The Union and journal., 1870-07-01

An odd case occurred In tie u. 8. District
Court In Philadelphia last week. The Court
had bern trying ohe Sherman Cor selling coun-
terfeit Lesf stapp. Cne Of the witnesses,
witeman. . Governmeat detective, testiSed
with great glee that he yalmcd Cd upon Geo.
Mountjoy bundle sf blank paper which tbs
receiver suppocd 70 be spurious currency, for
which wi,eman vas paid $1,000 In rood money.
He informed the court that this Il known among
the detectives q ''the Doodle c.ne.- Judge
Cad valIader was not % much ehtertainei by
thcse disclosures a. the deponent expected he
would be. On the contnry, his judicial wrath
was % much excited that he held the shrcwd
and funny y. 8. detective 10 bail In $4,000
u take bis trial jbr swindling. and, not being
sble to furnish bonds, The hunsIsss detective
vas locked ,sp4 Z 4 VIZ JllJV
In the New Hampir Legislature last Thurs
day the -Hsuss sdoptei md pls,el The yudicis-
y Committee's resolutions repealng the law
exemptiug hye hundred dollars worth sf prop
erty irvn hxsfion In cAses Of in,lchksdnes by
% Aryea majority that no parti1n signi6canco
na be attached % their action.
The Land agent, occompaniei by Hon. Noah
Barker, ID ens'goa In surveying lots Of ono
hundred acres each for the new olouy OF
Swedes who are expected tosrive In Augut.
The locality selected 10 In township II. range
three, lying northwest Oftbe town efLypdon.
Z A singular eve.i tran,plrsd IN West TrVy. N.
Y, oa Friday. a nttis gin Playing among
some fowles, incensed COCK, Sls dew At her
hcad and drove his nan lnlp Der srmp,es. An
hour Afterwards the Child Vas totally blind, and
at hst accounts sts vas expectei to die from
her injuries. i.i"" ""' 'A'f
ID A destructive cou6agrutioa occurred In
Providence, X I. hs Tuesday morning moro
severe shaa has visitsi the city hr many ysau.
Tl,e fire orirnxtei In The Immense coal sheds Of
Tucker, Swan & Co and seos sprsad TO other
similar buildings owned by other parties. Two
or three vessels were also on hre st one time,
(ths schooner Willard J. Philips Of fPhilstlelphia,
suffering severely,) and sous Of The 6ne bay
steamers. a. well ~ other crah Of varien de-
scriptisn, bad to b moved 70 ssvs them from
injury. The flames lighted Up TIE city In every
direction, and In half an hour ailer the alarm
WIS given there mut have been at lmst thirty
thousand people In the vicinity watching tho
eonHagrstion. LO1 100000.
Il 10 mid that Earl Graudvins win ssccccI
the Earl Of Clarendon ~ besd Of The forrign Of
Hce; to he u,ccecici In turn n Colonial Sec
retary Of Chinchester Portesce, new Chief
Secretary Cor Ireland. 'rrr.
An American has of,erci f2O,0OO hr Chas.
Dickens residence 1t Gad's him
A canal Is TO be cut through Tho Istl,mus Of
Corinth (Grescel at once. .........
A destructive oil fre occurred ut Ftsburg
Pa. last Tuesday, near Sharp.bsry bridge.
Ats O'Clock, during o terrible ain storm, In
which houses were blown dows and trres up
rooted, twenty thousand barrel tank belong
ing to the Eclipse Refinery. was struck by light
ming. Another tank bsloaeing 70 the Ciiiseas'
Refinery was struck at the sane time. Tho
Eclipse tank Instantly exploited, The burning
oil running towards tie river, burning NIL the
buildings in iis way, including Or. Tweeiles
house and setting Gre to SharIsbury bridge,
which was totally destroyed. -'---
The total Loss 10 probably s6O000. Henry
B. Foster. brother of the late Stephen d. Foster.
was burned to death. t...f.
The Augusta (Ga.) Rep. q. Z. Brysnt's 'spap-
er) says: "Mr. Akcrman Is vel known 10 tho
people Of Georgia rs one OF the sblest hwycr In
the State-as able a. Toomls or Ben lill.-wc
believe him 10 be by hr the Dost influential
Republican In the State, and bis appointment
will do much 10 settle tire difficulty In our party.
In the name Of the Republicans Of Georgia, We
thank the President for selecting this able law
yer and Christian GENTLEMAN for placc In his
Cabinet"
The Boston Advertiser nys that man who
was the yalciictorian ut Iliryard about ten years
since, now rings the bell % start the horse cars
In an Indiana tswn. A man who graduated at
n Maine colIecr now ssr1Insv sSW horsc and