The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-09 00:00:00

THE INSURRECTION IN CRETE.

A telegram from a Greek source acknowledges the
surrender of Petropoulaki and his volunteers, and ascribes
it to the false intelligence which had been spread by the
Turks. Petropoulaki has returned to Syra, but the insur-
rection, which is by no means at an end, will be vigorously
sustained by his son and the Cretan chiefs. The latter
portion of this statement must not be accepted without due
reserve. The insurrection will be prolonged if the Con.
ference does not avert war. but not if the disputants coma
to terms. •

(From the Anglo -American Times.)
As the time approaches for the installation of the
President elect he receives an attention from re-
porters, from office seekers, from politicians, and
from the people generally wholly unusual even with
monarchs of the highest rank in Europe, and which
must be peculiarly embarrassing to one who dislikes
it and has not been trained to endure it. When
half way down Broadway he' stopped to light a
cigar. " See," shouts the whole nation, " he stops to
light a cigar." At the opera house in Chicago he
stooped tc kiss a child. " Look !" cried the people,
"he stoops to kiss a child." A reporter catches up
a sneeze, and the sneeze sounds over the entire
Union. He spoke—hiswords were few, but they were
addressed to Senators and straight to the point, for
he denounced all sorts of jobs and the humbug
used in covering them. Retrenchment is to be the
order of the day, and the nation does not like it
the less because the lobbyists do not like it. On
Dec. 23 a deputation of Louisiana Senators called
on him concerning affairs in their State ; and he has
despatched Generals Badcock and Porter from his
staff to investigate the militia troubles in Arkansas.
He also received among his many visitors Senator
Morgan, General C. C. Augur, and General Haas-
loff, from Denmark, about St. Thomas's, and other
subjects. For the few days previous to the de-
parture of the mail he had been hard at work in his
office, while the public outside were insisting that
the predicted quarrel between him and the Re-
publican leaders had commenced. This party
hostile to the President elect is of course supposed
to be headed by Butler, whom Grant hates for
calling him butcher, a dislike the other returns,
who was stigmatised by Grant as the corked up
general. The Radicals, so say the Democrats, de-
sire to prevent the repeal of the Tenure-of-Office
Act, which they think they can delay to the end
of the out-going President's term, to whose spite they
then trust to leave the law in force as a legacy to the
new Administration. The latest Republican reports
from Washington assert these rumours to be the
reverse of the truth. Those who have most freely
conversed with the General declare themselves
more than satisfied with the views he has expressed.
It is quite clear that the Civil Service will be imme-
diately remodelled by Grant, and a system of rigid
economy instituted. He will be violently and un-
scrupulously attacked by the enormous and power-
f ult interests he will injure, but he will be as vigor-
ously defended by the best men in the Union, and
he has nothing to fear, as he has only to fight it
out on that line and he will defeat the enemy
much more easily than he did Lee at Richmond.
He thinks the New Congress should meet and
organise on the day the term of its predecessor ends.
Zion's Herald advocates Senator Wilson as the
best representative America could despatch to the
Court of St. James's. Its principal reason is that
Mr. Wilson has not a single drop of aristocratic
blood in his veins, and will, therefore, do America
honour with the English working classes. There
never was a greater mistake, as English workmen
partake as strongly as any class in England of the
British prejudice in favour of a lord. Zion's Herald
objects to Mr. Sumner because he is too much of a
gentleman ; refined, indeed, but intensely and con-
spicuously English. This is very good in the reli-
gious journal, but it will weigh as little in America
as in England; in fact the argument decidedly
favours Mr. Sumner against his colleague of Mas-
sachusetts. The real cause of the Herald's advocacy
is teetotalism. Samuer's sin, not to be forgiven. is
that he drinks wine to dinner, while Mr. Wilson
goes in for total abstinence, which is the best test,
according to the Herald, of diplomatic qualifica-
tions. Mr. Greeley's reception at Montreal is taken
as a sign that if appointed he would be well re-
ceived by the mother country. About that there
can be no question, for Mr. Greeley truthfully re-
presents the opinions of a vast body in England as
well as in Am :rica, while he commands the respect
of all. As a man of great ability, perseverance, and
industry ; as a writer and p ditici in ; as one of
kind heart and strong convictions he must be well
received anywhere, and certainly England is not
the country to ignore such qualities when embodied
in the person of a successful individual. Being a
teetotaller he is acceptable even by the Herald, and
all that the Rev. Dr. Haven could allege against
him is that he goes to sleep during the sermon ; but
then he should remember that they are not his
sermons, but those of the Rev. Dr. Chapin, a
preacher noted for eloquence. On the whole, it is
evident that the Republican press will back Horace
Greeley, and his are therefore the best chances.
The inhabitants of Alaska have a grievance, and
a very unreasonable one. According to General
Halleck, commanding the division of the Pacific,
nearly one-half the troops under him are in Alaska;

two full regiments of infantry and nine companies
of cavalry being there ; yet they ask for more, and
are dissatisfied that they are not sent. The popu-
lation consists of 2,000 whites and 15,000 Indians.
General Davis suggests the establishment of mili-
tary posts in the vicinity of the larger Indian vil-
lages, through which the country might gradually
be opened to trade, without danger of hostile colli-
sions, and that a man-of-war be always kept in
those waters. This officer, who commands in Alaskas
considers the time has not arrived for the appoint-
ment of civil officers, excepting for the court at
Sitka, and for another at Kodiac, with jurisdiction
over criminal cases, and this opinion is indorsed by
Gen. Halleck.

