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TtiE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10. 1'166.

roof, and capable of giving employment to 250
men. It will be in working order by the Ist of
January. The company have contracted for 70
machines for cutting screws, with which they
will be able to manufacture 1,500 gross of screws
a day. The cost of the building, dam, canal,
wheel, &c., is about $25,000, and the machinery
ordered will swell the amount to $lOO,OOO. The
building and water-power are capable of running

$lOO,OOO worth of machines in addition to those
ordered. The number of hands employed in this
factory will be from fifty to seventy-five. Adjoin-
ing this is a forge shop, 80 feet by 40 in size, and
one story high. About 50 men are now employed
on and about the buildings, and the work is being
pushed rapidly forward. The arrangements for
receiving and removing freight are unsurpassed.
A track is to be laid from the Canal Railroad to

the factory, running along the side-hill east of the
Cook lot. The distance is 2,500 feet, and the Canal
Company agree to lay 1,000 feet of the track, the
proprietors of the factory doing the grading and
laying the remainder of the track. This track will
run into the tower, so that freight can be taken
directly from the cars and hoisted into the factory,
and vice versa.

We learn from the Philadelphia Inquirer that the
work on the bridge of the Philadelphia and Balti-
more Railroad at Havre-de-Grace is finished, and
that on Monday next it will be used by the regular
trains. This bridge has been completed in despite
of great obstacles, not the least of which was the
overturning of the whole structure during the pre-
sent year by a hurricane. From the accounts given
of that disaster, it was thought that a long time
would be required to repair the damage. But the
company has worked with great courage and deter-
mination, and formidable obstacles have been sur-
mounted. The completion of this bridge will do
away with the delay occasioned by the use of the
ferry boat across the Susquehanna, and shorten the
time between Philadelphia and Baltimore about 30
minutes. The railroad company and the travelling
community may well be congratulated at the happy
result.

President Johnson made a journey upon what
might be called a public occasion, and, strange to
say, made no speeches. The ceremony of laying
the corner-stone of the Masonic Temple at Balti-
more was honoured by his presence, and he partici-
pated in it without any show or display of oratory.
Had he used the same discretion when he " swung
round the circle" the result might have been better
for his " policy."
The tumours, says the Nation, about the probable
course of the President are numerous and conflict-

ng. He has had " conferences" of some length of

late with Chief Justice Chase and other " traitors,"
who certainly never approved of the " policy," and
it is inferred from this, with some show of reason,
that he is still " open to conviction." It is hoped,
too, that the heavy douche of the elections may have
cleared his brain a little and led him to view

the situation with a somewhat steadier gaze than
a week or two ago. Of course, all this is possible,
and even not improbable ; but Mr. Johnson's train-
ing and the structure of his mind are such as to
make it very unsafe to attempt to calculate what
he will do under any given circumstances. The ma-
jority against him is, perhaps, the phenomenon he
can best understand, and which will produce most
effect on him. It may either induce him to remain
passive hereafter—which would be unfortunate, as
he has done mischief which he is bound to undo—
or it may make him modify his " policy," but still
insist on having a policy, which would also be un-
fortunate, as it would protract the conflict between
him and Congress. The talk of his proclaiming
universal amnesty in return for impartial suffrage
is very foolish talk, and we hope does not originate
with him. He has no power to make any such
arrangement, and if he had, ought not to make it,
as it would settle only one of the very important
points in the controversy between the Union and
the revolted States.

Amongst the signs of Mr. Johnson's conversion
which are just now spoken of, is his refusal to listen
any longer to Democratic applications for offices.
Delegations of office-seekers and their friends calling
attention to the state of the post-office in their
neighbourhood are now every day sent away sorrow-
ful. This is very well as far as it goes. If Mr.
Johnson had only thought of it two months ago !
The Commission, of which Caleb Cushing is the
head, for the codification of the United States laws,
are making rapid progress with their work. There
is more labour involved in this work than any of the
judges supposed.
The Tribune continues to discipline its employees

in public. It is evidently thoroughly purging its
floor. This time it is an unfortunate reporter
named Miller who has been " discharged" (" dis-
missed" is, as Tony Weller would say, " a more
tenderer word") for attempting to edit the
paper, when he was only employed to collect
news for it. If these acts of wholesome se-
verity wiil only bring the true nature of the
distinction clearly before the mind of all the re-
porters in the country, the Tribune will have ac-
quired a fresh claim to the gratitude of the public.
General Pile, the successful opponent of the Hon.
John Hogan for a seat in the 40th Congress, was
charged by the Missouri Republican, just on the eve
of the election, with being an embezzler and a thief.
There was no truth in the charge, but at the late
day when itwas made, its refutation could hardly be
effective in the canvass. We commend the general's
example to every candidate, whether Democratic or
Republican, who in his own person suffers from what
is the curse of American political journalism. He

