The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-12 00:00:00

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, Tuesday.
The Inman steamer City of Boston, from New
York on the 30th ult., has arrived.
Mr. Henry Grinnell, of New York, has received
a letter from Mr. Hall, the Arctic explorer, who be-
lieves that he has discovered traces of four of Sir
John Franklin's party. The following extract is
published :
"Winter Quarters, in Igloo, Friday, Dec. 10, 1864.
Noo-Wook, West End Rowe's Welcome, lat. 64

46 N., long. 87 20 W.
" Dear Friend Chapel,—ln this letter I have some
deeply interesting intelligence to communicate to
you. Since falling in with the natives I have not
been idle. Nothing in Parry's narrative of second
voyage for the discovery of N.W. passage relating
to the Esquimaux of Winter Island and Igloolik,
but these natives are perfectly posted up. Indeed,
I find through my superior interpreter, Too-koo-li-
too, that many deeply interesting incidents occurred
at both named places that never found their place
in Parry or Lyon's works. But the great work
already done by me is gaining little by little from
these natives through Too-koo-li-too and E-bier-
bing relating to Sir John Franklin's expedition.
This', you know, was the great object of my mission
to the North. I cannot stop to tell you now all
I have gained of this people—no, not the one hun-
dredth part--most of it relating to Franklin's ex-
pedition. (The natives are now loading sledge—it
is half-past 7 a.m.) I will give you very briefly
what the people of England and America will be '
most interested to learn. When I come down I shall
bring my despatches and journals up to the time of
writin g you. These will be committed to your care for
transmitting to the States. The most important mat-
ter that I have acquired relates to the fact that there
may yet be three survivors of Sir John Franklin's
expedition—and one of these Crozier, the one who
succeeded Sir John Franklin on his death. The
details are deeply interesting, but this must suffice
till I come down. Crozier and three men with him
were found by a cousin of Ou-e-la (Albert), Shoo-
she-ark-nuhi (John), and Ar-too (Frank) while
moving on the ice from one igloo to another, this
cousin having with him his family and engaged in
sealing. This occurred near Neitchille (Boothia
Felix Peninsula). Crozier was ' nothing but skin
and bones'—was nearly starved to death, while the
three men with him were fat. The cousin soon
learned that the three fat men had been living on
human flesh—on the flesh of their companions, who
all deserted the two ships that were fast in moun-
tains of ice, while Crozier was the only man that
would not eat human flesh, and for this reason he
was almost dead from starvation. This cousin
(who has two names, but I cannot stop to give
them now) took Crozier and the three men at once
in charge. He soon caught a seal, and gave
Crozier quickly a little—a very little piece, which
was nearly raw—only one mouthful the first day.
The cousin did not give the three fat men any-
thing, for they could well get along till Crozier's
life was safe. The next day the cousin gave
Crozier a little larger piece of the same seal. By
the judicious care of this cousin for Crozier his life
was saved. Indeed, Crozier's own judgment stuck
to him in this terrible situation, for he agreed with
this cousin that one little bit was all he should have
the first day. When the cousin first saw Crozier's
face it looked so bad, his eyes all sunk in, the face
so skeleton-like and haggard, that he (the cousin)
did not dare to look upon Crozier's face for several
days after, it made him (the cousin) feel so bad !
This noble cousin, whom the whole civilised world will
ever remember for his humanity, took care of Cro-
zier and his three men, save one who died, during the
whole winter. One man, however, died a short time
after the cousin found them not because he starved,
but because he was sick. In the spring Crozier and
the remaining two men accompanied this cousin on
the Boothia, Felix Peninsula to Neitchille, where
there were many Innuits. Crozier and each of his
men had guns and plenty of ammunition, and many
pretty things. They killed a great many ducks,
nowyers, &c., with their guns. Here they lived
with the Innuits at Neitchille, and Crozier became
fat and of good health. Crozier told this cousin
that he was once at Innoil-le (Repulse Bay), at
Winter Island and Igloolik many years before, and
that at the two last-nnausd places he saw many In-
nuits, and got acquainted with them. This cousin
had heard of Parry, Lyon, and Crozier from his
Innuit friends at Repulse Bay some years previous,
and, therefore, when Crozier gave him his name, he
recollected it. The cousin saw Crozier, one year
before he found him and the three men, where the
two sl:ips were in the ice. It was there that the
cousin found out that Crozier had been to Igloolik.
Crozier and the two men lived with the Neitchille
Innuits some time. The Innuits liked him (Crozier)
very much, and treated him always very kindly.
At length Crozier, with his two men and one In-
nuit, who took along a ki-ak (?) (an indiarubber
boat, as E-bier-bing thinks it was, for all along the
ribs there was something that could be filled with
air), left Neitchille to try to go the Kob-lu-nas
country, taking a south course. When Ou-e-la
(Albert) and his brothers, in 1854, saw this cousin
that had been so good to Crozier and his men at
Pelly Bay (which is not far from Neitchelle), the
cousin had not heard whether Crozier and the two
men and Neitchille Innuit had ever come back or not.
The Innuits never think they are dead—do not be-
lieve they are. Crozier offered to give his gun to the
cousin for saving his life, but the cousin would not
accept it, for he was afraid it would kill him (the
cousin), it made such a great noise, and killed every-
thing with nothing. Then Crozier gave him (the cou-
sin) a long, curious knife (sword, as E-bier-bing and
Too-koo-il-too say it is), and gave him many pretty
things besides. (The dogs are all in harness, and
sledges loaded and Innuits waiting for my letters.
I promise to be ready in thirty minutes). Crozier
told the cousin of a fight with a band of Indians—
not Innuits, but Indians. This must have occurred
near the entrance of Great Fish or Back's River.
More of this when I see you. God bless you.
" C. F. HALL."
The news of the Fenian arrests in Ireland had
arrived out by the Cuba. The papers publish full
particulars, but do not devote much editorial atten-
tion to the affair. The New York Herald re-

