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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26

we were Dorne along IN this manner
as long as the unbroken remnant of the
in-shore foe continued revolving,-ut-
terly powerless, and catching a glimps
every now and then of the brazen head
land that looked down on us through
the snowy sky. At last the foe brought
up against the rocks, the looser frag-
ments that hung round it began to sep
arate, and we were able by oars and
boat-hooks to force our battered little
flotilla clear of them. To our joyful
surprise, we soon found ourselves in a
stretch of the land-water wide enough
to give us rowing-room, and with the
assured promise of land close ahead.
As we neared it, we saw the same for
bidding wall of belt-ice as at Suther.
land and Hakluyt. We pulled along
its margin, seeking in vain either an
opening of access or a nook of shelter.
The gale rose, and the ice began to drive
again; but there was nothing to be done
but get grapnel out to the belt and hold
on for the rising tide. The Hope stove
her bottom and lost part of her weather.
boarding. and all the boats were badly
chaied. 1t was an awful storm: and it
was not without constant exertion that
we kept ahoat, bailing out the scud that
broke over us, and warding off the ice
with boat-hooks.
At three o clock the tide was high
enough for us to scale the ice cliff. One
by one we pulled up the boats on a
narrow shelf, the whole sixteen of us
uniting at each pull. We were too
much worn down to lNload: but deep
and narrow gorge opened in the cliffs
almost at the spot where we clambcrcd
up; and, as we pushed the boats into it
on an even keel, the rocks seemed to
close above onr heads, until an abrupt
turn in the course Of the ravinc placed a
protecting cliff between us and The gale.
We were completely encaved.
Just as we had brought in the last
boat, the Red Eric. and were snoring her
up with block of ice, long unused but
familiar and unmistakable sound startled
and gladdened every ear, and a flock Of
elders hecking the sky for moment
passed swiftly in front of us. We knew
that we must be at their breeding
grounds; and, as we turned in wet, and
hungry, to our long sleep, it
was only to dream of eggs and abund-
ance.
We remained almost three days in our
crystal retreat, gathering eggs at the rate
of twelve hundred day. Outside, the
storm ragged without intermission, and
our egg-hunters found it difficult to
keep their feet; but a merrier set OF
gourmands than were gathered within
never suripitcd on genial diet
On the Sd of July the wind began to
moderate, though the snow still fel!
heavily and the next morning, after a
patriotic egg nog, the liquor borrowed
grudgingly from our alcohol flask, and
diluted till it was worthy Of temperance
! praise-we lowered our boats, and bade
a grateful farewell to "Weary Mans
Rest
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26
ICE AND IT'S CONSUMPTION.

Under this head the New York Even
ing Post gives an interesting article,
from which we clip the following para
graphs:
AS an industrial pursuit, the ice trade
of the United States is far from an insis-
nificant one. From six to seven millions
of dollars are employed in its piosecu-
ton, and the sales do not fall short of
thirty millions dollars annually, amount
ing, even in its present imperfect dcvel-
opmcnt, to about third of the value
of the cotton crop, and onefourth OF
that ofthe wheat crop of the whole coun-
try. 1t is, moreover, an article exclu-
sively of northern production. The laws
of nature have given the monopoly OF 1t
to States lying north Of thirty-six degrees
thirty minutes, and its consumption at
the present rate of increase in few
years will equal, if not surpass, the en-
tire cotton crop of the southern States.
Ice is sold in New York at retail at
twenty-five cents per hundred, or tive
dollars per tun, and for shipping at one
dollar and half tun. These prices
are fair average of those charged In
northern cities elsewhere. In southern
ATTITUDES the wastage of the ice is so
great from melting, that much larger
price per hundred must be received in
order to make the business a remunera-
tive one. Much, also, depends upon its
scarcity. In year when the ice of the
south has entirely failed, and warm
summer has succeeded, the price OF ice
has run up to FIVE and six dollars per
tun. In the early settlements Of Cali
fornia, almost fabulous prices were paid
for the cargoes of ice which were sent
from Boston around Cape Horn upon a
venture, which proved romunerative
one. We have been told by gentleman,
who engaged in a highly successful busl-
ness as a merchant at Mount Auburn, in
Placer county, that he had been often
attracted by the snow-clad peaks of the
Sierra Nevada which rose in the distance,
about fifty miles from Mount Vernon
and on one occasion, during the extreme
heat of summer, he sent heavy wagon
to the mountains to bring back load Of
the snow which appeared SO inviting
After few days journey the wagon re-
turned, with nineteen hundred pounds
of snow, partially melted into ice. The
whole load was Immediately sold for ont
dollar per pound, and yielded the propri
etor nineteen hundred dollars. Ice II
now obtained in San Francisco from tht
Sitka Islands, off the Pacific coast o
Russian America.
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The Law Of Newspapers.

