Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-15
Letter from Augusta.

FEAEt Any 49, le74
FL. EIL~wuEIH AMERICAN The mast
week Ia, Witnessed thr lans, c4ritiI, CON
to,t thai AL roms up III the legislature
this winter Ailrr fugr ias, discussion In
the House thr lewiston aul kulurn X T..
The whole power 81 ih~ Main, Central
and u. 60, wh- conferred again-t the meas
IRE aul u Wa- fought To ihr bitter cuI
Ever, advantage aud hiudrinre that could
h. taken VIZ thrown ~ the ~4y Vas taken
hy ihr friends Of the VI g. who comprised
some "t tie lcaiju- iaa;luian. III ,hAt
hrauu b. The ban Ia, passed all IL. stages.
The Maine Central iuan bill passed not
outstanding many considered Il only a.
other term tor the legaliza,ion 81 cpn.oli-
datlun. othcr, considered /. similar "a
.iIo~in. ,"o Or more person. to sign a
note 70 obtain money, where one signature
wa, not enough,
The bull dos,' en-. j4cka.s, ..uc thr
treasury" came out in full force saturday
ON the passage 10 be cngro, ,eI IL the AT
providing for state expenditures for the
coming Year and the contingent fund was
stricken out from the estimates, but yester-
day the vote MAS rrcoH.ideFed and passed
a. originally reported. The whole amount
estimated is about 500 .OOO
Last thursday AFTERNOON the Committee
on Legal Reform gave hearing to the pc
ttt!oncr. tor .omans suffrage. Mr. Lucy
stone Blackwell appeared for them and
presented the case Ia an able speech Of one
hour duration. She was followed by her
husband Henry u. Blackwell III thu same
direction. he hall was packed iull with
the beauty and talent u Augusta. aud those
now sojourning here aud the lecture wa.
received with FAVOR on all sides. The com
mlttce have not yet reported Oh iac matter.
oh the evening of Thursday the state
Commissioner pf lmlnl grafton gave a Ice
tnre IN which he presented a null account
OF the history and present condition OF the
Swedish colony OF New sweden II an
pear that over 1000 ~wedcs have come 10
Maine under the au-pice. Of the Board
About $50 Of these are dsmiciled at New
Sweden and the rest are At work i'm yarious
parts Of the state. $1,000 are asked for
for the year after which no more appro-
priation will be needed.
Yesterday the House voted 10 hold two
sessions daily commencing next Saturday,
so We may reasonably expect the session
may close by Tie last Of next week.
The democratic sachems met In consul
tation here last week but the only thing
decided upon was 10 hold their State Com
vention at Bangor, but when ii i. to be held
Is not decided upon. The leaders are
wary they propose to wait till amer the
republican convention i called and then
call theirs before or after a. they think
will best subserve their ends. A rumor
which Went from here the day after their
committee met to the effect that they had
been in consultation with prominen, repub
licaes upon matters pertaining 10 poltical
reorganization, i all bosh.
The temperance cause is progressing
very favorably here. There i 4 Lodge of
Good Templars. Division OF Sons of Tenn
perance which is very .arge in numbers,
and a Lodge ofCold Water Templars mum
bering 40 children which meets weekly
the officers having leased Meonian Hall for
that purpose. A temperance meeting Of
the Washingtonian style was held last
evening which was largely attended the
Hall being cramined. Francis Murphy of
Portland and Tim H. Hubbard. both re-
formed drunkards were the speakers. At
the close of the meeting large number
came forward and signed the pledge of to-
tai abstinence. These meetings are TO be
continued weekly and on the a2nd inst. the
societies here are to have temperance
levee.
An act has passed the House fixing the
salary Of the State Treasurer at $1,000. 1t
has been $1,000 for several years. The
term of Mr.. Caldwell the present Treas
uaer expires by limitation next year.
The committees have all returned from
their visits. some Of their blllshaye already
beck sent In. and most of the members are
ready for solid earnest work. No commit
tees have yet beed discharged, but all ex-
cept possibly the Com. on K. r. and Ju-
dietary will report finally this week.
The following matters relating to your
section of the State have been acted upon
as notice;
Passed to be enacted-Act authorizing
G. N. Holden and NJ. Freeman to build
wharf at fremont; w. c. Holway to build
wharf at Machias; James West fish weir
at Pigeon Hill bay; act to incorporate the
Calais Steamship Co.; act authorizing con-