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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-11-27

Sir, in the name Of Chicago and its people,
pSophessy that when time
dimmed, BY the side Of thegrcat quartet who
had gone before you, yoar name, your statue,
~i Ne NJ e9 q inv
Lincoln, will live the name Of Grant.
Sir, again allow me to tender you a hearty
t. e N cSess end
CARELESS Of creed or of party.
. Mayor Harrisop's speech was greatly ap.
glanded; He then shook hands with General
MRVMAYoR, AND GENrlEMEN OF THE Con-
MITTEE OF RECEPTION OF CHICAGO, AND GEN.
TLEMtN OF CHICAGO AND OF ILddNOIs: feel
very much hohored by the welcome which
highly s. speeeh Of welcome ts
has just been uttered by your worthy Mayor.
y something SO personal to myself that II
spond to the language. and it leaves nothing
further, therefore, for me to do than to repeat
my thanks to this committee, and to the citi.
s whs q tHls city, ZOE the hearty reception
a" regard to cMe allusIon Ito my reception
abroads will say that IN every case felt that
further, that our country stands differently
the Eastern Nations, rom what Il dia quarter
garded now in q different light from the Ameri.
At that timeo It WAS believed that we hadn't
ton Ha IL ast Il wfs b. aeps
sand that would give way upon; the slightest
friction. They have found out their grand
mistake. They know that we lave now q Gov.
efment; that we are Nation, and that we are
strong, intelligent and brave people, capable
Of judging and knowing our rights, and de.
termined One Al OCCASIONS to maintain them
is the explanation Of the receptions which you
have received through me while was abroad
Gentlemen, thank you. GCheers.l .s.:A
Society Of the Army of. the Tennessee at
| Haveriy's Theatef. Among the distinguished
personages upon the stage were Generals
Grant; sherman, Sheridan, Logan, Angur;
'WoOdfOrd, McFerley, FOrce, Henderson and
Hardin, Rear Admiral Stevens, Governors
Smith (Wisconsin), Gear uOwa,, Cullom Qllt
'Illnois). Judge Drummond. judge Gresham
Samuel Clemens T. Mark Twain') and Rev. h
w. Thomas.
The New York herald., 1879-02-07
An Important Case.

Mr.. William Astor has determined to
test in the courts the right Of the Custom
House authorities to enforce the payment
of duties on personal baggage and wearing
apparel. When Mr.. Astor's family re-
turned from o European trip last autumn
their trunks were taken to the appraisers
Office and the wearing apparel intended for
their own use alone was declared to be
dutiable to the amount of eighteen hun
dred dollars, which was paid under pro-
test. The Treasury Department subse-
quently approved the action of the Custom
House authorities and sustained their in.
depreciation Of the law. This is not salts
factory to Mr.. Astor, probably because the
Treasury Department has on former occa-
sions decided exactly the reverse, and prob
ably because common sense dictates to him
that when the law exempts from duty
''wearing apparel in actual use" and which
is sworn to be the property of a
person arriving in the United States,
"and not directly or indirectly i'm
ported for any other or intended for
sale," it means what it says ana not some
thing which it does not say. So Mr.. Astor
takes the case to the Supreme Court, and
in SO doing really performs an act of great
public value and importance. 1t is very
desirable that our citizens who visit Europe
SO frequently should know just what their
rights are, and thus be relieved from the
annoyance of being treated as smugglers.
II they are required to pay duty on articles
declared free by the law they will no doubt
do so; but if the law means what it says they
will no longer be subjected to misapprehen-
sion or injustice at the hands OF the Gus
tom House people.
The New York herald., 1879-02-07
property. will serve to revive the business

property. will serve to revive the business
of that popular thoroughfare and will be a
decided public convenience. The diversion
of trade from Broadway south OF Union
square is due solely to the withdrawal OF
travel from the street by the horse cur lines
and now by the IL" railroads. A surface
railroad. with clean, comfortable cars. run
at good rate of speed and at low rate OF
fare would assurodly bring back the old.
fashioned crowds to Broadway, for people
would rather go there than to any other
thoroughfare Business will return with
the tide of travel and stores will no longer
be left without tenants. We do not see that
there is now any serious opposition to the
proposed railroad; but it is desirable that
the franchise should be granted only on
condition that the road shall be made
superior to any horse car line ever before
run in New York.
The New York herald., 1879-02-07
The Heathen Ahead OF Us.


