The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-31 00:00:00

ANCIENT GREECE.

A letter from Athens announces that a Greek peasant
has discovered the remains of the cemetery belonging to
the city which formerly occupied the site of the village of
Idalion. Search has been made, and several tombs have
been found in perfect condition, containing quantities of
jewels, gold and silver coins, &c. A little deeper, more
tombs, bearing Phcenician inscriptions, were found, besides
statues, bas-reliefs, vases in glass and marble, weapons,
and ornaments.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
The President, by proclamation, dated October
12, has named the 26th of November as Thanks-
giving-Day. The proclamation was published with
the great Republican victory in the elections on the
13th inst., an .1 the language of the President is
made not only to appear as if designed to com-
memorate that• event, but is called prophetic.
These are the words :

" We are permitted to hope that long protracted politi-
cal wad sectional dissensions are, at no distant day, to
give place to returning harmony and fraternal affection
throughout the Republic.. Many foreign States have
entered into liberal arrangements with us, while nations,
which are far off, and which heretofore have been unsocial
and exclusive, have become our friends."

An order of the President, signed by Gen. Grant,
has not, however, been so well received. He therein
calls the attention of ar ny officers to the provisions
of the Constitution a ithorising the Presidential
election, ant the sectiai prohibiting any interfer-
ence by officers of the army or navy. The Order cites
Acts of Congress passed' before, but not after, 1865
relative to the duty of soldiers in Presidential elections.
Mr. Johnson's ignoring the Reconstruction Acts has
furnished matter for comment, and General Grant
is advised to issue a like Order, continuing the ci-
tations of law from 1865 to the present, together
with th 3 Resolutions and Acts of Congress de-
fining the duties in elections of the General-
in-Chief and the army. The President's in-
tention is said to have been to • counteract
General Reynolds's Order in Texas prohibiting
under the Reconstruction Acts and Electoral Col-
lege Bill the holding of Presidential elections in
that State. This order is fortified by a Circular
from the Democratic State Committee, urging the
citizens to exercise their Constitutional voting right,
regardless of Governors and military commanders.
Nor can we see why they should be prevented, for
Congress can at least respect its own law and not
count votes it deems illegal, when received, though
journals in England write as if Radical brutality
was about to prevent the at present excluded States
from voting, even at the point of the bayonet.
• But Congress had better look out for its Consti-
tutional rights—for there is a man in a newspaper
office in New York who may interpht those rights
to be wrongs; and then the legislative body may in-
deed beware " If he" (Grant) says this newspaper
ogre, " Brick Pomeroy," " is elected by unfair
means, or by the use of illegal power—if he does not
receive a majority of the three hundred and seven-
teen votes of the Electoral College, fairly cast--
if he seeks to override a majority in America, he dies
before his term of office shall one-fourth expire, and
the party that would thus unjustly elevate him to
puwer shall be strangled in the blood it cries for."
Still it may be satisfactory to Grant, as the threat

ened incoming President, to know that his outgoing
predecessor is also in danger. The Washington
Evening Express cline out thus in a large beading :

" Highly Important, Startling, and True ! A Plot to
Assassinate President Johnson ! ! Fifty negroes and three
white men sworn to kill the President." The Express
says that an employe in the Treasury Department has ex-
posed the plot, which has been arranged since the Im-
peachment Trial."

Of course Gen. Butler is associated in the plot, as
no conspiracy scene could be perfect unless' that
gentleman acted a character in the play. This is,
however, of a more bogus nature than even those of
his manufacture, and has excited little interest.

A telegram from America, dated last Sunday,
reports a serious accident as having occurred in New
York upon the railway crossing the Hudson River.
The accident was caused by a broken rail. The
train ran off the track, and the carriages were
greatly damaged. Three persons have been killed
and 30 wounded.

