Monday, who deceased very tuddenly on
Saturday. The cause Of her death somewhat
yelled In mystery, a she resirci In her usua,
health. II Is reported that the unfortunate gir
had been In the habit Of taking small dose Of
arsenic for the purpose Of improving her COM
ple1ion, and Il Is surmiscd that she took On
overdose on this occasion.
Forty members Of the Penobscot Tribe Of In
dams were employed last season In driving log
on the Penobscot river. They all show grca'
aptitude for work about the water, says TIKI
Portland Pres.
On the 7th inst, Mr. VIM. Cross Of Augusta,
while unloading wood at his door, stuck stick
into his eye, entirely destroying Its sight
and leaving Q bad wound. II bs serious &C.
cidsnt 10 him, q hs had already nearly lost the
sight Of his other eye, says the Maine Farmer.
Tho eiitor Of the Rockland Gazette recently
paid visit to the State Prison at Thomaston.
lie SAYS the Bowioinham Bank robbers have
donncd their new suit One Is placed a
DISCRIMINATING, another In the wheclwight shop
and the third in the boot and shoe shop. liz
Judges they do not like their new business, for
they looked very cross.
Hon. Tappen Robie OF Gorham, has offered
the citizens OF that town handsome clock to be
placed In the tower Of the Congregational church
In that village, provided the citizens will put
tbo clo.ct ,ptn the prorCr nlace.
Walter Brown Of Portland, the .Argus says,
has brought home new paper boat OF the Wa
ter's patent. from model ofhis own. This boat
Is 81 10 feet long, 12 inches wide, and weighs
bui ~ pounds. The lightcst wooden boat ever
built Of similar dimensions weighed Al pounds.
The most singular part Of the matter Is that the
paper boat Is more than four times stronger than
one Of wood. All Of II, ave where the sculler
sits, Is gas tight, 30 that In the event Of race
sufficient gas may be taken into II to reduce It's
weight to eight pounds. The displacement Of
water by such o craft will be very much less
than that Of wooden boat, and tho same exer-
ton win propel II proportionately faster. Its
strength Is also great advantage.
Mr.. Samuel Carter, the engineer In charge Of
the locomotive that went over the embankment
near Richmond, last Wednesday, heroically
stuck to his engine and reversed her after she
had left the track.
About week ago. Mr.. l.. G. Hodeman Of
South Paris, conductor on the q T. r. r..
accideutly stuck splinter In one Of his fingers.
The wound became indame the swelling In
creasing rapidly till Il extended through the
whole arm and shoulder, n large abcess gather
ing In the arm pit On Thursday. after con-
sultation, his physicians opened the abcess.
but without giving relief, and the patient died
at 8 O'Clock this moaning. -Lspiston Journal.
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Greeley has been talking to Miles 0'Reilly
"like father" He states the issue thus |:
"Alilcs, the vital question at issue Is this
shall the loyal, hearty Unionists Of the South,
though the disfranchiscment Of majority Of
them be placed under the feet Of the disloyal
minority who would rc-cstablish the confederacy
tomorrow ifthey could, II you seek to give
the South up to the unchallengcd rule Of that
minority other people who badly wanted to kill
you for "invading" her in defense Of the Union,
then say 30 like man II you think those
Southcrncrs you deemed good enough to divide
with you the bullets ofthe Rebels. and even to
take the larger share Of those lovc-taps, are not
good enough to have voice In the Government
they helped to save, speak It right QUIT
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Hancock Ut Work.

New YoRx, Feb. IA Washington special
states that some days ago Gen. Hancock i~ucd
an order removing nearly all Of the present
City Council Of New Orleans, most Of whom
werc the appointees Of Gen. Sheridan. These
members and other loyal citizens protested
sgainst Genr Haneock's action a. done without
Just cause, and In the interest Of Democratic
politicians who wish 10 defeat the new Constitu-
ton about to be submitted to the people Of Lou
isians. Genl Grant telegnphcd Hancock 10
suspend this order and rrinstate the Councilmcn.
Gen'l Hancock sent . reply this evening that
unless he Is allowed To enforce his order he
must ask to be relieved from command. Genn
Grant refuses to yield and the subject has been
referred to the President, who has sent to Han
cock for all the information In his possession, on
the subject. II Is expected that the President
will refuse to relieve Gcnr Hancock, and All
other conflict Of authority Is expected In conso-
Oycnce.
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Fire In SkOwhegan.

SEownEGAS. Feb. o, 1858.
A FIRE occurred here last night, destroying
Excelsior Factory occupied by Abbotts Psning
Mil. Turoer's Bedsteaa Manu'aet"ry, and 9th
er shops; loss IN building $4,000. No insur-
ance. L. Gould & Co.'S Machine Shop was
also burned. Total loss about $4,000. ln-
surei In Springfield Co. 50, 200, aud same in
the Roger Williams, Providence