Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-10-06
"a - L1ter from Boston.
Bestoa Oct 4th 1870.
@ucur4reAL Ayp rNpt.rnAL rA,R.
Lost We Mas slls6fscuish.d ~. -.

1esi wsef Mas dlsenguished by Il.
holding Of a great number of Agricultural
and Industrial Fairs in this State. Some
were County and Others town exhibitions.
They were altogether OF highly sati.fac.
tory nature. and showed that IN an n.
branches Of industry this State was IN y
highly favorable condition. The display
| OF fruits was unsurpassed. and represented
quantitive and qualitative conditions hardly
ever rsrniicic,i. Apples. pears and grapes.
are especially Of fine quality and ample
yield. Root crops and cereals, though Of
very line quality. do not indicate more
than an Average yield. stock III sll de-
>criptions we've very fine. while mannfac-
lures Of all kinds showed rcmarkabl.
anccanent within the year passed. In
this feature our State i umcxcellcd.
AMIN ERsARY ~ wHIrEpIrIp's pr,ru
| Friday last was the one hnndrc,lth Ami
,er>arr II the death OF the eminent evan
gelic''l divine. George whtcficld, who
died on the Both, Of Sept. l770, in the fif,y-
| sfxth year Of his age. His remains repo.e
III a brick vault beneath the pulpit Of the
| old south Presbyterian Church on ScbooI
street. Ncwhuryport, which cdiiicc wa.
erected IN l.5G, In the place where he had
established hi ministry la thi- New world
! Friday last. was therefore observed in
Ncwhhrypor, bS large gathering 81
people aud ministers, a. an important
| Anniversary IN The annals of congregations
alI'm. and appropriate memorial services
were held ia the Old church. Visits were
| made to the tomb Of the great anI good
inan. ami The coffin being nIructl. The re-
mains were found in tolcrably good state
| # preservation. In IN" same vault are
| deposited the remains Of Rev. Mr.. Parsons,
the tir-' pastor ct the Church. and tho~.
Of a blind preacher mutual friend, who
was buried there Ia accordance with hi
/ dying ni,h.
| fIldMi>' MISTER Al H,t kEIIIiL.
On friday last one 81 The largest and
most u,ccs,tul Iuuster> ever hrii lii this
stat ,-.u.. oil at liavcrhlll. The invitation
ivr ,h- gathering wa given b. the Fire
/ brE,.igtmcnt Of The city named il was ex-
! tended y the whole Of the New England
/ States AID vas responded Ia by companies
from Maine. View Hampshire Rhode
Island and Massachusetts. The procession
wa- a splendid affair. There were sky
iive companies IN the procession. accom-
panied ., tw,nil seven bands aud ,i..ht
drums corps. H. III" evening there we're
uinls w steam and hand engines The first
lFril" Nh rhe former being carried on BY
Torrent 81" ,, . Button Machine. ~
Narlhoy"; which threw a stream zig feet;
Tn" Melville steamer ofBost"u Amn-krac
Marhirr took IN" priz" In the steamer.
trin'. throwing d stream If 13i fr.f There
WIS ~ second pril" FIR steamers, III.
DrluGr ~. 2 of Bath, Ne. took The second
prll" ~ thr hand machinc.. throwing =
stream 20i feet. The afternoon Wa Or
Favorable for PLY, owing to liz. Mind
and raiu.
Accidents TRANSFERRING ADMIRAL FAR
Et"UT'~ REMAINS.
The L. :. Steam frisAtr Guerrero. which
hal be,n sent from View York to Ports
mouth f,r thc rcmaiu> Of the late Admiral
Fsrragut, met with series Of accidents
during tlI- trip. On thu way To- Puri--
mouth -ht lost tYu mcn overheard and
GA Her return, on Thursday forenoon.
Sept. Iih,l While -tcaming along the
coast, thc weather heiug clear, >hr Ma
run On - = >huAl known a. Great Point
Zip, OIL Nautue KIT, aud though serious AZ
prrhcn-ions iur her safety wrr" entertained
al "nr time lie was -ut I'll the following
dan after being lighlened Of a portion If
her Mar material.
III" rrInain, ur lhr distinguished. dead
we've landed u liy anni-, and thence for
war,i,d by rail and Sound steamer 10 New
| lorh citg. whcrr on Friday they were in
TERED with great solemnity and the eNhi-
/ billions oi universal respect and sprroW.
| The Guerricrr va. In charge OF coast
pilot AZ tn, time she grounded No mate
| rial damage l. reported I" hav. been done
| htr.
TIN Pt'nrIr DrRr STATEMENT.
NJ official statement; ni the public debt
for tie month ending sept. 81. 1870, show
the total amount of the debt at that time 10
d. principal and Interest," s2,4.l, cGisl9.
ihc amount ~ coin In The Treasury was
So 81 .CBl ~ currency 50. ~ BOB total.
SIS ljo.lGG Debt, lt>, amount In treas
ury. s2,3iG.9l3,G52. Decrease during sep
tcmher, 50 ,O01 49, since March |. $50.
Yl,il3.S2>; since OCT. /, l>G9, Slal, ISL :
80. The disbursements during September
Tor me war, navy, pension, Indian, civil
and miscellaneous departments were quite
heavy, amounting in the aggregate Ia sl..-
3J,jJ9.l2.
On the first oiociober. the internal rey,-
nue. taxes on the following, among other
things, have expired The license tax on
boats. barges and flats; on gross receipt,
| Of theatres, tele graph, railroad. ferry. ex-
press and insurance companies: on all
sales except those made BY dealers in liq-
nor or tobacco. and stock aud gold brokers.
Also on canned fish. watches. gold and
SILVER plate carriages kept for private u-e,
receipts a. well as on legacie. and success
lDii The income tax ha, been reduced TO
2l-2 per cent. and the amount excepted
Increased 10 $1,000.
Thus. while our debt is being gradually
| paid of. the burthens Of taxation are being
one by one lifted off the people.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
At a meeting Of the Woman Suffrage
Convention Of this State, held III ~
fremont Temple, Boston, on Thursday
last. the strong-minded ladies went back
| on their champion. Wendell Phillips. :"