The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1869.

nicely Dy several occurrences,— -especially Dy
the reference in the President's Message. It
is generally believed that our own Government
will not move in the matter until they
receive a hint from the United States. But
such is not the opinion of the London correspondent
of the Scotsman. Writing specially on tho subject,
he intimates that Lord Clarendon will shortly make
another ellbrt to settle upon a new basis, the out-
standing difficulties between the two nations.

of Congress. According to this Report the same
rate of purchase and investment, together with the
second interest thereon, would liquidate the national

debt in 13 years.
One of the first acts of the Senate ha 3 been to
confirm Mr. Robeson as Secretary of the Navy
and General Belknap as Secretary of War. General
Carl Schurz, the first German Senator, and alike
distinguished as a soldier, as a writer, and as an
orator, has been placed on the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, of which Mr. Sumner is the chair-

man.— The Alabama delegation were admitted last

iVednesday to seats in the House of Representa-

Ives. It is probable that they will soon be followed

by the delegation from Virginia, and as both Alis-

sissippi and Texas appear to have gone Republican
. . _

heir members will also shortly be installed, when
he work of Reconstruction will be almost closed.

The only other telegrams tell us that the Revenue
collectors in Brooklyn are meeting with forcible

opposition, and. on the 3d inst. they had to pro-
cure an escort of 800 Federal troops and occupy
the Irish locality in Brooklyn, where they seized and

destroyed a large number of illicit distilleries. The
Dominion Government had sent special commis-
sioners to conciliate the Red River insurgents. It is
announced at Washington that the Postal Conven-
tion with Great Britain has been concluded, and
that it mines into effect on the Ist of January,
providing for the reduction of the single letter post-
age to six cents.

Measures are in progress for taking the Census,
which will be done almost simultaneously (probably in

June) throughout the United States. Many esti-
mates have been made, of which the latest is that
of Dr. Jarvis of Boston. He calculates that the
population will be 39,613,115, excluding untaxed
Indians, but including 4,664,418 coloured persons.
This gives more than 25 per cent. increase since
1860, the population then being 31,443,790, which
is considerei remarkably goo 3, in the face of a
desperate Civil War. The coloured population in
1860 was—Slaves, 3,933,760 ; Free, 487,996 ; total,
4,441,756. Hence Dr. Jarvis considers that there
is an increase of nearly 5 per cent., against many
good authorities which hold that the negro popula-
tion is decreasing instead of increasing.

state that a council of the insurgents was held on the
Advices from Winnepeg Territory to Nov. 20,
16th, at which an important result was arrived at.
A proclamation from Governor Mactavish had been
received by them deprecating violent measures, and
urging them to peaceably disperse before incurring
the penalties of the law. The proclamation had a
conciliatory elect,
and they had ceased to interfere
with mails and travellers. Intelligence received
from Fort Garry to the 22d ult. announces that the
insurrection is subsiding, and that there are now
only about 50 insurgents under arms. The Scotch
and English half-breeds are favourable to Mr.
M'Dougal, and it is believed that he will be quietly
installed as Governor on the Ist of December. Go-
vernor 'Mactavish is dangerously ill.
The Alta California has a correspondent in China,
but China is-a big place, and we do not know where
he writes from. At any rate, he is well-informed
on the proceedings of the Chinese Government,
perhaps better informed than anybody else, for he
has stated in his newspaper that the Burlingame
Embassy has been recalled to China by an order of
last August, and that J. M'Cleery Brown, the Eng-
lish Secretary, had returned to China. Mr. Bur-
lingame, however, appears to be pursuing the even
tcnour of his way at Berlin, evidently intending to
move on to St. Petersburg. We learn also by the
American papers that the Alabama question has
been reopened by Minister Motley, though the par-
ticulars are unknown, nor will the result, it is added,
be sufficiently advanced for months to be laid be-
fore the Senate. Singularly enough, President
Grant appeared to be unaware of this when he sent
in his Message to Congress.
The seizure of the thirty Spanish gunboats at
New York had, in a slight degree, unsettled the
relations between the United States and Spain.
The Pizarro, a Spanish war vessel, arrived at New
Yoik, November 20, with crews to man the gun-
boats, fifteen of which were to be ready by the end
of that month, and were then to proceed to Cuba.
District-Attorney Pierrepont proceeded to Wash-
ington to consult, and it was decided to libel the
gunboats in thy New York Admiralty Court to
enable Peru to make her charges, and the case to

