Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-20
ENJOYS ExTRAORDINAEY.
The New Ministers to England
Austria and Russia.
From the Cinclnnatl Chroniele

john L0throp MO1SyI Ln5 newly ep-
pointed Minister to the Court OF ST.
James, is the son OF q Boston merchant,
and was born in Dorchester, April 10,
1914. He wss Secretary OF Legation In
Russia in 1910. The University OF Ok
ford bestowed upon him the honorary
degree OF D. G. l.. in 1860; and Harvard
University conferred the degree Of LID.
upon him the same year. In 1851 he
| once more returned to Europe, in search
| OF material for q work which he h8C
long contemplated, and which, on its ap-
| pearance in 1856, at once placed the su
thor in the first rank Of modern histori-
| ans" The Rise of the Dltch Republic"
| In 1850, part Of his sequel to The
! Dutch Republic,n "rhe History OF the
| United Netherlands" etc. was issued,
! the concluding volumes follOWlng1n lE65.
Hs was appointed Minister to Austria in
| November, 1861, which position be Oecu-
MED until 1867, when, on the occasion OF
the memorable .McCrscken scandal, he
teudgred his resignation in the famous
renIv TO Mr.. Stewards remarkable diplo-
matte eireular. Mr.. MOtley's dignitied
rebuke of The means adopted by the
State Department to bring the foreign
REPRESENTATIVES OF tho cdHntFy into pub
lie disgrace, was universally commended,
and his independent aud manly action
was set forth ia strOng contrast to the
Questionable course pursued by the Sec-
retary. MIR. Motley will " the sixth cit
izsn of Massachusetts, representing the
United States az the Court OF 81. James
His predecessors have been John Quincy
Adams, Abbott Lawrence, George Ban
croft, EdWaId Everett and Charles Fran
cis Adams, ali Of whom showed them
selves ealsl to the high diplomat posi-
ton they weEe called upon TO occupy, and
reflected honor upon the country TO whose
service they devoted their abilities. The
appointment is hardly political one;
it Is ststeslAAuship seeking statesman
TO take q place OF great responsibility for
the diseharge OF serious and delicate du-
ties, calling for . rare combination OF
Qualities. These qualities unite with
such singular harmony in the gentlemen
selected that there are none to doub. the
wisdom of tbs Il Eecu,ive nomination.
Setting aside the name and fame be has
aC0 0ljred as an historian, his large Euro
mean experience his fidelity and SUCCESS
at the Austrisn court, whose WhOie tenn
permanent and bearing, uniting republ!-
can simplicity with the dignity and su.
avity of gentleman give the assurance
that his presence cannot be otherwise
than acceptable as our Ambassador to
4-eat Britain. Already known and
houored 10 the United ki2gdom as
public man and distinguished scholar, he
cannot fail OF being personally welcomed
with the esteem due to his worth and his
attsinments, as well as the respect that
will be paid to his otilcial station.
qua NEW MINISTER TO AUSTRIA.
John Jay, nominated ss Minister to
Austria, Is q son Of the late Judge Viii
liam Jay, of Bedford, n. Y, and grand
son of John Jay, OF revolutionary fame.
The family is of Huguenot descent, the
anceetors having come to America after
the revocation or the 6di5t OF Nantes.
John Jsy, our new Austrian Minister,
was born iu 1917, and graduated at Co
lumbia College in 1886 After a course
of study OF the law with the late Daniel
Lord, ne vas sdlaitted to the bar in 1884.
Among the more noted cases ia which
Mr.. Jay was professionally engaged were
the Marie Field will case the ease Of
Williamson sgsinst Fiel8, argued by him
before the Supreme Court OF the L nited
States, with Dauiel Webster ss the lead
ing opposing counsel; in re Kirk, one Of
the earliest slave cases in New York,
which created ST tie Jihie proIound ex-
citernent; In re Da Costa, two Brazilian
slaves, who, pending the hearing, es-
capped from the Eldrldge street prison
the celebrated Lsmmon trial, ou the ori-
einal hearing before SIR Justice Paine,
where eight Virginia slaYas, brought to
New York en route to Texas, were de-
c!sred free and dispatched 90 Elgin, in
Canads, to a farm there prepared for
them in re Bret, which litigation was
made the basis of aa appeal in the Uni
ted States Senate for additional legisls.
ton in behalf of slavery. Mr.. jay be
came a manager of the Young Mems
Anti-g!aVeTg Society in 1894, and from
that time until the abolition OF slavery
by the passage OF the Constitutional
Amendment-Of which he made report
to the Union League Club in 1865 he was
sn active supporter of the cause. In the
Episcopal Convention OF the Diocese o;
New York he carried the admission or
the colOred church CT 81. Phillips after
a vigorous struggle extending over Pc
riOd of nine years. He twice presided
over the New York State Convention Of
the Free Soil party, and we believe in
1853 was their candidate for Attorney
General. Mr.. Jay has twios visited Eu-
rope-the first time in 1S4S, on which oc-
casion he passed some months In Eag-
land, where be was cordially received by
q large and Influential circle, and again
in 1865 and '66, when he presided at
ThanksgiviDgdinner at the Grand Hotel,
Paris-the first reunion OF Americans
subsequent Ia the war. the speeches
there delivered were reported in full by
the London Times, and widely COM
mented on by the European press.
oUR NEW MINISTER TO RUSSIA.
Andrew Gregg Curtin, appointed Min
lister to Russia by President Grant, was
born ct the village Of Beilefonte, Pa,
April 2, 1917. His father wss an iron
manufacturer of large means ia Center
county, and. his neither 5 daughter OF
Andrew Gregg, well known Pennsyl-
vanis politician. Mr.. Curtin was edu
Gated at an academy at Milton, small
village on TIE Susquahsnna river, and
read law in the Office OF Judge Reed, at
Carlisle. He was admitted to the bar in
1899, and at ones entered upon the prac
| iice of his profession al Bsllefonte. From
this time forward he took an active in
terest in politics, supporting all the can
didates Of the Wing party for the Presi-
| dency, from Harrison to Scott. La 1874
/ he stumped the State 10 behalf of Henry
| CLAW. In 1913 and 1852 he was placed
| on the Presidential electoral ticket, and
| in b tn b sse years ira Eefeei the S ate
| IN behalf of the candidates of the Wing
party. In 1854 he was Chairman Of the
| State Central Committee, Mr.. James
Pollock being tbs candidate for Gov.
ernor Ia that year. After his election,
Goyr. Pollock tff1red Mr.. Curtin the
office ofEe retary of the Commonwealth,
which was accepted by the latter. Mr..
Curtin was himself elected Governor In
| 1880 and q elected in 1866 He was In
augu rated J Anua-y Is, 1851, and during
tks next six years was one oftbe leading
! spirits among the loyal Governors OF the
Northern Ststes. The militia laws OF the
State were Tsmodeled at his instance
| only a few days bsfore the fall of Fort
] Sumter, and from that event until the