Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-04-05
Political Items.

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fOllIlcal items.
~ The opponents to secession in the Yir.
oipia Convention h,v, ,wcrtv majority. $,
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rz-psR,ry or ,ba R,s,,n T,,,r,,y sa,s
r,,a pl.::.
''0 "'''''no fo'''9 VI '''' V'''' i''''i i' gun
ing ground, but no well informed people be.
lieyc that Fort Sumter can be saved.
Maine ap,o;u,,ncu;s agreed unou
v,.o,,.,-a, ,ar;, j.,
The Maine DEDICATION with Vice prc,i.
dent H.mlin, have agreed upon the distribu.
tlon OF Offices in that State. Senator fcs.
stH'eh claimed tue right to hi the PORTLAND
from rho FIRST D;striat ian;aI sh rl,bt
but welded to the majority Of the DELEGATION
they have agreed pnon ts,is eo,irac r., cut
of outsiders. Mr.. Fesscndcn has nut his re-
quests in writing, giving the C1llcctorshir
t. W. Willis. his old law rartner the Post
Office to VI iior Dole and the Office of Phv-
stefan of the Marine Hospital to his brother.
&c. |. u. Fcsscndcn. Geo. +. Talbot WAS
unanimously recommended for District At
torncy Chas. Clark. L. 5. Marshal -
Long, Collector at Eastport l.. O. Cowan.
Post Master at BidlcC ri William T. Win
rute. Collector at Banro.. True Harmon.
Collector at Belfast j. NJ. Decrinr. Pest
Master at Saeo. These and other appolnt-
mcnts will probably he made this week.
The President has APPOINTED Gtp. little.
Marshal for y. {. David l. Phillips, Mar
shall, and Lawrence Weldon, Dist Att for
W. '''s' ''''''''s'
The new tariff rates are lower than the
tariff Of 1912 and are about the same as the
act of 1915. The Philadelnbia North Amor.
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10" '',9 '','S "'0 ,aue' WV" INC "Hei'SS'
oil British DUTIES though many believe that
Great Britain has an established free trade
policy. 1t saws:
But space fails to compare details in expo
sure OF the oud anu untruthinl pretense
That the enactment oil the present tarlii Is
extreme ana unreasonable lustiying rebel
ION IN England, south Carolina and New
YORK alike. Inc tarIi OF 1916 averaged be
tween - ana - per cent on the aggregate
oil dutla7le goods, and Judging ny whatever
ed VIII average very nearly the same, whlte
'he Tree list VIII De much larger than before
VI course our manufacturers viii feel the
advantage OF tiiiS tarlh more decIdediy' be
in production but the British have not the
least reason to camplain that we have rest r.
ed the rates which. from 1916 to lS51. rave
us adequate revenues while aAording n5Ier-
ate protection.
!,
FROM The In aid correspondence
The forts at Tortugas and Key West hay-
ing already been reinforced with troops from
Texas, much to the surprise Of the Commis-
sioners aud other sccessionists now here.
the Administration policy seems to be to fol.
low this work up by throwing troops into
Fort Pickens at Pensacola, without delay,
which will be done at whatever cost.
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~ seems 10 DC pretty we'll UNDERSTOOD
that the lorts IN the uuii are to be held at
an al. hazards 'hei"dlns 'he lortngas ana r ft
-, 'ii0 W ,''ou d. t'ie i1oe' IN
Vii NOT ~ r"cntod mel IL, ,.nl.
,,hi.l ,yroctod go "a. n,,,or e
,ba', L,a ~ ~
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and FL p;oLoa Iii Vii - " %a,j t't So -
Imtt wa, Iii - 1,,r.,,al
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CIV e'''s.' . ''9' 2e''1e' ''Ai' ~ eVe'''"i'
New YORK, April |.
Ire CJmnereidl understands that orders
have been received at the Custom House to
collect duties on foreign merchandise arriving
from ports in the Contederatea States. when
the prof VI previous payment cannot - far-
uizhcd.
The Commercial also states that there is
quite a pressure Of depostors ut the office o {
the I. ). Assistant Treasurer, and the midi
cations are that at least double tile whole
amount wanted Will be bid Tor The current
report is that the government will accept the
best bids beyond %, and the impression IS
that there Will be no higher bids than that 10
absorb the whole.
\ dispatch from washington SAYS that Mr..
Adams the new Minister to England. receiv.
ca i''s instructions anu ieit as,'i9ton Ht'
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hoNi'5akRf' A'a'' AQf'l /.
Active nor's arr making " com liste 'iie
railway 10 IehS1eoia, TO iaeiiita'e the trans
iofA5ivh Oh troops 10 the "uh' IL WIN De
com lgtcd III q II" days
p,nsa.,,la7 II j. bsiiayaJ ,ba, nrnyiIin,,s - 70
.,.arra ~ r,r, p;,tons ''''' ''','''
r. , ~ and ammunition
inc int, tf cnni,erata armv in LARGO nnn-
beTs and quantity. Two thousand troors
are expected AZ MONTGOMERY this week The
rnmor Of the reinforcement Of Fort pi,ken.
!. autbenticallv PRONOUNCED unfaunded