We hail one move of the South towards pushing
their material interests, which will be found to be
much wiser than spouting politics or shooting
Biggers. The Southern Convention in Norfolk on
ThurSday, the 15th October, opened a subscription
for $300,000 for a line of steamships between Nor-
folk and Europe. Norfolk subscribed $50,000,
Nashville $25,000, and Petersburgh $20,000. The
tobacco planters met the next night to consider the
propriety of subscribing $lOO,OOO. The delegates
went on an excursion to Fortress Monroe on the
16th of October.

The meeting of the 'Washington Cabinet on the
16th inst. was unusually long, when questions re-
lating to Spain, to the Canadian treaty, and to the
despatches received from his Excellency Reverdy
Johnson, were supposed to have been discussed.
General Hale's first telegram announcing the Spa-
nish revolution is dated San Sebastian, Sept. 30th,
1868, after the flight of the Queen for France. To
this Seward replied, " Keep me well advised." The
Minister's next was from Madrid, and iu reply be
was directed to recognize the new Government, so
as to carry on the business of the Embassy. Gen.
Hale then announced that he had recognized the
Provisional Government, and at the same time
a communication from that Government came
through the Minister of Spin, at Washington,
thanking the United States for its prompt recogni-
tion. 'I his was reciprocated in the President's
name, with the best wishes of the United States,
for the peace, prosperity, and happiness of Spain.
Speaker Colfax and Senator Wade met Congress
on the 16th October. From the dome over each of the
Chambers, as usual on the opening of the Session, the
Stars and Stripes floated. Less than a dozen mem-
bers were in the Home ; among them Messrs.
O'Neill, Lincoln, Beck, Kitchen, Cavanagh, and
French were noticed. The hall was completely
furnished for the winter session, but the desks,
chairs, and carpets had been taken out of the Senate
Chamber, which looked dre.iry enough with its
three Senators, Cameron, Cole, and Patterson of
Tennessee. The President called the Senate to order,
and after a blessing had been asked for the Senators
at work there and among the people, an adjourn-
ment was declared till the 10th November. The
proceedings were similar in the House, the chap-
lain thanking God for the evidence of right-
minedness prevailing over the land. Both Col-
fax and Wade were warmly greeted. The
former looked as brown as a nut after his
expedition to the Rocky Mountains. He said
that he had been informed by a despatch
roin Indiana that not less than 5,000 voters had
been imported by the Democrats from Kentucky,
and 10,000 more naturalized, the knowledge of
which, and the doubtful character in consequence
given to the State, had forced him to take to the
stump. He had a pleasant conversation with Beck,
of Kentucky, to whom he said, " I hear you are
about changing your candidates." " Oh, I don't
know," answered Beck. "I am inclined to think
with Lincoln that it is bad policy swapping horses
when you are crossing the stream." "But," said
the Speaker, " what will you do with all your Sey-
mour and Blair banners, &c., if you change candi-
dates ?" " Oh," said Beck, laughingly, but with a
meaning shake of the head, " I'm afraid we shall
have to get rid of a good many other things as well
as our banners." Senator Wade seemed in excel-
lent spirits, and pooh-poohed the idea of the new
Democratic programme in his usual emphatic way.
" The Democratic party," he said, " must change
their principles as well as their candidates before
they can win." Colfax took the train on the even-
ing of the 16th for Indiana, via New York.
The Fenians do not seem to be in the ascendant,
as their candidate, Mr. William E. Robinson, whom
the New York Tribune terms " the nzost devoted and
faithful Fenian in Congress," was on the 16th inst.
refused a re-nomination. Indeed the name of this
"faithful Fenian" was not even mentioned, while
General Sl.ocum was nominated with acclamation
by the Democrats. It is rich to hear the leading
organ of the ruling party discuss the " devoted and
faithful Fenian" as a member of the United States
Legislature, when we shall probably have that con-
sistent journal boiling over with rage at Mr. Laird's
audacity in dining at the same table with the Ame-
rican Minister. What is sauce for the goose is by
no means sauce for the gander with this impartial
authority. The representative of a secret organi-
zation formed in the United States for waging war
against a friendly nation is " devoted and faithful"
—but what is the builder of the Alabama? It is a
pity that the New York Tribune cannot write in a
more dignified tone, and express something higher
than pothouse politics.
General Sherman and the Indian Peace Com-
mission met at Chicago, when resolutions were
passed recommending immediate arrangements for
furnishing food, clothing, and protection to all
friendly Indians located on reservations ; this
granted, then that the policy of Government to-
wards the others should be changed. Henceforth
the Commissioners advise that the Indians shall
not be recognized as independent nations, but that
each should be held to an individual responsibility
to the Government ; that force be employed if neces-
sary to compel their location upon reservations,
there to be fed and protected ; and further that
the Indian Bureau to be transferred to the War
Department. Colonel Tappan of the Commission
wanted a resolution passed that the depredations
committed by several members of the various
tribes do not justify the declaration of war against
those tribes, or the abrogation of their treaties ;
but no one but Col. Tappan himself voted for it.
If the wise recommendations of the Commissioners
are followed the best thing will be done for the
country as well as for the Indians themselves.
General Alfred Sully, General L. P. Bradley, Gene-
ral William 11. Penrose, Colonel Baukhead, and
Lieutenant Colonel Royal, at the head of five
columns, are preparing to move against the Indians
in different directions, covering in their operations
the territory between the Smoky Hill and Republi-
can Forks on the north, and the Cimarro and
Canadian rivers on the south. General Custer,
some time since suspended, has been restored to
command, and accompanies Sully. The columns will
co-operate, those of Sully and Penrose, composed
wholly of cavalry, being directed against the Indian
families who rest in a deceptive security, while those
of Royal and Bankhead, of the same branch of the
service, will attack the warriors on the war-path. It
is a terrible necessity which impels the United States
to such a warfare, but they have no other course,
and the chances are that the Indians have by this
time bitter reason to rue, having commenced a
game which, however dreadful to their enemy, is
simply annihilation to themselves.