!. subscribcrs who do not express notice to tho
contrary, are considered wishing to continue
their subscriptions
9 IF subscribers order the discontinuancc o
their papers, the publisher can continue to send
them until all aircargcs are paid.
3. Ii subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the Office TO which they arc di-
rected, they are held responsible till they settle
their bills; and order the papers discontinued.
4. If any subscribers remove to encthcr place
wit tout informing the publishers, and the papers
sponsible ,.f,.e-.,..,..
5. The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspaper rom the Office, for removing and
leaving it uncaled for, is prina f,ee evidence OF
intentional fraud.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26

answer me a question. Don't you be-
lieve that there are great many South.
ern gentlemen who look upon you as a
kind of Bombastes Furioso, full ot
sound and fury, signifying nothing! To
all such, give my best respects, and
write soon.
And now, Colonel, as old Stat nomi-
mas nmbra expresses my sentiments ex-
actly, l am going to wind up my letter
with what he says. We will determine
on the fourth day in November
next, whether we will firmly and con-
stitutionally assert our rights, or make
an humble, servile surrender of them at
the feet of Siapery. To a generous
mind there cannot be doubt. We owe
it to our ancestors, to preserve entire
those rights which they have delivered
to our care. We owe it to our postcri-
ty, not to suffer their dearest inheritance
to be destroyed. But, # it were posi-
bic for us to be insensible to these sa-
cred claims, there is yet an obligation
binding on ourselves, from which moth
ing oan acquit us a personal interest
IN which we cannot surrender. TO al
ienate even our own rights would be a
crime, as much more enormous than sui
eide as life Of civil security and free
dom is superior to bare existence and
if life be the bounty of Heaven, we
scornfully reject the noblest part of the
gift if we consent to surrender that Ger.
tain rule of living, without which the
condition of human ma ture is not only
but contemplate.
Yours afectionatelv.
CAssAS
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26
WEARING FLANNEL.

Put it on at once winter or summer.
nothing better can be worn next the skin
than loose, rcd, woelen, flannel shirt
''looso,' for it has room to move on the
skin, thus causing titilation which
draws the blood to the surface and keeps
it there ; and when that is the case no
one can take cold ''red," for white fan.
mel fulls up, mats together, and becomes
tight. stiff and impcrvious. Cotton wool
merely absorbs the moisture from the
surface, while woolen flannel conveys il
from the skin and deposits it in drops on
the outside of the shirt, from which the
ordinary cotton shirt absorbs it, and by
its nearer exposure to the exterior air, il
is soon dried without injury to the body.
Having these properties, red wooden
flannel is worn by sailors even in the
midsummer of the hottest countries.
Wear thinner material in sumner
Halfs Joprnal Of Heahh.
The above is good advice, but most
persons. we suppose, would prefer to
wear white in preference to red flannel,
were it possible to prevent it fulling up.
Red flannel discharges its color by per-
spiration; this is an evil which does not
belong to white flannel. Red flannel
soon looses its bright appearance, and
becomes dull dirty looking crimson;
this is also caused by the pcrspiration.
White flannel, when washed, always
looks clean. Old rcd flannel cannot be
made to look clean by all the waters of
Lake Huron; white flannel, therefore.
has much to recommend it over red, and
for under-shirts nothing else should be
worn. 1t can also be prevented from
tulling up, as well as red flannel
W hat property docs the latter flannel
possess over the former that prevents it
from fulling up by frequent washings
1t IS made OF the same materials, conse-
quontly the cause cannot be in any diff
ference in the quality of the wool. Red
flannel, however, undergoes boiling for
about an hour in the act of coloring, and
this alone. we conceive, is the cause why
it does not full up SO readily as the white.
Let white flannel be boiled in clean soft
water for an hour, then dried, before it
is made up into shirts, and it will be
found no more liable to full (thickenl
than red flannel.
How TO WASH Flannel. Some
washerwomen possess quite knack in
washing flannels. so as to prevent it full
ing. 1t is not the soap-suds, nor rinse
ing waters that thicken up flannel in
washing, but the rubbing of it. Cloth
is fnlled by being ''pounced and jounccd''
IN the stocks of the fulling mill with
soap-suds. The action of rubbing fan
mel on washboard is just the same as
that of the iulling mill. Flannel. there
fore, should always be washed in very
strong soapsuds, which will remove the
dirt and grease, by squeezing, better
than hard rubbing will in weak soapsuds.
1t should also DE rinsed out of the soap
in warm water, and never in cold, as the
hbers of the wool do not shrink up as
much in warm as in cold water, after
coming out Of warm soapsuds. Great
care should be taken to rinse the soap
completely out of the flannel. This ad-
vice will apply to the washing of blan-
kets. the same as it does of fflannel.-Sc.-
entific american.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26
NON-SUITING A CREDITOR.

