The sun., 1870-06-06
GEN GRANT sYUBs HAMILTON FISH.
The New Minister to Turkey Simon CAM
erou and his POWERFULLY Massachusetts
Men on Guard In the Claims Committee


Mexico.
Correspondence OF The Sun.
WASHINGTON, June 4, l870.-In my letter Of MAY
II last three weeks ago, mentioned as an evidence
Of Gen. Grants want OF confidence In Secretary
Fish, that whereas the Secretary had only the previous
week told Southern Senator that the American
Minister st Constantinope would not be recalled"
nevertheless the President has determined to recall
him. and has offered ts place 70 a new man, though
" probable M. Fssh does not knoo w. Mr.. Fish
has perhaps by this tme discovered that instead OF
Mr., Morris being retained as hs besf ninister
had abroad "-the precise language he used in refer
ence 10 the gentleman who for eight years has
represented Russian interests, under cover Of an
American Diplomatic Commission, at the Sublime
Porte-the President, without his knowledge or
consent, has found new man. This new man,
whose name sent In Yesterday, and lie therefore
In print in all the papers Of this morning. !. Wayne
McVegh, Of Pennsylvania He livee IN West Chester,
and was the law partner OF Mr.. J. j. Lewis, late
Commissoner Of internal Revenue, and has the
e being good o. 'a.'T *. nss and SS sSS
Cameron, United States senator jyrs ysnn.yiecnia,
rso s sOyft.ss III, goss fi"2 end sT,sdsray So.
tcthai venerable senator 10 soy the. c run, Penn.
sylyania politically s fs,ss oiical patsonage goes
& sha ,nat hls has no, only been poten, In
a" evidence eu Of I hs wss secsed sspstor n
1856 with Democratic majority Of four agsinst him,
than Col ). ". Forpsy, with Bus6sSap's sndp9ss.
nent At u,s ssvJSS, hocrnuy v,rg 81 Srurior Dam.
| eron's daughters has married the Hon. Richard
House from -. HARRISBURG disiris, 30. the family
hold 90 the ~u.ya,,s does no, weaken with time.
| al nomination before tbs Republican Convention in
| the Hon. John Broomalls district, but be was bad
| ly beaten by the Hon. washington Townsend, the
present representative, also resident OF West
| Chester.
Il cannot be said that the new appointment indi.
our Government Coz % toward Turkey KEY ssains, @ which
power boil religious prejudice and the Russian
Alliance have been unsenerousiy and unwisely used
Car when Minister TO Russis that he Ia not alto
gether free from psrtalsy toward that great power.
Whether Its sonin-lsw reflects his views l cannot
say but It 10 not probable that with the new light
thrown upon the character OF tie Slavic popslatons
OF the Bsst, and the Greek Christians who call the
Cxar their papa PoDe, by the recent massacre Of
Jews In Roumspis, any public man will be wiilina to
array himseif sssns. the oo~,n go'ernmsn, .ee
Christians tho Greek briesnds.
Your suggestion that Greece be aEain restored 10
| Turkey meets with considerable sympathy here.
Your exposition OF the methods BY which Mass
| chusetts influence controls the disbursement OF
| confirmation In tie scton Of the House Committee
on Claims, OF which Washourn OF Massachusetts
II appears that thi. Committee had before Il this
| term 40 cnses. They hsve reported hvorably on
only II cases, leaving the great bulk OF them IN
touched. OF these II cases appears that IL are In
| favor OF New England claimants, leaving the mag
ndcent aggregate of for all the rest OF the private
there have been successful viz: Massachusetts Ior
over t3CO00O int.rest her dett Of 1871 WHO
Claims s' before Maine or some t. asS, ON o"
| account OF the war against the rooeion; and a
town In New Hampshire Ior some t6oOoo on the
Claim for services during tho war OF Independence
The Claims Committee room has been turned into
Star Chamber, denying admission TO the peoUle or
| their attorneys. On the door Is n placard bearing
| tie following warning
mo adnaitanoe ercspt ,riM psersbsr Of Con1ressc
This throws all the profitable jobs in one direc
| tion, excludes modest claimants, however merttori
Gus, and allows those who are In the ring 70 ge
cone to Ia the Tcrre s'weeL Gen. n p. Bar Is and
Orth OF the Conn lite. ca Foreign Affairs and Gen.
| John A. Logan and other members, In consequence
Of which the former On view Of the impatience Of
lhe House and the increasing pressure OF eonstituen
eies) agreed to repor. on houd~y next on the ques
TIE recent announcement that Gen. Rosocrans
proposes in some manner TO obtsn the endorsement al
BY Congress OF President Juarez and OF his Govern
ment ellcts the comment here tnAt though the op
GRAFTON OF such action II u corld be obtained would
no doub. strengthen such feeble confidence as may
be ieposed In Mexican securities, and would he b,
no means detrimental 70 the interests OF those hay
ing Mexican schemes TO further in Wall street OF
elsewhere, yet Tint tie benoyelent projoc, Is sin
gularly nl-tmed. 1t would probably In flct meet
with very inauspicious recerton, considering that
has so recently come to eht that the said Juarez
while owing the terure OF his political existence and
ernment OF the Unned States. was making personal
profits out OF brisk interchange OF for cotton
| bales with the Confoderates In Texas.
| The Joint United States and Mexican Commits lon
| presents very one SIDED aspect, ana well ma, Ca
| leb Gushing OF Massachusetts, again the agent o
the MeIicans, boast that he will bring the Cnl,eI
| States In debt"
The Me1icsn retresentatlon in this commission {,
Ms well selected, strong, and efficient that OF the
Unite States In feeble and Incompetent for the pur
| pose for which IL was chosen
| On the one side Is Caleb Cushing. profound Span
inh scholar and lawyer, as attorney. Sehor Palacio
tue commissioner an excellent English scholar abb,
| and astute Sehor Moxia, secretary, q perfect Eng
lish scholar, brought MP in the United sates with
various attaches and clerks, all equally well quail
| fed
| On behalf OF the United States, wa have Mr.
| Wadswortb OF Kentucky as commiss.o or, and Mr.
Ashton, attorney both innocent OF all know ledge o
Spanish, and JE-e Marvin, assistant attorney
| Almost equally guiltess Three clerks, with III,
| same amount OF spanish between them as the afore
said three ofiesls The secretAryship is vacant and
the law will require tie con missioner 70 appoint
one who knows little spanish. Bat will he selec
| q man who knows the Mexican people as well a,
the Onfcials on the other side understand our peo
pie If he doe-, will 1t bo OF much use in view o
the hopeless deficiencies OF the rest, and would II
not be more consonaDt with the everlasting unit