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ICS, literature and general news.OPriCB IN i’KTKEg’ block,fE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1867.VOL XII::: NO 52agement. There are those who deem it a I them opon principle* ao obvirtns, sign of prosperity that a State famishes 11 felt the argent importance of doinr Urge.exports of raw material. But we thing for the deliverance of Maine Trom will know that it is mind, which coming lethargy and timidity under which she baain contact with matter, g.vea it mine. The | huricTher talents. We lmve been toocost of the material is but a small pait ot | long content with the doubtful compliment the worth of any commodity of manofact- that -Maine is a good State to go from.” ure designed for general use. The labor' She must he made a good State to come and skill expended on it is the principal; to. and to live in. We want to indnoe source of its final value, therefore a ouryoung men and women to State which merely experts raw materials cannot thrive as one which finishes them to the last degree required for actnal use before she puts them into the market. It is accordingly, a better sign to see a State importing raw material and exportingfinished guods. She then gives employment to indaetry. to skill, to mind. She attracts a producing popnlntinn, and opens a thousands avenues oi prosperity. Commerce is stimnlatod, agrienlture becomes a necessity. The producer and the con-aumer touch hands. Capitol does not lie dead in storehouses, nor lingerpoitation. All related arts and employments recivo an impulse, and the prosperity becomes mutal and general. Link at EuglunJ not much larger than uur own Statu and with far inferior natural facilities. Sec what a system of industry has made of her Or take the manufacturing portions of New England, w liich have profited more from tWfeootton of the South than the States wSTeli produced it ali together, and seo with all these doings what has becfii done fur man. Then return to Maine, and look at the vastness of her natural forces, and the felicity of her pos.tion. consider the conutless wealth that in suffered to pnss unchallenged tu the sea. through the principal waters of the Penobscot, the Ken -notice, the Androscoggin, more thnn the golden washings of Pnctnlus. There is something here to stimulate us to reflect-iou and to action. We need not fear the enterprise of capitalists from abroad, as if those men were carrying away something which belongs to us. The active employment of wealth is like the quality of nierey twice blest. “It blesses him that gives and him that takes. Men and corporations can have no advantage of their w ealtli without spmuliug it, aud so benefiting those around them. The Act for the encouragement of manufactures, passed in 1801, has already Imrno fruit. We have attracted the attention of capitalists. Saco and lliddeforil and Lewiston had already shown us how beautiful cities spring up under the intluencc of manufactures. Au gustn has now the promise of a new existence, and movements are nu foot at I Bangor and Waterville nnd Brunswick to , turn their waste into wealth. The ex-- j ample will he contagions and wide spread. ; like the lightning coming trout the east -1 aud shining over to the west. Prosperity I in one section will react upon another, und : the whole .State, if we are true to its interests. w ill rouse und^ird itself as a strong : man to run a race. Already the modest little woollen mill at North Vassalhoro' lias taken the first prize at the Worlds Fair for the finest cloths on exhibition, and it will heonr fault if in the course of time our river-iidet and lake outlet shall not become rivals of the most celebrated scats of the Industrial Arts.Intimately counected with these improve ments. both as a cause aud a consequence of them—are increased fneilties for inter-coarse- One of the chief means of modern civilisation is the railroad. That stage is now reached id ottr progress when the people actually feel their need of this means of commercial and social intercourse, aud wo must prepare to meet the demaud. I cannot even name here the various enterprises that will solicit your actiou, from east and west and north and south. 