Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-03-28
Correspondence.
Letter from Washington.


WASHINGTON, ID. c, March %. 1873.
The breeze aroused by Mr.. Blaipe's
dc annexation Of the fisheries award has
~ emingiy sreht is force. and attention
t.as been attracted to other matters -
Bat II the tricky part 81 which he APP
pesred 10 believe England had been
guilty., is substantialed by the rigid
scrntinv which the whole matter seems
faied to undergo, in Congress, the whole
amount OF the award will be poor
equivalent for the loss OF respect and
rood will which she and Canada az well
will he thought TO have incurred. II is
the prevailing belief here, however.
that the award will be paid unless some
thing more than tecbnicaiity Is found
upon which TO base our refusal.
Bourbons are chuckling over what
they affect 10 regard as smartness in
disposing of the whole Polk business.
bv sbolishing the Office Of Doorkeeper.
Ii was patent. even to them. that white
wash was not equs: to the requirements
OF the case. Hence majority aud minor
i'y reports. In both. positive condem-
nation of Polk and members al Con
gless who wiuked Mt his open violation
of law. has been evaded bv igaoring
some Of the specifications, and by . la
byrinthian line OF Argument aboundinx
in short curves aud the mos, acute An
giles, to avoid others that could not be
wholly ignored. Perhaps the white
wash has been reserved for the members
of Congress. who will need all there is.
The reports come up Tuesday, and We
NAV look for pretty thorough ventila-
ton of the matter. unless the gag rule is
resorted to.
believe from sentiment here that Mr..
Schurz has the country ST his back in
efforts TO bring to punishment the rings
that have fattened on the plumber Oh
tanned from the public lands; and
though the President forfeited all he had
gained by cancellation" in cert aiu sec
tions of the South by his veto OF n bill
specially designed for the protection of
this class of public robbers. he was gem
orally applauded for that act. And
while liberal construction of the laws
would probably be winked at By large
majority. in their application to poor
settlers on the frontier aud in our dis
tant territories, no ctIor, to di.crcdit the
national authorities for their rigid en-
forcement against professional thieves.
will secure the popular endorsement.
II i. now given out that when the
"Cou .tellation" which is the last vessel
Secretary Thompson can furnish for the
purpose, shall have been loaded, enough
goods intended for the Paris Exposition
will still remain at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard to load another ship. Tie State
Department has no money TO charter
vessel and it appears that unless Con-
gress comes TO the rescue, the owners
must pay for their transportation TO
Paris, if they would participate In the
Exhibition. The expense of moving
them TO Brooklyn ha. been incurred on
the assurance o: the Governments &C.
credited agent, Mr.. Mccormick, that
transporta ton thence would be furnish
ed free. Space has been allotted Tor
their exhibition, aud it would be a very
unjust discrimination in favor Of those
who have been furnished free iranspor-
,Ation, not TO make gaod II. word
Business in Congress progrcsse. very
slowly. Wood Is expected to repor, his
tariff bill this week, but the opinion
is general that the tariff will be left at
adjournment about where it was taken
up. Several members, endorsed BY the
explosion OF the she'll, charged with reb-
el-archive ammunition and pitched into
the Democratic camp by WiIlets, are
still on the sick list. Every effort made
TO advance ana re-establish their lines
have so far proved miserable failures -
Conger Is In command of this part OF
the field and experience has taught them
10 approach him very cautiously.
Except an occasional ripple il the
Senate over some matter that opens up
more or less directly the question of Re-
publican allegiance to the present Ad
minlstration, the time of that body is
mostly taken up with railroad matters.
The pro-rata controversy between the
Kansas Pacific and the Central Pacific,
and the subject of forcing all these
roads to provide a sinking fund to ex.
tinguish their indebtedness, takes the
lead; and II is the impression tina, Thur.
mans bill designed to accomplish the
latter, or its equivalent, will pass, des-
pite the lobby's hostility waged on gen
eral principle, aud that of Jay Gould.
The failure Of the Louisiana bulldc-
GERS TO secure the Indictment of the
member. of the Returning Board, set at
rest anv doubts that had been entertain.
| ed among Republicans here ~ TO the
| strictly legal character of their proceed
| ings relative 10 the vote of the late Pres
identiai election, Their arraignment on
| an Information" was regarded as con.
| fessioH that tie persecution urged
against them was wholly outside the
laws and arbitrary. The reversal Of the
I findings and sentence of Whitaker's
Court by the Gland Jury confirms that
view VOLUNTEER.
Letter from Boston.