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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20
Prospectus of the Americ an.

We have used no eXertion At all for a
number of years TO increase the Su5scrip-
ton to the .ia.cri-qa. fos the reason that
we had about a many rs our hands cared
to work OF on a hand press. and because,
really, the amount Melted on each subscri-
ber is 50 small that it viii not permit OF
any outlay Ia money TO extend the clrcula-
lion. But the time has now come 10 make
some effort in this direction. a our pol.ti-
cal opponents are mixing Erel- efprtS to
extend tie circulation OF their journals in
t,lis county. 1t VIII not be far from the
trutA. to stat. that withiA six months, the
circulation of Democratic Newspapers has
nearly doubled in tAS cpHat;. aad tiis
without any corresponding increase OF ue
circulation of Republican Journals. This
course or procedure viii render the next
years campaign all lie more 4 tlieait aad
doubtful. The results oI he rec III cleo
tions. although possessing no alarming
Significance 10 our cat>c. yet it cannot be
doubted. that they have tended TO excite
hopes in our opponents which are being
Nol hcu INTO ASStdt>. ilEuCc Tue ElCa' az
thity in increasin. their papers; and hence
! their conf leat tone aad remarkable Vijali-
ty. To conntcract the schemes OF 4 foe a.
yigilant a it is unscruPUlpus and cner9et-
/ ic, We must " circulate the documents y
broadcast, that Will chlishten the public
mind on the various National questions OF
the day, and that will give 10 it fair and
+ true accounts of current political events.
In our humble way, aud to the extent of
our ability and means, we intend that the
american shall do lis part in the great
Quadrennal contest Just at hand; and bat
/ tie vigorously for GENERAL GRANT, or
whoever is the nominee OF the National
Convention in May next.
We are "eabined and cribbed for want
of space, but cannot enlarge until we can
gather up $500, with which opurehase Il
press &c, and as this looks far distant to
ms. we shall have to do the best we can,
within our present limits.
We shall 1--WE the readers of the Amerl-
can III the local ana miscellaneous news We
can gather up by correspondents, or can
! CLEAN oUrself
As no other paper is Published in the
! county all the legal advertisements, ars-
/ ing from the operations of the County
Commissioners, the domgs of the Probate
Court, as we'll as the Court of Bankruptcy,
1 will appear in the american. Every bust
ness man in the county is interested in the
doines of all of these bodies. and they will
often lind legal notices of the greatest in
tercst in our columns, efncna.ing from The
/ one or the other OF them.
We do not expect TO give the reader a
blanket sheet. - nor rival the Boston
Journal, or Tribune or any one of the large
wetklles; but we do claim that the 4meri-
can viii be well worth the small sum Of
two dollars. to any Ean or woman who
shall take Il for 1868. We claim that it is
ehes p at that price, and should be patron
lied.
We ask our friends. and enemies too if
they please, to 10 what taey can to III
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20

Mr.. SAWYER Parties residing in different
towns sometimes present them elves before a
Clergyman or VI igi,tratc to be united in mar
riage having had their intentions Of maria &C
recorded in but one of the towns. and Of course
having but one Certificate, not knowing that the
law requires the intention ofmarriage to be en-
tered the towns where the parties ,respec'-
ireiy reside.
by publishing the section ofthc aw which re-
late. 10 thi, you may, perhaps, save some per-
sons an awkward embarrassment, and from in
RoceaRy but ignorantly exl osing themselves to
a heavy fine.
The section Of the law referred to Is Section
5, Chap. IA of the Laws of 1853. And is as fol-
lows.
"All residents Of this State intending to be
joined in marriage, shall cause notice of their
intentions 10 be recorded in the OiicC OF the
Clerk OF the city, town or plantation in which
they TespecttrlY reside at least five days before
certificate OF such intentions shall be granted.
And if there be no such clerk in the place Of
Of their residence. the like entry shall be made
with the clerk Of an adjoining town or planta-
ton"
Anoh,r section ofsame act provides, that
If any person shall contract marriage &C., con-
trary to the provisions of this act, or to the act
which tins is additional ,(Chap. So X. s. 'he
shall be finsd one hundred dollars"
CLERGYMAN.
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5SoMlles.

