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Year: 1871




WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Mr. Laurd Won
Schloser was introduced to the President
by the Secretary of State, and delivered
his credentials as envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of his Majesty
the Emperor of Germany. He made the
following remarks on the occasion:


SPEECH OF BARON sCHLosER.


OFF. President. l have received orders
to deliver to your excellency the letter
whereby his Majesty the Emperor of Ger
many and King of Prussia has been pleas
ed to recall from this post, at his own re-
quest, Baron Won Gerolt, who has recently
resided here in the capacity of envoy eX-
traordinary and minister plenipOtentiary
of the North German Union near the gov
ernment Of the United States.


1.-The Emperor, my august master, hav-
ing the greatest desire that the good and
friendly relations which exist between
Germany and the United States of Ameri-
ca may not only be preserved to their full
extent, but be more and more firmly es-,
tablished, has determined, in order that no
interruption take place in the diplomatic
relations of the governments of the two
countries, to appoint successor to Baron
Won GerOlt without delay, and has seen fit
graciously to appoint me as such successor.
| herewith present to your eXcellency the
most high letter which accredits me TO you,
Mr.. President, as envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the German
Empire In obedience to the high order
which | have received, l avail myself of
this opportunity to inform your eXcellency
what sincere desires his Majesty the En-
perOr Of Germany constantly manifeStS for
the welfare of the United States of Amer
lea. s


"While / to-day have the happiness of
being the Interpreter of these feelings of
my imperial master, beg you at the same
time, Mr. President, to be pleased to honor
me with your confidence, to the end that /
may be able duly to fulfill my responsible
mission here, and to the best of my ability
contribute to causing Germany and North
America, which are so closely connected
by the past as well as by the great interests
of civilization, ever to continue in this
harmony and mutual friendship.o


THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.


The President replied as follows:


"The desire which you express on behalf
of the Emperor of Germany for the pres
ervation and the improvement of the eX-
listing relations between our two countries
is heartily reciprOcated by me. In addi-
ton to the ties arising from extensive COM
mercial intercourse, and from mutual in
tereSt which in common with other cOun-
tries bind the United States to Germany,
there is a further bond between them from
the circumstance that many of our best
citizens are natives of your country. l
welcome you, sir, as the minister OF that
country, and will omit nothing which may
contribute towards making your abode
here agreeable. 1t is not to be doubted
that you deserve my confidence as well as
that of the illustrlOus sovereign whom you
reDreSent,p ~
Year: 1871

A LAWSUIT as strange as it is rare is now
occupying the courts of Cincinnati, brought
by David Gwynne Minor, an infant in the le-
gal sense, against his father and mother, for
alleged abusive treatment since 1858. The
family is of good position and excellent repu-
tation, in better standing than they will be
should the charges prove to be true. In his
specifications the young litigant says that on
the 5th of July. 1858, and at divers other
times since, he has been assaulted by ms
ruthless parents with an iron ramrod ana
with rubber whips; that they have seizea MN
by the hair and dragged him down TWO nights
of stairs, and afterward put MN IN TANK
filed with hot water in such aposition that it
was impossible for him either to stand up or
cit down. and kept him there without food,
drink. or any relief to his position. Other
charges of repeated indignity of a most dis
o1sting nature are brought, and very strong
Story of criminal cruelty is made out. The
counsel of the plaintiff tried to compound the
suit, on account Of consideration for the fam
ily, he said, not for any need his case had of
the measure, but Mr.. and Mrs. Minor refused
to compromise, and propose to be squarely ac-
Quilted or convicted On the other hand, nu-
merous witnesses say they can confirm the
boys statements in general way, and one
branch or the other of the family will suffer
in character by the result.
Year: 1871

