The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-14 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

The Philadelphia correspondent of the Times analyses a
very remarkable letter which Mr. Thaddeus Stevens
(fearing that his great age may preclude him from speak+
ing again in Congress) has addressed to the party of which
he is the leader. In spite of the terrible defeats which the
Radicals have sustained during the elections, Mr. Stevens
will not withdraw one article of the Radical programme.
Especially does he adhere, to and insist upon, the right;
of the negroes to me suffrage. To deny that right,
says Mr. Stevens, is to deny the existence of the
negro's Creator. With far more imagination than is
generally to be found in octogenarians, he goes Oa
to describe the new West Indian Republic which he sees
in the future. It will embrace all the islands, Cuba and
Jamaica among the rest ; and this great nation of
50,000,000 people, chiefly negroes, will be able to stop the
way against all foreign vessels which desire to enter those,
waters. The rumoured purchase of St. Thomas's and
the other Danish islands in American waters is, we sup.
pose, the first stone towards Mr. Stews's new edifice;
unless, indeed, the contradiction in the Copenhagen papers
be true, and France has the right of pre•emption for twq
years from this time.

General Grant, for a military man, is a wonderfully
discreet politician. He positively refuses to declare hime
self or to take sides. It is supposed that he desires to be
selected by the Conservative section of both parties, anti
it is not improbable that he will be. The more extrema
Radicals still talk of nominating Chief Justice Chase.

The New York correspondent of the Daily News gives
history of the Mrs. Lincoln scandal. He does so very
unwillingly, but as the matter has become notorious, he
deems it advisable that the true facts should be knownl
It appears that Mrs. Lincoln was a Kentuckian, brought
up in the worst style of that very rowdy State, and that
during Mr. Lincoln's Presidency her conduct was a source
of constant annoyance and shame to him. It was equally
a matter of disgust to the Republican party. Her trans. 4
lation to the White House turned her head, and brought
out all that was worst in her education and manners. She
became the centre of attraction to a host of adventurersi
strangers, and intriguers, who are always hanging about
the Presidential mansion in search of places, or jobs, o*
contracts, and her society was largely composed of fourth.
rate and slightly-damaged fashionables from New Yorli
and other large cities. Mr. Lincoln left her £20,000, a
sum which, at the present rate of discount, is amply suffi.
cient to maintain her. Had she been such a woman aS
her husband was a man, a million dollars would have been
raised for her without difficulty. As it is, her expeditieli
to New York and her threat to sell her old shawls are
looked upon as an attempt at extortion, and the publif
have resisted it by declining to assist her.

President Johnson refuses to have anything to do with
the trial of Mr. Jefferson Davis. Chief Justice Chase
finds himself in a dilemma with regard to this matter,
Hitherto, perhaps with a desire to conciliate the South'
he has declined to try Mr. Davis, on the ground that he
was unwilling to preside over a court held in a State sub.
jest to martial law. But now he fears that, if the trial be
held in his absence, and the prisoner should escape all
punishment, the Republican party would hold him respon•
sible. lle has therefore expressed his determination to
sit upon the bench at Richmond with Judge Underwood,
at least in the earlier stages of the trial, although, if it
should be protracted beyond December 1, his duties will
call him toWashington, where the SupremeCourtcommencN
its winter session at that time. It is rumoured that the
jury will be composed entirely of negroes, in which case
conviction is certain. There is no doubt, however, that
the President will grant a pardon, and so give anothea
pretence of complaint to the Radical party, who, thougb
they would not themselves hang Mr. Davis, will
be ♦ery glad to make Mr. Johnson's refusal to do so •
matter of accusation. In addition to the grounds of
defence based upon the doctrine of paramount State
sovereignty, it is understood that Mr. Davis will set ug
the plea that there is no treason in a public and national
war, such as occurred between the Confederate Governo
ment and the United States ; to which the reply is, that
the Supreme Court, although it held the rebellion to be a
public war for some purposes, held it to be an insurroctiou

HONDURAS GOVERNMENT RAILWAY
LOAN, £1,000,000, in Bonds to bearer of £IOO,
£SOO, and £I,OOO each, bearing 10 per cent. annual in-
terest, payable half-yearly in sterling, issued at 80 per cent.,
and to be redeemed at par in sterling within 17 years by
yearly drawings, by means of an accumulative sinking
fund of 3 per cent. per annum. The first drawing to take
place on Dec. 31, 1869.
The payments by subscribers will be as follows :-
5 per cent. on application £5 0 0
10 „ on allotment
10 „ on Jan. 1, 1868,
less interest £0 9 4} 9 10 71
. 15 „ on July 1, 1868,
less interest 1 11 3 13 8 9
20 „ on Jan. 1, 1869,
less interest 2 10 0 17 10 0
20 „ on April 1, 1869,
loss interest 1 17 6 18 2 6

80 per cent
Interest will be payable on Ist July and Ist January in
each year at the London and County Bank, and, for the
first instalment of £l5, will date from Ist October, 1867.
In default of payment of any of the respective instal-
ments, all previous payments will be liable to forfeiture.
The instalments may be anticipated at any time at Bank
of England rate.
The Government of Honduras having agreed to appro-
priate to the subscribers a moiety of the net profits of the
railway during 15 years after the complete repayment of
the present Loan, subscribers will receive, as bonus, with-
in one month after allotment, with each £lOO bond, one
10,000 th deferred fully-paid up railway share to bearer,
entitling the holder thereof to receive his proportion of
such net profits.

-I)OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
_LL Mr. Fochter, sole, actual, and responsible Manager.
THIS EVENING, at Eight, HAMLET. Prince of
Denmark, Mr. Ryder ; supported by Messrs. Emery,
F. Matthews, Calhaern, Mellon, Dalton, Anderson, Francis,
Stuart, Fleming, Lomas; Miss Elsworthy, Miss Bishop,
and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. _

Preceded by, at Seven o'clock, a comedietta, entitled
THE MISTRESS OP THE MILL. Mr. 11. Mellon,
Mr. S. Oalhaern ; Miss Ritter, Miss Montgomery.