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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-09-02

At Court Of Probate holden at Ellsworth within and for
the County Of Hancock on the the first Wednesday
Of August: A. T. 1861.
~ c. WoODMAN Administrator Of the estate Of Judith
Little late Of Buck.port In said County, dsceas.
ed-hsving pres med his account OF Administration upon
said estate for Probate:
Oraered,-That the said Administrator give notice
to all persons interested, by causing copy Of this
order published three eks successfully in the Els.
worth American printed in Ellsworth that they may ap.
pearat Probate Court be holden at Buck said
county the third Wednesday q September next at ten
Ct the the forenoon, and shev cause if any tn .y
lye, why the same should no, be allowed.
PARKER TUCK, Judge.
Atruecopy,-Attest,
321 A A. BARrLgrr Register.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

hereas James " Clapp Of Deer Isle, IN the
County vf Hancock and state OF Maine on the
irs, day of January A. d. 1859. by his mortgage
deed OF that date, by bin duly executed conveyed
to the undersigned the following described lot OF
land situate on Little Deer Isle, " being lot No.
M an sand Little Deer Isle, boundai on tho North
West by land of Mark Eaton, on tie rorth east
by land of Lucy Spinney on the south cast oy
aad of Samuel BOLSTER, on the south west oy ths
waters OF Ponobscot Bay, being the same rreml
SEES formerly owned by james Cray aud whereas
the conditions contained in sald mortsaSe 'eeu
hive been broken, her by claim to foreclpse tho
same according to law and give this notice for that
purpose - "a ,vsYr,r,,
Ellsworth, Aug. p, 1854
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ID / r. D..

Ensworth-Aus }, Sarah t.. aged L years and
months, daughter OF pelatish ami Eiilabe'h w.
barter.
Surry-August 9th, Tober, Thurston, aged 5
Yeas 10 months aud &C dayS. SOU OF Henry Is
and Mary E. Taylor.
+. Nj V ScrLE, Of ca. q, It'll Ne. Vols was
wounded in the battle Of the wilderness. May g,
aud died May iii, aged u years, months and
DAYS lie enlisted Jan l.td, ls6I. lie lett
the dear on, 5 at home under the full conviction
that it was his duty T. eutcr into his country :
service A. a son, brother AMI husband, he was
beloved As ristitn be had ephsecratei hun
self to Odd, and his path like that OF IN
the ishteous His luss is ielt deeply, bnth ny
his friends, aud by the Baptist church IN dou'ds-
boro. OF whca he had been faithful and a;u'e
member about ten years. lilo died IN iaii assaf-
auee of glo' ious immortality.
tWnl the Zl9a's Herali and lVesiyGn Jrranl
ll.ase copyl
In New York, Aug. 9Th, Addison J. strout,
son Of Rev Oran and Elizabeth r. atrout, oi the
East Maine Conference, OF chronic diarinoea, aseu
81 yeas Brother Strout embraced religion ana
became soldier Of the cross when he was sls"' l.
ten years of age, since thea tue WORM mas soh'.
times Gained the ascer dsncy over his mind, but
his faith in Christ continued firm. ana ne heFef
.heatAed the sword OF the spifit til the hsht was
over. In Dec ls63 he enlisted in Go u, IN the
lst Me Heavy Artillery, and fought bravery IA
the battle If Spo;tsyleana on the lst OF May, anu
before Petersburg on the 18th of June where ne
received three bad wounds. one in each leg anu
one in is Acal-and thus faithfully aud hooofa
bly eryed his courtry. soldier N two.ioii
s.nse--re drew the sWr of the spifit To aiu l"
snDpressinrthe rebellion Of the human race against
GA and the carual sword 10 suppress the repeH.
ion a,ain+t the United states fought e9oa
fgbt with both, and received an honorable al''
charge by death rom both wlts-anI mas so nJ
trrn.npAantly home receiys rich bounty, anu
e. y the blessing Of an everlasting peace IA 'l'e
kinsdom Of God, leaving "'ie, th'ee' :"
a,an,,rn his carly death May the Most lllsh com
fort them, and extend esps isl care to tns VIA
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ST ATE OF MAINE.
InEAsl.RY OEEIcR.

