The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-15 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, MONOAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1866.

of descriptive power—it is a really useful compila-
tion of facts ; and though its author's opinions and
sympathies are violently on the side of the North,
his statements are for the most part fair, and we see
no reason to doubt his statistics. As a book of re-
ference on the American war it is of some value to
the English reader." This admission on the part of
the Times to one whose sympathies are violently on
the side of the North may be taken as a strong
proof of the value of the work iu question.
General Dix will soon take Mr. Bigelow's place
as Minister from the United States in Paris. Mr.
Bigelow has resided there for five years, first as
Consul, afterwards as Minister. The Debats
speaks of him in the following words :--" Charged
to represent his country at the moment when it
was still torn by civil war, subsequently mixed up
in the difficult negotiations occasioned by our occu-
pation of Mexico, M. Bigelow has passed through
difficult circumstances, and never did a diplomatic
post less resemble a sinecure ; but he was better
suited than most people for this difficult situation,
because he combined with love of his own country
an exact knowledge of ours, and sincere sympathy
with France. Nevertheless, after so prolonged a
stay in Europe, M. Bigelow felt a very natural
desire to revisit his own country, transformed by
such considerable events, and in July last he begged
the President to give him a successor before the
autumn should be over. That successor is now
named. Genera Dix played an honourable part
n the civil war, and we hope, in the interest both
of France and of the United States, that he will
worthily replace the excellent and really dis-
tinguished man who now leaves us." _ _

The Royal Mail steamship Lagos, which arrived
in the Mersey on Tuesday night, brings the satis-
factory intelligence that the coloured teachers in
charge of the missionary station at Bonny, established
about twelve months ago by the Rev. Dr. Crowther,
Bishop of the Niger, have been eminently successful;
their main efforts have been directed to the rising
generation, many of whom can already read the
scriptures fluently, besides attaining other accom-
plishments tending towards civilisation. The
steamer Thomas Bazley, belonging to the West
African Trading Company, has returned to Brass
River from an expedition up the Niger, and reports
that the success in trade of the persons in charge
of the several factories established there last year
has been beyond expectation.
By telegraph we learn that the three ships had
arrived at Nicolajewsk (Amour) from Hamburg,
with material for the construction of the Russo-
American telegraph. All the material was in good
condition. The following despatch was received at
St. Petersburgh last Tuesday, dated Ochotsk, Sept.
27 :—" The construction of the Russo-American
telegraph line is rapidly progressing. The line is
being carried to Nicolajewsk simultaneously from
the Russian and American sides. The erection of
the telegraph poles is partly completed."

official servant of the Hapsburghs, and still the accredited
agent of the Rothschilds ?
" Of the anti-American tone of our higher Democrati
circles, and their reflex influence on the aristocratic classes
of Europe, a curious proof was given by an English noble-
man, now the Under-Secretary of War, who, while in New
York at a fashionable entertainment, deemed it no dis-

courtesy to his host or the guests to wear a symbol
of the Confederate flag that was at the time borne
by tho pirates of the Atlantic. That behaviour

on the part of one, the motto of whose
order noblesse oblige, would have imperatively for-
bidden such an exhibition of his sympathies on any

company whom ho supposed loyal to their country, may
assist us to understand how much we are indebtod to lead-

ing Democrats of New York, not simply for the tone of
the British aristocracy and the British press, but for the
ill-omened judgment of our enemies, which induced them
to smile upon the inauguration of that cowardly system of
piracy, whose exploits were applauded and approved when
our dissolution was held to be inevitable, the merchants and

statesmen of England now remember as precedents with

dismay."
To understand fully the position of the country, it is
necessary to state the original design of the Rebel leaders.
"The plan of operations I first learned from a source
which I knew to be reliable about the Ist January, 1861
when South Carolina alone had as yet passed an Act of Seces -
sion ; and I may properly add, in reference to an item of
such curious historic interest, that its correctness was at-
tested a little more than a year ago by the late Lieutenant-
General whose memory Europe and America unite to
honour. It was at a dinner at Mr. Alfred Pell's that I
related to General Scott what I had heard, precisely
as I shall state it now, and that veteran soldier lis-
tened attentively to the recital, nodded assent to
each separate item, and significantly remarked at
its close: 'lt is a true bill.' I need hardly say that the
opportunities of General Scott for learning accurately
the designs of the rebels were unusually good, partly from
the confidence with which he was treated by his old
Southern friends, when they hoped to secure his adhesion
to their cause, and again from his position as Commander-
in-Chief during the early stages of the war." The original
rebel plan, whose correctness is thus attested, was as

