The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-08 00:00:00

Madrid. Mr. Henry Howard was the gentleman,
and if he did make the remark, it has camel more
commotion in the diplomatic world than there was
any necessity for, while the diplomatic missions here
openly express their disapproval of the free use made
by Senator Sumner of their private conversation.
The New York: Tribune, last week, circulated a story
that the British Minister was to be promoted to
Spain, but I suppose the correspondent had caught
up in his rapid way the transfer of Mr. Howard,
for that story is now authoritatively denied. On
Thursday, the remains of Junius Brutus Booth,
the actor, were carried from Baltimore to Green
Mount Cemetery, where are to be interred his
children, and his brother John Wilkes Booth.
A great seizure has just been effected in Bal-
timore under the Internal Revenue laws. It
was discovered that the Ullman's distillery, the
largest in the country, with the connivance of Re-
venue officers, had worked the most perfect system
of fraud hitherto practised, violating every section
of the laws for a long period. Neither the owners
nor the revenue officers can escape the prosecutions
now instituted against them ; and they will be
taught the difference between this and the preced-
ing Administration. An attempt has again been
made to institute charges against General Dyer,
Chief of Ordnance, Clinton Arrick having sent
fresh ones to the Judge-Advocate-General. Mr.
Holt sent them back to go through the proper chan-
nels, and Arrick now applies to the War Depart-
ment for a court-martial instead of a court of in-
quiry, which has no power to convict. The Trea-
sury Department are investigating the New Or-
leans Custom-house frauds, those detected already
reaching to the considerable sum of $300,000, many
officials being implicated. Robert J. \\Talker will
deliver au oration on the Fourth of July, when the
British Lion will catch it. Moriarty, President Irish
Republican Association, Pennsylvania, in his address
says that the Convention at Chicago will declare
for universal suffrage, and war with England, the
Irish being bound to uphold the patriotic utter-
ances of Mr. Sumner. Senator Howe denies em-
phatically that he approves of making the Alabama
a party issue. Pressure is brought against the Presi-
dent, after the style with which Andrew Johnson was
so familar to pardon Lieutenant M'Gar, sentenced
to five years' imprisonment at Baton Rouge for
murdering Surgeon Bramin, but I cannot imagine
that even the plea of gallant and faithful service
will atone for such a crime as murder. Courtney
was in Washington yesterday to look up Secretary
Boutwell, of whose absence he was not aware, and
he has had his trip for nothing unless he can wait.

GERMANY, June 25.

Stn,—Sundry Americans in these parts were not a
little surprised to find that according to " U. S. A."
in your issue of June 12, we were not only " show-
ing our ignorance," but also making ourselves "in"
variably objects of ridicule" in presuming to put
the initials U. S. A. upon our baggage while travel-
ling in Europe or against our names on hotel re-
gisterB, the said initials belonging exclusively
to the army. Now I venture the opinion that nine
hundred and ninety-nine of every one thousand
Europeans who see such initials on baggage or re-
gisters read at once United States of America ; in
fact, that such is, in accordance with the intention, the
invariable result. And I suggest whether your corre-
spondent is any exception to the general rule that we
are apt to magnify ourown importance,and that of our
class, in claiming the exclusive right to U. S. A. for
army officers ; and also whether, as our population
is now about 40,000,000, our army only about
25,000, our army officers (who alone ever travel)/
including those on the retired list not over, 1,000
to 1,500, or not in proportion to citizens over one
to 30,000, as also the fact that there is probably no
one army officer travelling in Europe to 1,000
civilians—whether, I say, it were not better that
the one man should (if it is deemed essential to
advertise his profession) mark himself on baggage
and hotel registers U. S. Army rather than change
a universal no less than appropriate custom
by requiting the 1,000 to be careful to explain,
whenever they register their names, that they do
not claim to belong to the army, but are merely
plain citizens of the United States. The object le
description of locality, and the design of initials is
brevity. In America only the name of the State ie
used by its initial, because no more is necessali
In Europe not one would know anything of most °
our States, where a thousand would instantly re,
cognize U.S.A. Apply the case to a German trei
yelling in America—put the name of one of the steal;
States on his baggage, and nobody knows it ;
Germany in its place, and no one is ignorant of IL;
Or, still more plainly to the point, a friend says, 110
when I lost my trunk in Italy, it had only been
marked " New Haven, Conn.," I should never bane
found it, whereas the U.S.A. caused it to be at once
taken to the American Consul. Again, U.S.A. ie
constantly used on public papers and public pro-
perty in America when it has no reference to the
army. Hence, as I believe our countrymen 1113.,
fair countrywomen are all now willing to own their
native land, I think they may appropriately, and
without a blush, register themselves and their bag'
gage as U.S.A.

EX-OFFICER U.S. VOLUNTEERS'
[This letter is in answer to that of U. S.
These letters reach us from so great a distance t 133
we cannot publish the reply immediately after Of
attack, but have to wait till our correspondent;
U. S. A., in the south of Europe, can answer oue
correspondent in the north of Europe. Both 0.10
well-known Americans, and we leave them to set'l
whether these initials belong of exclusive right t°
the U. S. Army, or may with propriety be al3Pr°ho
priated by the citizens when abroad. In America t;:
three letters undoubtedly belong to the Army, a° the
reason the Ex-Officer gives why they are useful 1`;
Europe does not there hold, while it is on the
ground that U.S.A. joins issue with the Ex-Office.,
;
U. S. Volunteers. What the former asserts
.1.
that commonly educated foreigners have no riga;
to be so ignorant of the United States that the 12513:0
of a State is not sufficient. Where that naule.4
similar to other names, the others must
place to the greater, that of the State, andL
this Americans should insist, even at the
of some personal inconvenience. Although °
last correspondent is right in fact, U. S• A•:;
is right in sentiment ; but we leave the latter
to maintain his position if he thinks fit, 'oh/ 0
we can tell him that in the Ex-Officer he ha° .13 h
'ordinary antagonist, but one who has earned l'ilfro
distinction in his department during the war'
may, however, here observe that in the latest
.uleo
tionary published, that of Chambers's, U.S. is Ire ye
as signitying the United States, and we beilvto
these initials to be sufficient, the A being le°
signify army, or N navy.--[ED. A. A.T.]

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:
EDWARDS On the 7th in t.,,
at 12, John-street, Berkeley
square, the Hon. Mrs. Edwards, of a daughter, Ot
WOOD - On the 7th inst., at Lewisham High-r 0314
Mrs. B. P. Wood, of a daughtor.

MARRIAGES.
ctjorci-
CLAY—ARDEN—On the 6th inst., at Tatenhan, f>ll.;
shire, Charles John, youngest son of Henry (31"1 oges;
of Piereefield-park Chepstow, to Agnes Lucy, 901,+,evt•
Swindon, daughter of the late Itev.T Ar'den, of Walton-pp"
DUNSFORD —PLUMMER —On the Gth inst., at St•
Bath, Henry Lyde Dunsford, Esq. of S
'to Elizabeth, widow of the late fames Plummer/
of Highwcrth, Wilts.

DEATIIS. WAfr
GARRETT—On the 6th inst., Jabez Garrett, of ~701
ling-street, E.C., aged 85. n
LAWRIE—On the 3d inst., suddenly, at 19, Quee- d 49.
street, Cavendish-square, Geo. Lawrie, Esq., agrie gael‘'
MACKLEY—On the 6th inst., suddenly, Mr. 'II•
ley, of New-inn, Shoreditch.

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