The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-02 00:00:00

Miscellaneous Foreign News.

Mr. Seward has addressed to the lately appointed
T nrkish Minister to Washington a protest against
the interference of the Turkish authorities to pre-
yen t the removal of certain Cretan refugees by an
An xerican vessel. The Secretary of State observes
that there was no interference with the vessels of
other nations engaged in the same humane work—
that .the action of the American officers being emi-
nently- humane and praiseworthy will be fully sus-
tained by the American Government. He respect-
fully rocnests that the reasons for the invidious
distinction against American vessels be stated.
The United States Minister in Mexico, Otten-
' burgh, .has presented his credentials, at the same
time ant ouncing his intention of returning almost
immediately to the United States. The intercessions
I of Mr. Stanbery and many influential persons at
Washington in behalf of General O'Haran were in
vain, as he was shot at Queretaro on the 18th
August. Admiral Tegethoff was at Vera Cruz on
the 26th ultimo, and was to leave for the capital
the next day, but if the news published
in Europe be correct he has failed in
his mission, Juarez refusing to surrender the
body until certain terms are complied with, em-
I bracing the recognition of the Republic by the Euro..
I pean Powers. Advices dated Matamoras, Sept. 4,
state that a proclamation had been promulgated,
ordering the election of deputies to Congress, and
for President of the Supreme Court on the 22d of
September. The district elections were to take
place on the 6th, 7th, and Bth inst. Congress
meets on the 20th of November ; the President
takes his seat on the Ist December, and the Chief
Justice the lst of June. The brigand troops of
Canales bad surrendered themselves to the authori-
ties at Linares. General Escobedo, with 2,000
troops, reached Monterey on the 28th ult. General
Castillo was pardoned on the 13th. General Diaz
retires to private life, according to some accounts,
but others state that he is likely to prove a formid-
-1 able competitor for the Presidency of the Republic.

General Fitz-John Porter is at Washington ap-
pealing to the President and General Grant against
the decision of a court-martial by which ho was de-
clared guilty of treason and of having disobeyed orders
during the campaign, at Manassas, in the summer
of 1862, and sentenced to be cashiered and for ever
rendered incapable of holding office under the Go-
vernment of the United States. He maintains that
he was the victim of Mr. Stanton's malice, and
alleges he can show the utter falsity of the charges
on which he was convicted. He concludes his me-
morial in these words—" My appeal is to your
excellency to appoint a court for the purpose of
reconsidering the proceedings, composed, as I trust
it may be, of the best talent and most approved pat-
riotism in the army. I have every reason to believe
that, with such a court, I can obtain a full and
honourable acquittal." He is sustained by Con-
gressmen Wilson, Sherman, Harris, and Banks ;
by Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania ; Horace
Greeley, and others. General Grant is believed to
desire the case to be re-opened, and the President
will order a Court of Revision, before whom, if
General Porter substantiates his statements, he will
be restored to his position in the Federal Army.
The late elections in America indicate a change
in the tide of political opinion. California has
wholly fallen into Democratic hands. The Demo-
crats have secured a majority of 1,500 in Montana,
in the election of James M. Cavanaugh, formerly of
Springfield. In Vermont the Republican majority,
which last year was over 22,000, is this year under
20,000. In Maine it has dwindled to a far greater
extent, being 12,000 this year against 27,258 last
year. All this indicates a change in the popular
feelings, but it must not be accepted as conclusive
proof of such a change. In California the result is
due to the usual corruption following on a long
tenure of power. In Vermont and Maine there
were local questions which told strongly against the
Republican ticket. Great opposition is made to
the liquor laws, which prohibit the sale of even ale
and cider. In October, elections will take place in
Ohio, lowa, California, and Pennsylvania, for
Judges for the States' Supreme Court. In Novem-
ber, New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Kansas,
Wisconsin, and New Jersey will elect State
officers.
The New York herald alludes to the rumour that
President Johnson intends to prorogue the present
Congress as an unconstitutional body. These
"sensational" statements have been flying over the
Union. Some assert that Mr. Johnson will deny
the right of a sectional Congress to impeach him,
that he will refuse to answer to the summons of the
Senate, and if force be resorted to he will disperse
Congress, and appeal to the pecple. These reports
are mere inventions, as in all probability the Presi-
dent himself does not know how he would act
under certain circumstances, and has no idea what
course the nation will take.
Two Conventions have been held at Cleveland,
Ohio, during the week ending September 7. The
one was the Spiritualist brotherhood, who disagreed
with the sisters, except on the point that they are
spirits, and, as such, entitled to great liberty of
action, every member going on his own way. The
Fenian Congress was also held there, which trans-
acted most important business. The meetings were
secret, the doors being guarded by men in green
uniform, and the members under an oath not to
divulge the proceedings. Notwithstanding the oath,
everything has found its way into the newspapers.
Roberts delivered two Messages—one for the public,
the other for private consideration. He alleges in
his private Message that he visited the circles in
Great Britain and Ireland, and afterwards at Paris
met the representatives of the Irish revolutionary
brotherhood. On the 4th of July he succeeded in
uniting the Irish revolutionary brotherhood and the
Fenian brotherhood of America under one govern-
ment. Much discussion followed when the great
blow was to be struck, and, to give full time
for perfect readiness, the 4th of July, 1868,
was selected as the day. The Secretary for
War, General Spear, enumerated the military
strength as consisting of 9,300 enlisted men, 15,000
rifles, 16,500 sets of accoutrements, and 1,200,000
rounds of ammunition. Besides these there were
stored at Oswego, Sackett's harbour, and other
places along the borders of Canada, 5,000 stand of
arms. He alleged that the Stephens' wing had
15,000 stand of arms, 15,000 sabres, and a vessel at
New York (the one, we presume, in which the
Fenians took the late pleasure trip round Ireland),
as also a quantity of ammunition. It was agreed
that four organisers should be appointed to raise
troops, including ten batteries of field artillery, two
light batteries, and three cavalry regiments. Ro-
berts declined the presidency unless $500,000 were
raised for the cause, but eventually accepted the
place on the meeting pledging itself to half the
amount. The assembly was stormy ; great rows
progressing, which kept up the excitement. The
Fenian sisterhood, consisting of Irish servant girls,
met at Troy, New York, where they transacted
business much more sensibly and to the pur-
pose. They resolved not to contribute any
more money to the Fenians, having "for
several years poured out most freely their
small means—earnings that were thrown away and
wasted by officials on the merest frivolities in the
city of New York, and on so-called military cam-
paigns, which had no foundation either in sense,
practicability, or even well-grounded prospective
success." They further resolved, " That they had
not the slightest interest in the capture of Canada,
and that they could not discern the propriety or
fitness of the policy that Si ould free Ireland through
the reduction of the ' New Dominion.' " Who can
say if servant girls can act so sensibly that women
are unfit for the suffrage.
American journals publish the new correspon-
dence on the Alabama question. The Tribune
thinks that the United States and Great Britain
are so nearly agreed that there is no insuperable ob-
stacle to a speedy adjustment of the diffi-
culty. The New York Times observes that the
progress towards a settlement cannot be regarded
as unsatisfactory. The question is reduced to
whether the policy, as well as the acts of the British
Government and its agents in relation to the late
rebellion, shall come under review. The matter
floes not seem material, and the principle of arbi-
trating these claims, if once heartily assented to on
both sides, may produce a settlement satisfactory to