We can hardly keep up with This Union
Pacific Railroad. Three weeks ago We
read of four hundred and some miles COM
pleied. then ii iiyc hundred. and now We
ara told that TIE base Of the Rocky Noun
tains 80 nils from Omaha HIS bean
reached. liu, This is not all. even for Ills
year. 20 the summit of the Black HIS
Gae ca>icily ridge oi the rocky Noun
t.ta range Is bat thirty luiis further. aId
this point the ii shr>t On tha whole line. j.
expected 10 be tbc.ha.ttnc place Tor a rail
way iraia IN t,.Av WeeA, more. Ia" ~
or with which This great untioaal uId,r-
taking i. being pushed forward i one Of
the wonders EVEN III this Woadrrtnl age
over the Piain>-acro-s the riVcrs-up the
mountain slopes. and through the d-lr-
beyond. the same restless cnrrwy urges on
the " ork. leaving H. 10 reason to doubt
that the Pacific Ocean will be unitel with
the Atlantic by rail ia 1870.
All these al achievements cost mon
cy. aud great del of it. Over forty
million dollars have already been cNpchd-
c,l On the Two ends o. the linz. aai vet
funds lave meyer been lacking. With
such men ~ DEant x Bushnell and HE
brother, AIn-S. To get up the steam. ami
and iiuaHricr> Ike Hon. john Is. Alley aud
Hon. John j. Cisco TO look after the trca,-
ury. ii is no wonder that the w"rN goes
bravcly on" Bat still. il Uncle sam had
/ not pat his shoulder 10 the wheel opened
, up his lHrsr. aid offered his broad ARES.
! the locomotive would not have whi>ticd At
! KIi .Ih4n. SnniIp Ia hong tim" /" como.
But ncle Sans great farm OF half a cor
+ tiHent ntt tied It road through this inii.
ans needed 1t touch of railroad civilization
i to keep them phaceAbie and i; Was very
necessary Ihai he q en tho>e great ami
! rich pockets 80 fall OF gold which nOihlag
/ but 4 steam engine could uLbu'ton. IL
seems Wise, therefore THAI he should lend
! finN mllalu d liarS, and give even twenty
million acres of land, which would other
! wise be worthless. II improve his OWL
+ property. and take Il second mortgage or
/ tht greatest railroad in the world lor 81
/ Curly. especially when his own fret CHI
bill, for work done, at II quarter OF IN,
/ Old prices. more than pay the interest
But profitable az the investment is To TIN
7 country. il LIKES remarkable safety an
value Il the Company- Owl First Nor
gaze bonds. Tie Government stands be
/ hard them. and give. them such a guarantee
private enterprise. We never desire Il
recommend anything beyond it aetna
merit, but we think that amy one who ha
Il thoGS 1Hd dollars to invest. would do Wei
Ia call upon the tHiun Pacific Rai!r az
toMpaHN agent, or write 10 their Office
NJ. ~ NH>~.,u stree. New \ OrN. fOr 9
very interest NJ pamphlet. contaii
map ct the !iuP. and iuii >taICmeIt Il
relation To Tie progress oi this great la
tiOnal enterprise.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20

.g~We call the attention Of TIE citizens Of
Ellsworth to the notice for the Library course
of Lectures and Readings for the benefit of the
Ellsworth Village Library. Mr. Hale opens
the course, and no doubt it will be an exceed
ingy able and interesting lecture. The Seere-
tary has made up programme, which II ear
ried out, and no doubt but it will be. will rem
der thi. n very popular and interesting course.
Among the Lecturers will be DR.. r. ii. True,
who will give four lectures on Geology. The
DR.. has the reputation of being an interesting
lecturer, and Of knowing how to interest and
instruct an audience in Geology. He has made
this subject matter of long study, and prOba-
bly, no man in the State excels him in thor
oush knowledge Of all that is, or can be known
OF it.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20

