Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-03-28
VOL. VIII, NO. 10.

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feet. bu, his legs also, which. for somc ctuse
or other, have an excessive downward ten
dency These lsltnds however. have their
names all OF which have not learned. and
strange to say have 70 desire to learn them.
1t wrs tile last FIVE DAYS Of February that
this company, officers and all, was detailed
to g. up and pay their respects to one Bird
Island, where our folks bad battery of six
guns in process Of erection We arrived
there just at night, and not having harmed
the "lly OF the land, nor informed our
selves with all the facts in the case. wat
wond,r if VIC should Fill in some of our
minor calculations. The fact is we were
carried to the Island in the gunboat 0. ".
Petit, and spread our blankets just where we
dis mharked upon some botrd4 tha. were
scattered about. Well the might was dark.
and the wind blew rat cr freshly, hut we
doubled up which means putting tw"
b'anasts together an two oi Us lie beneath
them. and son tel aelrep in the land ot
Gc rsii Tie writer aHnae 0nre ar t"ic'
durrrs The nis t and Mas htppv u tul8>
ta,t ", Sstre slc fr5n all hlriu. [ r4a,l
80, n, aHc aat my 5yn 5.d-iriiav, bat c'"-
81 i9Gs;e,ss ~sui r4tarn AMI satisfy me taat
Il ey uers al tserc We!l. i, was at time
~heo W. were sie~p5n. ~ setly md 10 ~ouaJ
a,.tathed oar rtr. thar | f lta stan ,r ,,t,,,s
lion crs pjns -, n M. ti5asbt | a.4 a;
louc. Standing Hr. Lack = IT, ti5r, trtja,
+, warm ny, Il. win al t.ts TIM | ttt
e,l;crt- d e5'd#r ,.7us s.tt1, ha;I W.
Jyln. / b., IN Al ,aucat with nr hr"ib.
er seai IL werca, -" AMI y sifa
th4t. ii weo.u >a5a,d htte n, t.. ts.#t-
10y ,Idat1. ta,, @.uE! spla ruin them
s.it=. - saza5 aut in t3s sz' Aefts -
l. asig n. Al tier a-lest' nature, r.ald
~: dvrs It NJ hs5.h9r ah,ar,.d at
W .,ara odd Id r me- l1r #saip lsaa
ll.u. a44 e4-i i .us AZ attn stta- fsettasaf
gaet vt. ..tv y atias 81 I'm +. e,ia#r
H. t#c was. i.bor W.. ,iuk.-jast opw !
Iflta.cv.i.,1i rln or ~, and pl;'in, my
Er..a hshia1i ius t. a,= =5r;an II { In -t>p
5s., aay le,: a. alt, IN - Eer.tI ny
had N tit TIL. NGrff' 0Woae r0-
,,.ntly aai r.siay sr. eau4l 80 n-t.t.lt-, a
e.tzr al ar1.uI M. na- - w .,-a
coli claltbray III ". fae vstrF n-9s
" sn.lrl, 6ycr ,.l... asnl m D., trS misai,e
~ 10 j.. 0pgII a=.te ca ranutas l.tte ~
Ig,c,s;- i. nc on ny fass May 7t ae
vrr. in tie -..n.. lnaiti ~. nQt it US MT
.#.,,., fr,vrtl4a fir IN. ar -. - rr
v..,t and s@tur,lt.,l .uufr. : ...uca y .
tw hours at k.>t.
Th.,s l,,,,,. r'v h.,,l. tbs ii, If
xn,,l .,a.,nrly N .tae aay. We r.5Ac
=, te h II h.tc! tac.s.hy, aud nscua..usiy 1
I, work with our sh0ygi> dVkin, in a fen
rois square FIR eur own ienrlit the utility
u w.tcf we did not fairly realize till tie
next hisb water. w#en W. were OBLIGED II
seek r.tucc within our ,mfa kmeut. it be-
ias the only portion Of The ,si4' d VII /, At
that time. Why Nature formed thus' /
lands cannot tel, and | Vainiy believe that
tae t 0. af white man Mas ncv r bof re
known = s'eP where Ne Lave erected two
clicieu; batteries.
The r5be.s have i've or six small steamers
above us which apparently are somewhat
dissatisfied from being - snu-lY tea'a i IN
and w1ulI iain have u- believe that tarf sd
important business down the yer.-b0t II
Is no 20 Net day pass d hy while we