Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-08-01

The PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION The FOL
lowing is the sixth section of the confsca-
ton act, in accordance with which tho Pres.
ident's last proclamation has been Issued
SEC g. Ami be II further enacted. That
II any persons within any State or Territory
OF the United States, other than those named
as aforesaid. after the passage of this act,
being enaged in armed rebellion against the
government of the United States, or aiding
or ahettipg sucl, rebellion, shall not, within
sixty days after public warning and proclaim
alton duly given and made by the Pres-
| dent OF the United States, cease to aid coun-
tenance andahet such rebellion, and return
to his allegiance to the United States, all
the estate and property, moneys stock and
credits OF such persons shall be liable to
seizure as aforesaid and it shall bo the duty
oil the President to seize and use them as
aforesaid, or the proceeds thereof And all
! sales. transfers or conyeyances of any such
property after the expiration Of said sixty
days from the date of such warning and
proclamation shall be null and void and it
shall be sufficient bar to any suit brought
by such person for the possession of the use
OF such property, or any Of it, to allegc and
prove that he is one of the persons described
IN TINS section.
From AUGUSTA. "F" writes to The Wig
under the date of July Goth:
The four new regiments are now being
rapidly filled up, and those persons now en-
listing, who have any preference as to enter
ing the old or new regiments, must quickly
decide. Those who DO not elect to 90 into
the new regiments this week, will be sent to
the old regiments now in service
tclegraphed to you yesterday the number
Of companies which will be taken from the
several counties in your section Of the State,
to compose the Eighteenth Regiment as fol-
lows
Four from Pcnobscot one from Aroos-
took ; one from Piseataquis ; two from Han
cock two from Washington.
Ii must be distinctly understood that the
first taR eompnnies reported at the lSths
headquarters ut Bangor, to the number spcci.
fed above from each Of these counties will
he accepted, and those that come afterwards
will be sent to the old regiments.
Captain l. Frazier, Gf the 9th Lieut.. NJ
Frazer. of the 9th; Lieut. IL. NJ. Folsom.
Of the til Lieut.. A. Z. Titcomb, OF the
1th Surgeon \. Libbey, of the 9Th and
Lieut.. j. y. Fowler, of the 4th, have re-
signed.
Coon PtrcK Our readers viii rccollcct
of sceins an item Of "a cool work " by a
private III the late battle NJ Fair Oaks, in
the papers ly. His name is Henry Park
cr and he belongs ut Indian River Allison.
During the progress of the battle his gun
failed him, and in the heat Of the struggle
he sat down. removed the lock from his gun,
fixed it to suit, replaced it, loaded and fired
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the rebel flag the third shot took down both
man and flg Parker IS n member Of Co.
G, 18th Maine - Nachlas iaicn.
| p,RsoS BRowStow's book, says the New
York independent, is one Of the remarkable
Successes Of literature. Mr.. CnlLps is this
week printing thirty thousand additional cop
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/ far, o,.e hundred thousand, anl the book has
not yet appeared ut nil IN the = regular
trade ArrIEGtTE x Co, of Cincinnati,
Ordered farty thousand copies at once, which
is supposed n 81 the largest order in the
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DEru ar lIaN. REtEE WILLIAMS. OF
MANI. w harm that a private despatch
received IN tbs city announces the death, u
/ lay, If LIN Eeuel MilinmS- u augusta,
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