marl;-s

" If John Bull is so scared now at the appear-
ance of a few thousand American Fenians scattered
through the country, what will become of him when
200,000 of them, with all their centres and sub-
centres, running through his Channel Fleet like a
shark through a shoal of minnows, land at Bantry
Bay or Castlebar of revolutionary memory? Thus
conscience,' said Hamlet, doth make cowards of
us all.' "

The New York, Times argues that " weak as this
Fenian movement is, it needs from America but
the same support which the Southern rebellion re-
ceived from England to give it a force that would
rock the British Kingdom to its foundations." It
further proceeds to prove that America would be
more justified in giving her sympathy to Ireland
than England was in lending hers to the South. On
the capacity of America to damage England it like-
wise enlarges. Nevertheless, its conclusion is as
follows :

" But nothing of the kind will be done. There
is not the slightest disposition upon the part of
either our Government or the native born Ameri-
can people to give aid or comfort to this Fenian
movement. They do not mean to put a
straw in the path of any movement on the part
of the British Government to vindicate its au-
thority- and save its own territory. That is the Ame-
rican idea of international duty—the American de-
finition of ' neutrality.' It is stated that the Fenian
organisations in the United States contain nearly
200,000 sworn members, all Irishmen. One would
say that such a body of men, consisting mostly of
voters, would have it in their powerto exert a strong
influence upon political parties and upon the Go-
vernment. Nothing of the kind shows itself. So far
as the public takes any interest in these associations
it is unfavourable to them. It gives them neither re.
spect nor sympathy. The law cannot interfere with
them because they violate no law ; but, so far as it is
understood that their designs are to foment and fur-
ther rehelii'm against a Government with which the
United. States is at peace, public opinion condemns

them, and all the moralinfluence of this Government
is against them. Considering what provocations
have been given by England for a different spirit,

this respect for international justice is in the highest
degree creditable to American character. The con-
trast should make every English cheek crimson."
On the 27th there was a meeting at the Cooper
Institute, the principal feature of which was a lec-
ture by a Colonel Roberts, containing, however, no
special feature worth mention. The reporter of the

New York World gives the following particulars of
the organization :
" In connection with this very imposing and en-
thusiastic demonstration, it may be interesting to
give some facts in reference to the Fenian organisa-
tion. There are at present about 500 circles in the
country, and they are increasing at the rate of 100
a month. These circles number from 100 to
300 men, according to the district. There are also
300 female circles in the country presided over by
Miss Ellen Mahoney, who is the female head
centre. She is the principal of the normal school
at Chicago. It is stated that the Brotherhood
numbers in the British provinces 45,000; in Ireland,
200,000 ; in England, 65,000, of which 35,000 are
in the city of London. There are over 5,000
soldiers belonging to the fraternity in the English
army. The monthly expenses of the body amount
to $60,000, and it is said that a tax of $2O per man
on the Fenians in the United States is nearly paid
up, and that the aggregate assessment will reach
$5,000,000. There is in this city a military engi-
neering class of 100, taught by an engineer formerly
on M'Clellan's staff in the peninsular campaign.
Subscriptions are handed in to large amounts every
week from all parts of the country. A bank account
is kept by the Brotherhood in its own name, and a
clerical force is employed to keep the accounts and
attend to the correspondence of the brotherhood.
One of the bank-note companies, as Colonel Roberts
stated in his speech last night, are printing 8 per
cent. bonds in the name of the ' Irish Republic,'
one and indivisible. They will be ready next week
in denominations of slo's, s2o's, sso's, sloo's,
ssoo's, and sl,ooo's. In the centre will be a figure
of Liberty drawing a sword, and at the sides
vignettes of Emmett and Lincoln. It is confidently
hoped by the leaders that these will be taken up very
rapidly, and that large orders will come from the
country and from the West. It was stated by a
gentleman last evening that John Morrissey had
offered to take $lOO,OOO of the bonds. It is stated
that negotiations are pending for the purchase of
eight ocean steamers, each warranted to carry 1,000
men, with the certainty almost that the purchase
will be made before the Ist of Oct. It is further said
that there have been immense purchases of arms
from the Government by parties who are supposed
to be identified with the Fenians, and that proposi-
tions for further purchases are now under con-
sideration. At the Fenian headquarters in Duane-
street they are continually boxing up muskets, but
of course no information is given as to where they
are sent. There are 27 circles in New York,
and Colonel John 0. Mahoney is the head centre
of the organisation throughout the country. The
leader of the organisation in Ireland is said not even
to be known by the members there. Stories are
told that he has caused himself to be arrested re-
peatedly in the city of Dublin, and in this manner
has obtained full information of the strength of all
the prisons for future use."

