Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-12-04

o pearance of Lowell very well, but Wad.
k worth was beautiful man. There was a
: canal dug across the neck at that time
$ Nautilus Island was named after the nau
: titus, and | suppose that saw the cape
d that was the occasion of il. The Hszar
j. and other vessels ran In behind the island
d and fired across the bar, and raked tn
!, ships that lay across the mouth of the har
y I.bor. They cut or slipped their cables an,
: dropped up further. Nautilus Island, one
. called Banks Islard. was called Nau,ilu
: Island after that"
5 Soon after the close of the campai gn
J William. then a boy of fifteen. with tn,
rest OF the family. removed 10 Newcas
tie, Me. Here in the same year he yulun
/ tsrily enlisted in the service of his coun
try. His declaration for the purpose OF
obtaining a pension as soldier nf The
Revolution is on file In the Pension office
al Washington. According to this state
ment he enlisted in a Massachusetts, reei
ment commanded by Col. Samuel McCobb
and was IN Capt. Benjamin Lemont's Com
pany. He was mustered in at Newcastle
in 1850 or 81, for six months service. He
joined his regiment at place known then
as Cox's Head on the kennebcc river lie
was stationed there daring the entire pc
riod of his service, aud was discharged at
that place. He received a pension of
twenty-six dollars and sixty six cents per
annum, which subsequently was increased
to three hundred dollars. At the close
| Of the war Mr.. Hutchins returned to Pen
obscot and settled upon tho farm that his
| father had formerly occupied. Ills chief
occupation was farming and numbering,
though he engaged somew hat in the coast.
ing business. When but youth he was
married to Mercy Wardwell. daughter Of
Daniel Wardwcl. of York and subsc.
quenty to Sarah Staples She but sixteen,
by whom he had fifteen children
Charles th. eldest. was widely known
In the State. H. illcd all the important
Offices IN hl> town and for several wears
was sherir Of Hancock county. He was
The last Ia represent his town in the Gen.
cral Court Of Massachusetts, and in ls26
was the first to represent his town in the
State Legislature OF Maine. He sub>e-
qnently represented his town In that
branch n IS and SO, aud represented his
county In the Senate lii 10 ani 3l He
was good mathematician and a teacher
of wide repute and was the first to intro
duce music and the study Of algebra in
the schools Of rcnob-cot
Eliakim was of decidedly military turn
and served a a non-commissioned officer
during the war of 1912 He furnished
three sons for the late civil conflict, and
regretted that his age and circumstances
prevented his going 10 the front and bat
ting for his country He was the first in
town to join the hated abolition,ts and on
account Of this political change, he suffer
Ell the reproaCh Of his relatives and form
er political friends. Yet he never sweryed |
from the path of duty which his con
science clearly pointed out and lie remain 1
ed the firm friend Of the negro race to the I
last. lie was three times married and was
the father of seventeen children, only
or no mean oraer'-n, ing. Besides these
fanny - o'' - reschcr, three poets
members Of the family : =. can,sin 70 tho
was more than eighty years. Two of the |
family are still living. Mercy aged more
than ninety years. and Polly, aged ninety
six, the oldest person In Penohscot, who /
sim retains her faculties and her bodily |
health and strength to a remarkable de- |
gree.
In TO 1850 Mr. Hutchns had voted at
every presidential election but one; then |
he was unayoidably absent AT the com
mencement of our late civil conflict, Mr.. |
Uutchins took decided stand for the un-
ion. 1t was his wish that he might live to
see the complete restoration Of his country
and this wish was granted.
Near the close Of the war when the
hearts Of the people we're Oiled with graft
tude to the noble defenders of our coun-
try. the national House of Representatives.
passed resolution Of thanks to the four
surviving soldiers Of he Revolution, and
granted them an additional pension OF
three hundred dollars each. Each was
furnished copy Of these resolutions in the
hand writing of the clerk, with the sigma
ture Of the clerk and speaker affixed. This
brought these few surviving veterans OF
one of the most important crises IN our
national history into vide notoriety; and
{ a bria lot pf hpir
lives were widely PUBLISHED by the press,
and their portraits wre sold by hundreds
/ at numerous uews-sands and shops of
trade.
1 In the same year, lS5, when more than
! one hundred years OF age, Mr.. Hutchns
accepted an invitation from the municipal
officers of Bangor to pin in celebration
of the Fourth of July that city. A rev
enue cutter was detaed for his convey
ance. AS he passed I'd the Penobscot riv-
er the guns OF Fort Knox gave hlm sal
ute Of welcome. AT Bucksport he was
met by a committee 0. prominent citizens
of Bangor who accompanied him to that
city. Tbs Grafton which was rendered
him on nat occasion exceeded any that
had eve been given any private citizen in
the Stde. Multitudes rushed to catch
plimSe Of the old mal and the sincere and
gra.ful plaudits that everywhere greeted
bir on the streets constituted the marked
fature of the day. At the pavilion where
te principal exercises of the day were
. arred out ten thousand people assembled.
At the close of the eloquent and patriotic
bration by Vice-president Hamln, Mr..
Hutchns responded at some length to an
. invitation to speak Among other noble
utterances he addressed the soldiers as
: follows
'"And, dear soldiers. it does my heart
| good to know that you have returned home.
l have always prayed for you and the
blessed God has answered my prayer
You have put down this wicked, awful re-
bellion and the good God will reward you.
| have lost grandsons in this war. but it Is
glorious thing to die for ones country
thank God there are no tories in my fam
ily They told me it would kill me but
could never die better than celebrating the
Fourth of July"
Like the patriarchs Of old who had beer
| r.;.hr,,J ,lo;- I'D and thar country hs