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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

u The State of New York has n
gross population of 3,o4S,000. OF this
number 81 ,000 white persons over TWEEN
ty years OF age cannot read or write. but
we find OF these only 10000 natives OF
the State. This gives one per cent only
of her population who can neither read
nor write.
Massachusetts, one of the old States,
and revolutionary contemporary of New
York, has population OF 9S5,0oo. OF
this number 2S.345 white persons over
twenty year, of age cannot read or write
but of this number over 10000 are for
eigners, leaving of the natives of the
State but about 1000. Which is only
one-fifth of one per cent. of her popula-
ton.
In Virginia, another of the venerable
States, with population of $4,000 in
habitan.s. there are $500 white persons
over twenty years of age WHO cannot
sead or write OF this number only -
1877 are noted as of foreign birth. leav-
ing 81, 1888 native citizens without edu-
cation, which is over ten cent. of her
population.
New York has one in 90
Massachusetts - " 500
Virginia 50 10
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02
Conauering by Kindness.

| once had neghbor-a clever man
who came to me and said
Esquire White, | want you to come
and take your geese away.
.Why,' says |, what are my geese do
Ing
They pick my pigs ears when they are
eating. aud drive them away; and | will
not hayslt
What can I do = said /.
You must yoke them
That have not time to do now said
I L do not see hut that they must run.
If you do not take care of them |
shall said inc shoemaker. in ANGER
What do Won saw Father White p
i cannot AXE care of them now. but |
will nay Won for all DAMAGES
We'll said he .ren will find that n
hard thing euess''
So of he Wen, and 7 heard a terrible
soaallipc amonr the geese. The next
news was, that three of them were MISSING
Nv children went and found them terri
nv man,l I'd AMI d,,d and thrown into
the bushes Now saws T. .all keen sill
and ic. me nnnisb him In few dav.
the shoem ,ker's hogs broke into my corn
saw them but le2 them remain \ lono
time. Al last | drove them all ont and
nicked nm the corn which they had tori
down AMI fed them with it in the road
bv this time the shoemaker came in ,
ereat hurry after them.
.Have Won seen NV boosp' said ba
Yes. sir, YOU will find them wonder
EATING some corn which they tore down in
nv field
In YOUR field p
Yes. sir said I. shogs love corn YOU
know. they were made to- eat it..
How 1auch mischief have thew done Z?
says he.
oh, not much. said |. Well. of he
went to look. and estimated the damap,
to be equal to one bushe and half Of
corn.
oh, no. said I, it can't be-
Yes said the shoemaker, and | vii
pay YOU every cent of damage
The shoemaker blushed AMI went home
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

WONDERFUL GoLD STORY FROM
New MEXICO. Recent advices from
New Mexico furnish the following won
derfnl auriferous reports:
THE Santa Fe Gazette announces the
arrival Of Mr.. Idler, the agent and gem
eral director of the mining company or
ganized some time since in Washington
City to work the Placer mines. near SAN
Ia Fe; Mr.. kuriz, a machinist from Nor
ris' engine shop. in Philadelphia. and
Mr.. Chaplin, a mifwrisht all engaged
In the same business, This, SAYS the
Gazette, is a new era in the history of
New Mexico. Two steam eAginas with
crushing apparatus, ara soon TO be put
an OF ration at the Z, Ger mines. and the
question Will De settled as to whcther
gold abounas in sufficient quantities to
justify the cost of extracting 1t by this
description of machinery. If the ex
pertinent prove successful It must pro-
duca a chang in the business of the Ter
ritory. for ii. Quantity @. : 't,i-a taria-
earth and rock is admitted t. b. ithtis-
tible, and there is-room tJr any numoer
of M schincs.
l. his ban stated that Ia, go,y. mines
ot New NexlaJ 5.i tljr to equal those
OF ClIifarail y letter from santa f
TO a Ca, foraia paper, gives a romantic
account of tneir discovery. The story
goes that a Mexican woman r-tarned
from a ,p. witty of eight years among
the Coyotero Ap9ches Of the Gala c1un-
try. bringing extraordinary accounts OF
gold treasures in the region inhabited by
I lat tribe.
Before her captivity she had been a
pcoa slave, and on her retIrn she Offer
ed to take her master 10 tae golden re-
gion, anl her accounts were 50 marvel
ous that party OF lolr hundred persons
was organized to - under her guidance.
But the capidity Of some Of tae more
avaricious got excited, aai in ORDER to
prevent this large number from going,
they Kidnapped the woman, AMI pat her
master in Jail FOR dsbt.
Then a lieutenant Of the United
States Army, GA furIoaEh for three
months. organized a purity OF tailty SIX
men and went in search q the gold
mine Ga reaching the territory Of the
Coyotcro Apachcs, they were mt by a
party Of these Indians, who prohibited
them from searching tor gold, bat offered
to ira le The alternative W IS agree to,
and IT ,de edecte,i, BY which the witch
.ine! a large quantity of soli. The
/ !
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