We print on another page of this morning s
issue the letter of the HERALD's Paris fashion
writer. Our lady readers will greet their
old friend and read with pleasure in its usual
column the contributions from the gay capital.
Paris, it will be seen, has not ye. regained the
position it formerly occupied. The opera misses
many ofits accustomed habitues, the boulevards
no longer present their accustomed brilliancy,
and though the city is making rapid strides to
feassert its former sway in the fashionable
world, the painful effects Of the cruel war
with Germany yet mar its beauty and retard
its progress. The absence of brilliant Court,
too,> is felt by the Parisians, and in truth
Partisan danes and demoiselles sigh for its
return. This is evidenced in a great measure
by the deputation which recently left Paris
and repaired to Chiselhurst, and there on the
F6te Sainte Eugenie-the Empress patron
saint-made an Offering to the imperial lady
of rich and rare flowers. The Empress was
absent, but the Emperor and the Prince Impe
rial received the deputation in the name of
the Empress Over twenty-five thousand sig
natures were appended to the document,
which expressed the most warm and kindly
feelings for the future welfare of the distin-
guished family.
Year: 1871

connofsseurs find II no slight dimculty 10
distinguish the genuine gem from the spu-
Tious.


Those aware how slight the difference is
between many of the most precious real gems,
and how easily the chemist can dissolve the
hardest minerals and convert them into crystal,
will believe this much more readily than those
who know nothing either Of geology or
chemistry. Indeed, we should have little
dinaculty in convincing the best informed Of the
former class if we had only space to point out
the ingredients, and describe the processes,
used in producing the Fictitious gems. This
we intend to do on future occasion. At
present we can only remind the reader Of q
few general principles. Since the celebrated
experiments Of Lavoisier every person Of ordi-
nary intelligence is aware that the diamond is
simply pure carbon crystallized, and that it
can be burned in oxygen, the sole result Of the
combustion being carbonic acid. M. Despretz,
another French chemist. has actually made
real diamonds, having melted and crys-
tallized carbon by means of . galvanic
battery; but Nature has so carefully kept the
secret to herself thus far that the learned
Frenchman's diamonds are SO small as to be
visible only with microscope. 1t will be
admitted that one capable of making even
microscopic diamonds that are real could pro-
duce an imitation the spuriousness of which
it would be difficult to detect.


Then, how many OF the most precious gems
are but varieties of quartz or slica-one of the
commonest rocks? This is true of the
amethyst, the agate, the onyx. the sardonyx,
the carnelian and the chalcedony. The Orien-
tai ruby and the sapphire are but corundum
differently colored. Again, emerald is but
variety of beryl, and owes its color to the
oxide Of chromium. Even the noble opal,
the most difficult of all gems to counterfeit,
on account Of its beautiful variety or play of
colors, is composed chiefly of silica. But
enough for to-day. When, on a future occa-
sion, we describe some of the processes to
which certain ingredients are subjected, we
think the majority of our readers will be in a
proper frame of mind to understand that there
is as much spurious jewelry used at the present
day as spurious champagne.
Year: 1871

The Weather in This City Yesterday.


The following record Will show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty-fou noars In
comparison with the corresponding day OF last year.
as Indicated by the thermometer at nudnuts
Pharmacy, HERALD Building, corner OF Ann street,:
Year: 1871

tT A. J. GAYLoR, who was up last week
and committed for horse stealing, turns out
TO be a greater villain than at first supposed.
jim Bostick recovered the last of the week
from Fort Smith mare and colt that had
been stolen from him and which was traded
off by Gaylor at that place. Mr.. Fichner
who had bay hor e stolen at the same time
of his mare which was recovered and referred
to in our last rccoyerd the horse ut Scullyville


Indian Country, returning with 1t Saturday
A large amount of horses have disappeared
since this man Gaylor settled in the Coun-


" and it is the firm conviction of his neigh


bors that they have been made way with by


this mau. lie had made every preparation


to start for Texas last Saturday. Sheriff GRA-
py has taken every precaution to prevent his
escape and when the Court meets justice will
be dealt out to him according to his deserts.
Year: 1871

TT The Editor of the Echo intimates that
It is all buster of saml. Bard advertising to
sell his office out on the 18th of August. Says
Bard WAS notified the day the note was due
that the money was ready for him.
Year: 1871

