The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-21
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WASHINGTON.

! WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Extracts from Lex
ington Centennial speeches Toast: The
President of the United States" Responded
to in the usual manner by his Excellency.
NorE.-This and nothing more reached
Washington concerning the Presidents
speech.
Richard II. Dana, Jr., replied in witty
and happy speech.
The State of South Carolina-Never w.. Mas
sachusetts forget the proud response Of South
Carolina, the very night she heard the wal
note from Lexington.
| Gov Chamberlin may veio everything he
wishes, but he must not veto our earnest
respect for voice from the Palmetto State tc
the Pine.
A letter from Gladstone was the only re.
Spouse to the toast ENGLAND and the United
States
Extract IN d Re!rose ,ctiue New Of an Eve1tfu
Peri0d-My countrymen can now contemplate
its incidents with impartality. 1 do not
think they should severely blame their
ancestors, whose struggle to maintain the
unity Of the British Empire is one that must,
l think, after the late great war of the North
and South, be viewed in America with some
sympathy and indulgence.
| We can hardly be expected to rate very
highly the motives of those other powers
who threw their weight into the other scale,
and who SO sensibly contributed towards de-
termining the issue of the war. Yet, for one,
can most truly say that whatever motives
and however painful the process, they, while
seeking to do an injury, conferred upon us a
great benefit by releasing us from efforts the
continuation of which would have been an
| unMixed evil
As regards the fathers of the American
Constitution themselves, believe we can and
| 4 o1ofo thoip md
achievements with an admiration as pure as
that of American citizens themselves, and
can rejoice no less heartily that, in the coun-
ellis OF Providence, tn ey were made instru-
| ments of purpose most beneficial to the
| world.
| The circumstances under which the United
States began their national existence, and
their unexampled rapidity of advance in
wealth and population, enterprise and power,
have imposed on their people an enormous
responsibility.
They will be tried as we shall at the bar Of
history, but on greater scale. They will be
compared with men, not only of other coun-
| tries, but of other times. They cannot es-
cape from the liabilities and burdens which
! their greatness imposes on them. No one
desires more fervently than do that they may
be enabled to realize the highest hopes and
anticipatious that belong to their great position
! in the falsity of man.
| The North and South.-In response to a
complimentary call of the President, Gen.
VIM. F. Bartlett. of Massachusetts,, made a
remarkable and beautiful speech. Referring
to the Southern soldiers, he said in conclu-
sion: As an American l am as proud of the
men who chargedso brayelywith Pickett's Divi-
the men who bravely met and repulsed them
there.
! Men can not always choose the right cause,
but when, having chosen that which their
conscience dictated, they are ready to die fol
it. If they justify not their cause, they are
the least ennobled themselves: and men who,
for conscience sake, fought against their Gov.
eminent at Gettysburg ought easily to be for
given by the sons of men who, for conscience
sake, fought against their Government at
Lexington and Bunker Hill.
Oh, sir, as Massachusetts was the first in
war, so ist her be the first in peace, and she
shall forever be the first in the hearts OF her
countrymen.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
WASHINGTON, April 2O.-An investigation Of
the condition of winter wheat by the statisti'
cal division Of the Department Of Agriculture
represents the crop as q whole much below
the status of that Of last year. In April, the
northern belt was generally protected by Gov.
ering Of snow, leaving the roots intact, though
the tops might be brown and lifeless
In places between the thirty-sixth and for
tieth parallels of latitude the protection was
less uniform and continuous, and the freezing
and thawing in March were destructive in
more exposed situations and injurious gener.
ally in q greater or less degree. The injury
is greatest in those portions of Indiana, I'LL
nois, Missouri and Kansas, in which drouth
prevented early planting and adequate root
development before the coming of winter.
In the area south of the Seth parallel wheat
is unipjured by the frost and is vigorous. and
even luxuriant in some districts. The ad.
vantages of drilling over broad casting is in
| all sections unanimously asserted.
| In California the early sown is an assured
success; that put in late is less vigorous, and
fears are entertained that prevailing north
winds and absence of rains may greatly re
duce the yield of that less advanced portion
Of the crop
There is an apparent increase of seven pei
cent. in the area of winter wheat sown,
amounting in round number to million and
a half acres, thong h that portion the winter
equal in the West to the enlargement of thu
planted area. This increase is small in the
Middle States, considerable in Illinois and
Missouri, and proportionately largest in the
Gulf States and in Kansas, reaching 30 pei
cent. in the Southwest.
| CALLED BONDS.
WASHINGTON, April 2O.-The Secretary o.
the Treasury calls five millions Of the $40
bonds, upon which interest ceases July Goth
The assistant treasurers are ordered to pay
the May interest without rebate.
PROBABLE SHELVING OF LANDAULET VIII.
| LIAHS.
| WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Among the latel
rumors of Cabinet changes is one to the effect
that Attor aey General Williams will soon re-
tire from his present position. He does moi
absolutely deny the truth of the report, but
admits it is probable he may before long en-.
gage in other pursuits. Some of his most
init mate friends say the indication is he will
resign at the end of the present fiscal year, il
not sooner.
| THE POST.OFFICE INBROGLYO.
| WASHINGTON, April 2O.-The examination
by Commissioner Ingersoll into the charges
against Kinds of being complicated in the
recent mail letting frauds was resumed this