The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-11-25

II you remember this, 1t will help you little
In doing your "sums." When you have 81 to
multiply by 8, or any multiple Of II as high as
q. you have only to multiply the hrst figure,
and you may be sure the other results will be
Just like the first.
The latest cable dispatches brings Us the In
telligcnce that Gen. Paladine proposes to attack
the Prussians about Paris, raise the seige and
end the war. This Is practically the same
scheme suggested by John Phenix: err
says that authority, 81 were in command Of
90, 900 men and were beseiged by $4,000 men,
would march out Of the city and let them, the
unsuspecting enemy, march In. Then would
beseige hsm!" ..,
Tho war feeling Is ardent throughout the
Russian empire. Ingnatief returns to Con-
stantinople with full and particular Instructions
from the Imperial Government .l.r..
Its reported that Russia las fly iron-clad
monitors at Nikolaeif. drawing less than eight
zen feet Of water. The fortifcations ct Asof
have been greatly strengthened, and are repre-
scented as impregnable.
George Francis Train has been arrested by
the provisional government and Is bastiled ut
Lyons for promoting Evolutionary uprising
In France.
Great apprehension Is expressed In England
that II war with Russia ensues, the United
States, acting ON the precedent set by England
In the Alabama case, will cover the ocean with
privateers under Russian letters Of marque.
A four story marble front building, "a South
water street. Chicago. has been burned. Loss
<.Dn
pamphlet has been suppressed by the advice Of
bis friends. Complimentary to R-A peanut
and newspaper peidleI on the Kansas Pacific
deceased uncle In England fortune Of Sl,-
25O, OOO.-It Is stated that the estimates for the
Navy Department for the next financial year
will be S8,0OO,OOO less than for the present
year. ..-r
According to Archbishop Spalding. who Is
the leading prelate Of the Roman Catholic Church
In America. Pope Plus TX Is In o much worse
position than most men had supposed-or In
other words, that the absorption Of Rome by
Italy Is far more important step than the pub
lie generally imagined. He maintains that the
Holy Father els q prisoner to oil intents and
purposes I" that "the invasion Of the Papal
territory by King Victor Emanuel transcends
In guilt any outrage Of the century !" that the
pIebiscite submitted to the people was q sham
and farce and that "the Eumenical Council
would have lasted year or 70 longer II II had
not been for this trcacherOus INVASION" There
were, he adds, forty important questions left un-
touched when the Council broke up. Why did
Il break up. theni Because, says this distin-
guished prclate, "the bishops had to fly for their
lives" and ..murder at this moment stalks I'M
challenged through the streets Of Rome"
On Saturday last two drunken scoundrels
with an axe and revolver killed whole family
Of Ave persons In Washington County, Missouri.
They have not yet been arrested.
The Supreme Court has to-day decided that 9
holder of q bank check cannot sue the bank for
refusing payment, In absence Of proof that the
check was accepted by the bank or charged
against the drawer. The holder takes his check
on the credit Of the drawer, and the bank Is not
connected with the transaction.
g. II. Marvin and Isaiah Blood have CON-
menccd movement to secure sets Of mathemat.
ical and surveying instruments and . library
for Generals Grant, Sherman, and Mcclellan,
a. token Of regard Of the people Of New York,
for their services In the civil war. The entire
cost will 10 s225, 900. Marvin and Blood have
subscribed $4,000 each for Generals Sherman
and Mcclellan, and George 8. Batchelder and
John A. Griswold have responded literally for
Grants library. Tho presentation win take
place March 4th. A very foolish move, II true.
The six men arrested In New York for. swim
ding by sending circulars odosing TO sell ooun.
terfeat money were turned over 10 the United
SAatr. puthorities and beld In tan thou and dbl