1 would not fail, however, to bespeak fur them a generous treatment as due to deserving citizens and Is portions of the State which have not largely received our bounties-The great European and Nurth American Railway has already rewived tokens of your favor, as well as the generous aid of Massachusetts aud the respectful attention of Cpugress. It deserves mil merely our admiration hut nur continued aud active support. This enterprise, so gr.iad iu its conception, pursued by its projectors w ith such uutiriug and self-sucritieiug devotion. so important to the iutcresls of the eastern portion of our State and to our must central eitv, tr .versing the Acadian peninsula aud bringing the old world nearer to the new. is destined I believe to hear a distinguished part iu our future hjstury. and to work*results commercial, social, and political, such as the most sanguiue among us can scarcely foresee. I am Imp-pj to sav that the first day of the new year witnessed the begiuniug ot active operations ou this road. The .State must see to it that this great enterprise does net languish.A provision adopted into the constitution some years ago has withcld tho State from lending her credit to any of her own great enterprises. This might have been a wise precaution against some threatening evil at that time and since, while experiments hudlie tried, ami mistakes aiiu losses made. But still it is not rush to atlirm llmt we are thousands poorer in active population andus, and better themselves and us and the Stat* by to doing ; and to invite others of noblo ambition, together with those who jook no higher than honest industry to joiti their efforts and their fortunes with oor own. The spirit which prompts a man la go where he can prosper most is oertainly pardonable if not praisworthy. We would not imitate the example of des-imtic governments which restrain the ambitious spirits of their citizens from seeking Ik-Ucr fortunes In other lands. We may adopt a pulley w hich will lie equally potent by making it profitable toothers to live nnd labor nnd prosper with us. It is not necessary for this end to sacrifice the individual good to that of the State. These interests should lie identical. We should not hesitate if at the outset this demand appeals to our generosity. some of the seed tlins sown may not indeed he quickened except it die hut tho bloom and the frnit will conic anil bring lietter times. Nor should we ever forget how powerful is the reflex influence of a flourishing State ou the people who compose it; the inonu ments of her enterprise, her industry, her skill, nay of her selt-sncrifice and generosity arc a silent and inevitable educator, standing through tho lapse of years eloquent with some of the deepest lessons which it is the end of human government and human society to cnvolveand impress.And through you. gentlemen, let me say to the young men of Maine, that with a spirit uud nn energy like theirs devoted to her interests it is not difficult to foresee the day when this State shall he not merely the landing place of civilization and the gateway of nations, but in the arts of life and the fruitions of virtue shall have w rought ^character of Idended youth nnd maturity tlmt will make her iu the eyes of the Old world the ever young and vigorous West, and to the Sew the rich und teeming Orient.JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAINNote* of Travel in Maine by a Tourist.Brooklyn, N. Y. Dec. II. 1800.Mr. Sawyer:—Dear Sir:—A large number of my people haviug expressed a strong desire to know in what inaiincr.niid among what scenes, I passed the weeks of Summer vacation, I very hastily threwconsiderable beauty and liistorio interest, fonuded by the Duron de C'astlno in IflOf. I scud j Thc minu 0f an old fortress still remain.off the accompanying sketches of travel, which, at the urgent solicitation of ottr mutual frieud. Mr to you for use in your paper according your own discretion. If the perusal of the pages will afford any pleasure to the people of Ellsworth and vicinity, it will be bat the first instalment towards the |«yniiut of a very large debt of gratitude, contracted by their graceful hospitalities to a strau-gcr last Summer.My visit to your New England home will be remembered with unfading delight.Yours most truly.J. Clement French.How brightly the sun shone over the waters of Buston harbor, as the train on the Eastern R. R. boro mo towards the city of Portland, the city of the noble harbor and of the immense conflagration! It is the brldo of the sea, aud in Its former glory, must have been its pride. Tim great fire swept maiuly through its business portion, so that many of its most beautiful streets for residence were intact. The ruins, as sceu at that lime, were remarkable lor nothing but their rast extent, except perhaps, the spectacle of an occasional house untouched in the very midst of surrounding ruins, saved hr the unaccountable freaks ol