Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-01-18
Correspondence.
Letter From Washington

January i3, lS,'.
~pec.l, correspondence
Progrss, " Nv .>sa1f, commius, appotaf-d
taf.yh~ NCrs7ry E,.oiption-I rs1.l-
iial, Deaocr,H .a nv H,ass Compitse--
Presr'en'tll outlook, D.mocra'ic d-spond-
sacy- O5s'Hlcy of >ou,dsTn D.mocrats-
T1s Or.yoa mn Congressional -contta-
usi coldani st"rmy ,reath.r-' Society"
strenuous, but till within the last iorty-eight
hours, unsuccessful. effort, have been mad' by
newspaper men ana tNrr Interested parties
tp r, nd the vail of secrecy which hung about
the deliberations OF the senate and House Com
mittcc-, iaboriny To mature a satisfactory plan
for counting and declaring the electoral Vote:
but it j. now asserted and believed that the
majority Of the Senate Committee have 50 far
perfected one to have already sent il TO the
House Committee. asking it- concurrence and
"a cnuf-rncr. Really. nothing l. known 10 the
general public a, 10 it, dctail- but il j. conf
IDENTITY claimed by those Whose predictions ar"
usually reliable. that it will commend itself to
every Llir-luin4,I ana intelligent American W.T.
izen whose sense of right l. superior 10 al
consideration. Of mere partizan~hip. Il viii
also. il Is said, teach those Democrat, who
have attempted % b,guie Senator Couhliu.
with fAit"ry and houi,d words, a bitter Lesson,
and show how little effect their effort, hay e had
IN inducing Lin To play the rpis Of Benedict
Arnold. In the same connection IL i related
that one Of the four Democrat, forming the
majority Of the House Committee which wa.
appointed for a like purpose. ha- refused Iii,
assent to the plan insisted upon by the other
three, and u cure the defect, 40 addition Of
Two more Democrat. Of orthodox antecedrnt,.
and one other Republican, viii b. made 70 the
COMMITTEE.
There l. a feeling 81 conhdenc. among Re
pubcans that Governor Hays will be our
next President, or that there will be d new
election. Democratic politicians, particularly
those OF Northern aud Western extraction, arr
dr>pondcnt. Tie mas conventions Of the sth
In-t. were generally failures. save with tho.r
expecting to serve their country in some ca
Pacity under President TiIden, there WAS 4 re-
rnarkablr want Of alacrity in responding to ia
call, and an ominous lack Of enthusiasm among
those who assembled, very chilling TO those
who want TiiIcn Or blood. About the only.
exceptions We're in one Or two Of the Western
States, and ia the gathering here at Ford'- OPP
era House. where " aterson aud dsgruntled
German malcontent. appealing TO the desire for
office among the hungry fellows constituting
their audience, prosecuted gamblers, men dis
charged from the public service in times past
for cause, unemployed foreign-born laborers ::
/ in short, the odd, and ends that make up the
Democratic party Of this District, reinforced
by the Bourbon. eX-slave holding and ex-C on
! frderate elements of the adjoining counties Of
Maryland and Virginia. succeeded in getting
! themselves and their schemes popularity en-
: dorsed But the South obstinately refused to
I be moved from its position Of opposition to
/ any violent measures in Tilden's behalf, not
! withstanding the urgent appeals sent out to
| the Democratic press through the Liberty
( Street Bureau of ''nincompoops." All these
| untoward symptoms. with many Others equal
/ ly unfavorable, have depressed Tden's adher-
| ents here TO lower point than has been touch
| ed before at any time since the election.
| Cronin has gone home a sadder if not wiser
man, than when he came. His share in the in
| fanny attempted by the Democratic Governor
| Of Oregon, and his nose, have given him an
! impershable renown, and he was, withal, well
| paid for his services. Growers testimony only
/ served to confirm the prevailing belief that he
was used as a tool for the accomplishment o
job put up in New York, bearing unmstaka-
| Bile evidences of its paternity. Before the con-
| clusiOn of the Investigation, Senator Morton's
/ Committee will likely ascertain just the object
/ Of the fund OF 5000 sent from New York to
/ Oregon.
/ Members of Congress cannot conceal how
/ irksome the ordinary duties of legislation have
| become in the presence of the al-absorbng
| matter of President Grants successor. lit
/ tie business is attempted every day, but the Oh
serving spectator can see and feel how little in
! terest they have in ii, and how little they will
continue to have until the Presidential problem
| shall have been solved.
/ Among other Democrats who have put them
| selves on record As unwilling to prohibit the
| payment of rebel war claims, are Ainsworth,
| Caulfield, HUMPHREYS, Landers, Wigginton and
| Wood. Poor disconsoate, Inundated, eucher-
ed Hewitt has been sullen and taciturn ever
| since he provoked Postmaster James to 81!
down on him, and spitefuliy refused to vote.
Mr.. Barnes; case :. still pending, and it was
supposed that Mr.. orion would be arraigneu
to-day. There seems to be disposition Oh the
part of many Democrats to repudiate Proctor
Knott's lead in this matttr, and to unite with
the Republicans and establish the liberal prece-
dent that when dispatch can be shown to