The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-06-04


and at present resides, with his wife, at the ar
istocratic clearinghouse in Washington.
In recent conversation the President stated
that Minister Motley did depart from our shores
with instructions, Notwithstanding reports to the
contrary. ..,.
A Washington special says Gen. John Coch-
rane, Of New York, has been offered the mis-
sion to Paraguay, and II is said that he is dis
posed to accept 1t. AS SION as the Government
discovers Gen. McNIahon's whereabouts he is to
be recalled. -
The Oxford Democrat this week formally pre-
sents Mr.. Perham's name for the gubcrnatorial
nomination to be made at Bangor, and prints
a letter from Mr.. John ]. Perry recommending
Hon. Arson p. Morrill, for the same compli-
ment.
A dispatch dated Atlanta, Goth, says, the
Grand Jury Of Bib county have found true
bill against ]. Clarke swayse, ciitor and pro-
prietor Of the American Union, the only Repub-
lican paper in Georgia, for high misdemeanor
in publishing an article after the assassination
Of DR.. Dyer, calling upon Union men to organ
i,e for their own protection.
Phosphorus is said to be a constituent element
Of brain matter, and where, from mental cx.
haustion or lack Of brains. men become III or
fools, phosphorus in some form is prescribed by
medical men. As a dict, fish, more than any
other article Of food, contains this element Of in
tellectual matter. We would advise the Els
worth american to live on fish for the remain
der Of its natural life.
The President has distinctly asserted his de-
termination to put an end to all assassinations
and other disturbances in South Carolina and
Florida in the future, II possible. With that
end in view he has instructed General Terry,
who has been assigned to that department, and
will take command on June l, to render etfcien
and cheerful aid in the suppression Of all dis
turbances, and the protection Of citizens in
their persons and property.
The London correspondent Of the New York
Tribune, who was the author Of the report, tele-
graphcd fortnight since, that England, France
and Spain had taken the initial steps toward
forming an offensive and defensive alliance
against the United States, sends by mail some
further particulars on the same subject. Mr.
smalley says, May 10, two days after the dis
patch was sent, that the alliance "is still Sc
crct in London" but he states that the account
came to him from such source that he was not
a. liberty to keep silent. He does not profess to
know whether the original proposition Of the
alliance came from England or France, what
were its terms, nor how far the negotiations had
gone. but he fully believed that they were in
progress, and gives reasons for that opinion.
II appears that Andy johnson, after having
made political prospecting tour of Tennessee,
has returned home with the idea that he was
out Of the State too long; that in his absence
everything was turned upside down. and that
he is inclined to abandon the lIerculcan task Of
setting things right side up. lie ought to take
out new policy, or show what he can do in a
new field in the cultivation Of corn and rye,
these hyorito staples Of East Tennessee.
The Oxford Democrat, which has been stated
to favor Gov. Chamberlain's fourth nomination,
In its last issue, after examining the facts in the
case, asks whether after all sit will not be
blundcr on the part Of the Republican party to
so act as to force temperance men TO make a
separate nomination" On the whole the Ok
ford paper thinks that, inasmuch as the nomin-
alton Of Gov. Chamberlain will insure q third
candidate, and the nomination Of some ono else
would avoid this, that it would be better to take
this course.
Mr.. Boutwell, is quotcd as saying that il he
had authority. he could now ensily fund our
whole debt, within n reasonable time, in long
bonds at 4 or ~ per cent
The debate Of the proposed amendment to the
extending the elective franchise to
women was begun in the Massachusetts, Senate
Griswoh and Pitman sup
porting the amendment, Senator Dowsc, the
dissenting member Of the special committee on
the subject opposing it. The gallery and lob
bics Of the Senate Chamber were filed with
spectators, most Of whom were women Interest,"
ell in favorable decision Of the question
Mr.. wasbburnc, late Minister to Paraguay,
returned from Washington to the old family
homestead in Maine, on Saturday last. lie is
still Of opinion that Minister McSlahon has been
foully dealt with by Lopez, and that he will
never be heard from, Notwithstanding the re-
cent report to the contrary.
Senator Sprague writes to Southern admir-
er. ..Tbe workingmen Of the North are in full
action. The platform Of union and just com.
pensation for labor is one that all can stand ON.
In 1t there Is safety as well a, success
A negro postmaster has been appointed at
Cu,hbert, Georgia. The ovcr-nice white citi-
'ens cannot brook the insult Of receiving their
mails through his hands. Accordingly they
have their mails STOPPED at another pcst-ofIice
n lew miles further, and send their negro scr.
wants alter them daily. The color is not 10
much the oSi,ection amer all. In the one case a
servant Of the public would hand them their
letters, in the other they receive them from ,