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GrasshOppers i'm Texas.

From the Dallas Texas Herald, Oct. o.
We have many rumors of tho APP
pearance of grasshoppers in the coun-
ties west of us, within the past month,
but, up to the time of writing this no
tice, none have been seen nearer here
than Mansfield, in the southern part of
Tarrant county.
We have heard of them at several
places OH the frontier---at the Sulphur
Springs, on the Brazos in Hood coun-
ty, gentleman informs us they appear
ed in clouds on Monday, the 2lst ult.,
and ate up every kind of vegetation.-
When they first appeared it was thought
by the campers around the springs to
be cloud, and preparations were
made for rain they made noise in their
flight very similar to II storm OF wind
and rain when they came nearer. how
ever, they began to descend and cover
ed the earth in every direction, consum-
ing all garden stuffs and other green
vegetation they could find. 1870
The following extract of private
letter from our former townsman, John
III. Cochran, Esq, dated at Belknap, on
the 10th of last month, describes the
first appearance Of the pests:.
"On yesterday, the 18th. saw a sight
which hope no mortal man will ever
see again. About o'clock p. m,
went to the door, and observing that
the sun shone but dimly, looked for
the cause. saw in the distant west
what took to be the smoke of an i'm
mense fire, but on looking closer / per-
ceived that it was not smoke. What is
it? was inquiry of every one, both old
and young. 1t continued to approach,
and in about two hours came near
enough for us to see that it was dense
mass of moving objects. Nearer and
shines-we see what it is-My Lord!
the Egyptian plague! From the ground
upward, as far as the eye could see, OH
account of their denscness, was an al
most solid mass of living, moving i'll
sects---grdsshoppers.
GAIL who saw the sight agree, for
every square inch of surface over which
they were flying, there must have been
no less than one bushel of grasshoppers.
This body of insects were moving ahead
of northwest wind. They were some
three miles wide and as long each way
as the horizon was to us; this could be
seen before they approached near
enough to distinguish what they were
after they reached us the view was
very limited on account of the dense
ness of the mass. They passed over in
a northeast direction; still we have
millions left of the first coming. This
is no exaggeration. You may show it
to Mr.. Swindells. What will become
of us?
p. S.-Since the above was written
we learn that the grasshoppcrs have
been seen returning west.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23
Alas! Poor BlOdgett,

The jury in the Crangle-Blodgett case
lat Chicago have found verdict of $780,
1000 damages in favor of the plaintiff. 1t
will be remembered that Blodgett was
a member of the Radical Convention
there, and was arrested ON the accusa-
ton of the plaintiff for illegal treat
ment by Blodgett, as the leader of a
vigilance committee, while in the South
in 1853. .-...
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South Carolina.

The Charleston Courier has been in
formed that Mr.. JAS. Martin, one Of the
Republican members of the House of
Representatives Of South Carolina,
from Abbeville, was murdered in the
public road, near his residence, last
week, by persons in disguise. A jury
of inquest has failed to elicit any clue
10 the murderers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23
Georgia..

The "Ordinary," by the laws of Geor-
.gia, is a very important officer. An
officer of the Freedmen's Bureau re-
ports that the "Ordinary" lately elected
for Mcintosh county, Georgia, is ne
gro who can neither read nor write, and
who askeda gentleman ode meanin OBJ
de Offus." ta'f
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23
Fractional CURRENCY.

Among the unclaimed freight exposed
for sale by the Southern Express Com
pany to pay charges, day or two ago,
was box which had been shipped from
New York in the name of John Will
liams, and consigned to "Adah Lodi,
Memphis Tennessee" containing $685.
600 in fractional currency.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

Josh Billings writes from Long
Branch: "The Grecian Crook IL prevail
ing here just now among the yung
ladys the bend seems tew be sumwhare
near the small NV their backs, and gives
them very intellectual look, the same
anshunt Greeks had, altho think their
walk resembles tew much soro-footed
goosc.'
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The. gast.
Athens, Friday, Oct. a3, 1865.
Negro Government for North
.ui1h nIH Carolina. .. ...

