Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28

ELI H. MikakINs INTERVIEWS THE PRINCE
WHAT Alexis THINKS OF AMERICA
nosioN C1OOKED STREETS = He
HAiEs IoAMirr~rs, But LIKES PRETTY

Correspondence of the Commer,., ,,xnx,,
REVERE HOUSE, Boston, Dec q
l am a single man. | haven, any
pretty daughters. Nary one. I'm M,
in the social business. I'm not like Cen
eral Mcdowell aud General Meade Ms
offence is not rank like OtheIlo's aud
many other Generals. | do not follow
the icsle Goddess of Fashion - so TO
speak. don't run 10 four-borse draws
nor proscenium boxes.
Far different. seek the bubble Of fame
l should like 10 resemble Nj. Webster.
or Mr. Irving, or Mr.. Longicllow. Alas
u the mantle oil the late ID. Webster
tcouid only tall on my shoulders. Ifear
the marked characteristic oi Mr.. Clay
and Mr.. Webster and General Washing
Ton i in not resembling ANY one uow-a-
days-scarccly. This i WHY | called in
to the Revere House with my ucighbor-
in-law, CYRUS Perkins. to pay IN, re-
spects To the royal Prince.
MI. Catacszy was busy answering
friendly letter from Mr. Fsn 50 told
the Boston door-kecper, with u digniiied
air, to present my compliments and hand
NV card To the Grand Dupe.
The porter stood still and hesitatingly
examined my clothes, from head to foot
Take IL, Young man, | said blandIy,
take it 10 your Royal Master
Fifty cent?, sir
'Sir!'
Two Shillings'
Take that card i'll instantly, Young
n,an. or shall not be rcspousi le for
Your early decease! said, with an
earnest gesture.
Half dollar
lShook hands with him-with the base
hire ing. and then he kindly presented
my card To the Giand Dupe.
Gave n YOUR hand, magnaminou,
American! exclaimed the Grand Dupc,
overcome with emo, ion. Then lie held
my hand. and asked:
How Is America getting along, Mr..
Perkin-?'
IL j. mixed, your Highncss, replied.
some oi our citizens are too ambitious.
For instance. General ButIcr-yon know
hun. don't YOU, AilcA|
'OA YES. he was the General who. as
sisted bv General Grant, subjugated the
southern States during your Revolution,
wash hc.
lc., he's the one, but a, | was saw
lng, General Butler want, 10 run all
New England and Congress too. Mrs
woodruff wants to run all the women
aud part Of the men; Brigham Young
wants To be Saint, General. Member OF
Congress. and President OF Utah: Mr..
Sumner wants 10 run the Senate and
State Department, Henry Ward Beecher
wants TO run some spiritualism, and all
the theory; Mr.. Fish wants To run sum
ncr. the Russian Minister, and the STATE
Department too; Ar. Tweed wants 10
run New York City and the Americu,
Club; and General Mcdowell wants to
run The army, the navy, and your Roval
Highness too
AntS earnestly, and think, 4. things
stand, while il would be ot 40 benefit to
7 Siberia, still il YOU had Siberia, Il, wc
have. 1t would be-
Alas, Alick, it would be u sweet
+ boon
EXACTLY. Mr. Perkins Bat your Gen
+ craI Mcdowell reminds me OF Napoleon
I 1. His capture oi Manassas VA, ike
I Napoleon, capture ot Moscow. anl III,
mastery advance On Washington Wa,
/ like Napoleon, adya ce from Moscow
/ t. Pari,-prcci-ely. Mr. Perkins.
How do you ike the American people,
\ your llighnes-: | asked, Offering the
Grand Dupe cigar.
{ est graHie, e'est maya,Hyae. ex-
/ claimed the Dupe, eNcitcdiy. 'Bul YOU
have one thiug-what YOU d-n call him,
one Committee % make me danccalwAy, u,
/ with the old women. W. h.pe np such
committees ia Russia. |. these i've
| hoPeek what YOU call him, uue-hor-c
| ofti :ia, could know now We laugh at all
their wives they would stop making
speeches, and let me 90 and talk wi!h
the pretty girls.
'Alick| | broke in, interrupting him.
say no more. Your head is level. You
suit Eli Perkins. You've got gsod Yam
kee blood in you-yuu havei Yes. ATu.k
we are great nation. We've got good
soldiers. Oar Seventhsters ar. lllv
| BOYS. Our theologians are SQUAD On the
goose. General Grant is sound as kus
on the Ku-knx. Our girls are the
handsoinest and the saucicst in the world,
and our horses pass every thing (going
the other way) on the road. You have
old ruins III Russia, but we build our
houses very shabby, and we shall soon
have ruins-splendid ruins-herc too
You have the monument OF Alexander
H., but You have nothing precisely like
Washington Monument. The world
uuu furnish another Congress like ours
Where else can YOU tiud Congress
where one man saws u thing. another
denies it-where no conclusion is reached
| but where each man does aud SAYS just
as he pleases, whether he wants to or
not: Where i there a Russian Rus
| ,Ian -tate>tnan-whu pounds over his
booI heels and wears the same white
coat which he used To wear. now and
! iorever-one and ln.eparable-lIke Mr.
| Greelev|
| Where j. the city in the world which
| has been sold wi,slin two hundred ycar-
for "a pounds as New York was to Peter
| Minnet. and which has been sold over
| and over again since by Mr.. Tweed and
| Mr.. Sweeney, and still claims to own it,
| self?'
Where your Highness. is the Demo
cratic Legislature in Europe, which has
had prizefighters and ministers sitting il
| the same hall of state'
What nation can boast of being 50
| free as to make laws against adultery
| and then permit men to have sixteen
wives. or live together by the hundred, ,
as they do at the Oneida Community !?
| Blush with shame, 0 scion of The house
ROmanoh, because you have not these
| things. Where is Your old world des-
| poti>m can man shoot an author in II
| public printing office. and have six new>-
papers aud twelve jurymen sustain him,
| Where DO YOU see the glorious career ot
intemperance SO beautifully excmpiified: !:
Where-
Nowhere, Mr.. Perkins--nowhere, !,
interrupted the Grand Dnpe as he fixed
his mellow eyes upon me and wiped a
| silent tear of regret from his manly
cheek.
But, Alck, l must be gone coii-
| tinued. Duty calls and | obey. A.
Romanhof, adieu! and Cyrus and
went around to see Bunker Hill Monu-
nent and the big organ.
Come again and spend the day with
me, iliusIrious and magnamimou,
American said Alick, As We strobe to-
wards Court street.
l said would.
Which is the way to Faneuil .iall?'
oe .saIo H.. L.. n