Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-08-04


Our " devil says that getting in love il
something like getting drunk the more fellow
does 1t the more he wants TOLLS.
From Eve acres Of plants it is stated. s5(
bushels OF strawberries havo been gathered IN
Wailingford, c., this seasonal big yield certain
ly.
WAITING ron A RrsE.-It 10 said that there are
500 tons Of old hay in Durham, N. H., waiting
for a rise. At ono time $50 or $35 tor could
have been taken for IT,
About fifty thousand dollars worth Of do
faced or worn out fractional currency Is destroyed
per day. and its place supplied With new-the en-
tire amount in circulation being upwards Oh S2l,
O00, 900.
sass AIS. the largest in Chicago. c. II. McCor-
mick, the owner Of tho great Reaper, reports his
income At Sl9l, 500. There are ten persons Ia all
who report their incomes over 100000.
Major General N. p. Banks has set
tied down in New Orleans. as a practicing
lawyer The following is from The
Picayune
yesterday Major General Banks was
introduced to the Judge Of the United
States District Court as a practising attOr-
new, and, having taken the test oath that
he had never borne arms againgt the
United States, or given countenancc. aid.
or encouragement to the rebellion was
admitted to practice"
There will be vacancy in the Senate
from Louisiana next year, and there are
also six Congressman to be elected
Whether the General will have any better
chances for politica! pretermcnt in L0uisia-
ma than he would have had in Massaclius-
etts, time alone ean tcll,-Norfolk Post.
American soil ia prolific Of newspapers.
We beat our English brethren in the cult
walton Of thcse plants. For instance, in
the Unitcd Kingdom there arc, all told,
only alssat LOO newspapers; in the
United Siatcs. about 1000. Ia all Wales,
there are srct ~ many newspapers as in
sbe city of New York. Goodwin Smith
remarked to the editor of this Journal that
one Of the striking differences between
the English and the American people, is
the greater habit of newspaper reading
which prevails on this side Of the water
And so long as we keep ahead. in this
particular, we shall be ahead on the whole.
John Bull hunts the fox while Brother
Jonathan reads the papers. And news
paper is of more value than many foxes.
/ Independent.
THUS PORE. it is said has forbid
den the " Life of Caesar to be circulated
in Rome. This is to pay back tho En-
peror for closing the mouths Of the clergy
in respect to the cncyclical.
ON the 10 ultthc woman Of Green
field, Ohio, made raid upon the liquor
shops of that village, broke in the doors
with axes and hatche,s, rolled the casks
out Of doors, and emptied the liquor into
the streets.
--- Alfred Tennyson, the poet laureate
of England, is failing very fast. He was
just recovering from severe attack OF
throat disease. when, walking late one
evening in his Isle Of Wight garden, he
took cold, and now it is stated symptoms
OF consumption are evident.
At present there is no establish.
meut in this country for the manufacture
of vessels, chains or wire, rigging, the chain
and the rigging now in use (the rigging
it is said will be very generally usedl are
all made in foreign countries. mostly in
England. the factory which is talked Of
hear, if located and built will be the frs,
of the kind in The United States.
Il Machias Union.
FouEp.-Last Friday evening bur
glar broke into the law office of Hon.
I'hineas Barnes obtained possession of the
key Of the safe aud commenced operations
the key turned very hard in the lock
and the burglar, pcirg in great haste in
serted u wrench in the eye of the key and
broke the handle Of it short of. thus put
ting stop to any further proceedings,
the fellow must have been fool to sup
pose that he would Obtain any money in
j lawyers Office lie misht,wi,h as much
propriety. try printers Office or tho edi'
torial sapctum.- Press.