The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-19 00:00:00

AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE.

WASHINGTON, April 29.
Mr. Cyrus Field has been here in company with
Lord Walter Campbell, a son of the Duke of Argyll,
and he was at the White House on Wednesday to
introduce him to the President. Gen. Grant has
left with his family to visit his son at West Point,
and he will not return till Monday. A great ex-
cursion has carried off Messrs. Boutwell, Creswell/
Hoar; Senators, Representatives, many ladies, and
guests to Norfolk, on board a new steamer, and they
will not be back till to-morrow. The Presideut,
the Vice-President, and the entire New York Re-
publican Delegation in Congress had a grand social
entertainment here last Wednesday. No Cabinet
meeting can Le held tillthe President's return. Dur-
ing the last, the route of the Winnipeg expedition was
discussed at the inst ince of Mr. Fish, who had i 0"
formally signified to the British Minister that it
could not be permitted a right cf way through our
territory. In this be is upheld unanimously by the
Cabinet; and General Sheridan will establish his
head-quarters at Pembina during the summer,
wlu nee it is expected he will have to direct mili-
tary operations against the Sioux, who threaten an-
other Indian war in Montana and Dacotah, the
troops beingalready on the move for Minnesota. Mr.
Orton, President of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, is here opposing Mr. Hubbard, who is
advocating a postal telegraph scheme. Wye continue ,
to receive unsatisfactory accounts of the working of
the telegraph by the Government in England. The
naval court-martial on Commander Upcher has Nu;
eluded its work, and the impression is that he will
be acquit'ed. The Vice-President addressed the
Order of Oddfellows last Tuesday, when they cele-
brated their fifty-first American anniversary. R. fl•
Manly, once agent of the Freedmen's Bureau
in Richmond, has been examined by the committee
which is investigating the charges against General
Howard, as has beet). Simon Wolf and Dr. Sutber-
lan I. Certain deeds are said to be in the
office of the Recorder, bearing General Ho-
ward's name, and Manly cashed the Congregational
lurch Bonds. The Investigating Committee who
exatniued the patent brick was unable to agree
upon a report ; that published not emanating front
them. The President is looking out for a summer
residence, and is said to be negotiating the purch se
of the Bartholomew Farm, Prince George County,
in Maryland, near the District line. General Mor-
gan of Ohio has proposed a Bill to reduce the
Navy to three Rear-Admirals, six Cotutnodorc s, and
other ranks in proportion, on the same principle as
is embodied in the new Army Bill. There are but
three Commodores at sea, and there are ten Ad-
mirals employed in Washington ; but that there are
not more on the briny is no faith of the officers, who
would be glad to be employed. For days and days
a weary debate on the Tariff has been going out
and every one is getting heartily sick of jute butts,
pig iron, &c. The ventilation of the Hall of the Re-
presentatives was discussed, but, as usual, without
reaching a result. Telegraphs, the River and Water
Channel Communication, Steamship Subsidies,
Consolidation of the Laws relating to the Yost
Office, and Land Grants have been considerbd.
second Louisiana contested election has been declared
invalid, and Mr. Stevenson was defeated in his
strenuous effort to make another long speech on the
subject, which much annoyed that Representative-
Tile Post-office Department is issuing $lOO worth
daily of the new series of postage stamps. Y°l-1
can hardly imagine the sensation caused by the
Richmond calamity. You will, I know, give the
particulars, but at a distance you cannot realize the
feelings it has raised. Mrs. Bre wis, wife of one of
the victims, has died of grief, and other ladies are
in a critical state. General Schofield's brother was
among the killed. R. H.Maury, jun., is the nephew
of the well-known scientific naval officer. Y.
Aylett was alike distinguished as lawyer and jour-
nalist. Major Kelly, of Fredericksburg, was convers-
ing with him when the crash commenced, and saYs
Aylett was killed by a beam from the gallery.
S. Bocock, who was severely hurt, had been Speaker
in the House of Representatives and in the Con-
federate Congress. The interest is absorbing, and
telegrams from all parts of the country keep pour-
ing into Richmond. Collectors of Customs have
been informed that the new Dominion will stric.li
enforce the Fishery Laws, that the licenses hereto-
fore granted have been revoked, and fishermen are
to be warned that the United States cannot offer
protection in case they violate the law._Ang/o-
American Times.

The Musical World is responsible for the allllo4lf
incredible statement that the Rev. C. T. Procter, vicar °_
Richmond, has refused to allow the choir boys of th';
parish church to sing at a concert in aid of the Richn2oo_
Infirmary, on the ground that they might be, required to
sing secular music.

The Gaulois publishes a telegram from Nice/
stating that Madlle. Eug6nie - and M. Auguste M.--",„j
both well known in the literary world, have commit s
suicide at that town. The cause assigned is heavy loses.
at the gambling table at Monaco. They took laudann'''
but, as this did not act quickly enough, they sho:-, their
selves. The Gaulois suppresses the names.
The Rev. W. Harrison, rector of Birch, and OOP;
lain to H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge, deliveredi'y
address yesterday morning at the Church of St. Mary A-1,,
mary, Cannon-street, on the subject of Moravian
'ions. These missions have been established 138 yea ti
and occupy 87 stations in Greenland, Labrador, v""
Indies, &c.

BIRTHS.
Ou the 23d ult, at Barton, Staffordshire, the wife of

Brook, Esq., of Port Elizahetb, South Afi:ica, of a son• e
On the 13th inst., at Egerton House, Bolton-le-Moors, di
wife of Edward Ashworth, jun., of a son.

MA RRI AGES
On the 17th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Lewishan3, NV,i;
Caldwall Masters, Joseph ()limns, Esq., her Males
Victualling Yaid, Malta, to Agness Ellen, third daugo
of J. IL Gibson, Esq., Lewisham, Kent.
On the 17th inst., at St. Michael's Dawlish, Frank Niirtfo
Panter, of 25, Maryland-road, St. Peter's Park, w
Mary Jane, only daughter of Mrs. Mathews, Brunswic
place, Dawlish.

DEATHS.
On the IGth inst., Wm. Ward Abbott, Esq., of EyneBblir9'
Neots, and 26, Bedford-row, London, aged 76. ,1
On the 14th inst., at Bombay, from gastric fever, John NY Iv
Liam Macnamara, commander in the Peninsular and elle

tal Company's service.
On the 14th inst., at South Lambeth, Anne Maria, wif°oooci
Mr. Samuel George Redfearn, aged 38 years, el
daughter of Mr. Richard Carpenteri-of May Lodge,
tonstone-road, Essex. - - • ,

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Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the OeuntY
Middlesex.—Thuraday, May 19, 1870.