The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-24 00:00:00

THE-CONVENT CASE. Seventeen days has the weary case of Eaurin v. Starr lasted. The public having heard all that is edifying with regard to " life in a convent," has now settled down to the flat and unprofitable task of making up its mind as to who is right in the quarrel. Unquestionably Miss Saurin fell considerably in estimation as day by day story after story was told of her stubbornness, bad temper, and dis obedience ; and though the instances were trivial enough in many cases, yet, by what the Yankees call "piling up" the defence managed to make out a sufficiently strong case to cause observers to be doubtful as to which way the verdict would go. The Solicitor- General himself was struck with this, and is trying to win back the sympathy of the jury, by putting Miss Sanrin in the witness-box again. This is a good course, for the jury would probably have in its mind what it had heard last, and the defence has continued so long, that the "impressions," on which counsel so strongly rely for getting a verdict, would, as far as the plaintiff is con cerned, be effaced ; and so yesterday Miss Saurin was again in the witness-box. She denied that she ever took away anything from another sister, and hid it under her bed. She had never spoken to anyone about courtship or young men. Her brother's letter to the bishop was read to her, in which it was written that she said to him "Under one operation, which was repeated four times, I hesitated for a moment, when Christ, as it were, appeared to me bound and strapped at the pillar. I raised my eyes to heaven, and the reverend mother said, 'See how her eyes turn.' I thought my body was falling to pieces, and I cried aloud, 'Yes, my Lord, I will make the sacrifice." Commenting to the bishop on this in the same letter, her brother said "Her crimes are those of Christ, my lord, by whom she is ever physically sustained." Miss Saurin's attention being drawn to this by the Lord Chief Justice, she explained that it referred to the time when she was stripped of her clothes. Sir Alexander Cockburn was not, however, by any means satisfied, and asked her very closely concerning it. She said she had never heard of the letter before. The Lord Chief Justice : What did you tell your brother about the vision—that you saw Christ bound and strapped to the pillar ? Did you tell him that ? Plaintiff : No. What I suppose is this— The Lord Chief Justice : Don't be in a hurry, and attend to the question. Did you tell your brother you "saw Christ bound and strapped to the pillar," that you raised your eyes to heaven, and that you thought your body was falling to pieces, and that you cried aloud " Yes, my Lord, I will, I will make the sacrifice ?" Plaintiff : No. The Lord Chief Justice : Then it is an invention? Plaintiff : I mean- The Lord Chief Justice : Did you or did you not ? Plaintiff : I said that I was dreadfully shocked when I was asked to do so. I remembered what Our Lord suffered at the pillar, and I may have said that. The Lord Chief Justice : Did you say nothing about the vision ? Plaintiff : Nothing of the kind. The Lord Chief Justice : Then that is an invention? Plaintiff : I don't know. I never mentioned anything about that vision. Some fencing between the Chief Justice and witness then took place. She said she told her brother more than she told the court, but said it referred to " what she bad bad to submit to," and ultimately that it was only the stripping that her brother spoke of. A large number of children were then called, who seve rally deposed to the following effect:—" Sister Scholastica was very kind to me, and never took away my dinner or any one else's that I know of." Some of them had never known the plaintiff other than kind to anyone. Others were silent on the point. A mother also was called, who stated that only on one occasion had she heard that her child's dinner was taken. It was stated that her servant had complained to the superior every day about it. Other evidence to the same effect was given, and closed the re butting case. Mr. Mellish then proceeded to address the jury for the defence, but did not finish until the time for adjournment• The Reformation Society of Neuchatel in Switzer land have issued the following programme :—" A Church without priests, religion without a Catechism, worship without mysteries, morals without theology, and God with out creeds." The death of the young man, named George Dick son, whose name figured so prominently in connection with the late Warrington election and the subsequent inquiry, took place at Haydock Asylum, late on Saturday night. The unfortunate young man was poll-clerk at one of the polling-booths, and omitted to record 87 votes tendered for the Conservative candidate, in consequence of which the Liberal candidate, Mr. llylands, was elected by a majority of 27 votes. Hie return was petitioned against, but Mr. raron Martin confirmed it on the ground that the bulk of the petitioners had not duly tendered their votes to the poll clerk. The New Convocation of the province of Canter bury was opened yesterday morning by the archbishop, who proceeded to the Jerusalem Chamber, where ho was received by the Prolocutor of the Lower House and others. Prayers having been read, the archbishop directed the Lower House to proceed to business, and it was inti mated that the sittings would extend to Friday exoning. His Grace received the congratulations of all present on his elevation to the Primacy, and then proceeded to Queen Anne's Bounty Office, where he was met by the Bishops of London, Oxford, Lichfield, Bangor, Llandaff, and their pre laths. The Bishop of Hereford (Ailey), and the Bishop of Peterborough (Major), took their seats for the first time. Dr. Jackson took his seat for the first time as Bishop of London. THE PUBLIC HEALTH.—Last week the rate of mortality in London was 25 per 1,000 ; in Birmingham it was 20 ; and in Newcastle-upon-Tyne as high as 38. The deaths registered in the metropolis were 1,491, or 31 less than the estimated number, and 65 more than the deaths of the previous week. Strong testimony to the beneficial effect of vaccination is furnished by the fact that only 74 persons have died from small-pox during the last 13 weeks, in an estimated population of more than three millions. On the other hand, the mortality from fever exhibits a considerable increase. The mean temperature during last week was 45'5, or 71 above the average. THE MURDER OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.—The fate of Mrs. Surratt, who was executed in 1E65 for alleged complicity in the plot to assassinate President Lincoln, will not be soon forgotten by one section of the American people. It was always contended by many that the woman was innocent, and those who were instrumental in her prosecution do not like her name to be mentioned oftener than is necessary. The other day her remains were given up to her friends for private burial, and the incident led to some curious revelations. It was never known before where the assassin Booth had been buried. It was thought that "demonstrations" of an unpleasant kind would be made ever his grave, and the few who knew the secret kept it well. It now appears that the body was broughtto Wash ington, and buried in the old penitentiary buildings, in the presence of Secretary Stanton, three police officers, and the commandant of the arsenal. The ware-room chosen as a temporary tomb was boarded up, the door locked, and the key taken away by Secretary Stanton. Booth's relatives are now asking for his body, in order that it may receive Christian burial. MEAT PRESERVING COMPANY.