The New York herald., 1871-11-25
WAsHINo oToN.
Withdrawal Of Major General Schenck
from the London Mission.
Secretary Fish, Of the State De.
partment, to Succeed Him.
Minister schenck's Mining Operations
Considered Breach Of Diplo-
matte Etiquette.

WASHINGTON, Nov. "a, 1871.
Minister Schenck to iictirc from the Court or
50. James In Favor at Secretary Fish.
There is now no doubt that Minister schenck viii
retire from the English mission and be succeeded in
that important place by the present Secretary Of
State Mr.. Hamilton Fish. IL Is understood that the
appointment Of ex-senator Wade as counsel OF the
Northern Pacific .ailroad, which has Just been
maze, Is only temporary, ana that the position Is to
be kept open for General Schenck. The salary Of
our Minister TO London is only $17,6O while his
expenses do not fall short OF $4,000, q fact
which has made the place burden 70
General Schenck and his retirement after the con-
summation OF the Treaty OF Washington, to he sue
ceeded by Mr.. Fish has all along been regarded as
one Of the events OF the future. 1t is believed In
official circles that the shortness OF General
Schenck's tenure or Office ana the certainty OF his
early retirement. together with his well known
stratened circumstances In pecuniary matters have
much to do with his connection with the Emma
Silver Mining Company, Incorporated under the
English as well as our own laws. According 10 the
prospectus OF this company It is formed 10 purchase
the celebrated Emma mine OF Ctan. The
mine Is situated at Little Cottonwood canyon
and Is described at great length In the advertising
columns OF the London Spectator ana other English
journals. The Grst monthly dividend at the rate OF
eighteen per cent per annum Is promised on the 1st
OF December next. and 1t is announced besides that
as the company Will come into Immediate pronts on
the transfer OF the property, the system OF paying
monthly dividends Will be adopted All this sounds
very large and is good basis for the elaborate pros
pectus when the company publish. The sub
scrpon advertised W for 5000 shares
OF stock at go per share, this being
the unapproprated capital OF a fun CAPT.
tal OF 9l,ooo,o0O; but as 1t Is only for
he oF rha Ern, and t,av tho
profits which are to spring from them are reported
to be enormous. Singularly enough on the same
oay this wonderful Observation-Disclosures Is entirely
on the American plan-appeared In the English
papers the press agents at salt Lake City reported
that the Emma Mining Company had begun the
shipment OF an immense quantity OF ore which had
accumulated during the sumner On the same day
It was reported that the Adelaide Nine Ut Little
Cottonwood, is claimed by Its owners to show every
indication or being recond Emma. the
job in all this was 100 PLAIN TO escape attcn-
tion, and It did not escape the attention oil
English stockjobbing papers like the Economist.
II was OF this company that "MaOr General Robert
G. SchencK, United States Minister London" was
named both rs q director and trustee the other
trustees being "Georre Anderson ESQ.," member
OF the British Parliament, who Is also Chairman OF
the Board OF Directors and J. II. Puleston, q men,
ber OF prominent English and American banking
mouse, auu also u mclnOcr Oh BOuJWclIS SynuIC0te.
Among the other directors is Senator stewart, OF
Nevada. The character OF the speculation was not
known at the state Department till to-day,
and as it was believed that General
SchencKs connection with the company was OF
precedent date to his appointment to his unsought
mission, mere tendency to speculation has noe
been heretofore regarded as SUFFICIENT reason for
his recall Al the same time it was admitted tnaS
the American Minister'S conduct in this matter OF
e,o L,rxr W,
on himself and an annoyance and embarrassment
TO the government. There is nothing except Gus.
tom and the dignity Of the position 10 prevent MIN
ister from engaging In trade or even In speculation,
but the English Court was very queer place for
any man to set up as a Minister and at the same
time as 'director anu trusscen OF mining
company which pays dividends before it mas
acquired any property out OF which TO pay
them. English Consuls even are not permitted to
be tradesmen or to engage III business OF any kind,
and, consequently, the connection OF an American
Minister with halr-nedged job Is ut once an as.
tonishment TO the English people ana an annoyance
to our own government There Is no occa-
sion for immediate action, or General
Scnenck would at once be called home for
his forgetfuncss Of the etiquette OF the
country to which he is accredited. In a very short
time Secretary Fishs long contemplated retire
ment from the State Department viii enable him ia
undertake the mission 70 England, ana then General
SchencE viii be ut liberty to become counsel or a
railroad corporation which needs powerful lobby
AGENT just now au1 may even have use ior two Of
them In the future.
Ignorance of the Ku Kirk Prisoners.
Inquiries made through the Bureau OF Education
OF the officers 10 charge ut Unlon s. O., as TO the
degree OF nliteracy among Ku Klux confined there
elicit the fact that out OF Ill prisoners under Cap
tain Ogden's charge only fifteen are found to be un-
able to read or write. or these eleven read
slightly Only the worst ma most dangerous men
among the accused are retained confinement,
the large majority being parolcd ana allowed TO go
home or these-amounting at that post to several
hundred-a very large minority arc quite iterate,
abinty to sign their confessions being the exception.
The Tin Mine Panic.
The excitement over the Ogden tin mines, which
In this country. II good testimony be true nnds It's
chief expression In the dispatches from Utah, has
travelled over The water, and numerous letters ara
reaching the government from parties In England
anxious TO know from sources OF authority what
there Is OF truth in the newspaper reports. Some
Of these letters refer to the apprehended failure Of
the tin mines OF Cornwall at time not far dis
tant but that 1t IS near enough, In conjuc0n with
the enormously increasing demands for tin on
every hand, to sensibiy increase the price
year by year. To the owners Of these
mines the discovery OF practically unlimited sup
plies OF merchaniable tin on the line o. the Pacific
Railroad, thus anordlng 1t ready transport to
ket Is matter OF vast consequence and to the pos
SCISSORS OF tnat ready British capital always waiting
for American investments that promise to pay from
fifteen to twenty per cent more than It will com.