Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-09-15
T e M s , & G..

| We have had an election and .
horse race this week, for excitement, wh,,
will come next!
The musical reader will please no.
tice the call for the Musical Convention
1t will be found in our advertising column.
The weather continues dry and hot
Many Of the wells in the village have fail.
ed to discount the usual quantity of cold
water.
The vote fer Mr.. Hale will foot NJ,
about one thousand. That is just half tho
number Of Union votes cast for clerk in
1862.
- Recollcct that the Hancock Agricu,-
tnrai Fair occurs the Goth, 9th and 2sth
inst. How much have you done, or how
much are you doing to make this Fair
success
The delegation from this county
elected to the Legislature contains some
able men. No doubt as legislators the
delegation will stand ahead of any pre-
ceding one for some years.
IF there were Democratic, or eco.
perhcad votes enough cast for Perry in the
county TO have elected Thomas, il they
had been east for him, whose clerk is he,
1t is with some misgiyiug that we class
him Union" as Bro. WoodarL may OBJ
jeet.
We are very much obliged to cor
respondents for their attentions in forward
ng returns. We cannot make the vote of
the County complete this week. will do the
best we can. trusting that other friends
will forward the vote Of those which have
not yet been heard from.
-l'acksport politics are slightly mix
ed, We understand. There was boiling in
that town by the regulars Oh Representa-
tive. Mr.. Montgomery being the nominee
and I, c. Woodman. Esq, being the gen
tleman elected. Will some correspondent
explain this matter.
There We're ten towns in the County
that gave more votes for Moses Hale for
Clerk. than for Mr.. Perry, viz; Aurora,
Bluchiil. lsookln, Hancock. Mt. Desert,
Otis. Sedgwick. sullivan. Surry and Tren-
ton. 1t is possibl. that such may bc tho
case in Swans Island.
The First Annual Horse Fair Mt tho
Penobscot Fair Grounds in Bangor. takes
place. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday,
Oct. ri, 4th and 9TH. next. The Associa-
ton has got out a snowy bill. and there is
every prospect II an attractive, well pat
ronLcd, and successful Fair.
There was not a single vote cast in
Ofland for l.. J. Thomas. for Clerk All
the members Of his party that could not
vote for Mr.. Perry. did not vote mt all
Mr., Phillip BE,i-,irll engineered The ,hisS.
Fourteen Democrats voted for Perry. aud
one hundred and thirty five Union men.
\ WHAi.E Snor.-A whale twenty two
feet lsug driftcl or SWAIN ashore ON New
buryncck, Surry. one dry las, week and
was shot by u Mr.. Curtis. It appears that
h. SWAN ashore between tive small reefs,
and there was not room enough for him to
turn round, and hc could not back out
Mr.. Curtis was in his Geld and hearing the
noise went to the shore with his gun and
shot the bi; iksh
TRorTING CoNTEsr.-Therc was
grand trottin, esasssrt at the Agricultural
Fair Ground. on Tuesday afternoon be-
tween Blanco and Rosa Honhevr. Itwa,
the most closely couasstca race that ever
took place in thi. county.
Rosa Bonhrur won the first heat in 2:l3.
Banco won the sec"ni heat u 2:42 Rss.
Bonheur won the other two. time GAO and
2:4o. The mare, Rosa Bonl,eur. was en-
tered as owned by George F. Dunn. She
has been purchased by Mcssrs. Ralph q.
Mason and T.. ii. Greedy Of this town.
Geo. II. Seaman, member Of Con-
grcs' from Kentucky, has been aPpcintt i
1. 5. Minister to Denmark.
The authorities at New Orleans have
released from prison Chas. W. Reed. who
performed the bold exploit Of running the
rebel ram Webb past that city.
Mr. VIM Z Johnson. = brother Of
the President, has received tn, appoint
mcnt of Surveyor of Customs, at Valcsco,
Texas.
"A sale of government hor ses will
take place ut Portland on Saturday next.
Some of them are valuable-the Press
says.
among the entries Of fast horses ae
the New England Fair at Concord, New
Hampshire, now in pmgrcss, are the I'll
comic" Of Waterville, and the &c. b. Me-
Cie!lan" Of Bangor.
Mr.. Louis Schadc. one Of the conn
sci for Wirz, the AnderseDville jailos, MAS
formerly the editor of a short-Iived daily
newspaper at Chicago, and subsequently .
lawyer in Iowa. He is a German. Wirz
is Swiss.
-The President on Friday rsydope1
JAS d Coleman, Of Caroiiua county, Va;
II. j. Randolph, Of AfbeTmarle county,,
Va; T J Randolph, Of Albermarle comfy
Va; BENZ + Drew. Of V; Milton p Jar
nagan and jos S Ghghsrn Of Savannah.
Georgia