Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-02-05
Gov. Gamble, Of Missouri, died in st.

Gov Gamble, Of Missouri, died in ct.
Louis Sunday.
Tile Veteran troops in the Gulf Depart
ticnt are re-enlisting VIII great unanlmity.
Admiral Farrasdt arrived at New Orleans
on the 22d, in the flag ship Hartford
"A Free State Convention for the nomina
titnuf State Officers, was to be held in New Or
leans Feb. LIST.
1t the Navy Department is to be believed
tho distractions in Charleston harbor arc not
washed away SO much as thoy have been!
Government FIVE twonties have advanced
in price, since The loan was taken. This one fact
shows tho estimation of the public of Govern
mont securities,
Tue AMERICAN EXCHANGE AND REVIEW Vol.
ume " and No. VI of this monthly, published by
Whiting Co, Philadelphia, is before US. This
work is especially devoted to Finance Insurance,
Manufactures, Patents, Trade, Commerce, Mining
and Railway Intelligence, &c. 1t must be n val
liable work for business mon and statisticans
INDICATIONS OF W ORN.--l Oe NcW i 0Fh tieTdtd s
Army of the Potomac despatch, dated Saturday,
says:
An order has boon issued directing that new
hospital arrangements shall be made for the field,
and that all the sick now in the army be sent to
the rear.
The western train was delayed four FIVE
hours last nj ght, by the breaking of some part of
the engine, at Readfei. We do not learn that
there waa any other damage to the train.
fFhg, %.
1t will he seen by our Washington despatch
that the gunboat Eutaw in trial trip with the
lids, made eghtec miles per hour Thursday.
Boston Journal
Yes, with the river current in her favor ; but
she only averaged tfifs over dgh mules per hjm
IN a trip Of Is miles , Why not tell tho whole
story Bangor Times.
The statement of tho Washu ston corrcspon
dent of the Yribnnt is, that tho Hutaw ran 40
miles and back in FIVE and half hours, with the
tide in her favor gon, down. If she only made
eighteen miles an hour down, it must have con
sumed two hours and half for this half Of the
trip, leaving three hours to make the return trip
of A. miles How can you Mr.. Times, make out
tiat sailing forty five miles in three hours, is only
ga triAe over eight miles an hour ~
We see it stated that the sixth army
corps has been ordered to Knoxville, and
that portion of the same has left Wash
incton. The sixth Me-, is in this corps
-Three hundred thousand pounds of
fine Sea Island cotton will soon arrive in
c-n,,, pnyn1 'Thiy
cotton has been cultivated by free labor.
.D-Gencral CAN'T the eloquent advocate
for the Union cause. is but about 50 years
old. He ran FOR Congress in the South
crn District of Arkansas. in 1850, as an
Independent democrat, and beat the reg
ular democrat by more than 5000 major
ity. He never took his seat i'll Congress,
but went into the secession army. and be-
came Brigadier General.
HoNssrrNps ron otplERS-Scnator
Wilson intends 10 introduce bill provid-
ing that all lands cnntscatcd in the South,
shall be divided into homesteads for sol
dicrs.
In the Supreme Criminal Court in
Boston on saturday morning John W.
Mitchell, OF Harrington, et this State, was
found guilty OF manslaughter, and scntcnc-
ed 10 onr Years imprisonment. John Cole
aud John W. Perry who were tried with
him were acquitted and discharged.
THE NUMBER az TReoPs CALLED FOR.
| The Boston Jontaai snfs ii Is stated