The American Minister has accepted an invita-
tion to a public dinner from the Birmingham
Chamber of Commerce, to be given on Wednes-
day, the 2d of Deestnber, and he has accepted an
invitation to dine with the Sheriffs of London at
their inauguration banquet on Wednesday next
at Haberdashers' Hall, Gresham-street. On the
231 instant his host, Mr A. H. Brown, asked
a number of gentlemen to meet him ; the
evening of the 24th, and Sunday, the 25th, was
spent at Knowsley with the Earl of Derby and
Lord Stanley. On Monday he was entertained by
the Mayor of Liverpool, Wr. Whitley, when Mr.
Johnson said thatthe differdnees between his coun-
try and this were trifling in comparison with what
they had paled through iu America, yet the North

and South were now intimate:friends. He had not
come to England to foster animosities, nor did he
fear censure for being friendly to those before re-
garded as enemies. He believed all pending ques-
tions would be adjusted ere the retirement of Lord
Stanley, the most indefatigably industrious man
he knew ; he pictured the benefits of free labour,
and predicted that the South would yet double its
greatest growth hitherto of cotton. The werl I
would learn from the conduct of the two nation,,
that friendly relations could be substituted for war
by honest diplomacy. "What his country would
think of his manner of executing his mission he
could not tell; though he sanguinely b
his policy would be approved, he would ac-
cept censure with Christian resignation. We are
just as much puzzled on this subject as his Excel-
lency, and though we see several points in his favour,
still the current is now against him. The first.
point is the admiration Americans always feel for
" pluck" and decision ; the second, -that the ruling
party will be in too good a humour to quarrel over
so small a matter ; the third is, that they have a'-
ready abused his Excellency to their hearts' c )a-
tent; but our strongest reason is oar belief that
Mr. Johnson is essentially in the right.
A difficulty lies occurred in the contract for
carrying the mails between the furthest point
reached by the cars of the Union Pacific Railroad
and the furthest point reached by the cars of the
Central Pacific Railroad. It appears that two
contractors offered ; the one at $350,000 was
accepted, and the other at $1,055,000 was declined.
The man who furnished the lower tender soon c)m-
pletely broke down, when it was handed over to the
higher bidder, Wells, Fargo, and Co. The Post-
office agent at Salt Lake City telegraphs that
that company only can perform the service, but
they insist on a definite and immediate accept-
ance of their own terms. The arrangement is
temporary, while they desire that it should ex-
tend over the period until the completion of the
railroad. As they are in working order along the
line they are prepared, while a new contractor
would about have his arrangements completed by
the time the railroad was opened. Among the
many candidates Brigham Young holds a promi-
nent place. The break down is owing to the legis-
lation of Congress, which after the contract had
been issued, and Mr. Spaid's bid accepted, altered
the postage regulations, which confined stamped
matter to letters. By this the expense was enor-
mously increased, though no appropriation had
been made to meet it, the tender being calculated
on Spaid's terms, without considering the changed
conditions.

