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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-02-11

General News.

The Legislature Of the State is moving
ong harmouiously. and is doing up the
1rk of the Committees with commends-
e industry. We refer the rcader TO the
80 able and interesting letters published
ON the Capital for particulars.
Mr.. H. C. Dorsey. an ornamental paint
Of Pawtncket. X. l. recently furnished
inner as gift to the convicts in the
isons in all the New England states, mot
rgetting Thomaston. Great religious
;ctement prevails IN Buffalo. DR.. Pal-
er and Mrs. Palmer preaching nightly to
rye audiences. The President has par
med TIVE ccuRter.eiters who were sen
need in lo66 to Is years in the Peniten-
,ry. The snow in some places in Upper
lnada is Is to 90 feet deep. The public
en- OF Nashville, Tennessee. are in bad
av. as they have been beating each other.
ln;a Anna. it is reported Is mixed up
+ th Mexican monthly rebellion. The
ondon 7ims denounces the Alabama
really. No one except George T. Cur
!. Esq. defends it, General Grant was
New York last Sunday He both ate
nner and attended church. The New
ork Posts Washington correspondent, sa, .
st General Grant thinks be can't get
tier man for Secretary of War. than the
eseni incumbent, General Schofeld.
be firemen Of Philadelphia have had an
her not. \ Chinsman Of San Francis
, yictimized the citizens Of that city 10
tune Of $4,000 dollars and sailed for
liua This JOHNNY is said TO be civilized
ON Florence was announced as dead.
1t it was only his newspaper that had
,ased to exist. Florence. j, is reported.
TOO home.y TO die. Col. J. W. Fornev
down in North Carolina. He has gone
lere to in -uce the settlement of Northern
I U and capital there. The New York
'-,buHe SAYS that Presidents Lincoln's
abinet. aside from Chase. Seward and
anton. wa. a small affair.
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Sunny Side or Life.


Nix. EDITOR ALLOW me a corner Il
the local Paper you are making 50 attract
i've nov a.days u giye n the late Surprise
Party q ny Pensioners and hcuds Il
public mention and acknowledgements
The Unitarian Society III force took
sudden possession Of their Pastors house
Monday evening. bile zrt Tor The cyti
zcus Temperance ID et'us Wa eating HIN
nP there was great tumGt snd eommotiom
on Pine "a. Barrels tirkias baskets bags
parcels, every thing but jugs were
smuggled into the culinary appartmens
much 20 the confusion Of the kitchen au
thorltes The pariors were confisoated to
the most uuccrcmouious use Of guests The
Pastor was taken home from the midst of
his hot discussion OF Temperance TO look to
his well loaded hearth stone Theycry best
and mesi acceptable kinds ot appetixcrs
and domestic supplies and pantry stores
blocked the private board and laid around
loose every where Z, enough and to spare
Tor SIX months 70 10 our utmost
In the later stage OF the evening a. L u
pie os'a upon Pe!Ion thrse b.!igereuts
delegated Mr. John Hopkins to present In
their behalf snudTy my.teriously marked
and inflated envelopes which upou being
held up to the light revealed no ominous
dark center.
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Railways constructed OF wood arr com
Ing into use quite extensively. III variou,
parts of the country ami the more thcv
are used the more popular they ARE WI /
t. become. X l. probable that thew will
yet come into general usein spafsely popu-
lated sections of the country. a. branche,
T. trunk lines of iron roads For the trans
portatinu Of heavy bulky fret ghls they are
said TO DC Immensely valuable consiIeriu u
the cheapness Of the cost of construction.
The average cost Of such a road i, report
ell to be about $500. per mile. They admit
OF sharp curves and heavy grades
The wooden railroad now complete d
between Clifton and the Adirondack mines.
says the New York Tribune. i described
as follows In letter from the late Presi-
d Mt Of the Clifton Iron Company. Mr..
Charles G.. Myers:
"1he rails are hard maple scantling
4x6 Inches. set on roundties on which ~
framed slots. 6x4. The rails. set On edge
aud keyed Id the slots by two wooden
wedges driven against each other. project
two inches above the ties. The rails admit
OF bending sufficiently 10 make the curves.
The ties are laid on the eartn, and ballast
ed Ia the usual manner to two inches ofthe
bottom of the rail. Ii takes 2l.l20 feet,
board measure, Of scantling for a mile.
and ,160 ties at three feet apart. Our
road l. very rough 0ne.-We have d
great deal of tressle work. SOME OF ID over
80 feet high. which is vastly more expen.
sive than level route. The engines II sed
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NEM YORK. Fnn. 81. lSG

