The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1868.

"G OF POLITICAL POWER

legislation, has done much to corrupt the hearts
and weaken the faith of the people. So, if the
Church be too powerless to arrest the evil, the
doom of the dominant classes is sealed. The
Liberalism which is now in power in Europe
already quails before its ruthless foe. Libe-
ralism, which has violated justice, religion, the
rights, social, political, and religious of the
people, has respected as a rule the rights of
property ; but the anti-social revolution, when
it comes, will be specially directei against the
rights of property and against the class now
in power.—Westminster Gazette.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

and her letter is required for public purposes. Miss
Re am declares that not only will such expulsion
care her great pecuniary loss, but destroy the hopes
she entertains from the production of a statue of
Lincoln, of which the wet plaster model is set up in
the studio.

Au instance how rumours are concocted and
widely circulated is given in the case of Mr. Hen-
derson, who is said to have been one of fourteen
Senators who dined with the Chief Justice when the
conspiracy was organized to defeat Impeachment and
Ben Wade to split the Republican party, to place
Mr. Chase at the head of the new one and run him
for the Presidency, and to inaugurate another Go-
vernment. Henderson declares he was the only
Seaatcr at the table of the Caief Justice on that
day, that no communication passel between them
on the subject of a new party, nor a word about
Impeachment. Mr. Reverdy Johnson commented in
the Senate on the fact that George Wilkes had written
from Washington, and published in his paper,
the Spirit the " false statement" that he (Johnson)
was one of this party. But the Spirit replies that
it had never introduced during the Impeachment
trial in any way the name of Reverdy Johnson.
Being compelled to do so by this personal attack,
it endeavours to make up for lost time. Reverdy
Johnson is, according to the Spirit, " the most con-
summate charlatan and humbug in the whole Con-
gress, whose statement is deliberately false ;" and
after informing the public that the remaining por-
tions of the declarations were equally untrue, and
that Mr. Johnson " had toldna deliberate falsehood,
which was a very bad thing for a man of his age to
do," the Spirit makes the following quotation, the
double-cutting power of which it is strange the
Spit it did not see :—" Men 'who indulge in such
slander should receive the reproof of all honourable
men, and should never be suffered to pollute the Se-
nate Chamber by their presence."
Os the 27th May Senator Ross defended his vote
on the second, third, and eleventh Articles. He
alluded to his service in the cause of Aholition, of
his known repugnance to the President's policy,
but of his doubts of the President's guilt, the bene-
fit of which he' determined to give his coun-
try ! There were certain Articles cn which, had
they been reached, he would have voted Guilty.
Referring to the infamous slanders, he de-
nounced those who joined the party, as a lucra-
tive profession, as well as the attempts to
make a scapegoat of him for the blunders, weak-
nesses, and hates characterising Impeachment—
itself a stupendous blunder from beginning to end ;
and he conluded by moving for a committee to in-
vestigate the charges circulated by Butler and
others—a resolution which was adopted, a Senate
Committee. being appointed for the purpose. The
Kansas Anthony, who at the head of ' a thousand
men" shot a telegram at Mr. Ross, has replied to
the reply, by calling the Senator from Kansas " a
perjurer and a skuuk." It is said that Senator
Fessenden was threatened with assassination, the
missive being written on a sheet of the Senate's
foolscap in the Senate Chamber.
At a caucus of Republican Senators, held May 28,
at Washington, six of the " recreants" took their
seats, Messrs. Fessenden and Trumbull being of
the number. Mr. Wade, the immaculate Senator,
who, as a judge, sternly cast his vote in the hope
that it might be all-powerful to depose Andrew
Johnson and instal himself in the President's chair,
could not sit in such company. . Ware not these
the men who, without any inducemen't whatever,
acted the part of traitors to their party, and could he
and Zechariah Chandler condescend to discuss mat-
ters with such imbeciles? No ! they indignantly
rose, and, declaring that the recreants were not Re-
publicans, stalked from the room. The caucus, like
the Chicago Convention, could not see the matter
in the " Wade" light, so they admitted the six, and
proceeded to business, notwithstanding the absence
of the indignant Senators. It is surprising that
