The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-02 00:00:00

is in opposition to the Constitution, and I shall
treat it as a nullity whenever it comes in the way
of my functions," a statement which would have
had its effect on the Court had it been earlier
brought to light. Impeachment is likely to be at-
tended with momentous results even in the acquittal
of ANDREW JOHNSON, though it might have been
more important in conviction, but it is difficult to
predict. As the Articles on which the finding has been
given were expressly selected out of the eleven by
those who desired the deposition of the PRESIDENT,
and as they have failed under every circumstance
which the majority could devise to secure a dif-
ferent result, it may be concluded that we have soen
the direct, though not the indirect, end of Impeach-
ment. But it would have been more satisfactory
to those who only wish for fair play, and for all to
meet the award of their acts, that the vote had been
taken on Tuesday on the other eight Articles, and
the subject finally settled. Such a course would
have better become the United States Senate, an
assembly which has earned a high character, and in
the acquittal of ANDREW JOHNSON has recorded the
greatest political act of virtue ever decreed by a
Legislative Assembly.

MISCELLANEOUS NETT'S.

(From the Anglo-American Times)

Mr. G. R. CATIICART has become the editor and
sole proprietor of The American Publisher and Bookseller.
Mr. Andrew Boyd has added to his various col-
lection of memorials of Mr. Lincoln a sumptuous pamphlet,
of which but seventy-five copies are printed. It consists
of a fac-simile, reproduced apparently by photo-litho-
graphy, of the cartoon by Tenniel, which appeared at the
time in Punch then, after a few pages of introductory
eulogy of Lincoln, the famous poem which then accom-
panied it. The workmanship is as fine a specimen as has
been produced from Mr. Munsell's press, and the execution
is, in general, worthy of such a memorial of the most tragic
event in the national history of America.

In the July number of Broadway a poem is to
appear by the late D'Arcy M'Gee. We learn that Mrs. J.
Sadlier is to edit his poems.
Ex-Confederate General S. B. Buckner is to be
connected editorially with the Louisville Courier.

Mr. H. J. Hastings, of the Albany Knickerbocker,
is reported to have purchased a controlling interest in the
New York Commercial Advertiser.

The Boston Commonwealth says :—The Newport
Historical Society has unearthed a treasure in an old
chest, which it describes as an autograph volume, written
in 1675 by Obadiah Holmes, who was minister of the
First Baptist Church, but went to Massachusetts to preach,
where, having no licens,?, he was arrested by the Puritan
magistrate, confined in gaol, and finally sentenced to be
publicly whipped at the tail of a cart.

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An American paper cDtnments on Mr. E. G.
Squier's tart note from New York to the Atlieimunt, in
vindication of his book on Nicaragua, which a Mr. Pym
has assailed, and says, " it adds an interesting chapter to
a somewhat protracted controversy in the same journal on
the geography of the isthmus." The "Mr. Pym" is Cap-
tain Bedford Pim, R.N., who has deeply interested himself
with the country.
Professor James Orton and others made an ex-
pedition last year, under the auspices of the Smithsonian
Institute, to the Andes and Valley of the Amazon. As a
portion of its results there were valuable collections, in-
cluding many specimens previously unknown, and abund-
ant meteorological observations—all very valuable con-
tributions to the physical geography of South America—
so it is a matter of gratification to learn that their
early publication is determined upon.—Round

An English paper says an eminent journalist of
New York has offered a reward of $l,OOO for a tale that
will make his hair stand on end. Before ambitious
authors enter the field of competition, it may be well for
them to understand that the generous journalist is per-
fectly bald.

