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H. :!-' WASHINGTON, Nsy l.
This is i great day for girls. Boys prafe
the Fourth Of july It is = boautiful day here
The dome Of the Capitol stands up like bi
whita bud, about to burst. and the black efRg
of Freedom on the top Of It looks We,n was
Just nlighted there. don't know whether
most want the bud to burst, OF the wasp to f
away. All othor things being equal, I think
should like to 60 dahing. They are catching
black bass now in the Potomac, and all tn
trees arr unnaturally green, so that ons nddInl
along the road, amongst the hills, feel
like . fly creeping through higl
clover. II a. painter painted the com
Try as it looks now, should say h
didn't know anything, and ought to be paint
ing green window curtains. OF course,
would bo the greenest, but people would be:
Iieve me, because, before he could prove ths
contrary, the trees would turn color: Al
truth, artistically speaking; is relative. The
LIST Of May, few years ago, was a day in april
according to the and-Gregofian school Of
counting, and this is always source Of confu.
sion to mo. To think Of the children all turn.
ing ont on tho LIST OF May, and having May.
poles, and all the time being April-fooled b,
the a1manac-mskors! This was truly rough or
the girls. Gir1s-I believe. this is the frsl
time ever addressed the girls, at least in this
correspondence there is nothing that happens
to-day! You are celebrating yesterday al you1
life. There is yesterday, and there will be a
tomorrow; but, il you come to Washington,
you Will observe that legislation never; men
tions to-day. All the appropriation bills a1e
for the future; NIL the deficiency bills are fol
the past. Contingent expensea are for the
fabulous time, neither future, nor past moi
present. y, =. .,-.: 90 -:
Aa I must write letter this May-dav; 1T
shall be upon letters and their great custodian:
! TIE PosTMAsTEn GENERAL i ::
Take look at the Poat1n1ster General !: a
fattiah, ro,md.headed partly bald-hd.dod,
duhsh, forid mAn, every hair having q pro-
pensity to curl. with rather pale gray eyes, with
. scared look at first appearance, which on ao-
quasntance resolves to good humoE and affa;
man, the secret ct whose good luck is the re-
spectability Of his parents, his respectable for
tune, and his respectable education: IT,
-CTeswen comes from that picturesque
peake Bay, There the rocky hills and high,
rolling, arable lands Of Pennsylvania begin to
feel tho mixture of sand and gravel,
and they take one desperate, high leap before
they finally subslde to tho dull,
stretch out from either side Of tie bay'a he'd,
like the two upEfted arns Of man, one river
the SusquehAnna, and tho other the Elk. Crea-
well was BON at the town Of Port Deposit, on
the 6usquehanus, few miles above it's mouth,
and he now Ives At Elkton, At the hcsd Of the
his birth-p1ace- Other things being equal, it
is to = mans credit that he has lived long ind
honorably in the reg1on'of his birth-plsce and
his parenrB. - -
Port Deposit, whore Creawell was born,
the most singular towns in the region Of tide
water, standing on \ narrow ledge between
hills 500 feet hugh, and the swolleni waters of
the Susquehanna- L is comparatively mod
ern town, having hid beginning only
war, and Creswells father Was it's Eneaa, !
bold. pushing specnlator, who made it the en-
pnrium Of the lumber trade. AZ Port Deposit
is upon no main line Of .railroad, the traveller
who crusses the susquehanna at Hnvru de
within four miles os it; but it is probably tie
brightest busineaa town, next to Baltimore, in
the Chesapeake di4trict Of Maryland, aud from
Port Deposit the present Postmaster General
Va8 aent to Dickinson College, 1T Carlisle, Pa.,
: college which ono neverhears Of now.a-dsys, 8.
INIT A1uSfo
ards, Jerry Black, and come Of the most dis
ting9aished men OF Pennsylvania, Delaware,
and Maryland. :.