SrExp WisELY.-Look we'll to your
spending. No matter what comes in. II
more goes out You will always be poer.
The art is not in making money, but in
keeping it. little expenses like mice in .
barn, when they are many, make great
waste. Hair by hair heuds get bald
straw by straw the thatch goes Oh the
COTTAGE and drop by drop the rain comes
into the chamber. A barrel 10 soon
empty, if the tap leaks but drop min.
ute. When you mean to save, begin with
your mouth; there are many thieves
down the red lane. Tho pie jug il grsat
waste. In all other things keep within
compass. Never stretch your legs further
than the blankets win reach, or you will
soon be cold. In clothes, choose suit
able and lasting stuff, and not tawdry
fincries. To be warm is the main thing;
never mind the looks. A fool may make
money, but il needs wise man to spend
it. Remember, it is easier to build two
chimneys, than to keep one going. u
you give all to back and board, there 70
nothing left for the savings bank. Fare
hard and work hard while you are young,
and you have chance Of rest when you
are old
Year: 1871

Eg- The man who can cheat in bust.
ness, the mau who can lie. the man who
is an uskind husband, bad father, an
upholy man, he may believe what he
likes, but he will be swept away from the
presence Of God and the slcry of his
power, when He whose fan is in His hand
shall purge His door and gather the wheat
into His garner, aud burn up the chat
with unquenchabls fire.
Year: 1871

Riale Bros are doing quite q business in
wholesaling. and any one wishing to buy groce
ries had better look through their stock. We
saw thirty or forty barrels of syrup. small and
great. with a tremendous pile Of other goods,
going into their store the other day.
Year: 1871

Ten lines Of Agate make square.


Advertisements not under contract plainly mark
ed the length OF time desired they will be and
charged for until ordered out.
Business and professional cards mot exceeding
inserted at Ave dollars per annum over five lines ore dollar
per line extra.


Transient advertising in all be paid strictly in
advance.


II Yearly advertisers disconnuing their advertise
ments before the expiration Of contract will be charged
rates above Extra charge will also be made
dissolution and other notices not connected with their
lar business


Local notices. Gfteen cents per line


II In no case will these terms be departed from.
Year: 1871

The New York Tribune, referring to the
many tales representing Lincoln as good
na-tured ignoramus, says:


"Now this good-natured zany was man
over fifty years of age, who practiced law
successfully all his life, who had been in
Congress and his State. Legislature, who
had been the leader of his party in Illinois
for twenty years, who was the most con-
summate and far-seeing political manager
in the Mississippi Valley. He knew by
education and instinct the general drift and
tendency of American politics better than
any man in Congress- He kept the mere
politicians dancing about him like puppets
to his piping. He was honest, as states
men go, but he never despised human
weaknesses and follies as means of govern
ment He said one day, in an hour of Bit
terness, after closing a protracted local
squabble with brilliant compromise, call
there is of honest statesmanship consists
in com mbining individual meanness for the
public good Yet it is this shrewd and
sagacious schemer, this Machiavel of the
back timber, who is generally represented
by recollectors and paragraphists as
sniveling sentimentalst, full of credulity
and enthusiasm, blown to red heat by every
blast OF rustic patriotism which visited
Washington.


"Those impatient gentlemen who went
to the capital to tell him what he should
do, remember well enough the reception
they met with. One of them, prominent
New York lawyer, began his remarks with
the swelling phrase, Mr. President, the
North having generously offered you its last
dollar and its last man'-was interrupted
with the chilling retort, That is poetical
and not true. The North gives not dol
lar except on good security, and every State
in the North has protested against its quota
in the draft The speech was entirely
spoiled, and the impatient patriot went
home to construct his report of the
interviaw
Year: 1871

