The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-23

10 in~esasA BY she pain. ssd hb physicians
have ordered that he abstain frum the usnsAe.
TIA Of any businee.
A. ~. Petersburg considerable politi-
esi importance 10 attached "a the appointment
II Prince iotpno6 - Russian Ambs~ssdor Ia
the Por~. The choice 10 sxreeahie a. the
Ports IN seeosot u the favorable impression
he created daring HE former tsnur. ~ or'ce
- Russian Ambassador IL the Cnm~sn var
The Prince. II 10 understood. fsvors 80 AMIGA
bic rsngemen, q the ssissins differences,
and 10 regarded - . man II moderate views.
esssAsv.
Considerable excitemen, seems Ia
have been pru-fucsd In Beriin Q, the announce
mont tbss the English s~es 10 b~ing fitted ou,
Tor eventual operation 10 the Baltic. The idea
sIpreased In Berlin 10 thst Il 10 hardly " be
espsetsd that . foreign feet would make its
appearance In the Baltic against the vish of
Germany. and II IL declared Ia he an eccentric
theory shich IL r.pudisted by the German gov.
eminent.
TRANCE.
In the Postal Congress in session IN
Paris, the Unite : States demand . . francs Der
kilosrsmme for letters In transit scro.s the
continent, instead Of tao france, q. q, present.
England supports the American view, which
will probably be adopted, not~i;hs' andipg the
opposition 81 sone of the continental Pow
ers.
A Paris dispatch II May I'd. says no
accidents we're reported on the opening day ~
the Exposition, although II Was estimated that
i've hundred thousand persons visited Champ
de Mars and Trncadero. " VS.. computed
that three hundred thousand foreigners we're
In the city.
Count Corti, Minister of Foreign A.
fairs has confirmed the denial, aud sl~p contra
dicted the statement, that Italy had a.ked Eng.
eminent, In ac ord with the wishes 81 the PEG
ple, slwsvs keit .s far sl"of a. possible from
sny complications hat might arise.
orrNISo ~ rus rARis EXPOSITION.
special from Paris ~ May LIST says
the, ~, . O'Clock the great Exposition Was for
s'slls opened. Words fail To give nj adequate
picture II the ses1ie a, The time. Nulthudss
of hsinsn heiue- isrk.ned Me space c~ornpris-
. h~ssesn limit ~ the Exposition grounds.
That 10 " -s, from the Ecole Miliiaire and The
Holsl de. ln,siides 10 the Palace Dc 10 Troca-
do's, aud - fer on either side a. the Pont de
Alma end Pont de 0'isrlle. Everybody who
could get within the Exposition grounds wa
shsrs f., sh~ ,.sslN.,I~ "a Al. T-.u.l.-. Al.
hinhter Of Commerce received the rspre.ent-
stives ~ foreign nations and heads Of various
rome departments. After this the Marshal
President arrived by the rear entrance, and
thee" functionaries were formally presented to
him. After the ceremony the Marshal ana the
other gentlemen passed to the platform which
ovsrlooks the main building, when the Minis
ter Of Commerce offered On address u vel
come, "a which President Mcmahon replied,
declaring the Exposition formally opened.
Guns boomed, bands played, the multitude ap-
plaudsd and the preliminaries we're over. Ex
Queen Isabella Of Spain witnessed the csrcmo-
nies from the gallery occupied by Madame Nc
Mahon. The father Of the King Of Spain was
present. At night the streets were impossible
In many plsces, In consequence Of the immense
crowd assembled TO witness the illumination
A great many buildings were decorated with
6ags Of oil ~nations, the American colors being
conspisuously displayed.
A Constsdt dispatch Of May I'd, says;
II 10 stated that several steamers lying At Rev.
81 have been purchased BY the Russian govern
ment for the purpose Of being converted into
cruisers. The three vessels which left Revel
are the property Of the Russian Admiralty, and
have gone TO America 10 receive their srma-
menta, which viii be provided by American
firms, aud receive on board the sesmen who
departed . short time ago.