Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-29


Berue letter Of the 10Th Of April gives an
interview with Caleb Cushing relative To the
meeting the day previous at Geneva. He
said the prOceedings were purely informal,
and there was no talk about anything con-
nected with the Washington treaty. In re-
gard 10 the protest Of the British Govern
mont, which was put In with their counter
case, Mr.. Cushing said his deliberate opinion
was that both the presence Of that document
and It's decided, though courteous, guarded
language shows very plainly that the British
Government has determined 10 Withdraw
from the arbitration unless between that
time aud June the United States make some
material concessions with regard TO the indi-
rect claims.
Mr.. Cushing further said the United States
counsel do not regard thepositiOn of the Brit
lsh government as changed by the pr0senta-
tlon either OF their counter-case or their pro-
test Had they not presented a countsr-case
IL would have been tantamOunt 10 withdraw
Ing from the treaty altogether, which, II
done, would DO . deliberate breaking OF n
solemn covenant Involving the honor Of the
British nation. Relative TO the British coun-
ter case, Mr.. Gushing said he had not time As
yet TO study II, Ii being much larger than our
own. There is no material difference with
regard TO the facts between the United States
and Great Britain. Indeed, the British case
actually admits some facts we were unable to
lie hoped the British cOuntsr-case would not
present AZ many fanlts OF expression, ~ we'll
a. OF law, ~ hs remarked iD the British case,
THR CURIOUS RECORD or N. THIEIs'
BIRTH. M. Thlsrs has now entered hls
ssvsnty-si1th year, having been born on the
18th OF April, 1877. The registration runs
thus year V OF the French republic one
aud indiVislble, the 10Th Gsrminal, at 5
o'clock, before us public otncer Of the mu-
nlclpality OF Midy, canton OF Marseilles, and
before the bureau dc letat-clyll, appeared the
citizen Marie Simeon Rostan, medical Officsr
and aocoucheur, residing Rne Laterale do
Cour Isle l54, house o, who presented US .
boy, at whose birth he had asslstsd, and who,
according to him, was born on the 26th Of
the present. month at two hours one tsnth,
the son OF the Cheyenne Marie hagdeleins-
Annie ct du citoyen Plene-L Louis Marie
Thlers,' proprietor, now absent and ln the
house inhabited by the woman brought 10
bed, situated Rue des Pstlts-Peres, No. is
ISle Cinq; to which boy the Christian names
Of Marie-Joseph- Adolphe have BEEN
given OF which we make act In presence Of
the citizens Pierre POussel, proprietor, aud
jeanne Imbert eoiheuSs, living In the same
street, the second of whom declares she can
not write, and we have signed with the nrst, ="
&c. Follow signatures.-P. Pousssi ROs-
tan, and l. Jourddn.
PRODUCTIONS OF CALIFoRNIL.-Our horti-
culture, says the Ala, combines the fruits Of
the temperate and tropical zones. Our wheat
ripens In the shadow OF the palm tree; the
orange and the perslmmon grow side BY side.
We have 2 1850 900 trees Of the apple kind,
Cineluding pears and qulnces,) SO, 900 OF the
peach kind, Qncludlng apricOts aud nectar
lnss,) 21l 900 pruues aud plums, a, 600
orange and lemon, 1900 o., 81, 900 almond
and walnut, and 10000 cherry, 70, 900 olive
trees and 20 900 900 grape vines. The poIne-
EranAte. bOpal and cluon thrive, but are not
numerous enough to deserve countlngi the
banana, plantAin, RuaVa, ehlrlmOya, cocoa,
palm and pineapple are growing, but thelT
profitable OF extensive cultivation In the
open air ls yet doubtful. Tea, coffee and
African sugar can be grown. Many delicate
tropical and semi.tropical ornamental trees
and shrubs AdOrn our gardens. The gerA-
NUNS, fuschias and finer varieties OF the
rose, the numerous Australian acaclaS and
Eucalypu with their graceful foliage, the
hellotrope, the Indian rubber plant the hori-
pondlO, magnolia, camellA and passion flower
live through our winters In the open air.
Southern Californian.