Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-20
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
NEW YORK.
Neat Farewell Spec h Of General
Grant.
a F~ietsrrinY Tribute TO Ills Lien.
Tenant.

New YORK, May IS.
Following il the farewell address of
ex-President Grant, made while steam
ing down the Delaware:
my DEAR, FRIENDS: was not
aware we would have 80 much speech
making here or that it would be nee
es-ary for me to say any more to you.
but / feel that the compliments you
have -howered upon me were not al
together deserved. They should not
all be- paid to me either as a soldier or
. civil officer. As q General your
praises do not all belong tn me. and a.
Executive OF the Nation they were not
due to me. There IL no man who a
fill both or either Of these positions
without the help OF good men. / So
lected my Lieutenants when | was in
both positions, and they were men,
I believe, who could have filled my
place often better than / did. / never
flattered myself that I was entitled to
the place you gave me. My Lieuten-
ants could have acted perhaps better
than l. had tho opportunity been pre-
sented. Sherman could have taken
my place as a soldier or in civil office.
and so could Sheridan and others /
might name. ] am sure il the country
ever to this need again there
will be men for the work; there will
be men born for every emergency.
Again / thank you, again l bid you good
bye, and again ] say that had / failed
Sherman or Sheridan or some of my
other Lieutenants would have sue
ceeded."
The Sil yer Problem In Illinois.
WASHINGTON, May IS.
The Secretary of the Treasury does
not consider the passage OF the act by
the Illinois Legislature, making silver
coin a legal tender within the limits of
that State, as a very important event.
The Government is ready to supply
the people of the State of Illinois aud
those who may have creditors there
with all the silver they may desire in
exchange for greeDbacks. The only
effect upon the Treasury which the
passage OF such a law Ear have, If
really carried into operation, will be to
enable the Secretary To redeem green
backs at a profit instead of losing a
percentage upon them as the Treasury
does IL it TedeeIns them in gold. or
course neither the State of Illinois nor
any citizen Of it is allo owed under the
laws of the United States to manu-
facture silver coin, and so whatever
benefit may accrue from the increased
circulation Of our subsidiary coins in
that State will be secured by the United
States Government. 1.-THE law goes into
effect it is not at all Improbable that a
considerable demand for silver may
spring up in New York with which to
make payments in Chicago. The loss
10 Chicago creditors and business men
who would be Obliged to receive thai
subsidiary coin would De from Is to ~
per cent. Prominent officers OF the
Treasury Department believe if the
law actually gees into effect it will be-
come so unpopular in Illinois before
the meeting of the next Legislature
that its repeal will be one of the first
acts of that body at its next session.
Destructive MailssOrm IN New
England.
BosToN, May IS.
John Hayes vas killed and several
other persons injured by lightning at
Greenfield this afternoon. About the
same time a violent hail and thunder
storm passed owe Northwestern
Rhode Island. In Pascoag much glass
was broken and great damage was
done to furniture in dwellings and ma.
chinery in mills. In the neighborhood
of Bennington, Vermont, the crops
were much damaged by hailstones,
one Of which WAS five inches in diam
eter, another ten inches in circumfer-
ence, and another weighing ten and
one-half ounces.