The New York Herald Newspaper, July 21, 1873, Page 3

iv THE FOURTH AT VIENNA Independence Day Prou”y Celebrated at the Austrian ‘Capital. Magnificent Banquet at the Blumen-Saele. THE GUESTS. A Brilliant Array of Americans and Distinguished Foreigners. Barons and Commissioners in a Feast of Reason. THE FLOW OF SOUL. Minister’ Jay’s Response to Our Toasted President. History Rolled Out Into Peace- ful Progress. —~ “EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH.” Baron Gagner Speaks for the Austro- Hungarian Monarch. America Highly Favored at the Mosaic City. OUR LIBERTY. Charles Francis Adams on Free- dom and Dignity. General Kidder on the Glories of the Army and Navy. THE EXPOSITION. Baron Schwarz-Sanborn’s Lively Appeal and Parisian Reminiscences. “GO AHEAD” THE CRY. The Whole United States Cordially Invited to the Prater. Jackson 8, Schultz and Rev. Mr. Chapin Do the Religious. VIENNA, July 4, 1873, ‘The American colony in this Mosaic capital con- eluded to bury all strifes and emulations and do honor toour Independence Day. There were many assemblies and deliberations and conversations antecedent, and, I am afraid, some quarrelling. Where there are a hundred Americans together it is safe to say that ninety-five expect and desire to make speeches. The Speech Committee were, therefore, in a sore em- barrassment, Eighteen toasts were really written down, but if the list had swollen to eighty there would only have been a limit of satisfaction. II were to send you the complaints that have come to me on this subject—a synopsis of the un- wpoken speeches—I shoulda deluge your space. ‘There were other problems as to whose names should be written on the tickets and who should endorse the programme, and at the last mo- ment a very serious question arose as to how the tables should ‘be arranged. There ‘was rumor also that General Van Buren meant to come in at the head of the sus- pended commissioners and take his seat beside Mr. Jay, even as Banquo sat before Macbeth and printed his bleeding form. And as the General has abundant gifts of oratory, it was thought he would give his views of Mr. Jay to his assembled country- men. There was another rumor.that an outraged commissioner, whose professional standing had been aspersed, had armed himself with ® cowhide, and meant to seize the per- son of Mr. W. J. Stillman and disrobe him, and then and there chastise him for his freedom of speech. Then we were told that Mr. Train, the wild man, would come and address ‘us, and for a time it was believed he was really in the hall, Another orator as wild as Train was put ‘under a written pledge that he would not speak, and his sufferings about midnight were agonizing im the extreme. But it all settled itself in due Amer- fean fashion, and at four in the afternoon we sssem- bled at the Blumen-Saale, having leased garden and grounds. They would not allow us to fy the Stare and Stripes from the roof, but within there were abundant Stars and Stripes and decorations, portraits of famous Americans, trom Washington to Phil Sheridan, and one of Francis Joseph. There were two bands of music—a female bard, who attractea the attention of the younger and more frivolous Portion of the guests, and the imperial infantry band—ander the baton of Miunzer, Every effort ‘Was made to obtain Strauss, but he was elsewhere engaged. THE GUESTS ASSEMBLING. About five the hali and sa'oons were full. Mr. Jay came early and looked exceedingly well—in ealm, sunny mood—evidently not dreading General Van Buren. Mr-v Stillman had gone to London, and was not present to meet the avenger, who was also in sunny mood and not apparently mourning his absent enemy. Mr. Jackson 8. Schultz came early with Mr. Garretson, These gentlemen were cordially received, as was Dr. E. H, Chapin, the famous divine, who, being one of our foremost orators, was not asked to speak, Mr. G. Dawson Coleman and Heister Clymer were present, and were the centre ofa host of merry Pennsylvanians, who congratulated Mr. Coleman upon his anticipated appointment to the Collector- ship of Customs in Fernandina, Florida, one of the most interesting places in the gift of General Grant. Brigadier General J. B. Kidder was present in full untiorm of his rank, and was con spicuous by bis splendid bearin: General Post, the resident Consul General, was aiso in his uni- form. Mr. Clayton McMichael, of Philadelphia, and Mr. James Milliken were among the guests. In number there were about three hundred, fifty being ladies. DR. CHAPIN’S INVOCATION. About half-past five there was a serious rap on the table, and the chair was taken by Professor J. Lawrence Smith, of Kentucky, who made a few re- marks that were inaudible, the audience being “hungry and clamorous, but which were supposed to refer to the glorious day. Then he called upon Dr. Chapin to say grace, which was done in these ‘words :— Almighty and everlasting God! we thank Thee poonnene: £ NEW YORK HERA Tor ali Thy blessings and pray tnat Thou mayest sanctify them to us. Let Thy blessing rest upon us, mm our beloved country, upon the President of and who are with him in the United States authority; upon this t Empire under flag we are assembled; upon its ruler and ‘whose upon all nations who are here represented. Lord, ide us and keep us ever, and feed us with the of Banal Laie, and Bring, us in oe end to ‘Thy. Kingd Tot mercy and grace of Christ Jesus our Lorde Amen. xf i THE DINNER. Whereupon we dined, the dinner not being very good, but in manner and form as is here written :— OOORONLLOIOLEDELOLE LE COLE DEOL DE HE HOES. Potage. Printaniere «1a Diplomate, ‘olson. Saumon du Rhi Fogasch (Hongrie) {® 18 Hollandaise. levees. Roast beef et flet de buf a la Godard. entrees, Supréme de Volailles & la tte, ui Chevaliere. = Salade mélve a la Francaise. Entremetsde Legumes. Aeperge: branches. ere cae ; Plum pudding en. teu. Dessert. Glaces aux Ananas, Vanille, Framboises, Chocolat, &c. Fro de Chester, Roqueiort, Gorgonzola, ac. Fraits eTses, Come Ceri ses, claudes, &c, coe THE HONORED GUESTS, As we have said, Professor Smith presided, At his rignt sat Mr. Jay. At his leit Baron Von Schwarz-Sanborn, the Chief of the Austrian Com- mission, Then came Jackson 8S. Schultz, the chief American Commissioner, and H. Garretson, his successor. Among the other honored guests, placed im due order, were Hon. P. C. Owen, the head of the British Commis- sion; Baron Max Von Gagern, of the Imperial houschold; Mr. McElrath, of New York; Dr. Chapin, the Burgomaster of Vienna and @ dozen gentlemen, mainly distinguished citizens of the other countries. The dinner over, Pro- fessor Smith arose and rapped on the table and spoke of the day in fervid and eloquent terms, with due and proper