Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-01-12
For the American.
Washington Correspondence.

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while to bore you or your readers with any
manufactured news. To be sure, this is
not unirequcntly done to order, by the cor
respondents for the different papers; yet,
the inquiry with me has been, what doth it
profit 1t is am old and valuable maxim
that speech is silver and silence is gold"
therefore, when you have nothing to com
munlcate, keep quiet.
METEOROLOGICAL.
We have witnessed recently in this good
l. city. quite "a tempest in a teapot, and
all growing out, as Bennett of the New
York Herald would say, of "thc evcrlast-
ing Higger question" The whilom slave
holders, the mushroom aristocracy, the self
elected elite and Sara7s, together with the
''poor tctite Trash" of Washington, took
flight at the near and probable bestowal of
tie elective franchise upon the eolored citi-
zcns of this District; whereupon. his honor
the Mayor called a meeting of the legal yo-
tiers to express by yeas and nays, their
opinion upon this question; and it was de
tcrmined, by an almost unanimous vete.
that a ''ngger." though he be loyal, and
has fought for his country, and owns prop
crty. and is intelligent and well behaved
is not as good as white man, even though
the white man be a seeessionist and Il dis
loyal scamp. | say that this vote under
the Mayors call settled this question. and
nothing more. Ii can have no legal effect
whatever. Its moral force is to this extent.
Ii shows that there are in this city some
six thousand men who hate the "ajgstr','
and would deprive him of his rights. The
same people opposed tue Republican parry
aud the doctrine of Abraham Lincoln
They opposed emancipation nthis District,
the Presidents emancipation proclamation
and the prosecution Of the war for the
preservation Of the Union. do not say
that every man who voted against negro
suffrage opposed the war; but / do say
that the aaja94s and prime moving spirit
OF the party is disloyalty and secession,
These people and their sympathi1ers ,hre'
ont the eoantry both North and South, will
do we'll to remember some things. The
Republican party is in power. Abraham
Lincoln was twice elected President of the
United States, in spite If them. Slavery
has been abolished in this district. and the
proclamation has been car
RED ont III letter and spirit, and the colo'cd
man VIII BE allowed to vote sooner or later.
Il IS hpundto come. The world moves.
"W!i4t though on hoqely fare we dine,
ear holiIn gray and = thltf
Gle fools their silss- and kHayes their wine,
\ mIn's l man Ior d mat.
NEW YEARS DAY RECEPTIONS, rre.
The frs; day OF January, eighteen hun
bred aud sixty-siy, was one of the most
disagrecahlc days of this disacreeablc eli
mate sill it vas observed by all the usual
tormalitics and festivities, appcrtaining 10
the occasion. The reception Al the Eytcn-
tive Mansion Was the grand centre of at
traction From / in the. morning until .
in the afternoon, the White House was
th.ouged; and it was pleasing to observe
the crowds going in, and die crowds com
ing cut, all desiring ia pay their respects to
Chief Magistrate Of this great Nation. Mr..
johnson VA. dressed in 4 plain sit Of black,
with white gloves. aud with Marshal Good
iug, Deputy Marshals o Sricn and Philips,
Hon T. Il. French, Commissioner q; Pub
lie Buildings. his Two daughters, Mrs. Judge
Patterson, the LADY Of the White House and
Mrs. Storer took their position liz the Blue
Room. This room was tas,efuliv decorated
with bouquets and here the President re-
cei9cd his guests in that disnfci manner
aud without ponp, which i, 50 essential in
the Chief ei great Nation. never fel,
! rroHder Of our Republican institutions Than
on tbs OCCASION.
! The thropg as have said. considering
/ the weather, WAS immense, and included
the Foreign Ministers with their attaches,
/ the members of the Cabinet. with tho ex
eeptien If Mr.. Seward who is absent Th,
judges Of the Supreme Court. aud tn
Judges OF the District Court, members o
i Congress, officers of the army and navy
/ citizens, soldiers and civilians, not except
I ing, even many representatives of the col
ored population, who were the last admitted
70 these ihe President was equally urban.
and polite. He once told these people
THAT this is their country az well as his
aad M official or personal act OF his yet
conirayenes this declaration.
All the members OF the Cabinet, Lieut
General Grant the Mayer of the city am
many others kept open house and festiyi
ties, and happy greetings we're the order 0
The day.
Mr.. SEWARD.
The taur of lie distinguished Secretar
OF STATE u Havana creates some specula
tiaa in certain quarters hereabouts. Man
seem to be at loss.aEd shake their heads an
pretend not 10 understand what it portends
The departure Of Mr. Seward and his so
Frederick for the Island Of Cuba. Il: thi
time. means this. and nothing more. Al
TER the suferngs they have endured, an
the labors they have performed during th
pa.tsiy or eight months. they need rela1a
ton and repese. This is all. The upsho
/ of this journey means re-eupefatiou an
| tlnr, :, oonuoctal nj, :, no s.a.