New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-24


Notre Dame, and win do SO only to say thatit is
large plain. two lowered building where holy candles
continually burn and priests perpeually pray saw
the festival procession Of Santo Christie but the poor
people who belonged to it did not impressed with
the solemnity which the occasion intended to In.
spire
THE REBELS EFT AL.
OF course the late agents Of the lamented Confeder
ate States still extant is not. however, their
prestige. The right Of asylum is still given them; but
even that is in danger Of withdrawal. DR.. Blackburn
has been compelled by the exgences Of bis fears to be
come Catholic, and Is now enjoying the protection
which holy mother Church never denies her children.
Sar ders and Co. stink about the streets where they
lately ruflled in insoent pride. st. Lawrence Hail.
their mvorte hotel since they ruined the Donnegana
House. knows them more as guests the judicious
landlord, whose respect for the United States Is said
to be on the gain, having given them notice that he
needs their rooms saw Sanders and Tucker In the
hail. however looking bloated and seedy enough and
evidently not in condition honor very large drafts
FROM their loyal confreres Of The Daily Ners
BY the way, Conover was great trouble during bis
recent visit. 1t may or may not have been re.
counted TO your readers how he Jared. He
has as many aliases as a Newgate thief and having
served the Rebel cause as James Watson Wallace, and
again as Col Geo. w. Margraye (by which title the
Secretary Of War. Seldom. always addressed him. he
would to b 70 become incensed against his late
fellow. conspirators. and in an unwoned moment OF
honesty. told in Washington the exact truth about
the whole operations. But, returning to Montreal,
fifteen Of the gang got him into room, and. by threats
terrified him into denying that no was Conover at all
and com PEELED him to swear that the evidence was
given By some other who had stolen his personality
So too order TO cnch matters, he offered reward
of $500 for the arrest of his counterfeit preseDmen
and fed toward the States. But near the border, ne
fell in the way of police officer who had heard OF the
advertisement and who arrested him to get the reward
himself had offered. Back again in Montreal he was
imprisoned for debt but got out by the help Of friends
and succeeded in making good his escape. He is said
to be fine looking man, and fortunate in the posses
sion Of wife as fertile in aliases as himself
THE VISIT OF CEN. DIX.
Apropos of all this is the visit Of Major Gen Dix.
who came quietly on Saturday evening with his
daughter an aid and orderly md took rooms at st.
Lawrence Hall OF cousse the advent caused deal of
speculation and the Rebels! living under ban of Presi
dent Johnsons proclamation are in state Of curious
Sunday and Monday conferred good deal with United
States ConsulGen. Potter. visited the old Catholic
School whe.e he was partly educated, inspected the
city suburbs and Holy Festival, ard went down to
Quebec in the steamer last evening. What his bust
ness Is people don't 10 know, though they woud
greatly like to learn. His departure for Quebec gave
FEASIBILITY to the theory that he Is on visit to the
increasingly famous gold.m of the Chaudere. in
~ ta bc infe tod Init shO
DANGER Canadian incusr when hs infrinees on the
Yankee prerogatiye Of guessing. AS New'fork Is
some distance from Montreal l suspect the truth will
be harmless By the time it has Travelled to it Especially
II in company with necessary baggage; and 50 may
as well say that Major Gen. Dix goes 10 Quebec on
visit TO the Governor Of Canads TO inform him.
In his own plain, patriotic and convincing way, that
the shameful abuses Of the right of asylum so long prac
tiood BY the Canadian Government IN behalf of the vile
criminals Of Secession, mast be reformed! And what
loyal American will not respond, Amen
OR coNsuLGEyERAL.
cannot close without word OF just commentator
Of onr excellent representative here, the Hon. John f.
Potter whose position is one Of more responsibility
than that OF any foreign minister with two exceptions,
and the severity Of whose official abors are even ex-
ceeded BY tie dsagreabe incidents Of the place. We
all know him as bold, true, ablo representative In
Congress- and it will please all good men to hear that
he is no less courageous and faithful in sustaining the
honor Of Nation and in protecting the rights OF Its
citizens His name is terror to Rebels here, as
it used to be to Southern bullies In Washington Is
there any such word promotion in the vocabulary OF
American diplomatic languagei
ANNEXATION.
Positively the last subject. L cannot avoid SEN
tence in the interest Of manifest destiny. Before this
visit neither thought cared much about Canadian
annexation but now il plainly written in the sky
Public sentiment here IL rapidly crystallzing In Its
favor and few years will give us the peaceful com
,nand of the magnificent valley Of the 81. Lawrence.
with the North Pole for our boundary. The prize is
not to be sneered att great country vast lakes and
forests immense mines OF copper and lead on Lake
Superior and Of gold near Quebec; no European
cruisers on the great lakes.