NEW YORK, FrB. 81. 1853
DEAR AMERICAN will now il~t ~tep
into the Metropolitan Hotel ~ltulteI on ,hc
East side ~ Broadway II abou. IJ0-Thi,
j cne Of The large first cil,s Hotel, u The
cHy kept BY Nj. Leland. who also has
several other Hotels IN different paris 81
the L. :. lhi, House ], an immense block.
OF brown stone front. on broadway. ana
covering nearly an entire square. The
ground floor j. occu pied with Stores aud
Niblo, Theatre. 10 Hpt ia tile ci'y &,
better patronizei aud la, such a medley ri
patrons from the good aud rich % the poor
aad wicked. Just below and Oh the o.
posiie side 81 the street. j. Tie II. Nichol,
with marbl. front. TAi- il 40; % large
House a. the Metrop Titan. blt - favor
ably known aud pairouized: these two
Uo;el- are To- Broadway what the At r
House j. 10 downtown. The Astor House
i tho resort of patrons who must be close
70 the business. while The -. Nichols aud
Metropolitan afford the opportunity TO
the business m-n ut seeing the elite OF this
great throughfAre. a he slowly prom :
naics mile and a halt 20 get hi- dinner nj
6 O'Clock in the evening.
The .A,tor House il situated inst below
City Hail Park On riIe West ,de OF Broad
way. anu was bniit by John Jacob Astyr
twenty five EAR, ago, when al the bu,i-
ness o the city was down below thi, point
ami on the wafer edges. People then
thought h. wa, wildin hi, helAe ofbuill-
ing such monster IIp.el aud :, far up
town. bnt now i /. right ia the midst OF
the busines, part Of New York.
Ii i, buiit OF hewcd granite ike stories
high aud cover, q square on Broadway
Il hooks odd when compared with later
building. owing 70 the small size windows
and glass. tits a property that has paid
a large percent. and is owned now BY me
son, William Is. Last summer il vas put
in thorough repair wiki some internal
changes. No House has greater note than
this. IL il the head quarters for All Com
mittees Clubs. Literatli, Political. Mer-
Camille, Mechanical etc. an report nom
the Aston House
We will now leave broadway and strike
of in north west direction. from tie
Aston House. about half a mile. as the bird
flies and look at the largest building in
New York or any where else except the
Capitol at Washington. This is the Hud-
son River freigh. Depot, built last year but
not yet quite finished. 1t stands upon the
area OF 81. Johns Park covering nearly
four acres. The ground was purchased OF
the Trinity Church for 81 900 900 (fhis
Park being part Of the property belong.
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VOLUME Is.

