Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-22
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Rev. Dr. N-wsn.u says.
NEW YORK, May 14.-The Her.
aid says: In nearly every letter
that Gen. Grant sends to Rev. DR..
Newman he speaks of the rest ami
enjoyment he has IN his travels,
aud in two or three recent conimu
nications. referring to certain
newspaper clippings sent to him,
he said he had no desire to enter
public life again; that he had .erv-
ell his country to the besG of his
ability for nearly sixteen years,
and he thinks the people ought to
release him from any further claim
to his service The Doctor dis.
claimed any political Significance
attaching to the proposed reception
to Grant on his arrival in San
Francisco. He has been waited on
by committee TO give advice and
take part in the reception. The
only motive In the mlu.is of the
movars was to honor the foremost
American citizen in his own coun.
try.
Gen<Fai GrHns "n ,he Chi"sAe
Qu-sti.n-Caoise Labor.
NEW YORK, May 20 -Advices
from General Grant represent q
very anxious feeling through Asia
respecting the restrictions on Chi
nese emily rants to America
Crafts response to an address of
Chinese merchants at Penang, in
which they ask him to exert his
"poweriul influence in their behalf
to advocate the removal Of those
restrictions and thus restore the
i. tercouse between the two nations
to it's former footing," was u very
decided remoustrance against tue
eoutract saystem which he de-
clared to be slavery. "On that
polnt,n he said, "Americans would
naturally feel strongly 1t was in
order to free one race from slavery
that we fought u long war. After
the terrible sacrifices made during
that war to free the negro, 1t
could not be expected that A Amer-
leans would consent TO the revival
of another form of sla very in which
the Chinaman was the victim. He
said this was the objection on the
part of the Americans to Chinese
Immigration. In other respects
they had none but the kindest re
spects toward the Chinese people,
and would extend to them II they
chose to make their home with us
the welcnme they extend to tile.
rest of the wOrld.n In his address
he does not once allude 10 the
prejudice against cheap labor. nor
to the ptcuiiar sentiments of Cali
iornis. He doubted, aud no one
could doubt. that in the end, no
matter what agitation might for u
time effect at home, the American
people could treat the Chinese with
kindness ami Justice, aud not deny
to the fee ana deserving p,ople uf
that country the asylum they Offer
to the rest of the world
TIE I.ser-Oc1."sc C0oxre~s
NEW YORK, May 20.-The Inter.
Oceanic Canal Congress III Paris Is
attracting much newspaper atten-
tion. A Herald special cable to.
day says: judging from the gem
eral tone of the discus-inu aud
what hear outside, the Wyse-
Panama route Is the cone likely to
be adopted. Indeed, many said to
me before the Congress met, that
the acceptance of this route was n
fOr-gOue conclusion. Whether
this be true or not, certainly
never saw any Convention OF this
kind so thoroughly prepared, for
many OF the speeches were printed
and circulated befnre spoken from
the rostruin. A decision will prob
ably be reached Frid ".
NEW YoRK, May 2O.-A World
Paris correspondent, under date OF
May 10Th, writes: Lieutenant
Buonaparte Wyse visited the Unit
ted States and. unless ara sadly
misipformed, iAade the acqualnt-
snce in New York OF some xccom
pIished feiiow-cousins of yours,
more familiar with Wall street
than the wilderness OF Duien or
the mysteries If Central American
politics." The corr. spnnde:,t hints
at the possible connection Of the
scheme with u bear movement in
Pacific Mail and the overland rail-
ways.
fhe World editorially says:
"Whether the Convention has or
has not teen called Into being by
the influences and with the objects
intima ed 10y our correspondent, II
may Mt least b. set down as certain
that it will not result IN the irnmr-
diate canaiization Of the Isthmus
of Panama."
The Times thinks ihe Congress
deeply IN earnest, composed of men
whose minds are already made up
as to the feasibility OF the canal.
The question with them Is not
ushnll it be DONE" but, when aud
where? The choice Of the congress
appears at this moment to be be-
tween the San Bias route, with it.
enormous tunnel, and the Nicara-
qua with its loug succession oil
!, locks on both sides OF the lake.
rucresnfmi rropsgwsirn OF Caisfur'
nl~ r. sus. -
NEW YoRK, May Or Barn.