The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-02 00:00:00

bladed screw was secured by chains so firmly as
never again to move during the voyage. The
passengers appear to be indebted to his skill and
coolness, as well as to the strength of the ship,
for escaping the fate which overtook those of the
Hibernia.

There is trouble on board the two ironclads sold
to Peru. The crews were engaged in New York
on the understanding that they were to have two
months' wages in advance, and to serve for one
year under the Stars and Stripes. On the 12th
of December, however, the officers hoisted the
Peruvian flag, when the crews mutinied, and the
officers appealed to New Orleans for the police to
enforce the obedience of their men. The men,
however, assured the officers that if forced to sea
they would throw them overboard ; and as the
New Orleans police declined to interfere on the
ground of no jurisdiction the conflict progresses
On the 14th the crew of one of the ironclads gave
way, but the other still maintains its ground, and
the crew, we understand, been discharged. A
couple of Spanish vessels are reported to be cruising
off the mouth of the Mississippi to pick them up.
The Ilavana was cleared at New York as an Ameri-
can merchantman, but it was not till her arrival in
New Orleans that the Peruvian flag was hoistel,
and upon her commander declining to enter her at
the Custom-house the authorities threatened to
seize the vessel. Differences are said to have grown
out of this subject between Peru and the United
States.
At Washington it was announced semi-officially
that a letter had been despatched to Mr. Reverdy
Johnson, reminding him that diplomatic business
should be kept more quiet, especially in negotia-
tions with England, the publicity his after-dinner
speeches had given to the negotiations having
greatly embarrassed the Government. It is also
asserted, and evide-titly believed by Congress, that
Caleb Cushing had been sent to England to see Mr.
Johnson on this matter, though he is now known
to have gone South, and not to Europe.
The incoming House of Representatives will
organize on the 4th March, and sit two or three
weeks for business ; but it is not thought the Com-
mittees will then be formed, excepting two or three
The question most eagerly discussed is the Speaker-
ship. It is thought Mr. Colfax will resign a few
weeks before, and be succeeded by Mr. Pomeroy,
of New York, who, had he been re-elected to Con-
gress, would have been a formidable rival for the
post which now Mr. Dawes is considered certain to
secure.
Of the 152 Representatives whose votes were
recorded on that portion of the resolution in answer
to the passage in the President's Message proposing
repudiation six only were in opposition. It was,
therefore, carried by 146 yeas "That all forms and
degrees of repudiation of national indebtedness are
odious to the American people." Half of the bix
were Kentucky Democrats—Adams, Grover, and
Jones ; of the others, Archer is a Democratic Repre-
sentative of Indiana and Mungen of Ohio; the only
Republican being John Trimble, of Mr. Johnson's
own State. The latter has not been re-elected, nor
has Grover, though both Jones and Adams of Ken-
tucky were returned for the incoming House, Archer
of Maryland and Mungen of Ohio being also re-
elected for their old districts. It is not improbable
that instead of being John Trimble of Tennessee it
is Lawrence Trimble of Kentucky that is really
meant; the newspapers not unfrequently make such
mistakes, forgetting that, however small the con-
sequences to them, they are serious to the gentle-
man whose opinions are thus misstated.
Mr. Kuala, U.S. Postal Agent, has not succeeded
in his mission to France to obtain a revision of the
postal convention between 'the two countries,
although acting on the invitation of the Emperor's
Government. The present rates between the
United States and France are 15 cents per 4 ounce,
while with England they are 12 cents per ounce. No
action has been taken as yet on the subsidy granted
by Congress during its last session for running a
mail line of United States steamers, although the
terms proposed were exceedingly liberal.* We pre-
sume that the first step must be permission to pur-
chase foreign-built vessels. While on this subject
we may remark on the Glowworm's geographical
knowledge, as it wrote a flourishing note on the in-
telligence that a line of steamers bad been placed
between Liverpool and the ports of Africa—about
the increase of the passenger traffic with Americ
that this new fleet of powerful steamers was being
added to the numerous ones already plying, the
writer being impressed with the belief that New
York was among the African ports mentioned.
For more than a year the correspondence on the
Alabama has been in course of compilation, and is
at last about to be publishel in four of those plain,
unadorned volumes usually brought out by Con-
gress. They will contain a full and complete his-
tory of the Alabama (as all the claimants described
the capture of their vessels) and every diplomatic
notes referring to the subject will also be given. It is
said that the President changed the wording of the
reference to the A/abafiza in his Message, a day or
two before he delivered it, and it is also asserted
that the settlement cannot be made by the present
United States Executive, as a majority of the
Senate has decided to keep it open for the action
of the incoming Administration. On the inaugu-
ration of anew President a new Minister is nearly
always sent to the Court of St. James's, an appoint-
ment ranked amongst the highest, and it is not pro-
bable that an exception will be made in the case
of the present Ambassador. Horace Greeley de-
sires, and is qualified for the nomination, and his
strong claims are aided by the hearty support of
many newspapers of the Empire City. But who-
ever succeeds, Mr. Johnson will not, we believe,
have the satisfaction of removing this bone of con-
tention, which we regret, considering how earnestly
and loyally to his country he has devoted himself
to accomplish it.

