Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-06-16

Mrs. L. II. Sigourney, the poetcss,
died at Hartford yesterday morning, She
was 76 years Of age.
Ii is reported that Isaac II. Thomas
Esq, has been re-appointed collector Of
Frenchman's Bay.
--Ellsworth village is rival for
Brunswick in the COW !inc--therc being o
plentiful number Of animals Of the bovine,
or genus Dos, running at large in tho
streets. - .=T ..ra .rEJ1v
Tho Tribnne says From all tho
States aud from Canada We learn that the
growing crops never gave greater prom
Use. The wheat and hay crops In patich
lar are represented to be greatly beyond
the common average. The intelligence
from all parts Of Pennsylvania is Of sini-
lar import. rrT-..r4
CLEAR ouT THE sToNEs.-We havs left
the subject of Road making" to our cor
respondent "A" who is entirely competent
to discuss the whole matter but VIC must
put in ''our oar" just long enough to ask
the men working ont the money raised for
REPAIRS Of highways" to clear the road Of
small stones. Rake them out Of the road.
They are pest and nuisance and should
be cleared out. So much good cannot be
accomplished in any other way. at SO little
cost of time.
Here are a string of items from tho
Boston Post:
Now that the South has got it, We hope
she will hold her peace.
New York is thinking of a big public
hall that will seat 10000 persons.
Grant, after escaping many (gun) barrels
was well Cooperea in New York says the
jocose Leader.
The sounds that come from the disap-
pointed English sccesh sound every like
wall.
The true philosophy of clothing is shown
in assuming habits Of business.
Constance Kent, the murdcrcss. IL
reported to be niece Of Queen Victoria
her father being an illcgitmat c son Of tho
late Duke of Kent.
\ correspondent Of the n. Y. Times
heard of starved women and children in
Advantageous who had starved to
death.
There are in ALBANY one hundred and
scventy-iiye citizens with an income above
ten thousand dollars.
The Wilmington Herald of the 81
instant SAYS:
at is surprising to those who have been
in the city since its occupation by the
t'ni"n army, and who formed a very I'M
favorable estimate Of the amount Of aYti-
Giles Of trade here. TO witness the cart and
drag loads Of cotton, rosiu. &c. now be-
ing stored in the warehouse tor shipment
to the northern market. Where it comes
from no one knows.
Ten days ago nl kinds Of vehicles for
hauling could be found in idleness Oh the
street but since the removal Of the re-
striciions on trade not one is to be secn--
all busy hauling
- The Sucz canal, has been SO far
completed, that representatives from all
commercial nations were invited to assem-
bic and inspect the undertaking, and
party OF eight met in April, at Alexandria,
and proceeded to view the cnterprise.-
Some of our readers will recollcct. we pub
lshed full account of this great work.
sometime since. translated from a French
journal by the late Hon. Chas. Jarvis.
: The canal is almost one hundred English
miles long, and will have a width at tho
water line Of three hundred and thirty
feet. with a depth which will enable the
largest vessels to pass through it. 1t is
expected that the canal will he completed
by July ls6s. The enterprise is SO far
completed now that vessels of thirty tons
burthen can navigate it from sea to sea-
The New York Post says:
The benefits of this great undertaking
: cannot he overcstimated. The canal will
shorten by nearly onc-h half the distance
between India and the principal ports Of
Europe and the United States, and will
change the whole course Of trade between
the East and the West and rs distance
lessons, commerce will proportionately in
crease. Frcights will d cline in rate;
the costly aud coveted productions Of the
: Oriental peninsula will become obtainablc
at prices of which We can now hardly from
a conception Nor is it only India which
! will be TINS brought into proximity with
the western world; for Arabia, Persia. the
kingdoms of Africa, the Asian archipelago,
Australia, China and Japan will likewise
be throwe open, in time, to the enterprise
and industry of the West, and their miner
, al and agricultural riches will reward the
risks and tolls of commercial adventure.
70 The Bangor Historical Society pre-
sent their thanks for the following contri.
buttons
From VIM. Mason Of Orland. 3 Indian
stone axes, in great preservation. ]
French iron axe, Indian stone chisels, 9
Indian stone gougcs. Indian stone gougc,
double headed, | long Indian wrought
stone, use unknown, . Indian stone spear
f. heads, = do. broken-all found about tho
pond in Orland.