" honest Ban" does not see how little becoming to him-
self his extreme partizanship in such a case is. He
is like Sir William Mansfield on the Jervis court-
martial, who never perceived that he was not a fair
judge iu his own case, where his feelings or his in-
terests were deeply concerned. had the Wade
clique prevailed, they would have destroyed the
Republican party.
An unusual amount of energy has lately been
infused into the attempts to c'aeck whisky and other
internal revenue halide. The distiller Devlin had
no sooner been convicted than another greater
culprit still was brought to the bar of the same
court. Theophilus C. Callicott, the Brooklyn col-
lector of internal revenue, was found guilty of
frauds on the Treasury. The case is remarkable,
inasmuch as Mr. Callicott is well known, and was
highly esteemed in public and political life is New
York, and his character till then was held to be above
suspicion. Ile was once Speaker of the New York
Asse:nbly. The Treasury employed him to execute
several important commissions in the Southern
States after the close of the war, and every duty
he discharged with fidelity and credit. To the last
moment his friends maintained that he was made
the scapegoat for the sins of others.
Senator Edmunds has propoeed that the thanks
'of the Senate be tendered to Stanton, and the votes
of Trumbull, Fessenden, and Henderson are looked
for with curiosity. The nomination of Schofield
was debated in the Chamber for some time, and it
was said that General Grant advised the confirma-
tion of the appointment. There is a legal difficulty
in the President's ad interim appointment of Gen.
Thomas in the way of a confirmation, and in the
words of the President's Message, which are vice
E. M. Stanton removed. To confirm a confirma-
tion so made would be to confess the President's
legal right of removal while the Senate was in
Session. Putting legal quibbles aside the Senate
confirmed the appointment, but qualified it with
the following resolution :—" Whereas, the order
of the President removing Secretary Stanton from
office was unconstitutional and illegal ; but on ac-
count of Mr. Stanton's having, on Tuesday, relin-
quished the said office, therefore—Resolved, that
the Senate do advise and consent to the appoint-
ment of General Schofield." Before this was se-
cured a strong pressure had been brought to bear
on Congress, the Republican party thinking the
selection so good, that it could only have been
extracted from Mr Johnson by the circumstances
wherein he was placed. It is even conjectured that
he repents, and would withdraw it were it not for
the notion that the nomination was intended to
affect the result of Impeachment. As Grant is
pretty certain to be elected President, and as he
favours Schofield's appointment, the difficulty which
that officer raised regarding the sacrifice of his po-
sition in the army would be removed, as the Secre-
taryship of War will be altuestsure to be continued
to him by the incoming President.
Although the howl of indignation and vitupera-
tion which greeted the seven Senators who took the
fatal plunge in Impeachment has somewhat sub-
sided, yet they are realizing what it ist thus to fly in
the face of their party. Henderson has gone to
Missouri, probably to resign, by which he would
not lose much, as his term expires in 1869. Fee-
senden has declared his intention to leave public
life. Senator Grimes has left for New York via
Fortress Monroe, a sea trip being recommended by
his physicians. After remaining in New York a
short time he will go to New Hampshire for the
hot weather, as it is supposed that the climate of
lowa will not agree with him at present. Senator
Ross of Kansas has boon marked as reponsible for
the acquittal of the President. He had been counted.
for conviction, and none were so surprised as the
Managers at the last moment when he voted Not
Guilty. Of course he is said to be able to tell what
became of Woolley's $25,000. lie and Fowler are
not prepared just now to go back to their States.
Fowler's case is said to be the worst, as he started
one of the most bitter of the President's enemies,
asserting that there could be ne peace for the South
so long as Andrew Johnson remained in office, and
cenieraning the House for not impeaching him last
December. Van Winkle is a native of New York,
and if he hails from any place near Albany, we
know the atmosphere in which he has lived is not
conducive to the highest qualities of integrity.
The National Manufacturers' Convention met at
Cleveland, Ohio, oa the. 27th May, and appointed
the third Wednesday of December for the next
annual meeting to be held in New York. Resole-
, tip were adopted declaring the 49905ity of 1114i11-

