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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-11-23
How the President and Vice
President are Elected.

The following summary of the constitu-
tional requirements and the acts Of Con
grcss upon the election OF President and
Vice President of the United States will
be read with interest
l. The Electors are chosen by the votes
of the people on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday i'll November.
,. Electors meet on the first Wc,lncs-
lay in December, and cast their yotes.-
They then sign three ccrtiGcatcs-send
the messenger with one copy TO the Pres
dcnt of the Senate at Washington before
the first Wednesday in January; anoth-
cr by mail to the same person, AID the
third deliver to the United States Fistric
Judge where the electors meet.
3, Each State provides by law for fill
ing any vacancy in the Board of Electors,
occasioncd by absence, death or rcsi@na-
ton. Such of the electors as are present
are generally authorized to fill any yaean-
cy
!. The Governors give notice to elec
tors of their election before the first We'd
ueS,lay in December.
). On the second Wednesday in Fcbru-
airy, Congress shall be in session and open
the returns. The President Of the Senate
shall, in the presence Of the Elou.e Of Rep
aatatiyes, open the certificates Of re-
turns, aud count the votes. The person
having the greatest number Of votes for
President Shall be the President, if such
r,tut,. L.. =, ,,.,inritv tlnn from thr ,1pr-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-11-23
Tnr RrGHf or srcfsIoN. The right Of

Tnr RiGHF OF SEcEssI0N.-l The right OF
State to scccde from the Union would
appear to have been considered and decid-
ed by the trainers of the Constitution
New York was unwilling to accept that
instrument and join the Union which it
created; unless she could terminate her
connection with it at pleasure. Her pro-
posal was to Join for five or six years, with
the right then to Withdraw If she desired.
Gen. IIamiIton was for a time inclined to
favor this proposition and he wrote to Mr..
Madison in regard to ii, in July, 1885,
This was Malison's reply:
New YORK. Sunday evening
Nv Dear Sir: Yours Of yesterday is
thi instant at hand, and | have had but n
few minutes to answer it. | am sorry
that your situation oblifes you to listen OF
propositions Of the nature you describe
NJ opinion is that a reservation of right
to withdraw, if amendments be not decid-
cd Oh under the form Of the Constitution
within certain time, is a conditional rat
licaton that it does not make New York
a member Of the new tnion, and conse-
qucntly that she should not be received on
that plan. Compacs must be reciprocalS
this principle would not III such Il case
be preserved. The Constitution requires
IN aaogtion in toio and FOREVER. 1t has
been 50 adopted hy the other States. An
adoption for limited time would be as
defective rs an adoption of some of tho
articles only. In short, any condition
Whatever must yitiatc the ratification
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-11-23

I:E Election FR>rpS N WARD ONE.--Tho
Committee appointed by the Republicans of
Ward One to inyeSti gate the alleged election
frauds in that district, are continuing their
work. pr.vately yet vigorous Y, and We are in
formed, effectively. 1t is said that some of
the leading supporters Of Mr.. Appleton in
that Ward took large bets against Burling-
game. when such bets were refused elsewhere,
that Republicans who went to the polls to
vote found that their nalres had been checked,
and were OBLIGED to establish their identity
before thcy could neutraize the fraudulent
vt thrown in their name; that the names
OF dee a-ed persons on the list We're voted up
On that halt Of the vote alleged to have been
thrown must have been given during the last
two hours that the polls We're open-to do
which fairly was a physical impossibilitys
that Il .rgcr vote, Was given poi, prtonate to
the number Of names on the list than in any
other Ward that the Warden or other Off
carS declined to give any information as To
the state ii the p /, during that day, and dd
not declare the result until the returns came
in from the rest Of the district. All these
are suspicious circumstances, but whether
fraud can BE- actually demonstrated remains
! be -fan. Ihe Investigation has been un
delttken hy a Committee Of the Republican
Party, rather II provide sliesuards for tho
.uturc than with sa Intention to contest
the 4 cti5n Of Mr.. Appleton, though tho
polio, al the latter course Will he an after
e5n~'ieratian. What the public now want
Is facts BeSaH JJat~ai.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-11-23

VAT not for dilI ultiys t ccase.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-11-23

