The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-03 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS AMERICAN NEWS.

The Philadelphia Inquirer has a leading article on
Mr. Thomas Rawlings's now famous letter to the
Anglo-American Times, and pays a well-merited
tribute to Mr. Rawlings's patriotism and modera-
tion. The Inquirer says :—" Thomas Rawlings,
Esq., F.R.G.S., an English merchant and author,
well known among a large circle of the mutual
friends of England and America, has just published
a long and able letter on the Alabama claims, in the
Anglo-American Times, of London. It is a docu-
ment worthy of a wide circulation, especially at the
present time. The Governments of the two coun-
tries could not employ the Atlantic Telegraph better
than by scattering this message of peace broadcast
among them. The writer has resided several years
in this country, engaged in commercial affairs, and
making himself well acquainted with our history
and institutions. His love for our Union was proved
by his giving up one of his sons for the National
army, who won distinction in the field of battle,
and died in our defence. He now comes. forward
to plead with both England and America to avail
themselves of the present auspicious moment to
settle differences.

We find from the Philadelphia Inquirer that
Madame Buonaparte met with a painful accident on
the evening of the 6th August, when descending the
stairs of her residence in Baltimore. Missing her
step she fell forward, breaking one of the small
bones in her right wrist, and bruising her forehead.
Dr. Reilley and Professor Smith were called in, when
the injury was found to be more painful than
serious, though three or four weeks may be required
to restore her to health. Though advanced in years
her mind is as strong and clear as ever, and she en-
joys remarkably good health. This lady is widow
of the late Jerome Buonaparte, sister-in-law of
Napoleon 1., and aunt of the present Emperor of the
French.

