Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-12-31
Correspondence.
Letter from Washington.
WASHINGTON ID. c.. Dec. 90.

Inc Ming mas gone and we shall see him
no more; but We are blessed with the re-
nection that we can get on without him.
lie is not so bad n monarch as flunkies
sometimes have run after and toatled to.
nor 30 admirable in person that we great
" desired his continuance among US. BY
his visit We learned one thing about kings.
that they are costly stock to keep. aud in
a money point OF view don't pay. The
bills for our royal visitor. little of a King
that he is, governing only a potato patch
aud his people nearly run out. we're thirty
| thousand dollars. for the few days -'''
he was here. Tins could hsrd' nave
been afforded had not a luc. ,"o"S"'
struck the cabinet. that $" ''''s eA'
pense might be made up y uepr'''". 'he
.p,n,oveos n,he d., tments of their old
-. ,,;, .easure thar has been
',,.,c,u,. lifted to by them or nc.
49,. e importance OF having the
-, %foperly cared for. aud because
-ould not help tntmsclves.
"A State dinner was given TO his Majesty
by the President OH Wednesday evening,
which was great affair. The east room
and the reception rooms OF the White
House were iliuminat, d, and soft and
marvellously rcsplendent light shown
down upon fair women AMI brave men.
The Washington .. nnpany won i'm.
peiisha bic honor by yay they lighted
up, and the pleasur, - universal that
even Jewell was fain To declare that he
didn't mind the expense SO it did fail upon
the T. Q. Department. In the green draw
ing room WAS displayed new picture OF
the President on horse back. one of the
more recent presents to him. Flowers
abounded in all the rooms. bur the dining
room was perfect conservatory of bios
sons. and To- such an extent that the
noses of more than one OF the d .tinyulsh-
eel company were decor rated with them.
bui OF size more remarkable than their
flavor. rhc pyra /. vcrt tx. IN osc ot
E.ypt. aud forty centuries boxed down
on them. and all the cnnicctions were de-
liciou-. Al each plate were glasses of
sherry. gpJlcis for water. ia case any
should De wanted. AMI boquets Of flowers
\ card Mas placed at each plate with the
name of the guest engraved thereon so
thli each person might know that he had
=pi The Ii-'it place. and in case the SER
Want. should De- called To- remove any
sur>i before the close Of the performance.
it would not be necessary to give the ad-
drcs- "i ,he pIiiy audih'y. The Prcsi-
dent sat on the north OF the table. reincm-
BERN: that Webster thanked God that
There has North been discovered, at
last" and the ma sniiceut Mrs. Fish was
nj his right hand and Mrs. Blaine at hi,
len, or else it was the other way. Mrs.
Grant came in on the arm oi Kin. David.
having conquered her difi lcucc ,llli lent
~ to do that gracefully ali satisfactorily.
Then CAM the members Of the cabinet.
Speaker Blaine. the Chief Justice. the
Chairmen OF the foreign relations. hut
with No other relations than their wives,
those that hsve them The Vice Pre.i-
dent was not there. il bcing reported that
h.s view, on the third term and his APP
petite are at present not in perfect ac-
whether it suited the royal palate 50 we'll
as a slice OF based missionary would have
done. the King wa, too polite 70 say. The
department clerks VIII lost their half
holidays that the King might have his
dinner. have been graciously permitted TO
take look Al the oyster shells from which
the King and the cabinet satisfied their
ali,nrntary desires. and were highly pleas
ch with the entertainment.
o. the day after the dinner the King
and h- rc,inuc babe farewell to Rpc,.le OF
the Arlington. the man Who was truly
sorry 10 have him 20, aud departed 20
Da,tln ire Ia "a Pullmll car. number not
known. aud We shall see him no more
The Senate passed the new banking aud
currency bill 10y party vote, all the
Democrats aud Sprasue. voting against
it. IL i generally supposed to be more of
a political Than a financial measure. aud
smauy voted for IL not expecting /, to cure
the evils of paper money, or that it will
cause return 10 specie payments. The
mos, singular thing about 1t was that the
parties could unite for aud against IL.
Mr.. Irwin. the Pacific Mail man did not
run away after all. but Kept too sick 10 ap.
pear before the bar Of the House prior to
ADJOURN That he might be well
enough 10 appear before some other bars
in the city i, matter OF general belief
Ii is certain that he knows what be-
"a. r
it is not certain that Congressmen got
much of il. Some think that II WAS used
for some other purposes than bribing
Congress, bur the people of this stamp are
not comnonly reckoned much smarter
than the folks down in JUDGE spoken OF
by Hosea Bi.elow. Few believe that the
witness will tell anything OF Importance.
and that he will remain In custody. ctre-
fully fed aud lodged by the Sergeant At
arm. nn Ill The fourth of March, when he
will depart. and The matter viii end.
Vice President Wilson has been able 10
preside since the commencement of the
session and claims that it agrees with him
aud that lie is better for ii. He went home
on TUESDAY AMI the Senate chose Mr..
Carpenter, President pro TEN. In spite OF
the attacks OF the Tribune upon him. VIII
son expects u resume the chair after va
cation. and do duty through the term
That he aspire, To the succession is yeuer-
ally believed
Grant does not by any means despair of
holding on. but the managers are against
him. aud if he persists there will be a live
Iy Old time.
Ta-re l. considerable training for the
next SpeakershiD among the Democrats.
with chances rather favorable to Mr. Kerr
OF Indiana. Banks does not seem to be
talked of so much as was exnected thnnnh