Lc loz.tlly adjudicated upon. The Minister from
Spain at lVashington, whose application for their
release was refused, reported tilt course by telegraph
to his Government. The suit is between the con-
trnctors and the United States, still the effect is to
dcprive Spain of a powerful reinforcement in Cuba,
whic:l, acting now, Blight put an end to the insur-
rection. Though the Executive at Washington is
careful to allay excitement, yet the news by mail
showed some threatening indications. Several Spanish
ships of war had been ordered to rendezvous near
New York, and the President had therefore sent three
ironclads and a torpedo boat from Fortress Monroe
to the same quarter. The insurrection in Cuba ap-
peared to be at a low ebb ; the insurgents do not
now occupy a town, and General Jordan, it is said,
would, had he been able, have surrendered to the
Spanish forces some time ago, but he was trans-
ferred to the staff of Cespedes. Most of the Ame-
rican volunteers had been killed, as they had to do
all the fighting, though more recent reports deny
this, vindicating both Jordan and the Cubans. The
insurgents are reported to be destroying the estates
and the sugar crop, but it is possible that the as-
sembling of Congress may throw some military vigour
into the movement ; though, in the meantime, it is
threatened that Spain will withdraw her Minister
from Washington and that Admiral Malcampo will
send a Spanish fleet to New York, but unfortunately
for him the strength of the American fleet in his
own Cuban waters diverts his attention to home.
It is said that a ship, bearing Admiral Porter's
flag, accompanied by Generals Burnside and
M'Cook, was about to follow the vessel carrying
Generals Cole and Babcock to San Domingo. These
gentlemen will, it is supposed, examine the terms
on which Baez, Pimental, and Carbral favour the
annexation of their portion of the island. There
was a rumour, however, that the two latter, now
in arms against the former, do not favour annexa-
tion, but bring serious charges against the Presi-
dent of the Dominican Republic. A Dominican
gentleman writes to a leading New York paper de-
nying that his countrymen favour annexation ; on
the contrary, they strenuously oppose the foreigners
who are on that side, and Baez is heartily denounced
for tyranny and venality.
Meetings continue in Washington to further the
great International Fair, which not only the people
of that city, but of the United States, desire may be
held at the capital in 1871. The announcement at
one of these that President Grant had given $3,000,
and that in two days of canvassing the amount
reached $230,000, was enthusiastically received,
and followed by additional subscriptions of $200,000.
The amounts subscribed range from $l,OOO to
$lO,OOO. These, with the subscriptions to be paid
by the city, already make a total of about $1,200,000.
These favourable circumstances led to the passage
of a resolution definitely fixing the purpose of hold-
ing an International Exposition. The committee
will resume their canvassing, calling on railroad
corporations, manufacturers, and others. The pros-
pect is that as much more will be realized. Interest
has already been awakened in Europe, Henry D.
Cook, chairman of the meeting, having received in•
quiries from mechanics' institutes and manufac-
turers of Berlin, Paris, Manchester, and other Euro-
pean cities. At a meeting in Washington it was
calculated that the investment of the subscribers
would return GO per cent., but the speaker was im-
mediately suppreiis.:(l, as the United States do not
intend money to be made by time Exhibition, and
such an idea would have an injurious effect on Con
Gress, to whom the Committee will have to apply
for a Charter.

One item of information diselwed by the sub-
connaitten on foreign Affairs in its inquiry into the Para-
guayan imbroglio is a dispute of long standing between
the diplomatic officers and the nlvy on their relative
powcr when they have to act together. The naval offi-
cers are ch-irged with acting independently of, and in ic-
stances without cousultiug, the representatives of the
United States at foreign stations, in important to fitters. To
got at the truth and to bring the whole subject before
Congresg, Vice-Admiral Porter and Mr. Hunter, Secretary
of State, the first representing the navy, the second the
diplomatic branch, have boon examined on the theory

and practice of the officers of each Department in the dis-
charge of their official duties abroad. The result may be
definite regulations on the sulject, but it will be found
very difficult to frame them so as to act for the best in the
public interest. Experience prcvos that this difficulty can
only bo effectually mot by a careful selection of those
called upon to decide and to act together in the emergencies
which may arise abroad.

