Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-29
Letter from Washington.


District departments were closed. and
pennsylvania Avenue was thronged with
pedestrians. The weather. although cold.
was sunshiny and the paradcs through the
Principal streets Of the District military.
reviewed by Governor Cook. was grand.
The visit of the President. Secretary
Delano. aud General Babcock TO Philadel-
phia to attend Colonel Fornev's levee
Thursday evening. occasioncd considerable
many speculative remarks among tue curl
Gus. The return TO their post Of duty next
morning in time for the President to receive
the Secretary of State and Hon. Charles
Francis Adams is surprise to those who
expected him TO be absent two days.
The President shows himself able and
ready for alme>t any emergency. lie can
travel nearly three hundred miles 10 make
Il friendly visit. listen to aud answer the
/ questions OF thousand friends aud be in
sound mind sufficient to discuss the vexed
| questions OF the probabilities OF war with
England aud the everlasting Alabama
claims
! The speeches of Senator sumner. Trum-
/ bull. and Sehurz. during the last few DAYS
have afforded kindling TO the fire in the
/ Democratic camp. Already there ha. be
/ thirty thousand. q page document printed
/ At the expense of the Democratic Commit
I tee. containing their speeches. This i in
/ deed Interesting TO Democrats 10 know that
/ out of the mouths Of their professcd orpo-
nants. they are furnished with weapons
with which 10 commence their poliiica
1 campaigns with.
Daily are % be seen converting with
+ Summer. SchnrI 4 Co.. Democratic polite
iaus. 80 bitter j. senator sumner now
1 thar he only cond-sccnd. to speak to three
F or four Republican Senator, on the loor
There j. NO lodgcr any difficulty a; Wash
in-tou ia determining how many and whA,
member, are anti-rcpublicaus ia the t. :.
senate, and consequently. hereafter. ScnS-
tors summer. Trumbnll. Schurz. and Tip
ton. will have u operate unma>kcd SEN
ator summers arms resolution y the third
scheme adopted by these men 10 break up
the N.tinna! Republican party. Hal they
succeeded Ia the two first. the lasi. doubt
less would no, have been entered Into
But falling ia their first. TIT, last ~as their
only alternative. The spccche- OF senators
Morton AMI Coukling IN reply a. the ha--
I ansucs Of Mcssrs. Sumner and Schur1 NUT
We think here. convince the people that
whatever has been done by the tlm.ui.fra
iipn. ha. been done with the purc>t Of mo
iiyes. and in the 5c>i in;ercs; 81 the [ :
Government, ani a. 10 ,li.cr~panci,. ia ac-
counting f"r the none. received for the
a1ns >old. npon investigation there ~ u hc
found aa4>
Genera. Joe Abbot; b, tn Gown lopAiag
ancr Nj, claim foF a >ea; intar >rus.- irin
y {. rh- Committee hayin. The ca.e in
charge ~iu. deu5iic-. maze 4 majority
report agaia,, him.
Ear Grau.iilc's friendly note 10 mis,. ,,rr
>chcarA. IN reference 10 the Alabama
Claims. Wa matter Of ,pcc.Al in,,rc.t .4
the : { ab.nct meeting YESTERDAY u >~cln..
anl from rumor Il j. believed that ~...r,-
iArt f!.h Niil bc advised 10 treat the m titrr
IN The kiul.irsi manner. although tar
whole case beuS entrusted 10 the tribunal
q: 4rGitgAtns> i J., Am ait 10 perceive hon
and - Wha. WAY the Kindly Intervention
wouI aiicc. the British. rishcr uiic Nay or
tie other
'-nA.ot Garrett DaNi-. although much
imPr we'd 10 hcalih, j. not ,gili lcuiN strong
% dare 10 venture 10 remain through the
Session, and his relative, are hopeful 81
getting him 70 conscn; to return TO h..
home in ny.
The enforcement Of the Administration
b. kau>A-, Indiana. and Souih Carolina
are anon. the many checrin: evidence, To
the friend, 81 Grant and Colfax % the re-
-uli, 81 the Convention which meets mex,
Mas.
The vigilance Of the authorities IN Tie
Way of applyin: preyenii.iyc~. have done
much toward preventing the dreaded j :
ease. small por. from infes;ing our CITY To-
any alarming extent; vaccination IA, been
general and the Boards Of Police ard
Health have been uniiriug ia their dcyo-
ton, 10 the best Interests OF the citizens
Thus FAR there has been less than III : cases
reported. aud OF these only two Or three
death. have occurred.
have been reading lat Is. dpub,le..
ono 81 the most remarkable book. eyer
published and. one Of the most useful
book. cntitlcd Basic Outline Of Uniycr.
soiogy." by stephen Pearl Andrew. which
i. largely attracting the attention u scicu-
u,ts. tnivcr>olo.y is noihias more nor
les. a, its name imports. than the science
OF the Universe-an exposition Of the fun
damcntal laws through whose operation,
the Almighty governs ersry,ch>r, and in
all things. II mu.t not b. understood. how
ever. that this i the only definition OF tn-
yersology. or even the best one. IL -tanI,
10 reason that a science which deals with
the entire Universe Of being. thought. and
action. including. necessarily. all The other
sciences. admits OF a variety OF definitions.
tniver>ology may be called. with proprieiy
the SCIENCE ofthe Sciences" as il show /.
the inte-reations Of the latter. their com
mon parentage. that they are CARNATIONS
from common centre. varied expressions
OF the one Gol-Will. and all stamped.
necessarily. with the imprint Of the Al
mighty, who Is ONE. do not mean that
Cniversology merely demonstrates that
certain sciences which are obviously akin.
and which shade into each other 50 grad
ually and so delicately that it i. difficult 10
determine where one ends and another be-
gins-l do not mean that Cniyer,ology
teaches and demonstrates. merely. that
such sciences are inter-related; but. also,
that all sciences are creatures of. aud sub
ject to the same primary laws; are echoes
of each other ia resptc, 10 lGp: Identical in
spirit. as wholes. and in their most minute
details; and different only in their respec-
tive manifestations. disguises - that even
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