--In March last the formation was mentioned of a limited company in Australia called the Melbourne Meat Pres rviancgCi)nem /may. After the delay necessary fo r importing . and plant, and erecting buildings, thefactory factory , it appears, commenced operations on the 18 th of Septem ber,rnhry and has since been constantly at work. Thirty-five thousa nd sheep have been slaughtered, and 54,000 ca ni s ters of meat and 100 tons of tallow have been shipped to the company's agents in London, w h i le 50, 000 more canisters were in process of be in g filled. Confident exp e ct a ti ons see m to prevail that the meat, as reported on by the Duke of Edinbugh, will c om e additional into extensive use, especially for ships. Several nts Companies were actively engaged in making consignme of preparations by various other processes, and boilin g i down for t a ll ow was aga i n b e i ng l arge l y resor t e d to. It s estimated (says the Times in its money article) that there are 4 5,000,000 sheep on the continent of Australia. In Melbourne fat sheep were selling at 4s. each for ewes, and ss. to 7s. each for wethers. In the country districts of Victoria good sound two-year-old ewes were sold with difficulty at 3s. Gd,, and fat wethers at 58. DRAW - LING IN A CRURCH IN THURSO. - What between Dr. Guthrie's celebrated six hundred sleepers in the Free Church, and the late disorderly conduct in the Secession Church, Thurso is likely to become famous. How ever, things seem to have culminated ; for, on W‘dnee.daY last, three young men, named Thomas Draver and John Swanson, flaggers, and Wm. Swanson, joiner, were charged at the District Justice of the Peace Court, before Messrs. Henderson, Bremner, and Bruce, at the instance of Mr. Mitchell, Justice of Peace Fiscal, with disorderly conduct in the Original Secession Meeting House, on Sunday evening , the 24th ult. They severally pleaded not guilty. and after several witnesses had been examined, all of whom spoke tc the disorderly conduct of the respondents—laughing, talking aloud, throwing " sweeties " all over the gallery, using 'Obscene language, and a tt emp ti ng to force tobacco int( the mouth of one of the witnesses —the court found the charge proven, and sentenced each of the panels to 13( imprisoned in Wick gaol for twenty days, without tht option of a fine. This will, it is to be hoped, operate as a warning to others, and put an end to the disgracefu conduct which has been exhibited in the church es in toal during evening service all the winter.—Senhemae,. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. WOllll FOE THE MOUSE OF LORDS, Their noble lordships Salisbury, Cairns, and West bury, having demanded work to do, people have been set a thinking as to what should be given them. The Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce has agreed upon a memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury, approving the suggestion made that the Bankruptcy Bill should be introduced in the Lords ; and " A Tribune," writing to the Times, suggests that the House should set itself to mending the law in respect of the Satutc of Limitations, and to making similar reforms. He proposes that they should reduce thetermof sixyearsto fifteen months, and that the dis tinction should be abolished between debts on simple contract and speciality debts. They would thus have nnderreviewand ventil tte by discussion the questions, Of what use are the bankrupt laws ? Why have they uniformly failed ? Is the foundation of com panies with limited liability improving the character of the English trades, or developing an amount of duplicity degrading to us as a great commercial people, requiring almost the whole machinery of the Court of Chancery to wind up speculations conceived in fraud and fostered in credulity ? If this were not enough to occupy their time, they might with much benefit to the public take up the subjects, Should married women be able to pledge their hus bands' credit without express authority in writing for the particular credit ? Should a minor be able to contract debt under any circumstances whatever ? Providing work of this kind to fill up the time is nci very complimentary to the Peers. These subjects, like the "shifting scene" in a play, is required to oc cupy attention until the real drama may be con tinued. _ _ THE MINORITY CLAUSE• The death of Mr. Charles Bell, and the taking of his seat by a Liberal is supposed to prove the unsoundness of the minority clause. The Dail! Tdegraph, for instance, asserts that to call this elms a principle " is absurd, ' principles' are not at mercy of accidents, and when they are embod:ed • our Constitution, they survive Vie (1e(.42- .re of rarticular men-11,er. - • Th 4 4a t, happened before now that on the death of a member of one set of principles he has been succeeded by a member of the other set. The minority principle may be good or bad, but the fact that it is very inadequately applied is no argument against the soundness of it. Under the present system of local representation it would not be easy to apply it more fully ; we should need to adopt Mr. Hare's system of representation to give it full scope. Meanwhile, the dozen and odd seats in which the principle is applied are to be accepted qantum valeant by those who approve of the principle. PARLIA3IENTAItY ELECTIONS. The Ipswich Town Council has added its voice to that of several of the northern towns in advocating an abolition of the hustings, and has adopted a petition to the House of Commons, setting forth that the process of nomination of candidates at municipal elections, instituted by the Municipal Elections Act, 1859, exhibits a simple, practical, and inexpensive method of nomination by means of nomination papers, and, with slight modifications and security to the returning officer for his expenses, would answer also for Parliamentary elections. Mr. Fawcett's bill for amending the laws relating to the expenses of returning officers at elections has been published. It contains only six clauses, and ,provides that the expenses lawfully incurred by the returning officer, for to hustings, &c., at any future election, shall be paid out of the county or borough rates. Where the county is divided, the several divisions must each pay their own rates. It provides against a large number of " dummy " candidates, by requiring those who do not poll a fifth of the electors to be liable for their share of the expenses. TILE ARCIMISHOP OF TORK ON TEMPERANCE. The Archbishop of York, at a recent meeting on the liquor traffic, drew attention to" two little facts." One of them was thus reported in the Times : that "every man, woman, and child in thiscountry,talsing the average, consumed two gallons and one-fifth of a gallon during the year." Pure alcohol being twice as strong as brandy, it followed that the average of strong spirits for each person was about four gallons. A Mr. Beckwith thought he had here discovered a mistake, and wrote to the Times assuring the public that that was about four times the real amount. "W. Ebor " replies to this by stating that Mr. Beckwith in his estimate " takes no account of wine, of which 13,500,000 gallons were used in 1867, ranging from 7 per cent. of alcohol to 25 per cent. ; nor of the ale made from 47,500,000 bushels of malt, eked out with some sugar and molasses ; nor of British wines, nor of cider. The ale consumed in England contains- far more alcohol than the ardent spirits do. Even should there be an error, his Grace thinks that " enough will remain to give motives for all right reasonable attempts to diminish the temptat:ous to drinking." 110 W TO FOSTER CRIME. Our present system of dealing with criminals seems especially designed to allow all the worst offenders to escape, and to punish heavily thoso whom surrounding circumst Inces make comparatively inno cent. We make the police powerless in cases where they ought to be able to act ; and the police themselves are incapable when they are given power, and when promptitude is most needed. We allow George Roberts, under two life sentences, and with no end of minor commitme nts han g in g over his head, to roam where he wisteth without any surveillance worthy of the name ; we let a man loiter about, with the evident intent of committing crime, until, the policeman being out of the w a y , he is able to do his work without molestation ; and when a murderer has committed a more than usually atrocious deed we have nobody with ingenuity enough to track him. Only a few months back a lad who had murdered his mistress was discovered only by reason of his own foolish ness in stealing some trifling artcle, which got him into prison, where he was accidentally discovered. Now we find the man Cooper, who more than a fortnight ago committed a double murder at Poplar, un traceable, and, if he be only wise enough, clean gone from our hands. Pro bably when Mr. Bruce is called to answer for the man, he will tell the public (as he did the House of Commons on Monday night, in the case of George Roberts) that the escape is due " entirely to the mans own merits, and not to the fault of the Government." The public, however, is likely to inquire solicitously after the health of the much lauded Detective Department, Scotland-Yard. TUE RAINFALL OF 1868. Mr. Symons writes to the Times, to correct an erroneous statement repeated in many quarters respecting the rainf a ll o f last year. It has been said that the total rainfall of 1868 was only 18.17 inches, instead of 23.05, and that in every part of the country the same deficiency was observable. Mr. Symons pronounces this statement to be wholly incorrect, and he gives a table shewi ng that generally speaking the rainfall throughout the country was nearly, if not quite, up to the average. The only station at which a marked deficiency was that of Witham, Essex, while in Mar dale Green, Westmoreland, the fall was 37 per cent. above the computed avers ge. Mardale Green is situated in that part of Westmoreland from whence it is pro posed that the future supply of London should be drawn. According to last year's experience, it can very well afford to assist the metropolis, the total amount of rain being 123 . 