The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1870.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)

Prince Arthur, accomp ►flied by Colonel Elphin-
stone and Lieutenants Picard and Fitzroy, arrived at New
York on the 21st inst., where they were received by Mr.
Thornton, the British Minister, and the Consul, r. Archi-
bald. After passing the night at the Brevoort House, his
Royal Highness proceeded next day to Washington, arriv-
ing at the residence of Mr. Thornton at 5 o'clock, who had
prepared his house to receive the Prince. On the 24th his
Royal Highness was presented to the President, and after-
wards visited the Senate Chamber, also the Treasury and
the other Government Departments. Although there were
no public demonstrations, receptions were to be tendered
the Prince on his return, at Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New York, and the President entertained him at a great
State dinner on the 26th. General Di; Mr. Belmont, and
other citizens of New York, have invited him to a ball to
be given in honour of his visit. It appears that some
pap.lr, with more zeal against monarchical institutions
than good taste or manners, :have attacked the Princ'.
The New York Tribune rebuked them in a becoming way.
It said that the Prince was to be regarded simply as a
young gentleman on his travels, and treated with courtesy
and respect so long as his conduct, as hitherto, eutiiled
him to such consideration. If ilunkyism is out of place
on the one hand, meanness, vulgarity, and impertinence
are equally so on the other; and newspapers should under-
stand this, as the American people understand it. The
Lail given on Thursday by Mr. Thornton was to be at-
tended by "the whole of the Diplomatic Corps, members of
the Cabinet, Judges of the Supreme Court, many distin-
guished officers of the army and navy, and everybody else
who is anybody ;" and great preparations had been made
for their entertainment.

The New Nation, conducted by Mr. Stuttzman,
an Illinois lawyer, has been established at Winnepeg, and
copies have been freely circulated over America. It de-
clares "the Hudson's Bay Company's authority to be ab-
solute, and that the Red River Settlement will never seek
or permit the protection of Canada. The Imperial Govern-
ment is too distant to administer their affairs intelligently,
and it advocates annexation to the United States. But at
that is impossible at present, it supports a policy of inde-
pendence, with annexation to follow in course of time."
Again, it says :—" We form a separate colony. People
with different interests and necessities have nothing in
common with that people or its Government." The editor
adds his opinion that the formation of a railroad communi-
cation with Canada would be almost impracticable since
capitalists would not undertake it. Iu conclusion he quotes
Colyer's alleged apocryphal memorial from British Colum-
bia to President Grant, as also applicable to the Red River
settlements. The avowed political purpose is—first, the
establishment of independence ; next, annexation to the
United States. Another account is that Major Robinson
is the editor, and that the press and printing material of
Caldwell and Co. were purchased for £530, taken out of a
loan of £B3O forced from the Hudson Bay Company under
protest. Americans are warned by Governor M‘Tavish
not to negotiate the notes, which he declares to have been
stolen by the insurgents, who carried off the company's
safe. We may hero remark on the petition for annexa-
tion of British Columbia that Mr. Vincent Colyor has
written to the Washington agent of the Associated Press
denying, as alleged in England, that Americans had any-
thing to do with the petition, which was drawn and signed
by citizens of Victoria without outside influence. His part
was merely carrying the petition to President Grant, being
a passenger in the Newburne on her way from Alaska, and
the signers handed it to him. Another petition was sent
to the Queen, the purport being similar, though the lan-
guage was different.
• The intelligence from Hayti is that Salnave,
after escaping to the woods and being proclaimed an out-
law, had been captured, tried by court-martial, and shot
on the 10th inst. The revolutionary leader Saget has
been installed provisional president of the Republic.

The only other telegrams are, that advices from
Yokohama to the 31st December report that city to be in
a great state of demoralization, murders and riot being of
frequent occurrence. Intelligence from Pekin announces
that the Chinese Government has ratified the Burlingame
Treaty with tha United States. President Grant has
nominated Mr. William Cumback as United States Minis-
ter to Portugal, vice Mr. Shellabarger, resigned. The
Mississippi Legislature has elected Mr. Revels, a negro
clergyman, to be United States Senator. It appears that
R,-presentative Dawes,chairman of the Appropriation Com-
mittee, has attacked the extravagance of the Administra-
tion, which was, however, defended by General Butler. As
Mr. Bingham, who now leads the Conservative Republi-
cans, endeavoured in Butter's absence to get a bill through
the House admitting Virginia unconditionally, a split has
resulted, though it is spoken of notwithstanding Mr.
Dawes's action, as not threatening danger to the Republi-
can party.

