The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-05-13
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

BY the faculty.
A Washington special says the paper which
has been In circulation among the Republican
Congressmen, calling for caucus Of members OF
the party to convene at an early day, has not
been generally signed, and II disapproved BY
quito number Of Republican Senators, who
say thai the object Of the caucus 10 to commit
and bind the party to certain measures now BE-
fore Congress.
Rev. Frederic Fremont Lowell, pastor Of the
Un,vcrsslist Church In Essex, Mass, 10 accused
of gruss RIGHTEOUSNESS and Is reported to have
leu his parish and the town under threats Of
tar and feathers.
A final nd determined secret movement Is on
foot among the leaders In the present strike In
Pennsylvania, to persuade the Lehigh and Wy
oming men to Join them. They are convinced
that unless those regions suspended they cam
not succeed.
Nearly one-half Of the town Of Fincsstle, vs..
was burned Friday night. The Court House
was saved.
The New York Times Is convinced that the 70
male suffrage movement Is making no progress,
and says il Is perfectly clear that only limited
number Of the female sex care one pin about the
right to vote. and under these circumstances II
Is folly to talk Of making fundamental change
In the laws relating to the franchise.
In Paris last night barricades were erected In
some streets, but the troops charged on them
and soon carried them. The majority Of those
voting yes on the pleblscitum appears to be
about one-ffth Of the voting population. A
council Of ministers was held Yesterday. II Is
reported that the cabinet vsll resign and . new
one be chosen.
An Ottawa despatch Saturday reported Sir
John A. Mcdonald, the prime minister Of the
Dominion, as very sick and unable to attend to
business The Toronto Globcthrows some light
on the nature Of his illness by saying "he has
been drunk for several days and incapacitated
for business" Sir John has an unenvable
reputation for this sort Of thing, and the Globe
Is probably right.
Yale College students have again been guilty
Of conduct calculated TO bring that institution
into disgrace. Last Saturday night, the Palia-
dium says, few Of tho students engaged In .
series Of wanton actions, prominent among which
were the firing of college out building, break
ing into and def.cing the chapel, abstrncting the
cushions and Bible, carrying of one Of the iron
seats on the green, etc.
Gen. Sherman has prohibited the use OF colored
inks In army correspondence. Cannot he issue
an order against red tapei ....
Rioting Is rife in Paris and the whole city Is
under martial law. Numbers have been killed
on both sides.-The Mcfarland trial has ended
in verdict Of acquittal. Now send McPar-
land to mad house. There was such furore
on receipt Of the verdict, that the audience fell
to hugging and kissing each other like fools and
something else. One woman seized reporter
and nearly smothered him with kissea-Gold
ll5.
Judge Ncsmith Of Franklin, N. H., viii
soon retire from the Supreme Court Of the
State, and eI.District Attorney Charles w.
Rand, Of Littleton, Is talked Of his successor.
The town Of Wakefield declines to pay It's sub
scription Of $4,000 TO the White Mountain
Railroad, the depot In that town not having
been located according to the proyiso BY 800
fect.-Cushman Brothers, the wcll-known pa
per manufacturers Of North Amherst, Mass.
have suspended business. Their liabilities are
said to be $50, 900, and assets small.-Glouces-
ter wants the Massachusetts, Editors and Pub
lishers' Association to hold Its first annual
meeting in that town. Catharine Long, . Wild
ow, was found dead on the floor of the house
she occupied in Providence, r. l., on Friday.
She had evidently died from exposure and lack
Of food. She was miscr, for on searching the
premises Il was ascertained that she had 800
deposited in Pawtucket and 800 In Provi-
dence bank.-A portemonnaie, stolen from
Mr.. Peterey, Of Pennsylvania, and containing
sl7 900 In drafts. was found In hod Of ashes
at New Haven, last week. II was stolen May 4,
and $500 was missing from II.
The President has appointed TIE following
gentlemen to be members Of the Board Of Wis
itors to West Point foe 1870, viz: Professor
Chas, A. Young Of Dartmouth College, Vice
Admiral Porter, Rev. DR.. Newman Of the Met
ropolitan NJ. L. Church, Rev. DR.. Scar, Agent
of the Peabody Educational Fund, Hon. Itha-
mar c. Sloan, eI-M. C. FROM Wisconsin, Judge
Thomas Settle Of North Carolina, and Colonel
John Nj. Brown of Kentuyk.
The outlines Of what purports to be care
fully developed scheme for the settlement Of the
Cuban question arc made public from Washing
ton. These are that Spain shall sell the Island
TO the Spanish volunteers for 500, 900, 900, Of
which $40, OO0, 900 are to be paid down and
bonds given for the balance, secured by the
Island and guaranteed by the United States, the
volunteers, In turn, selling the island to the
United States. The more minute features Of
the scbenc, Il Is said will soon be revealed.
Secretary Fish Is said to regard this plan rs
one highly favorable to the solution Of the Gu
ban question.
The N. Y. Standards nomination Of NJ. NJ,
Poneroy as Democratic candidate for Con-
- A n;str;nk IN suNNopt Mr.
MorIissey, has created great eIcitment among
the politicians. The rank and ME are tirct OF
representatives like Mr.. Fox, who seems to feel
that Congress sits in Albany, and valetudinar-
ians like Morrissey, whose health prevents their
going beyond the Fifth Avenue hotels. Mr..
MorTissey and Mr.. Fox made the unfortunate
blund or Of running after The husks OF the Young
Democracy, and Father Tweed docs not feel
thaethc time has come TO send for them and
roast the fatted calf. Pomeroy Is representa-
tive Democrat; he Is Red Hot now, and was
red hot when Tilden and Sweeney and even
Tweed were Of o pale blue or slate color. He
has suffered for his Democracy, and wo;ld
make Congress ring with his excavations OF
radicalism. Let Pomeroy b nominated, and
let US have straightforward, square, ''red hot"
canvas! ......
The CUBAN cause beSSh orVuSus PaVmmeut-
" into notice by the arrival In New York Of
Gen. Jordan. the Commander-in-Chie Of the
insurgent forces. The object Of his visit At this
time Is to make known the status Of the Cuban
cause, and to procure arms and ammunitln for
the further. prosecution Of The war. Tho great,
and indeed almost the only, difficulty the pstri-
OTIS labor under ID the want Of arms and am
munition. The people. he says, are unanimous
IL determined to establish their undergraduates Of
Spain, and are 6rm In the faith Of their ulti-
mate success. The General len Cuba because
the campaign Is substantially ii an end for the
present, and he thought he could render the
cause better service In the United States than
BY remaining there. The climate OF Cuba he
ends favorable; cattle are abundant, and % Are
horses; the mineral rcsouroes sre extremely
rich, copper In particular being abundant and
Of the finest quality. Tho island, he ssys, b
the finest field for military operations In the
world-a few meo can accomplish grsat msts.
rial rcsults-and he hopes while here 10 raise IN
A rer;c.n nueleus around vhich the uafr;ots