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What Labor it costs.

A Minister speaking incidentally of the
amount Of labor required to provide for
his Sunday service. matte something like
the following calculation tive sermons
each week, each Of forty pages Q. twenty
lines to the page. and Oh an average OF
six words to the line. aud we have 4s90
words to sermon. or 9605 words tina,
have to be written and delivered each
week. The delivery of this is only about
half of the Sundays labor. 30 we think tia
no preacher should write and deliver NOR,
than one sermon eaci Sunday. if h,
does he viii soon have to ask tor vaca
ton. The other day in our court a lawyer
made IN argument of seven hours. IL,
must have uttered as many as 10 900 word.
in that effort. Bat there is another ide;
connected with the division of labor which
is worthy OF consideration, that is, tina
the professional man who succeeds toiera
bly, well. has to work double the hours o
the mechanic or the common laborer.-
The Physicians work, like womln's ii:
never done" This c lass OF our fellow
citizens should have some time to study
but they rarely get the time, or for rest
either, after procuring moderate prae
tice. The lawyer has to be read up, as i
is termed, all the time. He must read
read most of the Court decisions, and hard
est of all keep pace with the ever shifting
statute law. He has to work if he Sue
ceeds, more than ten hours per day. S.
with the minister. They too must be tax
Ing their brains nearly all the time, ant
and besides the usually Sunday services
there are funeral services, and many 9th
err occasions where they must take a part
So we have come to the conclusion that ths
professional men over our land have te
work much harder than the mechanic oil
the common laborer.
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were. that the officerssAnd men were not
to take up arms against the Cove nment
again, until properly exchanged.
There are many sound reasons why the
General should he the choice of the Nation
al Convention. aside from HIS Npatriotic
course in the war. The monied men of
the nation. it is said. have great confidence
In him. believing that he will be safe
Executive officer, that he will be in favor
of retrcnchnent. and the strietest eeono-
my; that he will commit no political blum
lers and that he will aim to promote peace
and good will among all the people of the
land, upon the principles Of justice and
right The loyal men everywhere will be
satisfied with him for a standard bearer,
the soldiers especially. These latter will
delight to vote for him as they gloried in
fighting under him. They assisted under
his able leadership in putting down the re-
bellion, and they will vote to put down the
men who assisted the rebellion by word or
deed, while they were fighting for it. The
Woods, the Advantageous and the Pen
,lletons OF the North. with their still re
bcllous friend. in the South. will have to
surrender second time to Grant. There
can be 10 mistake about this no matter
how the elections of this week terminate.
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Augusta Correspondence.

AUGUSTA. Nov. 9Th. 1867.
Mr.. EDITOR :-Matters here are quiet
since the Sheridan reception, which, by
the way. MAS = very fine affair and wa.
cred,able to the State. The crowd was
not so large as it would have been Mon
day, as thousands came that day to see the
gallant hero OF adozen brilliant fights and
were disappointed. 1t is the general inn
preston that tie natural seaport acted
in avery selfish manner about the matter.
Your correspondent don't care about
any spirit of rivalry existing between
Portland aud Augusta; but AS the Angus
Reception was in the name Of the State,
and Augusta only participated by invita-
ton, il would have seemed appropriate for
the Portland authorities to have postponed
their reception for four hours both to re-
lieve Gen. Sheridan from an unpleasant
position and manifest that degree of re-
spect toward the Executive of the State 10
which his position entities him. As it
was, the whole thin. passed of finely.
Gen. Beal of Norway was Marshal. Tie
procession consisted of the knights lem
plars in uniform, two companies OF state
Guards from Bangor, large eavalcade OF
citizens, numerous carriages and several
fire companies. TIE Gardiner, Augusta
and Bangor bands furnished the masic.
che Republicans of this city have or
ganized Grant Club" We hear only
one man named by the Republicans for the
Presidency-Gen, Grant. The cooper
heads" are satisfied that he is a radical.
Church building seem. quite in fashion
here. The Universalists are building a
fine brick church ON Winthrop street and
the Mcthodists have enlarged and erected a
new spire. There has been an unusual
amount Of building here, particularly Of
residences.
This city was complimented by visit of
two Deputy eonstables yesterday. They
stirred up quite breeze, searching many
places. but not being able to find enough
to convict except in one place. Fortune
did not smile on these worthy officials for
regardless of the law and the caution to
''lrive 10 faster than a walk" they did
drive "faster than Q walk" over the An-
gusta bridge, and were made to pay five
dollars and sundry little costs. Their
horse died last night as if to ill up the
chapter of their mishaps.
The statement of the Constable made at
Lewiston and published in several papers
will cause those who have Travelled and
had their eyes about them to smile. "If
these things be" as the High Constable
states, why do we see drunken men Oh the
ears or read of SO many in various parts of
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The Elections.