WHERE DO STORMS CONF FROM, In n
letter Of R.y. II, W Brechrr to u cores
pondrntin Maine, during our wet spcll last
summer he saitl;-
I hope that you Maine people are not
nnspiriug to drown us out, rs our storms
come from down east.
A writer in the Press says:
This is a very 60 nnon belief and often
stated. Mr. Brceher can hardly be suppos-
ed To- partakc of this error. He must have
been iacetipus. Bat as Coming from hlni.
IL HELMS continue the delnsion let me state
few facts: A balloon which rose in ST,
I.ouis. landed on the st. Lawrence river.
A balloon which rises highon the Atlantic
sea coast goes to sea. A vessel about ieav-
lug the Atlantic sea coast. and expecting
n storm tricgraphs to the south aud west to
ASCERTAIN if one is Coming A storm that
was in New York State yesterday is iii Maine
IN day. and in Nova Scotia to morrow
WHY do all these movements in the air
point eas;erlyl Because the whole halk OF
the air one or two miles above the surface OF
the earth in this latitude. is mo9ing easterly
and aly V moves ia tc,lf. Noballu0n can
enter there. No whirlMind. shower or
Storm can thrust its head into that over
whelning current without following Its
course. The easterly inl oher surface
Winds which enter the storm supply 1t with
moisture. aud. rising up higher in lis centre
furnish the sail hy which the great upper
current WATTS it to the East; Lay and not
fran the East as is often supposed
The air which rises attic eqnat' and
flows north is the great current referred to.
This warm air is replaced by The cold air Of
the north which flows south equalizing the
temperature Of the earth. A storm on the
eauator moves westhrly. in the synthern
AID middle $ ates uortherlv anain this las-
itnde. .asterlr. always with the flow Of the
nppcr current. The Geographic report of
a storm in the middle OF western States. to
day. an,ilies US. if the storm continues, what VIZ,
we are TO expect On to morrow or next day
Gar Il will came Though al the variable rate
of the lnw Of the upsercUfrent
II is too late in tn day with the iorego. ng
r,ass. to accuse the State ofMaine OF fur
ishing storms for tAo United States.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20

SECRETARY ;STASTON'S case has at length
received the attention OF the President
He mas given his reasons. AID given them
ION compulSi,u. Hal" Moreover he has
given them in good season. not even Ven
turing 10 count his tweRiy days OF grace
from the beginning OF the seconl Ye-ular
session OF the 10th Congress on the 2l,t Of
December, - many even OF the radical
Senators thought he miEht safely do
Thursday was the last OF twenty days from
the 2l>t OF November. ai4a Oh the afternoon
OF thar day NJ johnson lail before the SEN
are the * iauatioa demanded by the Ten
ure-of-offi &C act for >uspeidiaE hi seere-
tary OF War from Office. He diylht ike 70
stir Hp the lmpeacAeTs again. and he knew
that the omission oi this duly would be the
very thing % Ptt them Oh their iert 10
some purpose. ~ il NJ J9ha>ons rea-
s1hs Bere ba. COOL ea>JHs. al would be
we'll Biz unfortunately i happens tina
tifoSe which ars gool ar ust true. aHd
those wIiicI are true ara OF 40 account
II the course o. hi shiFeF 'oi>cap laEe>
Mr.. ! ,iH>o1 makes the foil 5xIHE points
In ilse eir<t ,,l.sce s,s .sfls,'t Xxx. Mr. san
tsfauI i.Iis ..d toqIa.'Tri@ in ths ta5...ei
.eeiAs 10 ave 5ceI uale at those csl~e-
OF Iuper!ecs >ympailtle> wnici are De =
i.su> rs,el hv Charles Lamb aHerd0'e ..
rHo inea. wH3 had HeEer before >ee.l each
other, INretlH1 anu Ii4~Ld.ist} IL Ati.i--. III
the Secohd place il i alleged thdt Mr..
Stanton WAS responsible for the New Or
leans riot Of ls5j. This would be a valid
excuse Tor the removal of Mr.. Stanton, Ii
il were truC. bat the country i fortunate
" not ithOHt information a. TO where the
responsibility for That ssIiIir lay. Mr.
Stanton dill not authorize u Rebel Attor-
ugv- General to call Unite! States troops
10 the assistance OF Rebels. nor dill it rest
with him 70 bring the perpetra;o,S 70 jus
tice Third hc complains that Mr.. stan
ton WAS clearly OF the opinion that the
Tegure-oi-oilice act was unconstitutional
at the time Of is passage and approx
ed of its veto, while he does not Scruple L
take advantage OF is provisions. There
i TO new illturWaii IN here. Mr. Stanton
Of course has independent views on mat
tiers of Law and pubic policy, but after i
statute IS enacted by competent authority
lie regards ii as tire law Of the land ant
obeys and respects il accordingly. Not =
with Mr.. Johnson. Having male up hi
nind that 4 law is unconstitutional or IN
wise, the sanction OF heaven itself would
give il 10 validity in his yves. Further
more the Secretary "saaeed the Prest
dent in his reply TO a note saying that hi
resignation would be accepted, and man
aged the War Department rather viii
view t0the public good than the prenoiio.
Of the Presidents policy. - Portland
Press.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20

