The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-13 00:00:00

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song, " God Bless America," and one or two others,
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names as "Appalachia" and " Alleghenia" but
their arguments have been in vain. To be
a
citizen of the United States" is the only distinction
which Americans have cared to boast about, and if
called Americans they feel that the title is only par-
tially disinctiv3. '111,7. United States are not
" America" in the full sense of the word, whik.ll
applies to both continents. A Canadian is an,
American ; so is a Peruvian or a Brazilian ; and by
taking the name of America to themselves, the
people of the United States coolly exclude the in-
habitants of American States and Provinces far ex-
ceeding, in the amount of territory occupied, that
portion of the continent which is occupied by them.
To call a citizen of the United States an America,4
can only give a correct idea of his nationality if the
title were restricted to their own people. But a
Mexican is an American, and a Russian of the
North-west is one also, and an inhabitant of New-
foundland is equally entitled to the distinction. Mr.
Anderson argues that " the term United States is
not sufficiently comprehensive and significant to
indicate the real unity and destiny of the Ame-
rican people." And why not ? Assured]
" unity" is indicated by the words " United Stater,,,
and as for the " destiny" of a country, we are
unable to perceive how that can be foretold by a
geographical name. It is true there are other
United States—for instance, " the United States of
Colombia" and " the United States of Mexico,"
but, except in official
papers, they are called, .':.110/4.„,
".Colombiarand "Mexico." There is no aggr..i-
gation of proviucca, to which thi,-7title Unit Cd-
- is applied systematically,
speaking, but that which is governed from ash-
-W
ington. The name is thoroughly distinctive for
that reason ; and what may be occasionally done
for the sake of avoiding tautology by the use of the
word American constitutes no reason why the
people of the United States should give up a tit
for their country which was given to it by their
fathers, and which they have grown up to reverence
and cherish.

Washington's Birthday.

NAPLES, March 2, 1866.

The American visitors and residents in this
city celebrated their national anniversary, on
the 22d of February, by a dejeuner at the,
Hotel de Russie. The large and handsome salocin
of the hotel was draped at either end with American
flags, and on either side with the national standard
of Italy ; and flowers, of which Naples can now
boast so great a profusion, variety, and beauty, ar-
ranged in garlands, festoons, and bouquets, added
to the fine effect of the saloon and tables. The
company was seated soon after 11 o'clock, an early
hour having been selected with reference to
their convenience as travellers ; and the breakfast,
in its appointments and service was every way
creditable to the hotel. The music provided was of
unusual excellence. The band, numbering twenty
performers, belonged to the Second Legion of the
Naples National Guard. The American national
airs were rendered by them in a most spirited manner,
with a true appreciation of their light and shade.
The chair was taken by Mr. John Jay, of New
York, assisted by E. D. Stanton, Esq., of New
York, and other gentlemen.
Mr. JAY, in addressing the assembly, congratu-
lated them that on that day, in every capital in
1 Europe, assemblies similar to theirs would meet
together to commemorate the birthday of the Father
of his Country. But, he said, there was hardly a.
spot in the world where such a commemoration could
arouse more interesting thoughts than come spon-
taneously to the American, in this heart of ancient
" Italia," amid the monuments of ages long past, of
tribes and of nations almost forgotten. We stand
close to the buried cities of Herculaneum and
Pompeii, whose origin is lost in fable ; around
us are the monuments of Phonicia, and of
Greece, and on every side the ruins that recall
the sad and wondrous history of Rome, the gran-
deur of its pride, the beauty that clings to it in
decay, and the glorious remains of ancient art that
survive to certify its Imperial splendour. How in
contrast with these Italian scenes and memories
rise the bold features of our Western home with its
less genial climate and more rugged soil; its uni-
versal freedom, political and religious ; its hardy,
intelligent, energetic population; each man of whom
knows that he is a free citizen, and composing to-
gether a sovereignty such as the world has never
seen till now. (Applause.)

Mr. JAY described, in eloquent terms, the feeling
of European peoples with referenee to the late
struggle in America. The aristocrats of Europe
announced, when the war began, that our national
career was ended, our nationality dissolved, and
that the short-lived meteor of Republicanism had
vanished as suddenly as it arose. As the war ad-
vanced upon a scale without precedent or parallel,
these gentlemen made it still clearer that our Union
was utterly wrecked, and hopelessly insolvent ; and
when at last the war approached its close, and those
who had believed their rash prophecies looked to be-
hold the scattered fragments of a broken empire,
the smoke lifted from the battle-fields of America
and disclosed the Republic of Washington, purified
and invigorated, one and indivisible ; with the old
flag floating in unchallenged majesty from ocean to
ocean, with no stripe erased, and no star missing.
Instead of wreck, and ruin, and desolation, they saw
strength, harmony, and union, and throughout the
extent of our wide empire, wherever the war had
raged, they found that nothing was broken but the
manacle of the slave. (Cheers.) Surely Ameri-
cans, with all becoming respect for the teaching of
European universities, and the able statesmanship
of European Cabinets, may venture henceforth to
doubt their infallibility on American questions, and
may be permitted, without too much regard to the
advice or the wishes of the ruling classes on this
side the Atlantic, to cast for themselves their own
horoscope, and to decide for themselves their own
destiny.

The following letter, addressed by General Gari-
baldi to the United States Consul at Naples, was
then read :

Caprora, 13th February, 1866.
Sir, —I received Varough the hands of the Deputy Friscia,
the letter you have sent me. No other coppoywoefrfuyloalras
sreachedhouldnCo
ta pbree
sympathisedra . It i impossiblewthby
generous champion of freedom ha the world, which is the
Government of the United States. Please express my feel-
ings to that great nation as well as to the Government at
Washington.—l am, sir, with the greatest esteem, yours
most devotedly.—(Signed) G. GARIBA.LDI.
To the Consul of the United States, Naples.

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little reason to doubt that the coming season will prove a
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elevens have vacant dates for friendly matches, and will
therefore be glad to hear
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tached to the Half Moon Tavern, Putney (Mr. Guy's).
A WONDERFUL BULLET.—I had just been order-
ing our men not to waste their ammunition, and to
fire only when they saw the person of a Yankee completely
exposed, when close at hand I heard the dull thud of a
bullet striking home, and turning round saw one of our
soldiers, a gallant young fellow whom I knew well, throw
up his arms and fall heavily to the ground. Dismounting
at once, I hastened to his side ; but finding that the ball
had struck him right in the middle of the forehead I re-
garded him as a corpse, and deemed all further assistance
wholly unnecessary. Not many minutes had elapsed,
however, before the apparently dead man began to move,
and when the surgeon, who bad already arrived, poured
some brandy down his throat to our infinite amazement
he opened his eyes. A few hours later, miraculous to
relate, when the bleeding from the wound had ceased, he
had recovered sufficiently from the severe shock to re-
turn to his post of duty. According to the surgeon's
statement the ball, striking obliquely, had glanced, pass-
-1 ing between cuticle and skull, all found the head,
emer-
ging at last from the very place it h d afirst entered.—
Blackwood's Magazine.