Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-05-31

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best qualified for the responsible position,
Correspondence Chicago Tribune.
| A few days since the General being in
Washington, took trip down into Maine
to visit his native town. His old friends.
and new ones too, though. it woGld be do
ing the right thing to have social gather
ing and extend to him public welcome
The affair came OF on Monday, at grove
near the westinghouse at East Trenton
A large gathering assembled at II o'clock
when the meeting was called TO order, and
a very appropriate prayer offered by Rev.
Mr.. Blanchard. Rev. W. \. Durfee, being
! selected as the organ of the citizens in n
fitting and felicitous speech of a few min
ntes welcomed the General to his old home
/ and friends.
! General Blunt responded In speech,
of half an hour. which was devoted to =
simple relation ofhis early history, to the
/ capabilities Of the West, to his regard for
his native state &c. Never word of his
campaigning nor of the pcrils and hard
ships of the camp. nor of the daring ex-
said If he had performed his duty he
claimed no credit for it others had done
til eirs.' 1t was familiar talk with old
neighbors. without any attempt at oratory
or TO say fine things. The General evident
/ ~. among all his western learning. has not
''blunted' the nice sense of honor which be-
longs to the brave man. by learning to
blow his own trumpet. We have quite full
notes of his remarks, and would write
| item ont ii we had the space to print them.
After he had concluded General Caldwell
responded to call, aud addressed the gath
ering. He bestowed an eloquent tribute to
the Great West for the part it took in the
war. At the first we all looked to see what
it would do. We at the East expected to
do our duty. but would the West go in in
her impetuous way? 1t has a"Bluut" way
of doing things, way different from our
cautious way. But the West was right,
and the first surrender came from the " est
A largeness ofview belongs to the Western
people in comparison with the narrow one
OF NewEngland. They have wider no.
rizon. and n more impetuous character
and somehow they have got the idea that
this Nation will keep on growing and that
nothing i'll heaven or earth or hell shall
break us up. The General paid a hand
some compliment to General Blunt.
Eugene Hale, Esq.,wa, then CALI for and
responded in neat and eloquent speech
of some fifteen minutes. He said he turned
in with his fellow citizens to render tribute
to one of the eountry's gallant defenders
to NewEnglandef. to one born with New
England principles, and fired with the en-
ergy and perseverance which characterizes
the natives ofour state. Maine raises good
specimens of the race. and the Great Wes
appreciates the stock and makes the mos
of them. We Lave an example before u.
in our returned fellow citizen. of a trans
planted live Yankee. thriving under the
genial sun of the Great West. Passing
to home matters he alluded to the general
thrift of the town which had turned ont al
most en-lnass to welcome Gen. Blunt. and
said the welcome was a fitting one TO their
friend and former fellow citizen.
AMER Mr. Hale had concluded, the writ.
err of this was called for, and made a few
remarks.
The dinner table was spread in a fin,
grove in front of the Westinghouse ant
some hundreds of hungry people sat dowt
to we'll spread table. The chowder both
clam and fish, was excellent, and so also
was the other food.
The whole affair was an exceedingly
pleasant one, partaking more of socia
good time, than of a formal public meeting
Mr.. c. u. Cutter sends us a lengthy com
munication giving the dongs of meeting q
the students of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary a
kent's Hill in regard to the relations Of Mis-.
: Louisa Green to that school and her sud
den disappearance, and untmey end. As W
! have lot published the statement of Mis-.
Green's friends, we arc hardly called upon L
publish this, and when we can not spare tn
, room, well. 1t does seem TO us, however, that
young lady so keenly sensitive. could not be
/ dishonest person. With this remark we pub
. lish the gist OF the communication
. The crime Of hich Miss Green acknowl
edged herself guilty, and caused her to with
member Of the Faculty until many of thos
otherwise connected with the school were il
: possession Of the facts.
r We know that no father. under similar cir
cumstances, was ever more deeply grieved thai
. the President when he learned the paint,
! truths. lie at once sought an interview witt
Miss Green, and endeavored in the kindes
manner TO ascertain what could be done in thi
matter, so affecting To herself aud the school
and in the course of the Conversation she ask,
ed if she should be expelled, 10 which tn,
, | President replied that the Faculty had take,
! no action upon the subject. She then remark
ed, II suppose the matter is known 10 the stu
dents, and being told that it would be diff
cult TO keep the truth from the school as man,
: of those employed about the college were al
ready acquainted with the facts. she then said
II shall leave the school. " The Presiden
: deeply affected urged her with tears not To ac
rashly, but whaieser the past might have beer
to secure the future. She promised him .ht
would 90 TO her friends if she left at all. Tn,
! President advised her TO see her sister and le
her make arrangements for going home, &c
which she assented. After the President left
she proeee led to her sisters room aud wrote
. her note stating that she had gone, took tn,
morning stage for the Depot. telling her fren.l
ON the stage that she was going 10 Lewiston
and should return on the evening train. The
fact that she had left the Hill did not reach the
President until several hours after. When h,
learned the circumstances under which she ler
: nc suspected that she had other intentions than
returning TO her friends, and despatched u gen
tieinan student to her father in Peru to inform
him OF the facts, and to advise him 10 be in
Lewiston before any morning train left, hi
fearing that she might not go home ~ she had
promised. When She arrived in Lewiston She
wrote Il. long and touching letter TO her class
acknowledging her guilt and begged Of her
classmates 10 forgive her; "For," said she, las
l live, never touched u cent of money tina,
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