08 inches, or nearly six times as great as i n London. Only what will the waterless • towns of Lancashire say at seeing this supply carried past their doors, and, so far as they • are concerned, " not a drop to drink ?" • THE MANtRE FAIIII AT ALDERSHOTT. An important exieiiment of sewage as an conclusionirrigating A r lea e h a sbeen brought t o a sa ti s f ac t ory ish b) ott. Although many discus voanhliye t o w f o se g w r i e lg a e manure for agri cu lt ura l purposes, t place on th e sions have take n practical experiments have been tried, at Barking and at Aldershott. The soil in the latter place was of the most hopeless description, and the stony desert seemed ent ; but this thriving farm, unpromising for a fanning i and all has been accomplished tmd years with the barren wilderness is now a threei M r. aid of liquid sewage and carefu ee lf e arm a i n farming. M r James _Blackmore, a Scotch gentleman of great experience, has been ttlm thne chief"ofear agent in this work , a nd the success he has met with has been most surprising. By the e year the fifty acres of sand were fit for sowing with Italian rye-grass. As the reclaimed lands require less sewage, the barren wastes are brought under the influence of the surplusage, and got ready in a like manner. The land is laid out in the old Scotch drill system, and the liquid manure let flow through 12- inch gullies about 20 yards apart. At Camp Farm elere are now 75 acres under cultivation, and before the old of next year the whole will be bearing green crops. o . ne of Mr.Blackmore'sgreat secrets is to get the liquid inaii ,7re on to the land as soon as possible, for half the fertilL'ing elements of the sewage are lost by decomposition w :• , .in exposed to the air. In three years the Camp F„:m at Aldershott has been re claimed from a sandy 7 7aste into a flourishing home stead, which is a sure p :oof of the success of the system that has beets employt.:: l - . .. THE TURF. On the question cf early training for the turf, " A Rider" writes t o the Times, a nd sy3tein. a nd urges very strongly,l ain the want o f w i s d oir o f th e not a hors e -d ea l er ," he writes, " but few p ersons have had the opportunitl,Ns I have had of seeing horses of various countries, an'd I have always looked at them with th e eyes o f ii,•quiry and affection. Above all, I . have myself ,broken in well bred horses for•my own use as hmrters and roadsters for hard work, an d I can a dd t h e \ t es ti mon y o f a nainful experience that too early NvOtk disposes the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1869, aurae to woc-iameness, causing salucaung n l tne pastern joints, and deprives bun of that elasticity which otherwise he would retain to old age." It is perhaps worthy of remark that all outside the cir:l:3 known as " frequenters of the turf " are agninst the present state of things. The turf itself is divided. On Thursday the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations agreed almost unanimously to recommend the rejection of the Alabama Claims Treaty. This will surprise no one acquainted with the progres sion of events in America. Indeed we announced it as almost certain, having little doubt that such would be the result, and that the Senate would act on the recommendation. The chairman of this committee is Mr. SUMNER, a learned lawyer, and the man who has paid most attention to Foreign Affairs. That Senator, in any debate connected with England, has always spoken in a calm, digni fied, and argumentative manner, often in marked contrast with the tone of others. The committee could not have been so nearly unanimous had Mr. SUMNEP. not concurred in its conclusion, and we are confident that hedid not concur without some sound, weighty reason wholly apart from the sentiment with which the subject is generally throughout the United States overlaid. In yesterday's article in the Times, the grave defect which, perhaps, influ enced the committee is indicated as the want of a definite basis for arbitration. The Times agrees with the first objection made in the petition Senator SUMMER presented from Mr. GEORGE B. UPTON, a large shipowner of Boston, for the rejec tion of the treaty, 44 that its provisions delay re dress for an unnecessary period," while acknowledg ing and pointing out also the aforesaid defect. At the same time, it with justice remarks that these are not the real objections which have led to its rejection, but that they are embodied in the second portion of Mr. UPTON'S petition. In it that gentleman ex presses what the Times calls the ultra-American view of this controversy, and if nations could be taught to put aside prejudice and strive to view questions from the ground taken by their opponents in the dispute, nothing would more tend to teach them than publishing widely in America the ex treme English view of this matter, and in England the extreme American view. It is more easy glibly to talk in harmony with one's prejudices than to search through history and make the necessary mental effort to see the points which favour the other side. If individuals cannot do this but with eyes closely shut, refusing to look, walk into law courts to their own destruction, it is not likely that nations can, ea :h one composing which do not at tempt to unravel the elaborations and complications of national disputes. Mr. UPToN undoubtedly thought evei y word he said true, and four Am er i cans ou t o f five believe that lie Is it then snrpri ing that the pop u l ar d eman d s h ou ld be for the rejection of a treaty which places British claims against the United States on the same foot ing as American claims against Great Br:tain, while the former are believed to have been inflicted by the British Government wilfully and in bad faith, and the latter by the Washington Government without malice and in good faith. As descriptive of Mr. UPTON'S view, this portion of the memorial is quoted :—‘, Piracies were committed by British built, British-manned, and British-armed vessels, by vessels and armaments which left British ports under the protection of the British flag, and burnt American ships, and your memorialist s among th e number, upon the high seas, without taking th em into port for condemnation, and without any action being taken upon the part of the said British Go vernment, when these atrocities were laid before it, to prevent the same ; but, on the contrary, these pirates were everywhere received with rejoicing when visiting British ports, and when the notorious builder of one of them boasted of the same in the British Parliament, of which he was a member, he was received with cheers and expressions of satis faction." All Englishmen will recogn i ze the unfa i r way in which this is represented, w hil e com p e ll e d to acknowledge that it is grounded on truth. It was precisely by distorting truth in the same way that Britain so managed to misrepresent the United States during the war ; and it was the action she took, deceived by these misrepresentations, which so annoyed the Northern people. Had the ports of England been as open as Mr. UPTON repre sents, it is not Alabaman that would have gone to sea, but ironclad men-of-war in the Confede rate service which might have engaged in battle the blockading fleets. The only instance of such construction was met by an illegal seizure on the part of the British Government, for which they were compelled to pay heavily. No armed vessel left an English port, nor was any Confede rate cruiser welcomed in a harbour of Britain. That they were welcomed in the pestiferous little island of Nassau, or in such places as Cape Town or Melbourne, is true, and may be easily explained. The first coined money by the war, and was the head-quarters of blockade -breaking schemes ; the other two would welcome 4 , Old NICK," if he came in the sh a p e o f an exc i tem ent, to break the tire some monotony of a monotonous existence. W e venture to say that not one out of every five of the colonists who cheered the Confederate commanders could have named a Southern State, much less have shown any acquaintance with the causes and ob jects of the war. We all know the conversation between two vociferous navvies, roaring themselves hoarse in the streets of London in welcome of GARIBALDI. " I say, BILL, who is this GARIBALDI ?" 