The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-02 00:00:00

AMERICAN BONHOLDERS.

In a late issue of the Owl a letter appeared pur-
porting to be written by ANDREW JOHNSON to
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. The writer makes the
PRESIDENT say—" Four-fifths of the bonds are
already in Europe, and the balance will be there
shortly. This therefore ceases to be a domestic ques-
tion." This is one of the delusions which the repudia-
tionists are desirous of spreading throughout the
United States. It is much more agreeable to rob
outsiders than to rob each other. The community
which reduces by a dishonest act a certain portion
of its members to destitution, are not likely soon to
hear the end of the trans lotion. The rags of the
sufferers will for ever be flaunted in the faces of the
authors of their ruin. National repudiation will
be made the excuse for all breaches of con-
tracts, and be quoted as the example by those
who evade engagements. It will be the re-
fuge at whose door every bankruptcy and
failure will be laid ; and, however weary the public
may become of the-incessant howl, it will remain
at least for a generation the loudest cry in the
Union. Independently of the gain in throwing the
loss on foreigners, the United States would free
themselves from this unpleasant contact with their
victims. But unfortunately for the PENDLETONS,
BUTLERS, STEVENS, and JOHNSONS, their action has
been so hasty, they have been in such a hurry to
repudiate; that they have defeated all chance of
accomplishing so desirable a result. The Nation,
in a late number, asks " Who are the lenders?
Great houses in Boston, New York, and Philadel-
phia? Great foreign capitalists? No. It was
from first to last a constant subject of patriotic re-
joicing in the newspapers and on platforms that
all United States loans were popular loans.' They
were the savings of the masses freely offered to the
nation, not simply as a good investment, but as a
proof of their affection. It was then said that
France and the United States were the only two
countries where the people at large became credi-
tors of the State, placing even their finances on a
Democratic basis." Every day it was proudly re-
corded that one, two, or three millions of bonds
were taken, not by six, twelve, or twenty persons,
but by hundreds over the country ; and it was said,
if the figures in possession of the Government in
1863 could have been used, they would have fur-
nished the most curious and instructive illustration,
by the diffusion of these bonds among all conditions
of people, of what was meant by a " People's War."
The Registered Bonds, generally issued in large de-
nominations, represent more nearly than the Coupon
Bonds the portion of the Public Debt held by
wealthy men, and they amount to $890,874,850,
the Coupon Bonds being $1,551,593,700. The
latter bonds average $732, the former $1,360. The
Nation then goes on to say :—" In fact, the coupon
bonds have long formed a favourite investment of all
the thriftiest, that is most valuable, portion of the
working classes,possess
because they over the say-
ings-banks the advantage of not being taxed, and
of being convertible at any moment. Most people
who know anything of the habits of the more care-
ful and intelligent mechanics, gardeners, farmers,
and householdservants, must, in fact, have been sur-
prised to find how largely they hold Government
Securities." These are direct investors, but a. larger
portion of the community still, may, in their igno-
rance, support the howl for repudiation, not know-
ing that it would sweep out of existence all their
savings. The largest investors in these securities
are the banks of loan and savings-banks. In 1862
the difficulty experienced by the managers of the
savings-banks, in their earnest desire to find the
most secure investments, induced them eagerly to
loan to the Government the money in their
hands. In that year the savings institu-
tions in Massachusetts invested over $6,000,030
in Government securities. They had increased
this in 1863 to $15,727,826, holding besides
$2,586,267 as collateral security. All this money
was the savings of the poorest class, those of the
men least able to take care of themselves in the
scramble that would follow the indications which
showed the time had arrived to sell out. There can
be no question that though the payment of the
Bonds in greenbacks would fall heavily on the
German supporters of the Union during the war.
who freely purchased the Securities of the United
States, yet the vast mass of loss would be incurred
by all classes of citizens of the Union. The BUTLERS
and PENDLETONS argue that the currency would be
inflated and the bondholders paid off by degrees, so

