The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-11-05
GENERAL NE VS. ITEMS.

Pike, the Hampton Fall, murderer, has been
Informed that the Governor and Council had
voted not to interfere In his case, but should al
low the sentence of the court to be carried ont.
When the intelligence was communicated to him
he was completely unnamed, and exclaimed,
ooh my God /; had hoped for better news.
Why did they not tell me beforey" To Presid-
ing Elder W. II. Clark of Keene he said: 81
can't bear Il; my brain Is all of q whirl." Pike
has requested that Rev. Sullivan Holman Of
Montpelier, VI, late chaplain Of the prison, shall
be with him the night before his execution aud
attend him upon the scatfold.
Some months ago Colonel Yerger, Of jackson
Miss, shot the military Mayor Of that city, be-
cause ofhis seizing for taxes piano in the resi-
dcncc Of Yergcr, but which, It seems, was not
his property. The killing was deliberate,
cold.blocded affair, and the only attempt made
to palliate II by the friends Of the murderer was
in the assertion that Yerger was insane and had
been 30 for years. He was arrested, tried by n
military tribunal, found guilty and sentenced
to death. IIereupon an appeal was taken to
the Unitcl States Supreme Court from the Cir
cult Court, sueing for writ Of habeas corpus to
compel the release Of Ycrger. This was resisted
on the ground that the Court had no jurisdic-
ton In thee Recently Chief Justice Chase
delivered the opinion Of the Court, which de-
clarcs It's jurisdiction, and thus comes directly
in conflict with the reconstruction laws. Con-
siderable excitement prevails in political circles
and Judge Chase Is denounced by some In I'M
measured terms. The question is, In the pres
ent condition Of Mississippi, what power must
prevail. This will be matter for Congress to
look into.
Parties from the wreck Of the steamer Stone
will report sxty-fve bodies recovered. The
colorcd steward and the chambermaid arc the
only snes identified.
The feeling against John s. Washington Of the
steamer Submarine, No. 10, who passed the
Stonewall while she was burning and when, 1t is
said many lives could have been saved, is very
intense. lie Is condemned In unreasonable
terms. A report is received from Capt. Giran-
den that vigilance committee has been formed
to lynch him when he returns up the river.
Rev. II. W. Beccher, during recent talk at
his Friday evening prayer meeting, compared
the conventional religious phrases used by some
people to the keys and pennies and silver pieces
lin the days Of specie payments-that he had
heard well-to-do business men rattle COM
placcntly In their pockets. As aboy, he used
to admire such men but, rs man, when II
comes to rattling the round shot Of pious, .trite
sayings, like 'IHow Is II with your soul to-dayf
he Is disguised. And well he may be.
Early Friday morning FIRE occurred In Lick
ing Co. Infrmary, two miles south Of Granville
Ohio. One building was occupied by ten in
sane persons, and when the fire was discovered
II was too late to rescue them, they being lock-
ed In their rooms, and all persisted. Tho hre
originated from the furnace.
Treasurer Spinner has received % cent note
genuine In every particular, except that the red
seal affixed was not upon II. This note evil
IDENTIFY got out by some secret means from the
Bank Note Printing Co., In New York and nm
immediate investigation win be ordered. The
best plan Is to refuse all notes not having the
red seal, as II Is impossible to know how many
without the seal have been circulated.
A dispatch from Omaha, dated October q,
says that on the 22d Of September band Of the
Sioux. under "Littlc Bear, > were encampcd on
the south side Of the Missouri river, above Fort
Rice. They had camped for the night. and had
all gone to sleep. At about midnight the prai-
rics contiguous to their lodges were set on 6re,
aud before the alarm could be given or measures
taken to save their lives about one hundred were
consumed. About seventy ponies were likewise
burned. .r.- ..
ASt. John, N. D., dispatch says the Garth
Quake there was PRECEDED by rumbling noise
and the vibrations lasted about twenty seconds.
Houses shook violently, everybody was awaken.
cd and many rushed from their houses In alarm,
but no material damage was done. In other
PARTS Of New Observation-Disclosures Wood
stock, Miramichi and 81. Andrews-the shocks
appear 10 have been moro severe, throwingdown
chimneys and cracking the walls Of houses.
Slighter shocks were felt in Halifax, Annapolis
and Kent,ille, N.s.
The N. Y. Tribune has Alaska correspondence
proving that the gold recently discovered mp the
stickeen river is very rich in quality and worth
$50 per ounce. The Indian who discovered the
gold took out sl25 the first three hours. 3D.,
The Treasury Department has issued an order
that five cent pieces viii be rcdeencl when pre-
scntei insums Of 500. Heretofore they have
been irrvieemable The one and two cent pieces
(nickel) arc irrdccmable by government, and
the three ent pieces arc only legal tenders for
sums not above sixty cents, and not rcdcemable
at all. E1
The tusks Of mastodon were found In the
bed Of Straight Crock, Ohio, last week. One
Of them Is entire and the other nearly 20. They
each measure three and one-half feet long and
twenty and one-half inches in circumference.