Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-10-07
UNION WoMIMATIoIs.
Editorial Correspondence.
BELFAST, Oct. 30, 1861.

Dear im.ricdn =
Mud has taken possession of the former
dusty roads; and to-day a drizzly rain
storm,eoming just after two preceding ones
must suffice to raise the rivers and set the
mills running. Water water! has been
the cry this whole season, and grumhlin-
has been the order of the day for the same
length OF time. from all classes. The
farmers now find. as they gather into their
ample barns and cellars the crops 81 the
season, that thankfulncsS and not fault
finding. should he their daily theme. The
hav crop in the State is large one. the
potatoe crop exceeding any preceding one
for many years. and other field crops full
an average one. Hay in this city. perhaps
second 10 none in the State, for the amount
annually sold for expectation. i, selling for
ahont 500 per ton. impressed As the
Government purchases from here have
been large in the past, and as i; will not
pay hut $500, this may rule the price
At any rate, the demand from abroad, for
various reasons, will not come UP to that
Of last year. and prices, therefore, must
keep down.
The wheel Of fortune" is revolving and
an anxious multitude of humans between
the ages Of 90 aud - are drawing prizes,
without frat having 10 purchase tickets
Waldo and Knox eounte. nave been gone
toroush; and to-day Washington county
has been commenced upon. As we in
formed the readers Of the %merieG, Il
week or two since, the draft will be made
here. and the examination Of the men will
lie at Ellsworth for Hancock, and At Ma
chas for Washington county. This will
be All advantage 10 the drafted men that
may be exempted, and also TO these who
furnish substitutes. The men VIII Re no
tifel to appear at Ellsworth on stated day.
for examination, andi accepted viii have
five days farloush, then to report at Bel
fast. to be clothed, &c. Drafted men, if
sailors, will have eight days to make their
election whether to 20 into the Navy or
land service. They al.o receive one hun
bred dollars bounty from the State.
The men in this section Of the district
are meeting the calls of the Government
ike men. Many Of them utterly refuse
to pay enormous sums for substitutes, and
are therefore donning suits of blue, and
receiving presents of Uncle Sam, Of nice
gun and necessary equipments. They feel
first rate when completely earned and
equipped as the law Directs If they
hurry up they will be in season to he at the
taking of Richmond. If we could infu-
ence the drafted men of our section, it
would be not to obtain substitutes, but to
do their own training Less than twelve
months will wind up this accursed REBEL
ion, and therefore the paving cut Of large
sums for substitutes for short service does
not pay. However, when the trial day"
comes for Hancock county, our people will
find men in the goodly town OF Ellsworth
ready and willing to furnish substitutes.
provided they will bid up high enough.
In about two weeks We shall have the
Enrolling Board and the necessary officers
clerks, &c, located in Ellsworth This
august body will be we'll worth looking at.
1t draws bigger crowd than any travel
ing menagcrie, although the Captain is one
of the mildest hammered men in the State,
and the Commissioner modest and not very
voracious. and the Surgeon has 10 dl.po,i-
ton to prescribe bolussea or powders
Their positions are difficult ones. however.
and brings them many curses from the un-
thinking. Their larry in Ellsworth will
last perhaps two weeks. The men that
fail to report TO them during their session
there from any cause, will report thereaf-
ter at Belfast.
We cannot help consratulating the read
er on the continued favorable news from
General Grants army.