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London, England, 1866-01-03 00:00:00

and I heartily thank the Emperor for the good
wishes for its prosperity he now expresses through
you. In receiving from your hands the letters 'by
which the Emperor has accredited you to me, I am
charmed with the choice made by his Imperial Ma-
jesty, and it affords me pleaure to assure you that
you will always find, both from myself and my Go-
vernment, ready assistance in everything- which
may facilitate the accomplishment of your mission,
and more and more consolidate the friendship and
sympathy so happily existing' between two nations
holding the same creed."

AMERICA.

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ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)

NEW Yon; Dec. 23, Noon.
President Johnson has relieved South Carolina of her
Provisional Government, and for that purpose has, through
the Secretary of State, addressed to the out-going and in-
coming executives letters exactly similar to those recently
announcing tho same change in the cases of Alabama and
Georgia. The new Governor, the Hon. James L. Orr, is to
be formally installed in office on the 26th inst.
Southern advices are unusually meagre, but generally
sustain the opinion recently expressed by General Grant
in his official address to Congress, that the newly developed
loyalty at the South is general and sincere.
A general apprehension seems to prevail at the South
that there will be an uprising of the negroes in certain sec-
tions of several States during the approaching holidays.
Numerous public journals assert that the blacks have, at
the instigation of Northern white men, and, to a great ex-
tent, under their leadership, effected for this purpose a
regular organisation, and that they are well armed. Pre-
cautionary measures have been adopted by the national and
State authorities, and, it is believed, that should there be
any outbreak, it can be readily quelled. The principal
anxiety is felt for the sparsely settled agricultural district;
where the negroes could, by concentrating, overcome the
whites, who are mostly without arms. It is hoped, how-
ever, that the danger is more imaginary than real. At
numerous mass meetings in Virginia, North Carolina, and
elsewhere, the negroes have manifested a proper spirit,
and have earnestly disavowed any insurrectionary designs.
A majority of the members of Congress elect from the
Southern States have decided to return to their homes and
await the action of the joint Committee of fifteen on Re-
construction, as there seemed to be no prospect of their ad-
mission. It is believed in well-advised circles that the
President will make a determined resistance to the Radical
programme of refusing the Southern States and reducing
them to a territorial condition. That Mr. Johnson in this
course will be sustained by the Conservative Republicans
and Democrats is fully indicated by recent Congressional
proceedings.
There seems to be a lack of harmony in the operations
of the Freedmen's Bureau in the Southern States. The
officials of that organization have, on several occasions,
refused to obey orders of the national military authorities.
Major-General Howard, Chief of the Bureau, in order to
correct these abuses, has notified all his subordinates that
any of them presuming to act contrary to the orders of
their military superiors will be promptly removed, and
subjected to trial by court martial.
In the Senate, on the 21st inst., Messrs. Fessenden,
Grimes, Harris, Howard, Johnson, and Williams were ap-
pointed as the Senate portion of the Joint Committee of
fifteen on Reconstruction.
Mr. Howard, representative of Michigan, offered a reso-
lution, which was adopted, asking the President upon
what charges Jefferson Davis is confined, and why he is
not brought to trial.
Messrs. Simms and Howard presented petitions for
negro suffrage in Tennessee, South Carolina, 'and the dis-
trict of Columbia.
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill, which
was referred to the Judiciary Committee, to render null
and void all national and State laws making distinction on
account of colour.
In the House of Representatives, on the 20th inst., Mr
Stevens, Radical, of Pa., offered a bill, which was referred,
to double tho pensions of those who were made pensioners
by reason of the late war, to indemnify loyal mon for all
damage sustained, and to meet the increased expense by a
vigorous confiscation of rebel property.
Mr. Lawrence, Republican, of Ohio, offered a resolution,
which was ordered to be printed and laid on the table, de-
claring that Jefferson Davis should be tried, convicted, and
punished for treason, and that all who were in any way
connected with the assassination of Mr. Lincoln or the
cruelties to Federal prisoners should be tried before a mili-
tary tribunal.
On the 21st inst. a resolution was introduced, and re-
ferred to the Foreign Affairs Committee, declaring that the
United States ought never to recognise any Government
imposed on any portion of this continent by European
arms.

Mr. Vorhees, Democrat, of Indiana, offered a resolution,
which was postponed till the 9th proximo, endorsing the
.President's reconstruction policy, and declaring that no
State can rightfully recede from the Union.