Not only is the United States Government mak-
ing provision for the support of an American steam
line to Europe, but it is pushing to place another
fleet in operation on the Pacific, taking the route
we so strongly urged some months ago on the
attention of the Australian and Panama Steam-
ship Company. The new vessels are to run
between San Francisco and Sydney, by way
of Honolulu and the Feejee Islands. As the
time will be shortened at least five days, and the
way, over a more varied scene and through more
healthy climates, no other route to Australia can
hope to compete ; and the Panama and New Zea-
land line will, when that is in operation, have no
chance of running in opposition.

High tariffs lead to smuggling frauds, and the
United States may depend on the fact that higher
tariffs will give greater breadth to the operations
of en-nigglers. Messrs. Fegelstock and Bentina
have made a hasty move into Canada, after
having smuggled into New York silks and goods
for more than a quarter of a million dollars.
An error in the writ for their arrest enabled
them to get off after burning the entries and in-
voices; but leaving a certified check in their haste.
They are•believed to have acted as the mere agents
of Messrs'Guiteman, Brothers, of Leonard-street.
The firm has given securities for the whole amount,
and they have real estate in New York worth over
$200,000. Rumours aro afloat of collusion between
the importer and certain Custom-house officers, and
that the examination will bring to light a wide
ramification of fraud of which that discovered is
but a small part.

Senator Morton has introduced a bill appropriat-
ing $125,000 fur the purchase of a site for a new
White House; an effort will also be made to in-
crease Grant's salary, and to annul all the Acts
passed to fetter Andrew Johnson. Even in the
matter of his Cabinet, Grant is allowed an un-
usual latitude, for although his interview with
General Al‘Cle,llan has ended in the report that that
distinguished offic‘n. was to obtain a seat, nowhere
as yet have we seen Grant abused. Gen. Itosecrans
has reached the city of Mexico, where he wet a
warm reception as Minister from Washington.
Since the departure of Thomas Corwin the United
States have not been represented by one accredited
as Ambassador to that city. Mr. Edwin M. Stanton
has announced that he bas retired from political
life and resumed practice in the Supreme Court. It
is asserted that the main object of Mr. Collector

*Later advicog phow such act:oia hay Peou taken.