Elizabeth Kickley's book " Behind the Scenes,"
to which we before alluded, gives the following account
of President Lincoln's courtship and marriage. It appears
that the political opponent he defeated later in life he de-
feated also as a suitor. Both Abraham Lincoln and the
late Stephen Douglas were rivals for the same lady's hand.
Douglas first proposed, and notwithstanding a refusal per-
sisted. "Mary, you do not know what you are refusing.
You have always hal an ambition t) become the wife of a
Presid-ent of the United States. Pardon the egotism, but
I fear that, in refusing my hand to-night, you have thrown
away your best chance to ever rule in the White House."
"I do not understand you, Mr. Douglas." "Then I will
speak more plainly. You know, Mary, that lam ambi-
tions like yourself, and'something seems to whisper in my
ear, You will be President some day.' Depeud upon it,
shall make a stubborn fight to win the proud position."
" You have my best wishes, Mr. Douglas ; stall cannot con- '
sent to be your wife. I shall becom 3 Mrs. President, or lam
the victim of false prophets, but it will not be as Mrs. Dou-
glas." Mr. Lincoln proposed in his turn, but was also re-
jected. This broke his heart. He told a friend that he was
sick of the deceitful world, and wished himself out of
it. Ile loved, and bad been encouraged, but only to be
refused ; he believed she was going to marry Douglas, and
if she did he would blow his own brains out. He actually
fell into a brain fever, and the doctor then went to see the
voting lady, to tell her that she was the cause of his
ness. "She frankly acknowledged her folly, saying that
she only intended to test the sincerity of Mr. Lincoln's
love; that he was the idol of her heart, and that she would
become his wife." This produced a cure, and in due time
the parties were married.
The people of Williamstown, Western Massa-
chusetts, have formed an esthetic society, the chief purpose
of which is to improve and ornament the streets and sur-
roundings of that already beautiful village. The president
of the association is Professor Albert Hopkins, and the
women as well as the men have a voice in its management.
The annual meeting will be held some time iu the summer
in Mission Park, when an address and poem from some
distinguished men will be delivered.
The Springfield Republican says—" At the recent
Illinois State Republican Convention there was every in-
dication that General Smith, the present treasurer of Illi-
nois, would be re-nominated by the Republicans, but when
the roll of the counties had been one-third called, the
chairman of a delegation, rising to vote for his county, de-
clared :—' least the five votes of my county for the gallant
General Bates, the starved prisoner of Andersonville '
This appeal to the convention was irresistible, and he was
nominated on the first call. General Bates is a native of
Plainfield, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Williams'
College."
Mr. Lemuel S. Levering, a well-known business
man of Philadelphia, was thrown from his carriage on
Monday, 11th May, and so badly injured that he died a
few hours afterwards.
A gentleman of New York has recently patented
II an appliance for preserving life in the water. It consists
simply of a cork jacket and a loose rubber suit, the
latter being in a single piece, and covering the en-
I tire person, with the exception of the face and hands.
The whole weighs eight and a half pound, and is put on
in two or three minutes. There also iron-soled shoes
for ballast. At Battery Place, some weeks ago, the in-
ventor made a practical exhibition, which, though unan-
nounced, and intended to be strictly private, attracted a
large number of persons, and excited a good deal of in-
terest. After being dressed in his suit, the inventor
waded in the river and sank at once to his armpits. Re-
maining in an erect position, ho paddled off amid the
plaudits of the lookers-on. After a while, from a tin
. case attached to his waist by a string, and which floated
1 behind him, he remoeed a small roll, which he pro-
ceeded leisurely to unfold, and which proved to be a staff
about eight feet long. This he fastened to the can, and
from its top the breeze unfurled a flag, bearing the word
"Eureka." Ho also extracted apples and other provisions
from the can, and after refreshing himself with these, he
turned over on his back, and was borne seaward by the
outgoing tide. At the end of forty minutes or thereabouts
he worked his way to the shore, where he was received by
the crowd with complimentary remarks.
The Times' American correspondent says :
"Upon the financial policy of the United States, and in
order to bring about an early resumption of specie pay-
ments, the Board of Trade of the city of Boston has re-
cently been taking important action. A series of re-
solutions have been prepared and sent to every Board
of Trade and Chamber of Commerce in the country,
with the request that those bodies shall express
their opinion upon them in order to discover the wishes
of the commercial class upon the questions of a re-
turn to specie payments and the best mode of paying
the debt. These resolutions declare that " the money of
the people and of the bondholders should be the same,
and should all be good money;" that " the only good
money known is specie, or its equivalent ; " that
"every Act of Congress passed in relation to fiscal ques-
tions should be such as would tend towards a resumption
of specie payment ;" that "no solvent borrower, public
or private, has any right to leave obligations which are
payable on demand temporarily uadredeemed without
offering to their holders the option of extending the term
of payment at a reasonable rate of interest, and that,
therefore, the Government of the United States is
bound in honour to offer every holder of legal-tender
notes the privilege of funding them on demand ;" that
"by offering to all holders of greenbacks their
equivalent at par iu Uuited States Five per Cent.
Bonds, payable principal and interest in coin, and
by prohibiting the banks from selling their gold received
from the Government, a gradual but steady withdrawal of
debased currency and an accumulation of specie reserve
would be effected, by which in due time, and without seri-
ous disturbance, the currency and prices of cotntuolities
may be brought to gold values;" and finally the declaration
is made that "a law should at once bo passed under which
contracts made upon agold or specie basis may be enforced