The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-22 00:00:00

ROW ABOUT CHARLESTON 1

PRESIDENT I

I am beginning to doubt whether Lincoln, who is
the ugliest as well as the tallest specimen of the
human race in America, is not also the cleverest.
He acts like an old player in politics. Two years
ago he exhibited traits of a most remarkable cha-
racter, that made me halt and wonder whether we
had not got by mistake a great man or a great
manager in power. lam now startled in the same
manner. Lincoln is of some account, or he has
wonderful luck. I do not know what to think.
The religious people have a theory that he is
favoured by Divine Providence, who is using him
as a tool to extirpate slavery. If so, I suppose
slavery will go down. It is well known that Mr.
Lincoln consults the spirit world before he makes

any great move. He has several mediums. All I
have to say is, that if he has been acting under sueh
advice in order to be reelected, such medium is

smart, and Mr. Lincoln had better reward him with
a high office.

A TERRIBLE FRIGHT FOR NAPOLEON 111. I
The news that we are likely to have a brush with
Japan is exciting but not alarming. The prepa-
rations for a war with Franee are going on en a
grander scale than ever. Workmen in our navy
yards, and at many private yards, work night
and day. France is a foe worthy of our steel.
Still the contest will be a short one. Old Slidell is

sharp, and will very likely make Louis Napoleon
believe the moon is made of green cheese; but is
will be a bitter pill for hs race to have a war with
the North. He will not have 1,000 men in the South

as allies. If either party permits an outside nation
to meddle with our quarrel I shall be surprised.
We have all adopted the Monroe doctrine, that no
European state shall change a government on this

continent. What dastards and wretched cowards

we should be were we to permit Louis Napoleon
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:o set up an emperor in Mexico ! I have an idea

:hat the earth will fall before it will be permitted.

DANCING OVER THE VOLCANO.
Our city is absolutely crowded with strangers.
Go where you will, you cannot find a room in an
hotel, unless you make application a week in ad-

vance. The streets aro crowded. All our places of
amusement are making fortunes. The country is
getting deserted. Our citizens are flocking back
to Broadway.

ADVENT OF ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE,
It is now certain that a great bAttle will be
fought in the vicinity of Chattanooga by thejoint
forces of Rosencranz and Burnside, and the rebel
forces in that region.

WHAT A PITY AUNT ABE WAS DELAYED I
Mrs. Lincoln is in town, and stopping at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. Her departure for Europe
is delayed. It is to be regretted that she could not
have reached Germany in time to attend the meeting
of Sovereigns in Frankfort.
Query : Would the old lady have been admitted ?

DEATH OF MR. TOOBE, F.R.S.--We regret to
announce the death of Mr. William Tooke, F.R.S.,
a gentleman whose name has long been associated with
literature, and who is well known as the promoter and
founder of literary associations throughout the country.
Mr. Tooke, who wale born in 1777, was trained to the study
of the law, and having been admitted a solicitor, practised
his profession for some years in London. Science, art,
and literature had, however, greater attractions for him,
and to their cultivation he devoted his energies. In 1804
he published, anonymously, an edition of Churchill's
poetical works, which were republished among the Aldine
Poets, with the editor's name, in 1844. In 1855 he pub-
lished a work entitled, " The Monarchy of France; its
Rise, Progress, and Fall ;" having, meanwhile, given to
the world several minor publications. In conjunction with
Lord Brougham, Dr. Birkbeck, Mr. Grote, and others, he
took an active part in the establishment of the Society for
the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and for a considerable
period acted as its treasurer. He was a Fellow of the Royal
Society, and President of the Society of Arts, which office
becomes vacant by his death, For two years, namely, from
1835 to 1837, during the administration of Lord Melbourne,
Mr. Tooke represented the borough of Truro in Parliament.
He was born at St. ,Petersburg, and was the son of the Rev.
William Tooke, an English divine and writer, who became
chaplain to the factory u: the Russian Company in that
city, and was the author of a " Life of Catherine II.," "A
View of the Russian Empire," and other works.
CHARLES MATHEWS' PARISIAN ACHIEVEMENT,
The comedy in which Charles Mathews is now
playing before the Parisians is his own; the translation
into excellent French is his again. These are rare qualifi-
cations, of which any man might be proud. But there are
yet some few who could have done these things almost as
well as this charming actor. But no other man, having
done these things, could have pertormed so easily and na-
turally as he did, in " L'Anglais Timidie," or with the
same wonderful mastery of the pronunciation. It is this
last feat which has given this finished actor the rooted
esteem of the elegant and polished French people, which
they will never cease to cherish along with his memory.
What he has attempted, and what he has an fully succeeded
in, was bold to a degree; but in every circumstance it has
been completely justified.— Court Journal.