While our national legislature is potter
ing with the bill to establish postal savings
banks the far away Empire of japan has
system not only in operation, but has so
fully demonstrated its merits that, within
single year, the number of depositors has
nearly doubled, while the sum Of the de-
posits has trebled. When one calls ia
mind the extreme caution and distrust
that distinguish the Asiatic mind, and
the adherence of waste which is o marked
characteristic of the inhabitants of the west.
ern coast of the Pacific, the confidence
which has been inspired by the new method
of securing savings and the incentive which
has evidently been given to increase the
gross amount of earnings become too sig
nificant to be disregarded in our own land
of shaky savings banks and extravagant
people. Cannot some Congressman With
out an individual axe upon his shoulder
ana with distaste for party squabbles
own special charge, and enable every citizen,
no matter how far removed from financial
centres, to place his money where it will be
safe from thieves and his own prodigal
fingers There are some millions of re-
spectacle citizens who consider this subject
of more Importance than Southern war
claims, the chances of aspirants TO the
Presidency, or any other of the topics upon
which Congress is wasting time which it is
paid to improve in the interest of the public
whose servant it is.
The New York herald., 1879-02-07

There is likely to be lively competition
for the privilege OF running surface rail-
road on Broadway. between Fourteenth
street and the Battery, and it has been sug-
gested that if q franchise is to be granted it
ought to be disposed of at auction to tho
highest bidder. There are some objections
to this plan, however, both the people
who would use such q road md the owners
of property along the route being too
deeply interested in securing first class ac-
comm odations and good service to warrant
the city in considering only how to make
few dollars out Of the enterprise. The ex-
pediency Of allowing the thoroughiare to
be used for street railroad being conceded,
care ought to be taken to make the road the
model one of the city, both in construction
and equipment The company receiving
the franchise should be required to supply
comfortable, convenient cars, good horses
and civil employees. They should be bound
by the terms of their charter to supply
seats for all passengers desiring them, to
heat the cars in the winter and to run q
sufficient number to fully accommodate the
travel.
There does not seem to be any difference
of opinion on the point that surface rail-
road will be great advantage to Broadway
The New York herald., 1879-02-07
The. Development OF Stationery.

One Of the most cheering indications Of
the improvement of the world is to be
found in the new and enlarged significance
of many terms which once meant very
little. There was q time, and within the
memory of half the people alive, when
STATIONERY" suggested merely pen, ink
and paper. with perhaps an occasional
bundle of pencils and box of wsfers-zonly
this and nothing more. But Western
contemporary has just published some
items from the stationery statement of the
Clerk of the House of Representatives
which show that stationery has devel-
oped until in one respect it resem-
bles the hand of Providence-it takes
in everything. Among other things
not included under the old-time head Of
stationery we find razor, razor strop and
nail brush, which. having been issued to
congressman, are earnests of that personal
care which grateful country would have
it's invaluable lawmakers exercise. Four
opera glasses appear in tho list. and
suggest that an equal number Of
Legislators have m eye for the beautiful
as well as for the presumably useful. A
pair of dumb bells is something rather
startling when encountered in stationery
list, but the shock is endurable when the
reader realizes that q single Congressman
has the will to exercise his ruder muscles,
and, probably, give his tongue and tho public
q season of blissful rest. "One pack Of
cards is IN item which may shock the
sensibilities Of the ''unco guid," but with
the remembrance Of some Congressional
games still in mind we doubt not that
tricks with cards only would to occasional
Congressman be equivalent to radical reform.
A copy of the "Baby Opera" one of ''Songs
of the Sanctuary" and hymn book appear
In the list, and show to apprehensive spirits
that three Congressman, judged by the
Shnkespearean rule, are unfit for treason,
stratagem and spoil, while the religious
will note with holy JOY the fact that two
of these books Of song are Of O devotional
nature. Best of all, however, are the indica-
tions which the list affords of Congressional
opposition to the heresies with which the
age is infested. A copy of "The. Bible for
Learners" appears thereon, so it is probable
that one of our lawmakers has been moved to
visit the accepted source of moral teachings
"What Is one among SO many" may be
asked concerning this hitherto unsuspected
Congressional act Int we are confdent
The New York herald., 1879-02-07
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