has brought a suit against the Republican for
$5,000. We fear his best chance of getting any
thing, lies in the fact, that the whole administration
of the law in Missouri is in the hands of a party
bitterly opposed to the Republican, and which itself
has proved its ability to call names.
The Secretary of the United States Navy has
issued a circular providing as follows :—All persons
who have served as volunteer officers in the United
States navy for the term of two years, and who
desire to be examined for admission to the regular

navy, as provided in the act of Congress approved
July 25, 1866, will at once make application ad-
dressed to Commodore S. P. Lee, Hartford, Conn.,
who will notify them when to appear. Those who
do not present themselves when notified, will be
considered as having waived their claim for exami-
nation. Candidates will take with them, when
summoned, their official papers showing their naval
record.

Rear-Admiral Gordon, commanding the South

Atlantic Squadron of the United States, under date
of Rio Janeiro, October Bth, reports to the Navy
Department that the latest advices from the seat of
war in South America is anything but favourable to
the Allies. They captured Fort Cumsia some time
since, with heavy loss, and then prepared for an
attack on Lumpali, a strong point on the route to
Hurnaita. The new Ministry have urged the attack,
which proved most disastrous to the allied forces.
They acknowledge a loss of five thousand in killed
and wounded, but the accounts are Brazilian, and
it is thought that ten thousand will prove nearer the
truth. General Flores, the President of Uruguay,
has withdrawn from the front with the remainder
of the Uruguayan army, about five hundred men.
The ironclad squadron has been very roughly
handled, and Admiral Gordon says, that the last
events in the field, confirm him in the belief that the
Allies will not have control of Paraguay, for some
time to come.

That distinguished gentleman, Chief Justice
Chase, is expected to be in Philadelphia to preside
at a meeting to be held at the Academy of 11 • usio,
by the Freemasons' Union Commission. His
Honour, who is always found in all good and
patriotic works, is now President of the Commis-
sion, in place of Bishop Simpson, resigned. The
meeting will, doubtless, be one of much interest, as
besides the Chief Justice, Rev. Phillips Brooks
(lately returned from Europe), General Howard,
and other eloquent speakers, are expected to repre-
sent the cause of education among the freedmen.
The Philadelphia Inquirer gives a full account of
a prize fight which came off- near Washington on
the 20th November between Carr, alias English,
and a man named White. The appearance of the
men, their size and weight, &c., are all fully de-
tailed. Every round, from the first to the forty-
first, is described. We fear our rcatiyes on the

other side of the Herring-pond are drifting into
some of the vices they have so strongly condemned
on this.

The present United States Senate consists of 38
Radicals and 13 Democrats' and Conservatives,
counting the Tennesseeans. The next is likely to
have 41 Radicals and 10 Democrats. The new
Senators, thus far, are the Hon. Cornelius Cole, of
California ; the Hons. J. S. Fowler and David T.
Patterson, of Tennessee (who have taken their
seats) ; A. G.!Gattell, of New Jersey (present Con-
gress) ; and H. W. Corbett, of Oregon. Only one
of these, Senator Patterson, the President's son-in-
law, is a Democrat. The complexion will be fur-
ther changed by the election of a Democratic
Senator in Maryland (probably Governor Swann),
to fill the place of the Honourable A. J.
Creswell, Radical, whose term expires next
year ; and in Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey by the choice of Radicals in the place of
the Hons. Edgar Cowan and William Wright,
Democrats, the latter deceased. John Evans and
Jerome B. Chaffee are the Senators chosen from the
proposed new State of Colorado, and Thomas W.
Piptou and General John U. Thayer those chosen
from that of Nebraska. These four Territorial
Senators are Radicals. Should they be admitted in
the next Congress, the Radical strength will be
forty-five members.
The steamer Henry Von Phill, from St. Louis for
New Orleans, with 3,500 bales of cotton, has been
burned above Donaldsonville. Two lives were lost
by the accident.
Improved machinery and implements had arrived
in large quantities at New Orleans, for the Fair to
be held 28th November last ; and a great display was
expected of superior stock of all kinds. A number
of fine horses from the Western cities were to be
exhibited.