The Washington Correspondent Of
the Nelo York Courier says =
Gov Gearv's valedctory message to
General Pierce, is Intimately superior to
that Of his patron to Cor gross. y
friend OF the Governor OF Kansas in
justifying his conduct. adm that he
had conivcd at gross inju.sise towards
the Free State citizens. bu, indicated
him by saying that he was compelled to
turn with a curve. He found the Free
State party under the ban of the spu
rious statues, and the Territory under
the heel Of Lecompt, Donaldson, Sheriff
Jones, and their crew. The rites were
in arms They never met without des-
perate and bloody collisions. To have
at once turned his fall authority against
the ruffiAns would have produced an
instant combination against him { all
the other Territorial officers. and would
have rendered inevitable a conflict be-
tween the military and the Missouri
mob. lie recognized the necessity of
temporzing with the invaders. He
could not begin to be just to the sufferers
until he had got rid of the mass of their
oppres-sors.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

A Coon IDEA.-The following no.
tice is posted conspicuously in a pub
LEGATION office down East:
'Shut this door, and as soon as you
have done talking on business, serve your
mouth the same way"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

u The whole annual expenditures
of Great Britain is 800 per head for eve
ry man woman and child of its popular
ton. That of the United States is
about $3.50 PR capita.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02
Che Gllsmortb american.
ELLSWORTH:
FRIDAY MORNING JAN. .. 1857.

V. B, PALMER, The American Newspaper Agent
is the authorized Agent Tor this paper in the cities
Of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, and is
duly empowered to take Advertisements and sub
scriptions at the rates rcquiredby His receipts
BosroS, ecollay's Building; NEW York, Tribune
Buildings; PHILADELPHIA, n. L. Cor. Fifth and
Chestnut Streets
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

A REMARKABLE FEAT BY SANTA
CLAUS. On Christmas Day new and
beautiful marble ulpit WAS found in the
First Baptist Church, REV. Mr. Cald.
wells. standing in the place OF the
former desk - Wig,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

Rev. Mr.. Tenny, in his sermon last
Sunday afternoon, remarked, that dur
ing the year just ending he had been
called to the house of bereavement and
death twenty-eight times; and that
twenty of the persons ;hus called away
to another world, were persons of mature
age.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

Some men live az if they were poor
all their lives, to be wealthy when they
die.
People arc all the summer learning to
leave . door open, and all ths winter
learning to close it.
A man being commiserated with, on
account of his wife raining away, said,
Don't pity me till she comes back
again"
A good sermon is like kiss. 1t re-
au;res but twp beads and an application.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

Rev. Theodore Parker having received
a letter from an Albanian, calling him
a id white fvered. slave stealing
scoundrel." Mr.. Parker said he never be.
fore had the title of d. D. conferred on
him even in small letters.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

Three things as good as their betters-
dirty water to extinguish hre-a home
ly wife to blind man-and a wooden
sword to o coward.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

Bro. Bartlett of the Jeffersonian is
rejoicing over tn e receipt of advance
pay for his paper. Wecan ''crow" some
on this point But still there is ROOM
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

Thus lovely woman hoops to folly,
And drives poor mau to melancholy,
BY her great trigid zones
Then let her hear warning voice,
Between her hoops and hopes make choice
And give the dogs her bones.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02
ALL ABOUT HOOPS.
BY MA, T-LAYERs.

