Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-03-31

"AHin6' N"SiSatVn Is now open 10 our wharvcs
Tho time of holding church service at II,
Baptist House in this village, has been changed
70 morning and Afternoon, at the usual hour.
The next session of tho East Maine Con.
ference Of the n. e. Church will commence a,
iismpden, May 18th. Bishop Baker presiding.
"A friend writing from Brewer, . Us: GOOD.
are falling. We retail good sugar for IS to 20
CTS; granu'ated do % to II cts, butter at 80 to
% cts. Teas, Corr and Flour ore still falling"
We are indebted to Hon. F. A. Pike for a
copy of a Dictionary of tho United States
Congress-" valuable work for reference, for
which no has our thanks.
Gssen-a1lx1s
-our lumber manufacturers arc repairing
their mills, machinery, ETC., preparatory to com.
mencing the seasons work. Some of the mills
will commence operations next week, we learn
For list CT dra ted men Of few towns in
this county, sec outside Of this piper. We have
heard that Franklin filed her quota before the
notices were served and thus cvadcd the effect of
the draft.
March number Of " Our Youns Folks IN
illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. Edited
by J. I. Trowbridge, Gail Hamilton, and Lucy
Larsom. names Of sufficient guarantee for tho
character Of the work, and to give it wide cir
eulation. No boy or girl DESTROYS of storing
their minds with good scnsbs knowledge can
afford to be without it. Price 20 cents q number
or 81, so year. Ticknor and Fields, publishers.
1855 Washington Street, Boston.
There were 1894 illeg:timats birth. in
Scotland last year.
Tho .hrcwdcst reaso aors arc often tho mos,
unreasonable.
The number of death. in Castine for the
year ending January LIST, 1865 was one hundred.
The Illinois Legislature has passed a bill
apPropr'ating S25,pOJ for the purchase of the
burial place Of tho late Stephen A. Douglas.
-Artcnas Ward said onco in the midst oil
a speech" have gifts Of cloquonce but l.
bayn't got them with me.
-Four blockade runners have recently rim
into harleston harbOr, and wero Captured BY
our fcrccs. They wasn't posted.
The city of Calais has taken possession o,
the Lewys Island Railroad by virtue Of u
mortgage.
1t is said that Sherman has captured
enough cotton. turpentne, pitch and rosin to pa,
the expense Of his campaign.
The Bangor Wing announces the death Of
Maj r Charles ". Mute of the lst Artillery OF
tho 9th inst, Of congestion of the lungs.
"A colored man was recently elected Adler
man Of the 81 ward OF Austin, Nevada. What
makes the case more singular is, that he was tire
candidate Of the Democratic purty
Tho Vermont Chronicle, n religious paper
thus pats brother editor: " Mr Noble i. gen.
tleman Of rare gifts, young and beautiful as u
maj den's drca1u of man redeemed"
The daughter of John Brown, whose "soul
is marching on is now keeping school for
negro children in the Old mansion ot Henry A.
Wise of Virginia.
PErHsLEuM.-It is estimated that the avcra &c
daily f,oGuce Of oil is about 60.U00 barrels
OF this, at least LOO barrels como FROM PEI.
ntylyania.
Tho expense Of collecting internal rev enue
in this country is about two per cent being sou O
nine per cent less THAI the expense of collectin.
revenue i'll England.
Women love to find in men difficult com.
lination-a gcntleness which will almost in.
varially yield, with u force that Will Invariably
protect.
"A storekeepcr the other day stuck up n
his door the lacsnic advertisement, "a BOY
Wanted" The noxt morning, on opening the
tprr he, F.pn In rpl,i
" Here he Isl"
The LAUNDERING teams are fast leaving tho
wood, several have arrived Mt this place during
the past week. The amount Of lumber hauled
this winter has been light in consequence OF the
deep siows.-C!arion.
"A great Northwest Sanitary Fair will be
opened in Chicago, on the 30th of May next in
aid of the Sanitary Commission. and for tao es.
tabiishment of Soldiers Home. Contributions
or goods Tor exhibition and sale are solicited.
-Richmond papers say that the Arabina
horse presented to JEFF Davis by the Viceroy o.
Egypt and brought over BY u blockade runner,
and which was sent into the interior Of North
Carolina for safe keeping, has been captured by
Sherman's scouts. who announced their intention
ef sending it to President Lincoln.
w Wendell Phillips asks: "Cln you conceive
a bitterer drop that Gods chemistry could mix
for a of the Palmetto State, than that Mas.
,acbusetts flag and a colored regiment should
take possession of Charleston! In the whole
history OF poetic retribution when did the wit Of
the poet imaSine nore complete retribution.
-rRev. Calvin Gardiner, Cniversaists minis.
ter 10 WateIvile, while in shop in that town
" edncsday afternoon, was seized with indisposi-
ton, and in a few moments expired. 1t is sup
posed that his death was caused from disease of
the heart. His age was about 10 years.-Port-
land Pss.
"A lady by the name Of Written was ar
rested ~ City Marshal lockwood. to-day, for
stealing horse, harness. and sleigh. iu bangor.
Sho sold the horse and sleigh in Barring. She
had desertcr with her, who gave himself up to
Capt Flint, who will return him to the ranks
The lady is in custody awaiting the orders Of the
authorities Of Bangor. She's = smart looking
piece Calais idrertiser.
Tho Savannah Republican, speaks of the
we'll supplied markets Of that city and the good
order that prevails, and says: We presume
tina; many of our old citizens will soon he con-
vi ced that the Yankees are not such bad people
after all. And, US q lady remarked the ether
day, speak ing Of the occupa ton of Savannah by
the forces OF the Union, " if you call this sui:
jugation, I want more Of it."
Coon UNION MEs AT NAssAu.-The New York
Post has intelligence from Nassau that the
merchants and citizens Of that place have sud-
denly discovered that they arc now and always
nave been COED Union men, and in several in-
stances tho scales have fallen from the eyes of
rebel officers in full uniform, These have
with their usual Wodesty, applied to the D. S.
Consul to take the cath and get passports for the
Southern States. The Williams arc leaving by
hup Tho Fabel pirnta At,v rriu ar