The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-12 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS AMERICAN NEWS.

The correspondent of an American contemporary
makes the following statement :—" It is said, with
how much of truth I do not know, that General
Hooker and his engineer officers have paid particular
attention to the study of the topography and de-
fences of the Canadas since they have been stationed
here, and that he has probably a better knowledge
of the condition, arms, equipment, resources, and
probable strength of the Canadian militia and the
British regular troops in America than any officer
of her Majesty's service. I have heard it stated by
an officer that there is not a gun in the Canadas,
nor a fortification, nor a regiment or squad of
troops, nor a strong position, nor a road, that is not
better known, better mapped and described, and
better understood by our military officers and in our
War-Office than almost any edually large section
of our own country. All this portends nothing,
however, military or political. It is no indication
of any hostile design, but a provident precaution
against any possible future contingency, and an in-
teresting and useful study. All other countries bor-
dering upon the United States ought to be equally
well known and thoroughly studied.
The Democratic party have carried the elections
in Maryland and Delaware. The Republicans
have been victorious in New Jersey, and will pro-
bably be successful in the State of New York. The
Atlantic Telegraph also tells us that Maximilian is
reported to have abdicated. By Reuter's Telegrams
important letter from
-Gneral e Sedgwick, luvee
nera havel receivedsher idaut
thoe
Brig.-General
followingrg.
Com-
manding sub-district of the Rio Grande
" Head-quarters Department of the Gulf,
New Orleans, Oct. 23.
" General,—l am satisfied that there is only one
way in which the state of affairs on the Rio Grande
can be bettered, and that is by giving the heartiest
support to the only Government in Mexico recog-
nised by our own—the only one which is really
friendly to us. You will, therefore, warn all ad-
herents to any party, or pretended government in
Mexico or State of Tamaulipas, that they will not
be permitted to violate the neutrality laws between
the Liberal Government of Mexico and the United
States ; and also that they will not be allowed to
remain in our territory and receive the protection
of our flag, in order to complete their machinations
for the violation of our neutrality laws. These
instructions will be enforced against the adherents
of the Imperial buccaneers representing the so-called
Imperial Government of Mexico, and also against
the Ortega, Santa Anna, and other factions. Pre-
sident Juarez is the acknowledged head of the Libe-
ral Government of Mexico.—l am, General, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
r. 11. SHERIDAN,
"Major-General Commanding."

In the United States there are 750 paper mills in
active operation. They produce 270,000,000 pounds
of paper, which, at an average of ten cents per
pound, would be worth $27,000,000. As it requires
about a pound and one-half of rags to make one
pound of paper there are consumed by these mills
400,000,000 pounds of rags in a single year. If we
estimate the rags to cost four cents per pound
there would be a profit of $11,000,000 in this branch
of manufacturing.
A delegation from North Carolina and Virginia,
numbering about eighteen persons, waited on the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, October 20,
with a view to have a change made in the regula-
lations made by that officer governing the shipment
of cotton.

The funeral of the late John Van Buren took
place at Grace Church, New York, Oct. 19.
Among those scattered in the aisles were Admiral
Farragut, Commodore Ringgold, August Belmont,
August Schell, Judge Daly, Judge Peabody,
Judge Davies, Judge Roosevelt, Ex-Surveyor
Andrews, Thurlow Weed, John E. Devlin, Abram
Wakeman, George T. Curtis, 11. A. Smythe, M.
T. Brennan, S. B. Ruggles, David Wheeler, C. Min-
turn, Anthony J. Bleecker, Andrew 11. Green,
Minturn Tompkins, A. 'l'. Stewart, Jesse Hoyt,
11. W. Robinson, formerly law partner of the
deceased, J. R. Broadhead, George Strong, John
Graham, Isaac Sherman, Emanuel B. Hart, John
C. Broadhead, John Kelly, Hiram Cranston, Eras-
tus C. Benedict, Clarence Seward, Joseph B. Cor-
ley, D. Tyler, William A. Seaver, Judge Russell,
Judge Allen, Judge Moncrief, Judge Porter, ex-
Mayor Kingsland, Captain Judkins of the Scotia.
The immediate relatives of the deceased occupied
pews near the chancel. Among them were M.
Smith Van Buren, lady, and daughter, Mr. Abraham
Van;Buren, and the daughter of the late John Van
Buren, who accompanied him during his voyage.
The Rev. Dr. Morgan read the opening prayers,
after which he mounted the pulpit and delivered the
funeral oration. He pronounced the benediction.
The remains were subsequently removed to the
train for Albany, near which place they were to be
interred. •

