Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-25
IT E M S, & c.

AUGUSTA. March 23oo.-Thc resolves pro-
vidng for continual amendment, so a. to
allow soldiers to vote, passed to be cngross-
cd in concurrence in the House this morn
ing, by a vote of ia 4.
THE See,v of the Treasury will have
= surplus of s22OOO,0oO in gold. which he
can sell between now and the lst Of July.
under the provisions of the bill just passed
by Congress.
Tile bin increasing the salaries OF
the Supreme Judges to $500. passed in
the Senate on Saturday. Abs speeches il
its favor were made by Senators Stewart,
Bradbury and Cram, and against it BY
Senators Merrows and Sanborr.
The PITS" in PErERsoS's MAoE-
ZINE, for April, j. fully worth the price Of
the hoax Ii also contains large variety
Of patterns, reading, music, and useful in
formation. Terms only S2.o0 per year.
Address Charles j. Peterson. No. 306
Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
NESsRs. GREEN & Co.. Of Deer
Isle, have opened a book for the purpo'e
Of reporting snch vessels as anchor in Deer
Isle ThoroHghfare the coming season. and
giving such other marine intelligence as
comes within their know ledge. by publish
ing in tie American. Persons Interested
viii report 70 them any information Of \
public character, they wish to have pub
L-hcd.
TrE I.Nni,s friend. The April num-
Der Of ;his two dollar magazine opens with
a charming steel engraving called Harry
and his dog Tn. is followed hy a bran
tiful double fashion plate, also engraved on.
Steel in the hes; style Then we have two
companion cngra,ings which will touch the
hearts Of all mothers, called The Wan
derer and the Restored" Published by
Deacon & Peterson. 3I9 walnu, Street
Philadelphia. 500 year.
col. Tiidcn Of the Maine 10th. who
Escaped from Richmond prison By the
famous Yankee tunnel" arrived in TOW
last evening. on his way home TO Cas,ins
Hing.
-Thc bill providing for the taxing Of
dog the sum Of sl,00 which ha. for some
time been under consideration before the
Legislature. vac on Saturday last inds6-
nitely postponed.
DELEGATES IT LAKcE-At . caucus
Of the Jnien members of the Legislature
on Thursday evening. Eth inst, N. A.
Farewell Of Rockland. Samuel F. He ~
Of Bangor. James Drummond of Bath,
aud j. ii. BuTleigh Of South Berwick. were
chosen delegates at large to the National
Convention at Baltimore
-coursnie, 4. D, c. D, T. ard . p.,,ie, Of
Co ), numbering shsat $50 Of the ID Nains Cav.
airy, have hen dis1 aishtd TO Portissd to ssks
,rsispeTt. fer their destinaiion Sosth he d.
rsriure = the ieoaitder Of tie regiment e,om
'hr e7iy IS sreH aslsyes. 90 sseosni Of The Sss.
arrival et Srts'is fer 5sn uansporsstiee. Sew
srsi Of the companies, as ve learn frem the P,rs.
ia1d paPsFs, have alIsIsy ssiks.-M. Ys,.r
The capital Punishment bill. -
passed by the seua<, provides that the
death warrant shaf be Issued Immediately
after the expiration Of the yesr. snless
the Governor and Council sf,.r . SuFl
examination 81 the case. shah he Of spin-
ION that II shah be STAYED ana in sseh
case they may determine ~AeiLs. Tie esa-
wet shall continue in solitary confinement
after, or shall be employed Ike other Dsis-
oners.
The Lewiston Journal SAYS, a. in
qulres have been made whether, under the
new call for troops, any new regiment or
batteries would be organized in this State
ii is proper to say that answer has been
made to inquiries of the proper authorities
on this subject that no new organizations
viii b. formed. All the men raised wiD
go TO Ill the two new regiments 3ist and
sd now forming, or else into old rsgi-
ments in tue field.
bangor Election on Monday, tho
Union candidate for Mayor wa. chosen,
and the Union ticket WAS successful in eli
the wards.
In Biddeford the democrats elected
John Q. Adams. for Mayor by q small
majority. They carried four Of the seven
wards. Last year they had the Mayor. by
a majority twice as large; and carried Of
the wards.
The new Presbyterian church at
Elmira, y. Y. in which the Sanitary Com.
mission Was holding their Fair on the lsth,
caught FIRE. and in a short time was totally
consumed With its contents; it 10 feared
that some OF the visitors persisted in the
building; the church was valued at cas-.
oD insured at $1,000.
The money that had beer taken At the
Fair was saved. One boy is known to
have been suffocated to death, and so 9th.
er persons We're injured. The building
was full Of ladies and children when the
fire broke ont. But few Of the articles Of
the Fair were saved.