The Redwood gazette., 1897-07-01

roe died in New York city on the Fourth
Of July. He was buried in the marble
cemetery on Second street, east Of the
Bowery, but in 1858 his remains were re-
moved to his native state, Virginia.
CHIEF Justice Marshall, who did more
perhaps than any other person of his time
to give permanence and explanation and
judicial determination to the constitution,
lay on his deathbed on July 4, 1885, He
had served as chief justice for 85 years.
Those about him thought he would expire
on that day, but he fingered until July 6,
President Zachary Taylor was smitten
with mortal disease on July 4, 1850. He
attended the cornerstone ceremonies OF the
Washington monument and was overcome
by the heat. Returning to the White
House, he ate with imprudence and that
night took to his bed, which he never left.
A few days later he passed away.
Famous Treaties Signed.
Several of the treaties that the United
States has made with foreign nations have
been in some way associated with the
Fourth of July. In 1897 the first COM
mercial treaty with Sweden and Norway
was concluded and signed on that day.
So, too, the claims treaty with France was
concluded July 4, 1881, but was not pro-
claimed until July Of the next year. Jack
son was president then, and William G.
Rives for minister of France negotiated
the treaty. France agreed to pay 5,OO0,
600 francs in claims to citizens of this
country, but to this day. although 81
years have gone by, the United States has
not yet paid over to all the claimants the
money received from France. The treaty
Of peace with Mexico was concluded in
February, 1s4s, ratified by the contracting
powers in May and proclaimed by the
president July 4. Another treaty with
Mexico in relation to claims under the
treaty of 1s48 that our southern neighbor
had never settled was concluded July 4,
1868, by William H. Seward, secretary of
state, and Minister Romero of Mexico.
Two famous treaties with Great Britain
come in this category. The first was the
Clayton -Bulwer treaty negotiated by Sec
retary of State John NJ. Clayton and Sir
Henry Lytton Bulwer. This treaty, relat-
ing to a canal across Nicaragua and
recognizing the paramount authority of
the United States on this continent, was
ratified at Washington, July 4, 1850, and
proclaimed on the following day. The
treaty providing for tribunal and arbi-
tration over the Alabama claims was sue
cessfully arranged by Hamilton Fish,
Robert G. Schenck, Samuel Nelson, Eben-
ezer R. Hoar, George II. Williams, the
Marquis of Ripon, Stafford W. Northcote,
Edward Thornton, John A. Mcdonald and
Montague Bernard. 1t was concluded in
May, 1871, ratified in June and officially
proclaimed July of the same year.
A commercial treaty with Honduras
and a treaty. with Peru were also signed
on the Fourth of July, the one in 1854,
during Lincoln's first administration, and
the other in 1857, in the administration of
President Buchanan. Several other trea-
ties have escaped by only few hours the
distinction of having been signed on the
nations holiday, most notable of which is
the Cushing treaty with China, signed
late in the lay of July 8, in 1874, during
the Tyler administration. Other treaties
signed on July were those with Great
Britain in 1915, Austria in 1856, Morocco
in 1880 and Zanzibar in 1885.