Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-06-09
CORRESPONDENCE .
Letter. from WASHINGTON.


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nonc'df questioa-Bnreau Of Edu-
canon. tddy medical audents-H-
come for-Land Ofice-dc.
After rainy spell of two weeks. the
weather is again clear. and once more
the teams and pedestrians throng the
streets of Washington. Though the rains
have prevented. to some extent. farmers
from coming TO town with their produce.
the market has nevertheless been well
stocked with cheap early vegetables.
such As potatoes, onions. peas. cabbage.
and Strawberries. the last named selling
as low As twenty five cents for four
quarts.
The Indians here. Red Cloud. spotted
Tail. d n Omae genbs are rare specimens
OF physical perfection. if not of facial
beauty. just now Government i doing
the agreeable in feeding aud showing
them around, by way of impressine them
with the greatness and hospitality of
their great father Meantime they are
the observed bv all observers: men.
women and children. black. yellow and
pale, flock around TO get a sight OF the
great chief (ana onn 90 "a ---- ----- =.
his war like attitude. On Monday Red
Cloud and his braves are To meet the
President and have a talk. We are
crediblv informed that he intends to
talk ''Nattell'' and natural Justice. and
to insist that tile Government shall adj
just its troubles with all the Indians.
and fix a boundary line where il intends
10 stop pressing on them; and To tell tie
President that ii He will make '.aatv
and keep it. that h. can take All hi
Young braves away and set them 10 rails
ing corn-Thc Indian territorial hill for
civilized Indian, i meeting with strong
opposition in and out of Congress
The ordinary quiet routine Of the
Indian department is now being agiraicd
by the persistent determination ut
| North Carolina Cherokee Indian w"-
man. Martha \. Hall. who was com
PEELED 10 come from dist ant part Of
Kentucky. 10 receipt for sum lc,-
than one hundred dollar-. But when
she arrived. under the impression that
her money was ready. payment Wa re
fused on the ground that the a"cn, ("i
the GOVERNMENT had embezzled the
| funds belonging to the North Carolina
! Cherokee-. and il could not bc paid until
collected from him. Having undertaken
her own work. IA, refused {" be- COM
iortcd in this WAN urging tic.t the
money WAS now due. that She Wa not
| responsible for the agent. and She must
be paid Finally. She was paid ~. in
order 10 get rid of her. saving hAi il
was a donation. and >ie must get uut of
the city by He frst TRAN. IIayin. The
law on her side. which il VERY specific
and clear, she refused t. leave the city.
On quotations from the Law. -hc made
her way To the White House. Here to
hi a-toni>hment the following morIiiu.
| armed with written statement ~ hcr
ease. and with ample t,>t.mou, The
official who had directed her a. .-iv,.
found her ready 70 appeal 90 ihr r.r-i-
dent. She WAS asked il She had moi
been directed L. leave. to which -h- ~
Piled afiirinaiivclN. notifying said "iii-
cial. that She did not intend 10 lc.,yr
until she got her rights. iilrr consider
able filibu>terim@ On the part 81 the
officials. she got her paper i..irl, before
the President. The upshot of which
was. that the President ordered The
payment OF her money according o" the
law.
From this woman the Federal Army
took her only horse. and three Cow.
for which she has 40 receipt aud will
get no pay, while her husband was ia
the Union Army. in which lac served
- wears. and was killed Thi- widow
of soldier: an Indiana special ward
OF the Nation-;hrough the ra-callitl OF
an agent, and the incompctcncy oil OH
cials, l. compelled To come here al an
expense equal almost To the whoir
amount OF her claims. and gets justice
only by pressing it with indomitallc
zeal. The back pay and bounty of h"r
husband i, sill unpaid; though she viii
get this also by coming. Cannot some
more widows who have claims against
the Government. and nave been illv
treated by our off cial>, appeal to Gen.
Grant for justice:
Treasury Spinner j. sound to the las,
on the financial question. la his last
letter on the National banks and fund
ing of the debt. Mr. skinner briefly
shows that the only question for Con-
9ress to decide is whether the Govern
ment shall issue it, own note, 10 tli.
| amount of three hundred millions ami
save 10 the people the interest, which II
per cent. would amount To twelya
millions of dollars. or allow the bank
to have their own circulating notc-
secured By [. ;. deposits, on which the
Government (the people, is paving six
per cent. From reliable au hority we
learn that this Government can place
four per cent bonds in Europe for all
The money she wants, and thereby re-
duce our present taxation. AT least,
eighteen million of dollars per annnm.
review of the work performed in the
Bureau of Education last month shows that
It's duties are neither light nor unimportant.
Cnul recently no record of correspond
ence has been kept. The file, of the month
just past, show that twenty letters per day
on an average, have been written to the
different parts of the States. aggregating