The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-20 00:00:00

ENGLISH BRAVERY.

Englishmen certainly are as brave as lions. In no
other country in the world but England would Hinson
have been allowed in,open day and in the presence of a
number of people, to murder his victims at Wood-green
a few months ago. What moral courage was dis-
played on that occasion in checking the natural feelings
of indignation which must have been excited by the hor-
rible tragedy ! And since that day we seem, if possible, to
have improved and to have become more fearless in the
presence of crime. At Cremorne Gardens, on Thurs-
day, a marvellous instance of courage occurred
under somewhat similar circumstances. Two cooks
belonging to that establishment having quarrelled in
consequence of a practical joke, one of them drew his
knife from the sheath at his side and pursued the other
round the kitchen " amid the screams of the other
servants, who were afraid to interfere." It ended
in the fugitive being stabbed twice in the left
side and conveyed to St. George's Hospital, with little
hope of recovery. In the event of his death
and the execution of his destroyer, the screams of
" the other servants" will, we suppose, be louder than
ever; but, with every respect for the good-feeling
they displayed, we venture to suggest that the next time
they see one of their body chasing a fellow creature with
a knife it might be as well to defer their screams
until they have disarmed the intended assassin. By thus
preventing the murder of one man and the execution
of another, they will be doing better service to both than
by any amount of senseless noise before the event. —Pall
Mall Gazette.

RECEPTION OF THE INDIAN DELEGATIONS
AT THE WHITE HO USE.