The Worlds special says i; is learned
from an authoritative source that the Senate
refuses to sustain the Presidents reasons for
the suspension Of Stanton. The latter will be
compelled to renstate Stanton if he follows the
provisions of the Tenure-of-ofliee net. but il is
thought the President intends to resort to AN.
other mode 10 get rid Of stanton in case he
shall be driven 10 extre mites. Mr.. johnson. AS
has been stated before, does not regard the
tenure-cf.oflee act as constitutional, and
claims therefore the right to remove Cabinet
officer. In ease the senate refuses to approve
the reasons for suspension the President VIII
issue an order removing Stanton with a view
OF compelling the latter 10 resort to the SUI
preme Court if he desires to contest the power
Of the executive to remove.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20
Well Answered.

We have seen nothing more pat than the
following from the Daily Tribune. The
! World does not take much by is question:
;nrs. for the tables are turned on it with
force and telling effect
MIXED MARRIAGES.
The Ford being in need of information,
turns naturally and wisely to The lRiB-
me, II shall not seek in vain. Here i.
its problem: 49,.
Tins question Of intsrnarriage OF aiflcan ~
with persons Of the White Eniopssn iic,s -
most Interesting. anil becoming every isy ps Ia
son OF Republican legislation, oil teaFiui
importauee The fun,lamcnts idea OF the Repub'
Lean rartv in its treatment Of the SoudicIh
Stgtes' il The co. equality OF the White and Black
races Ought such co-equals 10 bc leIlh''. -. "
nterma,ry We shall be gl,d TO hesf a,'', IN
zeal legal and practical relations OF ms SUP
isctl Maior.Gcn. Pope desires instant ihioFh"-
ton from head-centcr Of his party
1fastser.-The Apostle Paul. being once
pressed to decide whether certain paItleS
should or should Hot marry. Responded
that If they We're content to remain sin&,S'
he advised them do to so, but considerable
" added that 1T * better to marry than
To burn. = Onr answer TO The World will
be found imbaed with the split OF the
great Apostle.
We can imagine 70 circumstances under
which II would seem 70 It's fit and wise that
a White and black person. should be
Joined In the holy state of matrimony: and
yet We claim no right to judge for others
in the premise e. and can suppose no case
in which the State would be iusiified in in
ieEieging 10 prevent sHch a marriage any
more than to cotn'aand it. Ii Democracy
ha, coueoeted CT borrowed an intcrier-
euer theory which jas,ities such med-
ding il i a worse theory than even ,re
hld surpassed All DO know that there alc
several hundred thousand mulailoeS in
h< country: and ~ presume 10 on" lt1S
aHY >rriea> deBM tat The fathers OF n
least niue-tcnth> IF them are White Demo
cra.>. And wr hold that those Democrats.
it they ,rR have yellow children. m;-ht
better than otherwise treat The mothers
respectively a wives, after the laudtble
pattern ot that emueu. Democrat. Vice
president Richard VI. johnson. Every
bod. knew what We're The cOlur> at as
vie aud children; yci they dilut cost him
the support of single Wbi;e /. mJrrat-
NcW York and Connecticut giving him
their whole Electoral Vote. lltuce w
cnucllc that the Democratic aversion To
color in wedlosN is neither general nor
sincere.
Will Tie Eof,d have any more intorma-
ton:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20
80, $50 900 feet long lumber.
l07 900 Sugar Boxes.


