The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-09 00:00:00

THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Among the annual military Reports of Generals
commanding departments is that of Thomas for the
Cumberland, comprising the States of West Vir-
ginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, which shows that
a deplorable state of things exists in the two latter.
The disorders and operations of the Ku-klux are
fully reported, and what has been said about
them heretofore seems to have come short of
the truth rather than have exceeded it. And
the worst of it is, General Thomas says he does
not expect any immediate improvement. For
Virginia General Stoneman's account of affairs
is much more favourable. He says that by January
not more than 1,000 troops will be left there ; also
commends the operations of the Freedmen's Bureau,
and urges that it be continued to a considerable ex-
tent. A test case is now on trial in the United
States Circuit Court in Richmond, which involves
the question of the competency of State judges, wh°
are ineligible under the fourteenth constitutional.
amendment. Its decision will confirm or nullify all
the business transacted by State judges since the
ratificatio❑ of the amendment.

NORTH CARO LINA.—The Legislature met on :Mon-
day, Nov. 16, but there was no quorum present,
and the delivery of Governor Holden's mes!age
was postponed in consequence. A quantity Of
small arms for the State has arrived at Raleigh, but
the Governor asserts there is no cause for alarm At
this precaution. The latest returns from the seventh
North Carolina district, heretofore conceded to the
Democrats, elect Jones, Republican, to Congress•
The State will give Grant 12,000 majority.
ARKANSAS.—More interesting still are the pre'
ceedings of Governor Clayton, who has not only
proclaimed martial law in several counties, but
acted on it, as a party of his militia fought the
battle with the su-Klux in Sivier county, forme&
reported by Cable.

FLORIDA.--." The conflict of authority in this
State," says the Spring field Republican of Saturday'
Nov. 21, "still continues, and will till the decision
of the supreme court, now daily expected, in regard
to the legality of the impeachment of Governor
Reed. This decision was expected on Wednesday'
but was postponed on account of the absence of the
Chief Justice. The end of last week Governor Reed
commenced a suit against Lieut.-Governor Gleam
for conspiracy, but it was dismissed; and on Tues-
day the latter issued a long proclamation claiming]
be Governor, and stating his side of the case. Glea-
son has the regular Secretary of State, George J.
Alden, on his side, and on Wednesday both Reed
and Gleason appointed an Attorney-General for the
State. As far as we can judge at this distance,
Governor Reed has the right on his side, but no one
seems to care much how the contest turns eat"
Florida has a persistent coloured candidate for Cr
gress, named W. W. Saunders, who has issued a
flaming address to the coloured voters of the State'
denouncing the nomination of Hamilton, the white
Republican, as a fraud, and signing himself " Grand
President of the Union League of Florida."

The orders for the formation of a regiment °f
infantry in Western Massachusetts have been issgetli
It is designated the Second Regiment, to be composed 4
the following companies heretofore constituting the Pi
battalion : —Company A, Enfield ; B, Springfield (Citi
Guards) ; 0, Worthington ; D, Windsor ; E, Pittsfield; v
Northampton ; G, Springfield ; H, N orthampton ; I, °llli
copee ;K, Holyoke. This regimer.t and the 10th, (301°11',,,
Robert H. Chamberlain, tho companies of which are
located in Worcester county, are detached from tir
First Brigade, and designated as the Third Brigade,
V. M.

'The Sub-Committee at the Joint-Congress C°111:
mittee on Retrenchment met Nov.lB, and Messrs. Jeaciti
Benton, Van Wyck examined several of the Collectors
the Internal Revenue Districts of New York. Mr. Fuller'
ton also appeared and was examined. He fully explaiDem
his connection with the investigation. of revenue fro d"
in this city. His testimony showed that the irioneYan
bonds that were taken from a certain ex-Collector of the
city, at the office, of D. C. Birdsall, were for entirely difrr9
rent purposes than those that have been alleged ; that
was only acting as counsel, and had no share or interest
the money paid by the ex-Collector at that time, and that
the money and bonds were taken by the Collector's oallrli
sal and returned by him to Smith, less his expenses
counsel fees.
The following paragraph is now going the rounds
of the English pr.iss, although two years ago Mr. SO°
himself gave a full description of the vessel in our ecr
lawns : —" We have seen a model of what is probably `tile
coming' ship of the age. It is to be of the same size
the Great Eastern, except that instead of 28ft. it Wils
draw only 181 t., and it will carry proportionally lc%
tonnage. It is designed to carry four times as maw
passengers as any present style of ship, and to st.l
e
stitute for bunks Christian beds ; it will also gig
four times the space to a state room. The prase et
mode of bunking passengers is unworthy of the 951);
Sea sickness, if preventible by construction, should
rendered obsolete. This desideratum is attained 1110
Mr. Thomas Silver's coming ship ; it is secured by tbf
proportions of the ship, and by there being 30ft. less c't
the hull out of the water than in the Great Eastern ;
the motion is rendered almost imperceptible by a outside
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vice. The state-rooms, instead of being at the o
limits of the vessel, are amidships ; that is, along to
centre line of the ship, where the roll is scarcely Percei;
tible. The saloon is to be 500 ft. long, and clear of °,e
structions. It is not for dining. Instead of a public tabe;
there are to be two competing restaraunts at the extroustt
adjoining the saloons. The ship will sell passage °I15;
the board being payable as meals are ordered. It is C.°J,
templated to carry second-class passengers and thiLill
class in the same way. The present first-class bun -1.5

be for third-class berths."—San Francisco Times.
The President of the New York Yacht Club 1131,
received the letter of Mr. Ashbury, owner of the CO161:p
bird, challenging all American yachts to sail for the
.co
won by the America in 1851, and naming the cooditi°,lo.
of the contest. Mr. Ashbury's proposal was given i411„,e-
-tail, but it must require time for consultation on the '"'"
rican side before an answer can be returned.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Preparatory 0 . ergr.
have been issued by the Secretary of the Navy, to oe:11,
Admiral William Radford, now in command of the Wn'o.
ington Navy Yard, to command the European s(inadr°d-
The Franklin will return to the squadron with lieir-4-

miral Radford, and be the flagship. liii
Liberia has 600,000 inhabitants, of wbonl °
15,000 aro American negroes. ged
Cincinnati is disgusted because Chicago P° of
the most votes at the Presidential election, and or;rt
hints that her rivals on Lake Michigan understand tile:

of ballot-box stuffing. the
News from Calcutta, Nov. 9, states that
Gazette contains a notification which directs that 50'$,
reigns and half-sovereigns be received at all the 'rre
suries in British India at the rate of 10 rupees 4 sunir;fl.o •
" After Grant, what ?" asks Wendell PhilZe:
and the Washington Star immediately responds, "°`"

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Marriages. fria-
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Deaths. Cater'
HUGIIES—On the 7th inst., at Burntwoo d House , a`'`3
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RYAN—On the 7th inst., Desmond Ryan, Esq., /3°4"
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WILSON -On the 6th host., James Wilson, Esq., '-'°-
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WooLL—On the 6th inst., at UP well Hall, Wisbecut
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Iliddlesox.—Wednesday, December 9, 1868.