mention of Washington, Jay, Jefferson and others, He said we honored this day, not because it cele- brated successful rebellion, but because it gave new impulse to political liberty—a liberty that does not mean license, but order and law, and com- mands the respect of all who govern, whether emperors or presidents. He then gave his toast, “The day we celebrate.” SPEECH OF HON. JOHN JAY. We all rose and shouted as loudly as we could, especially as the Austrian band rolled out the fa- miliar strains of ‘‘The Star Spangled Banner.” Then @ toast was given, “The President of the United States,” and Mr. Jay arose to respond. And aiter Much cheering on our part Mr. Jay managed to make himself heard, and said :— MR, PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN—The most significant response to the toast which I am cahed to answer has been already given by your cheers; and American cheers are mever more American in their pes Sh than when given on &@ foreign soil to greet the health of the Presi- dent, who, sitting the seat of Washington, represents the length and breadth, the unity and the dignity of vur Republic. It is a picas- ant feature of our gathering inp this brilliant capital that there have mingled in your plaudits the voices of the various nationalities whose dis- tinguished representatives honor us with their presence ; and it is interesting to think how much of real harmony there is between this Republican celebration and the Imperial Exposition of Indus- try and art, which forms the latest, tne wisest and the best of the historic Congresses of Vienna. The United States was among the frst of the Powers to welcome the magnificent scheme of the Baron Schwarz-Sanborn; and in January, 1872, His Ex- cellency the Count Andrassy expressed to me his at ‘pleasure at learnii m the Austro- ungarian Legation at Was! ton how triendly an interest was felt by our government in the suc- cess of their patriotic design. (Cheers.) The President su juently declared, and his words were fashe by the telegraph in every language of Europe, that its tendency was in the direction of an advanced civilization, of the elevation of industry and labor and of the in- crease of human Deppinest, 98 well as of greater intercourse and good will between nations. He alluded in the saine message to our coming Cen- tennial, the approach of which gave us an ad- ditional interest in the working of this Exposition as marking @ century of unexampled progress and serving to insure international good feeling. So that in this generous rivalry Austro-Hungary and America go hand in hand—(applause)—and of some of our learned countrymen, whom I recognize to-night, is to assist our youthful Re- Public at the completion of its first century in the attempt to rival in her festival of industry the maguificient triumph achieved by the Emperor, whose ancestors during six centuries have occupied the throne of this ancient Empire, and at whose invitation the nations of ihe world have brought to Vienna their Roblest tributes to the culture of the period, (Cheers.) One feature of the Exposition, which a very able journ: Vienna says will be its most beautiful and per ent feature, is the Interna- tional Congress on Patents, which is partly due to @ suggestion of the President. To this Congress our government has appointed one oi the most ex- perienced gentlemen in our Patent Office. If our inventive countrymen, with their co-workers in Englana and on the Conunent, can come to a happy accord on the policy to be pursued, a rare oppor- tunity is here presented for their common benefit. In one view America may be thought to be less in- terested than any other in the establishment of an international patent system, jor the refusal of patent Protection in any land tends to direct to our shores its inventive genius, as our Patent Office records show. But if a world-wide system can be suggested in the, coming Congress, by which @ patent granted at Washington, at London, at Pars, at Berlin or at Vienna, shall be respected throughout Europe and America, even if it shall tend to check tue stream of genius fraught with the elements oi national wealth that now takes its westward way across the Atlantic, will it not tend to create a new bond between the nations, and to afford new strength to international friendship? We have no longer the direct interest in the peace of Eu which we had during tne century that preceded the day we celebrate. Then our American ances- tors were constantly called to fight against each other in quarrels not their own, to waste their blood and treasure in mutual slaugnter, till an — - Congress might permit them to beco! \e1 me Such was our conflict with the Cana- das in King William’s War, commencisg with the Revolution in 1688, and ended by the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, Such was the war growing out of the Spanish succession in 1702, known as Queen Ann’s War, marked by the conquest of Arcadia, two unsuccessful expeditions to Cunada, and ter- minated by the peace of Utrecht. Such was the war in 1744 of the Austrian succession, which ex- tended to America, where it was known in our history as King George's War, famous for its capture of ended by the Treaty of Aix-la-C! Was the latest and last of those wars between the French and English in 1754, when Washington first distinguished himself and in which came the cap- ture of Quebec and the death of the brave com- manders who sleep under a common monument— Wolfe and Montcalm. Mr. President, we have not only ceased to fight at the bidding of others, but we have ceased to rush fato war as the best method of settling our own dis- putes, (Loud cheers.) We have come to believe that in this age the sword of war, ever threatening to arrest the national pursuits and to fall in the family circle, is not the surest guardian of the freedom, the virtue or the happiness of a people; and in responding to your toast to the President i cannot { ar alluding to the Treaty of Washing- ton as a chief feature of his administration—an act whose influence is yet to be felt in the conduct of peoples’ and the coun- sels of cabinets. (Applause,) When Euro) saw two governments Btn and we submitting their graye differences to arbitration and calmly awaiting the decision of five intelligent and honorable gentiemen sitting in their council chamber at Geneva, it was a suggestive incident, and the contrast it presented to the battlefields of history was one not easily forgotten. For our- selves, the mere thought of the ditferent result had England and America preferred war gives new force to Hooker’s picture of law as applicable to the disputes of nations, “Her seat the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world.” Mr. Jay