as not materially to affect the value of greenbacks,
but this is a delusion of the most dangerous kind.
The Standard's correspondent, writing from Wash-
ington, Feb. 11, siys:—" If the British holders of
our bonds do not in time look out for their interests
they certainly cannot plead a want of warning.
The struggle against ' greenback redemption' is
now a very feeble one. In fact the efforts of
men of all parties seem to be directed to the perfect-
ing of a ' plan' under which our creditors may be
swindled." That of General BUTLER and Mr.
PENDLETON is to pay the creditors in irredeemable
paper, but the correspondent asserts that Senator
SHERMAN'S bill ingeniously proposes to pay nothing.
His argument is that the redaction of interest from
six to five per cent. would, in the lengthened date to
forty years, if the one per cent. were turned into a
sinking fund, liquidate the National Debt. What-
ever may be the value of his figures, there can be
little doubt that the SHERMAN plan is in every way
preferable to that of BUTLER and PENDLETON. If
the bondholders could rely with confidence on no
further tampering with the bonds, they would know
their exact leas, and the interest would in truth be
satisfactory could the security be implicitly relied on.
To what the inflation theory would lead no man can
tell. It would be a leap in the dark, it would be a
financial " Shooting of Niagara." There is an
article in the Nation,Teb. 13, on inflation in rela-
tion to the Money Market, which, with striking
ability, places the facts before the people. The
origin as well as the strength of the inflation party
is derived from the stagnation of trade. These
efforts are the crude, unformed attempts of a section
of the community to shake off an incubus pressing
heavily upon them. They believe that could they
increase the volume of the currency they would
lighten taxes, stimulate trade, give an impetus to
manufactures, as well as pay off the National Debt.
They forget that money is not the motive power in
business, but a mere instrument. It does not fol-
low that business will be active bee tuse money is
plentiful, of which England for the last year fur-
nishes the most convincing proof. Money is now
comparatively cheap and plentiful in the United
States ; yet it has failed to produce the results the
inflationists anticipate from an increase, in the cur-
rency. It is this fatal delusion that industry can
be stimulated by printing greenbacks that is likely
to do so much harm. If the question came before
the people in its naked truth as the means of the
debtor class to wipe out their obligations, which
would be the simple effect, the nation would recoil ;
but, like the arguments of Protectionists, the real
effect is so disguised by sophistry and plausible
arguments of every description that none but the
best informed can see through them. The Nation
closes its article by stating, " It is difficult to see any
difference between inflation and insanity;" and this
would be true, if a large mass of the inflationists
being debtors would not be gainers, by the means it
would afford to cancel their debts. It is curious to
watch the efforts of those who strive in the midst
of this deluge to attain more legitimate results. A
bill has been introduced into the House which has
for its object the resumption of specie payments.
By it the Secretary of the Treasury would be
authorized to redeem Legal-Tender notes at the rate
of one dollar thirty cents. in paper for one dollar
in gold dUring next December ; at one dollar
twenty-nine cents in paper for one dollar in gold
in January next, and so on to continue the reduc-
tion one cent a month, until the greenbacks and
gold were equalized. We fear, however, that such
efforts are vain, as the blow given to the United
States' credit by the strength of the inflation agita-
tion can only be recovered by time honestly em-
ployed, and nothing but credit or a great tide of
commercial prosperity could now enable the United
States even to carry out the schemes to which a
few months ago Mr. M'CuLLocn would have
pledged himself had Congress adopted his sugges-
tions. The day will surely come when the United
States will regret that a portion of its people even
momentarily listened to the arguments of Mr.
PENDLETON and General BUTLER on Inflation and
Repudiation, for it will then find that in its damaged
credit the real loss has fallen on itself.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

;From the Anglo-American Times.)
PARIS, Feb. 26.