Young Lopez. eldest son of the Dictator of Para-
guay, has been "interviewed" at Washington by a Tribune
coiresl.oudent. Mr. Lopez is about 20; of middle stature,
stout, but well proportioned, dark complexioned, hair and
moustache black, eyes large and-brown, bead round;
speaks English well, and is accomplished. Ho has re-
sided in England and France, and comes to the United
States to complete his education, not on any diplomatic
mission ; but he will remain in New York, whore he hopes
to be of use to his country. It was not till Mr. Washburu's
arrival that representatives were accredited to Paraguay,
and to their absence Lopez attributes the power of the Allies
to misrepresent his father. He describes the war as being
very unpopular with the masses of the Allies, the feeling
against it being strong in Brazil; while the Argentine
Confederation had withdrawn all their troops. Fourteen
thousand Brazilians are moving out, leaving but 4,000 to
6,000 men, and as they retire Mr. Lopez feels assured his
father will advance, the only formidable obstacle being
the navy blockiug up the Paraguay River, and this he de-
scribes as one of the worst of the Argentine blunders,
threatening their own territorial integrity. It is the wish
of Marshal Lopez to renew negotiations with the United
States, which he thinks would quickly restore the republic.
By the Bth Article of the Triple Treaty the Western part
of Paraguay is to be ceded to Brazil; but if that treaty is
acted on the struggle must be fought out to the bitter end,
while the friendly intervention of the United States might
end it, as the Allies are weary of the war. From his ac-
count his father occupies a strong post; a rough country,
and is in position to renew the struggle whenever an op-
portunity offers.
Attorney-General floar's nomination is not to be
recalled, and on the Senate will fall the onus of rejection.
The question is regarded by both General Grant and Mr.
Hoar from a Constitutional standpoint. The Senate has
the undoubted right of rejection, but with all power goes
responsibility, and the Senate is as responsible for its re-
jection being based on valid grounds, as is the President for
his selection, more especially when an appointment so im-
portant as that of Associate Justice for the Supreme Bench
is in question. What reasons can the Senate advance for
rejecting the President's carefully made selection for
the post? Public opinion thus answers the question
ft is not that Attorney-General Hoar is unqualified.
for he stands as a lawyer at the top of his profession ; it
is not that he is barred by any personal defect, either
mental or moral, for he is a man of large capacity and high
character. But he is brusque, and has persistently set
aside the recommendations of Senators for filling the posts
of his office. Personal dislike is the true reason, though
locality is the ostensible reason. Tho Senate maintains
that from a circuit the judge of that circuit should be
selected, but the Chamber, in a great measure, puts itself
out of court by only adhering to this rule when it dislikes
the individual. We are surprised that the result has not
yet reached us by Cable.
The rise which took place in the price of gold at
New York three weeks ago is accounted for by the mail
news. Rumours were industriously circulated that the
speculators had " cornered" the Treasury; that Mr. Bout-
well's reserves had run below selling point, and that the
bulls had him in a tight place; that Mr. August Belmont
bad bought $4,000,000 of gold on foreign account ; that a
New York merchant had taken $9,000,000; and that the
Erie ring was buying, Jay Gould having between two and
throe millions dollars in the pool. ,Members of Congress,
many of whom have lately been in New York, have left
the impression that inflation, not contraction, will be the
order of the day. On the 7th inst. there was a consider-
able rise, gold going up from 1211 to 123. Next day,
however, the following notice came out : —" U. S. TREA-
SURY, Jan. B.—By order of the 'treasury Department, in
addition t 3 the sales and purchases hereto.ore noticed, I
will, on Monday, Jan. 10, receive bids for $1,670,000 of
gold coin ; and on Tuesday, Jan. 11, will receive offers of
5-20 U.S. Bonds to the amount of the avails of the coin, if
soId.—CHAS. J. FOLGAR, Assistant Treasurer." The effect
was to check the upward movement, the speculators find-
ing that the Treasury had turned the tables on them, Mr.
Boutwell not being so readily "cornered." The combina-
tion, however, made an effort on the 10th, bidding for
$7,315,000, and the premium was run up to 123,1, when
the operators took the opportunity to unload. The changes
then reported by telegraph were as usual due to specu-
lators, and it is evident that Mr. Boutwell has to keep a
large reserve, if the market is not to be handed over to the
tender mercies of the Goulds and the Finks.