1~lu the supreme Court record, which
W iisd in the Machias R'pr1 'rdn, is the re-
pirt ot -. Charl d. Sherwood vs.. Rob
ert Earns. The Pitt, British Consul at
E1.tTert. charges the dott., WHO is Collector
oi the port OF Passam5quaddy, with criminal
c9agcrSatioa with his iormrr vile. Pitts
son testified t. cling Dc.t. in bed with his
mother Another witness testiics to en-
cnuntering Ae!t in the act Of getting out of
IltE : window ii nine O clock in the evening,
5ne = and etne b'ing outside, and the 9TH
II ! Z inside # the window. The defence
WIS that rtf hal on several occasions, and
in public PLACES, nude pro lamations that
there was an arrangement between himself
ard wifi, whereby tieir conduct with refer
aace to the other sex, was not to be enquired
into, but each was to be at liberty to violate
the eNelusiNenres Of the marital relations,
without fault finding by the other also that
pltr. and wife lived unhapily tegehter, had
9uarrelled and separated, > The case W 8
On trial three days and a half. The jury
were out six hours and failed to agree.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-11-23

WHAT HE Turiur.-An Oaio stumpar,
while making a sp'eeh recently, paused in
the midst oi il, an ex llimcd;
Now gentleman, what do yol think ?"
Instantly m IN arose in the ass 1mbly, and
with oaa GYe Partially clos, |, IN Ilssly, with
Scotch hr5snc, rcpied
''lthink. sir, | do indeed. sr-l think If
yon and Would stump the country together
we would tell NOR, lies than any other two
m in the country, sir, and Id not say u
word myself, during the whole time, sir. >
~ lady being asked the place Of her
nativity, replied. :" / am SO unfortunate as
to have no native place. | an the daughter
OF Methodist Clergyman
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

PRESENT CONDITION OF RoMB-ITs GREAT
DECLINE.-The narrow limits that have been
set aside as the territory over which his Holi-
ness the Pope may hold his temporal and
civil, as well as spiritual sway, is the least
productive of any part of Italy. The Eternal
City, although situated for great CONNER
cial metropolis, has not enough commerce to
sustain a hundredth part of its population.
The inhabitants depend almost entirely on
the foreigners who temporarily visit them
for the rent of rooms, the sale of fruits and
flowers, of sacred relics and curiosities, as
subsistence. The Tiber, upon which once
Aoated the ships of Egypt and Southern Eu-
rope, is so filled up that only small fiat-bot-
toned boats can navigate it and the great
Campagna, which was once the vineyard Of
Italy, has become reduced to an almost bar
ren condition. The Pope's army consists o.
5000 soldiers, 1000 dragons stationed al
Rome, 1000 rihemen and 1000 Austrian and
Bavarian troops stationed at Macerata.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23
Royal Rights and Privileges of the British
EtheIinRs. ..

Among other laws regarding the princes OF
this rank, it was enacted that the heir-ap-
parent should be held in the greatest honor,
after the King and Queen; that Mt table he
should have the chief guest of the day on one
side of him, TO awaken his interest by stories
of travel, and the chief falconer on the other,
to amuse him with incidents of sport. AT
the fire, he had right to one corner, oppo-
site to that occupied by the sovereign; and if
a solemn Judge was placed next to him to fill
him with judicial wisdom, he had behind him
the Chief of the Bards, whom he could call
upon for song, when weary of the process
Of being filled with wisdom. There were
even higher privileges than these enjoyed by
the Prince of Wales before the Saxon era. 1t
was the duty of the royal father (as have
before recorded) to pay all their expenses UNI
| grudgingly; and never to grumble at any eX-
| travagance of banquet or amount of good
liquor called for by the Prince and his COM
panions who officially attended him. The
servants of his very household were not paid
for out of the Princes privy purse, but out Of
| that of his understanding and dutiful sire
| The horses of his stud, his cdrfdch or war
| charger not excepted, were provided after
the same agreeable fashion; and the only
curb or seeming curb, placed upon the Prince
himself was to be found in the regulation
| laid down, to the effect that the Prince was
never to make night of it out of the palace
| unless he chose to do sol While he was
away his gentleman woodman looked to the
maintaining of good fire in his bedroom
and when his Royal Highness returned, the
same official put on another fagot or two
and carefully closed the door, in order L
keep out the thieves, the wind, and th
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23
A "Genteep Housemaid,s soliIoquy.

