Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-01-09
c Correspond aacnte.
Dec. 21lh, l~62.

Dec. 23lh, l>62.
DEAE AMERICAN 1t has been lont
time since have INDUCED myself in the
pleasure OF addressing you; having been
prevented from 50 doing by a multiplicity
of reasons, among which physical inability
has no; been the least. But being very
lonely here in this isolated region, and
feeling myself "a stranger ia strange
land with bu, few sympa;aies in con-
mon with those around me--my thought,
turned to YOU, as to the bs.t source o!
information on i9cal mstters anil thin-,
which might have peculiar intcra.. to
me, as pertaining 10 my owa county
CHANGING to see an Old nan5cr, be4rio,
your once familiar address, it seemed go
much like an oil frjsHl. thu, was forth
with inspired with desire 10 >sils pen,
iak and paper, AMI thraagh tho-c silent
MEDIUMS Of communicated. h1ll b..ei
Conversation with you.
And nov, d,ar American, having got
,arough Nth tbs preamble, Mt .i4i.
say next hop. y.a are q - fs5siy-
IN disposition aai w pardon ne a..
inaie'ion oil tais. Ys4 mas. l.ty. To,
blame m. that hars ID interesting ma-
terial for letter. Tais p'szs4mea. -.
minis me OF time wben ", young
and wen. to --a77l, aud rsa.z ett= gi
my g.rl-tf5sul, Ia ta9 stra=t wc b1,a,
thought ourselves IN "lafy b54ai' ta zay
something TO each other, although ~a a4l
nothing in the world - say; after tn
manner of the TO friendly fst'e beth
disposed TO smi.a. described y lI9.me,
in as poem on amauners -nh1,
..Imp peilea BY feeling. ia their uatats. Add
Ba, s. ;AUy weak, aHi. tumesiAt 44Islaei,
knsh a. each ei4er--maAe sitA!,
Hogin To talk CT patietp aul etpaal.
Zach I9oks qalto ras.aut saxt1s 4st=H.tT sttueE,
TAeir tasrt,as so such rteeo 4 sa-A
Zach tLlaks tie piHes -,lAs d. SreEt.F itrast'
T. sertw the vic~ "a wt... i4ey b aA.e .4sgcz9i,
30 there they talk IN dust. ~ mai o6 sua~.
But dilress, as the novel writer's say,
aud have left my poor friend standing IN
the street all this time. Wen, We stood
facing each other aul both said good al
ten oon, anl then paused, Hoa.p1aseI as
to any further remark. At last she broke
the silence BY proPouadias the important
qurry-"Been TO school to day - "Ics,'
replied-you BEEN Yes, then
ans ther long paase-aul liually realizing
the righteousness of our position we both
burst Into laugh and separated. The
.y4nness Of dish ,cater,' TO use fami!-
lar comparison) has settled over thi.
place Here, in these stirring and event
full times, | hear no news either good or
bad, from the war-whiJh a letter from
tke Provinces informs me still RACES. Ny
only sources of information outside OF
my epistolary correspondence are some
old newspaper Of about week or fort
nights experience, to which may gain
access. Pity me o ye dwelicrs ia the
midst of false alarms and horrliying re-
port False alarms by the hundred day,
would be a luxury compared with the ut-
ter dearth Of nows. can now aPPre-
eiate the full force Of Alexander Sekirk's
exclamation,
aoh solitude where are the charms
That sases have seen ia thy face
Better dwell in the midst OF alarms
Than reign in tAs horrible place
Well, | don't reign here; but can Apply
all the rest By the way, | did hear one
precious bit of news the other day. 1t
was that there had been a change III the ,
Cabinet from ''bad TO worse and that
Horace Greely aud Wendell Philips had
iaken their seats there. | wouldn't be-
.iieve that last item if told it myself.
New Year is near at hand. II wish
you happy New Year and plenty of
subscribers; which will make it happy
for you | suppose, that is, if they are
paying subscribers and | would have no
others if | were you. | hope "Santa /
Claus" will not forget our brave soldiers.
Hope the 18th Maine, got that box OF /
good things for Christmas. We cannot
do too much for the gallant defenders of
our Union.
Well, Mr.. American, have heard you
accused of abolitionism, but | am happy
to say, have never seen anything ex-