Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-11-18
The Mysterious Boxes Har.
per's Ferry Disturbance
Outdone!

The Mysterious Boxes! Har-
f per's Ferry Disturbance
Outdone!!
Oar community was sonen Ia, startled las;
week by the sudden arrival and landing OF {
large number OF mysterious and ominous iook-
ins boxes. which were piled up in front Of
the Custom House. In the morning Of the
lsnG!as u these, % some, internal hines
OF toEPedoes i. disguise. The passef- BY b<gan
to speculate as 10 thei: contents. The second
, day. 5 me wise one suggested the IDEA that
the |. ). Government: had ordered all the
ATi-ociss and Arsenals in the slave States
stripped. .ai their conteats distributed among
the Custom Houses North tor safe kee pin
frem ''Old Brown and that these boxes con-
tanned the 50, 900 staad Of arms Of the Armo-
~ at H4rPeE's Ferry. The second day the
Democrats 60 up : eoantes statement. in off
set, tia: nothing less than the spare Snaps
rifles usea in Kansas. had been ordered down
Est To- keep then. from such dangerous non-
Fesis,e!. ; Is Greedy, Weed, Seward. & ais. in
vie" Of the possible contingency Of these dan
.eEous men raising an army of seventeen
white I-lefl aeid i've negroes. for each slave
State II the C,ion, aad so.n, "illi5ustering
IN the Soa.h. This story ike the preceding
one, had Is eoterie OF believers, and the usual
number OF doa5; re-. When the sun made
lis welcome appearance in the East on the
third day, and the mysterious boxes were still
uncaN 4 to-. snd their doubtful character and
more doubtful contents, Sill remained the
puzzle ofthe inhabitants. aud the s,implan,
81 their fears, many oninous shakes Of the
head ware Observed, and the tinid ones has
teael % The fathers Of the town 70. protec-
,.oa, md faT 4 50! Itio.l Of the m ys;ery. a
sex Of .he 53!lest II our citizens ventured to
:i:: oaa eal .: the boxes. va;nly attempting
. 53!ve The i'd Il. q her unknown coate hts
81 their weight. As here were TO known
E-.es il psy=.e, which would apply. Hor ne
.,-1icaI tJr.ili4 BY Which 70 demonstrate he
Brco. -. :. : .del vas abandoned, A few ex-
--essaa III. :-e.s IA. the Grand Jury had
as.sea, IS ;ksv would % before that august
BODY nd have them indicted " In the
=..1s; 81 ta:> pezP!eT:ty aa1. general anxiety
- happy ;ha=sa: came eoor.in. through the
P5-3as zrsnir:- 9; search AID SEIZE TEN
Peraa.e azyoea:s Ia: these mysterious boa,s
contained he '-ex:eaaet brandy Q. the grea:
s5cc-,a,iz- Commissioner B4rnhan Ct Mas.
sa-sa-e:ts and tae;. destination. was the
" .: s.5e >: u..9a ,.vas s..1.e, aad the coa-
:e:.s were :of 70 .ess pubic aaa hensaeent
ga-?7s@ Ia. . tl.=.-z. .NcCAsE's PAZ-oE.'
May - '-cx:erdel'' victim nas thereafter
see: n Imagination vending ais way from
la: ves:.@4,e, Of the ETY. ct destruction. Bu,
plausible theories = :Inles Of excitement, ike
tf.s pes:..sEous insects Q: the summer months,
give s1y . succeeding candidates for pubic
.avo.s and private curses. and the latter one
wa' shur; lived. The excitement Increased;
and an :npu!s.ve gentleman who had been
re4la . the DAY BooK and the Nes York
/, Herald, rushed to the Telegraph Office and
wrote hurried dispatch TO tie Associated
Press, G: the Mountains Of the Moon which
ran thus:
10 o'clock, Monday. A. NJ
We are in the midst Of the creates, excitement
E~S.'tS az ~ a. LIZ ~ ad. HSVd AUS
baads a,e By night, IN Consequence Of the land
;as Of seventeen boxes about the length OF com
-A7a white man and Eve smaller ones, the size of
John pox Browns box These arc supposed to
contain an army bent on the conquest of
State. Three four horse teams with lumber have
been taken from Their regular business, and used
10 blE!icIde the principal street Of our village
five do no; receive sulcor from a road iuniedi-
ately, we shall all be taken prisoners. One En-
CINE House Is already engaged. Yours with the
creates; anxiety. JB
Tae day after this doleful ''pc,cr" Of terrible
mental suffering. and great physical dan ger sent
Kissing over the wires, troops came pouring into
our village from the surrounding country, armed
to the teeth with the implements OF swift destruc
tion and terrible death to the boxes" Our citi.
zens gathered up their courage, with this arrival
of timely help as the waking sleeper gathers up
his garments, after night of disquet and dis
turbinG dreams and essayed to cover their shame
iul tenaerity with brave words, as they had GOV.
cred their nudity with the ta,.ered garments of
frightened men. The loaters about the "cor-
ners," and the occasional idler about the stores
and the prying Yankee with curiosity box"
perched at respectable distance from his shout
ders, the quiet citizen in drab, and the gentle
manly official in his robes, the smith with his
hammer and bar, the stone mason with the tools
of his trade, on Monday the fifth day of the dis
turbaace made demonstration upon the terrible
disturbers of our village quiet. The onslaugh,
was terribly severe and destructive and the boxes
gave way before the combined attack. As the
covers were rent,the deathlke silence was reiey-
ed Of its awful Stiffness BY frequent short breath.
ings, and the returning consciousness of the c,i-
zens the contents Of the boxes-the Iron fencing for
the Custom Hoass-was laid bare to the inspection
Of all, like split mackerel to purchaser.
Hancock Ag. Society's Report
on Field Crops.