The Sunday is per excellence the most brilliant
day of the week, and Paris races and regattas, land
fetes and water fetes, given in the most picturesque
parts of the picturesque scenery which surrounds
the great city, put. forth their united attractions on
behalf of the deity of pleasure ; the steamers pass
in rapid succession on the swift river, even as the
human bubbles float on the stream of time ; the
theatres, cafes, restaurants, &c., are crowded with
pleasure seekers, and the click of the billiard balls
may be heard by the passer-by as the entrance of
the salon opens or closes upon its devotees ; the
public streets are crowded, no matter in what
direction you turn ; the hardworking ouvrier,
who has toiled perhaps up to noon on the
Sabbath, comes out to enjoy with his family his few
brief hours of rest. The grisette, who has lived in
her little garret all the week (Heaven knows how)
upon the proceeds of the pearl trimming or shirt-
making, a revenue which a French Hood might well
immortalize, emerges like a butterfly from its
chrysalis, to form a unit of the various balls, where,
thanks to French gallantry, les Dames oat Velar&
libre, and the whole scene forms a picture which im-
presses a foreigner, how ever much it may shock his
preconceived opinions. Yet, though the American
and English residents may accustom themselves to this
state of things, there is, nevertheless, a sanctity of
spirit, a sacred corner in the shrine of memory, which
forms au amulet against the temptationsof the syren.
" Wears not your grace a little rustic cross?" said
Pierre in the tale of Mantua. Is there not a sou-
venir of some little rustic church embowered in the
woodland, with its silver-haired pastor and its
unique churchwarden ?—an unpretending chapel
served by a minister as unpretending, though not-
withstanding selected for bis unremitting zeal and
high talent ? Well I ween the answer will be in
the affirmative from many a one. But I am
making too long a peroration, the reader will say,
when he learns that I have been so long in bringing
out the fact that I did last Sunday what I ought to
do much oftener, and in fact went to chapel.
Nevertheless, I believe that there are many friends
who will be pleased to learn some particulars of the
beautiful American chapel of the Rue de Berri, and
its satisfactory progress under the conduct of its
able minister, the Rev. Dr. Eldridge. Situated
in one of the most pleasant and healthy quarters of
Paris, constructed upon the most improved modern
principles of architecture, the principal features of
the American chapel are simplicity, neatness, and
utility, and the clear and impressive voice of the
preacher reaches the ears of his congregation as
plainly as his nervous and sincere eloquence
reaches their hearts. It is satisfactory to know
that the choice of the New York Committee has
been so well placed, and that the American chapel
is making rapid way in its career of utility at
Paris. I must not take leave. of this subject with-
out a tribute of admiration to the exquisite playing,
of the organist, Dr. Crane, or without bearing tes-
timony to the excellent general management of the
chapel by Mr. George Smith. Passing to the
topics of the day, the birthday of Washington
has been celebrated this year by the American
colony in Paris with unusual splendour. The star
spangled banner waved in all directions from the
windows of the houses occupied by Americans,whilst
the saloons of his excellency Gen. Dix were crowded
to overflowing, some idea may be formed of this
when it is known that our representative was com-
pelled to refuse no less than 200 demands for pre-
sentation on the occasion. As regards the toilette
of the ladies present nothing could possibly be more
brilliant, whilst a large number of the guests wore
at their buttonhole either a diminutive American
flag or a small bouquet of flowers arranged so as to
represent the American colours. The grand stair-
case was draped with au immense American banner,
whilst the walls of the different saloons of reception
were decorated with the flags of all nations, a mag-
nificent marble bust of Washington, and a statue
of Christopher Columbus attracted general admira-
tion. The concert of Mr. J. Edward Hamer took
place on Thursday evening last at the Salle d'Erard;
the splendid saloon was well filled, especially with