The official figures of the North Caro-
lima election" on the ratification of the
negroized constitution, have appeared,
and of a total registered vote of 1885,
973, it seems that only 93,OS4 voters, or
1852 less than bare majority, were cast
in favor of that instrument. The pre-
tended governernment of North Caro-
lima is, therefore, says the New York
World, not only negro minority gov
ernment; and yet two Senators, seven
Representatives, and nine votes i'll the
Electoral College, are to represent this
fraud in the councils of the nation,
where they will be as etfectual to rule
us as the same number of lawful voices
from the North.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23
SOuth Carolina.

A dispatch from Columbus says: The
State Central Executive committee have
adopted resolution pre-
sented by Wade Hampton, indorsing
the letter to Rosecrans as the sense of
the committee and in favor of qualified
negro suffrage. An address to the peO-
pie will doubtless be issued in q few
To-,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23
Ohio.

The election of General Strader over
Eggleston in the Second Ohio district
is magnificent triumph. Eggleston
was elected two years ago by nine hun
dred majority over Pendleton. General
Strader is a whole-souled, genial gem
tleman, superior business man, and
will make an excellent member of Con-
gress.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

Hon. Jacob Shatfcr, Democrat, ma
tive of Rockingham county, Virginia,
and brother-in-law of Gov. Letcher,
has been elected to Congress from
Montana,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23
Another Earthquake Threatened

A Valparaiso letter of the 18th ult..
states that great fear prevailed that Il
disastrous earthquake, like that of Au-
gust last, is about to visit Chilli, as the
same circumstances that preceded that
terrible calamity, in Eucador, had been
observed for several days. The people
of Valparaiso in consequence voted,
according to custom, to q patron Saint,
and had elected the Savior.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

Great numbers of Catholics and for
eign-born citizens in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, went Radical in
the elections held in those States on the
18th, who will most certainly vote, next
month, against the ticket upon which is
the name of Schuyler Colfax, the Know
Nothing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23
Startling Figures.

Brick Pomeroy's new paper, the New
York Democrat, says of the public
debt and expenditures
Week in and week out, month after
month, and year after year; through
the busy hours of the day and the silent
watches of the night; observing the sa-
cred rest of no Christian Sabbath, re-
lieved by the joyous welcome and jo-
cund shouts of no social, religious, or
national holiday steady as the measu-
red, unceasing, beating of the chronom-
eter--
One thousand dollars q minute!
For three consecutive years, which
have elapsed since the cessation of all
armed hostitities between the States and
sections of our country, have been
wrung from the industry of people to
carry forward the chimeras of the hu-
manitarian "party of great moral
ideas."-
Only think of it!
One Thousand dollars q minute!
No rest! No intermisson
1t is truly appalling! And this only
for current expenses and interest on the
public debt!
Interest did we say? 1t does not pay
the interest! The debt goes on increas-
ing
And such debt! Its magnitude is
almost beyond the power of human
comprehension
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23
.ADDrOpriate Text.

Below will be found what is deemed
a proper text from which to preach the
funeral sermon of Ben Butler:
From Jeremiah iii, 10: "And the ba-
sins, and the firepans, and the bowls,
and the cauldrons, and the candlesticks,
and the SPOONS, and the cups; that
which was Of gold, in gold, and that
which was of silver, in silver, the Cap
tain of the Guard took away"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

A great many votes were given in the
late elections in Ohio, Indiana and Penn
sylvania by citizens of Hebrew eXtrac-
ton, that went to swell the Radical
vote for State officers and members of
Congress. These votes will all be
counted against Grant in November.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

Josh Billings says: "Most people de-
cline to learn only by their own expe-
ricnce, and l guess they are more than
half right, for l don't s'pose a man
could get correct idea Of mo.asseS
candy merely by lettin another Teller
taste it for him."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23
Spain.

