The New York herald., 1872-10-28

Oar Diplomatic Ministers at Home
Again and Abroad.
Mr.. e. B. Washburne, United States Min
lister to France, arrived in this city on Satur-
day last by the steamer Deutschland, and is
now at the Fifth Avenue Hotel he viii re-
main here only few days and will then pro-
ceed to Washington. From his faithful and
valuable public services as the representative
of the government and people of the United
States at the French capital, through all his
diplomatic embarrassments and incessant la
bors, from the German invasion Of France to
the short rations of the siege of Paris, and
through all the horrors there of the incen-
diary Commune to the restoration OF law and
order. Mr.. Washburne has fairly earned this
furlough, and we hope that he will enjoy 1t,
and that on returning-if he should return
he will return with his health improved for
the resumption Of his official duties. But he
may be wanted at Washington.
Mr.. George Bancroft our Minister at Berlin,
left that capital on Saturday last for visit
first to Italy, where he expects to remain q
month in tour of observation among the
wonders Of nature and art and the fascinat-
ing relics Of the mighty past Of that glorious
country. Thence, before returning to his
post of duty, he expects to make flying
visit to Egypt and the wonders of the mighty
Nile. Mr.. Bancroft, too, has been an able,
faithful and remarkably successful public SER
want abroad, and, having finished the inn
portant business of the San Juan boundary
settlement, with the transmission by special
messengers Of the official parchment Of the En-
peror Williams decision to Washington, no
objection can be raised against MI. Bancroft's
holiday excursion.
Mr.. John JAY our Minister at Vienna was
in London the other day assisting in the i'm
portant affair Of the marriage Of his daughter
to distinguished German Baron; and i Qn
any occasion :.
When there's a lady In the case
or course all other things give place
surely on the momentous occasion indicated
Mr.. jays absence in London from his post at
Vienna was eminently proper, and particularly
as his official duties in Vienna sson the beauti-
full blue Danube ore neither so urgent nor
important as to require his constant attention.
Mr. Andrew G.. Curtin, lately our Minister
at ST. Petersburg, exhausted by the rough
climate of Muscovy, returned home last
month to inhale the health-restoring air of
his native land. He arrived here an invalid
dangerously prostrated; but recovering his
strength in season to take o hand in the State
canvass for the Pennsylvania October election,
Governor Curtin went over there and vigor-
ously threw his weight into the scale for the
democratic candidate for Governor, Buckalew
against Hartranft, the republican candidate
We presume that from the results Of that elec-
tion including the election of Hartranft by
thirty-fve thousand majority, Mr.. Curtin may
be considered as having resolved upon s'the
shades of pAivate life" from and after the ad-
journment of the Constitutional Convention, to
which he has been chosen delegate on the
minority representation schedule.
Mr.. Thomas FL. Nelson, our Minister to
Mexico, is now on short visit to the United
States but as We apprehend that this visit is
more upon official business at Washington
than for personal recreation, we conclude that
our interests at the Mexican capital will not
materially suffer from his absence.
These are the most conspicuous of our
diplomatic Ministers who are now abroad
from their official headquarters, and it will be
perceived, upon moments reflection, that in
no case is there cause for alarm in consequence
of their absence. Indeed, we may say, in the
expressive language of the lamented President
Taylor, that as 1--WE are now at peace with all
the world and the rest Of mankind" Il. e., the
Indians) our diplomatic agents, great and
small, with hardly an exception, ore at liberty
to 60 and come when they please. 1t is their
luck, and Uncle Sam is rich enough to foot
their little bills. Mr.. Secretary Fish ought,
perhaps, to be happy man.
Spirit and Spice OF Leading Religious
Organs.
The advent Of Mr.. James Anthony Froude the
English historian, is the chosen topic Of con-
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