The elections do not have that rosy and
comfortable look that the Republican cause
had IA right to expect, nevertheless, We
see nothing half as discouraging rs was
witnessed in the dark hours of the RE-
bellion when Democrats carried New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Ill. In
that critical perio Of the war when reyers-
es OF the Union arms was the rule aud VIC
tories was the exception, the Democrats
carried all before them; and now, when
President johnson has disturbed the peace
OF the country, and the times are piuchins
and taxes high, they seem TO have
partially succeeded again. But this par
tial success is due more to side issues than
TO any expression of opinion as 10 national
politics. The Republican, party as we
have often observed, cannot carry all tn.
reforms OF the age, and expect to succeed
again ter ten years to come. Let the par
ty take just >lieh load on them AS will
meet Ike approval of an intelligent people,
and make General GIANT its standard
bearer and it will sweep all before it next
year.
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Retrerc hment.

A valued Republican and friend writes
that retrencnnent in the expenses of run
ning the government: must and should be
commenced. We notice that a system
OF cutting down expenses has already
commenced in some of the Departments
ut Washington. General Grant has dis
charged many OF the clerks in the War
Department. and it is said that he will an
nounca ia his forthcoming Report that the
War DEPARTING t can be run at mneh less
expense for the next fiscal year. No doubt
but such will be the tact ia nearly all the
Departments. But what this writer par
ticularly complains of is the flooding the
country with detectives to ferret out SNUG
Cling. There are a large number of these
men in thi, state, living at large expense
and no doubt doing some good, but wh-th-
"r enough good is done to pay for the large
outlay Is notiso clear. OF this class.-a
new set OF officials altogether, the people
complain. A short time since y stage driv-
or who drives from Ellsworth to a neigh
boring city. related to Us the following -
He had u small box to take TO Stockton
or S-arsport, from Oriand. and one OF
these detectives, stranger sitting at his
Inn in Bucksport taking his ease, ordered
him to open the box. The driver very
properly refused TO do so unless be could
show some authority tor compelling him.
This he could not do. bnt he told the driy-
er that If he opened it, it would save him
| the trouble. and kept on smoking as grand
! ~ as any monarch in the old COUNTRY
Aft l. seeing that he could no. make the
driver do what he commanded him, he
took a hammer and opened the box and
found Two or three small walls CT medicine
compounded by an apothecary for a ply
sician in ncishboriny town. BY the
time the box was was opened, a large
crowd had gathered. To witness the scene,
and when the whole facts had been related
to them, Neither the Government nor its
! agent got mach credit for the transaction.
/ these detectives, of course don'I care much
for anything save for making what money
they can. This is quite natural, as they
are strangers. coming from no one knows
where and going where they can scare up
the most money out of somc ignorant and
| poor fellow vino has been guilty. in small
amounts, of smuggling. 1t would seem
that III duty Of preventing and detecting
smuggling has been changed from til.
Collectors and their deputies, to that OF
unknown parties, some of these latter com
ing all the way from Maryland to Maine
While this system prevails the Collector.
feel as ifthe responsibility was of Of them
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Steady There!

II was the witty aud impudent remark of
a New York city Democrat. that it requir-
ed more brains to successfully cross Broa d.
way. than it did to represent rural town
IN the New York Legislature. We thought
OF this remark. in no,iein. how lelsurely
some of the Jurymen cross from Peck, S
corner to the Post. Office. and how near
some OF these siaid and moderate men
come to be driven over by the Ellsworth
Jehus. 1t is true that Water ST.. in Els
worth, is not Broadway, New York, but
thea it requires some skill for citizen 10
get over this crossing safely, ordinarily
hut when Uncle Phil y comes UP with
fish from his Island home where all the
conveyances go by sails, and all the car
riage there, IL a wheelbarrow, why should
the sailors say while making the attempt?
We saw from "our side window one day
Uncle Phil deliberately leave his one wheel
carriage sitting on the crossing while he WIS.,
i . the Pot Office never for the once dream-
ing, what perils surrounded Ills cart =
Jehus practicing TO see how near it they
could drive and not upset it; there were
the usual herd Of CONS sncllin. round ii
and shaking their heads; a squadron of
dogs threatening to steal hake or had
dock. and lots OF teams givin. the Island
carriage 4 wide hearth. lie WAS safe, but
the wheelbarrow and the hase were in per-
il. lie never sees a carriage. unless it is
propelled by wind. therefore the carriages
turil out tor him, While he makes the cross
ing over the narrow and well filled street.
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DEATH Of Co. ernor Andrew.