The Hon. Anson Burlingame, with the Embassy
from China, has left the Grosvenor Hotel and esta-
blished his mission in Paris, in a furnished hotel in
the Rue du Bel-Respiro. The Emperor was about
to receive the Embassy, which bears an autograph
letter to him from the Emperor of China. It is in
two columns, the Mantchou occupying one and the
Chinese the other. The whole sum granted to
cover the expense of the mission is £BO,OOO. In
Europe permanent missions are to be established
through its agency.—The American papers speak
of great activity in telegraphing, previous to Christ-
mas, between the London mission and the Secre-
tary of State touching the Alabama claims. A
costly Cable despatch was sent by the British Mini-
ster in Washington to his Government. The tenour
of all these communications has been kept secret—a
secrecy wl:ich has been enjoined, if common report
at Washington speaks truth, by Mr. Seward on
Mr. Reverdy Johnson, who has been told his out-
spoken frankness had caused serious inconvenience,
and greatly retarded the negotiations.—lt is ru-
moured, too, that Mr. Morris, the American Minis-
ter to Turkey, is to be recalled, but no one is men-
tioned as his successor.—The only intelligence about
missions in America is that General Thomas L.
Stillwell has been nominated to Venezuela.
Senator Morrill, of Maine, introduced a resolu-
tion on the 19th December, asking the President to
inform the Senate whether instructions had been
given to prevent the proceeds of the steamer Wren
being paid to Messrs. Laird and Co., and to re-
serve such proceeds for the owners of vessels de-
stroyed by the Alabama. "The steamer Wren was
built by La:rd and Co. for the Confederate Govern-
ment, and ran the blockade into Galveston with a
cargo. She took a freight of cotton from Galves-
on to Havana, and on her way to Halifax for an-
other cargo her crew rose on the officers in June,
1865, and carried her into Key West, where she
was libelled and condemned. An appeal was taken
by Laird and Co., claiming to be her owners, and
the Supreme Court at Washington ordered her
release on the ground that, although she msght have
been engaged in blockade running, she was not so
engaged when captured by her crew. Just then
Gen. Cushing libelled the proceeds of the steamer's
sales, which were in the Treasury, for the benefit
of the United States, as the property of the Con-
federate Sates ; and in case it should be held to be
the property of Laird and Co., General Cushing
also libelled it in behalf of his brothers, whose ship
had been destroyed by the Alabama, on the ground
that Laird was responsible for the damages which
she had caused. This suit was defended by Foster
and Thompson of New York, who have had inti-
mate professional relations with Attorney-General
Evarts, and it is now rumoured that upon their
application the Attorney-General ordered the re-
lease of the proceeds of the steamer without trial."
Forefathers' Day was celebrated with great fes-
tivities at New York and in Washington. At Del-
monico's, in the former city, 300 gentlemen sat
down to dinner, and 200 at the latter. Mr. Colfax,
Mr. Motley, and Mr. Whipple delivered eloquent
speeches, as did also Judge Brady, Professor
Hitchcock, and Mr. Choate, and we regret we have
not space to give extracts. The poet Whittier sent
a long letter, which was read at the Washington
banquet, concluding with this sentiment :—" May
that goodly tree which the fathers planted, its
strong old stock engrafted with the liberal ideas of
our age, grow and overshadow the land, and wher-
ever its shadow falls may its leaves be leaves of
healing" Brief speeches were delivered by the Hon.
S. C. Fessenden, president of the society, Senators
Thayer and Pomeroy, and Major B. Perley Poore,
and others. The end of the programme was
the doxology. Christmas Day, also, was more than
usually kept as a holiday. At the newsboy's dinner
in the Public Ledger Building, 150 youngsters
greatly enjoyed themselves, and 100 more in New
York had a feast at the Newsboys' Home. The
High Churchmen in the latter city made a grand
day of it. Apropos of feasting, Chief Justice Chase
was to preside at the dinner to Professor Morse on
the 29th Dec. Professor Goldwin Smith was to be
of the party, as well as Theodore Woolsey, Presi-
dent of Yule College ; the Hon. Amos Kendall,
General Raasloff, and the British Minister. The
wires working from the banquet-hall were to tele-
graph messages to allparts of the world.
The most important political event on Christ-
mas Day was the Amnesty Proclamation of the
President, the text of which we elsewhere give.
Not only does it include Jefferson Davis, Mason,
and Slidell, but through it Surratt has been dis-
charged as included in its provisions, which have given
general satisfaction, although the President gets
little credit for it. Talking of Mason and Slidell,
a story is going the rounds that when their seizure
was known in Washington a gentleman called that
day on President Lincoln and introduced two Eng-
lish friends, to whom the President remarked—
I presume, sirs, that you have heard of our taking
Mason and Slidell from the English steamer Trent?
Your friends on the other side of the water will not
like this. Well, I suppose that we shall have to
give them up ; but, in the meantime, we will take
good care of them."