both Governments without delay. The Journal oy
Commerce sees in the action of the British Govern-
ment anxiety to be rid of these claims. England is
weary of the rough sports of the arena, but fighting
us in the line of the United States, who find it to
their advantage not to hurry up the settlement.
The anxiety of England increases with the indiffer-
ence of the United States, who will get better terms
every year it is delayed. Newspapers are weary
of these long despatches, and they fail to excite
much interest among people, on the subject.
The Democrats, who hold that things are going
well for them, are overshadowed by one great fear.
They dread some wrong move on the part of the
President, and, to lay this ghost, it has been an-
nounced, through semi-official channels, that he
" intends to keep quiet now until after the Fall elec-
tions," as he is "of the opinion that matters are
just right, everything being favourable to a vindica
tion of his course at the polls," and " if he should
go any further he is afraid he might make a mis-
take." The New York World repudiates the President
in the name of the Democratic party :—" As he
gave us no aid when he might have aided us, why
should we now, when he has no longer anything
valuable to give, imperil our own cause by assuming
the burden of his unpopularity ? As things stand,
the Republican invectives against Mr. Johnson
impeach their ability to choose a good President. A
man might as wisely think to improve his social
standing by living with somebody's repudiated wife
as for the Democratic party to expect any advan-
tage from adopting, in the last days of his unsuc-
cessful administration, a fettered President elected
by their enemies and popular with nobody."

General Sheridan disappointed the enthusiastic
public of St. Louis on his arrival at that city, as
he replied very briefly to the speech of welcome from
Carl Schurz. On Wednesday, the 11th, he pro-
ceeded westward and met with another public wel-
come at Leavenworth, when he went on to Lawrence
where he declined a formal reception. His post in
the Fifth Military District is now occupied by
General Griffin, w hose headquarters ate at Galveston,
Texas, and not at present at New Orleans, on ac-
count of yellow fever. His only child has been
carried off by the disease. All General Sheridan's
orders are at least just now to remain in force. The
pestilence continues to rage along the Gulf Coast.
The total number of deaths at New Orleans for the
first week of this month was 249, and on the Sunday
and Monday following the number was 100. The
fever was spreading to the towns in the interior.