tStdnding on the pavement in front of a four
story brick mansion tH -- street, "Arrah
now, wasn't the fool not to inquire before ]
promised, what for house he lived in. He
wor nice lookin' gintleman wild kid gloves
on, and never dhramed but that he resided
in fine esthory brown stone house, and
here it's but four sthory brick. | shan
go inl Pm not a going to lower myself
with my acquaintance, akin them to come
and see me in a four-story brick-not bit OF
it'll Like as not they've nothing better nor
rost-bafe and rice-puddin' commonly, and Pm
not used to such. | axed him if there was
standin' tubs, an hot an cold wather,
an scoollin to wash the pots and kettles, an
if the misthress kept out ofthe kitchen, an il
could have three days of the wake to meseli
entirely, and if there was sofa in the base
ment sittin' room for the company, an il
they wor one of the first families an kept q
carriage, an tould him if the misthress was
agreeable, an minded her own business, an
like the looks of things, probably I'd sthay
at nine dollars a month, wild schoollin to dc
the rough work. but Pm off now like ker.
mel of corn off a hot griddle. What business
has person residing in four sthory brick
to answer an advertisement of highly re-
spectacle frst-class cook, I'd like yees to tell
mel Humph! their impertinence is aston
| ishin'. Mol yees don't catch me goin' in
They'll go widout their dinner some time i
they wait for me to get it for 'em. Next tint
I'll be sensible enough to inquire before
promise-tiring me legs trotting round af
ther second rate families" Passes oa.l
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

A WEALTHY MERCHANTS WIFE COMMITS
RoBBERY-HER CONFESSION OF A PURLoINGNG
MANIA.-In a store in Philadelphia, recently,
porte-monnaie containing eighty-fve dol
lars was stolen from a muff which lady
from Wilmington, Delaware had for a
moment left upon one of the stools. The
husband of the lady being apprised of the
matter went on and traced the matter up.
He found one of the missing notes, and ascer-
tanning that the wife of a wealthy merchant
had passed it, went to her house and charged
her with the theft. Strange to relate, she
burst into tears freely acknowledged her guilt
but declared in the most emphatic terms that
it was the first time in her life that she had
been guilty of anything of the kind, saying
that her husband was respectable man and
would make the matter all right. She re-
marked that she could not imagine how she
came to take the money, but that vague and
indescribable feeling came over her when she
saw the porte-monnaie in the muff, and the
next moment she found it in her hand. She
SPENT she said, but little more than half the
money, and through fear of fdiscovery burned
the balance up. She concluded the interview
by bringing from an upper room the identical
pOrte-mOnnaie, .. ..r. .... A.. .r.H.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23
Excerpts from DI.tibauished Au,hors.

The mass of the people regard as profound
only him who suggests ppngent contradic-
tions of the general idea, In ratiocmation
not less than in literature, tits the epigrdnt
which is the most Immediately aud the most
universally appreciated. In both II is the
lowest order Of merit.--Edgdr A. Poe.
The way TO secure success Is TO be more
anxious about obtaining It than about de-
serving il; the surest hinderanCe is to baye
too high an opinion of the discernment of the
public. He who is determined not to be
satisfied with anything short of perfection,
will never do nything at all, either to
please himself or others. The question IS
not what we ought to do, but what we can
do for the best.-Hdzlitt.
Walter Seott's Textbook shows that he
made by his first years practice as q lawyer
GA 3s.; by the second, f57 l5s.; by the third,
fS4 As; by the fifth. G.; from the 18th No
vember, 1796, to July, l79t fl44 l0s.-Lock-
hart. a. 'H I'M la ...1 go .9..H b
Mrs. Gibbon exhorted me to devote myself
to the law. / cannot repent having neg
lected her advice. Few men without the
spur of necessity have resolution enough to
make their way through the mazes and thick
cts of that gloomy labyrinth.--GibbOnss' Au-
tobiograpbY. .,.....,...... .....
How often Cicero did, while in command
Of a provincial army, sigh for solitude and
booksl In a letter to Atticus he says, "Bst
| incredible guam me negotu taedet. L6ce1i,
| A6ros, urbem, dOmuul, Uos desiderO." ..
| Napoleon, while at st. Helena, said Of Tai
leyrand, "He is very corrupt man, he has
betrayed all parties and all persons. He is Q
traitor, but even in conspiracy with fortune
| lie treats his friends as if they were to be-
come his enemies and his enemies as If they
were to become his friends" H
Like Napoleon, have always had great
| contempt for women. Give woman q fine
dress, looking-glass and a few sugar
plums, and she will be quite satisfed.-L0rt
| Byron. ..r '.a.I -.' i.ga., ~ 4
Rogers, the author of "Italy," in his olC
age, when the Establishments of his converse
tion and manners had been very mnch i'm
paired by time affected to make himself ex
tremely agreeable to the ladies', and though
that no one deserved half so much attention
from them as himself. He has often beel
known to sulk through whole evening, be
cause the most charming woman in the com
/ pany did no not devote herself exclusively t
| him.-Grimn. .... ...... .......
Rosseau quarrelled with Baron de GUM
for life, upon his inadvertently sitting dow
one evening in q seat which he had fixed ol
for himself-Ibid. r...f ..s .r..
A man of maxims is like a Cyclops, wit
one eye, and that eye placed in the back @
his head-Coyeridge. ' f-H
All genius is metaphysical, because the III
innate end of genius is ideal, however it ma
, be actualized by incidental orlaccidental eli
, cumstances-Ibid.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23
The Pope TO Have n Hibernian Guard.
TIA D,Ahl;r, ncrrnr,,.,r,In.,A &c A.. nanA.,