Two American vessels were seized by a war
steamer at Hayti, and the cargo of one a schooner
trading between New York and St. Mark's, con-
fiscated. Its captain alleges that he lay off the
harbour at the legal distance to ascertain if tie
port was blockaded, when he was boarded by a
boat and compelled to carry his papers to a man-
of-war, which pronounced his vessel a blockade-
runner, and seizing her as a prize left him and the
crew to shift for themselves on shore. The De
Hart, another American schooner with the French
ship Lerida were also captured, but released on the
demand of the English and French fleets.
The Union Pacific Railroad has finished two
more sections of 20 miles each, which the President
has accepted, issuing bonds on them of $1,280,000.
This brings the road to the 940th milestone. Grant
has alarmed the lobbyists by his declaration against
any appropriations by the Treasury in favour of
such schemes. The Central and Union are at war,
and to such an extent does the Union carry its ani-
mosity that it contemplates evading the intended
junction, and running its line to the Pacific coast.
The Government have withheld $3,200,C00 till the
alleged inferiority of the construction of the Union
Pacific has been fully reported on. Still so rapid
is the progress that President Johnson has been ap-
plied to for the Government Commissioners to in-
spect the road up to the 960th mile post, and by
the time the Commissioners get there they will
have it ready for inspection to the 975th mile post,
at Echo Canon, where they are putting up a tunnel,
1,000 feet through the solid rock. A temporary
track is being laid around this tunnel, which is
being excavated from both ends. On Dec. 18 two
and a half miles of rail were put down, with the
thermometer in the neighbourhood of zero. Sup-
posing that the Union Pacific did evade a junctio❑
with the Central Pacific, which is mere talk, the
latter would still have the advantage of being able
to connect with the Eistern Division through Kan-
sas to Denver, a much easier task than for the Union
to extend its line to the Pacific.
A National Convention of the advocates of
Woman Suffrage is to be held at Washington on
the 19th January, at which Mrs. Stanton, Lucy
Stone, and other ladies will be present. Also a
National Convention of Negroes on the 13th
January. Bat the most interesting gathering is
one announced for the 29th December of all the
Washington children known to the President's
family, who have issued cards for a juvenile party
on a grand scale, 500 being expected
The greatest dinner was at Chicago, on the 15th

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December, at the reunion of the Western Army.
Fifteen hundred guests were gathered around nine
tables loaded with delicacies. On a platform sat
Sherman, with Grant. Schofield, Logan, Pope and
Terry on his right, and Thomas, Slocum, INl'Dowell,
Stoneman, and Wilson on his left. According to
the Dorld, the celebrated officers gave way to exu-
berant mirth and champagne, and the uproar
drowned all speechifying. Grant, who had taken
no wine, finding it impossible to restore order,
withdrew, and the noise, as may be imagined, then
increased, till General Logan managed, as described
by the World, with dilated nostrils, compressed
lips, and looks of scorn, to awe the vast assemblage
into silence. lie charged the confusion on those
who wished to show disrespect to the President Elect,
which elicited loud cries of " No, no," and further
confusion; but Logan prevailed, and spoke elo-
quently for 20 minutes, when the remainder of the
programme was carried out. At a second contest,
however, later in the evening, Logan was defeated.
The gallant assemblage were, in truth, more or less
intoxicated, and naturally under such circumstances
created an uproar. The committee have decided
on not introducing wine in future celebrations of this
anniversary. It appears that the Young Men's
Christian Association severely blamed Grant for
spending Sunday on horseback to arrive at Chicago
in time for this merry 'making.