General Hooker has been placed on the retired
list in consequence of wounds received in action, of
which one was in leading his corps at the battle of
Antietam, where the desperate struggle occurred
between his divisions and those commanded by
Stonewall Jackso❑ ; he will retain his full pay and
rank. General Sibley has forwarded to General
Howard additional affidavits respecting the Camilla
riot, which confirm the first report. General Han-
cock returned to Washington, Oct. 15. His health
is much improved, though he still suffers from his
wounds received during the civil conflict. He called
on the President and the Secretary of War. The
monument to Gen. Sedgwick at West Point was about
to be dedicated; Mr. George W. Curtis delivering
the address. This renowned officer commanded
the Sixth Corps, which attained under his lead a
celebrity which will make it known to distant ages.
He fell among the myriads of brave men who died
on the countless battle-fields between Washington
and Richmond. In compliance with the request of
Governor Boreman, the President has instructed
General Hancock to furnish such troops from the
Department of Washington as can be spared for
duty in West Virginia. Company 11, Twelfth U.S.
Infantry, has already been sent to Philippa, West
Virginia.
The President has recognised George W. Gibbs
as Consul of Turkey at San Francisco, and John
0. Nixon Consul of Turkey at New Orleans ;
William Grange as Consul of Turkey at Baltimore,
and Adalbert Celestin Doisy as Consular Agent of
Italy at Cincinnati. Secretary M,Calloch has ap-
pointed Thomas R. Laird to be Supervisor of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, upon the nomination of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. As we
anticipated, Solicitor Binckley has got himself into
trouble by his attack oo Commissioner Rallins, as
well as those who aided hin. He has violated in-
advertently a provision of the Internal Revenue
law, which renders him liable to fine and imprison-
ment, and proceedings have been taken against him.
M'ldenry, the principal witness in the case, has
been indicted for perjury ; Fitch, who worked it
up is confined in New York jail, and Moore has also
been imprisoned, charged with embezzling Govern-
ment funds. The end of this attempt to show up
fraud is not encouraging, and the " ring" must
have heartily rejoiced that Binckley, to use a vulgar
saying, had " got the wrong sow by the ear," and
has come to grief. Under a decision of Attorney
General Evarts, brandy distilled from grapes, apples
and peaches, has been exempted from the payment
of the $4OO special revenue tax.
Mr. Van Dyke, the Sub-Treasurer at New York,
notwithstanding his assertion that the means used
by the Treasury for the disposal of gold are the best
yet devised has so far given way to the clamour
lately raised against the Treasury as to offer for
sale certain quantities of gold during specified
periods to the highest bidder. On the 13th Octo-
ber a Treasury notice appeared that the Assistant
Secretary would for each of the ten ensuing busi-
ness days receive tenders for the purchase of
$300,000 gold coin, each bid to be accompanied by
three per cent. of its amount in currency, to be de-
posited at the office between 11 and 12 o'clock, at
which latter hour the gold would be delivered to the
highest bidders, but no tender was to be received
for less than $5,000. On the 14th many firms sent
n offers, which aggregated $3,330,000, at prices
varying from 136 to 137 ; whether this system will
answer remains to be seen, but it is to say the least
advisable to try it.
We overlooked a letter which we ought to have
published last week, which the Secretary of the
Treasury addressed to a house of business in New
York, and which appeared in the Wall-Street Jour-
nal, Oct. 10 :