EX Governor ANDREW Of Massachusetts,
died at his residence in Boston on Wednes-
dav evening at O'Clock. of apoplcXy.
aged 10 years. To the public, this sudden
termination of the life of Gov. Andrew. is a
surprise, although he Boston 7rareiier stys
Though sudden. this termination of Mr..
Andrews life cannot have been altogether
unexpected by himself. or his intimate
friends. His bodily organization was sag-
gcsiive,of apoplexy; and from bis youth
lie has been subject to violent attacks OF
head ache. which were doubtless premon-
tory warnings ofthe terrible disease which
finally terminated his active and useful
life.
We give the following notice of the de-
ceased from an exchange. lie was one OF
thestruest and best men in the land:
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General Grant.

The indications are that General Grant
will be the Republican nominee for Presi-
dent in 1865. Not that few leading men
prefer him and have so Indicated AT vari-
Gus times and places, but that the loyal
people all over the country seem 10 have
iall faith and confidence In him. and are
anxious TO See him fill the Presidential
chair for the four years from the 4th of
March 1869. There is no inistak ny pub
lie sentiment Oh this point, for the thou
sand and one straws all pointing in this
direction cannot he ignored if any one :
disposed to do so. They are too unms-
taxable and palpable to be gainsayed.-
The people have been Watching him with
great interest. since he finished Lee.
April 8, 1865, near Appomattox Court
House: and they have come to the conclu-
sion that he is a true man and patriot, and
ust the leader that the country needs at
this iuneture and with him to lead the
forces of the loyal men in the great quad
! G lnial contest in 1868, the leaders of the
opposition will feel pretty much as Gener-
al Lee felt when he penned the following
notes -
general Il received your note of this
date. Though not entirely of the opinion
you express of the hopelessncss ofthe fur
ther resistance Oh the part OF the army of
Northern Virginia. reciprocate your de-
sire 10 avoid Il useless etfusion of blood,
and therefore before CT nsidcring your
proposition, | ask the terms YOU will offer
Oh coalition of its surrender.
II. E. Lee.
Now the conditions that General Grant
offered and the rebel General accepted
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TIE ILLNESS OF EN- GOVERNOR An
DREW The attack which removed tx
es4svcruor Andrew was very sudden. He
wns sitting. IN Tuesday evening. at his
v>.sadsaice in Charles street. surrounded by
bis faasily. aud was in the enjoyment o: his
ssss..i health. The door bell rang. and "a
vv,es,,ber Of the Suifs ltar was ushered in
~ che rs,oan. when the family retired. The
Governor asked the gentlemen to he seat
Ted. aud renlarsing that the room Was very
cl,,se npenesl the window. The gentleman
estes, his hasiness briefly. washing to retain
him in y case. and oh .efying that he was
swpsrensly fatigued aud not disposed To
give attention 10 the matter. was about re-
siri.lg. renarking to the Governor that he
wsiuld c:.ll upon him at his office, as he saw
h.. was fatigucd. The Governor replied
that he felt i'll. aud expressed II fear of par
alysis. requesting that DR. Derby might be
oallr,l in, The Doctor was immediately
eamnonei aud when he entered, the Gov
= mar made gesture significant OF his
ea,dition. Mrs, Andrew uttered the room
nnl the Governor who had been supported
T. tae couch pressed her hand. As he WAS
sn.echlrss bat not unconscious, he was ask.
III If he wished u pencil and paper ana
:; ynif,ins assent they We're brought. HIS
:; yht hand refused its Office. aud he atten-
Md "a use his left hand, hut finding 1t
fruitlsss he placed the pencil between his
teeth. se,isin,e even then OF MS eoia'',o"'
bu. the pencil dropped from his iips ana Ne
nassed into that sleep frah which nc never
woke ia = realizing sense oil The scenes Vi
aus world.
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Tho Elections


