CHAPTER XXIV.

1882-1883.

Visit Northern Italy--American Indians in Zurich--Death of the Poet Kinkel--Letters from Carl Schurz and the Poet’s Wife--Letter from Sherman as to the Bounteous Mississippi Valley--A Second Letter from Sherman--The Presidency-- Conversations with Scherr, the Writer--The Poet Kinkel’s Son--His Powerful Memory--We Visit Berlin--Minister Sargent’s Trouble with Prince Bismarck over American Pork-- Sargent Is Appointed to St. Petersburg--Indians Again--Baby Lions--Visit America Again--Funeral of the Author of “Home, Sweet Home”--Swiss National Exhibition--The Swiss War Minister Visits Me--We Had Been Comrades in Libby Prison-- Trouble with Fraudulent Invoices--Origin of Expert System at Consulate--I Succeed in Stopping the Frauds--My Action is Reported at Washington as Saving a Million Dollars to the Government--Another Letter from General Sherman--His Coming Retirement from the Army. 216