The lumber for the boxes is included i'll
the thirty millions. The estimate is that a
thousand OF lumber will make thirty
boxes.
It will be recolected that the mills en-
the Five Saw Dam" were buried in .ju-
". and until Mr.. Austin got his mi 1t
work in October. no lumber of any amount
was sawed on that dam. The mil on the
Western side of the river run part ct
the time and did something.
Tire estimate of lumber cut last winter,
for tuioH river. was about 10 milieuS.-
Taking the amount sawed this year from
that. and it will leave now on the river. AT
various points. 10 milIion'. The amount
remaining over from the operations OF the
wear before Was very small indeed.
We learn upon particular inquiry that it
is expected that only about twr thirds OF
the usual amount Will be cut this winter,
unless the season shall prove unusually
propitious. At this time. the late cold
weather has frozen mp the swsmps and
streams. and the storm of Monday has sup
piled the necessary amount OF snow Tor
sledding.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20

Eastern and Western " "a closes at o'clock r.
NJ. Branch NILS close IA h oil IN hear before de-
paEturc.
Western Mail-.rrives DAILY, scxeeat Monday At
O'Clock, \. ". Departs Daily leNcepi sunday
al II - u'c4aek 7 NJ
Eastern Nal-Auiyes D1iiv,<c except saturday a;
Il o'clock. =. n. Depa. = Daily, Except Monday
at 3 l. O'Clock, =. ".
BucAsport and fieli.lst-trrives MONDAY, Nefnes.
law and FRIDAY, al 3e'cloek. p. v. Departs Tue.
daY. Thursday and SATURDAY., at = O'Clock. A. ".
Sullivan and Narra glla e~-ArtlYes md y. W ed
n.--dav AID friday, at o'clock, p VI. Departs
Tuesday, Thursday and saturday, a. "'cl'A, NJ.
Mount Dt-eGi--Arrises Wednesday, aud SATURDAY
II = O'Clock, VI Departs Tuesday and FRIDAY, a;
II s't.ock, !. n.
Casiiae-Auige, Monday and Thursday, at : /.
o'tt5ck. p. VI. Departs Tacsday and FRIDAY, II
5 O'Clock, 4. Z.
Trenton P,tat-Arrive saturday, At Il o clock, 4
". Departs saturday. NJ O'clock 2. T.
Great Poat-trrlge- saturday nj . O'Clock, p. NJ
Departs friaay At : O'Clock. \. NJ.
OFFICE Hon IL IRON 10 l. a. H. and from Ia
- 7. Il, except sunday euassay from Il
10 IL ii A. u.
i 2 Wf,IrgONH postIlas ter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20
Boston Correspondence.