NEW York.-lhe election in thi. 5, at'
passed off very quietly, and s, Gar as the
returns have come in they indicate thai
both parties have succeeded in getting OFT
! heavy vote. The entire vote of New
York City il Ill .552 against 12t 100 las
year. The official democratic majority /,
/ 1886. a democratic gain of l2,10o.-
Brooklyn. dem. majority $4,000. Return.
from 23s towns give q net majority of 36ss
for Mckcen (Rcp.) for Secretary of state
"a democratic gain. The State has gone
! Democratic. But few returns are icceiv-
/ cd from the Senatorial and Assembly dis
tricts. During the day we shall probably
have additional figures.
MASSACHUSETTS. - 4 despatch from
Boston at 2 A. NJ. says:
Bullock's majority Is q little over 20 900.
Three-sour;hs of the Senate Is composed of
license law men. and about third OIL
number are Democrats. Three-fourth. OF
the House are license men, aud about one
sixth Democrats. Two Republicans aud
two Democrats are elected to the Council.
Returns from 200 cities and towns foot
mp Bullock 1924. Adams 53.I32. The
same towns last year gave Bullock IS, 900.
Swectser 81 900.
Boston gives 1900 maj for Adams,
Charlcstown 800. Roxbury $50. Newbury-
port ESQ. Salem gives 2s0 majority for
Bullock, Chelsea $50. Fall River 900.
Springfield 2, Lawrence %. Peter Har-
vey is elected Councillor on the Democrat
lie ticket in the Boston district.
KANsAs.-Mcn bers of the Legislature
were voted for yesterday and negro SUI
frage and female suffrage amendments to
the constitution. At Leavenworth out OF
$500 registered voters only 1909 were cast,
and the negro suffrage amendment had
but 700. The female suffrage amendment
was more fayorab!y received. Mrs. stan
to susan B. Anthony and the Hutclin-
sons visited the voters in each ward. HE
two former making speeches and the lat-
ter singing campaign songs.
NV JERsEY.-The election in New Jer-
sey for six State Senators and sixty As
sembly men has resulted in large demo
cratic gains, and both houses will be dem
oera,ic by considerable majerities. The
gains have been general throughout the
State. and show large prependeranee o.
democrats ia the popular vote.
MAHyLANp.-Election for $. te officers.
But Few returns received, with Indications
OF light vote. Eighteen wards in Balii-
more give democratic majority of little
over II 0oo. n gain ofneaily 1000 since tie
last election.
PENNsYLyA Sharswood' :
(lem) official majority is declared To be
s27
Illinois. Michigan and Missouri voted
yesterday for county and local officers. A
few figures from the former State Indicate
Republican successes; from the others We
receive nothin: at the time We summarize
the re;urns brought by the telayraph last
night.
ST. PAUL, MlNN.. Nov. 5.-R-turns
from 30 cities aud towns Indicate the cleo
ton of " il!iam Marshall, republican, for
governor, by small majority. Negro snt-
frage ia believed TO be defeated.
A private dispatch received In this city
this morning says the Democrats have re-
10 1900. Both branches OF New Jersey
Legislature will be democratic. -PorIland
Sur
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That CoMICAL BRowN.-This incom-
parable button burstin. genius who has
been very appropriately termed the
'.brownest Brown of all the brow,
Browns :" is to open his budget OF funni-
ments at v hi!ing's Hall, next Wednesday
aid Thursday Evenings, Nov. l3 and IA
He will be assisted by Mr.. William Hay
ward, the eminent balladist. who is report
ed the best ballad singer in America.
At the close of the concert, Eltstis will
introduce the Educated dog "Scottie In ;
variety of unique tricks. The Concerts
given by Mr.. Brown have always beer
very popular and wherever he appears
crowded houses greet him.. He sings il
Cherrytield Monday, 18th, and in Mill
bridge Tuesday, l2.h. -.I
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Progress of Weston thu
Pedestrian.
We FAILS IN WALKING 100 MILES IN
"A HOURS.