She pointed to her bri,tlinc dress.
Vita a1unced oHtworks hranchin. off
Proof against every fond clress-
y silk ana velvet Milak5ti
Fall fifteen PAGES round about,
And fall five paeas through, and through
All me-, she looAcd ;, very stout.
The slender one that once knew
| paced my lady round and round,
(W hich ,cn d an endless task to do.)
In hops some loll-holc might be found
Which storming Love ght struggle tAro'
In vain, in yain.-'t twas perfect all
She stood, ''the Fashion Of the day."
Whose rampant, blstion. tower and wall
Might hold bcleaguering hosts at bay.
Curtained, and fring5d. fortified,
\ whalebone ..harness on her back, -
And tho hcmmed in on every side,
lntrenehed securely from attack
| compassad her about again,
Resolved 10 prove firm ad3r1r
Found forced aud strategy in VAN
LAID stage t. and sat down before her.
Starving. said, won make her thinner
S.rping and mining must not be-
Alas, I've little hope t. win her,
Unless she sallies out 10 me -
50 llium holds my II ,len-kiss
l, Greece, will n er retire without her.
Bat. battling daily for my bliss,
Will lie eacamped ten years about her.
Finding as fails each desperate east,
That patience is the better force.
| trust to win the town at last
The changing Modes my Wooden Horse !
There remains but one objection
which can be advanced to the use of
hoopcd skirts, and hat is their incon-
venience to gentlemen This objection
is by no means insurmountable. as sew
cal Young sallants within our knowl-
edge have acquired a knach of walking
WI h lady without experiencing the
least trouble from her hoops. The way
to do this must be learned mainly from
practical experience, but we understand
that Messrs. Douglas and Sherwood pro-
tess to be able to communicate the art
to all who mdy desire instruction.
Our discussion of hooped skirts
would not be complete without the pub.
LEGATION of the following lines from the
Philadelphia Bulletin. by "A Cooper.
which exhibit the subject in a profes.
sonal point Of view
Hoops on barrels, kegs and pals,
Hoops ON boxes, tubs and bales,
~ ARTICLES indi = pa,, -, bl.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

EXTENT OF SLAVE TERRITORY
There is territory enough already, which
has been allowed to Slavery, without
Kansas, for fifteen millions Of slaves. if
it were peopled with as many OF them
per square mile as South Carolina. So
estimates Elihu Burritt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

Going THE WHOLE HoG.-Mr. Rob-
ert NJ. Gotten of Orland last week
slaughtered porker tina, weighed when
dressed six hundred and ten pounds
This will astonish our friends ''out west
and raise the dristies of competition-ii
they cannot raise so mighty a pig.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

FATHER MATTHEW the great apostle
of temperance, died at Cork, Ireland, on
the 9th of Dec Mr.. Matthew was born
in the year 1870, and was therefore 65
years old ut his death. He was ordain-
cd for the ministry at the age Of II and
commenced his labors among tn Irish
poor in the vicinity Of Cork. He COM
mcnced holding temperance meetings in
Cork. when hundreds enrolled them
selves under the banners of total absti
nence. His success in winning over the
abandoned victim, and the moderate
drinkcr, was so great. that he soon be-
came an object of vcneration. He Wis
tied England and America. in his mis-
sion Of love and mercy, and was the in
strument of vast amount of good. =
Becoming poor. the British Government
settled an annuity on him Of $500 We
think he joined in letter with O'Con-
mel, to their countrymcn i'll America, du-
ring Mr.. Van Buren's Presidency, say
ing, The object of this address is to
call your attention to the subject of sla-
very in America-that foul blot upon
the institutions and the fair fame OF your
adopted country. But for this one stain.
America would indeed be a land worthy
of your adoption; bat she will never be
the glorious country that her free con-
stitution designed her to be, so long as
her soil is polluted by the footprints Of
a single ave. Slavery is the most tire
mendoas invasion Of the natural, inalien-
able rights of man, and Of some of TIL
mobiles, gifts of Goa-'ife. liberty and
the pursuits Of happiness.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

O The "unjust judge" Lecompt.
reigned for the space of two years and
a half in Kansas before he was removed.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

