Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-06-14

The Musical Fc.,ival n, Machia, com.
menccs on TUESDAY June. 18th.
-Minncso,a promises 100000 bushels Of
wheat this year.
-iIail,tones a lar &c a, mans fist fell At
/ Dubuque lately.
/ The Chicago Times claim. for that eity
2Jp,11 population aid 10000 900 rats.
/ Another report is circulating concerning
/ tbs family prospects Of General Tom Thumb.
The statement Of the public debt for
June shows decrease Of 50 l.o,l5'.
-Thc Treasury Department announced its
readne.. 10 reduce the compound interest
/ notes =, they mature.
| The rebel paper, Of New Orleans think
General sheridan ought 10 have let Well 81
enough alone.
The Richmond EAqpirer thinks the NIL
/ iary government will cure all. longngs for
monarchy among the >ou,licrners.
The wheat harvest in Georgia has begun,
and the yield promises to hc very large. All
the crops are looking finely and promise well 8.
The Tug-boat Express which was dam
aged by fire short time since so far repair.
ed a. to be in good towing condition.
-Gencral sherman and Henry Ward
Beechcr do not 20 to the Holy Land y. was AZ.
vertiscd in the papers.
The Belfast iqe quotes potatoes at So
cts; Butter % II. Beef IL Is; Vcal6a =;
Lamb Ii Is; Egg Is. Corn rctaiis ut ~.
Potatoes sell here ~ 90 81
The correspondent, Of The Missouri D>B,-
ocrgt thinks that il is doubtful whether the
congressional excursion party will return from
! their hunting trip on the Plains with their
scall,s on their heads
-Rev. DIR. Carrvtihcrs Of Portland has
written a second letter, insisting upon his di,-
mission from his Passionate. lie fakes this step
that union may he brought about lsiweeu
two Congregational churches in that city.
Neal Dow. in his recent speech in Lon
don. said an old gentleman had lately asked
him " hen the Uuit,-i States government wer,-
going TO pay off the rebel bon,ls. His snswer
w~s, When you pay of the fenisn boud..'
-Th~ number Of employees in The u
Treasury Department. .4t0. is soon 10 l., re-
duccd. About onc-tifth Of tie employees arr
ladies. OF the males employed fraction over
onc-third served during the war either in the
army or navy.
WIN. 4. Cromwell Esq. specisl Agent Of
tire Treasury Department was in this locality
last week looking after smuggler-. lie j. one
OF the most efficient officer, i'll the service Of
the government.
The letter 81 Dickens in regard to ti,>
right TO publish hi, work, in this country ha>
resulted in \ controversy. Ne>.rs. 7. b. Pc
tcrson pu bi,h a circular whih makes their
side of the question appear the best.
The vote on the anne n,inen, law in Blue.
bill was 90 noes to 30 yeas. Ii is reported tha,
the doings oithe state con>tzhulary in tina, town
had something TO 10 with The re suit Of the vote.
Naturally, the vote would have been the reverse
Of Whist i.
| PLANNING &C.-More than three fourth. of
the planting and sowing in this county has been
/ done since the first day Of June, and ,r.rhsyr>
il would not b. far on, Of ,h.. way to NV ,hs,
more than half Of the seed sown and planted
has been put into tbs ground during ihi, week.
| THE CiRCUs.-The osbse han.i- very much
desire 10 &C. the '',;rcat Caravan on Thurs
day. 20 they have worked with ! will to get
the paper off Wednesday.
! The weather BID. fair TO Continue pleasant.
and therefore y. big crowd viii L.. in town
tomorrow. We Dotice tina, the Bangor ,l,Iie,
say the people turned OUT in swarm, in that
/ city TO witness the grand cntrce Of the double
headed :how, the United States Circu, and
4 Mcna9cric.
The first -N scholar. Of thu graduating
clas> At West Poin, TIN, year are a,l from ,;'.
south. anil tire. also Of the next ,ix Tn.
! New York World questions whether these
Young men are real southerner.. or only
nortlirrner> appointed in southern district. dur
I ing the war. We should have been blamcd
for asking the question, but Perhaps soInet, .lv
viii answer it,, Boston -iicertiser.
- Mr.. Chapman in u communication Ia
the Portland Press in relation TO the p..yetn-n,-
| of streets say, -
The iir>t thing TO be taken into considers
ton IN making new streets i, the traiuac~.
street, thoroughly drained are hall paved: ani
| 10 ITO this effcctually. re.rIirv, L ,trp viii.
drain on each side. une lilsci. lsru,r IN TN.
cen're. with smaller one, running from mi,
sIdr, ma ing crates 10 Carry Oh the surface wa
ter 10 the main
sS'Georgc Gould. of Ellsworth, wa. brought
p,i're l : Commissioner Rowe thi, forenoon
! charged with smuggling quantity u lin AMI
Tobacco. on complaint OF ". 4. Cromwell.
! special agent Of the Treasury p,parimrut
Geo. Peters. Esd, of Ellsworth, aupear,d for
respondent. Mier hearing the respondent WA,
discharged, II not Appearing i'll proof that the
COR Times.
Tho Radicals Of Washington, white and
black, have wona momentou> victory. el-ctiny
'hclr municipal ticket by a,tgS majority. Thi,
majority Is strong enough 10 insure Radical tri.
HihPH' H''h. uiaie> hereafter. IL sets the polh-
ieai cornerstone OF culored liberty ut the Capi.
toi. No woE,ier that the " >hiu.ton black. ia.
clare thai they feel more like nicn than they ey.
er did TriJene
Not the least among the many improve.
ments going on, is that of remodclins anil re-.
building our eoastin: vessels. We think th,,
within few years the value OF thi, elias,
OF property has nearly doubled. Almost every
old coaster TIA, been rebuilt or mos, tboronyh.
~ repaired and this process has been going on
long enough to make nearly an entire change
IN The hcet Of coasters sailing out Of Union
river.
Ii The telegraph informs IL, that Gen. Shcr-
tiah mas appointed Hon. Benz. +. Flanders (;oy
ernor of louisiana in place Of Mr., Darn,
MI Flanders is native Of Bristol y IL and
graduated ii Dartmouth College in 1872. lilo
studied law and settled in New Orean, wbere
he taught school, subsequently became editor OF
tnc iroptc newspaper. served Is member of
tue cly government, Was superintendent of
public school and railroad COMPANY. and il,
1857. under the new order of things. he w,s
elected a Representative from Louisiana 10 m.
3.th Congress. ~ 'A'
STRUCK IN SPITE OF THE RoD.-A Fryc.
burg letter in the oxford Democrat say.
Avery peculiar thunder storm r,..cd ov.r
our village last "Wednesday night Flash sr,or
nash anu peal aitcr peal. followed each other
WIN barely second Intervening till "A half-do,.
en- occurred. 1t struck in several places. snd
on The house of Mr.. John Ward, within .i.h,
iret Of tall and well insulated rod; again nrov
;',s me poor protection they render. The fiu.