Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-07-31
Correspondence.
WASHINGTON. u. c. July d, I

wssHrSGroS. ID. C.. July d, is7e.
There wa. one point in sec'y Shermsn'.
Lewiston speech the other day which Wash.
ingtou especially appreciates. Not that the
whole speech was not good, for the Scc'y ha.
the remarkable faculty OF being able in one
speech to cover the whole ground of dispute
with the disloyal democracy, but that this W.
enjoyed becsuse 1t disposed OF an inflated hpm-
bug 10 a few words. refer TO his reference to
the Glover report. II IL well known here that
although the Democratic Congress. refuse. TO
print that report OF no sort OF Consequence.
the democratic managers have been SECRETLY
circulating those parts OF 1t touching the Treas
ury Dept gsrblej Ia make II more unfair
even than Glover wrote II. II IL apparent 10 sll
that the ooustry democratic editors have hen
cnjolned to make ali they could Of ,h. report.
Sec'y sherman took bold OF IL accordingly .,d
scattered its fc,ions TO the four win,is 4, A.,
trioe. II wss proud moment In the career OF
the sec'y when he was sbls to boast that .fer
all the facilities given Glover he bad not t...n
able 10 discover one dollai lost or stolen TRIM
that great Dept. during the prescott term II.
Republican party will be stronger than ever f,r
this insidous attack, for 1t has given a grad
occasion TO display 10 the denial no, only nc
vigilance and able Management Of sec'y sur.
man, but the fact that the Republican policy /.
the safe policy in all thing.
II j. noticeable that the grrrnbsrker. .,d
some Of their allie. have recently weakened in
their assaults upon the National BANKS ,,d
well they may. II turns out BY the nf,, Al
reports that those instiistions have paii mr..
isye. In proportion TO capital than almo.t nv
other Interest 10 tn" country. In isiI the Ia Al
amount Of taxes. nstiona and local. nail h,
them was els .uS.0o. In .nrnn s,aios thu. i.
very burisnsome. amounting to ) per cen, on
the capital, aud the Convention OF the Anne rtc an
Hrnsers Association TO meet in Saratoga ne 4 /,
week viii bc justified In trying to devise snna
measures 10 correct this Injustice Thi. aus..
ton OF taxation l. one that 10 To.ns 10 yex the
soul Of the Congressman within the next few
year,. and no class Of men ought to t,e able to
lend assistance To ihe solution Of /, 80 readily
A. The BANKERS This meeting at Saratoga. by
the way, promise. 10 be the largest they have
hal
movement IL on foot. and nsy take lexi.la-
tive form tn Congress nett ~ nter to provii.
that graduates Of the MIchisar Military Aoai.
\ emy shall b. appoinied to casset.bin. a, w..,
( FONT That Academy was esAblished 81 Or.
ehArd Lake, hear Pontiac. Mich, two wear.
ago. TO supply ,be demand Tor military ln.truc-
ton that could not Dc supplied under the !As
81 West Point The Fresidenl appointed An
army ofhc'r A. Instructor and furnished mater
isl provided by law. Col. }. : Rogers /. ~upt
of II. AMI Ma. Cecil i. the regular Army ofscrr
TO a..s'i bin. Both arr competent .ol1lcr,
and Gen sherman speaks highly Of ihem He
returned q short time ago from the closing
weary eKerciscs Of the Academy AMI IL /. IN
dersiood ihai he now fAvors making Il q strip
ping stone 20 West FONT. At any r.to. be rrr-
ON nds II - the Numerous a.pirani. for mil
ifArY in.iFuctlou who come here claulorirS for
appointment 10 West Point
~ The Cabinet meeting YESTERDAY secrrtary
thompson announced that several Navy sur
gcons bad volunteered 20 40 to the Wet
Indies o. Other ports infected With yellow
trFrr. uniSr direction Of the National Board 81
i'Aith, Tot The putposc Of Inspecting sc.sels
bound Tor the |. :. and giving 10 those whh-h
raw Ire" a dise4sc, Gear bills Of health. C.
der the prcsrni sFsiem tho American rrprp-
scntS.iTes arc compelled TO rsly uI,oa the bos-4l
medical otfoer- 70 perform this service, ami
hi. ue- systrm will prove 10 - great igl-
proyemeui. II Il 10 - regretted now that thr
Secretary % tho Treasury hadn't si.cu th~
csutrAci promptly fJr constructing the Gam &C.
dtsIniec;ins ship thsi the experiment mighi
har" tcca trt~i on somr ct the vessel. IN
coming with the ever OF board.
People throughout the country should ,,
o,uisonei AsAin., icmocr.iic trtes, 10 cA;ca
lnsophisilcaird voter. The waning fortunes
o! the GTrsnbAr a -lemocrftlr Combination
adBnutsh the CT -CoufesicrAtrs to put out every
sNcrtion 10 ssVc Themselves. They dou'i stoy
al any rnsans. hosevcr unfair and hooe,t M
should &c on guard against them.
kATAuuIN.