wind and lire. The [ scene was melancholy in tho extreme. To | realize it, it had to lie viewed from the sum -1 mit of the Portland observatory on the j brow of tho bill, which marked the north-1 ern limit of the flames.most extended prospect over broad chan fldf. bays, and point* of land and islandai meet your gaze. We were favored with a glimpse of the White Mountains, distan 00 miles in fill line. The moment was happily chosen.Mt. Washington had its head wrapped in * dark thunder tnrhan, which gradually swept dtiWU its broad sides, like a mourning veil. We coaid see the fierce stCrm breaking in waves against its jotting peaks. At the left rose Kearsage, almost as lofty. on whose apex wo could see with the glass, the hotel which affords rest and onm-fert to the weary traveler. The other peaks rose emnlonsly around, bat in a moment more the black storm-cloud drifted down into tho valley, and Mt. Washington, peerless and grand, lifted liis prond summit heavenward, Os iu conscious superiority above them all.We were told that there were many liv. ing in Portland, who have never becH up on this Observatory.Precisely at midnight, the “strong, swift and beautiful steamer. City of Richmond, cast off her moorings and proadlv swept down the harbor, hearing a goodly company towards the northeastern coast uf MaineThe moon on her Inst quarter, was hanging over tho sea and sending her shimmering column of ray* across tlia crinkling wavelets. In fifteen minutes we strnck the ground-swell, nnd by a singular coincidence. aoout the same time, we all became consafcntious about late hours, and retired to our berth. Morning came, crystalinc iu beauty. All was quiet. The steamer was wheezing along as motionless as if in the Hudson. Going upon deck, I found we had entered Penobscot Bay and were about to make a landing at Rockland. The water was as smooth and as blue as the sky. The Camden hills loomed norths ward, azure and peaceful islands dappled the hay, cacli an oasis of verdure. In the waste of waters. A haze like that of Indian summer, lent a w itehiug veil of cn eiiautment to the distance. Strips of sea fog clang to the liaso of the bills as if the foam of waves from some former tempest had been crystallized npon the verdant slopes. It was the bridal of morning npon the mountain*.We touched at Castine. a rural town ofshout 100 feet high, ninl 237 feet abov the level of the sea; built scores of years ago by one Mountjoy. From its top, a perfect birds-eye view of the ruins is afforded. We looked down npon appalling heaps ol brick aud mortar, dilapidated walls, still smoking piles, (this was in Au gust,) trees of oueo lingo proportions and wealthy in shade, now, black as the wing milliuns poorer in money to-day for this I of a raven, and dead, stretching out their very provision Whether wo can afford |glmstlv boughs charred to crumbling cin-to allow it to remain ... force is tar yon. j ;trceU blocUadod wilh rubbish, white gentlemen, and lor the people of the Stateto determine. The question is wlmt we tents interspersed among tho choked high*Tbcnec W o Imre Eastward through a channel thickly Interspersed with islands, frequently opening in long vistas seaward, presenting at etcry mile some new sccue of beauty. This channel is called “Egge-moggin Reach. and is navigable for the larBest vessels. Several other landing* were made, until we rounded at length into Union River Bay, and at 13 o'clock formed a Junction with tile little steamboat which was to take us to tile village of Ellsworth, some twenty miles to the northward. Passengers were here exchanged an! wo bnde good-bye to the City of Rich* mond, whose destination is the Eastern harbors of Mt. Desert Island nnd of Maine.Wo wore nowon Imnrd a queer little eraft, somewhat resembling a w heel-bar-rcw, drawn, not pushed, with au honest, ruddy-faced pilot, who understood his business, aud a cook who gave about twenty huugry individuals a mcnl which seemed truly royal. There was boiled haddock, previously a little corned, hut which did not communicate that peculiarity to the eater.—the vegetables also, of tlio season, and then—shade of Epicurus!