The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-07

McCTacken on His TTavcls--What He
Saw and What He Said.
THE Senate has succeeded in unearthing
the peripatetic eavesdropper and spy who
made it his special business" to wander
about Europe, and "report" on the senti-
ments of our foreign ministers. He bears
the elegant patronymic Of "McCracken."
The attempt to connect him with Mr.. Charles
OConor, OF New York, as his nephew, has
proved failure Mr.. O'Conor declines the
honor, and says he doesn't know the fellow
he is "neither relative, connection, nor ac-
quaintance" of his. Who he is nobody
seems to know. He is merely McCracken-
"Only this, and nothing morep
His letter to the President is a miserable
tissue of twaddle, and is only interesting as
an illustration OF the kind of creatures that
now have the ear of the Administration,
and upon whose representations eminent cit
zens like Mr.. Motley are subjected to insult
by our fallen and decrepit Secretary of
State. The substance OF it is that he has
travelled good deal in Europe, seen some
thing of our Ministers and Consuls, and
found that majority of them are "bitterly
hostile" to "your Administration" Espe-
cially is this true of those from "the New Eng
land States" who seem to compose a maio-
rity of our representatives abroad, and who
are ''very Indifferent set, individually and
collectively" Mr.. Motley, at Vienna, is one
OF these indifferent" fellows. He is 'dis-
gusted" with ''your whole conduct" He
don't conceal it. He applauds Charles Sum-
ner. He despises American democracy. He
says Seward is "hopelessly degraded" He
Motley is a "funkey."
Next is Murphy, the Consul at Tangier,
who sis said" THAT convenient hearsay SLAM
der) to have cleared more than hundred
thousand dollars. He is one Of Zach. Chand-
ler's stools" and thinks "you" ought to be
impeached. Hale, at Madrid, CONDEMNED
your course in a malignant manner" Some
of "my friends" who went to Morocco heard
McMOth rail violently and shamefully against
you, and so did Morris, at ConstantinOple.'
And so the unknown McCracken "swing:
around the circle" Becoming inspired by
his theme, he exclaims, "Radicalism of the
worst sort makes war upon you and YOU
friendsP "It is shame to permit this
longerp Massachusetts monopolizes the
lions share of the cOnsulates," and Bostor
has "no less than three OF the first missions
Contemplating this irruption OF the universe
Yankee upon the feeding-ground of first-clas
missions, McCracken grows pathetic, ant
exclaims:- Ills no other part OF our countr
to be considered as worthy of notice? Mus
Sumner, Butler, Phillips, Chandler, and tn
like, engross all the honors for their sate
litesP"
Ordinary people would suppose that thi
was a gentle hint to the President to bestoV
a few honors on one OF his satellites" by tn
name OF McCracken. But no; McCracke
resents the imputation. 81 want nothing q
your hands of any sort," he exclaims never
theless he adds, "But fiJ and decent me
should be sent abroad, who will not slandC
the Chief Executive OF the Government - an
at the conclusion of his letter he adds tn
significant note that "a friend viii delivC
this note personally" II McCracken or h
ssiriend" did not get one OF those ConsulshiI
WHICH his righteous soul was so grieved
beholding in the hands of Massachuset
men. it certainly was not for the want