Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-12
NEWS ITEMS.

give a Lecture, this Thursday evening at
Tis,iale's Hall, commencing at IL past !
o'clock.
ScHoN ELLA FLORENCE. This is the
name of the new Schooner just ready to be
launched from the Ship Yard of the Mcssrs.
Jones and owned by Capt. Geo. X. Griffin
of Ellsworth. We had the pleasure of a
personal inspection of this noble schooner on
Tuesday, and it gives us pleasure to chroni-
Gle the building Of so superior vessel on
this river. No expense, or pains, or skill,
seems to have been spared by the owner and
master builder, Master John Summinsby, to
combine in thc''Ella Florence, the essential
qualities desirable in vessel. The materi-
ais Of the hull are of the best quality, COM
bining both strength and durability. The
spars, rigging and sails are Of the best quail
ty, and selected for service. The model is a
beautiful one, and one to be patterned after
promising an approach as near to that desid-
cratum of both sailors and owners of our
merchant marine viz first rate sailing quail
ties with large capacity for carrying freight,
AS any thing to be found "down East. -
Length on deck, % feet; length of beam,
&c feet and . inches; Depth Of hold, feet
and inches; Measurement III tons. She
has fine cabin, with ample accommoda-
tions. and neatly painted and fitted up. We
think we do but express the opinion Of
/ those whose business it has been to build
vessels. on this river, when We say that the
Ella Florence takes the lead in workman
ship, in beauty Of model, thoroughness Of
finish, and completeness in all her fixtures
and appointments of any eoastins vessel ever
built on the river. Jewish the owner all
the success he SO richly merits, for his oner-
gy, perseverance, and pluck.
MARINE AccIpESr.-Brig Sea Cook of
Cberryfeld, on her passage from Boston, got
ashore near Long Island the til inst She was
got off and into the barber by cutting away
the mainmast. through the assistance Of the
pcople Of the Island. She lies there now.
| RAIL Roam ACCIDENT NEAR Troy, n. "
ern Railroad. near Schagticoke the night Of
the 81 inst The down train, while passing
over the bridge which spans the Tomhannock
was precipitatcd into the creek, some twcn-
/ ty or twenty FIVE feet, and some thirteen per-
sons are reported to have been killed The
bridge is a single span of 100 feet, and seems
to have given away the moment the train
struck it.
Nine dead hodics had been taken out of
the creek up TO ii O'Clock same evening
and twenty persons were known 10 be wound
ed. The Locomotive got across the river and
became detached from the tender. The lat
ter went down and two passenger cars and
the baggage car.
The correspondent, Of the Boston Journal
writing from Cincinnati, says that Ranney
the Democratic candidate for Governor o!
Ohio, and Dennison the Republican candi-
date. are both lawyers and gentlemen OF
The gubernational contest is an interesting
one, both candidates s,umping the State
Tom Corwin is also with his flowing oratory
and irresistible humor' stumping the State
for the Republican cause. This correspon-
pondent says that it is morally certain that
TIE Republicans will triumph
Rev. DR.. Bellows oil New York city, in a
reccn address before Harvard University
spoke of Unitarilnism rs an ''efete Boston
Notion, and Professionalism, generally as a
failure" This progressive Unitarian
therefore, advocates new Catholic Church,
minus, certain obsolete, erroneous, or need
less doctrines-a kind OF cross between the
Roman Catholic church and the "efae
Boston Notion Of Unitarianisin.
The Washington Correspondent Of the
New York Herald re-iterates the statelnen,
made July 10th, ''that some sixty cargoes
of slaves from the coast Of Africa had been
landed in the Southern state within the last
fifteen months and that an u. S. Sena-
to- who communicate the fact, still says,
chat all he told was three, and that al
doub. will haze passed away before She 18th
of Dec"
Rev. J. c. Fletcher 4 Son and Mr.. Charles
Iallock junior editor Of the Journal of Com
D'crce and lady were in Bangor a few days
since route Tor Aroostook Mr.. Fletcher
will correspond for the Boston Journal, and
Mr. Halloek will Of course. give his observa-
tons to the public through the Journal o.
Commerce.
BowDoIS CoLLEGE.-Rev S.wall Tenney
Of Ellsworth has been elected Trustee tc
fill vacancy in the Board of Trustees oil
Bowdoin College. Professor Chadbourne
has been elected Professor of Chemistry and
Natural Sciences to fll the vacancy
occasionei by the death of Professor Cleave-
, land.
The notorious Mar SHALL s. Potter was ar
raigned on Friday Of last week at Bangor, 70,
! the murder of his mother, two brothers and
nephew in Lee, the 9th of April last and pleac
not guilty. tits supposed the defense ofinsan
, ity will be set up.
President Buchanan has written q lette
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