Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-01

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the President by the Secretary of State
Friendly Speeches by the Outgoing and
Incoming Ministers--Replied to by Presi-
dent Arthur in Well Chosen Words
Threatened Negro Exodus 10 South
Carolina-Preparstion for the Custom
ary New Years Reception at the White
House - Foreign Subscriptions to the
Garfield Hospital Fund
THE CHINESE MINISTER'S.
The new Chinese minister was pre-.
sented to the president by the secretary of
state at 6 O'Clock this evening. This
somewhat unusual hour was selected to
enable the retiring ministers to present
their letter of recall before quitting Wash
ington on the night train for San Fran
cisco. The retiring ministers had audi
ence of the President, to whom they adj
dressed the following speech:
Mr.. President-Our august sovereign,
his majesty the emperor of China, having
recalled us to Peklng, and our successor
being present, we now have the honor to
deliver to you copy OF the imperial letter
summoning us to China. We beg to as
sure you that our mission at Washington
has been most agreeable, and that we feel
grateful for the uniform courtesy and
kindness which we have received from
yourself and your predecessors and mem
bers of the government of the United
States. And now, IN taking our leave,
we desire to express our sincere wishes
fory your health and happiness, and for
the prosperity of the illustrious nation
over which you preside.
The president replied: Messrs. Minis
ters-I learned with sincere regret that
your official connection with this
government was to be severed.
Your personal intercourse with
all Its departments and officers
has been uniformaly courteous and pleas
ant. / thank you for the expression of
your good will for me personally, and for
the people of the United States, and beg
leave to assure you these kind feelings
are entirely reciprocated. We ali wish
you a safe and pleasant transit to your
country, and a happy welcome there from
a prosperous people.
On being presented to the president the
incoming minister delivered the follow
ing address:
Mr.. President, have the honor to dc
liver to you letter which the emperor,
my august sovereign, has addressed to
YOU, according me as his envoy eXtraor-
binary and minister plenipotentary to
the United States. 1t gives me great
pleasure to accept the charge laid upon
me, and it will be my constant
ann to maintain and strengthen the
amicable relations which now
happily exist between China and the
United States. | beg leave to express
my earnest wishes for your personal hap
piness; for the success of your admins
tration, and for the great people over
whom you preside, and to add, that these
are the sentiments of my august sovereign
and his government. beg leave to offer
YOU the assurance of my most profound
respect and esteem.
To this the president replied: Mr.. Min
ister-It gives me pleasure to receive
from your hands his majesty's letter of
credence and the friendly assurance with
which you enter upon your mission. 1t
will be my constant aim to meet these
advances in the same spirit, and spare no
effort to strengthen the friendly relations
so Justly referred to by you. / thank
you for your kind expressions to me and
the people of the United States. | as
sure YOU, Mr.. Minister, that l
and they will endeavor in all ways
to make your residence here happy for
you as we'll as useful for the two nations.
I beg you to convey to his majesty the
emperor my thanks for the kind senti-
ments he has expressed through you, and
the earnest wishes of myself and the peo
pie of the United States for his own hap
piness and for the prosperity of his great
empire and the welfare of her people.
Accept, Mr.. Minister, my expression OF
qualification that his majesty has selected
you to represent HIM and his government
at this port. Your dlstin ctlon and
well known character give
the best assurance Of continuance of the
friendly relations which have been main
tanned in the past between the represent
atives of his majesty and the Washing
ton government, with great advantage
to both countries.
After the reception of the Chinese min
lister the Russian minister called upon the
president to take leave before starting for
Russia.
ANOTHER NEGRO EXODUS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-South Carolina
politicians now here are considerably dis
turbed over information from Charleston
that an exodus fever has broken out
among the colored plantation hands, and
that already several thousand have made
arrangements to so to Arkansas. So gen.
eral has the movement become that it is
feared there will be almost a total loss
of crops in three or four counties next
year.
NEW YEARS RECEPTION.
The president will hold reception in
the executive mansion Monday next, ac-
cording to the usual programme.
The following named ladies have
been invited by President Arthur, and
will assist HIM at the New Years recep-
ton at the White house on Monday:
Mesdames Logan, Cameron, Pendleton,
Jones, James, Miller, Pierson and Robe
son.
The committee of the
GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
has received $500 from the khedive of
Egypt, through Consul General Wolf,
who writes that he expects to supplement
this with further subscriptions to the
amount of SIS 900. Minister Morton, at
Paris, the American Exchange, London,
and the American consuls at Amsterdam
and elsewhere are also receiving subscrip-
tions for this object.