resumed his seat amid cordial applause, and Mr. Smith then proposed the health of the Emperor of Austria, THE HEALTH OF TH@ AUSTRIAN EMPEROR. In proposing the toast the President said :—Be- fore proposing the next toast allow me, as we are in the midst of & great industrial Exposition, to relate an episode in the events of the Great Expo- sition at Paris in 1867. Your speaker was an hum- ble member of the General Council, presided over by the then Minister of State, M. Rouher, and comprising many oi the most distinguished men of Europe. ‘fo this Council was referred ali matters connected with the final distribution of prizes, and specs) consideration was given to the conferrin; of certain prizes called “grand priz,”’ of which there were originally but six or it. These prizes were te be given to those who by their efforts produced the most marked effect upon the most prominent industries of nations during the previous five years. Naturally, agriculture took the first rank, and after we had ‘scanned and criticieed with much care what had been done in various parts of the world, the General Council unanimously agreed that this prize was due to the Emperor of Austria for the great development he had given to agricultural instruction in his vast Empire, I now propose the toast:—His Imperial, Royal and Apostolic Majesty, Francis Joseph, BARON GOGERN’S REPLY. The band vlaved the Austrian Hymn and wa apelie. wand such - arank the Imperial health in loud, snoufl fashion, and Baron Max Von Gogern arose said in response :—“I feel most highiy honored at being called upon on this memorable occasion to return cordial thanks for the toast just now pro- rene for the heaith of his Imperial and Boye lajesty, my gracious Sovereign. (Cheers.) 18 memorable day has been annually cele- brated in Vienna; but this time it was His Imperial and Royal Majesty the Empe- ror Francis Joseph bimself who invited you, ladies and geutiemen, to visit Vienna in such large numbers as I am happy to see to-day in this brilliant assembly. (Cheers.) It was His Imperial Majesty’s sincere wish that Ameri- cans should enjoy whatever we are able to offer a in the true spirit of ponenaee (Cheers. ) ntlemen, your great and glurious Common- wealth has nearly accomplish the first century of her independent existence under a federal con- stitution in whose operation we admire a most happy equilibrium between the necessary central power of President and a sufficient autonomy of States, (Cheers.) During that same period of @ century our ancient Empire had to contend seuens ® continuance of unfavorable circum- stances and events, But I can truly say that Austro-Hungary has exhibited undoubted proofs of her ay, of the solidarity of interesis | of her vari hationalities— (cheers) —proofs of her sincere wish to promote the progress of all races of the population; and I hope she will soon succeed in winning the sympathies of America, (Cheers) Austro-Hun- gary has, indeed, always manifested her necessary and peaceful vocation among the great nations of the world. Now, gentlemen can truly say that for ll this we are greatly indebted to the character of our Emperor ana eae Ae his careful observation of principles and existing treaties. (Cheers.) Aus- tria, in addressing her American visitors, wishes to remind them of the words of Shakespeare :— ‘ou. A word or two betore you go, nt Thave done the state some vervice, and they know It Speak of me as I am: With this gentle request, ladtes and gentlemen, I beg leave to rewurn repeated (iauks ior your toast: to His Imperial and Royal Majesty Francis Joseph I. Three hearty cheers were then given by the guests for the Emperor. SPEECH OF CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JR. ‘The next toast in memory of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was responded to by Charles Francis Adams, Jr., who said :— When, some three years since, a hostile army lay besieging one of the neighboring capitals of Europe it had occasion to celeurate, a8 we are now doing, a great vational /éte, It was, I think, the birthday of the hing, as we to-day celebrate the bagly tes our country. in answer to a loyal toast in his honor the aged monarch responded with another sentiment, couched, if my memory serves me right, in these simple, gracetul worda, “To you, through whom we are here,” It 18 to that sentiment, with the alteration of a single word, that you now call upon me to respond, ‘To those through whom we are here.’ But in offering his gratelal recogni- tion the King of Prussia looked about upon the strong, clear faces of a gallant army of the Ger- Man youth. Our case istar different; those in whose honor we proj our similar sentiment are very long since numbered with the dead, yet y, Wherever Americans are met together— and where are they not #0 met?—in one form or an- other we know that they wili give utterance toa sentiment similar to that which has just falien from our chairman’s lips. They will remember and honor the framers and signers of our great Declaration, But it is especially proper that we, here in Vienna, should se remember and so henor them, for was it not through their courage and their firmness and their devotion that we are here to-day amid this gathering of nations, our country’s representacives? But it also seems to me that our debt is only half discharged if we cou- tent ourselves with the empty acknowledg- ment of aformal gratitude. To us here, at least, ® fresh lesson of great significance may yet be drawn to our own exceeding improvement from the near contemplation of the founders of our Ke- ublic, What was it which caused those men to leave so deep a mark on the history of their own country and of the world? Why do we, even now, so delight to honor them? Ido not think it was because they were men either especially brilliant or espectally great. I venture to assert that their claim upon our affection and respect is really due to another cause ; arises, indeed, from the simn- He. fact that, baving work to do, they did their work ke men. At acritical moment they stood up, in the face of the world, in the dignity and indepen- dence of their manhood, and did the tusk whicn Was before them to do in @ simple, hovest fashion; not thinking what great men they were, or wnat magnificent results they had accomplished, or :ow Mankind admired them; not arrogan' glorious; toimking little of themselve 01 theatrical eflects, they did what they had to do, and they aid it well, jor their hearts were in their work, ey planted and we have reaped; they labored and we have entered into the fruits of their labors. To us, their successors, a new work is assigned, which should be the especial lesson of this