The Pope TO Have n Hibernian Guard.
The Dublin correspondent of the Boston
Post says: -- -........r ........ .
have the very best authority for stating
that the Sovereign Pontiff is to have in his
service an Irish military brigade Ere many
weeks elapse you will see an Irish military
force in the service of the Holy Father. The
brigade originated in the most natural way
imaginable. The construction of railway
to Acona, under the management of an En-
glish contractor, led to the introduction into
the Papal States of huge number of hulking
'navpieS-everym man from Ireland. The Irish
ndUvies determined. one fine morning to quit
the work, and exchange the shovel for the
fire-lock; in other words, the Irish laborers
volunteered to serve his Holiness as soldiers.
This perfectly bona Jfde offer has been made.
These "naUvies" are the nucleus on which a
great brigade may be founded. 1t was in this
way that the "Irish Legion" was established
in the service of Napoleon |.
1t is rumored in this city that the Irish
Americans are raising Irish soldiers for the
Pope. A letter from Bishop is said to have
reached Dublin in which this is stated. The
prelate in question is no stranger in New
York. My informant asserts that the moment
the Irish harp is unfurled on the plains OF
Italy, blended and adorned with the stars Of
American freedom, thousand Irishmen will
| certainly swell its ranks"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

OLD FAILS MADE NEw.--A rolling-mill at
Chicago has orders for 10000 tuns of rails for
the Illinois and Wisconsin roads. Another
gang of men will commence in Wyandotte,
May /, with six months stock, oders having
been received for 5000 tuns of rails for the
Michigan Central, Michigan Southern, and
from other roads. There will be mixed with
the old metal 5000 tuns of new Lake Supe.
rior and scrap iron, making a quality Of raj
the same as that placed on the Michigan Cen.
trail for some time past.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

A DESIRABLE RAILWAY LIGHT.-It is stated
that the convenience of good steady light has
been obtained in some of the frst-class car
riages on the East Lancashire Railway, En-
land, by the use of gas The meter from
which the. gas is supplied is contained in the
guards van. 1t is conveyed to the roots OF
the carriages and through the usual lamp
holes There is one light in each carriage,
which is sufficient to illuminate the compart-
ment thoroughly, SO that the smallest print
can be read. The taps are on the roof and
cannot, therefore, be tampered with by the
passengers. An iron gas pipe passes along
the roof of each carriage SO lighted and the
junction between the carriages is by means
of flexible tube, with little slack to allow
of vibration in the coupling and vibration
from propulsion, The contrivance is very
simple, and could easily be extended to {
whole train.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23
Continued Troubles mt Rome.--Foreieners
~. Qufttfnn the Cftv. "a rI