Kings and Princes by the score, gorgeous in crimson and
gold, blue and silver, and many other colours. Statesmen
and soldiers, philosophers and poets, savans from all na-
tions, and last, but not of least importance, the artisan and
the labourer. In this temple will be collected the repre-
sentative wealth of every nation and every clime. The
Rajahs of India will send specimens of their oriental splen-
dour, rich shawls and scarfs ; Japan and China their intri-
cate carvings in ivory and marvellously wrought images ;
Russia will send the rare furs of the sable and the
ermine ; Denmark will have her Thorwalsden to compete
in sculpture. Ajl the rarest and the richest in every branch
of labour will find its way to this universal show shop.
What shall America, what shall the people of the other
continent do ? How may they be represented with honour
to themselves ? If she has shown her strength in arms,
if she has astonished the world by the evidence of her self-
sustaining power, by her marvellous development and
inherent wealth of resource in time of necessity and peril,
what an opportunity is before her now to show the world
that despite of the fact that millions ware in arms during
that long four years of trial, although mine, blast, furnace,
and factory were devoted to the manufacture of arms,
ammunition, clothing, and the endless necessities of
armies, she has never for one moment ceased to advance
in art or the improvement of inventions and the mechanics.
What can Massachusetts do? Surely the groat factories
at Lowell can turn out samples of home-made goods that
America need not be ashamed of. Massachusetts can send
her representative men here. America is:proud of all those
who maintain her honour and add to her dignity. Who
would not like to see as commissioner to represent the
state the loved and revered Longfellow ? Who would
not welcome the presence of that noble poet amid the pro-
cession that marches beneath the arches of the Peace
Palace ? Agassiz, the laborious philosopher, who has re-
fused the invitation of Emperors to leave his adopted land,
James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Ralph
Waldo Emerson, these are men who should represent
Massachusetts.
What can New York do ? Can any one forget the pride
which filled the hearts of every American as he heard the
encomiums lavished on the Greek Slave in 1851. If lam
not mistaken there is in the gallery of the Hon. Hamilton
Fish, in New York, Palmer's "White Captive." That statue
is a miracle of beauty ; it is a work that alone would im-
mortalise the artist, but Palmer and Powers can send many
more that would challenge comparison with European
artists. In painting there is Coles's " Voyage of Life,"
which I am sure the Reverend Mr. Abbott would lend.
There is also his "Dream of Oneida ;" then there is
Church's "Niagara," his " Heart of the Andes," and his
" Icebergs ;" next Beersteidt's "Rocky Mountains," and
some of Hart's lively scenes of the Hudson. In photography
there is Brady, Gurney, and Frederics, whose galleries
are nol, surpassed or even equalled in Europe. The deli-
cate shades and the sharpness of outline of the various
portraits I have never seen excelled, even in Brussels.
There is Brady's gallery of the battle scenes of the late
war ; then the imperial-sized photographs of all the pro-
minent actors in that drama are well worth a study. 'Next
comes invention. What nation so rich as America in the
invention of labour-saving machinery. Tho works at
Springfield are the admiration of every visitor, whether
foreign or native. So perfect are they that fac-similes
have been imported, and are now used in the Government
Armoury Factories of England. Then there are sewing
machines, Hoe's Printing Press, M'Cormick's Reaper, and,
in fact, a catalogue of wonders that alike evince the genius
of a people. EVery State has its peculiar representative of
inherent wealth, its manufactories, and its commercial
products. What says the greatTacific States? California;
•whose Wealth_ et 4olli: 'surpasses all the fabulous tales of
Marc? Polo,:nktist send her quzirtz; ribbed with auriferons
Veins. „Colorado, Neyada, and -Idaha must let the world
knotV how rich tlaeYtire ln min eralS:= T heir silver mines must
be represented, those. mines vehicle.' will prove so remune-
rative that the capitalists of Europe will wonder at their
products. Let the Governors of all the States send such
specimens that the mineralogists here may be astonished ;
and well they may be, when they see quartz producing
£2OO and £250 to the ton.
The Government of tho United States should also see that
the country is properly represented.
First of all, the various inventions appertaining to war,
are far in advance in America to tha i of any other country.
The Admiralty of England are having models made of the
last iron-clads for the Exhibition. Surely the formidable
vessels which of late have been built for the United States
navy would be worthy of modelling. Send over armour-
plates, too. Surely Pittsburgh would be willing to exhibit
their plates beside those of Shefliild. Let us have Rod-
man, and Parrett, and Weir, and Dahlgreen guns ; let us
have all the various class of shot and shell ; let us have
the Spencer rifle—in fact, every breech-loading weapon
that has been invented. Let the ship-builders send over
models of their clippers and steamers, manufacturers of
machinery, models of every improvement and perfect class.
Let America hold her own. It is computed that two hun-
dred thousand people will cross the Atlantic ,next spring
to be present in Paris:during the Exhibition. Every one of
those visitors would at once desire to know how his coun-
try compared with others. All that is necessary to com-
mand the admiration of European visitors is for America
to be active, liberal, and earnest, and to enter with her
whole heart into the coining strife. A prize from the Ex-
hibition will bo future capital in trade, and will be a badge
as priceless as the Victoria Cross or the Legion of Honour.
Gresham House, London. T. RAWLINGS, F.R.G.S.