The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-23

ment OF lS4S, and sentenced 10 teE years penal
servitude. After undergoing portion of his
punishment he received q pardon, and now
abuses the liberty WHICH was generously restored
TO him TO set perniotous example to the dis
affected classes. Those who intend to take part
in the procession are busily engaged in making
preparations. Green ribbon and Grape are in
demand, not only in parts of the city, but In
kingstoWn and other SUBURBAN districts. In
The liberties of Dublin hawkers have been plying
a brisk and profitable business vending rosettes
ready tied at eXorbitant prices.
Various rumors have been flying about as to
the probability of acounter-demonstration by
the 0raDgemen, but it is to be hoped that no
unseenily imitation of the conduct of the Fenian
sympathlzers will be attempted. Some hopes
were entertained by the respectable aud loyal
citizens, including some of the most earnest
Roman Catholics, who circumference the con-
| spiracy and its abettors, that even at the
eleventh hour the Government would prohibit
the demonstration, but no steps have as vet
been taken with that view. A special meeting
of the Privy Council was held this afternoon,
but 1t is understood they separated without re-
solving to suppress 1t. There is little fear that
any actual breach of the peace will be com
mitted, as all the journals which approve it,
and the Freeman, which doubts the propriety
of having it, concur in eXhorting the sympa-
thizers TO avoid doing ANYTHING which would
bring them within the meshes Of the law.
Hopes of DIR. LIvIngstOne's Safety.
Ata meeting of the Royal Geographical So.
ciety in London, December 8, letter was read
from DR.. Kirk. of Zanzibar, fourteen days later
in date than the last that have been published
The letter is as follows;-
LETTER FROM DIR. KIRK TO MR.. WEBB.
! ZANZIBAR, Oct. 9.-The interesting discovery
! that white man had been seen seven M onths
ago to the 8 outh of Lake Tanganyika, induced
! Mr.. Churchill, the Consul, and myself to go to
/ Bagamoyo, place on the coast, the point Of
arrival and departure of the Ujji caravans.
! The result of our visit has been to find two
other men, who also saw this wauderer
in the country of MarungU, and to place his
! xfgAo 1Tr U
have also learned something about his per-
sonal appearance, his escort, and the route
! he was taking, and have been told that
! letters were given to one Of the head men of
another caravan then at Marungu. This man
| we have since found, is no mythical parsonage
! but wellknoWn man, go that on his arrival
from the interior, expected in the course of
month, we may have not only our curiosity salts
! fed, but sincerely hope our best wishes for our
! dear friend Livingstone realized 1 hope we
shalt find he has been successful, and is pushing
his way Ito the Albert Nyanza thence to emerge
via the Nile, on the Mediterranean. He will
have been the first man who has not only
crossed the continent, but has passed through
its whole length from the Cape of Good Hope to
the mouth of the Nile But the essential part
of his work will have been done before he
reaches the Nile, aud he may safely return
! towards Zanzibar, If so minded with laurels
sufficient to constitute him the greatest of all
explorers, and the African traveller par e1-
cellence.
You see am very sauguine that our friend is
still alive. The manner in which we obtained
the testimony was very satisfactory. In the first
place. picked up the news among some of the
native traders; then traced it to the caravan
people, and drew out their story while they were
unsuspicious of its interest; so that neither Hur.
! dee tradernor Suaheli men had au object to tell
lies or an idea in which way to do 80 ftheyWished
to please merely. Besides, our conversations were
! carried on without an interpreter, and although
making no pretense to fall knowledge of the
language, know quite sufficient to be able to
! express myself and dispense with that fertile
| source of confusion, an interpreter. / need not
repeat all we heard; most of what is important
| will be published before this reaches England.
! With the prospect OF letters from Livingstone so
near, we may well refrain from ali speculation
on the subject of his geographical discoveries.
John KIRK.
American Affairs.
The London Times of December 10 has the
| following on American aHairs:-
The refusal of the House of Representatives to
prosecute the impeachment OF President John.
! son terminates one of the strangest episodes in
the history Of the American Union. There never
was more startling instance of the power OF
public opinion on a legislative body. The House
OF Representatives is divided between Republi-
cans and Democrats nearly in the ratio of
! three TO one. or the seven Republican men,
bers Of the Impeachment Committee, five
supported the resolution recommending the
House to aimpeach the President at the bar
OF the Senate. Under ordinary circum.
stances, the impeachment must have followed
as a matter of course. few months 400 IL
would have been inevitable. It had been nro.
posed to the House by the Judiciary Committee
| IT was supported by large majority of the Re.
publican members of the Committee aud the
House itself was mainly composed of members
! Of the Republican party. But the elections OF
| the autumn had shown that the majority of the
voters of the North recoiled from the extreme
measures of the Republican leaders, and,
! though the elections had no direct effect on the
| House itself, they apparently exercised an im-
mense moral influence on its members Bya
! vote OF l08 to 81 the proposal was rejected, and
the danger ofa complete lock of legislation,
unbalanced by any practical advantage, was
removed.
The rejection of the proposal to impeach the
! President for high crimes and misdemeanors
will leave Congress free to attend to the more
| pressing wants of the Union; but the mischief
of this mistaken proposal will, probably, not SO
easily disappear: 1t seems not unlikely that
the leaders of the Republican party will have
reason to repent their unbridled arimosity
against the President but II this were all, they
! would receive, as they deserve little COM
miseration, 1t is to be feared that the nation
at large will be preiudlced by this abortive
manifestation The President has given
abundant proofs of his own intraetable
Message shows that up to the meeting of Con-
gIess he had not learned the necessity of abeting
| any OF his pretensiOns. The conclutive vote
| against the prosecution of his impeachment NAV
not improbably be taken by such a man as an
| approval of his policy. 1t must in any case
| consequences which may be traced in the legis-
lation OF the session which has Just begun cannot
| be doubtful. The strength of the Republican
| party Is broken, yet it commands a majority iu
| the House and in the Senate. The tenacitY OF
the President Is confirmed, yet he is liable to be
oyerruled by the votes of adverse majorities.
| The hopes OF O satisfactory reeonstruction
| are diminished As n cannot ~ o,,nroso5