No man has a right to a gift, yet there are no
rights so boldly claimed, and which form such hot
subjects for disputes, and give rise to such heart-
burnings, especially if the gifts come from the Go-
vernment. The Soldiers' Bounty Bill extends a
boon to the land forces which the sea force can see
no reason should not also include them. Indeed
Congress may as well be prepared to extend the
boon, and stop the clamour raised by the late law in
relation to bounties. It has stirred up all the old
soldiers in the country, and disappointed the sailors.
The latter seem to suppose that they ought to have
some part in the distribution, and they are bothering
the officers of the Department fearfully by bluff in-
quiries as to when they are to get their pay. Now
this law does not apply to men in the naval service.
It only refers to soldiers, and to no others than
those who enlisted and served for two or three years,
and did not receive more than $lOO bounty. It has
no application to a vast number of soldiers, who
should understand as much, and relieve themselves
from trouble and disappointment. Furthermore, it
is just to every one who may think that he has a
claim, to say, that he must be patient. There are
preliminaries to be settled, and forms to be agreed
upon, which require consultation and adjustment.
In good time the Treasury will be ready to pay the
extra bounty, and when it is every one will know.
The Philadelphia Inquirer expresses a different
opinion from that generally entertained in Europe
of the intentions of the Empress of Mexico, and of
the purpose attributed to the Emperor of abandon-
ing his empire if his wife's mission fails, and joining
her in Europe. " The Empress of Mexico," says
this journal, " having gone to Europe to endeavour
to act as a female diplomatist among the busy
sovereigns, we have the usual rumours that she will
never come back, and that her husband is preparing
to follow her, and will leave the country by the Ist
of November. There is not the least foundation
for the latter assertion in anything that has been
proclaimed officially. Even Senor Romero, who is
prolific in happy despatches from Chihuahua, and
other places, and who, as soon as he receives any
intelligence from Mexico runs with it to Mr. Seward,
who gravely files it, and thanks him for the infor-
mation, does not pretend to have received anything
as satisfactory. Maximilian is, no doubt, in a bad
way, but he has given no signs of succumbing to the
difficulties which meet him at every step. his de-
cree for a draft to fill up the army shows that he
will make desperate efforts to retrieve the weaken-
ing effects of the withdrawal of French troops.' He
may fail in that object, but he will not give up until
the opposition aroused against him is so great that
he is no longer secure of his personal safety."
The movements of Queen Emma furnish lengthy
details for the New York papers—her Majesty's visit
to Greenwood Cemetery, the Brooklyn Navy-yard,
the :tour round the bay, the address of Major
Hoffman, her Majesty's lunch, and her Majesty's
supper. Her Majesty was struck with the contrast
between the swift, ingenious ferry boats plying be-
tween Brooklyn and New York, and the clumsy,
dirty, and ill-shaped steamers encumbering the over-
crowded Thames. Did her Majesty ever travel in
a Thames penny-boat, and how was the startling
apparition of royalty received on board ? Had her
Majesty any American drinks in her American
progresses ? There is a more striking contrast,
and one of which we doubt not she would be a
better judge between English and American drinks
than between the ferry-boats. If the Round Table
is to be believed, American ladies are no mean
judges of cock-tails and juleps ; and her Majesty is
said to have been born in New York. The world owes
more than it has ever acknowledged to the inven-
tion of these " delicious novelties," as " our Mr.
D. D. Wilson," of Great Eastern Hotel notoriety
in Calcutta, describes them. We know what we
think of American drinks, and the sooner the art i
of concocting these refreshing beverages is more
generally spread the better. An American bar
has been opened in Leicester-square, and we have
no doubt that a greater tide of population will
drift in that direction. Queen Emma is the
daughter of a Scotchman named Rooke, engaged
in trade in Honolulu. She is said to be a native
of New York, reared in Hawaii, -where her attractive
appearance excited a tender sentiment in the repre-
sentative of the old cannibal dynasty, who raised
her to a place on his throne. Her husband,
Kamehaha Lililiho IV., died two or three
years
ago. She is therefore a dowager, and her royalty
represents but a reminiscence of the past.
Governor Denison has written a long letter in reply
to one from Oliva A. Morse, George B. Ripley, and
others, in explanation of the reasons why he retired
from the Cabinet. He contrasts his own rearing,
being taught from his earliest infancy to regard
slavery as a great moral, social, political wrong,
with that of the President, born in the South, him-
self once a slave holder, and a member of the
Democratic party which maintained the right of
slavery, and the duty of Government to support it.
In spite of differences, be assumed that the Presi-
dent would accept the( reconstruction action of
Congress, and he neither looked forward to a breach
between the Cabinet and President, nor between the
President and Congress. He believed in all being
Equally sincere in their loyalty to the Union Re-
publican party, to whom they were alike indebted
for their official positions. Mr. Denison goes on
to detail the manner in which the President gradually
became influenced and the means brought to bear
on him. He details the measures in which he
differed, and finally comes to the main point, the
reconstruction question. " It cannot be over-
looked," he says, " that in the controversy between
the President and Congress on the subject of recon-
struction, Congress has displayed a more concilia-
tory spirit. Indeed, the concesssions have been
wholly on its part, the President not having
yielded anything." Again he states, " Never in the
conduct of any Government towards its rebellious
people have such generous forbearance and mag_
naniu~itv been shown as has marked the action of
Congress towards those who sought the overthrow
of our Government, and whose ingratitude displayed
in their persistent assaults upon Congress, and in
their savage treatment of the Freedmen and Union
citizens of the south, is little less a crime than their
open treason against the Government."
Nothing was wanted in opening the great Phi-
ladelphia Convention to add to the impressiveness
of the scene. Union was the object professed by
the delegates, the greater part of whom are among
the most celebrated soldiers and politicians of both
Northern and Southern States. To symbolise a