the elite of American rank and fashion, attracted
not only by the prospect of a rich musical treat,
but by a feeling of patriotic pride in the rapidly in-
creasing fame of the rising pianist. On this occa-
sion Mr. Haner was assisted by Messrs. Darbilly,
Des Vachez, Tayau, and Tonsard, of the Opera,
the latter taking the place of M. Solon, prevented
by indisposition from attending; also by Mdlles.
Marie Tayau and Laure Colinache and De Beau-
nay. Plunging at once in medias res, I must first
mention the piece, par excellence, of the evening
viz., "La Reverie del' Inventeur," composed as
well as played by Mr. Haner, and dedicated, with
the greatest possible good taste, to Mr. Singer,
one of the celebrated inventors of American sewing
machines. It is pleasaut.to witness a tribute of the
right nature involved in such a dedication, not
only for the feeling of patriotism displayed
therein, but in regard to the homage paid by music
to her more humble but probably more maul
sister. Mr. planer's exquisite touch conveyed to his
delighted audience the moat vivid realization of the
idea his composition was intended to portray, the
dream-like repose of the mind gradually awakening,
and feeling its way, as it were in the dark through
the numerous obstacles between it and the perfec-
tion of the dawning thought, the occasional depres-
sion, the renewed perseverance, and the final triumph
were all depicted in the strains of that worldly
melody with the most unerring accuracy, and the
hearty and reiterated bursts of applause conveyed
most unequivocally to the performer, the satisfaction
and delight of his audience. The " Fugue" in " Fa
Mineur" was also given in a manner that showed
the performer to be a perfect master of this most
difficult branch of his profession. The " Dame des
Fees" also brought out a good encore; whilst in re-
spect to the "Don Juan," executed on two pianos
by Mr. Haner andMadlle. Laure Colinanche, though
inferior to the " Reverie del Moeulein" in special
beauty of idea, it yet fully equalled it in bril-
liancy of execution. In fact, I do not remember
ever hearing a duo in better unison. It will not
be within my limits to give an extended critique on
every performance ; suffice it to say that whilst
each and all were deserving of the greatest com-
mendation, the performance of the admirable Tayau
(who is apparantly about 16 years of age) evince
high promise on the part of the youthful artiste.
Returning again, for an instant, to the hero of the
evening, who has so deservedly won his laurels,
America may fairly lay claim to him as a native
artiste, as he commenced his musical career under
Gottschalk and S. B. Mills, though at a later period
he studied under the celebrated Camille Stainaty,
and subsequently at the Conservatory of Vienna,
under Professors J. Packs and Rerfinatcha, his
Professor, at present in the art of composition (who
has certainly reason to be proud of his pupil) being
Damcka. We cordially wish a long and prosperous con-
tinuance to the career commenced so auspiciously.
Amidst the friends assembled afterwards in the
Salon des Artistes to congratulate the successful
debutant, we noticed the well-known faces of
Henry Herz, Camille Stamaty, Damcka, &c., &c.
A. profusion of costly bouquets also, which lay
about the apartment in much-admired confusion,
attested the interest which the gentle sex take, and
which they are always amongst the first to exhibit,
on occasions like the present. The Carnival is at
an end, though the cortege of the Bumf Gras has
been more brilliant than ever, being composed of
uo less than five hundred persons on foot and
horseback, comprising heralds, soldiers, musi-
cians, cavaliers, &c., clad in the various cos-
tumes appertaining in vanished ages to almost
every country on the face of the earth ; whilst
eleven triumphal chariots representing France,
Africa, America, Asia, and last, not least, Olympus,
with as many of its deities as could be conveniently
got up for the occasion (the Four Bceufs being dis-
tributed amongst them), completed the procession ;
the din of the fanfares and brass horns (which ap-
pear to be one of the specialities of the Carnival),
the numerous masquers, &c., making up a scene
of diablerie which may be better imagined than
described. A new feature has been introduced
this year into the Carnival by the Hippophagists
(who aro jealous of the reputation of their more
legitimate brethren) in the shape of a procession
of Chevaux Gras, wound up by an equine dinner,
in which every person joining the; procession was
entitled to participate. Notwithstanding the un-
tiring efforts of their backers no money is at pre-
sent to be laid either on the bobtail or the bay,
Taurus being decidedly the favourite for the
Selling Steaks: Speaking of racing, by the bye,
brings me to the inauguration of the Steeplechases of
LaMarche, which took place on Sunday,Feb. 23. The
attendance was not so numerous as is usual on such
occasions, the weather being somewhat unfavour-
able, a cold, biting wind blowing throughout the
entire day. The racing was very good, the arrange-
ments of weighting appearing to make just the re-
quisite difference required by the winners. The
Prix d'Ouverture, 2,500 f., was won by Anglo-Saxon,
beating Avenay and Bon Espoir. The next prize,
the Handicap, was won in good style by Piggy,.
wiggy ; whilst considerable sums changed hands on
the occasion of the third race, in which a very
handsome colt named Floreal, the property of the
Baron Finot, beat the favourite, Beadle, belonging
to the Duke of Hamilton, by a neck ; the latter had
given the colt 231bs.
The balls are finished at the Tuileries, but three
concerts will take place during the month of March.
The last ball fdr the season at the Tuileries was of
the most magnificent description. The Emperor
wore his usual costume of General of Division, but
that of her Majesty the Empress was entirely un-
approachable, that of the Princess Metternich alone
bearing the slightest comparison. Her Imperial
Majesty wore a white robe interwoven with gold,
the upper part of the corsage being adorned
with a parure composed equally of diamonds,
and emeralds, the coiffure being of the same
description, and surmounted by a crescent of
brilliants that shot forth a thousand rays in the
brilliantly illuminated ball-room. The following
Americans were presented at the Tuileries on the
occasion by the American Minister :—Mr. and
Mrs. Aspinwall, Mr. and Mrs. Ray, Mr. Dart,
Mr. Bruce, Miss Lyon, of New York ; Mr. and,
Miss Welling, Miss Tapper, Mr. and Mrs. Hall,
of Pennsylvania ; Mrs. Leech, Miss Greenough,
Mr. and Miss Chickering, Boston ; Dr. Worthing-
ton, Chicago ; Mrs. Gray and Miss Carthy, of
Alabama ; Dr. and Mrs. Bucknall, of San Fran-
eisco ; Mrs. Carr, of Paris ; Mr. Kimball, Mas-
sachusetts ; and Mr. and Mrs. Day, United
States.