A pretty little affair occurred in Indiana, where
the winter quarters of the Forepawgh Menagerie was
established. The building was set on fire by an incendiary
on the night of the 24th Novembez, when the superin-
tendent, fearing to lose the animals and impressed
with the notion that wild beasts also had their right
to existence, let them loose, though the firo was
quickly arrested and the act proved needless. No sooner
did the lion feel himself free than he, entertaining a diffe-
rent idea from the superintendent regarding tame animals,
fell upon a fleck of sheep on .the Fair grounds and killed
several. Finding this sport ignoble, the king of beasts
selected a big bull for his antagonist, and killed him after
a furious fight. The wild beasts were, however, secured
before more damsge was done.

General Alexander Tate, the new Minister from
Hayti, was presented on the 22d Nov. to the President by
Secretary Fish, and delivered an address, in which the
United States were highlylanded. Among other things, the
Gen. said, " President Salnave, as Chief Magistrate choSen
by the nation, has instructed me to boar witness to your
Excellency how highly he appreciates this token of esteem
and eousideration shown to our race. He entertains in
consequence the highest hopes for the extension of the
relations and the mutual good feeling and sympathy
which must henceforth exist between the two countries."
To this the President replied, "If any proof wore wanting
of the unfounded character of the prejudice which, until
recently prevailed, at least in parts of this country, against
the race from which you are sprung, it might be found in
the high tone and polished style of the remarks you have
just uttered. That, however, like all similar prejudices,
no matter how deeply implanted, must sooner or later
yield to the force of truth. The throes by which the now
birth here was accomplished were indeed agonising, and
their effects even now are scarcely over." That Salnave
is not a true disciple of Republicanism is clear from the
last telegram received from Hayti, as he has proclaimed
himself President for life; a movement by no manna based
on Republican principles, but rather the great preparatory
step towards the purple. General Tato is, however, a
favourite in the United States, and formerly resided at
Washington, when', at the beginning of the rebellion, he
offered his services to President Lincoln to aid in the orga-
nisation of coloured troops. He is described as a man oe
fine appearance, highly educated, being a graduate of an
English college and of a French military school, and in
complexion is scarcely darker than are most West Indian
Creoles of European descent.
The Board of Naval Officers appointed to adjust
the question of the rank of the officers of the line and
those of the staff of the navy, has been increased to ten
members, namely, Commodore Melanethon Smith, Presi-
dent Alden, and Case ; Captains Ammen and Reynolds ;
Surgeons Wood and Pinckney, Chief Engineer King, Pay-
master Dunn, and Naval Constructor Lenthall. There had
been several meetings. Secretary Robeson, on the protest
of the Board, dropped the word Civil, hitherto applied to
the Staff officers. After discussing plans, by a majo-
rity vote it was agreed that the following division of rank
should be made among the staff officers :—Chief engineers,
surgeons, and paymasters to rank as lieutenant-comman-
ders ; first assistant-engineers, passed assistant-surgeons,
and passed assistant-paymasters to rank as lieutenants;
second assistant-engineer; assistant-surgeons, and assist-
tant-paymasters to rank as masters; and third assistant-
engineers to rank as ensigns. Tho rank of chief engineer,
surgeon; and paymasters was, however, again unsettled, as
some irregularity occurred in the vote. In adjusting the
rank of pissed assistant and assistant-surgeons, paymas-
ters, and assistant-engineers, Capt. Ammon was the only
line officer who voted with the staff representatives on the
board, and gave them the majority. The proceedings are
hereafter to be kept secret.
Lyman Allyn was found on the evening of the
.:4th Nov. sitting dead in his chair at Taylor's Betel in
Jersey City. lie was over 70, and so infirm that he took
half an hour to get from his room to the dinner table. Yet
ho lived on the highest floor, from which he emerged but
once a day, eating little and of the cheapest. The chamber-
maid alone was permitted to enter for the arrangement of
his room but once a week, while the old gentleman
watched her narrowly, though the girl was puzzled to
know what there was there worth guarding. Two old
trunks, a scanty wardrobe made up of cheap ready-made
coats, two hats, ono white, the other black, and both thirty
years old ; patched shoes and boots, a copy of Webster's
dictionary, a Bible, and a medical book, were all that the
room contained. For six years he had occupied his desolate
abode, declining to see visitot sjor they only cause, he said,
for his money, though they were mistaken, as ho was so
poor as with difficulty to pay his board bills. His brother,
Thomas Allyn, with his sister, the only relatives, arrived
at the hctel, and informed the coroner that their brother
had once amassed a large fortune which he lost in specu-
lations. No ono ku.-,w that he was an old miser, solely
engaged in gr oping and locking up the interest up ;n
his Bends and Stocks until his brethren examined
the two old worn trunks, which were found to contain
securities valued at over six hundred thousand dollars,.
togethor with a will bequeathing all his property to his
brother and sister. Another curious case occurred at
Poughkeepsie where an old woman, who, 50 years ago, bAng
crossetEn love, bad turned miser, as her brother had done
before her, till he died of starvation, leaving his sister
$3,000. Her old admirer then terned up and offered his
hand, which she refused, being hardened against every love
but that of money. She WAS tougher than her brother, so
sholived in spite of starvation, picking up whatever charity
she could and saving every cent she earned. Her career
closed in death on the 25th November, when she left the
sum of $25,000 without a will and without an heir. The
people who had fed and clothed her, under the erroneous
impression that she was destitute, now bring heavy claims
against the estate.