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Smythe in seeking the mission to St. Petersburg
was to meet his family in Paris, and he desired
to go to Europe in an official capacity. Captain R.
J. Hinton, a Spy correspondent, who set the Alaska
corruption rumours afloat, has been examined be-
fore Mr. Hurlbtird's committee, when he admitted
that he wrote the letter on untrustworthy informa-
tion, the basis being a conversation he had heard in
a newspaper office. Mr. Martin, it is alleged, ori-
ginated the scandal, showing a list of those bribed.
The committee had notified to the Russian Charge
d'Affaires that they would sit on the 19th Decem-
ber for further investigation if he would like to at-
tend. The Hon. Robert J. Walker did receive
$25,000 in gold, not a bad fee for advising the
Russian Minister, and for one of " my two papers,
both daily," $3,000 were given to Colonel Forney
in payment of the space allotted to Mr. Walker
wherein to write up the purchase.
The President has, as we know by cable, granted
the petition praying him to proclaim amnesty to
all persons who were in rebellion against the United
States. For party reasons it was withheld from
presentation during the late Presidential canvass.
It was signed as follows :—C. R. Buckalew,
William Pinkney White, George Vickers, J. R.
Doolittle, J. A. Rayard, J. R. M'Cormick, W. II
Barnum, S. J. Randall, George W. Woodward,
Fernando Wood, 11. M. Boyer, A. G. Burr,
Thomas L. Jones, J. S. Golloday, J. Proctor
Smith, Garret Davis, T. C. M'Creery, Asa P.
Grover, George M. Adams, Charles A. Eldridge,
W. E. Niblack, D. M. Van Auken, J. V. L. Pruyn,
H. M'Cullough, L. W. Ross, J. Brooks, W. E.
Robinson, R. D. Hubbard, Julius Hotchkiss,
Stevenson Archer, J. Lawrence Getz, A. J. Gloss-
brenner, John A. Nicholson, J. B. Beck, W.
Mungen, L. S. Trimble, Charles Sitgreaves, G. E.
Phelps, F. Stone, S. F. Cary, Demas Barnes., Jas.
A. Johnson, Stephen Foster, S. S. Marshall. We
believe the proclamation has met the approval of
nearly all. Of course the Democrats rejoice, and
the Republicans, having carried the elections, are
only too happy to see the end of this question.
The Postmaster-General at Washington will re-
quire $24,500,000 to keep his department going
during the next fiscal year, and as he anticipates
that no sum approaching to this will bo derived
from the postal revenue Congress must be prepared
to make up the difference. One main reason is the
abuse of the Congressional franking privilege, to
which the Senate pertinaciously adhere, angrily
resisting an effort for its abolition. It is mar-
vellous to see the United States keeping up such
pernicious absurdities long after they have ex-
ploded in Europe. Senator Ramsay, Chairman of
the Senate Postal Committee, will report a resolu-
tion directing the Postmaster-General to make a
contract with the New York SteaMship Company,
in accordance with the Bill of last session.
The Fenian cause seems to progress favourably
in the United States, while many English journals
allude to the movement as dead. A great meeting
has lately been held in New York, in which the
Mayor-elect, Okey Hall, presided. They had assem-
bled, he said, to feel the pulse of Irish freedom,
and he introduced P. M'Corry, as well acquainted
with that pulse, who proceeded to deliver a glowing
oration on the patriot martyrs of Ireland for the
last 70 years. A Mr. Hinds, an active Democratic
agent in the late election in New York, claims to
represent the Fenians of that city, and is now in
Washington to induce the Committee of Ways and
Means to allow goods from Ireland to be imported
free of duty by Fenians, for disposal at Fenian fairs
to be held throughout the States. This is a new
dodge to raise the wind, presenting the cause under
another aspect before the servant girls. An effort
was being made by the Brotherhood in New York
to give G. F. Train a welcome worthy of his ex-
ploits and sufferings in Ireland in the cause.
The roughs and speculators who make a pande-
monium of the town at the head of the Union
Pacific Railroad have been sold. They took it for
granted that headquarters would be established for
the winter at Bear River, and there they estab-
lished the city, but the road passed on without even
laying down a switch, leaving that blood-stained
locality to its own resources, and instantly the
town vanished, springing up at Echo at the entrance
to the Canyon of that name. There was some
hard fighting at Bear River between the gamblers
and murderers, and the better class of inhabitants,
but the rowdies cannot, in a town of such a cha-
racter be controlled. Promontory City, at the
head of Salt Lake, where the roads are to meet, is
the ground now most speculated in. Speculators
who hit off the spot will secure sections in a town
which will speedily rival the Mormon City, for not
only will the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific
there meet, but branches will connect with Idaho,
Oregon, Puget's Sound, and Salt Lake City.
The road is now open, trains carrying the mails to
Evanstone, 957 miles west of the Missouri river ;
the bridge at Omaha which had been injured has
been repaired and the communication is complete.
Our readers may judge of the necessity in waste -
regions for the most just and energetic of the
citizens to be banded in a Vigilance Committee, by ,
the experience of one Wednesday evening at Bryan
River. At this little town on the Pacific Railway
the paymaster arrived that day and settled with
the employes ; in a few hours afterwards three men
were robbed with violence, in one case amounting
to murder, and another was drugged and robbed.
On the same night J. A. Whitehead, clerk in the
Union Pacific Railroad office at Omaha, was robbed
of $9,000 at Cheyenne, by three highwaymen, who
walked him. out half a mile on the prairie, with
pistols to his head, where they left him gagged and
bound, after they had robbed him.

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Births.
DOYNE —On tho 30th ult., at 19, Grosvenor-square, Lady
Frances Doyne, of a son and heir.
FERRYMAN —On the 28th ult., the wife of Major-General
Ferryman, C. 8., of a daughter.
HAURISON-0a the Ist inst., at Bushey, !forts, the wife of
Frederick Harrison, of a son.

Marriages.
HODGES —WATERS —On the 31st ult. at the Sardinian
chapel, Frederick Hodges, Esq., of 'No. 16, Cavendish-
square, to Riza Rose Manisty, eldest daughter of John
Waters Esq., M.D., of 15, Bedford-square.
WALTER—BURT—On the 31st ult., at Stoke Damerel, E.
Walter, Esq., H.M.0.5., to Amelia Elizabeth, the eldest
daughter of J. Burt, Esq., Paradise-place, Stoke Devon-
port.