The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-22 00:00:00

Miscellaneous Foreign News.

On Saturday last the 13th July, the City of
New York arrived at Queenstown. On the 14th
the Cunard extra steamer Palmyra arrived at the
same port with 125 passengers and $345,000 in
specie, and on the 15th, the City of Baltimore, having
left New York, July 6, with 62 passengers, and
$751,761. At Southampton there arrived on the
13th the Western Metropolis from New York on the
29th ult., and on the 16th the North German
Lloyd's steamer New York with 104 passengers
and $115,000. She left New York on the
4th instant. On Wednesday, the 17th, the Fulton
arrived at Falmouth with 116 passengers for Havre
and 17 for England. She had on freight $423,200,
and a cargo of cotton and general merchandise for
France. She left New York on the 6th inst. The
Denmark, of the National Steam Navigation Com-
pany, arrived at Queenstown on the 18th, and the
Royal Mail steamship Russia also arrived at 9.20
p.m. on that day with 145 cabin passengers and
$1,441,748 in specie. She brings news to the 10th
instant. The Hamburgh American steamship Tett-
tonia arrived off Cowes on the 18th instant with 74
passengers and $260,000.

The Inman steamer City of Paris, and the North
German Lloyd's steamer Hernzann, arrived at New
York on the 13th July, as well as the Hibernia,
from Glasgow. On the 15th inst. the Cuba, the
Nova Scotian, and Germania arrived out. On the
16th the Cunard extra steamship Ilecla arrived.
On the 17th the Virginia and the Europe reached
New York.

The Royal Mail Steamer Russia, having made the
passage from New York in less than eight days,
brings news to the 10th instant. The item of most
importance relates to the Supplemental Recon-
struction Bill passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives. It declares " all civil Governments
in the rebellious States illegal and void, and
gives the district commanders discretionary
power to remove civil officials, to appoint their suc-
cessors, and to annul civil enactments. The bill
declares the mere taking of the oath prescribed for
the voters an insufficient qualification for registra-
tion, authorises the registry offices to decide as to
the eligibility of applicants for registration, and
those already registered, and declares that no civil,
national, or state court has jurisdiction in questions
arising under the Reconstruction Act, nor over ac-
tions against the district commanders or their
subordinates. It prohibits the removal of district
officials, excepting at their own request or through
the action of a court- martial, and authorises the ex-
tension of the time for registration until the Ist of
October."

Permanent direct telegraphic communication be-

tween London and llamburgh and London and
Bremen is now established by the completion of the
land lines of Reuter's Telegraph Company in con-
nection with their submarine cable and Norderney.
The direct line of Reuter's Company to Berlin will
be completed in about two months.
The Paris regattas belied the anticipations gene-
rally entertained. It was thought that the repre-
sentatives of the English Universities, and the
highly-trained oarsmen of London would carry off
the prizes. But they were defeated on more than
one occasion by French crews, while a Canadian
boat walked away from all competitors. The Cana-
dian crew c)nsisted of four, without a coxswain,
the bow oar steering by means of a simple apparatus,
which he accomplished in a superior style. The
advantage of being without the dead weight of a
coxswain was considerable. They rowed without
buttons to their oars, and without stretchers. It is
to ,be hoped that the Canadian crew will try their
powers on the Thames, and if the result be the same
as on the Seine they will work a revolution in the
English style of rowing. Since the above was
written we learn that the Baltic, which sailed on
Thursday for New York, from Cowes, had among
her 300 passengers the Canadian crew who won
everything they compztPd for in the late Paris
Regatta. Ono of their two boats remains in the
Exhibition, and the other has been sold to a person
in Hamburgh.
Advices received in Paris from Monte Video,
through a Paraguayan source, state that the rivers
have overflowed their banks and caused great
danger to the allied camps. General Ozorio has
been ordered to invade Paraguay, and to replace
Marshal Polydoro in command of the Ist Brazilian
army corps.

It is no wonder that the rapid progress of the
Anglo-Saxon race excites alarm, though the Journal
cr Italie is in error in supposing that the advance can
be checked by such means as it proposes. As long
as the United States and England work in harmony
that progress is assured, nor need the nations of the
Lati❑ race be alarmed. The English-speaking
peoples will not act the part of the Goths or Huns.
They invite all nations to participate in colonising
and developing the resources of the countries lying
in a state of nature. If they lead it is because they
have displayed more energy, and have thus earned
for themselves the foremost place. It is thus the
Journal cr Italie concludes its article :—" The Scla-
vonian and Anglo-Saxon races developo an invading
ardour which the Latin race must stop, in Europe
at least. It is, therefore, necessary that the Italian
navy should play a part in the Mediterranean. With
those of
_France and Austria, Italy must save the

Bosphorus from the invasion of the Sclavonians ;
it must co-operate to insure the liberty of the Suez
Canal, because if England did not oppose its being
made, she will await the opportunity of taking
possession of it, or, at least, she will try to get the
key of the Red Sea to the south, and command the
Straits of Bab-el-Mandel with the batteries at
Aden.

