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 Of
would be nominated to the Austrian mission, I am not yet
at liberty to decline a commission which has not been and
may not be tendered me. In order, however, to stop the
waste of stationery by gentlemen who want the post of
Secretary of Legation, I am iml elled to say that I purpose
not to leave my own country at present— certainly not till
after the next President is chosen. Possibly General
Burnside, were he in military command here, might Inn"
me through a court-martial; but, so far as may depend on
my own choice, I purposa to stay on this side of the
Atlantic. H. G.
_

North Carolina has elected Republican candidates,
and given a large majority in favour of a Conven-
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. In
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 i 5
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 Re-
publican says:—" The most surprising reaction has taken
place to-day in favour of General Grant. His testimony
before the impeachment committee has endeared him to
every Southern man. It is such little things as the Gene-
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 ex-Governor
Buckingham, of Norwich, is to head the Republican ticket
next year, or that ex-Governor Hawley is certain to suc-
ceed Mr. Dixon in the United States Senate. John T.
Watt, of Norwich, and Charles Parker, of Meriden, Are
mentioned as especially eligible men for governor, and " as
for the Senatorship, New Haven, when the proper time
comes, has a candidate to present whose claims and merits
will not be disregarded by the people of Connecticut, who
want a man of the highest order of talent and of thorough
Republican principles."

[Nathaniel Brewer, jun., President of the Allona
Mining Company at Boston, and J. B. Wheelock, its secre-
tary, are in custody charged with dishonesty and fraud,
and the stockholders have instructed the directors to pur-
sue those officials, at the company's expense, to the full
extent of the law.

General Humphries lately eloped from Pittsfield,
and it now appears that a few months ago he married
young lady in Michigan whom he deserted, and was atter-
wards known as General James H. Hardin, of the Confe-
rate service.

Colonel 0. F. Nims, formerly commander of the
famous Nims's light battery, is a candidate for sergeant-
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 Job
son to Jefferson Davis, adding that he did not believe that
Mr. Johnson ever wrote to Davis or any other man, giving
aid or comfort to the rebellion. The fact has excited some
sarcastic comment that the libel has been circulated over
the country for more than a year, and that the denial only
comes when all the trumped-up charges against Mr. Jolla-
son have been shown to be utterly false.
The Springfield Republican, alluding to George
Francis Train, whom it terms the " luminous individual"
who figures perennially in the newspapers, says ho asto-
nished Susan B. Anthony when he took up Wonlan'g
Rights by " talking like a windmill on all subjects." That
lady declared "he was a splendid specimen of a man, with
a magnificent physique, and in spite of eccentricities of 16
most lovely disposition." The Kansas papers differed
from Susan as to to his "lovely disposition," but the Re
publican prefers the woman's verdict to that of an editor
ou
such a subject.
Major Blodgett, of Augusta, Georgia, being in"
dieted for perjury, and taking the test oath, the 12 gran
jurymen were challenged, and 11 confessed themselves
guilty of the same crime.
Mrs. Badcock, of Warwick, Connecticut, WA
arrested on the 2d inst. for smashing the windows
of Mr. Badcock's house, from whom she had lately beau
divorced.
Colonel Brayton Ives, of Hartford, Connecticut,
who served in the First Connecticut Cavalry, has boon
promoted Brigadier, for meritorious service.