Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-10-18

OF these companies were raised in Ban
ser. IN Portland, in Rockland, in Lew,
ston 3 in Bath, ) in Augusta.
So Penohscot leads the counties and Ban
COR tie cities.
VIII some friend in each Of the towns in
this County furnish us the number Of men
who have enlisted from his town, that we
may ascertain which is the Banner Town in
Old Pen0bsc0t!
Eight Of our Pcnohscot Companies are in
the rcgm mt, in the 9th, , in the eth,
> in the Sth, and in the 9th Bangor
j.fersoH'as.
APP aranccs are often daceitiul, anl in
the matter OF enlistments as shown in the
above table, this old proverb may still have
lost none Of its original claim to respect for
its general truthfulness.
Penobscot county has responded molly to
the call Of the country, and may b, the ban
ner county in the number Of companies fur
nishcd, and in recruiting the men within
her own county lines, but still there is rea-
son to suspect that Appearances are decciiful
in this respect in part, to say the least
To satisfy our curiosity in the matter, We
run over the advertising columns OF our
Bangor cotemporAries, and counted no less
than nearly bakers dozen Of patriotic ad-
vertiscnents calling for men to enlist
These serve b attract the men who are will
ling to strye their country to that point. and
they do center there from other counties
We know by inquiry that large numbers
Of men from this county have helped to
swell the ranks Of these Bangor companies
One little town Of 500 inhabitart is has sent
to the war nearly twenty men, and certainly
more than half of them are in the compa.
MES which are placed to the credit of Ban
gor. This county is represented in the
Maine 2d and the ith Regiments, not by
companies, by more OF less of good and true
men who are doing duty in the ranks. We
have men in quite number Of the Mass.
Regiments, and some even in the Kansas
Regiments. One OF our army correspondents
belongs in Trenton, but he enlisted in the
Corinth Company while at school at the
EIs: Cornth Academy. One Of the active
recruits in the company now forming here,
was member Of Mass. Regiment aud was
wounded at the Bull Run battle. lie be.
/ longs in fremont. But to show that Penob,
scot in the future, certainly will have 10
share with Hancock in this matter, we have
only to state that Bangor recruiting officers
are securing this county and are meeting
with pretty good success in getting men.
Two men were in Bluehill last week and
leave there Wit, from % to 80 men. Another
canvassed Mt. Desert Island pretty thor
oughly and obtaNed quite a number.
/ As it now stands, four full companies have
gone from this county, half cavalry COM
pany enlisted by Charles Hamln, Esq now
at Augusta, the rife company now forming
here nearly full, quite IA large number Of
soldiers in companies from other counties,
and still furnishing recruits to two Bangor
recruiting officers. We shall soon have fur,
nishea onr proportion Of the grand army Of
half million OF men. We copy the follow
Ing from tue hatHebec journal as showing
what Maine is expected to do.
If our Army of half milton is put into
the fell for the purpose of preserving the
Union aud insuring the lite .of the Nation,
Maine share will he Is 80 men. la the
calculation only the loyal free States are
reckoned, the Militia and Home Guards