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these master
traitors, made terror the order of. the day every-
rich and confiscated their property and their a
where ; I have imposed large contributions on tihle;
where I could not do it in person my delegioatces,
have strictly complied with my orders. I hope,
before closing my military career, to see the blood
of every foreigner spilt that resides in my country."
It is known that Maximilian's fate, or even a worse
one, has befallen all the officers included in the capi-
tulation of Queretaro, who were executed at the
same time, or condemned to penal servitude, to the
number of several hundreds. It was said that the
body of Maximilian had been mutilated, and for
that reason Juarez would not hand it over to those
who claimed it. But this is contradicted, and it is
asserted that the murderers intend to sell the corpse
of their victim. France will aid in the mission of
Admiral Tegethoff to obtain the remains, and the
Admiral will proceed to Washington to secure the
support of the United States. A mortuary chapel
has been constructed on board the frigate Novara
for the body.

Little that is now from Mexico has transpired.
Congress has called upon the President to furnish
information relative to recent events. Americans
are roused by the brutality shown to Maximilian by
these yellow half-breeds, and they desire to know what
course their Government took to avert so disgraceful
an affair. There is a nobility of sentiment running
through the nation which appreciates highly the
generous self-sacrifice of Maximilian, and which
views with scorn and disgust the conduct

of his executioners. A resolution was pre-
sented by John Peter Cleaver Shanks, expressing
approbation of Maximilian's execution, who the
Cleaver Shanks described as a self-styled Prince of the
so-called House of llapsburgh. Max. was what
the noble Austrian called himself, though the world
styled him Prince, and Hapsburgh was the name of
his family before the mongrel race who slew him
had come into existence. The House refused to re-
ceive this resolution. But Congress is moving in
another direction, for a committee has been ap-
pointed to investigate the recent forcible abduction
of General Santa Anna from an American vessel.
The change of feeling also in the United States
bodes ill to Mexico. At the 4th of July dinner
Mr. Weller, ex-Governor of California, gave as a
toast at the St. Charles's Hotel, New Orleans, a
sentiment, received with great enthusiasm :—" On
to the Halls of the Montezumas " From Mexico
by the Russia's advices, a movement was reported
against Juarez by a party organising at New Orleans.
Some Austrian officers in the Foreign Legion parti-
cipated in the movement. The Mexicans will learn
to feel disagreeably being the pariahs and outcasts of
society, and Escobedo may lear❑ as bitter a lesson
of the folly and impolicy of giving the reins to his
ferocious nature.