A London date of the 18th from
Spain says it is reported that the Bish-
op of Tarragona, at the head of 1000
men, has pronounced against the Pro-
visional Junta.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

AT the Massachusetts cattle show the
other day, gentleman, who probably
does not read the Recol"tion, gave the
following toast: "Thc coming woman
May it be long time before she ar
riyes"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

q Mr. Samuel McMahan, an old resi-
dent of Sewer county, committed sui
eide by drowning on Tuesday last. He
bad been in bad health for some time
q and was otherwise troubled in conse-
auenOe of the war.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

Governor Clayton, of Arkansas, &C
cidently shot himself in the wrist, the
other day. The hand has been ampu-
tated. .. ..... ....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

A Washington dispatch says John
Philip, Englishman, recently discharged
from the Freedmen's Bureau, cut his
throat fatally on the 18th.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

a movement is beginning in Virgin
ia to secure an extension Of the stay
law, which expires on the lst of JAN
nary.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

A person III dry carpeted room, by
running rapidly back and forth several
times, and slipping the feet upon the
carpet can light gas by simply touching
the finger to the burner as it is turned
on
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

The New York JtoHd suggests a
change of candidates on the Democratic
Presidential ticket. The editoris proba-
bly, crazy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

Spanish advices state that the Junta
has seized the Jesuits' property in
Spain, and abolish the order.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

Spectators are traversing the coun-
try and buying up all the apples they
can Law hands on.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

Two Vermontcrs have been churning
for the championship. The winner
brought butter inside of four minutes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

Memphis has five companies of black
home-guards, and any quantity of the
ordinary sort of blackguards.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

A State Convention of the Orthodox
churches is to be held at Peoria, Hi
nois, OH the Goth instant. '...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-23

"What did you give for that horse,
neighbour" MY note" "Well, that
was cheap"
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Occasional Events in the Suburbs.
BJCKsroRT, DEC. y, lSGs

8acksport occasionally puts on city al rs
without gas or charter.
The other day We examined a man. Il Il
bona! him over. charged with a high
etime.-Iheh came :. fire. which destroy
cd about one thousand dollars. Three
mills belonging 10 enc of our most wealthy
citizens We're exposed-JW sIred; In con
sideration of which, the owner though
sick and confined to his homc-furDshed
10 the Fire companies-al who were pres
ent, and assisted at the iire-and few
other cilizcns-a magnificent Oyster
Turkey sapper-got up in the best style at
The Robinson House. by Mr.. Moses. who
knows no to keep "a hotel rs we'll rs
any other man. and can get up supper
good enough for kin4. A the gentle
man " ho paid the bill has since deceased,
may take the liberty to say il was Mr.
Franklin Spoiiord.- One evening soon
after we We're richly entertained with a
Concert o. home talent. consisting of about
thirty ynices-iepeatcd by special re-
AIt'N7tH fAt4Nt 49, tNNtAiiais any anu all VI
tae iiinerant, operate squallins. scream
ag-unmn>icai, unnatural and unintelli-
.ibie noise called science We were
treated u charming harmony and melody
interpreted with just enough OF the most
difficult music, 10 show that they are ex-
pert>. 1t was 10 us who were present to
hear, Il feast of tat things. The company
have been requested to repeat ii la Il ncieh=
basiAs town. Dy tnc way it has been sag.
gestci thal-s,> We sec it-you cannot do
better tl,iES t"aii 10 request than to dedi-
cate yoJr new hall. / heartily second the
susgrsd0n-as / really desire that Won
may have a good time.
Oar ladies are PREF airing II Cantata of
about Tiny voices for new years eve. The
city FOLKS may hear it-if they will come
oter.
"a II "
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For the Ellsworth American,
All Sorts
,II'NIUs,