STATE OF MAINE.
Treasury OFFIcF, }
Augusta. Aug. 10, 1861 )
Pursuant to Chap. c. See. "a Of the Revised
Statutes will, Mt the state rIonsurcrs Office in
Augusta, IN tho twenty first day Of september
next, 1T II o'clock in the forenoon, sell and
vey by deed to tao highest bidder, all the inter
est # the state in the tracts Of land hereinafter
described, living in unncorporated townships-the
said tracts having been forfeited to the state for
tate taxes and County taxes, certified to the
Treasurer of state, for the year lsG2.
The sale and conveyance of each tract will be
made suit tct to ,ht IN the owner OF part own.
cr, whose rights have been forfeited, to redeem
the same al any time within one year after the
sale. by paying or rendering to the purchaser his
portion of what the purchaser paid therefor a the
safe with interest at the raro of twenty per cent
per annum from the time Of sale, and one dollar
ior release; or such owner may redeem his inter
cst'by paying as aforesaid to the Treasurer OF
state provided ia Chapter G, Sec. SO OF the re.
vised Statutes.
No tract, however, will be sold at a price less
than the full amount due thereon for such unpaid
state and Z unity taxes, interest aud cost, as de
scrbed in the following schedule:
COUNTY oF HANCOCK.
45s2 acres, No. 8, South Division, co
$50 acres No 10. adj joining steuben, "a
Is, 207 acres. No. 20, Middle Division, ~ II
teach Island, ~
Bradbury's Island, %
estcru Island ~
81 NATHAN DANE, Treasurer.
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NOTICE.

4 IL persons are hereby notified not to make any
y PAYMENTS upon, or receive for valuable consd
GRAFTON, two Town Orders drawn by the seectmen
of Maria>ille upon the Treasurer of said Town in
favor of the undersigned, Isaac +. Moore, the first
being dated January Is, 1861, for the sum OF two
hundred dol airs, the second dated January IS lsd
for one hundred dollars, each payable ON demand
said orders are now or have been in the hands of
kanni.t Moore who has right to sell dispose of
the same, lSAAC L. MObkt.
Dated August !, 1901. 3lH
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STATE OF MAINE &.

HAvcocx, ..-Supremo Judicial Court, April
Term, 1854
Ca the foregoing suit it is ordered by the
Court that notice OF the tendency thereof lie CIV
en- Ia all persons interested, by rving an attest
ed copy OF the writ aud this order thereon up
on the said defendant, or by publishing the
same three weeks successfully in the Ellsworth
American, the last publication or service afore
said to be at least tbirty days before the next
term of this C urt to be holden at Ellsworth, with
in and for the county of Hancock, en- tho fourth
Tues ay Of October next, that they may then nnd
there appear and answer to said suit ii they thinS
TT. o,,
Attest, P W. PERRY, Clerk
A tru. cory Of the Wi, and order OF Tovr'
thereon.
$50 Attest, i. w. FERRY C'ot"'
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New Work markets.

New York, Aug, goth.
Flour-Statc and We.tem 20 800 wer,-
Sales 5000 bar els, State, II, 5Oa SIOz5i fvund
hoop Ohio, $1,000 l2,75. Western 500 Il
SiO.6j. Southern-sales 800 barrels at $40, 50 q
$lt,0J. Canads-2j a 80 cts lower. Sales $50,
barrels at $1,000 $il,75.
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special Notice.

InE llAScocN BAPTIST Assocttrt1y will meet
ut HtnokIin, next Tuesday, thu 18th inst at o.
clech, =. NJ. y. NJ. Wtttl,vs. Clerk.
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;. THE HARP OF JUDAH"