Mr. Raymond, Republican, of New York, delivered a
lengthy and able speech in reply to the recent onslaught
on the President by Thadeus Stevens, of Penn. Mr.
Raymond warmly defended the wisdom and humanity of

the President's reconstruction policy, and effectually re-
futed the theory that tho Southern States have been out of
the Union, and should be treated as traitors. He conclu-
sively proved that such theory countenanced the right, if
not the expediency, of secession, and prevented the punish-
ment of treason. At the conclusion of his speech Mr. Ray-
mond was congratulated by prominent Conservative Re-
publicans and Democrats.

Both Houses of Congress stand adjourned to the sth

proximo.

In the Senate, on the 20th inst., the house bill for the
payment of $25,000 to Mrs. Lincoln was taken up and
passed.

Mr. Sumner, of Mass., presented a petition of his con-
stituents for the appointment of Provisional Governors

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for all the States lately in rebellion, and for the guarantee
of political equality to all loyal citizens.—Referred to com-
mittee on reconstruction.

Mr. Wilson, of Mass., called up the Equality bill, where-
upon a lively debate ensued. Mr. Sumner, of Mass.,
warmly advocated the bill. He hoped justice would be
done to the negro, and that the fate of three millions of
that race would not be submitted to the machinations of
slavemasters. He then proceeded to read extracts from
letters to the Boston Advertiser, showing that the freedmen
were being cruelly treated, and that disloyal sentiments

prevailed at the South. The speaker then referred to the

President's Address again as an attempt to whitewash the
South, and cast an official mantle of oblivion over its

,ults.

Mr. Saulsburg, Democrat, of Delaware, said the Senator
seemed apprehensive that the Democracy would again
come into power under the present Executive. Division
had already begun in Republican ranks. If the President
stood firm in his present polioy, two millions of faithful

men in the North who did not vote for him would support
him, and welcome the contest whenever it came.

Mr. Cowan, of Pa., Republican, emphatically protested
against Mr. Sumner's speech. He regarded the President's
address as fair and truthful. The statements read by Mr.
Sumner were prejudiced. The cases of cruelty were ex:
ceptional. Where one man ill-treated negroes, nine hun-
dred and ninety-nine treated them properly ; but of the
latter class Mr. Sumner said nothing.
On Thursday the President sent to the Senate the
nomination of ex-Congressman Lewis D. Campbell, of
Ohio, as Minister Extraordinary to the Republic of Mexico,
iu place of General Logan, declined. The name of Mr.
John Biglow, who is now American Minister in France on
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a temporary appointment, has been laid before the Senate
for confirmation by the President. General Van Valkeb-
burg, of New York, has been appointed Minister to Japan,
to supersede the recent appointment of Mr. Chancey M.
Depew.

The New York Times, of the 23d inst., says :—" Two
millions of Mexican silver dollars, coined at El Paso, were
deposited on Thursday in one of the banks in Washing-
ton, to the credit of the Mexican Republic."

MR. BRIGHT AND THE CHILIAN BLOCKADE.—The
following communication has been received by the
chairman of the Brassmasters' Association from Mr. Bright,
M.P., in reference to the Chilian difficulties :—" Rochdale,
Dec. 23, 1865. Dear Sir, —Lord Clarendon is, I think,
sanguine that the Spain and Chili business will soon be
settled. The Government, in conjunction with the French
Government, has proposed to use its good offices in the
dispute. The proposal was met in a conciliatory spirit at
Madrid. Tho terms are considered equally honourable to
the contending parties, and were agreed to (at Madrid)
without hesitation. They have been sent out by the last
mail to Chili, and if they are received there in a proper
spirit there will be an end of the quarrel. I hope therefore
the disturbance to your trade may soon be removed. A
formal reply to your memorial has, I think, been forwarded
to you, but I thought you would like to know what Lord
Clarendon has written to me on the subject. —Yours very
truly (Signed) JOHN Bauowr.—Geo. A. Everitt, Esq., Bir-
mingham."

FORTUNATE RECOVERY OF TREASURE.—A singular
recovery of property has just been made in the port
of Havre. The ship William Tell arrived a few days
back from Para, and a passenger was getting into a boat to
go on shore, with a leathern traveller's pouch suspended
from his neck, when the strap broke, and the bag, which
contained 20,000 fr. in gold and notes, fell into the water
and disappeared. The owner remained some days in Havre,
while attempts were being made to recover the property ;
but all efforts were unsuccessful, and at lengtli, in despair,
he left that town and went on to Paris. Three daysback,
however, two boatmen of the port made another trial with
a line, to which strong fish-hooks were attached, and
which they dragged along the mud ; they at length suc-
ceeded in catching hold of the bag and bringing it safely
into their boat, and then deposited it at the police-office.
The owner has since presented them with a suns of 800 f.