Lieutenant-Governor Dunn, of Louisiana, fears,
and has telgraphed to Washington his opinion that
the approaching Session of the Legislature will be
broken up by violence similar to that which broke
up the Constitutional Convention in 1866; but We
agree with Senators Kellogg and Harris in doubt-
' ing this, although there can be no question about
the corruption, Mr. Creecy, the new supervisor, ie
unearthing. A gentleman has reached Washing-
ton from New Orleans, who openly accuses all the
officials of Louisiana of being leagued to defraud the
revenue. Though 40 licensed distilleries were run-
ning in the City, yet the taxes were insufficient to
pay the salaries of the storekeepers. The judge of
an important court and the United States Attorney
are alleged to be in the "ring." Merchants of !,
high standing in New Orleans assert that gross
frauds were committed last winter and spring
through the connivance of the Customs' and inter-
nal Revenue officers. These gentlemen became rich,
faster than the promoters of London Limited Lia-
bility Companies, but, although it was reported
over and over again to the Government, a mere boy
only was sent from the Treasury department who
did nothing to check the tide of corruption bat
write to Washington of the vast sums he was
offered if he would join the " ring." It is proposed
to send to New Orleans a Congressional Committee
of investigation.
Telegrams from Cuba announce that General
Dulce has arrived there, and has assumed the go-
vernment of the island. A private despatch front
Port-au-Prince, dated December 11th, states that
Nonnil, President of the southern part of Hayti, is
dead. President Salnave had cAptured Miragowl
after a severe fight with the rebels. At the time
the mail left there were still in possession 01
the rebels Jacknel and Jeremia in the south, -
and St. Marc in the north, besides other
places of less importance. It was rumoured,
however, that a reactionary feeling was manifesting
itself in the towns named, in favour of Salnave. The
rebellion is greatly injuring commerce, which LI
almost at a standstill.

The negroes of Savannah, as of all the low-lying
rice land of Georgia and the Carolinas, are the most
ignorant and brutal in America, and have proved the
most troublesome. Almost the only cable news thi9
week relates to them. This is dated New York,
Jan. 3 :—" Federal troops, under Geueral
have gone to Savannah to quell the negro distur-
bance on the plantations in the vicinity of that
city." The date of the next is the sth inst. : " The
negro insurgents on the plantations near Sayan'
nah have abandoned their resistance to the autho.
rides, and the Sheriff, who was aided by the mils-',
tary, has made the necessary arrests."
It must be refreshing to " Spero," of the Morningi
Post, to the 7imes, to the Standard, and other ad'
vocates of the Overend, Gurney, and Co., directoill
to read the evidence elicited by the prosecution.
" These unfortunate gentlemen," who it is now at:
tempted to brand with infamy, after staking and
losing their magnificent commercial positions, for'
tunes and estates on the die ; whose worst offence
was an unconditional confidence in their busines°
they did not imagine could fail, are alleged to hate
mopped up everything paid in by the shareholders,
and to have withdrawn every penny of their ovo
before the crash. These high-souled gentleinen,
for whom the public entertain so lively a sy-mpatbf
appear to have lost nothing ; indeed, some of these
Commercial Magnates had nothing of their 00
lose, and their pecuniary interest in that and the
world generally were debts it is not unreasonable
to suppose they preferred that Tom and Harr!
should pay. We would not even allude to tbo
subject at present, had it not been for the leading
articles in the Times and other journals in support
of the defendants, and in suppression of the gell;
tlemau who has undertaken the thankless office 01
prosecutor. The public are indebted to the Pal,
Mall Ga:ette and the Daily News for the honeP
attempt to enforce, at least, fair play for one of the
victims, who had the " pluck," indeed, who shove!"
an audacity which will stand to his honour, if 0
the end he proves right, in bringing the case before
a criminal court ; and if not, none will be more in'
debted to him than the accused, who will then b°
freed from such imputations.

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Births.
CODRINGTON—On the Gth inst., at Richmond, the wife
T. Cocirington, Esq., of a son.
ERSKINE —On the 6th inst., at Alloa Park, Lady Ersl,0e
of a daughter.
FROST—On the 7th inst., at Upper Norwood, the wife O
F. D. Frost, Esq., of a son.

Marriages.
1P
HAWTREY—RICHARDS —On the 7th inst., at Rya, ,
Hawtrey, Esq., R.N., to Mary Whitney, daughter of t
late Wm. Richards, Esq., of Ely Rise, Llandaff.
At,
TIMMINS—CLOWES —On the 7th inst., at East Kenv-p,
Wilts, Joseph Timmins, of The Beeches, East AstO
Middlesex, to Margaret Clowes, of Edgbaston.
Deaths.
BRODRIBB —On the .1,11 inst., suddenly, at 7, Blooltsble
square, Dr. .P. rodib age 68.
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ClilasTlAN On th B e 7th insrt.,b, at 75,l Victoria street, j
9t'
minster, Robert Christian, Esq., aged 50.
FURZE—On the 7th inst., at Forest-hill, Mr. henry ,11.iZe
aged 41.
GRANVILLE —On the 6th inst., at Leamington, Barni.'re
Granville, Esq , of Wellsbourne Warwicksbl
aged 64.
LITCHFIELD —On the 7th inst., John Litchfield, Esti',
Epperstone, Notts, aged 82.

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