by L. o EMERSON.
Nearly Fifty thousand copies # this superior
book were sold during the first six months of its
publes ton. Price in Boston 81 81. Specimen
pages sent free. OLIVER DIfSON E. CO.,
Publishers, ~ Washington street, Boston.
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TIE GREAT REMEDY FOR
CONSUM TON,
and ackn ,wlcdgcd BY many prominent physicians
to be by far the most Reliable Preparations ever
introduced for the RELIEF and CURE of all
LUNG COMPL ANTS.
This well known remedy is offered to the pub
lie, sanctioned by the experience of over forty
years, and when resorted to in season, seldom
fails to effect n speedy cure of
Coughs, Cold,, Crsap, Bronchitis, hfa.nsa,
IVhoa,Gaq. cough Hoarseness, Pains or
Soreness u, the Chest and side,
Bieeding at at the Lungs,
Liuer Complaints, e..
Its cem,lete success in many cases Of CONFIRM.
Ed Coy.UuPIIoN has reversed the opinion SO long
entertain, d, that this much dreaded disease is
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To tho.e who have alrca ly made usc Of this
Remedy, no appeal is necessary. To those who
have not. we have only t, reicr them to the writ
ten Testimonials of many of our most distinguish
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when the expectation tf being cured indeed
a " foIlorn hope" We have space only for the
following:
Reliable Testimony.
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Gentlcmen:-Seeingn numerous certificates in the
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state Of Maine

Hancock ST, the several Sheriff Of our Cum.
tins OF liauc.ck, Pcseb.cpt, fJtE. Cumbefl aud,
~, Lincoln. keuuabsc, oxford Somerset
} Washington, y aleie, Ptseatafus, An
/ Is droscossin, Franklin, Aroost"of, saga
Wv dahoc and In x, OF e!therot their Dep
utirs, GREETING;
~ We command you to attach the Goods
(t.>o.) or estate OF treder'ck 4. -hute, late
j0cts. Of Ellsworth, in the county o; Han
( 5 W. ) cock and State OF Maine, now cemin0-
{ Dec. IAN. in come place to The iiaInt.if IN
! lsG4 Known to the value OF - dollars,
Wv and summon the said Defendant tit he
may he found in your precinct.) to appear oeiore
our Justices of the supreme Judicial Curt next n
be Loldea in Ellsworth, within and for our County
ef Hancock, on the fourth Tuc;day IF Hpgl II Xt,
then an there in cur aid Court 10 answer unto
James L. 0ssooL Of Ellsworth, aforesaid, DENTIST.
IN 4 plea of the ca e, Tor that tue Defendant at
Z l.worth aforesaid ON the day of the purchase
OF this writ being indebted to tho piiintlt in the
sum Of sixty dollars. for 50 mach money before
,hat time had and received by tho said Defendant
to tho Plaintiffs use, in consideration thereof,
promised the Plaintiff to pay hun that sum On de-
mand.
Also, for that tho said Defendant, at Ellsworth
aforesaid. on the LIST day of December, was indobt
ed H. the Plaintiff in the sum OF sixty dollars, tor
goods before that time sold and delivered by the
PllintilT to the Defendant at his request; and al
so for work before then done, and natetlals Tor
the same, provided by the Plaintiff for said Do.
PENDANT a, his request and also for other money
before then lent by the Plaintiff to said Deten-
dant at his request. and also for ether money be-
tore then pait by the plaintiff, for the use OF said
Defendant ut his request; and also for other mon
ey before that tme had and received Ivy the said
Def ndant tor the use Of the Plaintiff; and also
for other money for interest upon other moneys
hen due and owing from said Defendant to SAID
Plaintiff; and by the Plaintiff lent and advanced
10 said Defendant at his request; for divers long
spaces Of time then elapsed; and also for other
money found to DO due from the said Defendant to
the Plaintiff upon an account then started between
them in consideration thereof then and there
promised the Plaintiff to pay him this several
moneys aforesaid on demand Yet said Defendant
mas never paid any OF said money, but wholly
he /. ects so to do.
Yet though often requested the said Defendan:
asIot paid said sum but neslects SO to do, to the
daniags cf said Plaintiff Gas he says the sum ct
seventy-fse do lars, which shall then and there be
made to appear with other duo damages. And
have you there this Writ with ur doinss therein
Witness, John Appleton, Esq at Ellsworth TINS
6rs, dsy of December, in the year OF our LoFa
one thousand eight hundred andsixty.,hree.
7. W. PERRY, Clerk.
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CAUTION.