As was mentioned in our SATURDAYS is
enc, Weston commenced Oh his walk Of
I'D miles in "a consecutive hours. at 70
minutes before o'clock Friday afternoon,
ica,iRg Dctiham. Mass. at that tt,ncs He
pass d thaough Walpole, Wrcntham. N
Attlehro. Pawtncket ana Providence. r. l.,
arriving at the latter place at 8. As p. NJ.
distance of 81 I-2 miles.
The Providence Journal says that when
he reached Pawtucket the rush to see him
was $" great that he was thrown down aud
trampledon, and his trainer faired worse.
getting asprain IN one Of his limbs. The
crowd IN Providence was immense, aud the
l'lice had hard work to clear n passage for
him more than half mile. While stop.
ping at The City Hotel he was examined Nv
his trainer and found to have sustained no
seri"us injury from his Paw ucket mishap
When he lett Providence the police amused
hecrowd i'll front Of the hotel, while Yves.
ton slipped out by back wav and got on,
ct reach before it was known he was gone
Fr"m Providence. II. I. he passed
through Cranston. Natick. Washington
Br"wn's Hill. r. l.. and Sterling. Conn
arriving ut Plaintield. Conn, "a | = mites
tt2 O'Clock Saturday afternoon. havin.
accomplished emily 81 miles in 90 hours
.lcnstopped Mt Plainficld and was not to re-
,hs,e hisjournev until Monday morning.
1t issfands that he was somewhat injured
by the crowd at Pawncket which prevented
hini from proceeding rs fast as usual.
According to the time table Of Western
for his route he is this morning 55 niles
behind where he expected to be--his pro-
eramme being made up to spend Sunday
in Hartford Cunneiicu.
Weston has four more chances to make
the feat af 100 miles within "a hours. and
the hrrt trial. If he does no. give out be
fore that tlme will probably be made next
Friday. Between Il o'clock Wednesday
Noon and 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon he
had walked 1875 niles.
by Telegraph
FLA NFIELD. CuNN.. Nov. 3
Weston isit the h-'st OF spirits and feel
ing we'll He attended church day and
walked about the town. He will leave
about halt past IL to night for Hartford.
and will start from there or New Britain on
his SECOND trial oi 100 miles in one day.
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A friend sends us the New York Daily
heus. from which We extract the following
"personal":-
REMARKABLE SCENE IN LUDLOW ST.
JAIL-RELEAsE OF w. IL. CLANCY
Yesterday afternoon at alaout 20 minutes
before o'clock. AS w. II CLANCY who had
been confined in the Ludlow street Jail for
2Sweeks on charge of false imprisonment.
was sitting III his cell. Il messenger entered,
and appi,ig him ON tn. shoulder. asked him
il he would like to exchange the gloom OF
n prison aud breath til. air OF freedom
Having very nearly given up all hopes Of
f,e.i,'n. hs replieI in a careless man.
ner, .Oh no. guess FL stay here until
next sumncr, as long as have my hand
in As snon as he was informed, however
that the order for his discharge was ready
ON hand. his countenanee frightened, and
after few preliminary arrangements he ex-
pressed his readiness to go out and see
what the weather Was
In the meantime. the report had gone
thraush tile Jail that the Professor was
about tn leave, and his fellow prisoners
ranged themselves Oh the galleries and in
the hall below, and as he decended the
stairs they gave him three rousing cheers
and, a .t.ycr. some Of them actually EN-
braeing their old fellow partner in misery
After lr;lyiag the Jail. and rsaching Broad
way. and just as hi entered that street. Il
magnificent rainbow app@aredm the north
right at the head Of the street. Looking
Mt IL tor a moment. he said his bow "f prom.
Use appeared before him tn lead him to sue
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Western Maii--srrives Daily, except Monday at
} O'clock \. NJ. departs Daily, except sunday
at IL IL o'clock. P VI.
Eastern Mai Arrives Daily. except saturday n
II o'clock, M. Departs Daily Except Monday !
at ; L. O'Clock, P. NJ
Bucksport and Belfast-Arrivcs Monday, wednes.
lay and Friday, at o'clock, r. NJ. Departs Tues
day. Thursday and saturday, al o'clock, A. "
Sullivan and Narraguagus-Afflvcs Mond ", " ed
nes,iay and Sriday at O'Clock. p. NJ. Departs
TucSeiny Thursday and saturday, al socfk, N.
Mount Deseri-Arrives Wednesday ami saturday,
at II o'clock, Departs Tuesday and FRIDAY, at
10 o'c.ocS. A. N.
Cas,inp-Arlives Monday and Thursday at IL
o'clock, P. NJ. Departs Tuesday and FRIDAY, at
8 O'Clock. A. ".
Trenton Pot-Arrives Saturday, at III q clock, A
VI. Departs Saturday. At o'clock p r
Great Pond-Arriyes saturday at O'Clock, r. n.
Departs Friday at O'Clock. A. N.
OFFICE HoURS :--From TO II \. NJ, aud from 10
l-2 p. NJ, except sunday. sunday IRON ~
to III Ii A. n.
JF. WEiTCoNB, Postmaster.
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Sessions of Courts.

SrrRYME JupicIAr-At Ellsworth, commencing
on the 9Th Tuesdays of April and Oct.
COUNTY COMMISSION Ellsworth, com.
mencinG on the 4th Tuesdays OF @an., April and
Oct.
PsogArE CopRre-Ellsworth,l LIST Wed. in jan,
Feb. Aug, sept. and Dec. Sd Wed in June; tth
W ed in April: 9Th Tues. in Oct. Encyclopaedia
Wed. in tay; Sd We'd IN sept, and JAM Blue
hiil-I,i Wed III July snd Nov.
CotRrs OF observation-disclosures I'd Thurs.
day amer lat Monday of each month. Machias, Sd
Nonda, nj each month. Belfast. lat Wednesday
of each month. Rockixnd, LIST Monday OF each