Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-01-27
CORRESPONDENCE .
Letter from Washington.

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There Is so much TO write about from
Washington just at present. that CORES
pondcnt l. in more Of dilemma in determ-
wing what not TO write about than he Is At
times to find something to ,rriie about. The
anxiety attending the long delay In the adj
mission of Virginia. and rumors about
Georgia; the postal telegraph System and
the abolition Of the Frauking privilege:
the Worlds Fair movement, and the pro-
posed Territorial government for the Dis
trict ofColumbia: the Letter Carriers Con-
yention. and the Womans National Suf-
fragc Convention. held here last week. and
a lot Of other things Of National Importance,
are crowding in upon my mind as suitable
subject matter for = letter to you to-day.
fully warm that every one you meet takes
occasion TO talk about 1t and wonder there
was ever such weather before. Tn. mcr-
curry in the shade to-day. j. 80 degrees. The
ttttSt lniltnlt ants tlANt IfNtE experienced
such weather before at this season Of the
year. have Just been talking with a man
who has lived in Washington over any
years and he says that thirty year> ago. 1t
was very common thing to have ice freeze
sufficiently thick on the Potomac for teams
to cross on II but that the Srason. have
been growing mildcr every year. with one
ortwo exceptions. for the past twenty years.
This winter has been exceptionally warm.
Day amer day we experience the same
April-like weather. mild aud halnr We
see the grass plots ~ green - we are ac-
custumcd to sec them in this climate IN
March. tree, are budding. apl everything
around hctokcns spring. oLc cau hardly
believe that We have winter II ihc calcn-
dar didn't say we now have II should IA
vor the taking advantage ofyoGr best adj
verti>lng medium" and try arl hnd b..
! have done some rroplf SWING about
Virginia in MY prey lnuS letters. aud To ms
last ! gave you as my opinion that V ir-iuIa
would he admitted within week but
'-thc best laid schemes of men anil mice
eH gang 9'S' with Virginia now There
j. diversity Of opinion A. e. how and
when she viii ne admitted Every 1ay ic-
vclopc> new rim"r~ concerning her anal her
politicians. and unlcs, the matter is 3rh
nitely settled soon. thing viii -et most
awfully mixed new batch 70: evidence
Ia the WAY Of letters AMI testimonial. ..ur
% 'i-"' yesterday WIS" t" 1 'Ap''''H
VIE r. o''''e '"' h'uNf ~ ~ Al>'n~'i'h
on W H''''hH'"'h'N' '''1 "'i' IN
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a" ""'h F-ll''ll7 Ai''''''h ~ preventing
SONG "' '"''F members eject IRON taxing
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The Woman Suffrage Convention which
ha> hccn in Session FER three days the p.~'
week hA, given your carrr~ pondclt al opp
portuui'v y learn more about women th an
he has ever learned before. and h. viii
siNr YOUR readers a brief report ~ IT, pro-
co"diusS. The convention was addressed
10y Miss. Anthony. MR.. Davis. NJ. Will
Incr OF ~" YORK. Mis-. Co1Lrn>, thr law
student 81 =. Louis Mr.. Griillng. Mr..
Townsend, Rev. olympia Brown, Scra;orS
f"mer"y' A>nn and o'hrrs- each show
inS themselves masters 81 IA" subjects They
discussed hhFlh- one of th" da'> ANotr
"@> iANth' ana "ut 81 some uit'cn hundred
present only hiiccn or twenty hai cour-
age enough 70 rise ana Fote negatively on
" oman Suffrage question
The speaking during the whole Of the
convention was nearly all done by women.
and was marked by wit. sarcasm, lU.ic and
patho>. >howin. that in the main the NOV
crs in the Woman Suiiiagc can>c Mr. not
igLoralnu>cs. hut are possessed ofycrsa-
tlity oiability ami in many respects mas
tiers of the arguments, Two Of thr most
marked characters. both ~ whom are nov
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