Improvements AS well as other parts
of the city, Church Hill is gradually awaken
ing to the spirit of the age, and improvements
are going on and in contemplation in several
localities. Among others, we notice that S.
Wesley Farrar has greatly enlarged and i'm
proved his drug store on the corner of Leigh
and Twenty fifth streets, and is fitting it up in
style that will equal some of our more aristo-
cratic downtown establishments. His assort-
ment of drugs, medicines and fancy articles
will be largely increased by orders from the
Northern factories, and will be reliable and
of the purest character. In addition to which
q soda fountain will be arranged, which, with
the best syrups, will greatly invigorate the
denizens of the Hill with cool and refreshing
beverage during the summer months. We
notice that he has supplied himself with an un
usual quantity Of plaster, the explanation of
which is caused by the base. ball fever break
ing out afresh among our Juvenile friends in
that locality. Medicines are not very pala
table, but it is some consolation to know that
when you get them from Farrar, they come
from neat and tasty establishment, and are
put up with care and experience.
Year: 1871

quarter of million of dollars, or, to be
exact, 1928, ,559l This, then, in brief, is
the legacy left to us by these reckless
spendthrifts This is the enormous bur-
den, nearly one million of dollars, with
which they have loaded us down This
is the amount which their extravagant
prodigality has cost us


We know all Of us, only too well, how
deeply our people are afflicted and over
bourne by the calamities, misfortunes and
pecuniary embarrassments, under which
they are suffering. We know that the
property of the city, especially the most
valuable of it, has gone down day by
day, week by week, and month by month,
in value, till now it will hardly rent for
more than enough to pay repairs, taxes,
insurance and other expenses; and we
know, too, that the red flag is seen and
the sound of the auctioneer's hammer is
heard on the front steps of premises whose
owners, utterly ruined by inordinate taxa
ton, are compelled to sell their property
for what it will bring.


Another year of such administration of
the financial affairs will make any man who
owns property in the city to any extent
poor, wretched aud miserable, just in pro-
portion as the extent of his possessions is
increased. We must have reformation,
and if it is not speedily made, and by
peaceable measures, we shudder to think
with what disorders and riot it will finally
come
Year: 1871

The INDIANs.-There is good authority
for the statement that the government is
at this time nearer at peace with the In
dian tribes of our country than at any time
within the last forty years. This is the
result of what is called the "Quaker
policy" but which is really the policy of
placing the administration of Indian affairs
in the hands of honorable, intelligent and
humane men of various religious denomi-
nations, who deal fairly by the tribes and
protect their interests, instead of keeping
that branch of our public business in the
hands of agents and contractors who re-
garded Indian moneys and Indian goods
as only so much food for plunder.-Bah
Sun.
Year: 1871

The SOUTHERN STATES are likely to de-
rive little benefit from the act increasing
the national bank currency fifty-four mill
lions. Thus far only about fifteen millions
of this additional currency have been paid
out, and there are on file application for
about ten millions more. These come
mostly from the Western States and Ter
ritories. The first distribution was made
upon the basis Of population. Hereafter


it is to be made upon the basis of resources
and wealth. The comptroller of the trea-
sury is of the opinion that the South will
be unable to take much of the remaining
circulation, and that at least twenty five
millions will remain for distribution
among the Western States at the close of
the present year.-N y Herald.
Year: 1871

Aspinpau. April 21.--News has been
received from Punta Arenas of a terrible
tragedy. The captain of the British ship
Alexandria and the boats crew went ashore
and came in contact with some Indians,
who murdered them.


The Indians then put OFF in canoe for
the vessel, but those on board, alarmed by
the yells of the natives made sail and
saved themselves and the ship.


The body of the captain has been found
There were two wounds in his body, and
his legs were cut off. No trace of his
companions was found. An English war
steamer is expected to go to the scene of
the tragedy.
Year: 1871

The following decision ofthe Supreme
Court may be cf considerable interest to
our readers. The Court decided: THAT
an action cannot be maintained by the
original owner of land, sold for Taxes
against one who has been in possession
of it For three years, claiming title in
good faith under the Tax. Deed, altho'
the deed is void upon it's face"


Judge Dixon in his remarks says:


''The Statute imposing the limitation
makes no reference to the form of the
Deed. It does not say Tax Deed valid
entire harmony with the intentions of
the Legislature that the Deed should be
such, and such only, as should create a
belief in the mind of the purchaser, a
person not skilled in the learning and
technicality of the law, that he had .ac-
quired good title, that it should be ex-
ecuted by the officers authorized by the
law, be signed, sealed, acknowledged and
witnessed according to the usual form
for the conveyance of land, and purport
by apt and proper words on its face to
convey the land, Notwithstanding it might
be technically insufficient for that pur-
pose.


