Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-06-28

Combination will give Two entertainments at
ords Hall. ON Friday and Saturday Evenings,
.June y and -. on Friday Evening wiz DC
introduced the Black Fiend with all the Diil-
liantv and effects of the Black CROOK, WIN
new and appropriate scenery, &c AL 'he
orcning of the evenings entertainment the
NOW anil popular farce of 'John Strong VIII
hp represeuted The press in Portland speaks
in very favorable terms of this Company rs DC
mo one of the best that has visited that city
for Il long time. Mr.. Edmund Coles mas won
Golden opinions for himself and Is a general
f,yorite. In each appearance on tne sI'sc
while in tina, city he was greeted with rounds
of anolause. lie has other elegant supporters
in his superior company of whom Miss lSadore
,lione in the character of Bridget, the pretty
housekeeper, and Mr.. James llShe rs the
pI,r,, Fiend, are receiving q full snare OF IHe
b;rhest cucouiums of the press and the pubic
generally. On Saturday Evening will be pre-
scrted Tom Taylor's Celebrated Comedy Of
..O,r American Cousin" 1t is hoped that The
public will favor them with iuii mousse Cd
each OCCASION.
ON TUESDAY last woman named MaSee
at Eastport assaulted Deputy Constable Johh
Campbell with an adze, while he WAS making
seizure of her husbands liquor. and inflicted
very severe but perhaps not dangerous wound
~. Ethan Allen y won in trotting match
to harness, with running mate against "DcN
ter, - in New York Saturday in the unprece-
dcnted time of 2:i5, 2:l6. and 2:l9. Dexter
made his second heat in . :l6 81. Nothing Ike
the performance of either horse was ever oe-
fore recorded in the annalssof the turf.
Professor Upham has closed his connec-
ton with Bowdoin College. anu has removed
with his family to kcnnehunRport. ne las
held the chair Of Mental AMI Moral Philosophy,
almost uninterruptedly, since 1924.
GENERAL SleKLEs LETTER. The follow
ing is General Sickles' letter which has caused
some comment and in which he asks to be re-
lieved of his command. 1t tells its own story
Comment is needless -
HDoRs. SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT. !
CHARLESTON, 5. c.. June 10. 1861. y
t. the idjddnt General Of the Army, Var
Department, Washington, ID. C.:
/ have the honor to request that l may be re-
lieve,i from command in this Military District,
and respectfully demand a Court of Inquiry
upon my official actions, that may vlndicate
myself from the accusation of the Attorney
General, published, it is presumed, with the
approval of the President. Congress haVns
legal. the declaration of the Attorney General
/ that mitsry authority has not superseded them
prevents the execution Of the Reconstruction
acts, d>arms me of means to protect life, prop,
erty. or the rights Of citizens. and menaces ail
interests IN these States with ruin.
ID. L. SIckLEs.
Major-Gencral Commanding.
Ofiicial:J J. w. Clous. Capt. and n. y. \. u.
--Chief-Justice Chase has given an impor
tant decision at Raleigh concerning the iiabiiit!
of Southern debtors for debts paid to Rebel re
ceiyc : under the Sequestration act OF the keb
81 Government He denies any legal force &c
acts of the Rebel authorities on the ground tina
the Rebellion did not effect the separation o
the States from the Union, and so could no
discharge any of the duties of their responei
bilitcS. The Chcf-Ju>tice takes occasion Il
draw the distinction between rebellion an'
civil war, and to explain the decisions OF thu
very important and interesting opinion Is print
cd in another column Tribune.
SOME DIrFERENcE.-Iast year our pcopl
were cxcitcl over the town caucu,es to selec
delegates to the State and District Conventions
and at the Caucus to elect delegates 10 the Stat
Convention the whole number of votes thrown
: were 81, 2lS being for General Chamberlain
i delegates. The Caucus on Monday Afternoon
to select delegates TO the State Convention, wa
a attended by just six persons, all but two .
+. them voting for themselves for delegates, ant
the most of them being those who oppose
General Chamberlain last year.
= RELIGIOUS INrELLIGESCE.-The Maine Bap
tist Convention met in Rockland on Tuesday
l. After the opening exercises a vote WAS passe
d adopting the charter, uniting 1t with the Nam
Missionary Society. The convention then al
iouincd sine die. At ten and Il halt O'Clock tn
Maine Missionary Society met and havin
:, adopted the same charter. also adjourned StH
81 The rh Ma an9 , n%9l Re1
/ Dr. W. III Smaller was elected President; Rev
j. c. White, Vice President; Rev. y. j. Wheel
cr. Rec See; Rev. \. VI. Wood, Cor. Sec.
5 and Rev j. b. Foster. Treas. \ full repor
T. of the proceedings i, not yet received. In
attendance Was large.
i, LARGE FIRE At CHICAGo.-d Heroic Won
an BUrHcd 10 Deah.-ChicagO, H., June =.
: About 80 last evening a fire broke out AL til
corner Of Lake ana Clinton streets. and cXtcn
dcd to nine buildings which were totally con
= >umrd. some 20 other buildings were more o
y less injured "A woman named Rcuuicr Wa
I burned to death in endcayoring to save tn
| lives Of others. \ great number of tamie
}. have been rendered homeless. Loss es innate
. Al about Slu0OOO, of which about $4,000
y covered by Insurance.
a correspondent Of the Detroit 7rtbun
says that the sudden fall in wheat has deve
l. oped the fact that there is good deal still LEI
III iht tutT> Hdllt-. VINO nave Dtcn notNln
on for ~ bu>hcl, bat are now anxious to Sc
. ut hail that figure, one man in that town Ia
400 bushels and was once offered about So
:, for the whole lot, but declined to sell.
q The Richmond Wing advises the pcopl
. to vote for republicans IN preference To othe
II citizens. 1t puts ii on the score of policy. =
the necessity of conciliatlng the radical party
g PENALTY FOR SMUGGLING.-Man. people d
d not seem to know there is any other danger i
smuggling than the loss OF the goods bein
y Struggled and possibly the loss OF the team O
v vessel in which the goods are illegally import
cd Now it may be well for all such person
to know that every offender is liable in add
l. ton to losing the goods and the vehicle i
o Which they are being transported to suffer i'm
!. prsonmcnt and heavy fine.
The 4th Section of I'm Act Of Congress An
proved july Is. 1866, read. as follows:
Y 1ad be il .fnrther enacted, That if any per
son shall fraudulently or knowingly import q
bring into the United States. or assist in 80 dc
c ing, any goods. wares, or merchandise, contra
O ~ to law or shall receive, conceal, buy. sell @
IN any manner facilitate the transportation con
cealmcnt, or sale Of such goods, wares, or mel
a chandise. after their importation, knowing tn,
N same 10 nave been imported contrary 10 law
" such goods, wares. and merchandise shall b
c forfeited, AMI he or she shall ON conviction
{ thereof before any court of competent iuri,
ulctlon, be nnod III any sum not exceeding NV,
thousand dollars nor less than fifty dollars, q
be imprisoned forsa time not exceeding tw
, years, or both, at the discretion of such
court; and III all eases where the possession o
such goods, shall be shown to be in the defend
r ant. or where thu defendant shall be shown I,
have had possession thereof, such possession
shall be deemed evidence sufficient 10 an thor
{ lie conviction, unless the defend AMI shall ~