ce and day, It was the mission of our and of their immediate successors to vernment, te subdue a wilderness and to we believe, of @ more To that work a century has been devoted, We, Anoop? here in the presence of the rich results of an older civilization, under the very shadow of that great temple dedi- cated to the choicest truits of the patient industry of all lands—we, at least, must realize how much there yet remains for us to do, The wilderness has indeed been subdued; it 1s for us to make it blossom as a garden. The foundations are lat it ts for erect the stately perstructure. We lookers-on here in enna cannot but feel and acknowledge, as day by day we move with wondering eyes among these gorgeous results of human skill and taste and toil, how little home by us been done—how much remains to do. ‘e cannot, all, but ask our- selves, What can we do for that America whieh has done so much for us? We cannot promise our- selves, our country or the world that we will assuredly complete the work in the large spirit in which our fathers began it, for he who putteth on his armor may not boast himsel! as he who taketh it off. We have as yet no right to assume that our contribution to the sum of human possess ous can even equai, much less surpass, those Of other and haps less favored lands. But one thing we can jo; we can enter upon our task im the spirit in which our fathers entered upon theirs. Therefore it is that now and here it ia especially incumbent upon us to profit by their great example. lt 18 for us to devote ourselves to our work even as they devoted themselves to their: in no proud, vain-glorious, boastful or detiau spirit—not ena, of ourselves and of our own great deeds, nor of the grandeur of our national aitivade in the eyes of a wondering world; such, indeed, was not their spirit. Their great and excellent model we should have ‘ever fore us—its independence, its dignity, its modesty, its firmness and its zeal. In their spirit, and in their spirit only, can we approach our task nor fear for the result. And ii in this irit we do approach it, then when the glorious structure of American civilization shall at last stand radiant and complete, rich in che last and ripest results of human industry, science and art— then when we, too, have built our lives into those walls, fature generations, as they note the spiritin which we entered upon our work, may pass upon us as we now pass upon the signers of the Declaration, and may pronounce that we, too, are wy to rank with “those through whom we are here. THE MOTHER COUNTRY. The President then, in some complimentary re- marks, offered, “Our Mother Country,” to which Hon. P. C, Owen, the head of the British Commis- sion, responded, and as he arose the band played “God Save the Queen,” and there was loud cheer- ing. Mr, Owen sald:— , He could only return thanks for the honor con- ferred upon him by the Americans tn inviting him to their national banquet and jor the toast to tie mothercountry—Engiand. He spoke of the recent ar- bitrations between the two countries, and admitted thatin the matter of fellowship nothing more ‘was to be desired, poke of the importance of universal expositions as places where countries should make international friends—where rela- tions can be established that may bring forth good fruits in the future. He paid a generous compli- ment to Americans at Vienna, and concluded by expressing the wisk for his oar that the Cen- tennial Exposition of 1876 might take precedence of all others, GENBRAL KIDDER ON THB ARMY AND NAVY. Then, as @ toast, was given “The Army and Navy.” Genera! T. B. Kidder responded, and as he arose there was loud cheering. General Kidder said that he supposed the toast ‘was to give recognition to the army and navy on account of the important part they had taken in the history of our country; but ne would not have it forgotten that America’s chief glory consists in the fact that m time of peace she has no army or mavy, roe speaking; for when peace prevails we are all civilians, and very civil, but when war prevails we are all soldicrs, and ( our enemies very uncivil. He reviewed briefly some of the important incidents of the civil wi akin, prominent the fact that a country is best guarded and defended which relies upon the patriotism of its citizens for aid in times of danger. Alter paying a generous, soldier-like compliment to the Southern jorces in the rebeilion, he re- viewed in humoristic strokes the batties oi the lava beds and the ea serious romance ‘we have lately had with our old friend Captain Jack.” In col clusion he trusted that the coming ¢! would for America one of plougshares and pruning hooks, and that the sword might have @ long, long rest. Our army and navy, he said, had their birthin the grand events of the day we celebrate. An immediate resort to arms was the only alternative of the new-born Republic after the events of that day. Crude, un- taught, ul-equipped, vut heroic, was the character of our small battalions, and though it is generally conceded that the pen is mightier than the sword, the Declaration ef Independence would indeed have been but a rhetorical flourish had not the army, in the hands of patriotic citizen ig pee conquered our independence and secured for us the peace, preeey, and glory of our present great nation. Thus was it when it became net yr us to reassert our inde- ndence in 1812, Thus was it atill later, when it came ne for us to test the power and strength of our government; and thus always will the army agg pavy be true when occasion comes— LD, MONDAY, JULY 21; 187 true to the Repnobite and true to the people, Whose interests It hasever served with @ fidelity equal ouly to its patriotism and loyalty. SPEECH OF BARON SCHWARZ-SANBORN, The President then proposed, in some felicitons remarks, the “Vienna Exposition of 1873,” and spoke in high terms, which were rapturously ap- plauded, of the services rendered to the Ex* hibition by Baron von Schwarz-Sanborn, the head and chief. He called upon the Baron to respond, and as he rose there was loud and prolonged cheering. ‘The Baron said:— LADIES AND GENTLEWEN—I beg you, first of all, to accept my best, my warmest and most sincere thanks for the great honor you have conferred upon me. I will not give you any extended bistory of our Vienna Exposition. 