taining the association permanently ; commending
the action of the present Congress in regard to re-
trenchment and economy, and urging further efforts
in the same direction, by reduction of the number
of officers and clerks in the army and navy to the
minimum standard ; advising inquiry as to the
feasibility of transferring the Indian bureau to the
War Department; deprecating giving public posts
to politicians and partizans; approving 11r. Jenckes's
Civil Service Bill ; the action of Congress reducing
the taxes on manufactures, and hoping for entire
relief from taxation of the useful industries ; re-
ferring to the importance of iron, steel, cotton, &c.,
in 18G7, as increasing the national debt and de-
ferring of specie payments, and demanding ade-
quate protection for home industries ; indorsing
the national bank system, an I declaring that it
should be continued and extended ; reco:nmending
an issue of long three and sixty-five one-hundredths
gold bonds for funding the public debt, to be made
the basis of banking under the national banking
law. The Convention adjourned till Dec3niber.

Senator Henderson state I to the Missouri Com-
mittee of the House that Reverdy Johnson ha I
told him if the President were acquitted a Cabinet
satisfactory to moderate Republicans would be
formed, and that he had made similar statements
to several Senators. It is now asserted that if any
changes are made they will be wholly in the inte-
rests of the Democrats. The most definite rumour
refers to the resignation of Postmaster-General
Randall, who intends to proceed to Florida, where
he hopes to be elected to the United States Senate.
Mr. Seward desires to leave the State Department
as so often reported, when the treaties now under
consideration and questions of interest with Eng-
land have been settled. A ridiculous statement has
obtained some currency that a move was being
made for the nomination of ex-Secretary Stanton
for the mission to London.
Though old " ad interim" has learned wisdom by
experience, his younger chief, Andy Johnson, if
report be true, has not. It is now intimated that
he is preparing a Veto of the Bill amending the
Charter of the City of Washington, which takes
from the Mayor the appointing power, and allows
coloured men to hold office. It is rumoured, too,
that, in celebration of his escape, Mr. Johnson is
about to prJclaitn a universal amnesty to rebels.
But such a move will be heartily welcomed as well
by the Republican party as by the Democrats, as it is
the National wish. Lorenzo Thomas says that
" Mr. Stanton has not resigned in form, that he had
no right to leave the keys with General Townsend ;
that the chief clerk ought to take charge, and that
'.the whole thing is one of Stanton's tricks, and
he'll be d—d if puts his foot in the trap.' "
The Senate has almost determined to punish
Colonel Forney for his strictures on certain mem-
bers of the Court, in " my two papers, both daily,"
by accepting his resignation of the Secretaryship.
Senator Reverdy Johnson, after the acquittal of the
'President, took the opportunity savagely to " pitch
into" the Colonel. Mr. Sumner submitted an order
accepting the resignation, and authorizing Mr.
Macdonald, the Chief Clerk, to act, ad interim, but
it was passed over. Ex-Governor Cresswell, of
Maryland, recently a Senator, is a favourite candi-
date for the place.
We have heard nothing lately of the steam man;
indeed, an invention of that sort forms but a nine
days' wonder in the multiplicity always calling for
attention in the United States. A late one is a
niachine for setting up and distributing type by
electricity, the reporter doing the business for him-
self from the Capitol to the most distant city in the,
Union. If the Iron Age be correct, we have as yet
but a faint idea of the use to be made of electricity.
That paper says that a novel engine, driven by
electricity, was exhibited before a large and intel-
ligent audience at the College of the city of New
York on Tuesday afternoon, May 19th. If the
electro-magnetic engine can be brought to do all its
inventor claims for it,, the days of steam, as a mo-
tive power, are numbered.
The Times tells a story about General Ducroi
commanding the Strasbourg Division, who rode up
to the old bridge of boats at Kehl, which crosses
the Rhine, a German sentry being posted at one
side, and a French on the other, and after sneeringly
commenting upon the defences, to the annoyance
of the German by-slanders, the party embarked in
boats and floated down the river past lluningen, sur-
veying the right bank with telescopes as if bent on
spying the nakedness of the land and mapping every
town and reach. Nothing excites in both German
and French more jealousy than any attempt to
inspect their fortifications. The Times says, " the
presence of ' sketching officers lurking about in
plain clothes in suspicious places, and evidently after
no good,' has already, in repeated instances, been
angrily remarked upon by the Press of both coun-
tries, as it turned out, with but little foundation on
either side. But now here is an attempt perpetrated
in full daylight by a well-known military functionary
high in command—an unfriendly reconnaissance,
which, if it actually did no injury, could at least be
construed into au insult." It thea proceeds to show
how erroneous the notion is that these fortresses are
of any real value, considering the hundreds of thou-
sands of combatants, armed with a murderous
variety of new-fangled weapons, and it instances
the case of Koniggratz and losephstadt, which were
of no avail to Austria after her great reverse at
Sadowa. Notwithstanding the warlike rumours
which have lately prevailed, our contemporary re-
mains unshaken in its belief that Napoleon means
peace, and that it is from his lips that the words of
command must really come before France and Ger-
many can be plunged into war.
A grand banquet will be given to Cyrus W. Field
at Willis's Rooms on Wednesday, the Ist July. A
large number of the most distinguished in science,
as authors, orators, and statesmen will then meet to
do honour to an American to whom the Old and
New World mainly owe their connection by tele-
graph. The Duke of Argyle will preside. Mr.
John Bright, Mr. Charles Dickens, and—unless
prevented by unforeseen circumstances—Mr. Glad-
stone, will take part in the proceedings. The list
comprises too many names of note for us to parti-
cularise, but, as the feeling is general that England
owes a debt of gratitude to the untiring exertions of
Mr. Field through years of " protracted difficulty
and doubt," there is an earnest desire on the part
of the community to recognize this in some public
way.
The postal treaty • between the North German
Confederation, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Baden
on the one hand and Switzerland on the other, was
finally discussed and agreed to at Berlin, June 5.
Last Monday the Paris correspondent's letter of
the Standard, dated Juno 5, contained the following para-
graph :—" His Excellency Lord Lyons, who is retrieving
the old reputation of England for hospitality in Paris by a
series of dinners, entertained on Wednesday, June 3, a
large party, at which Anglo-American society was largely
represented. Among the guests were Miss Cushman,
Count and Countess Puliga, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Motley,
Major General Doyle, Mr. Sansou, Captain and Mrs. Hore,
the British Consul and Mrs. Falconer AUER), and the other

