The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-04-23
TOPICS OF ruE TIME.

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In Paris, recently, a meeting Of th
French commission on the Unite,
States Centennial Exhibition was held
in which letter addressed to Minister
DE Casez and Say was read. Il asks 70
the nomination, on the part Of the Frencl
Government, Of Central Commission
to officially promote the interests o
French exhibitors, and requests tha
some Of the masterpieces Of French ar
and industry in the possession Of th,
government be sent 10 the exhibition a
Philadelphia. II is thought that tn,
Commission will agree to take favorabl,
action in the matter.
TBE American potato bugs will prob
ably smile in scorn when they read tn,
following document from Wilhelm and
Bismarck: We, William, by Gods grnc,
Emperor Of Germany, King Of Prussia
etc, ordain in the name of the German
Empire, and with the consent Of tn,
Bundesrath, the following, The impor
tation Of potatoes out Of America, OF
peeliDgs or other remains from such 10.
tatoes, or sacks or other materials used
for packing potatoes or remains of 10.
tatoes, is, until further notice, strictly
forbidden. Authentic under our royal
name, and stamped with the seal of the
Empire. Wilhelm Prince Won Bis.
marck.
The position Of our Go, with
reference to Mexico ~em, To- he this: In
ls72-73 border commission investigated
the matter Of damages rereivrd Ivy Tex.
ans from Mexican rniscrs, and, after TAX.
ing over one thousand dcpositions, they
found that the claims for compensation
amounted to si9, 900 900, of which si4,.
800, 600 were for cattle raids. The Mex.
ican Government, on the other hand,
recently sent commission 10 examine
the same matter, and have reported that
the American claims arr immensely
exaggerated, and that most of them had
been put in by parties who own no cat.
tie. The commission was composed OF
three Mexican lawyers, and feature uI
their report was that they Tndeavored to
whitews-h the desperate Cortina.
IL giving his constituents an account
Of his recent visit TO America, Mr.. II. f..
G.. Childers, VI. T., said he was never ~
amazed as when he compared his last
trip with the one he made hNccn years
before, just previou. 10 the rebellion.
He noticed a great development in Ma
tional feeling; formerly the Americans
thought too much Of what Others were
thinking or saying of them; now they
appear TO have acquired a thoroughly
imperial and national character and have
grown in national confidence. lie also
noticed that tn. proportion of foreigners,
Germans, had greatly increased. At the
close of his speech he gave the fattering
assurance that the Americans were not
wanting in good manners, sobriety and
civility, a delusion which his country
men generally entertained
The inevitable squabble over rich
mans will has begun In Detroit. Mr..
+. B. Ward died few months ago, leav.
ing fortune of 5000, 200, and the
funeral was hardly over before the heirs
began to quarrel about the bequests.
one relative, who had received $4,000,
said he deserved ten times that amount,
and gave notice that he would contest
the will. The latest move is combined
One by the widow and some of the other
heirs, and consists of n petition to the
Michigan Legislature for an amendment
to the present law relating to the settle
ment Of estates, 20 as to do away with
the special administrator who may now
he appointed to take charge of the es-
tate until IL is settled, and, instead, to
give the executors control. The son re-
sists the proposed change in the law, and
As a powerful lobby is enlisted on both
sides, a bitter contest is anticipated.
CAPTAIN PAUL BoyNToN, the inven-
tor of an apparatus for travelling in the
water for great distances as easily>as on
land, few days ago started in his life
saving, water-traveling dress with the
daring intention OF crossing the channel
from Dover to France. The weather
was clear and favorable Tor the accom-
plishment of the experiment. A steamer
specially chartered accompanied him as
a pilot. The accounts agree in saying
that he was proceeding safely ON his voy-
age, apparently but little fatigucd, and
rapidly approaching the French coast,
with every prospect of successfully ac-
complishing his purpose; but he was
prevented from doing 50, when within a
few miles of the shore, by the approach
of night and the positive refusal of the
pilot to guide him in the darkness. The
plucky voyager has expressed his inten-
tion Of repeating the experiment. Cap
tain Boynton is an American.
An Eastern paper makes fun Of the
old story, a revival Of which, by French
newspaper, was cabled lately, that the
Pope is considering the possibility of his
finally taking up his residence in the
United States. The Pope's American
friends, says our exchange, IL they are
wise, will warn the Holy Father against
becoming an immigrant to this country.
In the antique seclusion of the Vatican
he is spiritual potentate, a successor OF
st. Peter, and an iniallible sovereign OF
the Church. Here he would have to pay
poll-tax, give his name to the street
directory eompilers, be interviewed by
reporters, read the Beecher trial, and
horrible thought-possibly be defendant
in legal proceedings himself What sane,
tity, divinity or infallibility could hold