1 will not describe the exertions we made, do not intend to explain to you all the intentions e h in caiting the Exposition into bel Allow me, ladies and gentiemen, only to br: ie knowledge some tacts not yet known: indeed, which may not be without some inte you, The first invitation I addressed to a eigners to come to Vienna to see and to and to help usin our Exposition was to Americans, (Cheers,) it was in Paris, at the end of March, 1871, and during the siege, when I had the leasure and the honor to those’ rrible days with Americans, and with Many of my American friends in Paris, among whom were His Excellency Minister Washburne; the most eminent physician, Dr. Swinburn; the Consul General, Mr, Reed; Colonel Hoffman, of the staff of the Ambassador, ana one indefatigable man who did 80 much jor the wounded, Mr. Riggs. Well we dined every A that is to say, we did nol dine every hight, for we had not dinner every day. (Cheers and laughter.) We had sometimes only horse meat, sometimes worse than that; only one day we had anelephant, (Great laughter.) Well, one evening, at eight o'clock, just before I went to our usual horse-meat dinner, received two letters—one letter from His Majesty my gracious Emperor and the second letter from my sister, and her letter was dated from New York, (Bravo!) Well, His Majesty My gracious Emperor commanded me to leave Paris at once for Vienna, and to devote myself to the creation of the Universal Ex ition of 1873, After I had opened that letter I said to my Ameri- can friends, well, now, I have just received the command to go to Vienna and organize the Expo- sition, I invite you and all your countrymen to come and visit the Exposition, You must come, I said, ior two reasons, The first Treason is that i have much sympathy for America— (‘‘Hear, hear!”)—and, more than that, lam in- cere friend of the United Stat ‘Bravo !”’)—and, more than that, 1 am bound to the United States by the highest feelings that affect the human heart. My brother-in-law is an American citizen, and my sister—the only sister I have—has lived with him in New York for now twenty-eight years, (Bravo, bravo!” “Welcome !’’) ell, said to my American friends then, that is one reason Americans must help mein my great work. The second reason is that the Americans are a go-ahead people— (cheers aud cries of “That's so!"’)—they are progress ive in science, in art and in the various ranches of life. [hat go-ahead people, 1 said, must come to Vienna to visit the Austro- Hungarians, for you must know we not @ go-ahead people, but we are ing to become (Cheers and bangaret) Austro-Hungarians are very iond of progress in art, progress in science and ip all things; and this Xposition 1s to prove to you that we are fend of progress. Well, | left my American friends and Paris tn the month of March, and came at once to Vienna. 1 commenced my work in good earnest, and I addressed myself, among others, to a man of high statesmanlike qualities, to a very enlightened man, a high spirited man, a statesman with @ very sharp and long-sighted eye—to His Excellency Ministery Jay, who from tne beginning duly appreciated the vast importance of the Vienna Exposition; appreciated the great con- sequences that would result for tne internal development of Austro-Hungary, and to the mutual advantage of the United States and Austro- Hungary. To your Minister, ladies and gentlemen, 1am indebted for an uninterrupted Sopport and to him I here express my thanks. I have as- sisted at the former Expositions, at London in 1851 and at Paris in 1867, and I can truly a that America has never m so well represented as at Vienna, I also express my best thanks to ail countrymen of yours who have accepted my invi- tation to the Exposition. And allow me, gentle- men, to invite you to write home and say to all your countrymen that they may come and see us Austro-Hungarians not only, but tw may come to exhibit themseives. (“Bravo”) ho that when they have been in Vienna they will say, “Now we must, indeed, say that the Viennese and the Exposition are not so bad as we thought.”” And then, alter your visits are over, the Austro-Hungarians will return your courtesies by going to the jorthcoming great Centennial Ex- Position at cheba la et in 1876, (Cheers.) There we ‘will repay your kind visit. Allow me, in conclusion, to say that all your countrymen who are coming will very welcome in Vienna, and tell them we are coming to repay your visit. But, in the mean- time, we wish to your Centennial ‘Exposition of 1876 the greatest, the fuliest success. (“Bravos” and three cheers by the guesta for the Vienna Ex- position and its director). Then came the toast to “America at the Expo- sition,” which was responded to by Jackson S, Schultz, of New York, who was loudly cheered ashe arose, SPEECH OF JACKSON 8. SCHULTZ. Mr. Schultz made an eioquent reference to this as our poiltical Sabbath Day, when in this hospita- ble land, many thousands of miles irom home, we met to celebrate the birth ofa new nation. The circumstances indicate that the arts of peace are uniting the nations; for we are here fighting @ great ttle. = (Cheers.) The na- tions are engagea with physical fires—Great Britain, with her gigantic iron industries; Austria, France, Germany, Russia, all in line, with their columns of artand industry. (Cheers.) Significant, as now it means peace, (Cheers.) Each nation strives to lead. Nay, more; in each nation we find industries and enterprises struggling for pre-eminence. In this con- test there is not one but many vic: torles— (applause)—victories deserved and hardly, honestly won; not the chance encounters of a mere field of battle, but victories of toil and en- ergy and resolute purpose. (Cheers.) In this strife none enervated ; the combatants gather new strengih; the waste places blossom; angry passions are stilled, and the world becomes better, more prosperous and more beautilul. (Loud cheering.) It has been the American pol- icy to maintain neutrality, and we have found peace in its pursuit. But England, then France and now Austria have summoned us to a contest. We have entered, although we are far from home and at a disadvant . But we show what we try to do, that the nations may learn war nomore. (Cheers.) Mr. Schultz trusted that the work of observation and inquiry would not be aban- doned to the commissions, but that all Americans here would constitute themselves a committee of the whole to observe and inquire. For in this world there was, above juries and commissions, & jury of public opinion. ways in session, seldom ‘unjust in its final verdicts, and never to be de- spised. (Oheers.) We saw one of its achieve- ments in what had been done in Geneva in com- pelling arbitration to take the place of war. (Great spoiause) Mr. Schuitz then referred to Mr. Samuel . Ruggies, and paid hima (olen 2 compliment as one of the benefactors of the world, lamentin, an absence caused by advancing years and health, He hoped the work so earnestly pressed by this good man, the unification of the coinage, would be considered and adopted, and, in conclud- ing, the speaker made an eloquent