In due time the young Crcawen married
pretty Miss Mcintyre ind sottlel himself at
'Elkton. the county seat Of the Same county
in, which he vas born
Elktou 1s nearly = hundred years old
er than Port Deposit, having been Eet-
tied by swedea sbout-169i, and it oe-
roads, IS well ss in tho annals Of the Nevolu-
tiob. Here lord Howe landed tho British ar
my, which fought the battle Of the Braudy-'
wine, within twenty miles Of Elkton,-a battls,
aght at tho fords Of the Christians Creek,
much nsarer E1kton, and tte hoofa of Ibis
.borse h2vo left their imprint upon Gray's,
Chestnut Iron, and othor hills in the vicinity.
At EIkton, cn1iouslS enough, We have one Of
Post Ofhce Department. The first Postmaster
under the Federal Government, appointed Gy
Washington ut Elkton. YVES little old English
bugle1, whom Washington employed in. the
field, to cAuy money from point to point
to Pay OF ,roens' s2 md a1a make M needfn1 .a1
Ut Elkton,-tcpt little gin-nM there at the |
close Of the Revolution, and WAS made Post
master. Tradition says that this combined
mixer Of cocktails and server Of mails used |
TO .pnt on bis best Continental uniform, when
be heard that Washington was going to ind |
fro, between the Capitol at Philadelphia and,
Mount Vernon, and turned out like loyal
ofhce-holder to hu.rah for his bread and but |
ter. . i !
., CREswELI4IAH EPISODE : \
. Il we wero great historian, instead Of be-
ing newspaper correspondent, We might. af-
ter the manner ct historians, trxce the rise
and greatncss OF tho present Postmaster
General f1om his oonvetsauce with this little
anecdote Of tho first Postmaster of Elkton.
We might represent Mr: Creswell, with tears
Listening 1t IN early age to this interesting +
legend, and then starting to his feet, uttering
a deathless resolution in the following terms ::
"Aother, mean to be Postmaster General,
md wear Continental uniform, too! The
oath is registered!" Il
the nsighborhood OF Elkton was
more famous for mail robberies than for patri-
otic postmnsters, and 11r. Creswen and myself
veil remember how We used to be thrilled over
he pages Of the life, crimes and e1ecutlonsof
Joseph Hare.
Poor Joseph Hare eked out a romantic
iving By robbing the mail during tho time Of T.
President Monroe, and he was hanged for this
innocent recreation about the time 1ir. Cres-
veil wns born. The hard-hcarted Post Office
authorities of tho city Of Baltimore suspended :
him. He was tho first criminal everhung in
Maryland By dropping trap, for before that
ime everybody had been hung from cart
nut az even IN that early period Eobbing the
Post Office was becoming dignifled pursuit, 4
he cart WAS set aside for. the benefit | .
i NJ. Hare, and he was given, so to speak,
Dismissing this pleasantly, however, we may
onst1uct = picture to excite our pride Of na-
ionality, in the contrast betweenFthat little old
at E1kton, who kept tho post Office
q his cooked hat, and 4 citizen Of Efkten, who :
lightly years aftcrwa1d should be able to ad- !
oinistsr Post olice Of Huch gigantic propor- :
ions that it can lose three millions OF dollars :
very year. and mako it mere item Of the de- :
ciency bill; Post Office which carries ten ! '
housand toms Of frankel matter per annum,' :
nd whose special agents arc dead-headed '
rom bong Kong to Liverpool; and, finally, = :
oss Mhoss a1gsss ss,oe pSSs
hat Nj. Creswell, hacked BY the whole e1ccu- !
i've government, and by all the press and peo- | :
le, Is unable to reform them! -. =
Mr. CREsHE1L CONTINUED
To return 70 the subject Of our sketch: Ho, :, =
uilt himself = pleasant house in the :.
the bar, and became q rnan Of reading, taste, :,
nd reputation in his region An ambitious -
ian, ho always took distant interest in pub =
Q nhai1B, and Lis hospitality and socia1 posi- = =
on made him acquainted with the leading :. =
wyers Of Maryland, and, in this country, tho 8
wyers arc tho politicians. =
HENRY WINTER DAVIS =
There was r1an in Maryland, about the -