44 Don't know, NED ; he is one of them foreign beggars." The stress laid on the cheers with which the British Parliament greeted Mr. LAIRD'S declara tion ought, if anything can, to teach Americans the necessity for restraining their own legislative as semblies ; for it cannot but be humiliating to make that a charge against the English people, for oc curring in England, which is habitually practised in the United States. Because some members of the Tory party indiscreetly cheered the indiscreet speech of one of their party, Her MAJESTY'S sub jects are to be mulcted in damages, as it is held to be conclusive proof that they all sympathized in such an expression of fee:ing. Now this is the happiest in stance we have been able to get hold of,and we do not intend soon to let it go, as illustrating the injustice so generally done to America in England. The Re publican institutions of the United States give undue prominence to rampant demagogues. Abuse of the British lion is a blazoned banner they are always flourishing in the face of the people, but although they represent a noisy section it is in reality one but of little influence. Yet the English choose to interpret the sayings of these men as the expression of national feeling, and to hate America proportions will be very small after the election. In brief, for the injusti ce d one t o t h e i r country. It was not the influence of Russia on the Danube has been greatly the British Parliament that cheered Mr. LAlnt, but weakened, and the parties who supported Russian designs , have lost ground. Unless, therefore, there be something a section of the Tory p ar ty i n th e H ouse o f C om- This is the sort of e xaggera ti on w hi c h th e . mons behind these complications, it would appear that in allow- _ Table attempted to co rrec t, po i nt i ng out t h a t ing the quarrel between Turkey and Greece to break out 'wand without intending to bear it up, the Russian, and perhaps Americans were not dealing w ith th e port i on o f t h e Prussian, diplomatists have suffered a very salutary English Conservative party which disliked America, defeat. but with the English people through a Government THE GOVERNMENT AND COMIO directly elected by them on appeal to a very en- JOURNALISM. larged constituency. It is one people dealing with another people through their legitimately consti- A correspondence which ash just been publi s hed by Mr tuted authoriti as marked with the stripe they ies. If America persists in regarding Hamilton Hume, editor of Will o' the Wisp, a comic E all thenglis un weekly paper whi c h was started in the Conservative interest doubtedly see in a section, and put the rest asidc! during the elections, throws some light on the relations between haughtily to demand terms from their enemies, and the late Government and the press. Mr. Corry, it appears, if England follows in the same line, taking GEORGE endowed the print in question with a subsidy from the FRANCIS TRAIN and Mr. ROBINSON as exponents of public purse of £l3 6d Bd., the price of 100 copies a week American sentiment, we 'are much more likely to for circulation among the fleet on foreign stations. About drift into war than anywhere else, and it is easier the time when a change of Government took place the to do this than people are willing to confess. I in tor of Will o' the Wisp at once assumed that this was order for these copies was countermanded, and the edi- tend to pursue such and such a course, but I do not intend to pursue it into war was the idea in the an act of political spite on the part of the new Ministry, and attacked them accordingly. It turns out, mind of the Emperor NICIIOLAS when his schemes however, that the order was cancelled on the 14th of became active against the " Sick Man." We in- December, and Mr. Childers did not take offi.!o till the tend to resist this, but not unto war was in the 23d of that month, and knew nothing about the mind of Lord ABERDEEN on the other side. matter except from the articles in IVi// o' the Wisp. We propose to take very strong action, but Mr. Hamilton Hume himself quotes a passage from we are not going to war, Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS a letter written by Mr. Gladstone's secretary explain- would doubtless have said in 1860, and in Mr. ing that his paper was "discontinued before the pro- LINCOLN'S heart the th o u g ht may have been sug sent Board of Admiralty came into office, not because it was a Conservative organ, but on account of its vulgarity and Bested, I must suppress these firebrands, but not scurrility," and to this statement the writer still adheres. by war. A man in the street sees another approach- However that may be, Mr. Childers had apparently ing, and in a few minutes more be may be engaged nothing to do with the matter, and it is certainly not in a fisticuff combat, to both his own and the difficult to conceive that the late Government may have stranger's intense surprise—they drifted into it ; the had their own reas ons for thinking that the transaction bad one selfishly and insolently taking up the pathway, better not remain open for the too curious investigation of the other resisting what he thinks rude and impro their successors. It is to be hoped that the question, trifling per. From unyielding they arrive at the stage of as it is in itself, will not be allowed to rest here. A strict and impartial inquiry into the new s p a p er p a t ronage o f th, pushing, and blo w s s oon f o ll ow , or pi s tols if armed, late Government would, if all tales be true, pr o duce some as they probably would be in America. Their re rather astonishing results.—Pall Mall Gazette. spectable friends and neighbours are astounded to see the plight in which gentlemen so dignified re turn after going out well attired to their ordinary THE CLARENDO.NIJOHNSON TREATY. business. Many a hasty individual has realized this to his own intense disgust, and without in- On Thursday the Senate Committee on Foreign I wardly being able to acquit himself of folly. No , Relations agreed almost unanimously to recommend nation ought to take a step in the direction of war the rejection of the Alabama Claims Treaty. This without intending war and being prepared for war, will surprise no one acquainted with the progres- i for war then is less likely to result. It is the osten- BiOn of events in America. Indeed we announced tatious repudiation of a hostile intention, coupled it as almost certain, having little doubt that such with disarmament and an attitude which rouses would be the result, and that the Senate would act feelings of indignation in an opponent which so on the recommendation. The chairman of this ; often leads almost insensibly into an armed conflict, committee is Mr. S UMNER , a learned lawyer, an d and those who know this dread the result of the the man who has paid most attention to Foreign Senate's decision. We, however, believe that the Affairs. That S ena t or , i n any d e bate c o nnec t e d United States would readily have accepted the with England, has a l wa ys spoken in a calm, digni fied, and argum en t at i ve ma nner, often in marked terms of the Convention had they been forwarded by President GRANT, and are - confident that the alte contrast with the tone of others. The committee rations the nation will hereafter propose will not could not have been so nearly unanimous had Mr. extend beyond the avowed expression of condemna- SUMNEIt not c oncurre d i n i t s conclusion, and w e are confident that hedid no t con cur without some sou n d, ! tion of such a mode of warfare as that adopted by weighty reason wh o ll y a p a rt from the sentiment the Confederate cruisers ; a shorter period for the payment of adjudicated claims, and a more definite with which the subject is generally throughout the basis for arbitration, though England seems to think • United States overlaid. In yesterday's article in she will insist on an acknowledgment of what redly the Times, the grave defect which, perhaps, ioflu- was an error, the precipitate recognition of belige enced the committee is indicated as the want of a rent rights.—:l aglo-American limes. definite ha czia r,,.. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.