An improved paint is now made by the addition
of India rubber. The rubber is first dissolved and
then ground into the paint, thus penetrating every
part of it. The paint thus made is found to he
much more durable than the old kinds. It is made
of every colour, from the purest white to the deepest
black, and is suitable for every class of work. The
patents have been secured by the American Gum
Paint Company, of Philadelphia, and a factory
erected for the sole manufacture of the new paint.
It is said to be superior for all exposed surfaces,
such as ships, bridges, roofs, depots, damp walls, &c.
It is estimated that the crop of dried apples,
blackberries, and other fruit which will be shipped
from North Carolina the present season will amount
to more than 1,000,000 pounds, worth at the North
over $300,000. At High Point Depot alone
$75,000 worth of dried blackberries have already
been shipped.
The Springfield Republican of October 13 gives the
following as the result of the elections :---The elec-
tions in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and lowa, on
Tuesday,theywould, on
went
Republican. General Geary
of late has expected
lyßer
pis elected Governor of Pennsylvania by from 15,000
strongly a
gs everybody
to 20,000 majority over Heister Clymer, the Copper-
head candidate ; and though this is not so large a
Republican majority as Pennsylvania sometimes
gives, it is very satisfactory in view of the extraor-
dinary efforts of the Democratic-Johnson party to
carry the State. The Republican majority in the
Legislature will be large, thus securing the return of
a Republican Senator, but exactly how the parties
are divided is not yet known. In Ohio the Repub-
lican majority for the State ticket, on which the
highest officer chosen this year is Secretary of State,
is 45,000. In Indiana the Republican State ticket
is elected by 15,000 majority, andin lowa it is 30,000
or more. In these two States, as well as Ohio, the
highest officer elected was Secretary of State, and the
whole vote is smaller than is usually called out when
a Governor is to be chosen. In Pennsylvania the
Republicans probably gain two Congressmen, giv-
ing them 18 to 6 for the Democrats ; in Ohio the
delegation stands at present--16 Republicans to 3
Democrats, while the lowa delegation of 6 is en-
tirely Republican, as now, and the Democrats gain
one in Indiana, carrying 3 districts to the Republi-
cans' 8. Speaker Colfax is re-elected by 2,000
majority, which shows that he is popular at home as
well as abroad. If the later returns sustain these
figures, it will be seen that the Republicans
bold their own in Congressmen, and out of the
sixty elected in these four States have forty-eight to
twelve Democrats.

The Park National Bank at New York has lately
paid $350,000 for a couple of lots of land with a
frontage of 59 feet upon Broadway.
The following telegram from Newfoundland,
dated Tuesday afternoon, and received in London
within the hour, shows that the anticipations held'
out in the letter of Mr. Stewart, the chairman of
the Anglo-American Telegraph Company, dated
27th ult., are being realised :—" Collett, Newfound-
land, to Stewart, 72, Cornhill, London. 12.25 p.m.
Thermometer, 30; snowing hard. Land lines work-
ing well ; worked direct yesterday from here to
Port Hood, and from Port Hood to New Orleans.
Nov. 6, 1866." We are authorised to state that
the views of the directors of the New York and
Newfoundland Company are in perfect accord with
those 04 the Anglo-American and Atlantic Tele-