CASTELAR, is to lecture before Oxford on Spanish
literature.
Bishop. the American. is exposing spirituast
tricks in Edinburgh.
Lady Lytton. wife of the viceroy of India. has
given birth to o son.
Grant in India must eat curry if he would curry
favor with the Indians.
wilhclmj says that coming over on the steamer he
did not like the BILL water.
sptcfu rivals have already begun to send the r. I.
column atrocious valentines.
Lord Augustus LOTUS has been appointed Governor
General of New South Wales.
General sherman and party registered at the Larkin
House. Palatka. Fla. yesterday.
John Sherman is adroit man. but It il not the
adroit men who become President.
Ex-President Grant and family sailed from Alden for
Bombay yesterday. All were well.
Congressman Bragg who dared the too solid South.
has gone to visit his Wisconsin home.
Would you believe that the boys and girls ara
coasting on Congress street, Saratoga
For the masked ball at the Paris Opera two tickets
were sent to each of the actresses in Paris.
AS Princess Louise is the '.vicernc of Canada" We
suppose Mr.. Hill is the Benzinc OF Georgia.
Ellis A. Apgsr has been rcappointed state superin-
tendent of Public Instruction for Now Jersey.
The Nevada (Cal) Transcript says that after rum
away ''tnc horses ana wagon "cRo n"A~o~ Wy hAe
ham omclette."
When Grant reaches Shanghai the Chinese will
probably initiate Dublin and not Cork In giving him
the freedom Of the city.
NJ Ieperc, tho new French Minister Of Agriculture
and Commerce, looks like o side-whiskered Episco-
paian clergyman who loves Greek and sherry
M. lie Marcere tho new French Minister Of the
Interior. II he did not look as IL he going to
weep. miaht be mistaken for Charles Francis Adsms
or your grandmother
II is reported from London that Prince Leopold
tbe eighth child and fourth of Queen Victoria.
now I'm tho twenty sixth year Of his age, will enter
the church of England.
Utica Obserrer-"An old lady recently directed the
attention OF her husband to pair OF twins. remark
,pr as she did so, How much those two children do
look alike, especially the one this way'"
San Francisco's first female lawyer. Mrs. Clara 8.
Folz is an Indiana lady. twcntyeght years old She
has never been to school, but has educated herself.
and Is retained mainly by women who wish to sue
for divorce.
When Captain General Campos embarked at Havana
yesterday the Spanish mail steamer Espona large
crowds assembled before the palace and in the harbor
witnessing his departure with every manifestation a
regret. The island is quiet
Ersaing Teiegram:-.
The Congressional Com-mt-tee
Are endeavoring now to see
whether from Mr.. Tilden there were many money
grants
10 his nephew especially. his nephew. his cousins
and his aunts.
The New York herald., 1879-02-07
President Grevy's Message.

The message of the new President of
France, interesting portions Of which will
be found among our cable news. is state
paper Of peculiar interest and importance,
although it contains nothing but what would
naturally be expected from any one whom
the present majority of the Assembly would
elect rs Chief Executive. The President
asserts his devotion to his work and
to the leading principle of parliamentary
government, which is that the will Of
the majority is that of the nation; he prom
ises that particular attention shall be paid
to the maintenance of that tranquility
which France needs as we'll as desires;
that NIL legitimate and acquired rights shall
be respected, but that public functionaries
shall be neither enemies nor detractors Of
the existing system of government. Being
a Frenchman and the possessor of a mem
ory it is natural that President Grevy
should instance the army as that one Of
the columns of the social edifce ''whose
honor and interests will be constant OBJ
jects of its 0he government's) most cher
ished preoccupation. The policy outlined
is rightly termed both liberal and truly con-
servative. A pleasing feature of the mes
sage is the lack of allusion to the past
glories of the nation. France has hereto
fore been too emulous of those brilliant
periods of her past which were attained by
war, but the nsw Executive speaks only Of
the future, and future which can be con-
quered only by tranquility, industry and
self-control. The words Of the President
are ably supplemented by those of Gam
beta, President Of the Chamber of Depu-
ties, who promises to protect the minority.
but also to exact respect for the constitu-
ton.
The New York herald., 1879-02-07
The Case OF Bayard TIA ylor.