The gentle savages under Spotted Tail, and the nn-
gentle ones under the sombre Red Cloud, were honoured
with an interesting social reception at the White House
this evening. Accompanied by Secretary Cox and Com-
missioner Parker, they were conveyed to the Executive
Mansion in carriages, about half-past seven o'clock,
where they were received in right royal style by the corps
of gentlemanly ushers and bowed into the grand East
Room. JTt was quite dusky at the time and the splendid
chandeliers were not lit up with their hundreds of jets of
flaming light. Spotted Tail and his suite were placed at
the north side of the room, and close by them were ranged
Red Cloud and his twenty followers. It seems that though
Red Cloud is the biggest Indian of the two chieftians, yet
Spotted Tail received more honours. He is awarded
precedence in all the interviews and receptions, because
he has manifested a more friendly disposition towards
the pale faces. This is said to be the etiquette among
savages, and by advice of General Parker it has been
strictly observed here. Spotted Tail and Red Cloud
seem to consider the thing as all right, or at least no
murmurs have been heard. from the Ogallalla chieftain
and no threats made to scalp Parker or Grant,
or any other man, in consequence of the violation of the
respect due from one great potentate to another. The
only complaint Red Cloud has made so far is that he had
to go see all the big white warriors and the Great Father
instead of them coming to visit him. After the savages
were arranged in due order for a short time some of the
servants of the Executive Mansion entered and com-
menced lighting up the chandeliers. The proceedings
were too much for Indian stoicism. Spite of their efforts
to make believe they did'nt care a snap for the gas and
the pretty chandeliers, one could see Red Cloud eyeing
the operation with a mystified look, and Spotted Tail
gazing with an interest which could not be mistaken. The
inferior warriors almost spoke with wonder, and that is
saying a good deal. When the illumination was com-
plete the Indians caught each other betraying unusual
interest, and promptly retired within themselves. Then
the distinguished pale faces came upon the scene,
headed by President Grant and his esteemed lady,
who were followed by Secretary and Mrs. Fish,
Secretary and Mrs. Belknap, Secretary and Mrs. Cox,
Postmaster and Mrs. Cresswell, Secretary and Mrs.
Boutwell, and Mrs. Attorney-General Hoare, that
amiable old lady who has charge of our national litiga-
tion. Then came a distinguished foreign procession,
compose of the diplomats, including Berthemy, Thorn-
ton, Catacazy, Gerolt, Lederer, Baltazzi, and a host of
others whose names I forget. They had their ladies
along, all dressed in the most stylish, manner, evidently
with the object of captivating the savage hearts. Dele-
gations from the Indian Committees of the Senate and
House were also among the pale faces. There were the
accomplished and handsome Thayer, of Nebraska ; the
charming Buckingham, of Connecticut, and the states-
manlike and lively Corbett, of Oregon. There were also
Representatives Van }Torn, of Missouri, and Taffe, of
Nebraska. Senator Morrill, of Maine, was also on hand,
and Dawes, of Massachu§etts. The savages viewed the
distinguished arrivals with the stoical air which only
savages affect. They beheld their great father and great
mother unmoved. They looked upon the representatives
of empires and kingdoms and principalities without so
much as an "ugh." They saw the costly toilets,
magnificent scalps and sylendid costumes, appa-
rently not a whit wonder-struck. But in their
hearts they were, no doubt, thinking of their
tomahawks and scalping knives, and what a fine
chance it was to chew their prowess if they dare. What
a sensation it would have made had they then and there
uttered a sudden war whoop and proceeded to execution
dire ! The very thought makes one's blood shiver. After
the, savages were given ample time to study the whole
group of pale faces the interpreter came forth, and after
sayinc, something in the Indian dialect Spotted Tail ad-
vanced' respectfully towards his Great Father, Grant,
and was introduced both to the President and the lady of
the White House. The other warriors of Spotted Tail
went through the same ceremony a little more obse-
quiously. Then came the turn of Red Cloud and his fol-
lowers. The same scene was enacted, and next the
Indians shook hands with the Cabinet Ministers and their
ladies, the diplomats, male and female, and all the others
present. A little attempt at conversation followed.
Thornton essayed English with Red Cloud, but made a
dead failure ; the Ogallalla warrior only looked at the re-
presentative of British Majesty. Catacazy made a venture
with Spotted Tail in both French and Russian, with
no better success. The ladies tried to soften the
savage bosoms by chatteaing pretty words in a score of
languages, but it was no go. This thing of talking
without mutual understanding was found to work no
better with savages than with the children of civilisation.
The Great Father saw what was the matter, and contrived
to change the scene before things should become dangerous.
Leading Mrs. Grant to the front he caused a procession
to be formed in the following order :—First, President
and Mrs. Grant ; second, Spotted Tail ; third, Red Cloud;
fourth, Spotted Tail's followers; fifth, Red Cloud's
followers ; sixth, Cabinet Ministers : seventh, diplomats ;
eighth, Indian Committees ; ninth, everybody else. Thus
arranged it moved from the East Room through the
intervening apartments to the State dining-room, where
a spectacle that ought to soothe the savage breast was
beheld. The chandeliers were all lit up; the table
was covered with fragrant flowers, and strawberries
smothered in ice cream abounded. This was a
feast for the savages, who were awarded all the front
positions, and given a chance to display their powers
unchecked. The Cabinet officers and diplomatists, even
the ladies, had to yield to the savages. I suppose Indians
are well accustomed to strawberries, but evidently ice
cream was a thing that they had never even dreamed of
before in all their sleeping and waking visions of future
celestial hunting-grounds. They approached it carefully,
as a cat would crawl over a snow-bank. They handled it
delicately, smelt it, tasted it, and then they liked it
hugely. Ice cream they thought, evidently, would be a
first-rate diet in heaven hereafter. The cola, sweet sub-
stance likewise seemed to melt their tongues, for they
commenced to speak, and spoke, some of them even
twenty words, which, if translated, would no doubt mean
that the Great Father was a good cook and his ice cream
some pumpkins. The diplomats, particularly the ladies,
enjoyed the occasion immensely ; so did the Cabinet
Ministers and their wives. At the conclusion of the
feast the Indians shook hands with the whole company
again, and departed in good humour.—New York Herald
of June 7.

The Working Mens' Exhibition at Hull will be
opened by the Mayor to-day (Monday).

Seventy-five men, sent by the Erie Railway Com-
pany from New York to take the place of the strikers in
the freight-house at Buffalo, arrived there, and on learn-
ing the condition of affairs refused to work and joined the
strikers. The men will be sent back.

A FANATIC.—In the Courier d' Oran a frightful
crime is recorded. On the 27th of May, at Mascara, in
Algeria, about seven o'clock in the morning, an Arab,
who had been known as a wandering marabout, living
upon alms, secreted from a butcher's shop an
axe, and, hiding it under his burnous, posted himself upon
a bridge. This particular bridge, especially on Friday,
is crowded with people going to market—Arabs, Jews,
and Europeans .being indiscriminately mixed. Into this
crowd the fanatic rushed, striking from behind with his
axe, and in less than ten minutes felling fourteen per-
sons to the ground. A terrible consternation took pos-
session of all present. The neighbouring shopkeepers
closed their shops, the wounded were carried away, but
no one seems to have attempted to seize the miscreant,
At last two Spahis, after a desperate struggle, secured
him, and he was conveyed so the Bureau Arabe Mili-
take, where, after some delay, the civil and military
authorities arrived to inquire into the matter, It is note-
worthy that the victims were selected solely from the
European population, the Arabs not only being spared
but exhorted to help in the slaughter.