Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-10-03
OF NEW JERSEY
BRowxsTILLE <. 7. Sept 9Th 1856

BRowxsrIILE <. T. Sept s;h 1856.
FEIExD SAwYER How are you DO
ing IN Ellsworth: Better hoPs ;aan
ue are dong il this par Of the void
It's now a. !. Ezs beta. Wars AID r.
rors Of vars Siace izs: wrote, things
have ASSUMED a more decided aspect
Two week ago Yesterday Suadsy thsre
was s--z5zs tame TO This place for
raw recruits Then there vas hgr-
rysa- 70 AID 30 AID Il sao-t tina con-
ps2av s,g.e3 e, zaseg .hera r,s one Of
nv 5ro:ars. The -s2soa Of this noTe
zss tbs TA4 people lad asked -
d-=ss a. protection ton Gen Smith and
ae refusing . gre 4 ;a-y are ds.er-
zniz4i = :4k= - hzsiaess into ths.-
ora lads Tae troops THIS collected
a-p s-a-ss-es9 - La=-sa-e a-d Topeka.
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40 W.. f-v- Lz--c@ o.. South %
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1--.T=ss L; Ii. s--.-s. IL s-sn! lad let;
- -aes- ,a-7s - B-1 C-zk To .a.:
p-a-e :1zy sz-z3E=sl al o+a-took ,2e-1
alr,z. lax Tzeq FL azaeE - camp ss-
.1@ -i----.- - = - ring :he enc
Nv hz3 6ac117,=i- All IL las. q their
5ag--e wz-sas we-s ssea going over
toe distant hill The 50! estimated the
number Of inva8e-s TO b. abou. 1000
Whether they beard the sound Of
-char;o.s and hoisernen as Of old. and
were driven Of by far We arg no. ad-
vised: one thing Is certain. open honor
able conba: is not sheir Object, OF poll
cy. Their game Is too contcuptably
mean for that. |, IS to Prowl around
and fall On = single defenseiess man, ROB
and murder, OF abuse unprotected wom-
en-.
Some OF the scouts Of this party came
near enough to the Rufian camp TO hear
'hen drilling: one Of the number told
me il WAS mos. amusing, the officer
talked to his men and gave his commands
like = party Of boys trying to be ridicu
Ions, calling them by all the vile cpl
the.s imaginable. Il was doubtless the
effec: of their diet, which consists OF
Whiskey FOX breakfas: and ditto for din
ner and supper.
] 9Th. Since / wrote the above we have
heard Of the saeking OF Leavenworth.
They have sent Of Two boat loads 0.
women and children down river. withou,
any money and scarcely any clothes
Three men started ior Lawrence, bu.
were overtaken and shot, two of them
were killed-the other barely escaped
with his life, having both jaws broken.
: A party Of Free State men have gone
now from Topeka, to open the road to
Nebraska, tina. has been blocked for a
few weeks past. 1t is to be hoped ,ha,
some way will be opened soon to get
supplies. In our immediate vicinity
however there will be no danger OF STAY
vation. Only little Inconvenience, for
if they wi II not destroy the crops now
standing there will be plenty for US all.
The crops Of corn are very good indeed,
and also the wheat crop which the peo-
pie are threshing about this time.
| The Irish potato yields well, and
grows to avery large size. The sweet
potato fourishes we'll in this country
saw fine patch at friends, lew days
since, the tops run like cucumber vines
and cover large space.
There are any quantity of wild plums
growing in the border of the timber, all
around several times my two little
brothers have been out and gathered a
bushel basket full. They are Of bright
crimfon when they are ripe, and some
kinds are two thirds the size Of hens
egg.
In fact all kinds of vegetation grows
most luxuriantly, especially in the eyes
of US who have been raised, las they say
in the west) in Maine, where the vege-
tation pushes up through the stones.
There are some unpleasant things even
in this beautiful country, and among
them, and not least, are the venomous
reptiles Rattle snakes abound; we have