SARGESrsvILLE-- is the name
ofa police at the head OF Edsymogsin
Reach in the town of SeJgw;ek. About
twenty years since Capt. Wyer &. Sar-
gent commenced business there build
ing him house and store, and sailing a
vessel of which he was part owner, Tor
number OF years afterwards. Then
he commenced building vessels and ira
ding more largely. and extending his
operations by engaging in the fishing
business. To carry on his extended
business, it required a large number of
men, and they began TO settle around
him, bullying neat and comfortable
houses. Among the number thus settled
are four brothers two of which are sea
captains one is in company with him.
self and another, w. H. Sargent. is
interested IN avigation, and was the
intelligent Representative of that town
/ in the Legislature last winter. After
repeated asking. Pos: Once WAS cs.
tablished AZ this settlement. anl q. ".
Sargent appointed Postmaster. We
now learn that he has been turre ed ont
and 5. J. Hooper appointed in bis place
which is equivalent u abalishias the NJ
flee. The offence for which Mr.. Sargent
has been removed, IS that OF being
Republican. My. Hooper lives abou, a
mile AMI a halt from any mail route
and could not in three months learn to
make out his .'qnarteyly account.
There is no lower deep for this adj.
ministration to fathom ; nor is there an,
meaLncss which i, is not equal to. It
is part of the labors of T. j. d Full
Ter to attend these small Post Offices.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

"How we printers lie,' as our devil said
when he got up to late for breakfast.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02
Sedgwick Dec. IS. 1856.

ANoTHrR OUTRAGE AT THE South.
The Franklin Indiana) Republican OF
the 10th inst. saws that Madame Helen
Sasha, wife Of French gentleman late
ly resident in Jackson. Mississippi, has
arrived at Franklin, her husband hacing
been murdered for expressing his par
TALLY for Fremont, and she being driven
away from her home. When told that
he must not avow such political senti-
ments, he was not disposed to seal his
lips, and he was not aware that he had
transgressed any law About the first
of the present month committee of
desperadoes waited upon him and told
him that he must cease speaking his sem
timents. or leave the State.
He attempted no resistance. but told
them he was not going to be gagged or
driven. When he said this, one of the
party attempted to lay hold of him,
whereupon Mons Sasha knocked the fell
low down. and for this demonstration in
self-defense. another of the party. whom
Madame Sasha thinks is named Orhray,
shot him down. They then informed
tho wife of the deceased that she could
have twentv-four hours to make her exit,
or she would share the fate of her hus-
band; Mrs. Sasha's father is farmer
in Montgomery county. N. Y. to which
place she is en- route.-Bo,ton Journal
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-01-02

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 26. The annual
Christmas Eve Nes1o Love Feast was
forcibly broken up, in conformity with
the Mayors insurreetionary proclama
ton. This proclamation is satirized by
the press. and derided by the people
All was quiet in the city and vicinity
Yesterday
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1857-05-12
NO. la.

horse than the one; he had bestfodIs 1,skS;o,I.
o9onr captures sHe,r remarked IlinsexplanatioI.-
that.haylng had his cHpice In the ycarrol., Le,
Supposed that . turn about is fairpl ay - and
accordingly he took the best one III he g. could
hnd y and the creature ACTUALLY spurred dhaE
an'inaL up, pranced him anduinqGiksd of me-
Wnat l thought of his acquisition i have
called him horse thief eGer siace.-
Mhiie resting fromaour iahoGsain1the afors-
sala opening, heard sort of distressed proan-
lug; tuFaltig my horse to the Spot. wkoShoSH
! md ihpt diltie-gutar sgirl oftile ,i5recelina,
| hisAt:7 laying in a thicketl her faee swolleS
VIM WIN, insect bites, and erying her leg broken
Just below the knee joint. Il appeaFsd on IN 81. 5
| yestig2ttton, that she lad started Iast before
daytlght onCsohisjsFrsnd, that her ihorse Ia
came upmanageables hads dsthIowns her. and
broke her leg, She, had crawied 10 the thick.
CT 70 avoid tue coming sun, and from her ac-S t =
count had probably otaipted away. 'a1Ve7 RereF
pot imotnent1 ,dacidisgi what !to.ldo, AM
American seldom is wien IneEcyseals on liiruS1
bustaking Uletta, in my>arms, while Charley.
followed with the horses, we soon made our,
way, by the girls guidance 10 the ro6beF
LHe,e we,foupd all in confusion, the horsas
had returned without its rider and the chief
whose daughter Ulet,a was, seemed almost
frantic. The joy Of tile whole party at seeing
US may be sreadilyI imagined. eoAfier, carinS
for the snfferer.s And giving suchvd irectionso,
as he thought advisable, the chief turned to
US and said:
. You Americans are remarkable race
You were too wise to resist us-cunnino
enough 10 outwit us-and braye, enough 10 \
return to us ON an errapd of mercy. When
yon go home l would have you remember
that a guerilla, although an outlaw, aud made /
a robber by oppression. is nevertheless pos
sessessed of gratitude. Your clothes and equip
ments shall be restored; your horses replaced
by my best ones, (here Charley seemed par
teuiarly Interested and your route to lAcapul-
co pointed out TO you by. one of my be men.
trust, Seniors, in your honor, and feel assured
that no troops will be sent after ns-that the
secret; of our habitation will not be revealed.
We wer.t placed in pos-ession of our own
again and by the aid of our fresh horses and new
guide, soon came in sight of the city. Here
the man left US, aftir riding into town, aud
leaving the horses at apIaee previously desip.
natedr hy the outlaw, we set down 10 more
chleken and eggs, in the French Restau
OF Frank Williams, aud made up our minds
that we emPhalically had an adventure d
we soon after sailed for Mazatlan,::E but |
Charley became so disguised with til g pismy
appearance Of the Mexicans, that after seeing
the guerllas, that he declared be must either
leave the country, or go back to the robbers.
With due regard for the moral culture, I con
sented 10 come home, where we arrived SAFELY
after having experienced what Charley called
- bosterOus weather.
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The Dying Mozart.