weigh from 10 to II tons. The rails III,
pr'3ahif Ia~ about FIVE or six wears. H.
engine will noye about 30 tones Of fragh,
at abort Q toS miles an hour. Mi.
heavy grades and sha pcuwes. rhe eo,a1
u3u} expects to move over this ROAD TIL
next year, from 5000 10 10000 to.,z
freight. Trains have passed over I'LL
,"Au' ilgiii nc the rate of2D miles M hnlr.
oa' ~ would NOT do for freight"
q tHcse railu avs ara rs praeticable 4
represented they will yes be built extcp-
siy'b n Ma.u~. Inoenss ou.,,ttitta
iuinpef' IRON slate. granite Sc az. may
be thus brought infn marksr and ~
available. fue sifbjcer il welJ yorfh M
ve>tiga;ing.
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Many Of our bows indulge ~ the pcrnici.
Gus use OF tobacco NJ an early age MANY
OF them are pot aware Of it, dangerous.
and often directly fatal effects upoa those
who make constant use of it in some one
or more Of the forms 10 which il Is gen
orally used. Nor are many OF them, and
perhaps. some OF the older ones aware that
there are over eighty diseases caused bv
IT. use yet. this - we'll established fac.
and one well Known among htose who give
attention to the causes of disease,
DR.. Decaisne. while engaged IN iuvesti-
eating the influence Of tobacco on the
circulation. had his attention called to the
large nn. Der Of boys between the ages Of
. and 10 who are addicted % smokin,
OF b boys who smoked. he found 30 had
various disorders OF eirculatIon-brufta De
souffe in the neck disordercd digestion
palpitation slownes' of intellect. aud
more or less taste for strong drink Eight
showed dimnution Of the red corrusclcs
Of the blood; three Intermittent pulse
twelve quite frequent epi,,axis or nose
bleed four liberation ot mucous. or lining
membrane Of the mouth.
This is truly lamen.abic state ot
things II the rate shall be found to hold
true on large scale aud even ii the per
cent. j. reduced somewhat it still roe. to
show the pernicIous effects Of tins Vile and
loathsome weed upon the human constitu-
ton.
Auuu-fu N{yyGJrI
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List n Patents issued to Ma,ae ,nrente
aad bear date Of Feb'y I'd, ls6orepori,
N Me EItsrortt AmertcGn, by Mn. N
CtGora, Soit.ttor Of Patents, Sol a.
CoHgres 81, Portland, Ne
Il. +, Adams, Bangor, Fly screen.
t.. Coffin, harrington, scythe snathe-
Gee. Webb, Lewiston. Fence Posts.
John johnson, Saco, Collecting Ext
dablc Products.
We have received fr m Mr.. r. NJ. Man
500, dealer ~ Organs and Melodeous. Augusta,
he- the following named pieces OF popular
sheet music, q new style got up in neat handy
ana cheap form. skating Rink Polka. y
/ Won't you Tel! me WhyY Robin" Little
Maggie May" "OlI Cottage Clock ana
Danish Boys Whistle" He viii send a SAMPLE
free together with price lit, upon receipt u
stamp 10 prepay postage, from any or.a intcrcst-
ell Ia music
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Citizens Temperance Meeting.

ADNDAG I y D GU. ~
teiins called to order hy y 4 JOY. on
'iion Mr.. Joy was elected Chairman.
I'm II Bnmner elected Secretary. Mr.
vary opened the meeting by giving 4
port OF State Convention. and read The
solutions passed at that Convention
ia the Convention asked for no new law
II safe Police. and that they lad out
ork for the year by appointing Com
tttees Cor every County il the State.
toke more particularly or the second reso-
non Of forming a third party,-a
..icily temperance party, and thought men
both parties should come on; and sup
ut the law as ii is and also support the
rc.rs in carving out the law. Nr y 4.
i stated that the question before the
-eting was shall We have temperance
rtv. be was opposed to third party
% expressed his opinion very strongly
IN. Thought that the IDEAS contained in
Zone more harm than good. didn't be-
We any man was ever reformed by force
t that he knew of many that bad been
moral suasisn. Mr.. Savary replied TO
Joy by saying that he thought Mr..
: was honest, and that he entertained
ne but the very kindest feelings towards
"a but he thought his argument was per
stlv abominable. and if argument was
-ried into practice it would turn this Vii
e into Hell in a very short time. He
ted the question. suppose we apply this
:umen, 10 other vices. suppose We i'm
It girls OF low bad characters into our
Jlage TO ,ry the moral strength of our
nng men. how much would their virtues
improved" Mr.. Joy said he did not
III TO be understood that he was opposed
law by anr means he believed in well
rulated law Was asked by Dir. stock
idee what kind OF law. be said. the law
have now was good law. bat thought
ore E0tu IbHiu NC " iiViai
in By the law thought you could pur-
.le men better than you could drive
IN Said You could never annihllate
sale or the use OF Intoxicating liquors.
: has al avs been in the Country since the
Z dndation OF the world and had been
/ ank and probably always would be. Mr.
vary said they did not expect to do away
III it entirely but that they wanted TO Go
I Is to stop the open sale Of it. TO close
: esc open grog shops. Mr. savary was
I led away but before geing said he hoped
y would have free and open discuss
i on the subject on motion Of Mr..
, ckbridge it was voted that when this
eting adjourn il adjourn 10 meet in the
s;hodist Meeting House next Monday
g A motion was made TO reconsider
! vote Ii was carried. Mr.. Cole was
J led upon. said about the same ground
. 4 been gone over but thought IT a li;tlr
! ,re spicy this meeting than usua Took
ouuds in favor of a temperance party.
! ln't believe You could make temperance
N bv law. but was in favor OF law To-
I otect the young aud inocent. Though
! such cases as Jshn Allen Of New York.
F: at law instead Of moral sGasi0n was need
| said be thought We needed to come to
! nae definite point. Thought for tie next
+, snings discussion the subject whether
/, Sc shops for the open sale of liquors
/, itch are public nuisances shall be stopped
allowedto 20 on. After collection was
zen it was voted to adjourn to next Mon
y evening.
J. II. BRIMMER. Secretary.
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THE sToRM.-On Tuesday fifteen inches OF
snow fell at st. Paul, Minnesota, and a rain
storm was reported in st. Louis. The storm
reached the Atlantic a lutle after daylight yes
terday morning, when snow commenced fail
ing in Boston aud Portland. an | al II o'clock
soutneaserly gale accompanied By rain was re-
ported in New York. The storm continued to
midnight report from New York brought news
of a heavy rain witt thunder and lighting The
temperature continued TO rise, and at two o.
clock this morning the snow had changed to
slcet and a vivid fash Of lighting followed after
a considerable interval by peal OF thunder
confirmed the intelligence from New York
Portland AdreTtizer, 4th.
-226 carloads Of potatoes have been sent
from Skowhegan since the first Of September.
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Items from the Machias Union.