The life raft for the preservation of shipwrecked
crews which left New York, May 13, for Southamp-
ton, was spoken by an American ship, July 10, in
lat. 47 North, long. 31 West. The three men re-
ported " all well." These interesting voyagers, by
this account, had been nearly two months at sea,
and had accomplished more than half their journey.
If they reach England in safety they will give the
most conclusive proof of the value of the invention
for preserving life, and it is but justice to these
brave men that the difference should be pointed out
between a mere foolhardy piece of bravado and the
best practical test, that on board every ship there
can, with ease, be carried a means of refuge as the
last resort, which can brave any gale, and make
almost any voyage.
On the 3d, at noon, 34 senators answered to their
names, and in the Representatives 129 replied to
the call. Of these only two in the Upper and
eight in the Lower House were Democrats. There
is a general wish expressed that the work of the
session may be confined to the Reconstruction Act,
and as the weather in this season at Washington is
far from inviting, it is probable that this business
will soon be despatched.
General Grant acted the peacemaker's part
with such influence on his friend Sheridan that that
general at once gave way, publishing an order
throughout his district that in deference to the
President's opinion the time for registration was
extended until further notice. How Sheridan's
letter came to be published in the papers before
General Grant had seen it, has not transpired. The
New Orleans commander appears to work with the
greatest economy, his expenses for carrying out re-
construction being about $lOO,OOO, against
$500,000 required by General Sickles. The Presi-
dent never entertained the idea of removing
Sheridan, an act which would be regarded by Con-
gress as one of hostility, and be attended with un-
popularity in the country.
General Sickles adheres to his bar-room order,
and on the 2d inst. the taps were all shut up. It is to
be hoped they were re-opened--at all events, for
the " Fourth," or there must have been a doleful
Independence Day in Charleston. He has post-
poned registration in his district until the qualifica-
tion of voters is explicitly defined by Congress. lie
advises universal suffrage and a general amnesty in
Westmoreland, Brunswick, and Georgia. Resolu-
tions were passed in Congress on the sth of
thanks to Generals Sheridan, Sickles, Schofield, and
Pope. There is another military commander,
General Ord, who appears to have been left out ;
probably his course does not meet with the approba-
tion of the legistative body.
The Nation gives an account of an execution at
Franklin, Kentucky, on Friday, June 28, when
William King and Abraham Owens were hanged
in a manner better calculated to increase the num-
ber opposed to capital punishment than all M. Victor
Hugo's rhetoric. They had been convicted of ob-
structing and robbing trains on the Louisville and
Nashville railroads (highwaymen on a grand
scale ! ) and they afterwards murdered Harry
King, the brother of the former, to prevent his
informing. After five ministers had prayed with
and exhorted the prisoners, they were dressed
in black coats and trousers, lasting shoes, white
runningglove noose of
s,andstraw hats. Their hands were tied, a
grass rope
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lighted cigars were put into their mouths, and the
cavalcade set out for the gallows. A brass band led,
followed by a military company ;
then the prisoners
and sheriffs, behind them a waggon containing two
I coffins ; next citizen
guards, then clergymen on foot,
and finally the citizens, male and female, of whom
the number was very great. The band played a
funeral march, and the condemned men addressed
their friends in the crowd, whom they exhorted
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to meet them in heaven. On reaching the place of
anscdaffforoldm intittrisodpulcaetd-
form he made a long speech. « This is my last
speech," he said ; " in two hours from now I hope
I shall be with my Father in heaven. lam to die
for the death of my brother. No one better loved
a brother more than I did that murdered boy. Had
I known his murderer I should not have said yea or
nay, but I should have killed him." As ho died so
died his companion, both protesting their innocence,
though both, says the Nation, doubtless guilty. At
King's request the complacent sheriff had so ar-
ranged the noose that the neck should not be broken,
and he lived no less than twenty-two minutes after
ftohre dmarloip fell. The Nntcion may well state
hitisoeea occasion
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sant notion of the region.
The Washington correspondent of the Boston
Advertiser states that Messrs. Boutwell, Lawrence,
Williams, and Thomas will present a report on im-
peachment at the present special session of Congress,
offering the following grounds for impeachment :
First, the President's general disregard of properly-
enacted laws ; next, specifications under this
general head ; and, last, two or three points show-
ing general corruption, one of these being in the
matter of pardons. It is rumoured that the object
of certain leaders is to remove Mr. Johnson, to
make way for Mr. Wade, who, as President of the
Senate, succeeds to the scat, by which the chances
of the latter gentleman will be increased for the
regular nomination. The nomination of Mr.
Johnson's successor will occur in little more than a
year, and his election under a year and four
months. The sense of the country is decidedly
opposed to further action in impeachment, and it is
unmistakably signified both by the press and the
sentiments everywhere expressed by the people.
The nation wishes that the Reconstruction Act
should be so patched that Mr. Stanberry will fail in
picking a hole in it ; and, that done, that Congress
should disperse peaceably to their homes. The
country is in no mood for witnessing further
wrangling between the Executive and Legislative
branches of the Government.
We have received from a reliable authority a
statement of the earnings of the Union Pacific Rail-
way (Eastern Division) which, showing the progress
work, ought, if itdoesnot, to in-
terest.o f tmagnificento
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Auditor's OffiGe, St. Louis, Mo.,
June 29, 1867.—Gross earnings for May, 1867.
proceeds, $71,208 03. Forty additional miles of the
$172,196 28 ; working expenses, $100,898 25 ; nett
Northern or Omaha line have been accepted by the
United States Commissioners, making 385 miles
complete, equipped, and in working order.
It will be interesting to some of the French wine
houses to know that, ouc of the great champagne
cases, the Government, versus fraudulent importers,
who were charged with making fraudulent invoices,
was terminated on Saturday, June 29, at New York,
the jury disagreeing ; but as 11 stood for the im-
porters and only one for the Government, the
decision was virtually against the Government, and
the other cases of the same character now on the
docket will probably be dismissed.
The Indians, 400 strong, attacked Fort Wallace
on the 22d June, but were repulsed after a hard
fight, with the loss of 20 of their number. A ser-
geant and seven privates of the garrison were killed
and wounded. This fort is about 10 miles N.E. of