There was lawyer in Cape Cod, a
long time ago, man well to do in the
world, and wha: was surprising. avcrse
to incur litigation. One day a client
came to him in a violent rage
look here, Squire" said he, ''tha:
shoemaker down to the Pigeon Cove has
gone and sued me for money Ior a pair
of boots l owed him.
''Did the boots suit you p -
"Oh yes" ....
"Well, then you owe him the money
honestly" .f...,
.sCourse."
"Well, why don't you pay him -
"Why, cause the snob went and sued
me-and l want to keep him out of his
money if cam
ut will cost you something"
81 don't care for that" How much
do you want to go on WITH"
go ten dollars will do
SIS that all - Well here's an X, to
go ahead" and the client went off very
well satisfied with the beginning.
Our lawyer next called on the shoe
maker, and asked him what he meant by
instituting legal proceedings against NJ.
why" said he, II knew he was able
to pay and l was determined to make
him. That's the long and short of it.
"Well,' said the lawyer she's
always been good customer to you;
l think you acted too hastily. There's
trihc to pay on account of yeur pro-
cecdings, but l think you had better
take these five dollars, and call it square,"
Certain, Squire, if you say SO and
glad to get il" was the answer.
So the lawyer forked over tho v and
kept the other. In few days his. eli.
ent camo along and asked him how llc
got on with his case.
"Rapidly," replied the lawyer. .'we'vc
non-suited him He'll never trouble
you"
Jerusalem! that's great! I'd rather
/ gin ffty dollars than had him got tho
money for them boots.'' ls4et.3 ...
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26
Boston, 1856
a few words to Republicans.

Our Candidates name-is it not g To-
rious: Could better be chosen : What
a brave free sound it has The name
alone is sufficient to rouse all the enthu-
siasm of the hearts that love liberty
Fremont and Freedom How nicely
the two words go together what a
noble watch-word they make. Yes F're-
mont is just the right name for the Pres
ident of free country. We could not
have invented one mere appropriate.
And the hero is worthy of his name
Thank God, we have a candidate of whom
we can be proud. And where is there a
real lover of freedom who desires to be
free, to do whatsoever is right, and is
willing to extend to others the same lib
crty who vii lnot wish success to our he
ro: Fremont bless his noble soul has
solemnly declared that if ne is elected to
the Presidency he will center into the
execution of its duties with a single
hearted determination to promote the
good of the whoie country and that he
will ''endeavor to administer the govern
ment in such a manner as to preserve
both Liberty and the Union. s'Libcrty
regulated by l0p' is what we want
That is the motto Of the Portland State
of Maine." that good old independent
paper, and it is the language of every tru-
ly patriotic heart. Yes give us ''liberty
regulated by law That is the boon
which free men crave, the reward for
which they strive. l know some good
Democrats who would favor the cause OF
freedom, but think they must vote for
one who is devoted to the interests Of sla-
very, because he is the candidate of the
SO called Democratic party. and they
can't make up their minds to leave the
party to which they have always be-
longcd. But why need they leave it
Can they not stand by their principles
and unite with those who supports a
man that will seek to promote the ''good
of the whole country and still be Dem
ocrats. ] think they can. "Frec Soil
Free Speech Fremont That is ouT
motto. Where will you find better
Free men, free press, free pen, free every
thing, except free crime. But the pro-
slavery party go in for free speech too,
for re,y free speech. But they wish to
con6ne the privilege of using it to thcil
now fellow laborers. All who don,
agree with their peculiar notions, they
would silence altogether. They meet
the arguments of the opposition party
as many of them do) with the refined
and dignifed reply, "that's lie
What then Shall We stop to ''comhat
them with their own weapons" Shal
we lose our own dignity because the,
have lost theirs No; we have righ'
and justice on our side and we can affort
to reason. If they, instead Of trying tt
disprove our facts and arguments, mee
them with abuse and insult. is it not ;
proof that they are desperates that the!
have no arguments to offer Let IL
have speech but let it be free civi
speech, we want no such freedom O
speech as theirs it is too free altogeth
|er. GoULDsBoRo.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26