DEAN CLOSE OF CARLISLE having recently
alluded with a jeer to one whom he spealis of ac
"the slashing editor of the _Examiner," has just called
down upon himself the following retort polite from our con-
tempr rary :—" Like his prototype Mawworm, Dean Close
loves to he despised. To be talked of is his great ambition,
and how he is talked of is quite a secondary consideration.
He would of course much prefer praise, for which he has an
excellent appetite; but if he cannot get that he will gladly
accept ridicule or contempt rather than pass unnoticed.
Notoriety is his passion, quocunque mode. Happily for him
he has a bishop over him who requires a vast deal of de-
fence, and who gives plenty of opportunities for the Dean
to conto forward iu the character of ecclesiastical awash•
buckler. Tho word is rather obsolete, but there is no other
that so well represents the character defined by Johnson as
sue who makes a great clatter pugnaciously,

Great surprise is felt here that the forts in
Charleston do not fall. I can pretty well understand
how it is. That precious humbug Beauregard (!),
who has not a dime in the world, or a dollar at stake,
does not care how soon the city is burned. The
people of Charleston do care, and they have sent to
Gilmore, begging him not to destroy the city, and
saying they will surrender it. This makes him
pause. I have no doubt but that is the true solu-
tion of why Charleston is not shelled out, and you
will soon hear that the city has surrendered with-
out reference to the forts in the harbour. Such will
be the result, unless Beauregard io master of the
people of Charleston.
ALL BUT CERTAINTY OF OLD ABE'S RE-ELECTION AS

I see no chance for their success. I long ago
pointed out to you the programme of the Republican
party. I told you that it would endeavour to carry
the election in 1864, by letting the electoral votes
of Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vir-
ginia, &c., be cast by the, soldiers at certain points
in those states. I also added, that as Abraham
Lincoln was the only man who had the power to
order such elections, and to pronounce them valid,
he would be the next President again. It is
almost wonderful how my words are begin..
ning to be verified. You will not notice that the
Cabinet, all the leading Republican statesmen, and
all the Republican press, are in the field again for
Abraham Lincoln to be re •nominated and re-elected.
It is now a matter of certainty that he will be the
Republican candidate. He is their only hope. He
is the only man that can keep that party in power
and their men in office. It is curious how it has all
come about. lam amazed at the game as it now
stands. Unless Lincoln and his advisers are all
fools they have the game in their own hands.
They cannot lose, I say this with deep regret, for
I counted with certainty upon eating cherries at
the Hague as American Chargé d'Affaires in 1865,
when the present Veracious Pike, of the Tribune,
would be obliged to leave and come here to do hie
reporting. But to return to the Presidency. Lin-
coln must be re-elected unless he throws away his
game. There are several Republican states North
which will vote for him. He can overawe New
York, and frighten Seymour out of his stockings as
has lately been seen. He is sure of the 46 New
England votes in the Electoral College, and he is
sure of Mississippi, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware,
and Virginia. He can order the elections in the
Soath—North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama,
Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas.
Of course, the loyal men will all vote for him. His
Congress will declare those votes legal, and whether
so or not he can declare them, proclaim himself
elected, and, as he has 80,000 soldiers, can keep in
for four years after 1865 ; and I must say he is a
great fool if he don't do this. So far the public is
relieved, and the shrewd ones are pretty well satis-
fied " who will be the next President."
THE KNOWING OLD PICTURE CARD I