The St. Louis Despatch has news of the safe ar-
rival at Omana of two miners' fleets, one of six-
teen the other of seven boats. The aggregate
amount of gold dust was over $1,500,000.
Colonel Taip Shaffner, of Kentucky, whose ex-
periments and successes in scientific mining and
engineering are well known, has arrived in Wash-
ington to induce the departments to recommend
the removal of the rocks at Hell Gate by the means
of nitro-glycerine and electricity. Colonel Shaff-
ner claims that his recent experiments with this
powerful explosive agent at Hoosac tunnel render
it certain that the channel at Hell Gate can be
entirely cleared by submarine blasting.
_ _ _

The trial of the celebrated " Jumel will" case was
brought to a sudden close on November 12, by a
verdict in favour of the heirs, a compromise having
been effected with the defendants before the case
was brought into court. In about five minutes the
jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiffs, Mme.
Jumel being held to be of unsound mind at the time
of the execution of the will.

In 1860 there were iu Texas 3,535,768 head of
mulch cows, working oxen, and other cattle
exclusive of horses, sheep, and swine. A diffi-
culty in getting exact statistics in this respect
from Texas exists in the fact that so large a per-
centage of the whole are kept at pasture in charge
of Mexican vaqueros, and, being once branded, are
hardly counted again by the owner for a year. An-
other difficulty lies in the fact that there are herds
of really wild cattle in some parts which have escaped
from their keepers, and have to be hunted almost
like game. They have the brands of their owners
in most cases, but are quite as wild and as little
relied on as the cattle of Attakapas were some years
since.

The result of the late elections is even more
favourable to the Republican party than at first
supposed. In the State of New York the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor has been elected by a
majority of about 15,000. The majority of the Re-
publicans in Massachusetts is about 70,000. Illi-
nois gives to the same party 60,000 ; Michigan,
28,000 ; Wisconsin, 25,000 ; Minnesota, 10,000 ;
Kansas, 20,000. Together, the four last-named
States show a Republican gain, over 1861, of nearly
60,000 votes. Missouri has gone Radical by over
20,000 majority, and Nevada by 1,000. As
regards the election of members of Congress, the
Republicans lose three districts in New York, one in
New Jersey, one in Missouri, one in Maryland ;
and they gain, on the other hand, three in New
York, two in New Jersey, and one in Missouri—
making the number of gains and losses even. Alto-
gether, 163 Congressmen have been elected this
year, of whom 128 are supporters of the policy of
the 39th Congress, and 35 are opposed to it. In
1864, 130 Republicans mere elected, and 33 Demo-
crats. As of the former eight have acted this year
with the President and Democrats against the
majority of Congress, thus making the relation of
the parties, for the remainder of the 39th Congress,
122 Radical Republicans against 41 Democrats and
Conservatives, the present majority of Congress
may be said to have gained this year six members.
The Legislature of every northern State, as well as
those of Missouri, West Virginia and Tennessee,
and the State Legislature elected in Nebraska,
sympathise with the majority of Congress.
Buffalo has now in operation four anthracite fur-
naces, which make 30,000 tons of pig-iron per
year, and two more of the largest capacity are pro-
jected. In the same city have recently been erected
a Paisley shawl mill, a silk ribbon factory, and a
delaine mill—the two former being in operation.
Some New Jersey capitalists have built an immense
pottery, fire brick and gas retort factory.
Admiral Farragut gets $19,000 for his share of
the Mobile prize money.
THE CONDEMNED FENIANS.—The Toronto Globe
gives the following sketches of the history of the
Fenian prisoners under sentence of death in that
city :—Robert B. Lynch was born in Galway, we
understand, in 1818. He was at one time chief
clerk in the Department of the Board of Charitable
Donations and Bequests, Dublin Castle, and re-
tained that post from 1827 to 1842, when he is said
to have emigrated to the United States. He then
engaged in business in St. Louis for a time, but left
there in 1849, and travelled to many of the leading
cities in the South American Republics and West
Indies. He subsequently joined the American
army, and was Quartermaster, with the rank
of Major in the 24th Wisconsin Volunteers.
During the latter part of the war he was
chief clerk, with the rank of Major, in the
Discharge Department of Louisville. Afterwards,
he says, he came to Canada, under the direction of
Adjutant-General M'Dermott, of the F. B. of
Louisville, Kentucky, to report the Fenian cam-
paign in Canada. This is the prisoner's account
himself, but we have heard other versions of his
career, which assigned him a residence of some years
in Western Canada. Rev. John M‘Mahon was
born in the county of Monaghan, Ireland, about
1820, and is consequently 46 years old. He studied
for the ministry, according to his statement, in the
University of St. Mary's, Chicago, and, after serv-
ing as a priest in various parts, was lately appointed
to Andersonville, Madison county, Indiana. He
was parish priest there until the time of his arrest
at Fort Erie, on the morning of the 3d of June.
Robert B. Lynch, the condemned Fenian pri-
soner, has written a letter to a relative in Mil-
waukee, in which he says :—"
I was unable to pro-
duce the evidence that could preve my innocence,
as they were liable to arrest themselves, and their
sworn evidence could not be received unless they
were present. I was found guilty and sentenced to
be hung December 13, 1866. I am innocent, but
it was necessary to satisfy the Canadian people that
an example should be made of some one. I was
the person selected for this sacrifice, though I had
no military connection with the Fenians. But if it
is a crime to love my native land, then I am willing
to suffer death, for I am guilty of that crime, and
will meet it like a man. Don't be uneasy about
me. My death upon the scaffold will bring no dis-
grace on you, the children, or any of our family—
particularly for such a crime as this. Many true
and noble patriots died for this noble cause—why
should I complain ? I have not the slightest doubt
but that the witnesses against me must have mis-
taken me for some other person. Considering that I
am a doomed man, I am in my usual spirits and in
good health. The governor of the prison and all
the officers are very kind to me."
The New Haven correspondent of a Connecticut
paper tells the following anecdote :—Mr. and Mrs.
Oren Cleveland, formerly of Winsted, Connecticut