THE case is one therefore which ap-
peals very strongly for the equitable con-
struction which the Statute has already
received, and inasmuch as it has once
been SO constructed by the decision OF
this Court, | think the doctrine of stare
decisis of more than sufficient weight to
overcome any doubts or objections which
L Al .
Year: 1871

TROUBLE BREWING WITH SPAIN
Diplomatic correspondence is going on
with the Spanish authorities relative to
the conduct of the Spanish government
in sending two or three vessels Of war to
Port au Prince to fulfill the menace made
toward the Hornet month or two sInce.
It is possible that this war feet is lnten-
ded for some other point, but the threat
of the Spanish authorities constantly re-
iterated. furnish ground for grave appl e.
hension of collision with Spain, which
are increased by the fact that our govern
ment has no adequate naval force to pro-
tect our interests. 1t is considered that
an attempt to take the Hornet by force is
al outrage on this government as well as
that of Hayti, to say nothing of the vlc-
lation of the plainest principles OF inter
national law, none of which is clearer
than that no foreign war vessel has
right to make capture in neutral
port
Year: 1871

ANATHEMAs upon the President are
now in order from the democracy, and
homilies upon Federal usurpation and
despotism, for he has issued proclama-
tion commanding the lawless in nine
counties of North Carolina to disperse
within FIVE days, and to deliver up their
arms to the United States auth orlties.-
This foreshadows martial law, and the
prompt punishment of the scoundrel Is
who 90 about the country plundering,
beating, and shooting those who. from
any cause, have rendered themselves OBJ
noxious to the lawless bands We trust
that the authorities will make short work
of the rascals. Martial law. to be effec-
tive. should be executed with prompt.
ness, but always in such a manner as to
preclude any charge of injustice.
Year: 1871

THE Hartford Times thinks that the
result of the October elections. so far as
the Democrats are concerned; will be the
nomination of man who is not an ultra
partisan for President, tor whom allcan
heartily vote who are willing to unite on
a peoples candidate. The Democrats
appear to be pretty generally convinced
that pure and unadulterated Democracy
will not go down with majority of the
people; and that the only hope for them
is to mix the article with something more
palatable. But it will prove too bitter
even then.
Year: 1871

STATE OF WISCONSIN, City TREAsuRER's oFFIcz


Manitowoc County. ! Menitowoc Nov. 10, ISL
NOTICE is hereby given to the owners or occupants
IN o lots parcels of land fronting on Washing
street between Sth and Main streets 1st ard or
this City that the list for the improvement OF said
Washington street in the said 1st Ward has been de-
lIvered to for collection and that the said owners
occupants of lots parcels of land fronting on the
street above described hereby required to pay to
within thirty days after the date CT this notice tic
charged in said list the lots parcels OF land
owned by them respectively together with the COM
mission of five centum the amount thereof Tor
collection fees and that if such taxes will be paid
within fifteen days from the Gate of this notice, the
faes for collecting the same will be only two per
centum on the amount of such taxes.


L NJ RRICHTER City Treasurer
Year: 1871

Strange, We never prize the music


Till the sweet voiced bird had flown;
Strange, that we should slight the yiolets
Till the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange, that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one-half so fair
As when Winters snowy pinions


Shake the white down in the air
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away,
Never blossomed Of such beauty


As adorns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight our memory
With their beautiful perfume,
Come to US in sweeter accents


Through the portals of the tomb.
Let US gather up the sunbeams


Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses,


Casting out the thorns and chaff
Let us find our sweetest comfort


In the blessings of to-day,
With q patient hand removing


All the briars from our way.