If you take great deal of pains to
serve the world and to benefit your fellow
creatures, and if, after all, the world
scarcely thanks you for the trouble you
have taken, do not be angry and make a
long talking about the worlds ingrati-
tude; for if you do, it will seem you
cared more about the thanks you were to
receive than about the blessings you pro-
fessed to bestow
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26

THE RUSSIAN MIsER.-Daniel Dam
GER. when he had f3, 900 year, used to
beg pinch of snuff from all his friends,
and when his box was full, bartered its
contents for tallow- candle. But his
parsimonious ingenuity appears contcmp-
tible in comparison with that of the Rus
sian miser, who learned to bark that he
might avoid the expense Of keeping Q
dog.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26

A RULE WITHOUT AN EXCEPTION
1t is often said that there is no rule with
out an exception; but there is one, to
which | never knew an exception. l
never knew respectable person that
did not behave with decency in place
of public worship. FirgS,ia Free
PrtSS .F.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26

7apering off by degrees won't do. OR
what is called trying to leave off. The
use of tobacco, as well as the use of in
toxlcating drinks, should be abandoned
forthwith, torally and forever.-Golden
Rule.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26
Misrslluneous Aeu0inq.

DIR. KANE's ART1c EXPLORATIONS.
Our good Philadelphia publishers,
Messrs. Childs 81 Peterson, are nearly
ready with the work of DR.. Kane. for
the appearance of which public expec-
tation stands a-tip-toc. We have been
permitted to look over a few of the ad-
vance sheets, and subjoin, for the delec-
tation of our readers, the following ex-
tract narrating perils by Arctic"food and
fell which make the blood in our veins
move quicker as we read and realize -
Suburban Post --------~-----. .a-@-'-'"-- -
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JOB PRINTING

Executed at this Office with neatncss and dispatch.
Posters shop-bils, Blanks, Circulars, Bill Heads,
Programmes, Receipts, Bylaws, Court Dockets
Envelopes, Labels, Cards, dc. &c.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-09-26

The Kentucky American says ..the
whiskey crop will be greater this season
than it has been for years in Kentucky"
If this be SO there will be an increased
demand for that other Kentucky c.ssa'
hemp. 7s.' aai - ena
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-06-25
ISAAC DANFORTH. III South Market
MODERN

We knowof no invention Of modern times
that deserves, or is destined to occupy a high
er niche in temple Of fame, thanSthe discoy-
cry or invention Of the Vegetable Epilectic
Pills for curing Epilepsy, or Falling Fits !;
Spasms, Groups, and all the various modifca-
tons Of Nervous Disease. DR.. Seth s.. Hance,
of los, Baltimore street, Baltimore, Nd, the
inventor, is certainly entitled to the best wish
es of all the benevolent portion Of mankind,
who experience a pleasure by the alienation
of human suffering. When DR.. Hance first
prepared these Pills, he intended them solely
for Fits, Cramps and Spasms; subsequent
experience satisfactorily proved to him, that
in addition to their remarkable sanative pro
perties in this class of diseases, they exerted
a perfect control over the entire nervous sys-
TEN. He was then induced to try them In
cases of Neuralgia, Tic-Doloreux, Nervous
Headache, Palpitations Of the Heart, incipi
ent Paralysis, uisteria, Muscular Debility
and a host of minor diseases, springing from
a lack of nervous energy, in all of which his
a~nticipations were crowned with the mos
%sanguine success. Persons at u distance, by
writing and sending a remittance to DR.
Hance, can have the medicine forwarded by
mail to their post Office address, he payins
the postage. The prices are for a single box
So, 2 boxes S. or S24 per dozen. We hav'
given his address above.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-06-25
Nmmber AS.