NAPLES, Feb. 21.

No news this week. Vesuvius remains in a chro-
nic state of eruption, one day more and one day less
active, as if for the express purpose of entertaining
travellers and interesting the studious. The wea-
ther is splendid, bright and warm—perhaps too
much so for the vegetation, which is sprouting fast,
and the almond trees covered with blossom. Such
travellers as have not been attracted to Rome by
the pomp and vanities of the Carnival are rewarded
by seeing this country in its prime, for nothing
can exceed in beauty the environs of Naples just
now.

" Historicus," who has lately been triumphantly
engaged in showing up the inconsistencies of Mr.
Seward, now appears to have been guilty of as great
a contradiction himself. Ile has shown that in May,
1861, nine days before the Queen's Proclamation was
issued recognizing the Confederate States as bellige-
rents, Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Dayton, then Minister
at Paris, these words :—" The insurgents have in-
stituted revolution with open, flagrant, deadly war
to compel the United States to acquiesce in the dis-
twmberment of the Union. The United States
have accepted this civil war as an inevitable neces-
sity." Yet this same Mr. Seward, in January,
18G7, wrote that, "before the Queen's Proclamation,
the disturbance in the United States was merely a
local insurrection," that "it wanted the name of war
to enable it to be a civil war ;" that " this name the
President wisely and humanely refused to confer
upon it," but that "the Queen did so baptize the slave
insurrection within the United States as Civil War."
" llistoricus" crowed loudly- after demolishing the
American Secretary of State, as if, as the New York
Nation observes, in dealing with Mr. Seward and
in having floored him the controversy was at an

end. That paper, however, brings against the
great " Historicus" himself the following as glaring
a contradiction. In 1863 " Historicus" was perfectly
certain " that there was not a shadow of doubt
that the United States had no claim against
England for the damage done by the Alabama,
not enough even to furnish the smallest
gr-ound for referring it to arbitration." He
said in November of that year, acccrding to the
Nation, that " the decision of the English GoVern-
meat in the matter ought to be final, for they are
the sole judges of it, and that the 'tall talk' of
claims against Great Britain for compensation for
prizes taken by the Alabama is mere nonsense, which
has no colour or foundation in reason, history, or
law." In one of his late letters to the Times, how-
ever, he says that " in the particular case of the
Alabama, and, it may be, of other vessels, I think,
and have always thought, that it is one which might
be fairly made the subject of arbitration." Will the
triumphant " Historicus" deign to explain this con-
tradiction, and if he cannot, will he be more tole-
rant of contradiction in others, knowing his own
frailty ?

