Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-02-05
I T e M S, & C.

Tho Temperance sermon whioh was preach
ed in tho BAPTIST Church last summer will be re
pested. weather permitting. next Sabbath evening
in the came place, with some additional thoughts
on temperance i, The use Of tf' t&sa>.
n little child of Ransom Springer a. this
village, burned so badly by havin; his clothes
take urc that il died from the egoets Of the bu n,
ON Tuesday last. The caild's mothc< bad starpcd
GU, for . moment when tae &C ,lent Lnprened.
We learn that Rev. ". J. Wlson m will
quite loss Of wearing apparel &c, by frs, late
iy. 4 person entered closet where clothes wore
kept, with lighted lamp, and the Gro is supposed
to have taken from the lamp The most Of the
c.o;ting q ,Ae family kept in the room, We
are told and therefore the loss considerable.
England i. safe son has been born to the
Prince of Wales.
Mr.. Benj amin Lufkn Of 0rlana, slaug hter-
ed pig. recently, seven months cid, which weigh
ed whom dressed $50 lbs.
Hon. Geo. +. Talbot has adirc sei an able
letter to Gov. Cony, advocating State action in aid
Of foreign immigration.
1t Cd. Sargent Of the old 81 Maine. re-
enlisted as a private in the soth reg, and has al
ready beea promoted to Lieu,euantcy.
Tho L, :, gunboat Eutaw, without her ar
nament, ayerls ed ISL miles per hour on Saturday
last.
RATHER STEEP The Mnc,as Ur,,n call,
4 al,
who makes collins.
The United States Steamer Eu,aw
distance Of a miles aud back on the Potomtc, in
6ve and half hours, on Fri lay last.
In New York City, extensive preparations are
being made for "The Metropolitan Fair, for the
benefit of the sick soldiers.
-wendeu Philips and VIM. Lloyd Garrison
are at los gerheads. Phillips, at the Anniversary
meeting in Boston, condemned the President
while Mr.. Garrison defended him.
A LONG c.uDAL ArrESpAGs Mr. Watson Of
the Observatory at Ann Arbor, Michigan, has dis
covered n new comet, with tail and a haif
degree IN LtNg&.
cruit to the LIST Ne heavy Artillery and he speaks
VOL OF his situation. lie likes his officers and his
regiment and says there is no sympathy in the
resimest for traitors at home in the South.
Some accident happened to the train at
Read1eli on Monday, aud the cars did not reach
Bangor until in the night. The stage with the
Western mail arrived here at noon on Tuesday
ten hours behind time.
Senator Bayard Of Delaware, OF the L. $.
Senate, took the oath prescribed by the last Con
gress, one day last week, and the next day, feel
ing SO bad because he had declared to support the
Union which was paying him u good salary, he
resigned
The Judiciary Committee in the Legislature
have reported bill to mako legal the action of
towns in the payment Of boupties to promote en-
Iistnents but they declare in the same bill, that
the raising of money for communication purposes
by towns is illegal.
Mr. De Bow. the editor of DeBows Reuieu,
has had his quarterly squelehed, and himself put
in Jail, for saying eve have written a book
but we see that facts prove its error. We are
willing to write another which we hope will prove
true. If the negro wM not raise enough to feed
himself, what ia tho use Of the negro ?" This is
but sample of the way this Southerner talks out
In meeting. He has been squeched, and no
BY endange.ing the Southern constitution.