There was a time when the events of the great
Revolutionary War and the triumphs of 1813 were cele-
brated with drums beating, colours flying, fireworks fiz-
zing, an 1 drinks Laming throughout the United States,
but people now do not seem to care much about them. The
national history has grown in dimensions, and events big
when they stood comparatively isolated have lost their
imposing appearance when crowded with others more im-
portant. The anniversary of the hallo of New Orleans,
wLich at ono time was a great day, is now so little known
that men ask why so many colours are flying, and when
told little appreciate the reason ; and such was the last
celebration on the Bth January. _ _ _

At Montreal, on the Bth inst., in the Caldwell
extradition case, the accused was discharged upon the
second warrant. A third warrant was immediately issued,
but Caldwell escaped before it could be servad, and his
friends bolted the door of the court-room to prevent the
Constable from following him. The U. S. Consul offers
$2OO reward for his capture. There is too much of this
sort of thing in both countries, and it amounts to a direct
premium on rascality. Why should public sympathy be

extended to a thief who betrays his trust, and if it were
not so extended such evasions of justice could not tak9
place. The end will be that men can commit any crime
and slip across tho border, and the effect of such impunity
will be to increase crime in Canada as well as in the United
States.

The following changes have been necessitated by
the death of General Mower :—Brevet Major-Gen. Chas.
H. Smith, commanding the 19th Infantry, being next in
rank to Gen. Joseph A. Mower, late commander of the
Department of Louisiana, has been assigned to the com-
mand of that Department. Brevet Major -Gen. R. B.
Ayres is assigned to the command of the -19th Infantry at.
Little Rock, Arkansas ; and Brevet Major-Gen. J. J. Rey-
nolds is assigned to the command of the 25th Infantry,
vice Mower, deceased, though Gen. Reynolds remains in
command of the State of Texas.

Mr. Charles Herman Thornton, of tLe firm of
Homan Thornton and Co., Bradford, committed suicide
last Sunday in the house of his partneri Mr. Homan, of
Sandford Lodge, at Bramley, near Leeds. Mr. Thornton
was an American, and his host had only returned from
America a fortnight before. He found Mr. Thornton in a
bad state of health, and in very depressAd spirits, com-
plaining of the disordered condition of his liver. Mr.
Homan on visiting his friend's room on Sunday morning
found that he had severed the carotid artery with a razor.

'file San Francisco newspapers are discussing the
attention the mines of California are receiving from Euro-
ropean capitalists. They say that the sellers of mining
property prefer English to American purchasers, having
come to regard American capitalists as mere speculators.
If, says one, "too gross deception is not practised, and this
may be attempted unless only reliable information is de-
manded, we may expect to have our mining operations
carried on to a large extent by foreigners." If properly
managed, adds the same paper, the developed workings
will surely yield profits large enough to attract foreign
capital. The reason given is the same as that advanced by
us last week. " Other nations are content with a smaller rate
of interest than is usual here." They denounce most
heartily both speculation and deception as ruinout to the
industry and to Californian credit generally ; and such
papers would not hesitate to expose and censure strongly
any fraudulent " wild-cat" scheme brought out in the
London market, if only they could hear of it in time. The
business will prove very remunerative, nor with due cau-
tion ought it to be dangerous.

All know that General Spinner is one of the most
overworked officials of the United States. Those who
did not know it before were informed of it by a special
paragraph in the General's Report, and the truth of what
he said was so apparent that no one ventured a word in
contradiction. Why, then, should General Spinner carry
ou an arduous correspondence with an enthusiastic German
on the subject of a plan for an immediate return to specie
payment, without specie. Thl, same scheme disguised in
various ways bas been discussed threadbare, but no one
yet until the visionary German and General Spinner got
into correspondence, ever before made the naked proposi-
tion of a return to coin payment without coin. The
German, whose name is not given, was the Financia
Minister of the Grand Duchy of Baden, and he desires to
play the United States Government against the Roths
chide for the purchase of his philosopher's stone. Gen.
Spinner undertook to demonstrate 'the absurdity of the
proposition, of course in vain, as far as his correspondent
was concerned, hoWever conclusive his arguments might
have appeared to others.