Witnesses for the defence in the Wirtz trial were
being examined. The principal object of their
examination was to throw the responsibility of the
treatment on General Winder.

A Washington letter says :
" It is not true, as reported, that application was
made to the President and the Secretary of War to
permit Jeff. Davis to be taken to St. Louis to tes-
tify in the case of the rebel steamboat burners. In
making a statement of the witnesses required by the
defence, the counsel for the accused included the
name of Jeff. Davis. The attention of the autho-
rities has not been officially called to the matter, but
it is said the defendant's counsel will shortly urge
the President to give an order to remove Davis to
St. Louis for the purpose named. It is not at all
probable that such an order will be made."
Another Washington letter thus describes the enor-
mous accumulation of applications for pardons :
" The pardon business of the Attorney-General's
office has become so great as to necessitate a clerical
force and office room ror which there is no provision
by law ; consequently Mr. Pleasants, the chief par-
don clerk, and his assistants are greatly overworked,-
while the bureau has really become one of great
importance, especially to pardon-seekers. To illus-
trate the amount of business passing through this
office, it may be noted that a large rack, 12 feet
high and 8 wide, has been erected, which is divided
into longitudinal sections running the whole length,
each section containing the pardon applications
from each State in process of passing examination.
Virginia, of course, takes the lead, her pile being
over 10 feet high, and containing over 3,000 appli-
cations. Alabama follows with a pile of 1,500, upon
which the dust is accumulating, as the President is
awaiting the action of the Alabama State Convention.
Georgia is next in order, with a pile about four feet
high, containing 1,200 applications. Mississippi and
North Carolina are about the same, 700 each. South
Carolina has at least 500, Tennesse 300 ; Kentucky,
Louisiana, and Texas about 150 each; while Florida,
Arkansas, Missouri, and Western Virginia are very
moderate on the subject, and present but a score or
two of applications. Altogether there are at least
10,000 applications in the Attorney-General's office."
Generals Grant and Sherman both met with rail-
road accidents on the 27th. The former, returning
from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, was switched off
the track, and the car in which he was seated
dragged for some distance before the train was
stopped ; and the latter was thrown from the track
about the same time on the Ohio and Mississippi
road, between Lawrenceburg and Cincinnati, and
the car which he occupied subjected to similar treat-
ment. The danger to General Grant is stated to
have been the result of a deliberate attempt to
assassinate him. The Cincinnati Gazette of the
28th inst. says :
" The president of the road, 11. C. Lord, Esq.,
on hearing of the occurrence, immediately pro-
ceeded to Guilford to investigate the matter. It was
found that some infamous scoundrel, as wicked as
Booth, but with less courage, had broken the lock
from the switch, and turned the latter with a view
of throwing the train from the track. Fortunately,
the work. was bunglingly done, and to this fact the
escape of the train from being smashed is due, the
locomotive and tender having, as described, kept
the track, and thus prevented the car containing the
General from going over. It was a narrow escape,
and while the public will rejoice that this dastardly
attempt on the life of theLieut.-Genaral failed, they
will regret that there is little probability of finding
the scoundrel who would plunge the nation into
mourning a second time for another of its great and
valued men."
The President has been informed by telegraph
that the Alabama Convention, by a note of 60 to
19, has passed an ordinance providing that all debts
created by the State of Alabama in aid of the late
war, directly or indirectly, are thereby declared
void, and that the General Assembly of the State
shall have no authority, and are thereby forbidden,
to ratify the same, or any part thereof ; and the
General Assembly of the State shall have no autho-
rity, and are forbidden to assume or make any pro-
vision for the payment of any portion of the debts
contracted or incurred, directly or indirectly, by
the Confederacy, its agents, or its authority.
The Convention has also decided, by a vote of
61 to 25, to submit the amendments to the
Constitution to a popular vote. The first election
is to take place on the first Monday in November.
A special despatch to the President from Colum-
bia, South Carolina, announces the adjournment of
the State Convention, after a most harmonious and
unanimous Session of 15 days. They have repealed
the ordinance of secession, abolished slavery, equal-
ised the representation of the Senate and taxation
throughout the State, giving the election of Gover-
nor and Presidential electors to the people ; ordered
voting in the Legislature viva voce, endorsed the
Administration unanimously, and directed a com-
mission to submit a code to the Legislature for the
protection of the coloured population. Members
of Congress are to be elected in November, and