Mr. EDITOR No one | think was more sur-
prised a, the result of the election in this city.
than the successful candidate himself who az
ter five successive attempts has reached the
coveted position of Mayor. There will doubt
less, be many changes in the offices about the
city hall. and for each there are many appii-
cants anxious to serve the city tor corsidera-
ton. The storm which began last Thursd ay
has not vet ended. There has fallen about ten
inches of snow. but SO moderately has it come
that travel hereabou,s has not been much inn
petled The horse railroads have contended
with the elements for the mastery, and thus far
by the employment of large gangs of men, and
the constant running Of crapers &c have kept
their tracks open. All the cars arc running
with double teams. and unlSSs the storm con-
tiages We shall escape the Inconvenience Of re-
sorting to sl~igA.. in travelling over the vari-
on~ roa,i, People grumble about the horse
railroads, bat when anything happens to pre-
vent thcm from running tor season, the diff
Guilty Of getting about is very apparent. -
Among the enterprises which promise TO fell
ita,e the business of Boston, /. a project for
conveying freight from the different Railroads
To IN, wh4rycs aud var houses. without break
ins bulk. 1, is one OF the problems oil the age.
how 10 reduce the transportation. of the great
staples of the West. The "Nigginai Freight
Railway was chartered by last winters leEis-
ainrc, far The purpose OF Introducing changes
in the ne hoI OF transportation across TIE
city. of all kinds Of freight. ~ at rreSant
conducted. large numbers Of men and two or
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20
Court Of Bankruptcy. at Els
worth. Dec. IL, 1867. before
Hon. Peter Thatcher, Regis

Ter.
Meeting Of Creditors to prove debts fnd
choose a,signees were held i'll the following
eases viz:
Estate of Henry 3. Jordan, Of Ellsworth.
Nathan Walker Of Ellsworth appointed As
sisnec.
Estate of Joseph II, Doyle, j. II. Doyle & Co.
& Asa ID. White. }of sullivan.
isaac II. Thomas Of Ellsworth, appointed
assignee.
E,s,s Of A o p White T9 ss1 peys sco
& Newton {. White,
Isaac II. Thomas Of Ellsworth, appointed
assignee.
ADJUDGED BANKRUPT.
Nathan 7. >toyer Of Buehiil.
BenHmin Frank lin, b franklin 4 Sons,
Edwin Franklin,
Sullivan Greene Of Deer Isle.
Petitioners for the benefit of the Bankrupt
act.
Robert C. Hagerthv. of Surry
Joseph r. Marshall, of Ellsworth.
Hudson Il. Saunders. of Ellsworth.
L. & f. Hale, Solicitors.
Stephcn A. Dovle, DOYLE & Marks.
OH, X. Marks, oi franklin.
wiswell & Emery Solici.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-12-20

Nh. SAWYER Two months have pass
ed since we left Our pleasant homr NJ L +,
AMI came 10 tl;i- Western field Her" ~.
cry place beyond Portland i. Down
East" Lewiston, Augusta. farmin -ton.
and all that r-sion are in the same uu-iir =
rArI t"tii,uiA, with Ellsworth a,rI isd>t-
po;f.-DoNn EIst.
Yet it i, very much the same in York
Cpuaty a. in Hancock. High prices and
cold weather rnlc in each. Here on The
coast. We have had no >lei.hnt u te:.
though mo or three times We expected to
see it Ito morrov.
This town i Pleasantly situated, TWEEN
t. six miles fasem Portland. eighty fum
Boston. The main stree pa--e, Through
the front part of the town from which You
have delightful view of the broad ocean
Steamers and vessels Of every dc Grip
ton may be seen almost daily Westward
and llomcwart bound. Ii many Week
must pass without seeing onr eastern
friends. We know that we see the canvas,
under which they sail back and forth
/ l hi, place Ia. become Il fayorite resort for
pleasure and health seekers. At one OF
tie Hotels | WAS toll that 1909 person
rtgi>'cre their names last summer.
There are ci-ht hogscs OF wae-Aip, AID
tie >.lne nu.u3ti Of organized caurraes in
town. while the popuiaii,U is 5000. Iho
tone of morals snoail y. higl.. On. ro-
3 IL al = ii ..-. tit. voter. .frc pn.,-i,-