reference toour coming anniversary and world’s fair in 1876. It would oe @ tournament in art and mechanics, in which all of our States would take a part and to which we cordially invited all nations, and ho to return the kindness England and France shown us and Austria was showing now. . THE PRESS TOAST. The President then proposed ‘The Press; and, in response, called upon Colonel J. W. Knox, the correspondent of the New YORK HERALD, who tra- versed Siberia in the service of that Journal. Colonel Knox, who rose amid hearty cheers, said that, upon the Scriptural ground that the last should be first, the press was generally called towards the end of these ceremo- nial jeasts, It was well known the members of the eee were famous for their modesty and self- jenial and never spoke their praises until the world spoke them. To those bis hearers wio had never been in America he would say the preas at home was celebrated for its amenity, its scru- ulous exactness of statement, absence of temper in political canvasses— (iaughter)—and kindly affec- tion toone anoiher. (Laughter.) After playfully dwelling upon this element in the journalist cham- ber Colonel Knox alluded to the importance of the press as an agency for making the nations of the world known to one another and bringing about unity of thought and unity of purpose. A hundred years ago there was no newspaper life, no journal- ism, NO Neans of rapid communication. The world lived in circles of fiity or a hundred miles; now the world is in one circle, and events of to-day are known to-morrow in Vienna and New York—in Melbourne ani London. The press may claim to have done its part in the cores and development of this civilization—in jeading to the fraternity of nat.ions—(cheers)—and journalists must be gratified at the prominence given to their craftin this universal exhibition of the arts and industries of the earth, To-lay we see the greatest industrial display the world has ever known—what may we see a quarter of & cental hence? A few years since we scarcely knew Japan and China. Now they are among our most active nations. Twenty-five years more in some Vienna exhibition we shall have the men of Central Asia, tribute bearers from the Pacific Ocean, 4 the products of the beau- tiful isles of the sea. e icy North, though cold in climate, shall no longer be cold in blood, and from the land whence the enterprise of an American newspaper has brought in- teligence of the labors and explorations of the heroic missionary, David Livingstone—(cheers)— Africa shall come with her tvory, her gold and her Spices, and Kthiopia, emerged from barbaric dark- ness and looking up in the tight of clvilization— Ethiopia shall stretch her hands te God. The Colonel took his seat amid loud cheering. SPERCH OF PROFESSOR BLAKE. The next toast was ‘The American Centennial Exposition of 1876,’ which was responded to by Professor W. P. Blake. The Professor expiain the a the Centennial in America, and dwelt at length upon the advantages of 3.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. sicn imstitunons and exhibitions to the world. To make it @ success it Was most necessar; to have the cordial good will and ald of all nations, As to any mere revenue retarn it was a fallacy to count upon it. The value could not be measured by money. We rely not only upon tne industrial and other interests for support, but upon the people. Pennsylvania had raised three mii- lions of dollars, and the work would go bravely on. ‘The next toast was “The Expositions of National Industries, the Pathways to Universal Peace.” Hon. G. W. Allen, of Wisconsin, responaed, aliud- ing ‘in ‘bedutitul ‘terms to that love of country which is a love surpassi all other. We had cause here to see what had been done by the en- nd generous government of Austria—to the products of one nation say to an- other. He hoped these gatherings of the peoplewould hasten the glad day when the fields of Austerlitz and Waterloo would rise up and kiss each other; when the British lion would no longer roar and the Austrian eagle no longer whet its talons for, con- flict; and we all pray tor the day when the sham- rock of Ireland, the rose of Engiand, the Illy of France and the thistle of Scotiand would unite in one universal emblem—the olive branch of peace. SPEECH OF THK CONSUL GBNBRAL The next apgegh was by General Philip Sidney Post, on the influence of commerce upon the world’s development. He first took us in apirit to the ruins of an old feudal castle about an hour's drive from the Austrian capital, and alter gtvin, @ vivid picture of oppreased life in the age in whic! the structure was reared, when a chief in armor, followed by retainers in ‘coats of mail, despotled the merchant, mechanic and peasant; when governments were established and overthrown at he behest of idle non-producers, when diplomats dined and schemed in the interests of dynasties, when genius and industry were despised and every useful occupation considered base, when no man could be @ nobleman unless he rode about the country with @ spiked pole in his hand and an iron kettle on bis headr;” he described another edifice, of nobler extent and grander tendencies, ‘Irom the turrets of this ancient citadel,” ne said, “one may descry the mighty dome of another buiiding—a modern structure — the very opposite of the feudal castle in design, character and history. Its numerous entran are approached through broad aveuues; neither rtcullia nor drawbridge obstructs the way, hough the spacious halls of this are filled with untold wealth, the specimens of in- dustry of all nations. In this building is held a grand tournament in the interests of labor and producers; the Sir Knights of the present age are ‘he zealous champions.” Commerce, he comtinued, 1s now the great ruler of the world, whose alliance is sought by the Kin and Emperors of the world, That crowned heads have been proud to connect themselves with the Vienna Exposition is @ trivute to the ‘ving and gi owing power of industrial enterprise; they must now “look to the commerce of the State,” or they may look round their royal heritage ‘and miss @ throne,’’ After speaking of the high mis- sion Of commerce, not only In promoting the com- fort of mankind, and in accumulating Individual and national wealth, bat in contributing to the spread of civilization and the elevation of nations, he went on to speak of the appliances of modern science to the promo- tion of commerce. Steam, electricity and the printing press, invoked by commercial enterprise and produced and perfected by inventive genius, exorcise the spirits of bigotry and superstition. The fables of false prophets, the wonders of the Magician, the supernatural exhibitions made by