Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-01-29

black man on her own soil, and only op-
presses him when upon Yankee soil.'--
When he was a slave it was an Irishman
that advised him to ''cut and run and he
was received on the platform OF Conellla-
ton Hall by the noble O'Conncll himself
The Irish have been duped into the notion
that work will be taken from them and
given to the blacks. This is mistake
The blacks will all rush for the South, the
anemcnt slavery ceases to exist.
OLD ENGLANp.-Speak of Old England
as we Nill-rcyilc her as we may,-thcrc
seems to be, away down deep in our ma
lures, love and preference for the pro-
duets of her industry. We also seem to
have imbibed the tastes and habits of her
people, and to-day there is nothing that
smacks of good cheer more than the Roast
Beef and good Ale of Old England. Our
readers will find a new advertisement in
our paper to-day, setting forth the fact that
Mr.. c. a. Richards, of Boston, an old and
highly respectable win? merchant has re-
tcircd an agency for pure wines and spirits
from the London docks. 1t seems to Us
they must be good,b we refer our readers
both to the advertisement and the man.
Some of our literary folks, connect
cd with the Baptist Society of this village,
have organized themselves into Dramatic
Reading Club, and meet weekly. We
learn they have quite large and select
gatherings. Last Monday night Shake
spearc's Hamlet" MAS read, and with
Rrv. y. VI. Williams rs Hamlet, Mrs. :.
Waterhouse as Queen of Denmark, \. +.
DrInhwatcr Esp, As King, NJ. NJ. Loud as
Ghost. and other characters we'll assigned,
1t passed off with great eciaf. These gath
<7ings arr getting to be Of great interest to
the parties participating and VIC doubt mot
beneficial to the Young OF u community.
We are under Obligations To Nicr
President llllnlin for Report on Conduct
of the War" parts |. , and 3. TO Hon.
w. Z. Fcsscndcn, for "Repnrt on Finan
ccs.' TO John d. Hopkins, Esq, OF the
House, for copy Of the Report of the
Maine Board of Agriculture and other
valuable documents from Augusta. TOT.
~ Dalton Esq, for late Chicago papers
and to members Of ;he army, for la.c
southern papers.
PRESENTATION TO Col. CuArLIN.-On
~ ti,n -jn1lpG
otiiccrs and priyatcs of the first Me. .hrtil
icry presented Col. Chaplin, with sword,
with silver scabbard. and also 4 splendid
saddle, bride, holsters filled with a brace
of REVIEWERS and cartridges, silver spurs
tossing 500, and splendid sash and belt.
The whole ontGt cost about 5000 the
sword alone casting $50, The occasion
i. spoken Of rs u memorable one for the
regiment.
ITO 10 Lord Hall this evening aud
witness the rablcauX, Picture Painting and
Singing. by the yonns folks of tic Congrc-
ga,onal Society of this village. The oh
.jeei Is worthy and a hall full Of people DE-
sired The programme has been selected
with great cafe and Is good.
benz. smith Of $nry, lasply killed
hos Ii month. old. which weighed ~
pounds. Mr. Thomas Smith OF same tusFH,
killed a pig months old which weighed
2G5 pounds.
THE heaviest SHOW storm Of the VIII
ter visited Cleveland and other points. in
Ohio Non lay week. In Cleveland the
streets were barricadcd by large drifts, cont
polling a suspension of all outdoor work
and pcdcstriansm.
ERsWe would call attention 10 advertise
ment headed .Somcthing New and Bet
ter" II il really very superior article
for family use, and ought TO be generally
introduced Call and examine it for your
selves.
The virtuous Drisko, of the Machias
i'Hioa is exercised because nearly all the
:. abolition" papers in the State get Post
office. Custom House. County and Town
patronage. How did it seem when YOU
were drawing pay under Buchanan and
sitting at the receipt oi CUSTOMS Drls- /
ko! Don't YOU think it is = unconstitu- |
tionaln for .'aboltionists" to hold Office J
Times.
\ President WHO Can AFFORD TO EE
tRIrICrsEp.-Wendcll Phillips pays as
high compliment as onc man can To an
other. when he SAYS Abraham Lincoln has
i:,.s s..Led his name 80 high on the roll OF
fame thai nc Can 2ilerd to be told of his eF-
rors. Mr. Lincoln wilrfegaro LIS as one OF
The most complimentary sayings ever eX.
pressed in relation to his character and Will !
he the lart man 10 complain .. Mr. Phillips !
often severe tt, w"l intended criticism. =
J.8efso',iaa.
Bya statement published in the Com
merciat Times it appears that the total re-
ceipts of grains and wheat reduced to -four
She past season at Buffalo, Oswego and
Montreal, the principal points heading from
the lake regions to the scabord amount to
o3 l53,5l5 bushels, against l09.5i2, 80 in
is62, showing a decrease of i3,S99,9Sl
buslcls
The decrease in The RECEIPTS of grain -four
not ncludefD has been rs follows Al
4 = = 4, -