Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-02-12
W ,sHlNGTDS January ., 1883.

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/ 1t is am lSinst, hear inc Of the chiyalric
/ iirc-eaters hcreabout tell what they would do
! il they could meet Commodore Padding
Ore southern individual slid he wou d
eowhidc him if he could meet him upon the
avenue. An opportunity will be afforded
( the anxious southcrncr. for the Commodore
is on his way here, and another officer OF
the same rank has been ordered to take
command of the Home Squadron. The
Commodore also, suspect, b,sles disposing
Of these brar ,Irts, will nakaa more impor-
t.nt fanctionaiy Vince under the evidence
he will present of completely Of the Admin
istation with Walker the fl5uster.
Ex-senator Foote. Of Mississippi, is larry
ing hero, lie is we'll advanced in years
Most great non coatriye t. nrpetuate their
names by saving. Foote managed t. DO
that thing when be told John 7. Hale, in
the Senate, one day, il he should utter his
anti-slavery doctrines Mississippi, that he
fFoote)would hang lin as Aish as Human.
This wa uttered in the he3t Of senatorial
dohItc. The obi man has gf1wn wiser
0ne day this week he said u a distinguished
senator from New England, that he had
done him great injustice; had uttered MANY
harsh things about him. at different times,
which he WAS NV satisfied ought not to
have been said. He expressed his deep
s1rrlw at having done 50. The New En-.
land senator had no ree5llceti9as stored
away, and therefore nothing to forgive. Il
would amGsa one Of the radical constituents
Of ) .nator lila e, to see him and "llaRgman
Foote" chatting and laughing at each other
iokcs Yet Slch a scene has been frequently
witnessed in this city of late, In the esp2cia!
amusement Of some senator's who remember
ed the wra:hfd saying Of Senator Foote
above quoted.
There has been considerable Tutoring
here about tie division in the Cabinet last
week, which got out and was published
The President has taken great pains to
hush the matter up, and all those reporters
whose ncws-beat embraces the White House
have been button-holcd by Ills Exccllcncy.'
and toll that it was not true that any
portion of the Cabinct has been opposed to
the Lccpmpt1n constitution, and therein
he pulled wool over tie eyes Of TIE said
reporters. lie was remarkably successful
in this respect with my fricn't ''lnaex,'
of the Tribune, who, upon the statement
made To him hv the President and some OF
the Cabinet ohcc RS. who desire 10 use the
Tribune to yet ut OF hal scrape, actually
declares that there has been no "dis agree
mont. division, or doubt in the Cabinet
upon the Lac1mpton constitution. Well,
nohodv ever said that there was. The
proposition made in the meeting of the
Cabinet. the account of which ''lndex"
was not bright enough II procure. was not
to abandon Lecompton. but to put it through
Congress as originally proposed, and to
cmbrtcc in the same bill provision to
submit it to 4 vote Of the people after the
state was organized undar the Internal
instrument. pom that proposition the
division was mad,, as stltel--Buchanan
Inuccy and Cass favored and Cobb, Floyd
Thompson and Brown opposed it. Black
VAS MT present at tie meeting, but was
aud rstoo1 t. favor the view Of the Presi-
3eat ou the slh'eet fhtt saea 81 meeting
WAS held. proposition mahe. ana division
resulted, 7 tHosc froap m highest and most
8ad5a5',d ouihariB and lame, Buchanan
las never dyneli 1t ia tn ir5m have put
it. II.
COUNTY ATTORNEY OF IiAScoeK.-
We learn thar the Governor and Coun-
oil have commissioned Eagenc Hale.
Esq. of Orlaud, as County Attorney of
Hancock, TO serve the present year, to
fill the vacancy oecasionad by the dccli-
nation OF T, c. Woaiman, Esq, who
was elected as representative from Buck
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