—What a dam chowder ! Let Dclmuiiico retire from the business forever!Now we arc iu Ellsworth, upon Union River, twu miles from the head of Union River Buy. It has a population of about t000. It is one of the busiest and thrifti-ThU obscrTatmy is a conical structure'1 “S ^ State of Maine. Itare to do to save Mains. Outside capital ists w ill not come in to build up our Railroads, aud they require us to prepare our water power for use before they w ill iuvest. We are iu the habit now of granting authority to the towns to pledge their credit to certain improvement* iu w hich they are vitally interested. But this will not meet the present necessity. The town bonds could only he negotiated in their own vicinity, aud would moreover exhaust private resource* at the very start. The endorse-incut of the .State would at ouce attract foreign investment, and leuve home capital and private energy to complete tuc work.1 would Ihi the last to couusel a policy which would depreciate our credit iu the market, or add the fraction ol a mill to the taxation already too heavy upon the people. But I believe the uase may bo met id a way whicli would have precisely the contrary effect. ...I trust it will not be deemed an undue boldness if I venture whether it would not Stat* to omii her hand juat wide enough to give a limited guaranty by her endorsement to suoh of her public enterprises as she might select, with suoh restriction* andways ; the shells of ouce magnificent buildings with decapitated pillars, and on the hillside just beyond the black area of the conflagration, a whole village of army tents under which the poor people were then living who had been made homeless by tlio merciless flames. But—dauntless, irrepressible Yankees—Phienix is rising from Ilia ashes! Portland is rapidly being rebuilt iu a style of greater peruianancc, aud at least, of equal beauty.We turn from this depressing spectacle to the real charms of this high outlook.— Now you can seo tho long arms of the sea and bay which almost encircle the city. Te the south-east stretches the ocean, to die northward and surroundiug Casco Bay in which are 365 islands of every size aud form, an Archipelago indeed !Upon many of these islands are floe public buildings. The harbor is enlivened by shipping, and anon a majestio steamer boond for Boetou or New York or the farther East sweeps gracefully down the waters of the quiet haven. Fort Qeorgesi_________ planned by Jeff Duvis, holds the key toj .itv of asking asm^doUarot the l'«*l*l« | tua harbor. It resembles Fort Sumter, nmvm^eeu diu* particular in these sug- j both in structure an,I in relative position stiont- and at the same time lmve based to the city. Turn which way you will, thestands upon a gentle slope from Union ltiver, overhanging which nt some points, are wild rocky cliffs, down which not even a chamois could walk. Its principal business interests are lumber nnd shippiug.— Great numbers of mills line the river liauks for here is found ouc of the finest water powers in tho Btate. Acres of logs lie in the ponds and acres more of lumber, ready fur shipment, cover the hanks. It was of special interest to rac to observe the gang-saws. sometimes tweuty iu number, walking through an entire log, two feet In diameter and thirty feet in length. The newly invented shiugle machine, which has turned out as many as 4(1.000 perfect shingles per day, fully repaid a visit. The manufacture of sliooks. or boards rawed and mntehed the exact size for sugar boxes, it a prominent business. The shoots are shipped to Cuba, filled with sugar and returned to the United States. Some of them have made their way hack again *o Ellsworth, iu the circle of trade. Two or three hundred thousand of these shocks are yearly made and shipped.Many vessels are built and launched at Ellsworth,some of heavy tonnage. Standing on Turner's Point.one evening.I counted upwards of twenty sloops and schooners lying at tho wharves, or npon the stocks- An extensive sail-loft supplies these birds of oecan-passtge with their wings.Perhaps tome of you who see a sohooner gliding so fleetly along oor harbor with her white sheets in the wiud, have no better idea than I had, of the amount of canvas she carries,or uf the sum which it costs. Iu an ordinary schooner's mainsail, are more iban three hundred yards of duck, which cost iSJO. Before the war duckwas sold for twenty-two eta. per yard.-* Now it costs 70 cts. Dnriag the war, it* price was fil-75. To rig a ship of 1000 tons, eosts about $3000,Unity Other kind* of manufacture engaged oar attention. but of which, time fur-bid* description.The village itself I* pleasant, its main street alive with people at nil honrt of the day, and when they hold a political caucus. Broadway seems deserted in comparison. There are two good hotel.-, one of which It kept hy mine boat'' Hale, and an obliging landlord'. Several churches, among Wnksh the Congregational I* prominent, under the honored ministry of Rev Mr Tenney, for thirty-one years its pastor.