cordial re-union, the Conventioners from Massa-
chusetts, the great leader of the Northern States,
and those from South Carolina, the great leader of
the Southern States, in the principles contended for
in the war, marched into the hall arm in arm.: Great
Northern generals appeared by the side of famous
Southern soldiers, moving to the tunes of " Dixie,"
and " Yankee Doodle," " Bonny Blue Flag," and
the "Star Spangled Banner." The Federals pro-
posed cheers for tunes sung by Confederate warriors
when they rushed into battle, and led in the re-
sponse by the multitude. A brother-in-law of Mr.
Davis replied by calling for a cheer for restored
Union, which was hailed with enthusiasm. The
declaration of principles will be received as enthu-
siastically by the whole nation. Putting aside
narrow views and bigoted sentiments, the objects
professed by the Philadelphia Convention will find
a warm response in the heart of the people.. The
two great parties now profess to have the same
objects in common ; the differences are as to the
means by which they are to be secured. Let the
South but act on the principles laid down by the
Union Convention, and the reconstruction of the
Union is accomplished more happily and more
speedily than the most sanguine could have antici-
pated. But it is idle to disguise the fact that a
large section cf the people view with suspicion the
enunciation of these principles. To profess wise,
moderate, and sound sentiments is one thing—to
act upon them is another. We earnestly hope that
the response from the whole country will be so
hearty that no one will dare to act in opposition,
that local jealousies and party spirit will be
smothered by the weight of national opinion, and
that'an era of peace and good-will has truly dawned
on this long-distracted land. What a glorioue future
is then before the Great Republic The untram-
melled energy of its brave and intelligent people
will work out results of which the world has never
dreamed, and America even now will step at once
into the position in which all her citizens so ardently
desire to see her—the Chief among Nations—to
outstrip hereafter beyond calculation all other
peoples of the earth.
The following is a brief description. of the mode
in which it is intended to operate the cars of the
" elevated railway" in Greenwich-street, New
York :—" The motive power is au endless wire rope
attached to drums, driven by engines placed beneath
the surface of the streets, one engine of about thirty
horse power is to be stationed at intervals of about
one half mile between two lengths of rope of about
a quarter of a mile in length on either side, and
propelled by the same engine. Drawbridges are
to be placed at convenient cross streets, and are to
be worked by the same engine, so as to open and
shut by steam power. The cars, by an ingenious
patented device, pass from one length of rope to
another without change of speed, and yet the con-
ductor inside the car can, by use of hand-levers,
stop or start the cars at pleasure anywhere on the
road. Stations are proposed to be placed once in
five blocks, and station rooms are to be hired in the
second story of contiguous buildings, andpassengers
ascend and descend by stairways inside of the block;
where this cannot be done, outside staircases are to
be permitted.
Santa Anna has come to grief. Maximilian has
issued the following decree:—" We, Maximilian,
Emperor of Mexico, decree :—Article 1. There
shall be appointed a receiver, to take an inventory
of the property which Don Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna possesses within the limits of the Empire.
Article 2. Said receiver shall keep an exact account
of the revenues yielded by such property, and shall
make deposit of said revenues for safe keeping,
without deducting any sums except such as, with
the appropriation of this Government, shall be
allotted to the members of Santa Anna's family
actually residing within the territory of the Em-
pire. Article 3. No contract having relation to
the said property shall have the force of law with-
out the written approbation of said receiver. Our
Minister of the Interior is charged with the execu-
tion of the present decree. Given at the Palace,
in Mexico, the 12th day of July, 1866.—Maxi-
milian. By order of the Emperor. Jose Salazar
Ila.rregui, Minister of the Interior. The illustrious
gentleman left St. Thomas and proceeded to the
United States, moved by an unfortunate ambition.
There he has been arrested • fol. alleged transactions
connected with the purchase of a steam ship. Thus
he has at once lost his property and his liberty. The
wheel of fortune, however, turns rapidly in such
unsettled and revolutionary countries as that in
which his property lies, where man may one month
be an absolute Dictator, and iu the next a penniless

