The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-19 00:00:00

THIS WAR IN HAITI.

A very gloomy letter from the capital of Hayti finds its
way into the Phare de he Loire, the leading French pro-
vincial paper. It states that revolution and massacre pre-
vail at all points of the horizon. " Thousands of persons
have been slaughtered, and the struggle, generated by the
cupidity of a few ambitious individuals, has not advanced
a step." Salnave, it seems, is greatly impressed with
a conviction of the virtue of bombardment. His
vessels have repeatedly assailed the towns on all
parts of the coast. An incident which occurred during one
of these cannonades is likely to give rise to a difficulty with
France. An old war ship, whilst bombarding Jeremie, ba-
tered down the French Consulate, although the tricoloured
flag, hoisted at the top of a tall pole, was visible from
points of the offing. " Our national colours did not proteti
the house of our Consul, a building situated at no great
distance from the shore, and very easy to recognise, and,
more frightful to relate, under the ruins accumulated by the
ravage of the balls six persons met their deaths, three
women and three children, two of the latter sons of the
Consul. Seven other persons also were seriously wounded."
Salnave himself was on board his war-ship.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)

Both Houses of Congress passed a bill last Wed-
nesday permitting the reorganization of the militia
in those Southern States which have been admitted
to representation. This quick move shows the effect
on the Legislature of the outrages perpetrated prior
to the election. It is to be hoped that the South may
learn by the result how vain such proceedings are
to promote the object they desire, and how surely
they will recoil disastrously on those who resort to
such expedients.
Mr. Robert Coningsby, who was the reporter for
the Society of Arts on the condition of American
workmen, has addressed a letter to the 7 imes, giv-
ing the history of that untoward affair, the work-
ing men of London's invitation to the American
Minister. Ills letter shows him to be a man of
sense, but it shows also the extraordinary influences
brought to bear on the labouring classes. Mr. Con-
ingsby, who wished to acknowledge his sense of the
hospitality tendered him in America, proposed the
dinner, and everything went smoothly till by some
outside pressure they were pushed into the Re-
form League Rooms, when everything was quickly
deranged under the superintendence of Mr. Beales.
It was in vain that the sensible men with whom Mr.
Coningsby worked strove to avert the gaucherie,
for they had got into the debating club " where the
policy of Great Britain is decided weekly," and were
as helpless as in the rapids above Niagara to escape
the Fall. They then desired to inform Mr. John-
son that they might at least save him from other in-
sults that might be offered ; hence the letter, and
Mr. Johnson's reply. But we cannot understand
wby people should insist on publishing, and thus
drawing attention to acts which so strongly con-
demn the transaction in which they had engaged.
General Meade, in his interesting Annual Report,
vindicates the military rule in Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, and both the Carolinas, under him and
his predecessor General Canby, During the entire
eight months of Meade's administration 32 persons
only were tried by military commission, of whom
17 were discharged, the sentences of 4 disapproved,
of 8 remitted, of 2 referred to the President, 1 only
being carried it,to effect. No answer could be more
complete to articles which often appear in the Lon-
don papers, drawing touching pictures of the down-
trodden South, which are far more untruo than
when Americans liken the administration of Ire-
land to that of Poland. The General says, "No
army in previous history was ever called on to dis-
charge such delicate and responsible duties, involv-
ing powers tjaat if abused might have led to the