The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-06 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS AMERICAN NEWS.

General Grant and Admiral Farragut were both
wearied beyond endurance while accompanying the
President. Mr. Seward was seized with cholera
and returned seriously ill. The last reception re-
sulted in a disastrous accident, and Mr. Johnson
reached Washington a sadder if a wiser man. He
commenced the round full of hope, he ended it
full of disappointment, The Southern Loyalists
attract little public attention, as the people are
weary of these rounds, and the excitement to which
they gave rise has died away.
The following official notice from the U. S. Secre-
tary of the Treasury has just been made public:—
"Treasury Department, Sept. 14, 1866. --Notice
is hereby given, that the Treasury Department is
prepared to redeem Certificates of Temporary Loan,
known as Clearing-house Certificates,' at the offices
from which they were respectively issued ; and that
on and after the 23th of September, 1866, interest
will cease upon fifty per cent. of each certificate;
and on and after the 25th of October next interest
will cease on the remainder.-11. M'CuLLocu, Se-
cretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Davis, it is reported, will be released next
month, by order of the President. The President
throws the responsibility of the failure to try Mr.
Davis on Chief Justice Chase. Mrs. Davis has left
Canada to return to her husband.

The Southern Loyalists met with an enthusiastic
reception at Utica, New York, on 'Wednesday,
September 19. The welcoming speech was made by
the Hon. Roscoe Conkling, after which addresses
were delivered by Colonel rope, of Missouri,• Go-
vernor Hamilton, of Texas, and others.

The report of the Board of Equalisation of
assessments of the State of New York fixes the real
property at $334,826,220. The poorest county in
the State is llamilton, $183,976.

Twenty thousand ounces of gold, valued at
$400,000, were deposited in the branch mint at San
Francisco on the 10th August, the largest amount
ever received in a single day.
It is announced that ex-Governor Eyre is engaged
in writing a history of the Jamaica insurrection. His
testimonial Committee have received in cash and
promises nearly £12,000, and they have already had
under serious consideration the course to be adopted,
and the counsel to be retained in the event of the
threatened criminal prosecution being carried out.
The special correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
states that he sought an interview with General
Grant, to ascertain whether the speech made by
him in Wood's Theatre was, or was not, true. The
General explained it away ; declaring that, although
he had a private conversation with Mr. Baker, he
had not used the words reported. He added, that
he had accompanied the Presidential party at the
President's request, that he had abstained from
declaring
.his own political sentiments, or authoris-
ing anybody else to do so—that he was annoyed
by the successive attempts made by Mr. Seward
and others to announce to the people along the
road that his political views were in harmony with
those of Mr. Johnson. On being asked if he 'had
attended the interview between the Philadelphia
Convention Committee and the President upon his
own motion he replied—" Of course not ; that
being a purely political gathering it was none of
my business. I was there at the request of the
President, and all attempts to attach political signi-
ficance to my presence are unwarranted and
impertinent."

There is great activity among the Fenians in New'
Orleans, and several companies are being equipped
for some service, probably with the intention of
again invading Canada. There is the highest autho-
r rity for stating that Sheridan has no idea of taking
command of the Fenian army, neither has there
been authority for the use of his name in that or
any other connection. Head Centre Stephens had
called a meeting of the Fenian Brotherhood at Man-
hattan and Long Island for 23d Septen,ber, Sun-
day. Important movements, it is said, may be
expected soon from the headquarters of the Stephens
faction.

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and his brother
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Government of the country to which Mr. Field
belonged. We regret this, and consider it a de-
parture from the usual course pursued
by sove-
whether such an honour Would be agreeable or
sove-
reigns. Cyrus W. Field is himself the best judge
not to himself as an American. If he thought
not, he would have the satisfaction of knowing how
highly her Majesty appreciated the work he had
performed, and the offer could not but be con-
sidered a compliment both to himself and to the
nation he so prominently represented in this great
undertaking. We trust that the opportunity will
notbelost, and that Cyrus W. Field may be informed
of the honour which her Majesty is desirous of con-
ferring upon him, if he thinks it consistent with
his American citizenship to accept it.
Two Freedmen were lately sold by auction, in
Clark county, Alabama, for debt. They owed $l3,
and they "brought" $1,350, which ought to
1:)), a
good dividend to their crelitors ; but it does 324
appear that they were relea6ed, and General kbz.