Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-04-16
Letter from Washington
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Anri


the President Of the United States in the per-
son Of Andrew johnson on returning from .
little trip, was mt at the d,pot by a calvacade,
| band Of music, q Depart mental Association.
composed OF clerks whose tenure of Office de-
pended upon the will of the said Andrew. and
| procession Of citizens with banners and beam
| ing countenances. This week the President In
the person Of Gen. Grant returned from n trip,
not and even a hungry and lank Bohemian
was AT the depot to sound a hurrah. in hono- Of
the event. Andy johnson too came in night
or two ago, and there was no music. aud no
| department clerks on hand TO greet him As the
great statesman Of the day. or the future, bat
like any ordinary traveller he went to his hotel,
''alone in his glory The contrast must have
been sugges tive. and probably wrought upon
his feelings.
On Monday the Senate passed bill fixing
the greenback circulation at 500, 900 900, and
the National Bank issue st the same amount.
There remains in the hands of the Secretary Of
the Treasury sls,00o,0oO only to he added to
the circulation to make up the 500 10000
greenbscks. and si6O 900 600 TO make UP
| the maximum ofthe Bank Note circulation
The passage Of the bill was ardently protest.
ed by sons of the leading men in the Scnats.
Mr.. Salisbury OF Delaware. democrat. said he
was sorry his party were to give n portion OF
the votes to cary it. Mr.. Stockton Of New
Jersey. dem pcrai, pronounced it dishonor TO
the nation. and an example Of Reputation never
before known. Mr.. Thurm1n. d .mocraf, said
the meaning Of it all was that men OF his age
were never again Ia a currency of solid
worth. and good for the amount expressed on
It's face, and Mr.. Bsyard Of Delaware, demo
crst. called it dismal and sorry day for his
country. Conkling Anthony, Sargent. Schurz,
snd Stewart Of the Republican element, were
very solemn and emphatic in their denuncia-
tons. Carpenter in the chair omplained that
he and his imitation friends has lat there an
been basted and roasted like so many chickens.
and now they were going to return the eompi-
rnent by little voting; which they did. The
vote on thi, measure which is the important
measure Of the present Congress. indiclte that
the old division OF party lines is being rapidly
obliterated. The Old republican leaders united
with the old democratic leaders. and Frcing-
huyscn and stockton, Thurman. & sherman.
Bayard snd Conk'ing found themselves toye,h-
err in unison. while carpet bsggcrs, scilawa,s.
(Pickw ickianl radicals, secessionists. rebels,
and all other sorts and kinds were found in the
same bed. with no desire 10 Kick each other
out The lion aud the lamb laid down together
on the full bed of imitation. and with a covering
OF greenbachs, where as happy AS the celebrat-
ell babes Of the wood, under the protection OF
autumn leaves. The era OF good feeling has
come.
On Monday. slahprn gave testimony, and
was Understood TO contradict Mr.. Richardson
| on some points. He thought Richardson was
well posted on contracts. and 81 IN ed them amer
several conversations Indicating fair amount
of knowledge. The difference between the
two may be expliiaed perhaps by the remark
OF simmons about Sanbora, rs the mysterious
man." Ii looks now A. though Sanboru didn't
"lei on" very much n TO hi. intentions TO Rich
ard-on. o. any mothers son. but talked in
general way, got Boutwell, TO agree to give him
a contract, impressed Boutwell, with the idea
that much publicity would defeat hi. scheme,
and Richardson Knowing a contract had been
| promised. signed IL in the Secretary absence
without much scrutiny; all hsn1- being under
the impression that nothing would come of Il,
| and no one suspectIng the size of the cat FAN
bon had got wrapped up in tina, piece Of pspcr.
| In giving his testimony before the committee,
Mr.. Richardson Of course had in view the sub
sequent revelations and between whit he
| knows now, and what he knew At the time Of
signing there Is such difference that his orig
inal knowledge seemed infnitesimxl. and much
| like ignorance.
Sanborn said he la i received as his share OF
moieties 5000 900. and his expenses were $780,
900 which made il look though there must
be another my .terious man" In the ise. and
the question put indicated that the committee
suspected his hsme was Butler. Ssnborn how
ever was so mysterious rs 10 who got the mon
ey, that the committee We're not much wiser
for the information they obtained. He owned
up however TO having contributed 10 the Butler
funds for securing the nomination OF Butler
TO the goyernor,hip. but a 10 the amount
his memo-y wss amazingly deficient. On the
direct question of paving money 10 any officer
agreed /, furnish a schedule Of his di.burse-
ments in few days. This he did on Thurs
day. but 10 one was damaged by it.
Solicitor Baafed was before the committee
| on wednesday, and t,,tt ID 10 substance that
all he did in the Sanborn business, was done
under instructions from Boutwell, and Richard
son. and that he had conversation. at different
times with them and there was NJ such thing
~ routine" in the matter As described
by Mr.. Richardson. This changes the aspect Of
the case a. given above. and how the Secretary
will explain the discrepancy remains TO be
seen. There is great excitement on the case
IS it stands. and the quidnuncs all had It for
some days that Secretary Richardson was
about TO leave once more. and that Delano
WAS TO have his place, but he "sticks'' and
shows more, true TRUE grit" in this direction
than Delano cares ID see. The President SAYS
he likes him, and that being so, Richardson
| doesn't propose TO fiy because some one want.
his place; nevertheless a great many III smbers
OF Congress are Of opinion that Gen. GRAFT
wants Delano in the Treasury, and will nomi-
nate him as soon he is satisfied that h. will
| be confined. of which there is doubt. There
was 3 very able debate in the House on Thurs
day, upon the Currency Bill, which brought
out some Of the best speaking talent Of that
body, and it was quite relief to nave = discus
sion Of such question not rnonopolized by
Dawes. Beck, Butler and Kelley. Among the
|
were Tremaine, of n. Y. E. X. Hoar, Of Mass.
and Judge Williams, Of Mich, who were all
opposed TO imitation. Couger, Of Mich, dis
tinguished himself in q strong and eloquent
speech on the other side. and on the whole the
state of Michigan came well 10 The front 10 the
intellectual tournament. Randall. of Pa. T..
II. Roberts, of \. Y. and Gen. Garfield, Of the
old members, opposed imitation earnestly, but
the House under the lead of Butler, will move
to substitute the Senate bill for an increase Of
cdrrency.
More revelations concerning Commissioner
Baker are coming out. which will be sufficient
to compel an inves tigatiOn.
DOUGLASS Co. OREGON, Mar. "a, 1874.
To the Editor Of the Asserican:-
have the pleasure of reading copy Of
your paper every few weeks, and thus