The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORISING, JUNE 8, 1870.

AN IRISH ORGANISATION.

THE SAULT ST; MARIE CANAL.

A Birmingham correspondent sends the following com-
munication to a Dublin newspaper :—An extensive
organisation, which sprung out a number of enthusiastic
meetings recently held in Birmingham, and which devotes
itself to Irish subjects, has issued a manifesto. The asso-
ciation directs its attention first to Ireland because
the exigencies of that country most demand
it. Action is to be taken on the following subjects :
Irish Land Bill, which the association believes will fail to
restore peace and harmouy in Ireland ; Coercion Bill,
hoping expression of public opinion may lead to the
repeal of that unconstitutional and iniquitous measure,
or shame the Government into allowing it to remain a
dead letter on the statute book; the political prisoners,
the association considering it a disgrace that political
prisoners should be allowed to exist in a land so proud of
proud of its liberty as England.

The .New York Times gives the official correspondence
which has taken place in reference to the passage of Ca-
nadian vessels through the Sault St. Marie Canal, and
concerning which there have been many contradictory re-
ports in circulation. It is now settled that there is no
military question involved, the vessel applying for passage
being freighted with strictly commercial goods for the
Hudson's Bay Company. The correspondence is chiefly
important for the assurance incidentally given by Mr.
Thornton that the difficulties with the Red River people
were amicably settled, and that the delegates from the
Fort Garry district have acknowledged Themselves per-
fectly satisfied. We believe this is the first official an-
nouncemen of the fact which has been received by the
Washington authorities, and it fully justifies the courtesy
which has been extended by the Government in permitting
the Canadian supply vessels to pass through the Sault
Canal.

.[\ oRTH CAROLINA.

PELHAM, May 23.
A shocking murder, resulting in the death of one of the
Republican ex-Senators of this State, occurred at Yancey-
ville on Saturday evening last. It was one of the most
remarkable tragedies that ever occurred in North Caro-
lina. On Saturday evening J. W. Stevens, the ex-
Senator, who had that day attended a public meeting in
the town, was missed by his family. Search was made
on Saturday night all over the place, but without success.
On Sunday morning the search was resumed, and after
looking everywhere else the Court-house was searched.
The keys to all the private and jury rooms were found
except one, and that room was locked. The door was
burst open and Mr. Stevens was found dead, dangling,
from a beam, with a rope around his neck and his cloth-
ing saturated with blood. A deep gash in his breast
showed that he had been stabbed to the heart and another
wound showed that the assassin's dagger had penetrated
the unfortunate victim's throat. It is supposed that lie
was inveigled into the room by his assassins on the plea of
business and then foully murdered. No clue to the per-
petrators of the bloody deed has yet been obtained. The
people of all political opinions express great regret at this
horrible occurrence and active efforts are being made to
ferret out the murderers.