prisoner.
We have extracted from the proceedings of the
Philadelphia Convention the names of the delegates
appointed to serve on committees
General Dix—The first business before the Convention
is the report of the committees appointed yesterday.
Mr. Blair, of Maryland—Mr. President, I am instructed
by the Committee on Organisation to report the following
names as the officers of this Convention.
The report was read as follows :—For President, Senator
Doolittle, of Wisconsin. Vice-Presidents—Maine, L. P.
Woods, LL.D.; New Hampshire, Daniel Marcy ; Vermont,
Myron Clark ; Massachusetts, Hon. R. P. Hall ; Rhode
Island, Alfred Anthony ; Connecticut, Hon. 0. F. Win-
chester; New York, Theodore S. _Paxton ; New Jersey,
General Gershaumatt ; Pennsylvania, Asa Parker ; Delc-
ware, Ayres Stockley ; Maryland, General Vickers ;
Virginia, Hon. John W. Brockenborough ; West Vir-
ginia, Thomas Sweeny; North Carolina, Hon. John
A. Gilmer; South Carolina, Judge D. J. Wardlaw ;
Georgia, Richard F. Lyons; Florida, Judge Thomas
Randall ; Mississippi, G. A. Sykes ; Louisiana, Oath-
bert Bullet ; Arkansas, Hon. J. M. Tebbetts ; Texas,
D. G. Burnett; Tennessee, Thomas R. R. Nelson; Ala-
bama, George G. Houston ; Kentucky, Hon. J. W. Ritter ;
Ohio, R. Ranney ; Indiana, Hon. W. G. Smith; Illinois,
D. K. Green ; Michigan, Hon. 0. B. Clark ; Missouri, Hon.
John Hogan ; Minnesota, Franklin Steel ; Wisconsin, Gen.
Milton Montgomery ; lowa, Edward Johnston ; Kansas,
J. L. Pendery ; California, Wm. F. Coleman ; Nevada,
Frank Hereford ; Oregon, Hon. George L. Curry; District
of Columbia, Joseph H. Bradley ; Arizona, ; Dacotah,
J. M. Turner ; Idaho, ; Montana, Geo. L. Miller; New
Mexico, ; Utah, —; Colorado, Hon. B: F. Hall ; Wash-
ton Territory, Elwood Evans. Sem etaries —Maine, James
Mann; Now Hampshire, E. L. Cutter; Vermont, George
H. Simmons ; Massachusetts, Chas. Wright ; Rhode Island,
James H. Parsons, Connecticut, James A. Honvey ; New
York, E. 0. Perrin ; New Jersey, Col. Thomas S. Allison ;
Pennsylvania, Henry A. Weaver; Delaware, J. T. Thorpe;
Maryland, Dr. W. W. Watkins ; Virginia, Henry S.
Walker; North Carolina, S. T. Patterson; South Caro-
lina, T. Y. Simmons ; Georgia, J. H. Christie ; Florida,
Judge P. D. Wright ; Mississippi, A. G. Moyer ; Louisi-
ana, A. W. Walker ; Arkansas, Ellis C. Boudinot ; Texas,
J. M. Daniel ; Tennessee, John Lellyelt ; Alabama, C. S.
G. Doster ; Kentucky, M. H. Owsley ; Ohio, E. P. Eshel-
man; Indiana, Col. C. C. Watson; Illinois, Jas. M'Ginness,
jun. ; Michigan, Gen. John G. Parkhurst ; Minnesota,
Richard Price ; Wisconsin, George C. Gowtry ; lowa, L.
D. Parmer ; Kansas, W. A. Tipton ; California, Jackson
Temple ; Nevada, Col. Jesse Williams ; Oregon; A. D.
Fitch ; District of Columbia, Jas. O'Beirne ; Dacotah, J.
F. Bramboll ; Nebra,ska, Major L. Lowrie ; Washington,
Charles F. Egan.

The committees appointed by the Chair are as follows;
hioP;
Committee on Credentials—James B. Steadmacino
IL —. Coleman, Louisiana ; Thomas Born, Charles
Daly, New York; David Kilgore, Indiana; J. B. Camp
bell, South Carolina ; A. H. Smith,
Wisconsin George
M. Ives, Connecticut ; B. H. Epperson, Texas ; William H.
Blair, New Hampshire ; Ashbel Green, New Jersey ; Jas.
M'Ferran, Missouri ; and John B. Franklin, Maryland.
On Organisation—Nathaniel G. Little, of North Caro-
lina ; E. A. Hibburs, New Hampshire ; J. J. Deavitt, Ver-
mont ; E. A. Allger, Massachusetts ; A. Ballou, Rhode
Island; L. P. Waldo, Connecticut; W. H. Ludlow, New
York ; Joel Parker, New Jersey ; A. W. Tracy, Pennsyl-
vania ; Jos. M. Parr, Delaware ; Montgomery Blair, Mary-
land.
Chairmen—Thos. S. Flourney, Virginia ; John J.
Thompson, West Virginia; W. A. Wright, North Caro-
lina ; F. A. Dawkins, South Carolina ; Peter Ingrain,
Georgia; Jas. B. Dawkins, Florida; J. F. Bailey, Missis-
sippi ; J. G. Parham, Louisiana ; J. B. Luce, Arkansas ; B.
H. Epperson, Texas ; Jos. Ramsey, Tennessee ; Alex.
White, Alabama ; E. A. Graves, Kentucky ; George Fries,
Ohio ; D. G. Rose, Indiana ; Thos. Turner, Illinois ; A. A.
Stevens, Michigan ; H. 31. Rice, Minnesota ; L. P. Villas,
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No appointments yet made for Missouri, Nevada, or
Arizona.

PERMANENT PRESIDENT.
It has been decided that Senator Doolittle will ho made
permanent President of the Convention.

NATIONAL UNION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
John T. Crowell, of New Jersey, Chairman. Maine,
James Mann and A. A. Gould. Now Hampshire, Edmund
Burke and E. S. Cutler. Vermont, B. B. Smalley and Col.
H. N. Northam. Massachusetts, Josiah Dunham and 11.
S. Spafford. Rhode Island, Alfred Anthonyand James H.