Mn. EDITOR = The Baptist SUNDAY
School in Hancock are to have Christmas
Tree this evening in the Union Church.
The Eree-Bap;i>t sunday school OF this
town aye - have i New-l ears Free in
their hurch Jan. list. 1869.
Sach gathering. are usually interesting,
aud sunday school scholars are made hap
pier and better by having such an interest
manifested in their present welfare by
teachers and parents.
The BagIe Lodge Of Good 7empiers. is tn
celebrate its anniversary in their new Hall
ths eve ing Of the 18TH of Jan. 1869. She
members are preparing for nice time.
In addition to a supper there ~ i'll be uia-
logues. speeches. paper, &C.. lhere Is
not Il rum-Seller in Hancock aud but few
hard drinkers. rhc leading business men.
and town officers favor temperance. The
Iod.e was never more prosperous than
now.
Capt. Abbott, the Ferrvman is as atten-
tive to travellers as ever. The busiLess
of the Ferry increases. which is attributed
more TO the Captains proInptnoss than any
thing else
The question OF having packet, to run
between this place aud Portland Ia being
seriously agitased. twould accommodate
at both ends of the route.
Yours. de-.
Munson.
De. 2Hh. 1865.
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nook together, with oblieing little
Miss Caxton to play propriety between
them. Then, again, Mr. Duplessis was
an admirable amateur musician. and
had a clear ringing tenor voice, which
he knew how to Use with excellent
effect and music, in such a case, is
full Of dangerous destinations, and has
tones Of hidden tenderness all its own,
which can reach the heart that no other
language avails to touch.
The health of Sir Philip Spence
laugh waned slowly as the summer nd
yaHced, but he still chung rs tenacious
ly as ever TO his pet scheme of union
between the man for whom he had
contracted so siEgIg3ar Il liking, and
Frederick. He saw. with sort OF
querulous satisfaction. that Frederick
no longer displayed any signs OF dis
taste for the company Of Mr. Duplessis :;
and he was only dissuaded from urging
his niece TO name an early day for the
marriage by the Canadian himself.
who knew well that the haronet's per-
suasions would have an effect precise
ly the opposite Of that which it was in
tended they should have. and would
utterly freeze those pretty tender buds
ofliking which he saw creeping forth
from day to day, and which he hoped,
by patient and judicious cultivation,
would one day eliminate in the perfect
flower of love. SO the baronet. with
some difficulty. was induced to keep
his own counsel. and that of Mr. Dup
lessis, as far as it was known to him.
He would sit for an hour at time with
Frederica's hand i'll his. patting it soft
ly, and numbering below his breath ::
Good girl, good girl and gazing
with anxious eyes into that bright proud
young face, which, when i'll his presence
always softened into tenderness such
as was rarely seen upon it at any 9TH
er time.
Beyond the precincts Of Belair, the
news, unfounded as we know, spread
quickly, emaneting from what source
no one could tell, that Miss. Spence
laugh was positively engaged to Mr.
Henri Duplessis, and that the marriage
was to take place before Christmas
spread to Normanford and Eastring-
ham; and thence, in overwhelming
circle, from one country-house to an
other, till it was known throughout the
length and breadth of Monkshire and
SO, after time. it travelled up to town,
and came to be discussed in west-end
drawing-rooms, and to be a topic for
brief comment at chance meetings i'll
the crush on aristocratic staircascs.
Such was the position of affairs at
Belair, at the time when one ofthe most
important characters in our history
makes his first appearance on the scene.
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ELLSWORTH. Me-, Dee. IS63.
Il. II, W

