The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-09-30
LETTER FROM AUGUSTA.
Correspondence of the Journal.
AUGUSTA, Sept. 26. Is

DEAR JOURNAL: The Sprague operations
here are being pushed forward rapidly. The
foundation for the new mill is so nearly COM
pleted that the brick-layers have already COM
menccd work and the calls for ssmore brick"
and "here your mort" accompanied with the
cllnk of the trowel, have at last put ouietus
upon the croakers who, whenever ANYTHING
connected with the improvement has been
mentioned, have chuckcd their tongues into
their cheeks and given knowing grunts about
''Sprague's brick yard'. William has kept
on, however just as though nothing had hap
pencd, and the next season will see completed
one of the finest cotton millsin New England,
which will be followed by others as fast as
they can be built. The extensive repairs on
the old mill, with its improved machinery,
make ii almost as good as new.
The work of deepening the channel of the
hennebec 50 that large vessels can come to
Augusta is still going on. The dredging ma
chimes arrived at point opposite ..Brett's
Gully several weeks ago. Careful meas
mements and estimates indicate that pro-
gress OF at least an inch and a half has been
made since that time and that more than a
cart-loai Of saw dust and mud has been re-
moved from the bed of the river. 1t is a
grand enterprise, and if there are no serious
drawbacks, will prove of some advantage to
our chidren's children, showing that ''Hon-
est Jim Blaine" who gets the appropriations
through, has an eye to the interests of poster
ity.
Our City Fathers have pronounced the SEN
tcnce of death to the ''dorg' and destruction
to his ''purps' by directing the police to draw
a bead on all such CANNES Us are found run
nlng at large and arc not supposed to have
good morals and amiablc dispositions.
Big events are produced by big causes. A
few days ago a stray dog, probably banker
ing after veal, mistook the calf of Il leo for
the leg of calf and shut his teeth on it,.
This simple mistake, which may not have
been much of Il mistake after ali, was suf-
cicnt to raise q mad dog, excitement The
City Council, ever ready in times Of great
public peril, met and believing that if the dog
was not really mad he must have been ter
ribly put out, declared relentless war against
the race If you see any COMMERCIAL
Agents in Belfast selling .sausages by sam
pie you can safely book them as Augusta
men.
MIR. Alanson b. Farwoll, one of the Reps
elect from this hamlet is Smuggling for the
Speakership next Winter. Several other pa
triots, Raw Whiskey Barker among the rest
yearn for the posish with exceeding great
yearns, but Alanson's ycam is the biggest,
and, moreover, having the sinews of radical
war, IS pretty sure to come out ahead. The
wonderful financial ability which ena bled him
to lay up in the neighborhood Of a hundred
thousand dollars out of a Washington clerk
| ship OF half Il dozen years at less than two
thousand a year puts him in good condition
for the race. Money is of no account to
Alanson when the spending thereof will tend
to enhance Alanson's muchness, and when
we consider how susceptible the radical heart
is to the soothing influences of shekcIs and
scudi, especially when, rs Mel. Weston said,
they are laid fright down in the palm" it is
not difficult to cipher out the result Should,
however, anything happen to defeat the bold
Alanson it is understood that he will enter the
lists for the L. S. Senatorship and buck
against Abner Colbum, Arson p Morrill, and
other shining lights in his ga-lorious party,
Hotel business promises to be lively the
coming winter, and accommodations are be-
ing increased accordingly. Cony's new no.
tel on Water street, near the site of the old
Stanley House, will be ready for guests about
the first of December. Thaycr, that prince
4 OF landlords, contcmpatcS enarging the
Mansion House the present fall by the add
| ton of about twenty rooms. He finds this
| necessary Tor the accommodation OF his host
Of patrons. Harrison Baker is soon to re-
sumo his old place as landlord of the Augusta
House, instead of Judge Turner, whose lease
is about to expire.
Some of the towns whose quotas were fill
ed with paper credits are serenading the
brokers who furnished the tissue men, with
the pathetic strains of ''The Georgia Girls
Lament" ''Oh guy me back my money"
Suits have been commenced against several
i'll the city who waXed fat ON the bountes of
mythical soldiers, and property has been at
tached to 4 considerable extent.
1t is rumored that the ioyial mug of Wat
knowlton, the whip Of the Augusta and Bel
fast stage, will soon be missed from his route,
he having purchased the interest of NJ. IL.
Scruton in the livery firm of Richards and
Scruton. DIGGs.
DECAY OF AMERICAN SHIPPING.
| The saddest reflection which an American
abroad brings home with him is the utter
absence of our flag on the high seas. No
where nowherc-do you see ii as of old
Seventeen years ago saw it in the Mediter-
ranean, from the Gates Of Hercules to the
Golden Horn. Now scarcely sail of ship
| or smoke-stack of steamer of American build
orowncrship is seen. s. S. Cox.
| Not long since | passed along the Riviera
to Sayona, and | counted $50 vessels, large
and small, on the maritime docks in course
of construction. Court Menabrea, Prime
Minister of Italy,
One of the draughtsmcn il the employ of
Mr.. VIM. II. Webb, Of this city lately re-
turned from Scotland, reports that he saw in
one yard in Glasgow, fourteen large ships ON
the stocks. three of these were launched he