— There i* a fine pnhlio school, an agricultural fair ground, a Collector'* office, many fino store*, nnd it Vigorously conducted weekly newspaper, nuder tho editorial supervision of Mr. Sawyer. During the political campaign, two Weekly journals wtre supported.The people of Ellsworth are in a tciy high degree hospitable, sensible and refined. It was my good fortune to meet more men and women of fine intelligence and Culture, than is customary in a town so far removed from the -Hub.'' Tho libraries of my frieud* in tha legal profession, Messrs E. Hale and \Viswell were extensive, well-selected and scholarly.The most pioturesquc drives In every direction from the village coin plots the attractiveness of this locality. From the top of the surrounding hills a fine perspective view nf liter Mt- Desert Mountain* is afforded, forming the most varied and graceful eontunr against the shy,Let me ask yonr company now for three days as we make the tour of Mt. Desert Island, tho great central attraction and grandest feature of the coast of Maine. No steam cars here—away With modern improvniente—a large carry-all,two strong, fleet horses—this is the outfit. and after all, the most independent and delightful way to travel, if you are not in Amcrioan's proverbial hurry.Tho day was made for the occasion, neither glaringly clear, uur yet dark, hot with enoagh of aloud to mottle the landscape. The road to Mt. Desert, and indeed upon the entire island, is the perfection of a country road. It led ns through rolling meadows*, thro' fields of corn and grain through long reaches of evergreen wnodfithe cedar, the spruce, and the tame* rack or hacmetiek abounding. will occas-ioua pinesFrom Ellsworth to Jordan's River which forms the island, is ten miles. A good bridge spans it,though at low tide.it cau lie forded. As we draw Dearer the mountains we had sudden nnd brief, hut luxurious glimpses uf placid hays nnd inlets, low green islands and white-winged schooners. Ai»w we wiud down a hill by the side of Hull's Cove in Frenchman's Bay, where silver waves go tinkling up the beach then we plunge ngain into the evergreen woods, cross little streams on bridges of log.- laid transversly and called there ••gridiron bridges. and then we emerge at tho foot of Mt. Adam or Mt Green, sweep a milo or more Eastward to Bar Harbor, where are three small hotels, a church and a few scattered dwellings. At this point, the coves of Frenchman's Bay make backward into the mainland w ith many a graceful sweep, and are studded with islands of rouk with low evergreen growth. Five of these prominent islands .ire called The Porcupines. The harbor affords every facility lor sailing, rowing, fishing and bathing. This is the principal rendezvous of those who come to paint the scen-ery.or climb the mountaius.or gather health from the pure sea-breezes.After a good dinner nt our hosts' table (Mr. Roberts) we set fourth for the ascent of Mt. Greeu. This elevation of land was ascertained hy the Coast Survey, some two or three years ago, to be 1930 feet above the level of the ooean. This is the only plnoe ou the United States Coast where tho mountulns and the sea are in immediate conjunction. But f hear you exclaim “Only tw o thousand feet in height.Only his. and nothing more, hut remember that the grandest and most satisfactory views are not gained from the greatest altitudes. At the height of (iOtlO feet, a broad stretch of forest dw indles to a grass plat. Yon are loo high for the Quest effects. I fear no contradiction Iu asserting that the scenery at Mt. Desert i* not equalled In New England.Wo howled away for the foot nf the mountain. The first mile and a half ol at-oent is gentle, and performed In the carriage Hero we reach Marcye's half way I house, where we leave our horses to ha eared for,and proceed on foot along a rocky rand through low forest trees. Now youstone to rest i now you turn aside to pluck hluelierrirs or mountain cranberries ; now you pause and look backward upon tha growing grandeur nf the reeuery. as an upeuiug iu the trees reveal* it. Unward again, over bald ledge*, through scrubby vegetation, np sharp and vexing steep*— cheeks red, breath short, kuoes a little rheumatic, eyes straining to see the summit, thinking that lie who wins the view, earns it—when enddenty tho little n4» structure called the Tip-top Ilonsa breaks on yunr view yonr pulse heat*luster, yon quicken your pace — when; lo! like the homesick, immortal lO.tdXMireeks who cried — (all Greek)— (Tlu-lutt*) von exclaim The Sea! Tho Sea J fj),-
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