Captain Raymond has submitted his report on the
Yukon River and its, tributaries to General Sherman.
That engineer officer was ordered to determine the geo-
graphical position of Fort Yukon and the number and dis-
position of the native tribes on or in the vicinity, and to
ascertain as far as possible the amount of trade carried on,
by the Hudson Bay Company within American territory
reporting more particularly upon the amount of goods
brought by them from British territory ; and, finally, to
rape, t upon the number and condition of the public build-
ings at Michaeloyski. Observations for latitude were made,
and by rough field computations Fort Yukon was found to
be about 8C miles within American territory. :n accord-
ance with the directions of the Treasury Department, the
agents of the Hudson Bay Company were notified of the
fact, and directed to cease bade at the post. The Yukon
is the third largest river in the world. The timber is small
and of poor quality, and there is no agriculture, but enor-
mous quantities of fish are found in the Northern River,
and furs are the great" staple. The Indians are threatened
with extinction through disease, owing to their reckless
exposure to so severe a climate, a fact regarded by Capt.
Raymond as alarming, for without their assistance the pro-
secution of the fur trade is impossible.

The Pall Mall Gazette yesterday evening came
out with nearly a column of special telegrams from Ame-
rica. While fully alive to the enterprise of our contem-
porary, we can assure it it detracts from instead of adding
to the effect by unfolding the "packing" of its correspondent
in so voluminous a manner. The public wonder at the
choice of subjects —4, the clouds of canvas," " the ice-
burdened trees," the beautiful sights, and the exclamations
of delight, and ask, Can the Pall Mall really have had all
this through the ocean cable ?—and those unacquainted
with the art of "packing" and "unfolding" are amazed to
find a telegraph message across the Atlantic containing
more words than ordinary writing to convey the same
m

From Albany we lean that Lieut.-Governor E.
Church has removed to his old home in Albion, slightly
recovered from his recent dangerous illness. Henry R.
Seldou of Rochester is again well, and at work in the
Court of Appeals. Judge H. Cr. Warner is named for the
succession iu the board of Regents of the University,
vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. I.uckie. Mr. Selkreg
of Ithaca retook his old seat on tho 11th inst., thanking the
House for having reserved it for him during his illness.
The ASsembly is hard at work, principallyon the rights and
interests of working men, changing the conspiracy law,
protecting the coal miners, and regulating prison hours of
labour. Memorials are before the Legislature for making
a fish-way in the Troy dam to enable fish from the ocean
to spawn in the Upper Hudson, and generally to encou-
rage pisciculture. Resolutions had been brought up in
the Assembly expressing sympathy with the Fenians and
Cubans, the two being mixed together in hopeless con-
fusion.

The following letter tells its own story. The
dimensions of these ships were given more at length in a
former number of this paper, but whether the conditions
can be carried out by the builders remains to be seen :
"Temporary Office of the international Steamship Com-
pany, New York, Jan. 4, 1870. Sir,-1 have the satisfac-
tion to inform you that we have this day agreed upon the
terms and conditions with the builders for the construction
of our two first steamships, and that two more shall fol-
low. The dimensions of these are 500 feet length, 66 feet
width, 33 feet depth ; the arrangements to be in accord•
ance with the drawings which 1 had the honour to show
you in October last ; speed to be 25 miles per hour in smooth
water— a capability to cross the ocean in fair weather in 61-
days, and on an average time of eight days. They are all
to be built of iron, double in form, having all -the provi-
sions for safety which were named as requisites at our in-
terview in October. I have the honour to be, with great
respect, your humble servant, AMBROSE W. THOMPSON
President. To the Hon. 1. A. J. Creswell, Postmaster-
General."