WoIfgang Mozart, the great German com
noser' died at Vienna in the year 1921. There
is Sc m-Ihing beautiful and tou hing in the cir.
ruinsiances Of his DEATH HE sweetes. song
was the last he sung; the Requiem He had
been employed upon this exquisite piece for
several weeks, his soul filed with inspirations
OF chest melody, and already claiming kin.
dred withlimmortaIity. After giving it its
last touch, and breathing into it tna Hndying
spirit Of song which vas to conse,r to it thro'
All tune, as his "cygnean SRA Il" he fell into
gentle aud quiet sludber. At, length the
4ightEfootstePs of his daughter Z n lie lwokeI
h'm, 8" Come hither,o said he, 'ny Emilie-
my task is d0ne-the Requiem-ney REQUIEM
is finished" "'Say not SO, dear father said
the gentle girl, interrupting him as tea.s stood
IN her eyes. ilYou must be better-you look
better, for even now your cheek has glow
upon tt am sure we will nurse you we'll
agun-Iet me bring you something refreshing"
DO not deceive yourself, my love-" said the
dying fatherf - this wasted form can never be
restored by human aid CFrom heavens rner-r
cy alone do look for aid, in this my diving
hour You spoke of refreshment, my Emile
take these my last notes-sit down to nv
piano here-siDg with them the hymn of your
ssaniedEmother-Iet me oncemore hear those
salpted tones which have been so long nv
soIaeement and delight" Emile obeyed, and
with voice enriched with tenderest emotion
sung the following stauzas: !, % -.
Spirit thy labor Ger - a
Thy term ofprobaton is run
Thy steps are now bound for the unIrodden shore
And the race OF otimmortaIs begun.
a Spirit look not on the strife .-
Or the pleasures of earth with regret
Pause not on the threshold of IimitIess life
To mourn tor the day that isseL -
Spirit no fe;ters can bind,
No wicked have power 10 molest -
There the weary, like thee--the wretched shall find
A heaven, mansion of rest.
Spirit how bright Is the road
For which thou art now on the wing
Thy homeit will be, with thy Saviour and God,
There loud hallelujahs to sing.
!" AS she conc:u1td, she dwelt for a moment
upon the low melancholy notes of tho piece,
aGd then turned from the instrument to meet
tho approving smile of her father 1t was
the still passionless smile which the wrapt and
joyous spirit left-with the seal Of Dsath upon
his features. ~ ee
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1857-05-12
,TheKears.

They do not go from ras; but we from thsn1S3,
stepping from the old into thenew, and aIways
leaving behind US some baggage, no longer
serviceable, on the march. Look back along
ihe way we have troddeh there they stand
every one IN his place, holding fast alb that
was left IN trust with them. SINE keep our
childhood, some our youth. aud all havs some,
thing of ours Which theJ WI gfye Up for nei. IE
tber bride nor Prayer-tBe opinions cast away, ~ :
the hopes that went with US no farther, the
cares that have had successors, and the foliieh
outgrown to be, reviewed by memory, and
called up for evidence some day. %