Overseers of the Poor and fall other persons are
Cautioned not TO render assistance TO one Adelin:
Stoserw lie of ,Iosua Slower, paupcr OF Bluehili
As we have made ample provision for her support in
this twn. Said Alkaline is travelling from town to
town fcigning sickness and calling on overseers OF
the poor for aid
Overseers of
yF;H.xck1ur, tIs ,p qor
X, q. DODGE of Bnehi
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Dissolution,
Freedom Notice

'iIE subscriber hereby gives public notice TO all con
! ccrnrd. that he has been duly appointed and has
taken upon himself the Of Administrator OF the
estate Of
ALEXANDER MCNEIL lat II Verona,
the County Of IIauc, OK mariner deceased nv giving
h nd the law directs; he Therefore all persons
Who are indebted to said dec ased's l.. Ike in
medi,c payment. AMI those whn lave any demands
lhc-tu 10 EXHIBIT tn: same r se't' mint
TIlED. {. W0OFMAN.
Buckspor,. Aug, tth, 1861. 3iW
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Special Notices.
Terms Of The American

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Advertisements to insure insertion should lie
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TIE M S, & C.

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Am,rcor need not fear that they y Ill not be
credited IN duo time for Ill they have pnid
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-05-20

.
Colonel Garnett, Of the 5th North Carolina,
killed Brigadier General Mc0oNan, reported
wounded
We ca pfured 2, 600 Of the eneuys wounded.
lett BY them at the Wilderness.
Yankee papers OF the 7th contain letters
| writton from Grants headquareers, ac knovi-
9dgIng loss Of 2G, coo Dleu II the W iGegneas.
Yankee prisoners say shat General Ggant is
putting fresh troops Ia she dgh5 to day.
81 2 clock severe and continuous fighting
had occurred al along our Lines, buJ the en6-
my had been everywhere repnl5ed, an3 II
soEae cases We have driven the enemy before
1s.
4 heavy rain has been falling al aay and q
greater part OF last night TO add 10 toe dlscouo~
Tort Of our frool s, hu1 oUs !4aa RE buoyanS
and resoute,
So lar we have achieved grand results but
the enemy are still pressing The battle With
desperation.
/ Our loss today is not very heavy, as We
have be.n fighting mostly behind hreastWorks
The enemy are fighting II the open field, and
their loss must be terrible. Hills whole corps
has been extensively engaged al. day. recover
ing in some instances the ground lost By other
troops; and HIahones and Lanes br;gades,
about 2 O clock, made a most CALLING charge,
Of stands Of colors.
Gen. Ed. johnson and G. f. Stuart are
missing, and are supposed TO have been cap
tured.
About 2. vi. the firing ceased IL front, and
in great measure, all along the lines. and, it
is supposed, the enemy are gradually moving
back.
Via Guinea's Station, May Ii.
Lt1. las Il oil J. LAT.
into last night
Of Johnsons division, successfully resisted
| every onset Of the enemy, vino repeatedly as
saulteded our lines with troops massed III, as
| some say, as many as ten columns deep. Our
boys stood nobiy tc their work, plllng the enc
| my dead thickly before our breasfW01ks.
| The lowest estimate Of the enemy's loss IN
| The battle yesterday is 10000 These figures
are Uorroborated by a Yankee colonel wounded
and in our hands.
! The Yankee General Stevenson was killed
! on the 10th.
| Our losses yesterday in killed and wounded
are estimated at 1000. Among the casualties
on our side yesterday, were the following:
| General Gordon, Slightly wounded.
/ Colonel Baker, Of the 10th Mississippi, kill
| ed.
Lieut.. Col. Felter, Of the sane regiment,
killed.
Co Harding,s19 Miss, killed,
Lieut.. CoI Nelsner, Of Virginia. killed.
There was continue us fighting ioc ten hours
yesterday, Oh one point, and 50. severe Was tae
rnuskeery fire, shat trees were cut down by It;
Prisoners say that General Grant expressed
determination not TO recgoss the river while
be has man left.
REPORTS from Fredericksburg say that the
ene1ny are arresting al the male citizens as
hostages for prisoners alleged to haVe been
captured by citizens on Sunday last
1t is also stated that the enemy nae Iofce
Of one thousand .nen on Monday, busy put.
l. /, : ao.i.aaa hotu11cr Iredcrick shlrg and