Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-04-15
A WAsur~croS ScANpAI.

the vacant position. 4 lively fight may
be expected.
a WASHINGTON SCANDAL.
Quite 2 breeze has been raised in
Washington by the clopcment OF
Young lady. white. with very light
mulatto man. The lady. or girl-shc
j. about lG years of AGES quite pref
" and very respectfully connected and
her flight from hence few DAYS since.
astonished none so much as her own
family, who never dreamed of her sim
gular attachment. The colored youth
is represented rs being waiter in n
New York restaurant, and is said To I've
steady and industrious in his habits.
Her parents are making every effort TO
find and reclaim tneir erratic offspring
from the aspiring Othello-
Since writing the above. learn that
the young lady in question has been
found in Boston and will be brought
home by the father who now asserts
that the Young colored man hal moth
ing to DO with her escapele. As he
was the first to circulate the story Of
elopemcnt with the colorci man, his
denial is not generally believed. In
view of all these circumstances. his ac-
ton in endeavoring TO shield his family
from disgrace is quite pardonablc.
THE JAPAS MISSION.
Maj'er VIM. Leland, one of the pro-
prietors of the Metropolitan Hotel OF
New York who is here acting as clap
eroRe to the Cuban ladies' is an appli-
cant for the japanese mission. The
prospects are. that the major. who will
creditably fill the position, will succeed
in getting nominated By the President
and confirmed BY the Senate.
4 NEPHEW OF PEor. LoSoFELLow.
Mr.. VIM. p =. Longfellow an arch.-
tect Of fine ability has been offered the
position Of assistant supervising archi-
tect of the Treasury Department.
Reference to the name Longfellow re
minds me that quite number OF au-
thors have held positions in the De-
partments Of the Government. John
Pie pont the venerable poet died
clerk in the Treasury Department
John James Pratt left the same Depart.
ment two years ago for the more con-
genial profession of journalism; Walt
Whitman still remains in the Attorney
Generals office; Francis De Haes
Tanvier, Edward Renard, F.. r. WIFE
laugby, Mary f. Nealy and scores Of
more or less note, work for Uncle Sam
and in their leisure hours contribute to
the standard periodicals Of the day.
The INrELLIGESCER SOLD.
The cumbrous old National Intelli-
gcncer,' has changed hands. whether
for the better or for the worse, no one
knows FIR the reason that the name Of
the new proprietor cannot be
as ,ertained. Whoever he is. he seems
TO be ashamed Of his purchase for he
persists in keeping his name profound
secret. The printers at the office have
been amusing themselves by striking
regularly once a week at least, and have
only been retained by. the specious
Of the mysterious pro-
prietor's attorney and a small advance
on their wages. Possibly the story of
the sale of the paper is, what is vulgar
" known as dodge" on the part of
the old barnacles who have misman.
aged it for the last five years, in order
to give them time to .'raise the wind"
n some quarter. The original story
vas that Senator Sprague has purchas-
I'd the paper and intended to conduct it
IN conservative Republican principles
With a view to secure for himself the