-LAST EvENI G. The LORD CIIANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord KIMBERLEY gave notice that on Friday he should introduce a bill for the more effectual suppression of crime. Iheir lord.,hips then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Baron ROTHSCHILD took the oath and his seat for the City of London. OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS IN IRELAND. The O'CONNOR DON gave notice that on an early day he should move for a list of all the Irish appointments made during the last ten days of the existence of the late G overnment. OPENING MUSEUMS ON SUNDAYS. Mr. GREGORY said on the 23d of March he should submit a motion to the house to the effect that it was de sirable that all Museums and Galleries of Art be opened to the public after Divine service on Sundays. THE INDIAN BUDGET. In reply to Mr. J. B. Sllllll, Mr. G. DUFF said it was most desirable that the Indian financial statement should be made when those members who took an interest i❑ the matter were pre sent. Certain arrangements had been made which would enable the statement being made a month earlier than usual if such was the wish of the house. THE WAR OFFICE AND THE HORSE GUARDS In reply to Lord ELcllo, Mr. CARD WELL said that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was the Field Marshal Commanding in-Chief and the Commander-in-Chief, and ho held office not by warrant but by a letter from the Crown counter signed by the Secretary of War. The Secretary of State for War was supreme in all that related to the adminis tration of the army, and that his influence was brought to bear upon the minor promotions as well as upon the higher military appointments, and also upon matters connected with the discipline of the army. Therefore in principle there was no dual government in the department, and when the two departments were associated in one building a great convenience would be accom plish?d. With respect to the other part of the question as to whether any steps aro being taken with a view to the more speedy and economical transaction of business, he mast reserve to himself the right of making any observation on that matter. Mr. GLADSTONE also objected to the proposal, and contended that there was no precedent for inquiring into the incidence of local taxation by Royal Commission. The motion was withdrawn. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was accorded permission to bring in a measure to repeal certain tests and alter cer tain Etatutes affecting the constitution of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The remaining business was rapidly disposed of, and the house adjourned. THE BISHOPS AT THE CAP: The Churchmen in Cape colony cherish no feeling of sympathy with Bishop Colenso, but they will have none of Mr. Macrorie. A petition is now being signed by large numbers of the laity, and including according to the local papers, Churchmen of all shades and doctrine. Though averse to the here tical opinions of Dr. Colenso, they feel that be has not been dealt with in accordance with the laws and constitution of the Church of England. His trial, with excommunication following it, by Metropolitan Gray and his suffragans, has been pro nounced by the highest authority in the re , lin in law simply null and void. They therero:e hold that Dr. Colenso, whatever his faults may be, is still legally recognised as Bishop of the Church of Eng land in Natal. Other views are entertained ; but the light of the Cape, the South Afri, ai. Adrertieer. believes this party to be in the ascendant. RED TAPE INCARNATE. The half-yearly meeting of the Dagenham ii(,el.2 Company has just been held, and very strong and natural inclination was expressed at the refusl.l of a permission to open the docks. The chairman said that the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Bright) was quite disposed to grant the license, but that the Board of Customs, which is the real obstruc tion. "was presided over by one of the greatest emblems of red tape in existence." The official 7eferred to is Sir Thomas Freemantle. As this gentleman is 71 years old, her Majesty would pro bably be better served by a younger man sitting at the receipt of custom. THE TOMB OF LADY CANNING. A letter in tho Times states that the tomb of Lady Canning, the beautiful, accomplished, and beloved wife of Lord Canning, the Viceroy, is fallinginto ruins, and having appealed in vain to the heir of Lord Canning's fortune and titlefor the sum required to repair it, he is compelled to appeal publicly to the friends of the late Viceroy. The heir of Lord Canning's title and fortune is Hubert de Burgh Canning, Viscount Burke, M.P., for Galway. The fortune which this gentleman inherited is known to have been very large. Since he came into possession of it, his elder brother, Lord Dunkellin has died, and Viscount Burke is therefore heir to the title and estates of the Marquis of Clanricarde, in addition to the title and estates which he actually enjoys from Lord Canning. The public will not form a very high opinion of the piety or the liberality of Hubert de Burgh Canning. GOOD NEWS FOR NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS. A M. Jonglet claims to have discovered a process whereby he can obliterate the ink from newspapers and convert them into sheets of virgin purity. The invention offers a field for boundless ingenuity and enterprise. Newspaper proprietors will be able to arrange for receiving back their papers from the agents, who will receive them back from the public, after making a small charge for the use of the paper. In fact, newspapers will be let instead of sold. The moral aspect of the invention affords room for singular coincidences. The very same piece of paper which to-day contains a speech by Mr. Gladstone may on the morrow have one by Mr. Disraeli. Nay, more, if it be a journal anxious to seem to lead public opinion (and, therefore, skilfully following it (the space that yesterday was covered by an article against a particular measure may to-day receive an article in favour of it. There is one diffi culty that we see in the application of this invention. Paper is not the most endurable material in the world, and it is just possible that before it went back to the newspaper office it might get torn. GOOD MASTERS MAKE GOOD SERVANTS. The Times obituary contains a notice of the death, at 82, of a James Beaumont Speight, who was " for upwards of sixty-four years a faithful and much respected domestic in the family of the late John Ford, Esq. Ile was the last survivor of three fel!mv servants, whose united terms of service exceeded 150 years." It would be difficult to say upon whom the statement reflects the more credit, upon the master or upon the servants. It has been often said that " good masters make good servants;" we believe it is equally true that good servants make good masters, and that just as " faults on both sides" will produce a quarrel, so virtues on both sides will produce harmony. It is exceedingly refreshing in these days, when domestics enter a family with the intention of staying only a sufficient time to "get a character," to read such an announcement as the above. It carries one back to the old feudal days, when the household was a family, and the master was looked upon as the father of every mem ber thereof. :FOREIGN NOTES. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. American A lengthy letter lawyer from ,has b Ar. G. T. Curtis, ~,r e nrernthlisil a ed from omte distinguished z,ete York World, with an introduction from " Historicus." The latter says little beyond expresssing his belief that, however unfavourable may be the appearances, the condact of the United States will ultimately be governed by reason, justice, and prudence. Mr. Curtis then begins. He thinks the treaty ought to be ratified. He believes, in the first place, that our recognition of the South as a belligerent cannot be made the subject of arbitration, for the right of any nation to declare itself neutral in a contest between rebels controlling a great extent of country and their lawful Government is a right that cannot be questioned. " Least of all can it be questioned by us. There is too much in our own past history and jurisprudence that has asserted such a right in the strongest manner for us to be able successfully to contend against its existence. And if the right itself exists, the time and mode of exercising it—the time and mode of assuming that attitude of neutrality which implies a recog nition of the belligerent character in the rebellious or revolted portion of a friendly nation —must be and can only be judged of by the Government which sees fit to assume this attitude. The motives cannot be inquired into. The presumption is that the motives are friendly, or, at least, that they are innocent." It is too late, Mr. Curtis thinks, for his countrymen to make an accusation which can be decided only by the arbitrament of the sword. Ho justifies England's refusal to submit this question to an arbiter, for it affects Ameri can honour as a nation, whilst the Alabama claims affect American citizens in the form of losses to indi viduals. England has made very great concessions, and has gone as far as the enlightened opinion of mankind would require or approve. Reserving only the bellige rency difficulty, she has conceded everything else that was asked ; and, indeed, has yielded all that can besettled by peaceful means. As to the actual terms of the treaty, there is nothing in them which can prevent the English Commissioners from admitting liability for the Alabama depredations, and proceeding at once to assess their amount. But if they