attaches.
The chief officer and seven seamen who made
good their escape from the burning wreck of the American
ship Golden Age have arrived in Bombay. The captain
and others of the crew arq yet missing.
The engagement of Mdlle. Clara Louise Kellogg
with Mr. Mapleson terminated last Wednesday, when she
made her last appearance as Zerlina in "Don Giovanni."
General Meade has delighted the citizens at
Atlanta with a magnificent party. The cards were issued
to both "rebel" and "Yankee."
The place of Senator Fowler upon the National
Republican Committee has been declared vacant, and filled
by lion. Thomas G. Alvord, of New York.
• Horace Greeley once tried to get a situation as
New York correspondent for country newspapers, but

failed.
Madame Parepa and Carl Rosa started, on the
Ist of June for a three months' tour in California.
The President has appointed a son of John C.
Fieemam to be midAhipautu in the Navy.
The aivices by the Scotia bay the New York
papers publish intelligence from St. Domingo, stating that
it is rumoured General Salnave has been assassinated by
his own troops. General Superon, in the interest of
Cabral, with 3,003 men, had headed a revult at St. Domingo
against General Baez.
A. 1). Riehardson says of Grant, in his life, soon
to be published, " He is the most undramatic of men.
Scott was nicknamed by his enemies 'Fuss and Feathers.'
Grant his less fuss and few& feathers than any man of his
day."
genator WCreery, of lioutucky, uAlc hip fire