General Grant has suspended the order of Gene-
ral Hancock, removing the City Council of New Orleans•
Heneral Hancock has notified General Grant that he will
tender his resignation unless allowed to enforce the order.
It is reported that General Grant refuses to yield the
point, and the matter has been referred to the President.

General Meade has arrested ex-Comptroller
Burns, of Georgia, for refusing to give up the official re-
cords.

Judge Black has filed a new bill in the Supreme
Court, praying for an injunction to restrain Generals
Grant, Mende, and others, from seizing funds and property
in Georgia, under the ReConstruction Act.

General Grant has appointed General Sheridan
to the temporary command of the department of Missouri,
the President having prohibited the' appointment of any
permanent commander.

It is not probable that the Surratt trial began on
the 24th inst., as announced, as neither Judge Pierpoett
counsel for the prosecution, nor Mr. Brady, for the defence
could be ready by that time.

The first of Secretary Stanton's orders made
public since his reinstatement, is one authorizing the dis-
tribution of tha food which accumulated during the war,
for the relief of tha destitute in'ithe South.
On Thursday, Mr. Goulty, on the part of the
committee, presented to the Princess of Wales a Bible from
the teachers and scholars of a large number of Sunday
Schools a Great Britain and Ireland.

At a late reception of General Grant, General
Longstreet divided with Sheridan the honours of the
evening, and received a great deal of attention from army
officers and politicians. General Grant recommends the
removal of political disabilities from Longstreet.

Brigham Young will have in his great temple at
Salt Lake the largest organ in the United States, of which
400 pipes have already been set.

The President has received a petition from Geo.
Francis Train, asking the aid, influence, and protection of
the United States Government to enforce his claim for
£lOO,OOO against the British Government, forillegal arrest,
and false imprisonment. The American press encourage
Mr. Train to remain abroad until ho gets this sum.
Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister at Berlin,
had a private audience of the King, on Monday, when
he presented his credentials as United States Envoy to the
North German Confederation.

J. Young Brown, who was elected Representative
to ths House from Kentucky, has been refused the seat
qn the plea that by various speeches he aided and coul-
forted tho rebels.

The effects of the late Sir Frederick Bruce were
sold by auction at Washington on the 11th of February
Mr. Thornton bought most of the furniture, and maul
friends of the late Ambassador purchased articles 85
souvenirs.

Mr. F. 11. Dudley, the United States Consul at
Liverpool, has received instructions to pay to John Wii"
liams, a pilot at Duffryn, and James M'Cartney, one of the
crew of the Liverpool steam tug Reliance, the sum of slo°
each, as a reward for their noble conduct on the occasion
of the wreck of the American ship F. J. Southard, near,
Duffryn, on the sth of December last, when at great peril
to themselves they managed to get the end of a line ashore
and establish communication with the vessel, and thee
were mainly instrumental in saving the lives of the crevr*
We gave a full account of the circumstance in a former
number.

The valuable law library of the late Governor
Andrews was sold by auction in Boston on the sth Fob'
The Boston City Council have chosen James D. Braniao,
Rev. Dr. George Putnam, and Weston Lewis, trustees of
the public library.

Senators Nye, Howard, and Wilson have been
in New Hampshire speaking for the Republican party.
Fred Douglass had to take his meals iu his oval
rooms at a Meriden hotel recently, because the boarders
wouldn't eat at the same table with a negro. Connecticut
needs reconstruction.

Admiral Farragut left Milan, for Genoa, on the
26th inst., where the principal inhabitants, with the rnar3f
at their head, have organized a grand demonstration i°
tho Admiral's honour.

If Senator Wade succeeds in defeating the non l'
nation of "Sun-set" Cox as Minister to Austria, it will b!
tit-for-tat, as it was mainly through that gentleman's
exertions that a Democratic Federal Senator was chosen
by Ohio to replace Mr. Wade. A story is told of the Inger
gentleman, who failing to find his reserved seat in Carroll.
Hall to hear Mr. Dickens read, exclaimed in a voice tbsi
all heard, " This Dickens is a humbug."
The Senate on Tuesday, 11th Feb., rejected th°
nomination of William D. Bishop, of Bridgeport, Conne
= if
e-
ticut, as commission of patents, and those of John .
Johnson as United States Marshal for Virginia; Leslie
Combos, United States Marshal for Kentucky ; and Ge°'
A. Maguire as one of the commissioners to settle the
claims of Indiana for equipping troops to aid in supPce
sing the rebellion. The nomination of John B. Penning'
lcton as United States district attorney for Delaware ',:
confirmed. The President has nominated Charles 0"
Robinson of Vermont to be Consul at Quebec; and Seery
T. to be collector of customs at Georgetown, B°lll--
Caroline.

