Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-02-21
CORRESPONDENTS.
arnrsr, 81. Eth. 1862

AreUsTA. Feb. l4ths lso%.
| Ma. EDiroR ..--Proyidential arrangements
happily di,p SIS Of human ills one after
another, 50 that in easy succession we sur
mount great difficulties, and ure seldom
called 10 encounter them in the oyerwhclm-
Ing mass The same kind rule applies to
mental exgrtivn, AMI il is not Often that the
brain is required to reel in conflict with
many great questions at the same time. In
our childhood came the pulling question.
~ ho was the father Of Zcbedce's children =
and in later yours the ins5lyabls query "who
struck Billy pattcrs)n?" The " Safas :,
Of the lost tribes, aud the authorship OF
Junius have become questions Of but remote
interest, But now. rising in the scale OF
suhlimity-aboye the smoke Of battle and
the din Of war, stands the pcrplexing prob
/ lem-who is the author Of Snarts Resolu-
tons? They passed the Senate of Maine
the thrilling wires, directed as some say, by
the Colonel himselD at once announced their
advent to waiting world, and the :. rest oil
mankind standing on tiptoc--as his-and
50 the paternity was said to be acknowledged
/ This would settle the matter if We could ae-
cept everything which rumor puts forth,
but unhappily f.lsehood attaches to much
/ that relates 10 the doings Of the great and
] good, and we are not certain who did so
telegraph. Some say that Snart's resolu-
tons are gone to that receptacle OF lost
things. the COMMITTEE on FEDERAL Relations
and those entombed, arr lying side by side
with MIR. sweats resolves. Again tie Age,
in a we'll drawn parallel Ct the Smart aud
the Pe4ss resolutions, insists upon ,h.is
+ identity. 80 difficulties theken, and W.
must >uccGmb leaving the question ali un.
solved lei r. us-a gordian knot to entanglt
faturl politicians Mr.. Editor, am scarce
" prepared - take that entire step which
leads from the sublime to the ridiculous, and
50 will shafIl. down a little 70 tie more orii-
nary concerns Of time, who>c teeming cur
r.nt daily brings Us grateful things from
" d]ad aud held"
Now, Is the winter Of our discomfort
made glorious summer, by this Son ot York.
Under the pressure Of our bslcagueriaq
hosts. constantly moving on, from victor,
to victory. VIII not the bubble soon burst
Is it not time for the rc5al chief. 70 be draw
iag their blood-stancd robes ef tfeathcr,
AM treason about them to all with what
ever Of dignity they may In the 49c o.
saturday there arr some very j4st c5mmcat
upon tie present Lesislntate-t many
lealers-i o many - h,rn - e1mmtnd =
and consequently too f,w to serrc. and pres
forward tae lcsi,imnt, business 81 the S,..s
.iln. Long speeches Tor Blnkum and t. r.
of tdc Its-s;Aud confessed, the great Dor.
With which the present legislature has beer
cutjr y rli3ied
10 net know the rule here applied t.
corr sronzisnts who ammuneatc t. Ia
press important military information. but a
gossip i, prone to sp1iI in keeping, mu-
venture the opinion, that certain C9l1ne
Of ess,.r4 has II G-itts enough on bans
for lis own account, to keep his regiment il
active service until April and that if tn
regiment meanwhile, as Is proposed, e1es Of
SIN b-N-l At Bath he must remain behiu,
t. finish up the business - foot and alone
-inasmaea As his operations are nat wei
adapted to hJrSe movement, excerpt - IA
,.s Fe.at-s 70 A.sttag- they have 50 Tar, chieil,
consisted, ia The manual exercise Of extend
ing very suddenly the right Lex, - an aa:t
Of ninciyfYe desnes with The other at,
forcihly apr lying the end ihere5f, to the ca,
Of another object. The gymatstic hcacft
Of tins amlblc diversion ar, .na to arcru.
chiefly 10 the Aexers AMI ex'ef1so~s Of th,
said right la, the expense is n9t very seri
ous--Leins fixed by the Police judi a; som,
six to ten dollars. perhaps, according to tn,
success Of any particular Performance
On receipt of the news las; week Of tn
capture Of Fort Henry, and again today 0
the complete baggins Of Fort DancI-on,
I've minutes recess vs. taken By both IIous,
prolonged and dcafenins cheers flied tht
c1nease lls-.jnseni.e pr9pensitias returne,
upon the head and hear; .. az and c8Ieri
eae5-Senstgri dignity was non est, an,
Joyous.
M4laes5 ruled the hour
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