"Treasury Department, Oct. 6, 1868.
" Sir,—l am in receipt of your favour of the sth inst.,
inquiring 'if there is any doubt about the United States
Bonds, Sixes of 1881, being paid in gold, principal and
interest?' In reply T would oay that it has been the in-
variable practice of the Government to pay, both the
principal and interest of the bonds of the United States, in
coin, as they respectively matured, and I know of no rea-
son why a different course should ba pursued in regard to
the bonds of 1881. "11. 111‘Otrixoctr, Secretary."
The conditions of the bonds mentioned in the letter
are the same as those of the Five-twenties.

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THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

(From time Anglo-American Times.)
Next Tuesday will be a great thy in the United
States, for however certain of victory the Republi-
cans may be, a President cannot be elected, and the
mass of the State tickets, as well as the Legisla-
tures, both Federal and State, without a scene
of intense excitement. Elections in England are
tame iu comparison, for the English do not cast
their votes for the Sovereign ; for both Houses of
Parliament ; for Mayors and Corporations, for
Ministers of State, Lord Lieutenants, and other
officers of counties ; nor do nearly all the posts in
the kingdom hinge on the majorities rolkLl
off. If not only the heads of the several depart-
ments, but all the clerks remained oa the tip-
toe of expectation, as the &flees from which
they derive their daily bread are in jeopardy,
awaiting the result of the ballot—if the Government
of India and the colonies—if Irish dis ffection
the Irish Church—if the whole system of taxation
and a reform of the Civil Service were the questions
involved, then Englishmen might begin to under-
stand the cause for this climax of excitement. It
is acknowledged that the Englishman is morn
phlegmatic, neither so imaginative, nor of so ex-
citeable a temperament, as his American cousin.
While, then, every stimulant—not omitting an
enormous consumption of whisky—is applied to a
comparatively explosive material, it would indeed
be strange if it did not result in a "blow-up"
which can here be but little imagined. The
October elections have, however, taken much
of the bitterness out of the contest, which
might otherwise have become positively dangerous.
Supposing Grant and Colfax's election to be con-
ceded, there will still remain for decision questions
of vast public interest. Of these, the chief centres
in the Empire State. There was a time when no
one dreamt that Democratic candidate could there
be defeated ; now Mayor Hoffman is by no means so
certain. indeed, great anxiety is felt, and
although we believe that the Democrats will
carry New York, it is possible they may be
defeated, and this possibility causes uneasiness.
New York is, in truth, an Empire State. In popu-
lation, in wealth, and in all the attributes of a
powerful nation it is in advance of any other
political community on the American continent.
lts great city, ranking third in the world, in itself
far exceeds the whole population on the Pacific
coast, from Sitka to the south of Southern Cali-
fornia, and back to the eastern slopes of the Rocky
Mountains. It is the American gate to the At-
lantic, whence radiates, and to which centres a
commerce second to none. We need not then
be surprised when the government of such a State
is in question, independently of its influence on the
Union, that the result should be looked to with im-
mense interest. On the 13th and 14th October
138,000 names were recorded; 83,000 on the 13th,
which was increased by the 15th to 92,669, while
46,000 had been registered in Brooklyn. In the
two days more set apart for registration, it was
expected that the number would be doubled'
Within the limits of the city it is said the Demo-
cratic municipal majority would be 90,000, and that
a large majority will be cast there, for the Demo-
cratic ticket is almost certain. But the question is
whether the Republican majorities in the rural dii-
tricts may not swamp their opponents' city majo-
rity, but notwithstanding the shock given to the
Democrats by the result on the 13th, we think this
improbable. " Brick" Pomeroy keeps the steam up
admirably, and announced that he would turn his
paper into a morning daily after the 24th inst.
Although the Democrats will fight for " a place"
in the November elections in many States, and
carry some, yet the interest of the elections now
centres in New York, where the struggle at pre-
sent progressing must be hard and bitter.