Mr. Wisewell's appointment as Internal Revenll°
Commissioner makes no progress in the Senate. It 13_,°"4
been referred to the Finance Committee, which so far /I*7
paid it no attention.
Major B. B. French, formerly Commissioner of
Public Buildings, has been appointed to a fourth-clO
clerkship, at a salary of $l,BOO, in the Treasury DePI
went, in place of Samuel McKean, the disbursing clef
lately deceased.

General Noah L. Jeffries narrowly escaped re-
jection for the office of register of the Treasury in 0,2°
Senate, Wednesday, Feb. 12, the vote standing 24 to I°'ll
and only Messrs. Anthony, Dixon, and Ferry of the 14e e
England senators, voting in his favour. He succeeded t!/00
late Stephen B. Colby, and he had discharged the dot/
of the position for some time.
General Burnside has reconsidered his deteni;
nation not again to be a candidate for Governor of Rhos
Island, and will stand, if nominated, on the Republi'lo
Ticket. it 10
A monument to the poet Fitz Greene Hall le
to be erected in Guilford, Connecticut, his native 01'c;
General J. G. Wilson, of New York, is collecting °II

scriptions in that city.
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Mr. James D. Colt, of Massachusetts, has
covered from his long illness, which a year and a half lire,
forced his retirement from the Supreme Court of his 513.0
It is thought likely that Governor Bullock will aPe
Dg
him to fill the vacancy occasioned by Judge ChaPnl3ll
promotion to Chief Justice.
It is stated that Mr. Hale, American Minister
Madrid, has informed Secretary Seward that ho will rl.oe,
sign unless the Secretary of Legation, Mr. Perry, is

called. the
Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes Smith has informeu o 1
public that the advocates of Woman's Rights assert oriet
them to be the power of selecting their husbands, an t;-4to
they intend to etand to this point, and nail their colotic"iil
the mast in defence of woman's right to make matrit3o'.
proposals.

Births. 10°
AUSTIN—On the 28th ult., at 51, Norfolk-road, Daist°l3l
wife of Edwin Austin, Esq., of a son. 01°
Mounts—On the 28th ult. at 2, St. Leonard'sl7lll3Ter•
wife of Captain Morris, '9sth Regiment, of a daug',o of
PEEL— On the 27th ult., at 70, Eaton-place, the 11/
Arthur W. Peel, Esq., M.P., of a son.
Marriages..
PATTERSON—WINFIELD—On the 27th ult., at tile
of St. Alphege Greenwich, 11. P. Pattersoifiilia,'
Temple, to Charlotte Winfield, niece of the late 1Y
Edwards, Esq., of York. gate, Regent's-park.
WILKIE—TAITE—On the 29th ult., at St. Jobe
Oxford- square, Augustus Wilkie to France, opie
Taite, niece of Mr. Taite, Li, l'orchester-pi3ee'

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pa rii.
Deaths. Sc tlOlll
LANE —On the 27th ult., at Ehntield Lodge, —llia°.
Middlesex, Michael,Lane, E,;(1, M.1.C.E., chief 0-
of the Groat Western Railway, aged 65. i/111 °
LACY —On the 28th ult q• • I ,I, of th©
late IZOI)
~ Lam), Nst e
Lacy, Esq. f'd "sr
11 LAWRENCE-0 the 25thult* at Hertford, EdWar
rence, Esq., aged 80. Jol,ll
PEACOCK—On the 27th ult ,at Middlesborough,._ ,11,
Shields Peacock, Esq., ToN*vn Clerk of Middleshoto`P
aged 53.
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Middlesex,—Monday, March 2,1868.