removed to Ohio in 1839. They buried their eldest
child in Winsted in March, 1809, and all of the
others, nine in number, survive ; nor has there been
a death in their immediate family for the long
period of 57 years. The aged parents, partners
during GO years, have for 12 years past bad a strong
desire to see their children altogether once more on
the shores of time. Time, in its course, had brought
six of the nine children to reside within 40 miles of
the parental home. Three were still living "at the
east," one in New Hartford, Litchford county ;
one in New Haven, and one on Long Island,
New York. These three made a flying jour-
ney to Huntsville, Geauga county, Ohio,
and on September 24th celebrated the birthday of
the mother, she being 81. The father was 81 last
May. A bountiful dinner being prepared for the
occasion, they all sat down, eldest by eldest—the
eldest child being 58, and the youngest 35. All
were grey, more or less ; yet the last time they met,
at the wedding of the eldest child, not one had a
grey hair, but that was 31 years ago. The mother
and eldest son had not met before iu 28 years.

The Rev. Daniel Dorchester estimates the num-
ber of children and youths between the ages of five
and twenty in the United States at 12,577,329.
GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, Wednesday, Oct. 24.
—ln,the middle of Monday night a tragedy occurred
in the heart of this city which sent a thrill of horror
through the community, from which it has scarcely
recovered. Dr. J. King Robinson was called up
about 12 o'clock of the night stated by some person
who professed to require his surgical service in a
case of a broken limb of " his brother, John Jones."
The doctor dressed and went off with the man, but
they had not exceeded a stone's throw of the doctor's
residence when he was assaulted and mortally
wounded, expiring about two o'clock on Tuesday
morning. lie was struck on the face several times
with an axe or some other heavy sharp instrument,
and also shot in the face, probably with a revolver.
His funeral took place to-day, under the auspices
of the Odd Fellows, and was attended by a
long train of citizens, on horseback and on foot.
The cowardly assassination has called forth
the detestation and abhorrence of all classes of
the community. The city and county jointly
offer a reward of $2,000 for the apprehension of
the murderer or murderers, and the merchants and
principal citizens have subscribed largely in addition,
nearly $l,OOO to the present time. As yet there is
no clue to the murderers, nor is there any known
or surmised provocation on the part of the deceased,
that might be considered an inciting cause of his
untimely taking off. One or two circumstances
have been particularly talked about as possibly con-
nected with this murder, but to dispassioned Ob-
servers they seem to be so insignificant as to be un-
worthy of serious thought, and the best plan will
doubtless be to await the course of the law. At
all events remote and scarcely probable suspicions,
if spread abroad and magnified, would be likely to go
to the prejudice of innocent persons, especially in a
community where party feeling is so strong, and
prejudices are so deep-rooted and bitter as they are
here. Suffice it to say that the feelings of the com-
munity have been so stirred to their utmost
depth by the tragedy that it is evident that no
stone will be left unturned in the endeavour to dis-
cover the dastardly perpetrator--that there is a
manifest intention on the part of some of the " Gen-
, tile" portion of the community to make it appear
that the horrible deed was a Mormon and a party
offence, and that in such a view it will doubtless be
used as argument for the necessity of a larger mili-
tary force being stationed in or near this city.
Owing to the virulence of party feeling here any
attempt to make this tragedy appear a party affair
will doubtless be received generally with consider-
able caution, and only on the clearest evidence. Dr.
Robinson was born at Calais, Maine, and was about
thirty-one years of age. He left a recently mar-
ried wife to deplore his horrible and cowardly
assassination.—Correspondence of the New York
Times.