craft’ to ignorance, seem stupid and ehildish when brought in contact with the wonders of scientific reality. If genuine magic is wanted read an American morning paper of May minutely describing the opening ceremonies of the Vienna Exposition of the previous day. In con- clusion, General Post hoped for the speedy comin of the time “when all nations will regar¢ an attempt to fetter commerce, whether under the pretence of promoting local industries or injuring @ rival country, as a reac- Uonary effort toward the turreted stronghold and the toiling sert.” The crown that surmounts the wondrous dome of the Industrial Palace, though all too large for mortal head, heralds a monarch before whom people bow and whom sovereigns and otentates acknowiledge—a monarch whose jusy fleets, under many flags, trouble the waters of every clime, reileving the necessities and bearing blessings where they monach who recognizes no State boundaries, natu- ral or artificial, whose triumphal march is at once towards the east, west, north and south, spread- ing civilization and Intelligence in every land, Such a monarch is commerce—the promoter of agriculture, the patron of manufactures, the stim- ulator o1 invention, the guardian of the arts and sciences, the rewarder of jabor, the disseminator of truth and the triend of peace. SCIENCE, EDUGATION AND AGRICULTURE. Then followed several other interesting speeches, on “Agricalture and the Mechanic Arts, the Foun- dation of Our Material Prosperity,” by Professor Thurston, of New Jersey; on “The Manufac- tures of the Old and New Worlds,” by Hamilton A. Hill, of Massachusetts, and on ‘Scl- ence.” by Protessor E.N. Horsford. The audience being in an inattentive mood, and busier with champagne and the Hungarian wines than science, the Professor only spoke @ few words on science, art, the telegraph and what were the modern achievements of genius and industry. The next toast was in reference to education, and was responded to by Dr. J. W. Hoyt, of Wisconsin, who laid down the proposition that people could not prosper who were not intelligent. Our country is not safe until it has educated citizens, and if we neglect this we must tremble for our future, In- telligence is the only security against false con- clusions—the only safeguard against political vio- lence, of radicalism and self-defeating conservatism. Greatness in @ nation can only depend upon the intelligence of a people, Mr. Lewis Seasongood, who was to have spoken in response to “Our Fatherland in America,” contented himself with reading @ sentiment in German and English about free ideas and progressive political views, and hoping that the German would always in his new home be worthy of the Fatherland. He then called upon Mr. Felder, the Burgomaster of Vienna, @ cheery, bright, middle-aged gentleman, who said :— LADIES AND GENTLEMEN—Bein; mirer of American strength and American labor, I have consented to say afew words. | wish very earnestly that the best relations may ever exist between the two countries, on account of the many analogies and mutual interests between them. It is with the deepest sincerity that I ex- ress my grateful satisiaction at bel: witness o your sublime festival, and pro @ cordial cheer in the name of the city of Vienna, for the weifare of the United States and of its citizens. Whereupon we all shouted. The- next toast was ‘Vienna, Our Beautitul Hostess,”” Dr. A. Ruppaner, of New York, rose to respond, and was loudly applauded. He said he would not refer to the historical characteristics of Vienna—to the time when an army of 200,000 Turks endeavorec to destroy it and aestroy Christi- anity. Nor could this have become the chosen home of nearly a million of people did there not exist a political and social stimulus, Those who doubted the might and wealth of this Empire and its cap- ital had only to waikin the vast galleries in the Prater and see what had been done in art and in- dustry. This proud old city, by her wealth, her energy, her influence and her co-operative spirit, had contributed to bring abous this grand Expo- sition—this menu of 1878. The Doctor then spoke of his own student life in Vienna, and sketched it briefly, amid laughter and applause, and proceeded to speak of what Vienna had done in the arts and sciences, especially his own science of medicine ; of her schools and great hospitals, and in conclusion paid a rapturous eulogy to the beau- tiful city, which was loudly cheered, as the Doctor, having made one of the most effective speeches of the evening, took his seat. And so the proceedings came to an end, and about eleven we all went home in a merry mood. ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION. Progress of t' War—Lopez Jor- dan’s Action Against Para: and Con- cepeiun. @ very old ad- Rio JANETRO, June 14, 1873, HERALD advices at this port from the Argentine Confederation says the news is that Parana con- tinued besieged by the troops of Jordan, and that he had also commenced that of Concepcion. Part of the garrison of the last had joined the revolu- brdeinhoy and the fall of the place was considered certain. Sarmiento has published a proclamation offering pardon to all laying down arms wituin ten days, and threatening all who did not do 30. Jordan has issued @ response declaring that every soldier of foreign birth taken prisoner by him shali imme- diately be shot, Troubles are occurring in other provinces of the Contederation. ‘A BRUTAL HUSBAND, \Thomas King, residing at 136 Third avenue, Brook- lyn, was taken into custody last evening for brutally beating and feloniously assauiting Maria King, his wife, who accuses him with having attempted to take her lite stabbing her in the hand with a carving knife. ing, who jaburer, was under the influence of bad Bourbon at the time he com- mitted the assault. JEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT. At the Jefferson Market Pelice Court yesterday Judge Cox committed the following persons :—Rose Mullin, Hugh Mullin and Alice Kiernan, all of 463 West Sixteenth street, to await the result of in- juries inflicted by them upon Ellen Morrissey. of ‘the same number, ee ae MONMOUTH PARK. The Closing Kaces of the Season—A Bril« mt Progr: me and Promise of the Rarest Day’s Sport Yet. Lona Brancu, July 20, 1878, There is every prospect of the weather being all that could be desired for to-morrow’s races, Under the recuperative influences of a bright, sunshiny day the track is now in splendid condition. Owing to the severity of the late storm some little repair- ing had to be done in places, but not a trace of the atorm’s ravages remains, The track is perfectly even and hard—could not be better, in fact. Every- body is, consequently, looking to