Es5- We do not know, that, with regard to
our foreign relations, looming events cast
their shadows before" bot, it is a fact, that
not withstanding the pacific tone of Lord
Clarendon's speech, and theAope of the mod
crate men in both countries, that no serious
difficulty will occur between Great Britain
and the United States, an impression begins
TO prevail very generally, that the next arri-
val from England will bring unpleasant and
unfayorNble news. The dismissal Of Mr..
Champion and the recognition of Padre Will
coming together, appear to make I" a compli-
cation" Of affairs not desired. We hold on
to the opinion that nothing has yet occurred
which wise and prudent statesmen ought not
to be allie to settle, without a resort to war.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-06-25
DEATHS.

In Iredell county, on the 18th of MAY. af-
ter an illness of SO hours, Hugh r. Hall,
Esq, in the 54th year Of his age. Mr.. Hall
had been for Is years Principal of Ebenezer
Academy, and for a number of years a ru-
ling Elder in the Presbyterian Church. By
his death a gloom has been thrown over the
entire community, and a vacancy made in
the Church, Academy and neighborhood,
which it is feared can never be filed.
!" How blest the righteous when he dies;
When sinks a weary soul to rest,
How mildly beam the closing eyes,
How gently heayes the expiring breast"
FL. A. Fl.
Departed this life on the Both ult., in his
84th year, Edward Outlaw, Esq, of Duplin
county, n. c., of no peculiar sickness, proba-
bly, old age. lie was much respected by
those who knew him, as he had been a relia-
lie, honorable and christian man. He de-
sired to depart even before his summon
came, for he l8eked forward to a better coun-
try, where age has no infrmity, andwhere he
hoped to enjoy that promised inheritance
which is incorruptible, undeiled, and unfa-
ding in the heavens. He left an aged wild
ow, six children and a number Of relations
to lament his absence.
No more a weary pilgrim here,
Gone in his spirit land to rest,
He sleeps the last sweet sleep of death,
Rests in the SaRiour's bosom blest.
His funeral was attended by a large con-
course of relatives and friends on the first
inst, when a sermon was preached by the
writer. May the Lord bless all that mourn
and give consolation to all that are in sor-
row. HOPE BALM.
Departed this life, on the Sd inst, in his
10th year. Archibald Groom, ESQ.,, of Lenoir
county, N. C. His health had been poor for
many years, but for the last three months
he had been a great sufferer, through which
he was sustained by the faith which God
preached to Abraham. Sustained in the
meantime by the reputation of a worthy and
upright citizen. having a wife, three children,
four brothers and other relatives to mourn
his departure, bnt not as those who mourn
without hope. His funeral was attended on
the 18th, when the writer addressed a SYM
pathising congregation, who seemed deeply
to bear the affection oft the widow and mourn
ing children. HOPE Balm.
Dg Biblical Recorder please copy both.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-06-25
WORMSi WORMS!

s@T A great many learned t~reatises have
been written, explaining the origin of, and
classifying the worms generated in the hu-
man system. Scarcely any topic of medical
science has elected more acute observation
and profound research and yet physicians
are very much divided in opinion on the sub
ject. 1t must be admitted, however, that, af-
ter all, a mode of expelling these worms, and
purifying the body from their presence, is Of
more value than the wisest dispositions as
to the origin. The expelling agent has at
length been found-Dr. M'Lane's Vermifuge
is the much sought after specific, and has al
ready superseded all other worm medicines,
its efficacy being universally acknowledged
by medical practitioners.
~ Purchasers will be careful to ask for DR..
MLane's Celebrated Vermifuge, manufactured by
Fleming Bros. of Pittsburg, Pa. All other Vermi-
fuges in comparison are worthless. DIR. MLane's
genuine Vermifuge, also his celebrated Liver Pills
can now be had at all respectable drug stores
None genuine without the signature of.
FLEMING BROS.