The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-04 00:00:00

THE PHYSIC.
WORKIIIII3

two ports. Messrs. Baird, of Greenock, are the
contractors for their construction.
The New York Citi:.2n is earae;t is its praises of
Mrs. O'Donovan 119353, who male her first appear-
ance on the evening of June 16, at the Cooper In-
stitute, to real from the Irish and American poets;
in the hope of raising a fund for the einploymen
of counsel to re-open her husband's 0253 She
was attired in an appropriate semi-mourning dress.
of black silk or poplin, only relieved by a bunch of
shamrocks in her bosom ; and with a green sada
scarf, emblematic of the cause for which her hus-
band suffers, passing once around her waist, an .1
thence falling in some sort of billowy loop over the
left side of her dress to the floor. The lady is fully
the average height, her figure is of rounded contour,
her step elastic, and her arms have not only grace,
but power also, in their movements. . In a word
few better, more favourable, or more charac
teristic types of the young ghis and matron
to be found iu the south of Ireland could any wheru
be seen or imagined." She was led to the platform
by Horace Greeley, and, though nervous, the Citi-
zen describes her as being a young and very beauti-
ful woman. Registrar Halpine was in the chair,
and James T. Brady spoke eloquently in her behalf.
It is the intention to employ the great Dublin law-
yer, Isaac Butt as counsel in the case, and to asso-
ciate with him the best talent of the Irish and Eng-
lish bars. We hope that the utter failure Of Fenianisin
will enable the British Government to do a graceful
act and release these prisoners, leaving this indus-
trious lady to keep the money she has earned in so
good a cause. Her success as a lecturer is, we
understand, assured, and she is overwhelmed with
invitations to every part of the country.
On the 19th June the Joint Committee of Re-
trenchment made their report on the sale of the
ironclads Onesta andjeatawba, lately being fitted at
New Orleans, and now detained there by order of the
Washington Government. It appears that the ves-
sels were purchased by individuals for $750,000,
and sold for $2,000,000 to Peru, the neat little sum
of one million and a quarter being the nett profit
on the transaction. Of coarse corruption is at the
bottom of sach a job, and it is stated that the Se-
cretary of the Navy shared the plunder. Congress
is requested to prevent the delivery of these war
vessels to Peru, which would be a violation of the
United States' Neutrality Laws. They consider the
existing laws sufficient to justify the President to
take immediate action in the matter. A report has
also been presented by the Senate Committee di-
rected to inquire into the ejection of a negress
(Catherine Smith) from a railway car. Smith, one
of the Senate employees, has brought an action
against the company, and if she fails to recover
damages, Congress, the Committee suggests, might
revoke the charter, though it would injure several
and interfere with the public convenience.
The State of Virginia has after a long struggle
succumbed to circamstauces, and it is now an-
nounced that as there is no money in the Treasury
there will be no payment of the July interest on
the State Bemis. The amount of the public debt
on the Ist January, 1867, was $12,383,679 ; de-
ducting from this the amount held by the Sinking
and Literary Funds, the balance on which interest
was payable was $11,005,997. The State at that
time owned about $15,000,000 in railway stocks
and bonds. At present the State Debt amounts
to 844,000,000, but on the per contra side there
are railway bonds, &e., amounting to $17,563,299,
and of the James River and Kanawha Canal to
$10,400,000. Supposing • that West Virginia as-
sumes the third, which is her fair portion, the finances
of the State are not in a condition to warrant the
creditors taking a desponding view, though the
auditor of public accounts has announced that thv
payment of interest for the present will be
delayed, and the Messrs. Baring did not re-
ceive remittances to meet the sums due on the
Ist instant. But a rise instead of a fall has
lately taken place in Wall-street, Virginia Six
per Cents. of 1866 being quoted at 57i 4, the Ten-
nessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Missouri
Stocks also having risen. While on the subject,
we may mention that Secretary 111‘Culloch has
commenced to pay and cancel the Six per Cent.
Bonds issued for the Mexican war, amounting to
$8,000,000 in gold, which became• payable on the
Ist instant. The Treasury must feel very strong,
as upwards of $27,000,00) ia gold fell due at the
same time as interest upon the Public Debt.
The correspondent of the Standard still maintain:
that the President was only prevented from declar-
ing an ultimatum based oa the extrem e Ani :ricae
view of the Alabama claims by the Impeach:neat
Trial. He says the Teauesseean has never been die •
tinguishe I by fon mess for things English, which is
very unfair in Mr. Johnson, considering the view
taken in Europe of his antagonism to Congress.
The correspondent has been noted for his sensational
paragraphs from Washington, and they certainly
require some explanation. He now acknowledges
that Mr. ReverdyJohnson has received conciliatory
instructions, and he adds—" As Senater Johnson
is a lover of peace and a believer in the common
destiny of the Anglo-Saxon peoples, it is not difficult
to suppose that his most arduous labours as our
Minister to England will be directed to the esta-
blishment of lasting and honourable peace between
the two great English nations."
Last Saturday the Hon. Charles Francis Adams
left Liverpool for New York in the Cunard steamer
China. Mr. Adams was accompanied on board the
china by Mr. Dailey, the American Consul at
Liverpool, Mr. Moran, the Secretary of Legation in
London, and several friends. Sach was the an-
nouncement in the Times, emanating from the
fertile brain of the Liverpool reporter, who dreamt
it, recorded it, and it was takes up for general cir-
culation. But Mr. Adams, accompanied by Con-
sul-General the Hon. B. Morse, proceeded by Holy-
head to Queenstown, where he embarked, and he did
not, therefore, touch at Liverpool. The late Minister
will not be is time for the opening of the Demo-
cratic Convention, with which rumour connects his
name as a nominee at least for the Vice-Presi-
dency. Mr. Adams could scarcely stand on a
Democratic platform, unless changes took place in
the party, which, in spite of rumour, are not likely
to occur. Doubtless he could run on the same
ticket as Chief Justice Chase, but it is thought the
movement to nominate that gentleman had received
its quietus from the tone of the letter which we las
week published.