The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-29 00:00:00

AIISCELLANEOUS NETT'S.

( From the Anglo-American Times.)
Frank Leslie is evidently of the opinion that a
mild thing in writing constitutes a libel while a strong
thing in illustration does not. Some time ago he gave a
picture of Chief Justice Chase's dinner, at which the con-
spirators were assembled who were to defeat the ends of
justice, and to carry the President harmless through Im-
peachment. His Excellency Reverdy Johnson was there
well sketched, together with the "doubtful" Senators, at
that time termed recreants, though no such dinner had
been given. The Boston Post announced Mr. Leslie's
arrival at Richfield Springs with a lady and two fast
horses, for which he brought a suit for libel against the
paper.
Among the passengers who arrived at Southamp-
ton by the Germania last Sunday are C. de Varigny and
family, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hawaiian Islands ;
Madame C. Bourgoing, Hawaiian Islands; A. 0. Aldis,
United States Consul at Nice ; and Major John Wilkinson,
Royal British Army, Bermuda.
General and Mrs. M'Clellan left Liverpool last
Saturday in the Cunard Company's steamer Cuba for New
York, after a residence of two years in Europe.
Judge Boynton, of the United States District
Court for Florida, has denied an application for a writ of
habeas corpus in the case of Dr. Mudd, imprisoned in the
Dry Tortugas on the charge of being implicated in the
assassination of President Lincoln.
Enoch Train, a prominent merchant of Boston,
died Sept. 8, in Saugus. He was at the head of the house
which established the line of packet ships between that
port and Liverpool, and was always noted for his liberality
in advancing commercial enterprise.
Captain Charles Bryant, of Fairhaven, Massa-
chusetts, the new deputy collector for Alaska, will leave
for his post in a week or two. He is a veteran in the
whaling service, and being a naturalist will be of graat
service in giving us a knowledge of our new territory.
Speaker Colfax and party arrived at Omaha,
Nebraska, on Thursday morning, Sept. 10, homeward
bound.

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The Springfield Republican says —" The condition
of ex President Pierco is such as to prepare the country
for the news of his death any time. His ago—nearly 61
—and his mode of life aro unfavourable to his recovery.
He has many personal and political friends to mourn his
loss, but as a national event his death would occasion no
sensation. Ho has long outlived the periol of his political

conseuence."
Inq accordance with an Act of Congress, Rear-
Admirals Stringham and Bell and Brevet Brigadier
General Simpson have been appointed a board to ex-
amine into the subject of bridging Boston harbour, and
will meet for that purpose at Charleston, Sept. IG.
Thomas Power, a well-known citizen of Boston,
died at South Framlingham on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at
the age of 82.

Philip Cordova, Deputy for Caltagirone, in
Sicily, died at Florence, Sept. 16, of heart disease in the
55th year of his age.

Professor Willard F. Bliss has been appointed
professor of agriculture in the Agricultural College of Il-
linois. Mr. Bliss is a native of Vermont, but has for many
years resided at the West. He graduated at
.Harvard