The London Timess Rome correspondent,
writing on the 9th ult., states that the for
eigners who had arrived for the ceremonies
Of Holy Week were leaving in disgust. New
domiciliary visits and arrests were making
and the people were becoming incensed
against the government. After alluding to
the bloody scenes which took place on the
10th ult, the writer observes. --., .-,---
There is every reason to believe that the
Papal Government, not sated with the blood
that was split in the Corso on Monday, the
18th, had been trying to excite the people to
new disturbances toward the end Of. last
week, and especially on Sunday last, when IL
was expected that the Corso would be, as
usual, swarming with promenaders. On Sat-
urday, the oath, printed bills were seen stuck
| up at the street corners, which said, "Romans,
do not tomorrow bring the women with You,
nor yet the children, for we must have our
revenge" Elsewhere read, "Gendarmesl
Tomorrow we await you at the CorsoW Up
| to late hour in the morning of Sunday
saw these bills with my own eyes in the
Corso; and yet, mark WE'LL the Corso had
been oil the foregoing night like an encamp-
ment, thronged with troops of every descrip-
ton. Toward five ON Sunday morning two
guns went out of Porta Angelica, and were
4 taken round to the barracks of The Piazza del
I Popolo-a clear hint of the precautions taken
by government, which harbored designs evil
IDENTIFY in the style Of King Bomba. In the
morning, however, nothing happened. The
tanners, who really thought those bills had
been stuck up by the Liberal Committee
/ were preparing for vengeance. The same did
the Tfansteverini, the Montigiani, the popo-
ldni Of every description. These same billi
had been spread in the adjoining country, sc
l'that from several villages men in arms camt
to town to have their TdvdncRe." r. I..
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

A MYSTERIOUS VESSEL on THE COAST OF
IRELAND.-The good people of Cork, in Ire
land, are greatly exercised in their minds by
amysterious craft which has been lying in
the ofing of the man-of-war roads at Queens
town. for nearly four months. This vessel,
which, except that she is apparently station
ary, might well be believed to be the "Flying
Dutchman," is rakish clipper Of seven hun
called the Charles b. Tfuih, and has on board
cargo of finely finished rifles The Irish
correspondent of the London Times has called
attention to her existence, and to the pro
found mystery which enshrouds her.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

.APPEARANoE AND EXTENT OF THE FIRE IN
DISMAL SwAMP.-The fire which has been
has been measurably subdued. The flames
nearly reached the track Of the Norfolk and
Portsmouth Road, and at one time the cars
passed through the dense clouds of smoke
with difficulty, Great exertions wer re-
quired to prevent one or two dwellings from
being consumed, A gentleman who arrived
from the swamp last evening, informs US thai
the flames are still raging furiously in some
places. He represents the scene as very
grand and imposing. The brilliant light
and even the smoke, arc sometimes seen very
distinctly from the city, presenting the ap
Norfolk { Vd.) Argus. ''3.iolf f'''h n.-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

CHURCH ExcoMMUNICATIoN IN BOsTON,
Three persons were last Sunday excommuni-
Gated from the Park-street Church, in Boston.
One did not attend meeting and was not a
believer in the atonement. Another absented
himself from meeting, and was spiritualist.
The third abused his wife A
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

A MoDIsH LADY's PRACTICAL INFORMATION.
A young lady who swell posted in the fash
ionable literature of the day, quotes Byron
and Tom Moore, and works blpe-tailed dogs,
in sky colored commissions, to perfection
innocently inquired Of a young lady, the
was, who had occasioned SO much trouble a
Washington, t . ..., ...I
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

MIRACULOUS EscAPE.-A miraculous escape
from death occurred at Utica, N. Y, last
Thursday. A frightened horse knocked his
driver from bridge into a creek upon the
stones, distance of some twelve or fifteen
feet and fell upon him; but neither horse OF
driver was seriously injured. l-a-.n
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

MODE OF OBTAINING UNcALLED-FoRL LETTERS.
The law recently enacted provides for the
return of uncalled-for letters to the writer,
who can request the postmaster at the Office
to which the letter is directed, to return il
unless called for within thirty days, and when
this request is made, it becomes the duty Of
the postmaster to return it to the writer with
out expense to him.. This request can be
printed on the flap of an envelop, and would
read as follows:
Postmaster of - DEL. ts.
Please return to the undersigned unless
called for'within thirty days.
The business community will be benftted
by this arrangement. ~ aS 0a
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

AN UNFoRTUNATB LADY.-The Boston
Courdnt says that few days ago, as we were
crossing the street with friend, we passed
young lady dressed in the highth of fashion,
who, unfortunately, displayed an enormous
hole in the heel of her stocking. "Why,"
asked our friend, "may that young lady be
called an object of charity ~ We replied,
"that she hadn't got darned stocking to her
fooLp