The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-21 00:00:00

Mscellaneous News.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
The advocates of Woman Suffrage have met with
a difficulty as amusing as unexpected by them,
though deemed likely enough by others. It turns
out that in Kansas, where the agitation has assumed
the most formidable proportions, the women do not
want to vote—displaying a stubborn indifference
to the highest privilege of American citizenship,
which has baffled their allies. The " persuasive
Caroline Dall" is required to deal with her fair
sisters.

Complaints have been made to Washington of
the manner in which the milita..y commanders have
arranged the districts, so as to give the negroes and
Radicals the advantage. An appeal was made to
General Grant against the " jerry-mandering" of
General Pope, but it was forwarded to Pope, who
declined to make any change. The same charge is
brought against General Schofield in the late elec-
tions in Virginia, and it is further alleged that
through the skilful manner of " districting" an
undue advantage has been given to the blacks.
The elections are progressing, on the whole,
favourably to the Republican party. In Colorado
the Republican majority in a vote of 9,349 is 876
against a majority of 108 last year. Nebraska has
been carried by that party, who had gained in every
county heard from at the date of our last advices.
In lowa the majority was 28,000. In West Virginia
the Democrats have been successful, but in Virginia
the Radicals have carried everything. The returns
show that 75,924 whites and 93,656 negroes voted ;
the Radicals polling 14,835 white and 92,507 negro
votes. The Conservatives 61,249 whites and 638
blacks, the Radical majority being 45,455. As far
as ascertained, 25 black and 43 white Radical dele-
gates had been elected, and 37 Conservatives. Few
of the black delegates chosen are able to read or
write. In Georgia the Republican majority is
very large, as well as in Louisiana and Alabama.
New York has, however, been gained by the Con-
servatives, as well as New Jersey; but Mas-
sachusetts has elected a Republican ticket,
though by a decreased majority. The fight there-
fore is well maintained, the Conservatives being
generally successful in the North, the Radicals in
the South, and the parties pretty evenly balanced
in the Pacific States and Territories. Late news
from Ohio gives the official return of votes on the
Negro Suffrage Amendment as in all 484,603, of
which 216,987 were for negro suffrage, 255,340
against it, and 12,276 were blacks. The majority
against negro suffrage is given at 38,353.
Petroleum is rising in the market, and again the
active American is ou the look-out to " strike 'ile."
The petroleum mania was succeeded by a depres-
sion so great that wells were everywhere abandoned
as the oil did not pay for the production. The trade
is again reviving, and now in a healthy, legitimate
manner. The oil, it is hoped, can be usefully em-
ployed in generating steam, and if so the demand
will be great, and the industry profitable to all par-
ties. Petroleum stocks are rising in Wall-street.
Numerous meetings of shareholders are announced,
new strikes are declared, large iron tanks have been
erected near the wells, and the trade altogether
shows vitality.