are not prepared to go so far, this great case in the equity of nations must surely be referred to a sovereign, who will have to apply abstract principles of law to a complicated practical case. No individual is properly competent to do this. If the treaty be refused, and the question be kept open, is England likely to give way any further? A war undertaken by the United States would be reprehended by the whole civilised world. The men who make the public opinion of Europe are more and more convinced that it is the common interest of nations to prevent a war between England and the United States. THE ROYAL TOUR IN EGYPT. The good luck which is supposed to attend the Queen in the important item of weather is not enjoyed by her children. The weather in Egypt since the arrival of the Prince and the Princess of Wales has not been favourable. They have encountered high contrary winds up the Nile, and clouds of plebeian sand and dust have been no respectors of persons. The Princess has, however, been rowed about the river a little, and the Prince has found some shooting. He is well provided for this sport, even nnasessinct apparatus for the capture of crocodiles. SPAIN. There was a very stormy debate in the Cortes a day or two ago. Orense, the Republican leader, led a violent attack upon the Government, alleging that universal suf frage, under the influence of the party in power, had merely been a machine for the return of Monarchists. The Minister of the Interior maintained that freedom of voting had been strictly respected by the Government. Its agents had been ordered to observe the inost complete neutrality. One of his arguments was certainly weighty. In a few days the Cortes confirmed the elections of above two hundred deputies, against only three of w h om were protests recorded, and these of no importance. There can be little doubt that the Assembly has been fairly chosen, and there can be equally little doubt as to the course it will take. Prim's declaration that the fallen dynasty shall not return to the throne is decisive and timely. The field of speculation is greatly narrowed. TIIF DANUBIAN PROVINCES. The peoples of the Danube have become remarkably quiet since they lost the chance of a war between Turkey and Greece. As was natural, Roumania, Servia, and Montenegro each hoped to gain something out of the male, though none of them felt disposed to aid Greece openly. Now the disappointment is general. A special correspondent of the Times says that Russian influence had previously suffered a severe blow at Belgrade, almost all in tercourse between the Government and the RussianConpul- General had ceased, and it was only on the outtieak of the Greco-Turkish dispute that it revived in any degree. Disappointment has once more extinguished friendship. In Roumania the Government has been encouraged to break openly with Bratiano and the party of action, and dissolve the Chamber, which contained so many Reds. The party of action has lost so much prestige that it is believed its THE GOVERNMENT CLERKS. In reply to Colonel GROSVENOR, Mr. CHILDERS said it was the intention of his depart ment to inquire into and revise the position and salaries of the clerks iu Somerset Ibuse. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE METROPOLIS. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. C. Bentiuck, said it was not the intention of the Government to deal with so large a subject as the local management of the metropolisduring the present session. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Sir J. ELPIIINSTONE inquired whether it was true that there had been a fresh outbreak of cattle plague in Germany. ' Mr. FOSTER said the Government had no intimation to that effect, nor had they reason to believe it. (Hear, hear.) Immediately after the notice was given last night telegraphic communications at once took place to several places in Germany, and he had received au answer from the Hague which stated that no fresh outbreak had taken place, and the circumstances that had given riso to the rumour, no doubt was the stops that were being taken to overcome the disea ses w hi c h it was known existed in "THE WILL 0' THE WISP." Mr. HAUDCASTLE inquired if it was true the Admi ralty subscription had been withdrawn from the paper above mentioned ? Mr. CHILDERS said he found that formerly ninety six copies each of Judy and the Will o' the Wisp had been t a k en f or the use of the fleet, and on the 14th of December au order was given discon tinuing the latter. Ten days after the present Govern ment took office, and then it was for the first time that he (the First Lord of the Admiralty) had stopped the paper. (Laughter.) He believed the reason given for recommending in the first instance the order for the paper being given was that it was likely to exercise a beneficial influence over the crews of her Ma jesty's ships. (Laughter.) He did not wish to hurt any body's feelings, and therefore he would not say why the paper was stopped. (Laughter.) THE FENIAN PRISONERS. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he could not say that it was intended to give a free passage back to the Fenian prisoners whom it had been determined to pardon, and who were at present in Australia, that would depend en tirely depend upon circumstances. ARREST FOR DEBT. In reply to a question, Mr. BRUCE said he believed the arrest of the girl for debt, which had been referred to in that house, had been made miler a mistake as to her age. He had, however, made some inquiry on the subject, and he found that a person under the age of 13 could be arrested for debt, and that persons could be outlawed under 12 years of age if they were females. (Laughter.) VACATING SEATS. Viscount BURY moved for leave to introduce a bill to repeal section 2G of the Gth of Queen Anne, chap. 7, relating to the re-election of members accepting office under the crown. A discussion ensued, in which Mr. V.llAncounT opposed the motion on the ground that to repeal the act would be to remove ono of the protections against parliamentary intrigues, and Mr. GLADSTONE recommended the noble lord tc withdraw the motion. The noble lord accepted the recommendation of the right hon. gentleman and withdrew his motion. Sir M. LOPES moved an address to the Queen that she would be graciously pleased to issue a Royal Commission to inquire into the present amount, incidence, and effect of local taxation, with a view to a more equitable readjust.. ment of these burdens. Mr. GOSCHEN objected to the proposal to appoint a Royal Commission. BRITISH EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. No. VII.—KANSAS. (Fromi the Anglo-American Tinzes) Kansas made history before a single settler was located on its soil ; the battle with the Indian of those forcing their way to Sante Fe, to Utah, and to San Francisco—lands then so wholly unknown to the world as to be styled the great American desert—being but the prelude of the fight between the slaveholder and the Free-soiler, which in it self was but the prelude to the great civil war. From 1851, when the towns of Atchison and Lea venworth were founded till the entrance into the Union of Kansas as a State, Jan. 29, 1861, it was the scene of a ceaseless struggle. Actions were fought on a small scale as during the rebellion on a large ; towns were captured, prisoners made and men executed, as if Missouri and the Kansas set tlers from New England had declared war, and were engaged in a recognized strife. From these events the State derived its prefix of 4 4 Bleeding," and it was amidst such scenes that John Brown imbibed the fanaticism which eventually bore such fatal fruits for him at HArper's Ferry. He had captured in a fair fight Captain Clay Pate's com mand, horse, foot, and baggage, with all the spoils of the Free-soil city of Palmyra, just plun dered by the Virginian leader, and perhaps Brown could not appreciate the sin of seizing on a Southern arsenal in the Free-soil interest, when he had lately seen the settlements of Kansas remorselessly plun dered and burnt by the slaveholders. The area of over 52,000,000 acres occupies the western slope of the Missouri Valley, half way up the Eastern Cordilleras, and stands at a considerable elevation. It is the most perfect Prairie State of the Union, being emphatically the land of the buffalo. In the old maps it was represented by a buffalo, Nebraska by an antelope, a bear for Utah, and a beaver for lowa. It stretches from east to west from 344 to 408 miles, the irregularity being due to the course of the Missouri, its eastern boundary, but its breadth is uniform, 208 miles; Nebraska runs to the North, the Indian Territory to the South, and Colorado to the West. The whole is undulating, without mountains or swamp, for it is so perfectly drained that there is not a pond, the