Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-04-29
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OF Calais, exclusive of state and Cbunty Iaxe
amount to Sl9,ll2. Support of Poor $500; In
terest on Debt S3000 Schools 5000.
TwyfrrH MAiyx.--The steamer Mississippi a
New York from New Orleans, brings the Twelft
Maine Volunteers, who have re enlisted for tn,
war, an are coming home on furloush.
"A Halifax despatch says that q fire in De
marara on the I'd inst, destroyed the create
portion of the business part of tho place. Los
from two to three million Of dollars.
sB-The Lewiston Light Infantry Company hs
report for garrison duty at Kittery The term of
vice forty days. and every man mus. go or furnish
substitute.
We regret to learn that the health Of Gen
eral Neal Dow is very poor. and he is now con
fined to his room. 1t is feared he will never 70
cover from the effects of his confinement in Lib
by prison.-Ea.
1t is now, or At least seems to be dcfnitcly
settled, that Calais is to have a Hall. compc
tent Committee have charge of the work. The
ball in the clear is not to be less than 80 BY &c
feet exclusive of ante rooms
1t 10 said that when Com. Vanderbilt was
asked to contribute to the New York Sanitary
Fair he said he would give what A. T. Stewart
did. Stewart wrote his check for 800, 900 and
Of his own fer . like amount.
Solicitor Whiting has decided tina. the
Provost Marshal is not to pay any attention to
,om paints that enrolments are excessive. Tho
original enrolment hayin. been made with care,
a nd subsequent efforts made to reetify mistakes,
The draft must be proceeded with on the enrol.
nent ns it now stands, when draft is made.
Our eompositors made u, say, last week
N speaking of Henry Winter Davis noble speech
n the National House Of Representatives, that
he speech w's significant cne.' We wrote,
magnifc, Mt one" and it was truly . nasni6-
cent effort. We never heard it excslIed, or
.qualed. Another luiicrous bundsr occurs, in
maxim: US say, that General schenck is the only
nan that ever sent An narm' clear through the
hide of Fernando Wood. when we wrote, as plain
!, we usually do "arrow." However, these are
rival matters.
We have had thus far, our usual rainy
Weather for Court week. 1t commenced raining
N Tuesday AMI continued through Tednes FAY
70. day, Thursday, it has the appearan'e OF fair
veathe-. Rain is very much needed and in suf-
icient quantity to swell the tributaries Of [ nion
liver so tina; the logs can be foated into the main
liver. II We do not have Spring freshst. there
Will be but very lit lie lumber manufactured here
Turing this season. There was not tho usual
AMOUNT of snow TO mel, and help swell the stream
o driving pitch. consequently heavy fall Of
Ain i, needed.
We have no. seen notice in The Abolition
'apers Of the sword voting in the y Y. sanitary
-alr-Cause, Mcclellan is ahead Of all the other
"a nddates,-Nieh.as fn1n.
Little behind the times, Mr. In,o.. General
irant stood 1872 aheal wen the poll, finally
'iosed, last Saturday night. Try again.
EXCHANGE DRoxERaay-p. NJ Blake. E.a..
las fitted up in the best style Office Nc. Central
'trett, for the business o: Exchange brokerage
ibis business La. become almost indis pen.ab!e 10
his city, and no man in the city is mnre thor.
'ushly rer,oi in the business I'm Mr.. Blake.
Mr.. Blake received his friends in munificent
lyle yesterday between ~ IN. ard I'm
Il BlHs III.
Natural Seaport" book to your laarcl,.
4 etch. named Tripl,tt, ha, been arrest.
d in Harrison county, Iowa, Tor tn. murder VI
lis wife b, poison. He has done a large bust.
10 TIN, ! -,
wives, and Is now living with his sixth. be,iie'
eins charged with seduction Of q young lady
rear Magnolia. lie bids fair 10 SWIM.
Il 0ne Of the bcs, itcm, of new, is that ssnt
rom Prt Royal, informing us that the main
FEDERAL force in that dc sr,ment has sailed for
'orttsss Monroe. Gen Grant is using his great
authority nob.y in thus uniting our forces 50
1any OF which all through tho war have been
selcssiy irittered away on the Southern coast.
he Transfer 81 the 10Th corps from the yisinity
1 P"rt Royal to Fortress Monroe, gives Us nov
onhdcnce in tie favorable issue o. the great
struggle. We are thus supplied with
hree formidable ar'nie. with which "a operate
gainst Lee-Grants on the Rapidan, smiths
n the Peninsula and Burnsiiss in North Car.
lna.-Hhs.
-General Burnside has refused to
rant any more leaves of absence to
oldiers in the ninth army corps.
All the companies Of heavy artillery in
Massachusetts,, have been ordered to
v Washington. Massachusetts, militia will
AXE their places in the forts.
The 18th, Name regiment, consisting of
00 re-enlested veterans, arrived in Port
and, day or two since. 1t is under COM
hand Of Col. w. X. Kendall.
Simeon Beverly Of the 10Th Maine
egiment was shot dead, in Boston. ON
Thursday last, by the Lieutenant of the
'uard. 1t is alleged that he assaulted the
fcer.
The Evening Post thinks if the
cbels were finally beaten in the three
avs fightlngin Louisiana,it was due more
the steady valor of our troop. tina to
eneralship.
The loyal governors of five of the
'orth Western states have offered the fed
raj government $1,000 men to serve dur
ng the summer, and they have been ac-
epted' Gov. Brough has issued a pro-
lamaton calling for 10000 troops, and
'ov. Merton of Indiana for 10000.
lHE MoNTHLIEs.-We have received
he Atlantic, liarpers, Monthly, Gody's
.ady's Book, and Pe,ersons' Magazine for