Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-12

-Erisnrcr, who married the rebel Slidell's
daughter, is enc Of the largest dealers in United
STATES bonds at Frankfort, Germany.
- man lately wealao Gen. Thomas, asking
him not to execute noted guerrilla in his custo.
dy, giving rs reason that tho war was aboct at
an end. :" guess VIC shalt have time to hang
this fellow" was the response of the General Us
he dismissed the subject.
Two women on the train from Skowhcgan,
Me, day or two since. expressed themselves in
an offensive manner, exutins over the murder of
the President. On their arrival in Augusta, they
were quietly delivered over to Col. Littler. at the
request of the conductor, and lodged in Jail.
SuDpRy DEAru-We learn from the Bath Times
that Rev Constant Quinnan of Bowdoinham.
died very suddenly on Monday night of last week,
While on his way home from Gardiner, he was
taken with bleeding at the nose; he reached home
but died about ii o'clock that night. The de-
ceased preached some twenty-five years in Bow
donham.
~ The Washington correspondent of the
Boston AAerii,er, says;
The ve1cd question as to the disposal made Of
the remains of John Wilkes Booth is at len:hth
settled by u statement which may be regarded as
final. After the head and heart which have been
deposited in the army medical museum in this
city, had been removed, tho corpse was placed in
charge of two men. who, after various move
mcnts calculated to battle Impairment curl osity,
dug a grave in a little spot of ground close to
the peniientiary, where for some years felons
have been buried. Booths body was deposited
here, and the earth over II was smoothed and
carefully sodded over. The other graves of less
infamous felons had previously been lsyelcd,
and strong guard is now in charge Of the spot,
and will continue to keep it undisturbed until
a.. Lo.u hat
ever be able to distinguish the place where the
assassin's corps was inferred from the other
nameloss graves around it.
The Aroostook Times published at
HoultOn, SAYS that Gen. Robert f. Lee.
late commander of the rebel forces. visited
that place during the survay of the Eas-
tern Boundcry, in 1899. He acted as as
sistant astronomer to the party with the
rank Of Captain.
EAsTPoRT ITEMs.-On receipt at East
port of a despatch from st. John, n. b.,
announcing the loss of steamer New Eng
land by fire, Collector Long promptly
despatched steam cutter Ashulot, com
mander Burr, for that port to look after
American interest there.
A new schooner. built in Calais for
parties in Cohassct, was seized by Collect
or Long of PASSPORT, for violation of the
Revenue Laws, having OH the way down
river taken ON board chains and anchors
from "a boat Coming from the English
side.
-The Philadelphia papers give length
7 accounts of the arrest of Junius Brutus
l. Y of
his letter to the latter wherein he referred
to the latter's ..oil business" which seems
to have been the phrase which covered the
plot of assassination. Brutus was agitated
hy his arrest, and on his way to Washing
ton occupied his time in copying passages
from the Psalms. He was taken before
the Judge Advocate of the War Depart
ment, and after being examined several
hours was committed to the Old Capitol
prison. Brutus is charged with knowl-
edge Of the plot.
MECHANIC FAtIs.-This lie thriving
village, situated on the Little Androscog
gin River, on the site Of an excellent wa
ter-power. The village is partly in Poland
and partly in Minot. A few years since.
Messrs. Dennson g. Co., erected a paper
mill there, which, together with its inn
portance as a Railway Station for the
Grand Trunk Railway, gave the place o
sudden start on the road to prosperity
More recently another large paper mill
was erected by Mcssrs, Drake, Dwinal g.
Co., fgiving employment to large ad-
ditonal force. There are several church.
es and fine hotel in the place. Probably
no village in the State is increasing in
wealth and population SO fast as Mechanic
Falls.
Mr. Charles Lanman writes, that
while preparing his Dictionary of Con-
gress" for publication in 1858, he forward
ed to Mr.. Lincoln the usual request for a
sketch of his life, and received the follow
ing reply =
Born February IL, 1909. in Hardin
County, Kentucky.
Education defective.
Profession, lawyer.
Have been a captain of volunteers in the
Black Halk war.
Postmaster at very small office.
Four times member of tho Illinois
Legislature,
And was member of the lower House
Of Congress.
Yours, &C.,
a. LINCOLN.
| MAINE TRoors IN SAVANNAH. A Sa-
vannah correspondent of The Boston Jour
nal thus discourses of our Maine troops in
that city:
Maine is represented in this department
by two regiments, and they are the only
two that are full to the maximum. These
are the 18th and Nth. The former is 10
Gated in the southern portion Of the city, at
the foot of Montgomery street, on what is
called the common, an extensive sand
plain. Their camp is well laid out and
the best Of discipline prevails, Ten days
ago the regiment received an Accession of
six companies, SO that it numbers at the
present time about one thousand men on
the rolls Of this number one hundred
and eleven, including two officers, are alb
sent, sick. The balance may be consider
ed, effective men. The regiment until a
few days ago has been under the command
OF Lieut.. Col. IlIsley since last November,
at which time expired the term of service
of the non re-enllsting men and Of large
portion of the officers, when the re-enls-
ting men We're formed into n battalion.
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