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

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 an 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,
iu Mexico, the 12th day of July, 1866.—Maxi-
milian. By order of the Emperor. Jose Salazar
Ilarregui, 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 for 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 in 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, lam instructed
by the Committee on Organisation to report the following
names as the office's of this Convention.
The report was read as follows :—For President, Senator
Doolittle, of Wisconsin. Vice-Presidents—Maine, L. P.
Woods, LL.D.; Now 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 Gershanmatt ; Pennsylvania, Asa Parker ; Dela-
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, Cath-
bort 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. Secretaries—Maine, James
Mann ; New Hampshire, E. L. Cutter ; Verfitont, George
H. Simmons ; Massachusetts, Chas. Wright ; Rhode Island,
James H. Parsons, Connecticut, James A. Honvg ; 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, Gon. John G. Parkhurst ; Minnesota,
Richard Price ; Wisconsin, George C. Gowtry ; lowa, L.
D. Partner ; Kansas, W. A. Tipton ; California, Jackson
Temple ; Nevada, Col. Jesse Williams ; Oregon, A. D.
Fitch ; District of Columbia, Jas. O'Beirne ; Dacotah, J.
F. Brambell ; Nebraska, Major L. Lowrie ; Washington,
Charles F. Egan.
The committees appointed by the Chair aro as
follows:
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M Committee on Credentials—James B. Steadman, Ohio;
rr.—. Coleman, Louisiana ; Thomas Horn, Charles P.
William 11.
Daly, New York; David Kilgore, Indiana;
J. B. b
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Connecticut; Carolina
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New Hampshire ;
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On Organisation—Nathaniel Jas.
MBl'airFe'rran, Missouri ;
Ver-
mont ; E. A. Anger, Massachusetts ; A. Ballou, Rhode
laniel G. Little, of North Caro-
lina ; E. A. Htbburs, New Hampshire ; J. J. Deavitt,
Island ; L. P. Waldo, Connecticut ; W. H.
Ludlow, New
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York ; Joel Parker, New Jersey ;. W. Tracy, Pennsyl-
vania ; Jos. M. Parr, Delaware ; Montgomery Blair, Mary-

land.
Chairmen—Thos. S. Flournoy, 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.
11. 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 ; 11. M. Rice, Minnesota ; L. I'. Villas,
Wisconsin ; J. li. Murphy, lowa ; A. Smith, Arkansas;
Samuel Purdy, California; W. 11. Farrar, Oregon; Owen
Thorn, District of Columbia ; John M. Turner, Dacotah ;
T. W. Betts, Idaho ; Elwood Evans, Washington Terri-
tory.

No appointments yot made for- Missouri, Novada, or
Arizona.

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

NATIONAL UNION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
John T. Crowell, of New Jersey, Chairmau. Maine,
James Mann and A. A. Gould. New Hampshire, Edmund
Burke and E. S. Cutler. Vermont, B. B. Smalley and Col.
11. N. Wortham. Massachusetts, Josiah Dunham and 11.
S. Spofford. Mode And, Alfred Anthony and James LI.