Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-11

Portland, at her municipal election
held on Monday, reelected Mayor Me-
Lcllan by 1920 majority. His majority
last year was 1876.
Tile steamer Bohemian has gone to
pieces. More bodies have came on shore
which make the number found dead, to be
81. This is a most melancholy disaster
and no sufficiou. excuse has as yet been
given the public for it.
Warm weather and rain have caus-
cd the snow hcreabouts to disappear. The
sleighing is over for the present. All
the stages departing from here now 20 OH
wheels,
Tile sth Maine arrived at Augusta at II
O'Clock Tuesday night.
-Bridgtcn elected Union town officers on
Monday last by 40 majority Last year copper
head.
Congress has passed n joint resolution con-
tinuing the payment of bounties to volunteers
until further orders.
Admiral Farragut has commenced Union
Salute, with his whole mortar fleet, on the for.s
below Mobile.
The draft has tccn postponed again De-
fore another takes place it is prob 'blc a new
Enrolment wilt be made.
The gallant Is. Maine Cavalry composed n
part of General Kilpatricks force in his recent
raid.
1t is reported that orders have been issued
for the transfer into the Navy of seafaring men
now in the army.
Tho Great Eastern which originally cost
900 ,o)0 pounds sterling. has been sold at auction
for 20 900 pounds
We call attention to The Prospectus in our
columns of tho New York Tribune. No person
desiring to be we'll informed on passing events,
can afford to be without to Tribune.
make a raid on the Bangor Houses outwalks, it
has already declared the Corrections and sidewalks
in front of the Bangor House a nuisance
There was an accident on the Maine Gem
trail Railroad on Saturday, near tho town of Car
mel ono car being thrown off the track in conse.
qucnce of the breaking of rail. No person
seriously injured.
Fisntxs BouxuEs.-Thc Collector of tai, Dis
trict, l. H. Thomas, Ed, has commenced paying
the bountic. to fishermen. We learn from him
that there has been u great falling off in the
amount claimed from former years. In 1861 the
amount paid was $i0,sG3 Of. Ia lSe2. tho
am unit va, s}s, COS, t5, and this year it is only
ls,Cu e.
y friend in New York ssnt US last week
too bate howe ycI for use, BropIlyn papers con-
tanning an account Of the great Sanitary Fair
held in that city. We gather from Exchanges
scmo Of The particulars. Up to Wednesday $50
GOO had been realized much larger sum was
expected to be realized. Thii mus: 90 one of the
nos; sacoossful Tlif, yet held anywhere,
u Sec a wom,n in another column picking
$rnlbuci Grapes. Tor Speer's Wine. 1t is IN ad-
mira lie Article, used in hospitals and by the first
families in Paris. Lapdon AMI New York, in pref
rrence t. ell Prrt Wine. 1t in worth trial as
X si,es great satisfaction. tt
a hitter from the Goth regiment says that
ouiy one p4gu was lost out OF that regiment GU
re - a' ne WI AIN ,s'To ,e anu t ga, ms throat.
AL . . Nv ,c Gefare ' tG,r ,,t s
10 ..et hercf. twas ic,rsd t,lat she might have
8, ole kuael.ei is her, but by throwing overheard
ten tons ef c.sd. hrsasio an anchor, &c she was
got sai,'y cd, loefr was some conservation on
g2st s5s"s f' 60 - ~ '9 ~, wiz t@.
View n,issn, oalr Ilif an hour .t,rr tac 99t,,,
[t,pst5a JHrarL
Letter. t, these regiment. should be directed
to New ollenas.
In the New YORK town election tie
Union mcn have made net gam of y
towns. over the election oi last spring