The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-23 00:00:00

A CARD.

I long ago resolved not to decline any office until re'
sponsibly invited to accept or become a candidate therefor;
and, as I have never had a word, or hint, from either the
White House or the State Department that 1 had been °r
would be nominated to the Austrian mission, I am not yo;
at liberty to decline a commission which has not been 0"
may not be tendered me. In order, however, to stop tile,
waste of stationery by gentlemen who want the post of
Secretary of Legation, I am impelled to say that I purpo.s,e
not to leave my own country at present—certainly not till
after the next President is chosen. Possibly Gene°
Burnside, were he in military command here, might 1109
me through a court-martial; but, so far as may depend °II
my own choice, I purpose to stay on this side of the
Atlantic. n. 0.

North Carolina has elected Republican candidates,
and given a large majority in favour of a Convert'
tion. Of a total vote of 130,000, from 70,000 to
75,000 were the ballots of white men. The
majority, therefore, in North Carolina were whites+
and fully half of their number voted the Republican
ticket. The majority for the Convention is under-
stood to be 70,000, and for the Republican candi-
dates 50,000. the registration list bore the names
of 103,000 white and 71,500 coloured voters. lh
the centre of the State one-third of the whites, and
in the western part nearly two-thirds, supported ~
the Republican cause. This gives the chance of at
least one State showing a fair result of the Con'
gressional policy of reconstruction. That policy is
likely to be mainly defeated in other States, by the
whites retiring in disgust from all political action.
A letter from Richmond to the Springfield lie"
publican says :—" The most surprising reaction has taken
place to-day in favour of General Grant. His testituoll
before the impeachment c•Antnittee has endeared bin, t°
every Southern man. It is such little things as the Geri'
ral-in-Chief says that makes us good Union men. A little
bit of kindness goes a long way down here."
The New Haven Journal denies that es-Governor
Buckingham, of Norwich, is to head the Republican ticket
next year, or that ex-Governor Hawley is certain to sue'
teed Mr. Dixon in the United States Senate. John ,
Watt, of Norwich, and Charles Parker, of Meriden, are
mentioned as especially eligible men for governor, and "39
for the Senatorship, New Haven, when the proper tinle
comes, has a candidate to present whose claims and nler,ii°
will not be disregarded by the people of Connecticut, Nir"°
want a man of the highest order of talent and of thorough
Republican principles.''
Nathaniel Brewer, jun., President of the Alton a
Mining Company at Boston, and J. B. Wheelock, its seer();
tary, are in custody charged with dishonesty and fraud'
and the stockholders have instructed the directors to Pari;
sue those officials, at the company's expense, to the
extent of the law.
General Humphries lately eloped from Pittsfielai
and it now appears that a few months ago he married
young lady in Michigan whom he deserted, and was after-
wards known as General James H. Hardin, of the Conte'
rate service.
Colonel 0. F. Nims, formerly commander of 0:3
famous Nims's light battery, is a candidate for sergeall
at-arms of the next Massachusetts Legislature.
Governor Brownlow, now Senator for Tennessee;
has denied the testimony of detective Baker, who affirmed
that Brownlow knew of a letter written by Andrew J°1321;
son to Jefferson Davis, adding that he did not believe t 11;
Mr. Johnson ever wrote to Davis or any other man, gill°,
aid or comfort to the rebellion. The fact has excited 50111 r
sarcastic comment that the libel has been circulated
the country for more than a year, and that the denial 00V
comes when all the trumped-up charges against Mr. .I.obri-
son have been shown to be utterly false. go
The Springfield Republican, alluding to Ge°Tar
Francis Train, whom it terms the " luminous indivi"
who figures perennially in the newspapers, says ho asto,o
nished Susan B. Anthony when he took up 'Wonl3l/
Rights by " talking like a windmill on all subjects." 113;h
lady declared " he was a splendid specimen of a man, w,
a magnificent physique, and in spite of eccentricities of
most lovely disposition." The Kansas papers differ:6,
from Susan as to to his "lovely disposition," but the 1'
publican prefers the woman's verdict to that of an editor° 12
such a subject. in'
Major Blodgett, of Augusta, Georgia, being a
dieted for perjury, and taking the test oath, the 12 gravy
jurymen were challenged, and 11 confessed them
guilty of the same crime.
Mrs. Ba,dcock, of Warwick, Connecticut, 1/:s
arrested arrested on the 2d inst. for smashing the wind,6,oo
of Mr. Badcock's house, from whom she had Intel)"
divorced.
Colonel Brayton Ives, of Hartford, Conneetiellet,:
who served in the First Connecticut Cavalry, 1133 be
promoted Brigadier, for meritorious service.

Births.
re th°
CHAMP—On the 21st inst., at 26, Harrington-square,
wife of Charles Champ, Esq., of a son. . toOf
HAZLETT—On the 19th inst., at Addison-road, Nen°ll3s
the wife of W. Carew Hazlett, barrister-at-lo'"
a
son.

Hoormt—On the 20th inst., at Marehington, near ritt°6-
ter, the Lady Maud Hooper, of a son.

Marriages. red!'
aiutKE —ADAMS —OD the 19th iust , at St. James',,,
dilly, Charle:i Mansfield Clarke, L.sq , Captain 57th -"lift
mont, to Gemina Cecilia, only child of.the late
w Willigio;ul"
Adams, her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and
Genera to the Republic of Peru.
PoELL—SYmE--On the 19th inst., at St. Mall's'
both, Charles Turner, elder son of James T. Powell,los
of Lane downe-circus South Lambeth, and the 1": ii
sor
ter-General's Office, 'to Margaret Griffiths, sec°,l
viving daughter of Edward G. Syme, isq.7
pelier, South Lambeth, and the Adjutaut.-ue""
Office, Horse Guards.
Deaths. Acid'
ALLEN— On the 20th inst., at 3, St. Paul's Ginn.—
Mr. John Allen, aged 57.
BOLTON— On the 19th inst., at 157, King's-road,
Miss Elizabeth Bolton, aged 59. ; tOrr
DENTON—On the 19th inst, Jas. Denton, Esq., of
eat
place, Stoke Newington, aged 78. Nriuc
HOLBECKE —On the 19th inst., of apoplexn 31r.
Helbecke, of Sutton Chatfield, solicitor. ,
TOY— On the 20th inst., at Birmingham, Alfred
aged 55. tit d'
WATLIN— On the 20th inst., at Chatfield Souse,r"
Mr. Robert S. Watlin, aged 63

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Middlesex.—MoudtlY, December 23, 1E67.,