l.l-l-NN ph 1 II. altss 1CtC lCu-.
Nh. EDITOR Dear Sir Allow me,
through your columns, TO congratulate the
good people OF chool-disiriet, No = in
then new and cOmmodious school house
| had the pleasure OF attending the ded-
lcation of this school house last sunday.
aud found it very interesting occasion,
The lecturer for the occasion was Mr..
Robert Cole Of this place, a member OF the
town school committee.
His lecture was very appropriate and
interesting one. embodying much deep
thought, and showing that man. although
he be a man OF business, may neyerthe-
less bca man of thought,
The lecturer showed the advantages that
New England enjoyed over many of the
countries of Europe, aud especially over
the Southern States, in her multiplicity of
school houses. He also showed TIL at if hut
one could he had, the school house or the
meeting house, the school is far more es-
sential; as there, while the student sought
an education, he also unconsciously learn
ed religion not aesthetic, but liberal, un-
by creeds, and unbiased by
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OUR CoRRESPo ENTs
Letter from Augusta.

MN A.,,t,;,r,x.-Ii has bpau ,atu,.-
vbo, common in some portion, ofthe state
tn de,,ra,iate tbo entrrpf..es Of the city of
,n.,a.,a In NM. .bo,f .ton i, ,l,;s ,,',
baya b.,n InoI,;ug al4o,tt me. wjfl Inc
,,oro# Interest. confess. b.cui,.e discover
several mperfanl eiemes,, of prosperity,
htr,. corre.nuuding Wth thu>e Of Els
,zarFl, Alia,,= ,a. IA M, k,.a. aeteral state
Wrut OF the present condition and pros
u,.,.f. In. ci.r.-a44,i it..ycVoar reader, 10
make. te..,,= Heat. i. ~ U.air uWH case at
no,lte-
Ia TIC unukcne eHtcrp.l Re Of the seople
here more ti.a twenty wear, >IHrc. 4 Spiit
granite dam wa. hmiI acfu.s ,Ae ttiile
width of the kra.cbee riger ut Augusta.
aad provided with suitable iocas for the
;assa.c o. boa, and rift, ~ lumber. Ca
mi, dam several mill, for the nliHtaclurr
OF lumber were buit. and also "a Cotton
Factory Two hundred and five feet long.
filiy feet Wide and four stories hiea. bulk
of brick. also a nm hiap sop. sli~t miIl
Nc.. Dn Iii, slight equipment t,rtAc great
power u HE dam, - ecatie business has
been douc Tor twenty years FAe sur
rounding territory had hren mainly taken
up by private enterprise aud scattered ali
over with building, ol various sizes and iOr
various uses. Il require, bold and ,om-
preheu,iye gasp, ~ q slagle movement,
ia order TO command this territory and The
ffU lx.t.Ft,tIsat afs lffa {3.,H,r. H. tt,-..i Il
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work. One hundred ,aen are row en-.
ploved outside IN the excavations and
othes work. together with . number Of
teams. Excellent granite for The founda.
lions and the walls is so abundant. that II
is delivered on The sround at one dollar
and fifty cents "a ton ot fourteen SQUARE feet.
Ile matcrisl, for brick lnakinrwill admit
ef fheir delivery #t zfeit do.Ia. - tho1s-
aad. t,,e sill AZ scientific rt.aiFeerin =
4, wore and more auuarett a, the fnprnvr-
Ia e's -e forward. Tnf> j. tA,. ..r..,t ait4,t.,-
Gaasiug 81 erpu>e il An-n,fa ana n
Ni:# dement's the Water Pe,eer, in the
sjghihsa2>.
.asH - nraf n tha' Fl eannrrtiau
ssi.8 Ali. ealorrl- t.s- ale>-r>. 50 arm.
afe rref tie.oI, g. b.I lie Eaa ald lqm-
her IA I1tJsustl., Company. .4...a.,.,- cav.
facy atyaa large ana pgof#Dr steam
AUjl Jae saw ,t.; l,3ys b..ay all { he fuel
thaJ is required tor it. operation. This
Company owns the timber lands for the
supply otl51,. aud the mill is ding a Tine
business.
The larec maclriur shop contains .sri,t
mBl piana4 mil ;. p Il large establish