Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-09-28
VOL. XII -: NO 36

perceSSlllliI. the recollection OF that DAlIp-
uct. fingers around me, and the tast NV
them wines is still in my mouth. But We
had to 90. We had nlishun to perform.
AMI we put ourselves on u steamboat and
started.
Atbany. There WIZ a immense crowd, but
the Car of all the .Amcrikas didn't get Orff
his speech here, The Governor welcomed
him. but lie welcomed him eZ the Cheef
Magistrate NV the naslrin. and happened to
drop in LiGcolu's llalnc. That struck
chill over the party. and the President got
NV ii ez soon eZ possible. Being reserved ez
Cheef Magistrate, and not eZ the great
PaciIicator, amt his Eggslcncy's best holt.
1t uz unkind NV Governor Fenton to do it
Ii he takes the papers he must know that
his Mightincss amt got but one speech,
and he ought to hev made sich reception
ez would hev enabled him to hev got 1t Oft
We shook the dust Nv otlr feet and lef. At
bany in dis"uest.
Schenectady. The people uy this delightful
little village WIZ awake when the imperial
train arrived. The chances havn't been made
in the offices Here, and coasekently there
wuz a splendid rcccpshrln. | didn't sup
pose thare waZ SO many patriots along the
Mohawk. | WIZ pointed out by some of the
Presidents private adviser-a sort NV pri-
waite Secretary NV State-and after the train
sur ~" icuiu yS'A Ill pCtlOobo AOI Iuo
post-oflis in Skenactedy in my coat pocket
wich the patriots who he'd hurrahed so
vocilcronsly he'd dexterously deposited
there. The insdcut WIZ . mOyin one.
"Tilank God : thought so Gz we hev
the Post-o!lices to give VIC kin alluz hev a
party. The Sultan swung around the cir
klc wurst here and leaving the Constitutes
sllnn in their hands the train moved off
Rome. Here we had splendid recep-
shun and never heard His Majesty speak
more telicitous.y. He mtnshunned to the
audience that he he'd swung around the
Southern side nv the cirkle. and wuz now
swinging around the Northern side Wv it,
and that he wuz Il fighting traitors on all
sides, lie left tic Constitookion in their
hands and bid EN- good bye, l received at
this pint only l}O petitions for the post-of-
tis, wicl, took Us bad oacM for the CON-
in election.
Uica. The President spoke here with
greater warmth and .jerked more originate
ty than he'd before observed. He intro
duced here the remark that he didn't come
to make speech-that lie wiz going to
shed tear over the tomb Of Douglass
that swinging around the cirkle lie had
fought traitors on all sides uv it, but that
he felt safe. He shood leave the cOnsti-
toosnun in their LANDS. and ef a martyr
WIZ wanted, he was reddy to die with neat
ness and despatch.
LochPort. The President is improvin
wonderfully. He rise. with the occasion.
At this pint he inenshuneti tliat he was sot
on savin the country which he'd honOred
him. Ez for himself his ambshun wux
more than satisfied. He he'd bin Alder
man. member NV the Legislachcr, Con-
gressman, Senator, Military Governor,
| Nice-president and President. Ho he'd
swung around the entire cilkle NV offices,
wounds of the nashun. He felt safe in
leayn the Consttooshun in their hands
EZ he swung around tho cirkle-
A this pint interrupted him. told
him that he he'd swung around the crkle
wunst i'll this town. and cz yooscful ez the
phrase wuz it hi yht spils by too much
yo0Se.
At Cleavelard We begun to get into hot
water. Here is the post to which the devil
uy Ahlsnnisln is chained. and his chain is
long enuii to let him range over nearly the
whole State. am panied to state that the
President wuzent treated here with the re-
spect due his station. He colnmenst de-
lvern his speech but WAS made the sub
iect of ribald lafturc. Skirsely had he got
to the pint NV swinging round the cirkle.
when II foul monthed nisg"r-uver yelled
'.Nrto," and anetlier vocitlerated moo
Orleans" and another remarked Mem
phis," and one after another interruption
occurred until His iii.lincss wuz complete-
" turned off the treck and got wild. Ho
forgot his speech and strnck out crazy, but
the starch wuz ont nv him and he wuz
worsted, Grant, which lie had taken along
to draw the crowds. played dirt on US here
aud stepped onto Il lfnat for Detroit; leaviu
us only FarraSut as AZ attraction who tried
twice to git away ditto, but wuz timely
prevented. The President recovered his
ckanimty and swung round the circle
wunst, and lcayiu the Constitution iu their
hands, retired
At the next pn.t We WIZ ast0nished al
seeing but one man at the station. Ne
WIZ dressed with sash over Ills shoulder
and wuZ wavin a flag With one hand, firiL
IL saloot with revolver with the other, sni
playing ''IIal to the Chief on m0uti
: organ all to wunst. "Wh" are you my
/ gentle hiend :" SAYS |. "Im the newly
appointed Postmaster SIR says he. "I'u
. IL pcrcrssion waitin to ,lu honor to Oul
Chief Magistrate all alone sir. There wuz
twenty .JohnSon,ans in this hamlet sir, bu
when the commission came for me-. the 9th
, er nineteen was sourcd and said they didn'
/ care a d--n for him or his policy sir
; Where is the President Andr0o wuz
/ gon to swing round tile circle for this
Y man and leave the constitution in his hand
y but Seward checked him.
! At Fremont we had handsome RECEIPT
;, ion, for the oilisscs havn't been chang,
v there, but Toledo diln't du so well. III
: crowd didn't cheer An,lrew much, but whe
+ Farragut wuz trottcd ont thay gave him
n rouser, which wna anything but pleasin :
Il the Chef Magistrate, who bleevcs in bel
y respected.
v Finally we reached Detroit. This bel
II Democratic city the President wuz hisse
!, agin. His speech wuz wun ov rare merit
= = He gathered together in one quiver all til
:, y sparkling arrows he had used from Wash
iugton to this point. and shot EN- one b
il one. He swung round the clrkle-he didn
COME to make speech--he la
n been Alderman NV his native town.
: might have been Dctatar but woodent-
1t and ended with il poeticai cotashun wich
N coodcnt ketch. but wich Us near as cO0
I'll understand waz =
$ "kum "ne--kum all-this rock shel fly
From its firm base--in pigs eye."
u Here We repoIe fo: the mite. To moro
Y we start onward and shel continue swing
,r.uu.l tho al Ia uutil ~, yaach ChisaV,