The Portland daily press., 1872-12-07

government of tho Great Republic to have the
American Minister at Paris charged with the
protection of their people il France during the
continuance of the war between the countries
You know how readily and cheerfully our gov
eminent acceded to the request upon the condi-
ton that France would acquiesce. That acqui-
escence was promptly granted, but in accepting
the charge of protector of the Germans then in
France, was only the organ of nv own gov
ernment, and carrying out its instructions and
wishes could have accomplished but little,
however, had it not been for the great interest
taken by the German government in its sub
leets, suddenly expelled by the Empire, and
its unbounded liberality in furnishing me with
all the pecuniary means necessary to aid them
and the ever ready support accorded TO me by
the French government, and which enabled me
to accomplish the mission with which was
charged. Therefore, but little credit is due to
me personally IN this regard, for if succeeded
in accomplishing anything 1T was due mainly
to circumstances, independent of my own ac-
tion With no experience in such matters and
with no pretension of having been initiated in
what are called the mysteries of diplomacy"
with no precedents laid down in the books to
govern in such an emergency, l had simply to
do the best could under the circumstances, and
took sort of town-meeting view of the whole
subject, and made precedents to suit the occa-
| sion. could claim nothing more, if / could
claim anything, than the practical sense had
| picked up among the fir-clad hills of my ma
tive New England, God bless her, and in the
| proud State of my adoption. Situated as L was,
| in the midst of events that were convulsing
France and Europe and the world, l deemed it
| high privilege to do anything in my power to
| aid and assist, not only our own people but all
peoples and all nationalities, whenever and
wherever could properly do SO.
| Alas! could such efforts at all times have
been successful the world might not have been
called upon to witness one of the most tragic
and fearful events in history, the foul murder
| of the Archbishop of Paris-that eminent man
rho 10 fa 1lt,cfp IL IL
virtues, honored by the rich and the exalted,
and loved by the poor and the humble, and who
alike in the gloom of the prison cell and I'M
| der the fire of assasSns, rose above the things
| of this earth, and who bore his faculties so
meek, and was so clear in his great office that
his virtues plead like angels, trumpet-tongued,
atainst
"The deep damnation OF his taking off,"
1t was pleasing matter for me to feel that
was acting in accordance with the sentiments of
| our own Government and of our own people
in doing all that could do, consistent with my
position, for the people of all other national
tiles, and in extending, wherever it was proper
| the protecting agis of our flag.
The position OF our Government was one of
absolute neutrality between the two belliger-
ents, for they were both friendly nations To
the Germans we were allied by all those ties
| which are interviewer by large and patriotic
German population identified with us by inter-
est and feeling and helping to build up and
try. To the French we were allied by tradi
tional friendship, and the undying memories
| of our revolutionary struggle, where will for
ever stand out foremost those two great central
figures in our history, Washington and Lafay-
cite. We can never, never, forget that the
| French soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder
and elbow touching elbow" with our revolution
airy fathers, and poured out their blood like
water on so many battle-felds to achieve the
independence of our country.
|
SALMON BREEDING.-A million and half of
salmon eggs have been put in the Matching
troughs, as the result Of the summers breed
ing at Bucksport. This exceeds the sum to-
tai of all the salmon eggs that have ever been
taken in the United States or imported from
abroad. The cost Of taking them has been be-
| tween "a and IS thousand, which is very
| cheap rate compared with the cost of imported
| eggs. The water is led into the Matching
house Ia building 75x28), by a flume from a
dam thrown across the Penobscot river. The
eggs lie in trOughs and the water is distributed
into them, developing the salmon. The eggs
| will not reach the stage when they can be trans
| ferred until about the middle of January
They will be packed up and sent to various
| parts OF the country. The principal owners in
| this establishment are the United States gov
| eminent and the States Of Massachusetts,,
| Connecticut, Maine and Rhode Island. Three
or four thousand eggs will fall to the lot of
Maine. This is the most successful result of
breeding on record, and it would seem that the
artificial stocking of cur rivers is not far in
the distance