RELIGIOUS NEws.-The Clergymen in tbf.
County during the GOOD sieighing and ME axant
weather OF January ayaiied Themselves of ihe
opportunity TO exchange. January l. Rev
Mr. Rawson 81 MachiaS exchanged VIM Eey
Mr. FhilbrGoA Of Calais; 23d Rev Mr. Hard
IN Of Machias with Rev Mr. CarruthrrS ~
tllnis; Both Rev. Mr.. Kelly Of Machi,. win,
Rev. Mr. Bennett OF East Maehias he SAM
d,y Rev. Mr.. fhur~ton Of East Machias preal.1-
81 ~ Centre -. Church at Machia< ana ray
Mr.. Harding preached at Whiting.
The American j. earnestly advocating The
plan of building railroad from Ellsworth ~
Ca~tiHc.
We hope Ellsworth will take hold ef the
work ~ earnest Ellsworth and Casino alone
are ahundarty able to build the road if Their
men OF money would only help
Ellsworth the starting point and Ctstiue r.,
terminus, both towns and OH the ADJOINING ar :
neishboring towns would feel the benetf,
From tastine thr cities could be reached BY
steam Ferry TO Belfast or Rockland and bg
steamboat to Port and
Let Ellsworth spunk up Httle. IF sh6 /,
10 be city She must 10 something.
some Of the boy and few Of the girls
showed signs of the Dicken, ''dr, rot" for Inv
seemed 10 have 40 interest in he lecture sr1
nothing Elsa 10 do but whisper and eat Pea
nut,--show ing Il sad neglect OF their early edn.
cation. i he iactice OF coming in and going
out OF hhe Hail during lecture is reprehensihlss
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ed requesting tle Governor and Council.
to reprieve Clifton Har'attec,iou. Of the
this resol-c passed bynngs.
opponents TO the Den NO X.
this asan indication o. u n s.h;ec, which
IN 'helr favor, aud arr Ting almost unive
i understood thas the Jul ;aa,, .na .a;.n,
tee are opposed TO 4 change.
a considerable majority ThN e
the committee are quite deci, i'"u 'o'e'"'
views, and there viii he al Neine OF u
cus,ion q the whole question 4cetke. eur
to present Indications.
The Committee on Railroads WAYS and
Bridges have had before them ease Of
considerable Importance. arising from
petition for railroad from Ssowheyan
through NorrIdgewock. Arson. solon. de-.
TN the Interest of the Somerset aud kenne-
bee Road This Is opposed ~ parties H.
terested In a road already laid out. and
partly built from West Wareryillc on the
Maine Central Road - Norridgewock. and
thence through the same towns where the
petitioners desire to build their road.
The people Of the Town on the propos
ed lines arc anxious to havea road; aud
portion of them claim that they have
waited long time Tor the extension of
the Somerset and kennehec road. ana
while the advantages of fhcir trade could
he obtained by this road Al Skowhegan,
i,s present term nus. no action was taken
by the friends of the cad that having now
made Arrangements 10 unite with The
Maine Central Road. this movement il for
purpose Of emitting of the trade Of ,hi. re
giou which they claim j. better accomoda
ted by III Route nnH in progress. than it
could be hy the ono proposed. and i, would
hc unjust To them to grant the petitioner.
their request. On tho other side Il i
claimed HAT the friends Of the Sn,ner.e,
and kcnnrhcc Road have acted Al prnmpt.
ly as they were able. The Leading Rail
road men are on the ground aud the
Broad guagc W. Narrow ruage ques.
ton enters somewhat into tie contest
Hon. Ja. V. bradbury appears for The
petitioners. aud Hon. John A Poor tor
the rsmonsirant- Iii. though, That ,be
petitioners will hav, leayc, withlr,v
from the COMMITTEE.
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J. II. BRIMNER. Secretary.