the closing day of the races as promising a most fitting and bril. liant conclusion to the magnificent series of races making up the present extended and varied pro- gramme. In the HERALp there has already been published the programme of the races for to-morrow, and it is unnecessary to repeatit. There are to be five Faces, and ali of exciting interest. Of course, the central point of interest is the reappearance of Tom Bowling. There are a good many heavy bets Pending, some additional ones having been mado to-day, and the probability is that more money wil! change hands than on any previous race day. En- thusiasm is at its highest pitch, All the Branch Sojourners are sure to be on the ground, and the probability is the crowd from New York and else- where will be iar in excess of that of any previous day. ‘The following is the programme of the sport:— SECOND MEETING-—-FOURTH DAY, SATURDAY, JULY 19, Finst Rack—steeplechase Handicap, tor all age: bout three miles. over # fair hunting course; purse $10; BON to first, $75 to second and $25 to third horse. Joseph Donahue's ch, g. George West. Jeta Walden’s b. c. Victor Huxo. Ssconp Rack—August stakes, value $50), added to a akes of $8) cach, p. p, for two-year-olds; t of the Thespian Stakes'to carry 5 iba. extra Ww winner second to receive $100 aud the third horse $50 out of the stakes; one mile oA nes & ug ust Beln Scratch. August Belmo: M. H. Sanford's b. M. H. Santord's ch. f, Lava. P. Lorillard’s br. ¢. saxon. George Ayers’ ch. c. Krastus Corning. John F, berlin's bd. ¢, Visigoth. John F, John F. John F. ¢ ¥. Morris’ b. f, Regardless, F: Morris’ b,c John Coffee's br. Nettle Norton. aron Peunington, Peity. Vandalite. Belle of Australia, Tai kos, vaiue $1,000), added to @ sweepstakes of SO) each, p- p.. for colts And ilies, foals of 18/0; the second to receive $200 and the third $100 out of the stakes, two miles, H. P. McGrat! ¢, Tom Bowling. J. 0, Hare's b. ©. 8, D, Bruce's ch. ¢. Galway. G. W. stewart’: M. H. Sanford’s M. H. Santord’s M. H. Sanford’s Governor Oden Bowie's ch. ¢. Cecil wi J. J.J, O'Falion’s Thomas G. Bi Thomas G. John Coffee's gr. c. Hunter & Travers’ ch, c. Captain Garland. Hunter & Travers’ b. f, Girl of the Period, Strachino, f. Megara, Joho A, Miller's ch. D. v, Withers’ Db. p. Withers’ b. . Cs ‘ouRTH ck—Consolation bpeery mek purse $400, fot deaten horses, all ages (winners excluded) ; one and a balf ch. ¢. Mart Jordon (Boulger), Arizona, PAE Jones bf mas Jones’ b. f. John F. Chamberlin’s ch, ¢ Wheatly, iF Mooratn’s en. ¢ Tabitha, .D. Bru . Galway. Firrm ack—Match tor $1,000; dash of a mile. John F, lin’s b. ¢ Survivor, J.C, Hare's b. ¢. Aerolite. TROITING AT SAN PEANOISOO, SAN FRANCIs00, July 19, 1873, A trotting race for $5,000 came of in Agricultural Park to-day between Ella Lewis and Sam Purdy. The former was distanced in the first heat and was ruled out. Sam Purdy walked home and won the race, POLITICAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS, SCA IME EEN Samuel J. Randall, the head and front of the Pennsylvania democracy, has left Philadelphia for Bedford Springs, for the purpose, it ts said, of hold- ing & party consultation. Bedford Springs wasa favorite hob-nobbing place for the late President Buchanan. He had @ consulting, an analyzing and a dissecting room there. The Cleveland Plaindealer states that General Garfield was tn that city a day or two since, and that he “thinks the ‘Crédit Mobiler? and ‘back pay’ will not make much ofa swell alter ail.” It has made the people swell with indignation at any rate. But No rogue e’er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law. The Fremont (Oulo) Messenger is for Fremont for Governor. The Lynchburg Virginian (democratic) sounds the alarm against the party going for independent nominations. ‘Let it be understood,” it pro- claims, ‘and sounded all along the line that we will give no countenance to independent candi- dates. In this way only will we be able to choke them off.” The St. Louis Republican (anti-administration), in commenting on the salary steal, remarks :— That the people were not in favor of the increase of salaries is shown by the almost unanimous re- buke which that act has received; and as the President had Cog ade to prevent the depletion clined to exercise it, the bur- and those radical journals which attack sal grabbing Congressmen and say nothing about a salary-grabbing President are gullty of @ piece of impudent inconsistency. Colonel Greene, of the Boston Post, positively declines being the democratic candidate for Gov- ernor of Massachusetts. Although fast arriving at a “green old age,” the veteran editor is “not so green,” to use @ vulgar term, as to stand up to be so remorselessly knocked down a8 he would be were he to run as the democratic candidate for the gubernatorial chair of the “Old Bay State.” The St. Louis Republican avers that there is a secret order called the “League of Justice,” which ramifies the whole Northwest and numbers already some two hundred and sixty thousand members. Their object is alieged to be to recover the lands and bonds given to railroad and other corpora- tions, “peaceably if they can, forcibly if they must!” They will probably not stand upon the “order” of their going, but “go for’ those bond@ at onee, According to the Louisville Ledger, it is the same old “Ned” Marshall, of many former political cam- paigns, whose name has been mentioned in con- nection with a seat in the Kentucky Senate. But it seems “Ned” declines the race. The Springfleld Republican (anti-Butler) says it is “decidedly interesting to know that Governor Butler has ‘promised’ the Massachusetts Chief Justiceship. The Pittsfeld Hagle is authority—m the absence of better—for the fact. Ambitiout lawyers may take notice and govern themselved accordingly.” Colonel W. W. W. Bowie, of Prince Georgé county, Maryland, declines being acandidate for the State Senate, The Colonel says ‘he is on the retired list and has reached an age when the profits of office would be of more importance thaa the honors,” The Alexandria Gazette believes the idea of @ third term will be rejected by nine-tenths of the people of the country—at least it hopes so, ‘But,’ it adds, “in these days there 18 no knowing what monstrous schemes may not be adopted.” Referring to the proposition to have the next Republican Convention in Massachusetts held in the middie of August, the Boston Transcript (anti+ Butler) says:—‘General Butler is to be selected and elected by the forcing, hothouse process, an@ that fs the reason why, we suppose, the Convention should meet during #he dogdays. But im political matters it sometimes happens that the manager@ and wire-pullera pronase and the neonle onvose.” ,