New-York tribune., 1869-03-13

GLASGOW and Of LIVERPOOL and half tie rest OF the
town, IN England and Scotland, that Americans de-
sired nothing much to live in amity with them
lie yentured on the novel remark that we speak tho
same language and have the same literature. and
can never 90 to WARMTH great variety OF other
ingenious observations, which appear TO have
afforded the amable Manchester men the
utmost delight As to the rejection OF his
treaty, Mr.. johnson said he had heard rumor
Of a report against it by the Senate Committee, and
had telegrahed my Government to know whether
the rumor could be true. " My Government replied
that no report had been made, but that it was ru-
mored o majority of the Committee were opposed to
the Convention. Whether they not, our Minister
does not think great things of this Senate Commit
tee They are only seven, whilst observed tho
American lawyer with compassionate regard for the
ignorance OF his hearers the Senate is made up OF
two Senators from each State. As he omitted 10 say
how many States there are it IS probable that tho
Manchester people went away very doubtful, aiter
all, whether seven might not be an actual majority
Of the whole number. And it by no means follows,
added the CHEEKY and artful old man. that if the Com
mittee should report unanimously against the Con-
vention their report would receive the sanction OF
the Senate If this is not hoping and making be-
lieve very hard" what is BY all means let us give
him credit for his pluck though it is OF the bulldog
kind.
Later in the evenng-and the time Of the evening
is an element in estimating the weight of Mr. John
sons statemeDs-he assured his hearers that he did
not expect to return home till all our differences
are settledp It's to be inferred that Mr. johnson
has decided to remain in England good while after
his successor shall have been appointed. hope be
may for he will have an opportunity to see how
much of the aduatOn bestowed OH him has been
due to the desire TO atter American Minister with
English prejudices. He is announced TO preside as
the dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund on the 18th
Of June, to which he was invited as Minister, but at
which he must sit down, il at all plain citizen ot
Maryland
Our good Virginian Radical, Moncure d. Conway.
was last week elected Fellow Of the Anthropooelcai
Society Of London. know not how many years Mr..
Conway las been n resident IN England. but If must
be six or seven at least, and his history IS remark
able one He has achieved kind of success dlicult
to an Englishman and doubly difficult TO an Aneri-
can in England There is mol place where competition
in literary work is 50 keen where the supply Is so
much greater than the demand, as London and
where one man succeeds in purely literary career,
there are scores who fail. Mr. Conway without any
other aid than his own energy and genius has made
his way into the front rank Of writer's in the perodi-
cal press There are three daily journals in London
so superior to the rest as to constitute
class by themselves, and to two of these
Mr.. Conway is a regular contributor of leading arti-
cles. His work is equally sought for in such re-
views and magazines as the Fraser, the Foria6hHg
and the Uestminste In the midst of all this labor
he has found time for independent scientific pursuits
and for regular dscourses Sunday in South Place
Chapel TO which he attracts large body Thought
full hearers. lie has a wide acquaintance among
scientific and literary men-with Huxley and Iyn-
dali, Carlyle Froude, Browning and many another
name well known in America-with whom, as well
as in general society, he is great favorte. Securc
in his position he has settled himself comfortably in
house in Noting Hill Square, with all the air of
man to whom London has become a permanens
home but who is thoroughly American spite OF his
long exile, and who does good service TO America IN
many ways not least by the example Of successful
career due to that kind of culture and ability IN
which Americans are supposed to be most deficient.