The Committee of the Legislature on
ate Prison have made visit TO that iDstitu-
n. aud report that Harris has made long
lfession in which he says Nerrill acds guilty.
/ that he told the truth the first time. We
yer doubted if.
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JuIs. carter. ~..e.twt- 4m,Ilutlrtal
lo-i., closed wlti ,h.,c vogi.: Then
Ml.1 .h's pr"'"'i thn' hnuied'y uttered, /
e"mnt ihi- "i4"r M thr record ~ IN"
court. Nth ne uiter,utr If tAs lt,f
word uI hi' protest ~ seized the supreme
'"nr' mhAdimuN, AMI tossed u contempt
uon1iy On thr tAplf NJ the 'irrN Of tn"
Court. some tea i"ct distant. much to the
amu'emeut oil those present.
The NEST morning Bradley. nhn n
venerable southern hnly. aui ~. pcr>i--
tent az the devil himself. again appeared
in court, Atm again ..applogilel in Tie
same manner ~ before. stating that The
cont had nisinterprctoi hi. language 70
Judge Fisher. ana that u" hoped me order
issued on ne day previous, wouii aot dc-
bar him Irnm prscficin" - the supreme
Court NJ iir p'Niiitt- Inc whole affair
= AZ present HhdrF nrl'p"F ahoi' ana some
decision "dl probably Dc reached ihis
wees.
Judge Cartier. presiding over the SUI
prone Court az the District ot Columbia,
i Il native OF ONO, aAd IL about sixty
year- NJ a-c. liz l. III uucomprom.>in.
Radical. anl IL generally regarded q.
eeniirmIn % great force ot character.
and Iawyer OF eminent legal ability.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-02-11

-Ex. Gov. Hubbard OF Hzllowell died
idenIy on Saturday, Of heart disease. While
vernon in 1862, he signed the first prohibitory
uor law in the State, which contained the
.rcb sud seizure clause.
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v, II. the most infanable.
II Wednesday Eve. AMI we will
Ttpolytechnic. at the Cooper IusJi-
; whIch meets every week Or this eve
hiug u discuss matter. of science and
art.
They are discussing the different modes
of buildiag d roadway from this city TO
Brooklyn across East River. some are IN
favor q building up the ra.t river aad
thus connect the two citi,s with permanent
and active business Houses: and Il Il said
that plenty nj parties stand ready to ill
np the RIVER with stone. and earth fnr the
land after they have made L, while Others
advocate 4 tInnel under the river which
could hc tratctsel with ear. aided bv A
stationary engine. II J.. claimed that the
momentum VI the ears defending from the
shore ~ the center ~ tii- river would very
much ALL The car 10 climb the opposite Il 10.
and M rfsh rfrS1-lhc estimated cost 81 a
tunnel j. yarousk put Gown NJ 5000 900
10 -lJ,UU0, 0o1-Whilc another p.an and /
think thc mos feasible. 4, 81 trit.rs- th.
river WIKI ~ pension bridge eat this
exhibit irom paper which giyr- a very
good idea pt the worA, ana .er that
Congress has already taken some action
upon y.
BkInoE BETwEkN BRooKLYN AMP NEW
loRk, The proposed suspension bridge
between Rropklyn and Ncn Works. to start
from thr cnrfIcr ~ ~and, ami Washington
IL nv VI