country rising from the Missouri to the Rocky Mountains in a series of ascending billows of easy, graceful, but enormous sweep. The Eastern half is well wooded with sycamore, ash, oak, hickory, walnut, hackberry, sugar -maple, sumac, and willow, equal to any home demand, but insufficient for the export of lumber. The extreme western portion forms part of a sterile belt running from the 47th parallel to New Mexico, but between that and the more timbered liltst the prairies are beautifully grassed and flowered, more level, the undulations being more gradual. The land is well irrigated, fine rivers flowing to the Missouri or emptying into the Kansas. As the woods line the streams some of the valleys are pictures of beauty, with tall, graceful trees, and springs of pure cold water gushing from the rocks. The bluffs ap pear like terraces, the one rising over the other as if formed by the hand of man, attaining i❑ places to summits which, seen from a distance, look like rising grounds crowned with forts. The soil is everywhere of a rich heavy loam, divided into two classes, the one the alluvial of the rivers and strips of timber, often four to six feet in depth, of which there are 10,000,000 acres, but for growing wheat the other; the upland or rolling prairies are preferred. There the soil averages two to three feet, with a sub soil of stiff clay, in localities mixed with gravel, lime being an ingredient everywhere. The subterranean stores of moisture are remarkable, producing abun dant and unfailing springs, and wells with a copious supply of pure water, never deeper than 40 feet. The climate is temperate and healthful, the air being clear, dry, with gentle and healthful breezes. So pure is the atmosphere that distant objects are seen with the wonderful distinctness peculiar to the wide territory westward of the Missouri. Spring commences in February ; the winters are mild, though snow covers the ground, yet the cattle feed in the prairies and river bottoms. The grass is very luxuriant and nutritious, growing in the ravines from four to six feet, and yielding even on the parched prairies two tons of hay per acre. Sixty to eighty bushels of oats, thirty-five to forty-five of wheat, were the average crops of 1866, but abundant m grain growing as is the power of the soil, away to the West there is a dreaded scourge. In seasons the land is devastated by grasshoppers and locusts, a plague which may disappear before cultivation. In 1860 the chief staples were Indian corn, hay, and potatoes ; the horses had increased in s even years since that census from 18,882 to 150,000 ; mules, from 1,430 to 10,000 ; cattle, from 87,000 to 1,000,000 ; and sheep from 15,000 to 100,000 ; the value of live stock having advanced from $3,205,522 to $40,300,000. All other agricultural product had risen in like proportion, and fruit and garden crops even in a greater degree, the soil and climate developing a capacity for such products, the dry atmosphere imparting to the fruits juices of the finest flavour. Among the advantages which so a dapt Kansas for stock rearing are the salt springs abounding above Fort Riley, in the valleys of the Republican, Solomon, and the Saline Forks. Into these rivers salt is thrown in such quantities as to a ff e ct the water, rendering it healthful and agree able to the flocks and herds, and as the climate is mild and equable, Kansas will become with Texas the greatest of the live-stock rearing States, indeed Nature has clearly indicated this, as the Smoky Hill country is the home, if not the paradise of the buf falo. "In lines, in companies, in droves, in armies," sa id Hepworth_ Dixon when crossing this State, " the black and shaggy beasts go thundering in our front, sometimes from north to south, sometimes from south to north, but always scudding in our front and always across our line of march. The plains are teaming with life, most of all with buf falo, balls and cows. For forty hours we have now always had them iu our sight—thousands on thou sands, tens of thousands after tens of thousands, a countless host of untamed animals, all of them fit for human food." This is undeniable proof of what we assert, and is the reason why the Indians have made their last great stand here to save - the hunting grounds they value so much. Coal covers an extensive region, the upper stratum cropping out in the eastern and middle counties. Veins have been worked, and the quality is found to be superior, the supply abundant. Inexhaustible beds of gypsum, and inferior iron ore have been discovered, aswell as pla tinum, sand rock, lime rock, and fine magnesian lime stone of beautiful colour. The manufactures in 1860 were represented by 334 establishments, with a capital of $1,084,935, working raw materials to the value of $1,444,975, at a cost of $880,346, yielding $4,357,408, leaving a profit of $2,032,087, just 187 per cent. on the capital ! With such inducements to manufacturers it will be readily believed that in dustrial interests since 1860 have rapidly increased. Leavenworth, on the right bank of the Missouri, is the largest town, containing over 40,000 inhabitants; Lawrence, about 45 miles up the Kansas, is a beau tiful city, beautifully situate], of some 15,000 in habitants. It was founded by the Free-soilers in 1854, and soon the hundred Yankees were attacked by the sons of the South. But they held their settlement through all vicissitudes, and it is now a charming place, with the cleanliness, brightness, and order of a New England town. Atchison, called after a Senator of Missouri, has a population of 12,000, and is the principal station for the trade to Salt Lake City, California, and Santa Fe. Fort Scott has some three or four thousand, and Topeka, the State capital, on the right bank of Kansas, 25 miles above Lawrence, contains about 5,000 inhabitants. We have taken this S• ate as the centre of the Union ; indeed some writers affirm that Fort Thley or Junction City will one day be the capital of the United States, so completely is that the central point of the Continent. Kansas City is in lat. 39, long. 94 35 ; .to New York the distance by one route is 1,357, but another 1,389, and via Chicago and New York State 1,470. To Philadelphia the shortest way gives 1,282 miles. Galveston is, 13 ° N " ever, the nearest seaport, the road being almost due south, through a country of unsurpassed fertilityand beauty 600 m il es. A ra il road is pro j ecte d, and for a short di s t ance fi n i s h ed to connect t h e Pot; with this St a t e , an d another is now being discus sed in Co ngress t o run the Union Pacific Kansas line from P on d C ree k S tat i on by Albuquerque, cross ing the Color a d o r i ver at Arizona City, where it almosttouches the head o f th e G ul f of California on it s way to San Jose, a Californian port on the Pacific. A ll° ; ther proposal is to cross A r i zona i nto California 0°,41 the parallel of Albu querque, not far from Santa Cu' crossing ,the Colorad o a t F ort M ohave, ma i n taining the 35th parallel. The eastern division of the Lini O3 Pacific was commenced in 1863, and early last 5' 84 there were about 350 miles completed. The advan tages this southern road would have over the ljn i°ll Pacific from Omaha are a milder climate, a fertile and practicable country. Much of the regi through which th trunk line to the Pacific pi es is sterile to th e l as t d egree, and perhaps liable t 0 be interrupted by snow -d r if ts, while the 1311 a through which the o th er will pass is rich .0 soil and minerals, and the climate equabl e ' Till lately, Ka nsas was affl i cted with a ter' rible scourge —the Indians of the Plains. The S die t s and the Solomo n va ll eys were the scenes of t he late outrages, which have now cost those tribes so de ar ' Never before we r e th e I n di ans pursued t hrong , ; a winter campaign, although it is at this s ea r only that they f urn i s h po i nts for attack. At other times the prai r i e f ee d s t h e i r cattle, and the buffalo,o furnishes their larder. B u t t h ey are compe lled ' store as a provisio n f or w i nter when these reso urces , are not open ; an d th e war now waged was direete; against their s u ppli es w i t h so crushing an e ff ec t tha t we will probably h ear li tt l e of Indian depredations in the future. The seasons are peculiar, the winters f being dry, r a i n b eg i nn i ng towards the latter part,4° March and con ti nu i ng i nto June, falling in showers, a drizzling day being unknown in Jan a "' At midsummer the sun is powerful, but the dri ; clear heat is mitig a t e d b y constant b reezes, and th weather is bright, warm, and dry till the rain ag ain begins, though in the months of January, February' and part of M arc h th e w i n d s are o ft e n high, thes cold sharp and s evere , more especially duritlit "norther." In 1860 a drought was severely by the farmers, but there has since been no recn io rence of such a s eason . Th e most fert il e tract tbe the Neosho Valley, th e l argest i s t h a t of fit Kansas. Junction City i s so s i tuated as t o bene as by both these lovely territories, as it COmtna ll the more exte ns i ve va ll ey of the R ep ublica n river, being at th e en d o f t h e one and t h e nc / T " „ ; mencement of the othe r . I n th e S tate o f Kansas „`' osho valley e x t en d s a b out 2 0 0 miles, with a cons luer, able breadth, Humboldt, 100 miles south of is rence, being its chief town, which is now flonr is bis ins., though ear l y b urnt during the late war. rf.,st Valley is held b y goo d judges to be t h e bes t wheat land in th e U n it e d S tates. In 1866 jr. ic e ' not far from Fort Riley, stored 820 bushel s er wheat, the prod uce o f 16 acres, aril ano ther fam es , in the same va ll ey t oo k 1 , 6 00 b ushels from 40 ae res This productivene ss i s a tt r ib uta bl e to the washings t li s of the immense d e p os it s o f gypsum ex i st i ng at tit. head waters of the stream. There is an agt ic ibe tural college a s we ll as a un i vers i ty in Kansas'it first session of th e l a tt er b e i ng h eld i n 1866• er, a handsome sto ne b u ildi ng on an eminence %cosi looking the be au tif u l c i ty o f L awrence. The seers system is good, and i n a dditi on to f ree sc h o ols t" are three academies and institutes, nine colleg es ' with other semi nar i es . A t t h e close o f 1866 the 71 4, State liabilities were. $660,8.96, resources $ 556 : iron leaving a deficit of $104,182. But there were c l3 ; h6 likely to be allowed for property destroyed b ,Y o , to Confederate General Price in 1864, amotintl i t half a million. The eastern portion of Kansaf te d a favourite field for settlement in the Unite t In 1866 immigration received a g i t : o ,o impetus, and the fine valleys to which we on t alluded are now rapidly filling. In one of tad large articles on Briti s h em i gra ti on we a lluded , l l )sc i large colony of Sw e d es f rom Illinois, whothis bought a tra c t i n Kansas, on which to settle il' spring. The reason may not be obvious wil ls - r ig. lies should leave a r i c h an d advanced State like -00 nois to settle i n a new country, but it is the sade. in the St a t es as i n E ngland, only in a much less the gree. The Swedes could get for a very small sun./ uld all choices: ; l an d o f Kansas, on which they co o ig settle in a b o d y, w hil e the choicest land of °Tao. is alread y occup i ed; a few years in priority o f se' toi ment, m a ki ng a l l the difference. The giss°oo gives the St a t e a water communication Wit' li sea ; num erous li nes of railway conn ect it „O h the Atlanti c ports ; i t will soon have a d ' rec t e° the rnunication of its ow n w ith th e P ac ifi c, a nd Union P ac ifi c li ne by a branch of the real' 0, forming to D enver , an d i t h as the geographical f e vantage of being the centre of the Union' of have selected these St a t es t o d escr ib e, no t from o predilection for them, but si m ply b ecau se 00 for est .. the most northe rn , mos t sou th ern, most eas tern, ws its ern, and c en t ra l St a t es o f t h e R epu b l i c. Each tO marked characteristics ; and we would find t ,". rt r be the case if we went t h roug h the w h o le tu l dis , seven. It but remains for us now, however, t ° fot field cuss the most east ern o f th e U n i on as a British emigration, and that State, is Maine. LAD VERTISEMENT.I-11olloway's Pills and o.o fm -- , e 4 bo Ot/ ur Through these medicaments there is hope for all who a re , — e r ing under disease, be its ori g i n recen t , remote, or alteget ti I , e ttig known. Whatever their ailments n one nee d despair e vh f cured till they have tried these inestimable remedies. It the disease be internal or external, spontaneous, or the r e ; violence, if a cure be possible, H o ll oway ' s m edicatoe ut to the effect it. The severity or duration of the malady is no t er r atla e o r successful influence exerted by these medicines, which es t every organ of secretion healthy. These admirable anti heart disease act immediately on the absorbent system, luag„3',.,e, and and circulation, whereby they invariably give eners'Y, " vigour to all the natural functions of life. Faters,4og LADyERTISEMENT.]—Avoid Medicines: they always agg ;to. . . —.es: they chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious health - n ti rts o Revalenta Arabica Food, which yields three times th e „, r eect i° j ment of the best meat, save s 50 ti mes i ts cost i n other sou'i and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerv i e uo %ttl a lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing &Leal, a regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfee" - res ter: 6, extract a few out of 68,000 cures; " The P ope ' s health ~ 1,5 by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413. "Rome, Jul Y s j ' y siu ea —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, espee, it 00 abandoning all other remedies, he has confined hhus e ',,`„us„ - 0 to Du Barry's Revalenta, Arabica Food, of which he '''br a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingos e% - 1 ,4 flcial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot prais e 25 cet lent food too highly." From the " Gazette du Midi, July . r y' h' u s No. 58,216, of the Marchioness do Brehan, of seven Y e n er o „j complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with : es s a 7.3 palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleepless 1; 'l,or? the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No• yo 0 Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of th 5 ,, -- v) , fro,. dyspepsia. No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable 3rataleV,,, dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, core spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria JolY." 30 ye..Lbo 46,270: Mr. James Roberts o; Frimley, Surrey, e at, diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangenle u oli f partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of l l , ' w ithc' ec i, unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to Wil l° ettalbs, authority, Baron Liobig's name is most audaciouslfirs.. 12 co In tins, at is. 140. ; 1 lb. 2s. od.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 M s ' T o GS° 0 225. ; 4 lbs, 40s, --Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA ARAB, 25., for 24 LATE PONVDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 CUPS 5 76 c3s cups at is. 60., for 48 cups at 33., for 288 cups at 305. , 'or fla 555. ; ic e at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. a voe t 0 1 ", are sent free of carriage in England on re i geit ()f t ` re et, 14° Order. - BARRY DU BARRY and CO., No. 77, don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. if , 0 f BEECIIING —On the 22d inst , at Tunbridge/ the W Arthur T. Beaching, Esq., a son. vort - DASIIWOOD On the 23d inst., a t 13, G ra nville_pi a,ce, of it ' man-square, the wife of G. L. D a shwood, -Esq." daughter. ,0 1 0 6 EDMUNDS—On the 22d inst , at 32, Old Change/ "• wife of Thomas W. Edmunds, of a daughter. Marriages. roil% WHISTLER —GREGORY.—On the 20th ins' at S t ' 'deo ins'•, , , A rt i k Islington, George Lambert, elder son of G. -Li." J e s idet 3 " Esq., of Highbury-grove to Emma St. A.ubyn, rod, daughter of Georgo B. Gie o • Esq•, of Clepha n°- e Canonbury. b g 'Y' '-'1" of 1 Isle , SMITH - TUCNEH—On the 18th inst , at Godsbn , up gesv Wight, Alfre'l Smith, of Pear Tree,. to Nate, P' daughter of Mr. John Tucker, of Bathingbourve• Deaths. CAMBFRS—On the 21st inst., at Surbit on, France s ' of Mr. Henry Cambers, aged J 3. C l° -,a lo KINNEAR -On the 21st inst., at Great Yartnouu!l :-„it, Kinnear, M.D., Deputy Inspector-General of -1 u and Fleets. 00' T T he MONCRIEFF - On the 22d inst., at Edinburgb , -il l :, of 3 George Moncrieff (late Scots Fusilier Citlar us i' L Priory, St. Andrew's, N. 8., aged 63 . la e SAUNDERS —At Kensington, William Saund ers, v. a of Fenchurch-street, aged 46. ,-. SMITH— On the 2:3d inst., at 0i1, '7 an(3, liaton-square, iorres, Smith, Esq., of Sel-d S urrey,l Beluga', formerly M.P. for sigh Wycombe, aged 1 -------- nOs si A ND— r ig t London : Printed and P.bli s hed by WILLIA- 3 . pt of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tag SUN pale ossify Strand, in the Precinct of the 8e voy, In the MichihNioX.—Wednesday, FebtuarY 24 , 1869. MAC This eelob Prize Medal. Jt Pure, Reid in Be the Agents in - - o r,bserve 8 , GR th, 14 n's iffh UTU 14, Russ ADVA.NeEc hold or Lea able rreekl , F orms fre e OYA Pr, _ . I mmense ' a rgelY a a nn Vocaliat of eßtablßoissshmei .„ W . 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