A cavalry force has recently had a fight with
Indians on the Upper Brazos river in Texas, lasting more
than two days, in which forty Indians aro reported to have
been killed, while only nine of the soldiers were wounded.
Advices from Arizona state that the Governor had gone
to Washington to got more troops for defence against the
Indians, and that a battle was impending between the
savages and an expedition under Colonel Bernard. The
anticipated action appeared to have ended in Bernard's
repulse, but ho had boon reinforced from Camp Bowie,
when he assumed the aggressive, and an action was im-
minent. From San Francisco we learn that the Indian
difficulties on Lower Klamath River have been settled by
stationing a company of soldiers among the savages.
Trouble is anticipated in removing the Snake and Pinto
Indians from Camp Harney to Klamath River Nation
and force will be used, as another Indian war in that
region is expected. A conflict with the Pawnees was
averted at the last moment by the surrender of the Paw-
nee Chief, Blue Ilawk, to the United States troops. This
Chief was convicted on trial of the murder of Ed. M'Murty,
and lodged in the Omaha gaol, from which he escaped.
The United States Marshal proceeded to Lone Tree to re- '
capture the fugitive, but found him surrounded by 400
Pawnees, who refused to give him up. The Marshal
then called upon General Augur for military assistance to
enforce the law, and made a formal demand. On the
refusal of the Indians to comply, the General detailed
two troops of cavalry under the command of Major
Dewees,lwho, with the United States:Marshal Hoile, Major
Troth, the Indian agent, and a few others, started
on the 18th Nov. to the Pawnee village at Lone Tree.
Before leaving the Platte they were met by an Indian
delegation, who desired a small party to cross the river
for a talk, and they, on complying, found Blue Hawk
in a lodge of the encampment with twenty Indians,
sitting around a fire iu the middle of a hut. The Marshal
informed him that he must take him, and that the troops
were on the other side of the river. A council was held,
when Blue Hawk's brother-in-law, Travelling Bear, in an
inspaesioned address, incited him to resistance. The wife
of the one and the sister of the other, a handsome squaw,
named Young Fox, took the opposite view, urging that in
returning with the officers be might have a chance of his
life. The interpreter informed the chief that the majority
of the whites considered bins innocent of the murder, and
the decision of the Court to be wrong; that a now trial
therefore would undoubtedly be granted. This decided
Blue Hawk to surrender, although he had dressed himself
in his best clothes to die in camp among his friends and to
meet the Great Spirit in the happy hunting grounds in a
manner pleasing to him. For a time this imbroglio excited
considerable uneasiness, as Blue Hawk, ono of the bravest
of his tribe, exercised great influence. From New Mexico
we learn that on Sunday, .the 14th November, a baud of
Indians ran off 1,200 sheep from the plantation of Juan
Lana, of Dona Anna County. The Indians were pursued
by volunteers and overtaken. Throe of the savages were
killed and mostof the sheep recaptured. A. Mexican boy, whe,
had been captured by the Indians a few days previously
was rescued, after the Indian's had stabbed bins three times,
but not fatally.
THE LATE Mn. PEABODY.—It is arranged that
to-day, at 3 o'clock, the remains of George Peabody will
be received on board the Monarch, at Portsmouth, in the
following manner, under instructions issued by Vice-
Admiral Sir James Hop,, G.C.8., naval Coannander- in-
: Chief at Portsmouth :

"On the arrival of the remains within the dockyard the
Monarch will display her ensi:rn half-mast and the Ame-
rican ensign abreast of the foretoptnast crosArees, all
the other ships following her motions. The flag ship
will fire 20 guns, at an interval of one minute, co:nmenc-
ing when the Monarch dips her ensign ; at the expiration
of which she will rehoist her ensign and haul down the
American ensign, all the other ships, except the Momarch,
foll3wing her motions.