ELECTION NEWS.—General Reynolds telegraphed
from Texas that the new State Constitution is adopted
almost unanimously, and Davis is elected Governor by a
majority of 781—The Kansas Legislature met on Tues-
day, Jan. 11, at Topeka. Among the officers elected was
Miss Emma Campbell as enrolling Clerk.—The Governor's
Message was sent in on the 13th.—The Senates of Ohio
and Kansas, and both branches of the Minnesota Legisla-
ture, have ratified the Fifteenth Amendment.
BUDGET OF PERSONAL.—The Hon. F. .F. Low,
Minister to China, left New York on Saturday, Jan. 8, for
San Francisco, by the Pacific Railroad ; and on the same
day Senor Roberts, the Spanish Minister; Speaker Blaine,
of the House of Representatives ; Gen. Farnsworth, M.C.,
of Illinois; and Gen. Badeau left for Washington, and
Gen. Banks on the llth.—Governor Haight has appointed
Jackson Temple Judge of the Supreme Court of Califor-
nia, in place of Judge Sanderson, resigned.—Manager J.
T. Ford, of Baltimore, has been held to answer at Charles-
ton, South Carolina, for violating the Civil Rights Act,
in refusing coloured men admission to the dress circle
of the Academy of Music.— Rochefort is called by the
Louisville Journal the "French George Francis Train ;" and
Senator Chandler is called the " Marquis of Michigan."—
Admiral Dahlgren's family coat-of-arms is two Dahlgren
guns, a telescope, an anchor and a flag, with the Latin
motto for " A part of which I was,"— It is reported that
the Very Rev. Thomas Foley, D.D., Vicar-General and
Chancellor of the Diocese of Baltimore, has been named
coadjutor to Bishop Duggan of Chicago, with full powers
of administration. Bishop Duggan is insnne.—A. statue of
S. S. Cox has been ()Meted in Rome, to be set up in Now
York.—Miss Bertram, charged with killing W. F. Nash
at Wheeling on the 30th of December, has been bailed in
the sum of 510,000.—Professor Blot has his experimental
kitchen in full operation in Brooklyn, and supplies all fami-
lies who want it, with well-cooked food, delivered at their
residences.—Judge Grier was once trying a cause in
which a blundering jury returned an unjust verdict.
As the Clerk turned to record it, Judge Grier said
—" Mr. Clerk, that verdict is set aside by the Court.
It may as well be understood that in this State
it takes thirteen men to steal a man's farm."—Ex-
President Fillmore was 69 years of age on Friday,
Jan. 7.—lt is said that Professor Goldwin Smith will re-
turn to England this year. He is at present in Phila-
delphia, wdere he is receiving considerable attention from
the leading m2D, of literature and scieue. His health is
much improved, and he is much pleased with his resi-
dence in the United States.—The President has been
sent a suit of clothes from Siberia, made' of Siberia❑
furs and cut in tit.) Siberian fashion.—Mr. E. L. Daven-
port is in retirement, at present, near Boston.—Major
Francis O'Callaghan is said to be one of the best
officers Spain has in Cuba- The insurgents call him the
"ferocious Irishman."—Horace F. Clark, Vanderbilt's son-
in-law, is said to have been selected by the Democrats for
Mayor of the now "consolidated cities of Now Jersey,"
Jersey City and its neighbours.—Galusha A. Grow, for-
merly Speaker of the United States House of Represen-
tatives, has settled iu Philadelphia, and engaged in vier-

cantile business.—Governor M'Dougall arrived at Ottawa
on January 11th, and had an interview with the Go-
vernor-General and Dominion Cabinet members.—Gene-
ral Joseph B. Johnston has declined to accept the Pre-
sidency of the University of Nashville, Tennessee.—
Fechter gets $590 in gold for each night's performance.—
Mr. Joseph Jefferson is said to have paid Mr. Boucicault
sls,ooofor his interest in "Rip Van Winkle."—Lucy M.
Arnold, M.D., is a candidate for the City Physician
of Detroit. —Ex - Secretary Welles has published a
sharp criticism of Secretary Robeson's naval report.- -
Samuel Hoar, the eldest son of the Attorney General, is
about to be married to Miss Laura Wise, a belle of Balti-
more, to whom he has been long engaged and who has been
stopping for some weeks at Concord.—Mr. Gilbert Rhett,
formerly an aide-de-camp on General Stonewall Jackson's
staff, was to be married on the 26th instant to Mrs. Bailey
of New York, the wedding ceremony to take place on the
bridegroom's plantation in Virginia.—The non. J. W.
Grimes, of lowa, is at Naples, with his family, where he
proposes to remain for some weeks.—M. Frederick if. de
Figaniera e Morao, late Portnguese Chargd at London, is
to ihe the envoy of Portugal at Washington.—Wa'•tet
Brown, the American oarb.mau, has returned to New York
with a challenge from the Tyne crew co the St. John's
crew, which won the Paris race. Walter Brown believes
the Newcastle men can win easily, but, although he is a
good judge, there are others who doubt such a result