Some writer's Of admirable judgment have
maintained that there are many offices in
the gift of our government that should
always be held by rich men, and that con-
spicuous in the number of such offices are
those OF representatives Of the United States
at foreign courts. 1t is theory in the way
of which there are many difficulties. Un-
doubtedly there are many advantages-so-
cial, perhaps, rather than diplomatic = that
directly flow from minister's possession Of
fortune, and not the least is the dignity
with which he is able to sustain the national
name abroad but it would never do to set
an important portion Of the public service
apart from the other portions by inscrib-
ing over certain Offices the legend, mo poor
man shall enter here" n nation where
blood must be exceedingly blue to be
counted as blood at all that may answer,
but not here; and in practice many Of
the representatives Of whose career abroad
we have the best reason to be
proud lived on their pay. But unless
we make distinction Of this kind we
ought to be able to overcome more grace
fully than we do financial difficulties that
sometimes arise in connection with our
legations There is perhaps no regular
part of the appropriations that the govern
ment could apply to relieve the difficulties
of Mrs. Taylor at Berlin; and if there is
not an appeal such as the Secretary Of State
hiss made to Congress ought. not to be
treated in niggardly spirit. Events that
are only misfortunes in the history Of q
private individual are magniied into dis
credits and scandals when government is
practically behind them. Mrs. Taylor, as
an ambassadors wife, might defy her Ger
man landlord or other creditors if she
chose. Our own attorneys general hold
that can ambassador is not liable in any
case, according to the laws of nations, to
answer either criminally or civilly before
any court Of tie foreign nation to which he
is sent" And Bluntschli deems that i'm
munity under the principle here referred
to extends to the ambassadors family and
effects. oplead on ambassadors privileges
against legitimate claims would certainly
be scandal but the fact that the govern
ment might thereby be put in the place Of
those who are now In the difficulty is sufi-
cient to justify the application of an official
remedy.
The New York herald., 1879-02-07

that the idea of Congressman studying
the Scriptures will be extremely influential
by reason of its extreme novelty. Another
Solon, thinking more of his loved
ones than himself. has ordered a
family Bible, which, we trust, has
already reached its destination. Thus we
see that stationery. from being nm insignifi-
cant term, has come to include art, music
and literature, the barber shop and the iron
foundry, and even to have tendencies toward
home missionary work. With q similar
degree of development in other branches of
business the possibilities of our civilization
will transcend the bounds of imagination
itself.
The New York herald., 1879-02-07
Bfsmarclk's Response to the Dane.


BY the treaty between Prussia and Austria
Just published at Vienna, the German Chan
cellor touches once again an ancient and
famous topic that had almost passed out of
common remembrance the Schleswig- Hol-
stein dispute. 1t was n famous quarrel in
its time, and led to two wars, q small one
and great one, out of which grew the
actual history of contemporary Europe In
1863 differences were lively as to the right
of succession in the Duchies, and one view
was entertained by the Danes and another
by the Germans, and the German Diet de-
liberated upon the subject and after much
consideration ordered federal occupation
of the districts, which resulted in the Prusso-
Austro-D Danish war Of 1864. As result of
that war-the Duchies were by the Treaty of
Vienna handed over to the joint possession
of the conquerors-th bone of con-
tention changed hands. Austria and
Prussia, possessors in common, estab-
lished their respective relations as
owners by the Treaty of Gastein. made in
August, 1865 Under that settlement Aus
tria governed Holstein and Prussia Schles-
wig, and Prussia was authorized to con-
struct the defences of Kiel as a German
harbor But the subject led to trouble
some negotiations between these two Powers;
and it would have been very good treaty
indeed which could then have kept the
peace between the Prussian wolf and the
ncighbor who he was sure made muddy
the water of all the streams from which he
wished to slake his thirst. Out of the spoil
taken from the Dane arose those troubles
which ended in the war that was closed Mt
Sadowa and by which Austria was put on
q back seat. Peace was made between
these Powers at Prague in September, 1866,
and by the fifth article of that treaty the
Emperor OF Austria conveyed to the King
of Prussia 'all the claims upon the Duchies
of Holstein and Schleswig which he had
acquired by the Treaty of Vienna, August
80, 1894" But in order to satisfy the preju-
dices of other governments in Europe for
there was yet a Europe in those days that
did not assent TO all Prussian ideas a clause
was inserted in this article as follows:--
Provided that, if the populations Of the
northern districts of Schleswig, by FREQ
vote, should make known their desire to
be united to Denmark, said district shall
be ceded to Denmark" This was put in to
please the Emperor Napoleon. who thought
that no treaty was complete unless it pro-
vided in some way or another for q plfbiscite.
But Bismarck never had any intention to
observe this clause, and it has never been
acted upon, for there has not been day
from that time to this upon which, action
taken, it would not have given those dis
tricts to the Danes. Now the unpleasant
record is expunged, for, of course, treaty
made between Austria and Prussia can be
changed by them at their pleasure; and if
the unqniet Danes will marry their beauti-
full princesses in way that this fierce old
Chancellor dislikes, what can they expect?
DyD You ever know an official 40 punctil-
iously exact as Mayor Cooperi
Never.
What Ncveri
Hardly ever.
The New York herald., 1879-02-07

