The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-23 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

1-'rom the Anglo-American 2'imes.)
The Cable news, not elsewhere noticed, is to the
effect that the House of Representatives had rejected
the bill passed by the Senate abolishing the tax
upon the cotton crop of 1868, and the Senate, ac-
cording to advices from Washington, dated Jan.
16, has passed the bill repealing Mr. M'Culloch's
authority to contract the currency. It would have
been much wiser ha 1 the Representatives passed the
Senate's bill, and the Senate rejected the bill of the
Representatives. Au amendment attempted to be
introduced was defeated, prohibiting any further
issue of legal tender notes. It is possible that the
President, acting on Mr. M'Culloch's advice, may
veto the bill, and that Congress may not be able to
pass it over the veto by the constitutional majority.
Tile steamers which left for Europe, Jan. 11, took
oat $1,000,000 in specie.
Senor Pujol, the Secretary of State for St. Do-
mingo, is on his way to Washington to effect the
transfer of the Bay of Samna. The world has
got it into its head that Brother Jonathan is in a
mood to barter good gold for bad land, and all
sorts of people are hurrying to Washington with
tcitotnlesmtoisseioantlehrcsiu
whoak came earthquakes,
to exchange treaties for, volcanoes, and glaciers. The
St. Thomas's have left in disgust, for Secretary
Seward, whom they thought all-powerful, was
never, at least to them, "at home," and as they
were but wasting time ; the one has gone to Europe,
the other returned to the West Indies. The Secre-
tary of State was, however, at home to Baron Wel-
tustedt, the Swedish Minister, with whom he had
an interview on the 2d inst., touching the purchase
of St. Bartholomew. Mr. Seward informed the
Swede that he bad made no proposition for the
purchase of that island, and the Baron said that he
had received no instructions or suggestions from
his Government to sell it. In Boston a petition is
in circulation for the signature of the merchants
against further annexation of territory.
Letters from Mexico give a deplorable account
of the state of the country. The impunity of the
brigands, the cowardly way in which Mexicans sub-
mit to be robbed, and the contempt of the robbers
for the soldiers, paralyze the action of the Go-
vernment. The bands are well armed, and gene-
rally mounted, varying in size from a few members
up to 500. The revolt at Yucatan continues, the
rebels holding Merida. The port of Sisal was
closely blockaded by gunboats, and General Diaz,
with 3,000 men, had been despatched to suppress
the outbreak. Juarez had ordered the Imperialists to
leave the country, and many were preparing to
do so.

Two American corvettes belonging to the squad.
ron of Admiral Farragut arrive' at Toulon lass
Thursday, and after a banquet given to the nava
authorities by the Admiral the vessels put to sea.

The United States Supreme Court at Washington
will soon have to decide some cases, about to be
argued before it, calling in question the constitu-
tionality of the Reconstruction Acts. It is bruited
about that the President, if the decision be against
them, will take active measures against the further
enforcement of these Acts. By a telegram from
IVashington, dated Jan. 14, we learn that the House
of Representatives, as if to meet the case, had
passed a bill declaring that the concurrence of two-
thirds of the Judges of the Supreme Court is neces-
sary to decide that any Act of Congress is uncon-
stitutional. The eases that will come before the
Supreme Court cannot well involve the whole of
the Acts, and an adverse decision could not pos-
sibly be in the nature of an injunction against their
general enforcement. The President is not there-
fore likely t, exert his influence in this matter
beyond his legitimate powers of appointing depart-
ment commanders, and encouraging the people, by
their votes, to reject the new Constitution.
General Meade has succeeded Pope in command
of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Gen. M'Dowell
has succeeded General Ord in Mississippi and Ar-
kansas. Pending M'Dowell's arrival from San
Francisco, Gen. Gillen will act. Gen. Wager Swayne
returns to the command of his infantry regiment
now at Nashville. General T. W. Sherman suc-
ceeds Meade in command .of the department of the
East; with his headquarters at Washington ; and
General Ord will relieve M'Dowell in the depart-
ment of California. General Alexander M'Cook
has relieved General R. S. Mackenzie in the sub-
district of the Rio Grande, with headquarters at
Brownsville, Texas. General Pope 'is ordered to
report at headquarters, Washington.
The Levant Herald comments upon statements
:nade in American newspapers and correspondents'
letters representing the influence of America with
the Forte as having been lowered in consequence of