sistance which the first portion, the Code
of lS4S, provoked from the lawyers, the
present inertia of the profession and the
late revision of the statutes, resulting in
what is popularly known as the New Code.
This revision he thinks hindrance to codi-
fication, to be got out of the way before
much progress can be made.
With these closing sentences of Mr..
Fields address we heartily agree:-"De-
spite all these obstacles I believe that
cod;fcation of our law is not far off, If I
were an Englishman, speaking to English
men, should express my convic-
ton that not many imperial parlia-
ments will sit at Westminster before
the enactment of that Code Victoria
which an English Chancellor foresaw, as
the counterpart or rival of the Code Napo-
leon. AS an American. speaking to Amer
leans, venture to predict that the instincts
of our people and the inexorable logic of
events will hasten the completion of the
work here sooner than in England,
and that not many returning summers
will find ms without that which the people
long ago commanded-'a written and sys-
tematic code of the whole body Of the
law We might have it, for the work is
ready, even before the last tower is raised
over the new Capitol. Fortunate will he
be who foresees it, prepares for it and helps
it's coming unfortunate he who shall resist
it and be overcome"
The New York herald., 1879-02-07

The WEATuER.-The influence Of the storm
centre or depression which reached the Middle
Atlantic coast OH Wednesday continues to he
felt from Nova Scotia to Northern Florida.
Rains frequent during yesterday south
ward of Tennessee and eastward of the Mis-
sissippi River, while northward Of that lati-
tudc and through the Ohio Valley, the Middle
and New England States and Canada.
well MS the lower lake region, light
SHOWS have fallen. The highest pressure is now
I'M the Southwest and the lowest over and near
Cape Tattcras. Cloudincss is general eastward
of the Mississippi River. The winds westerly
so northerly in all the districts except the mmc-
date coast, where they are southerly to vari.
able. In the West and on the West Gulf coast
they arc strong. Temperatures have fallen in
the Southwest, but have not changed much else
where. A sharp 'norther' prevails on the Texas
and Mexican coasts, where it probably is raising
u heavy sea. Our special cable weather
reports from London announce that
last evening the gales continued on the
British coasts. At Liverpool.tbcre was fresh
gale from the southwest. At Holyhead a mod
crate westerly gale, with barometer at 29.3S
inches, and at Plymouth cloudy weather, with
fresh westerly wind and barometer mt 2o.GO
inches The weather in New York and its vi
cinity to-day will be cool and cloudy, perhaps
with occasional light rain or snow, followed by
clearing Tomorrow it will be cool and partly
aioudS or fairs
The New York herald., 1879-02-07
T r IPLE SH e e L
NEW YORK, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7, 1879.

The probabilities are that the sccather IN Ncw
Yorh and its oiciniy to-day sciA De cool and
cloudy, perhaps scit occasional light rain smo,c,
toliored by clearing. Io-morrow ii sciH be cool
and partly cloudy or fair.
The New York herald., 1879-02-07

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.--The stock mar
ket was fairly active and generally higher.
Government bonds were quiet, States lower and
railroads strong. Money call was easy at l
a212 per cent and closed at 2 per cent.