, 1872-10-31

cant Wan a1 ne hread gave out during the siege
| of The CoTnnonne. He had left behind him, as
cnstod;ans Of the Legation, his son, Gratiot
| Washhnrne. and Frank Moore. Under the sup
position that Grant would De reelected. wash
| burue said:
There u will be no Cabinet changes, I guess,
I till the 4th day of march,!
| Mr.. Washburne further said that it WAS unfor.
tunate the regnapt party we're to have so great a
1fs's TOO large" he said; "jobbing win be
II gnte112ogated t1 as to whether France Was now
| prosperous, Washburne said:
Yes it is looking up. Thiers' Government
tinue at the head OF affairs, and superintend
come changes in the institutions, such aa the
modifying both of the Legislature and the fran
clise.''
HENRY WILSON'S OPINIONS.
Henry Wilson has been several days in New
York. He will speak in Virginia and Delaware,
and then retire to wait for the election returns.
He said, In very hoarse voice, that he should
bo disappointed II every Northern State did not
60 for him said Mr. Sumner WAS better, and
that Frank Bird would get about SO, 900 votes in
MasYsaeh,nsetta; !; said, further, that he had no
baggers; and believed in tempori2ing and con-
cil1ating old party friends who had wan
dered Of. He said that the Administra-
tion had noticed that mr. Colfax's
Indiana election, and that 11r. Morton's friends
we're sulky about it, as he had noticed in In
diana. Wilson said that he had made 100
speeches IN the campaign,-28 in PennsylVanla,
and 25 in Indiana.
TIE NEW DIP N THE TROPICS.
General Bristow; Solicitor General, prosunes q,
that, in the event Of Grants success, all the
Cabinet will tender their designations.
Wiseacres allege that Grant is weary OF Deia-
no, and is not altogether Satisfied with the pre-
yaiGng probity Of his Department.. he Is also
charged with entertaining ideas @ Of & spanish, ;
more in accord with Pierrepolnt and sick1es
this policy is said to be enlarging rigor toward
Spain in American waters with EnSlahd ior our
ally, and a sort Of compulsory guafdlanehlp over
Mexico, backed as well by Engnsn ac9n,sseense. @
sire to see the United States less concerned to-
ward the San Juan corner than with points OF
American soil where English money is invested
without adequate physical security, as, for ex,
ample, in the railway between Vera Cruz and
Mexico. So vast an amount Of our bondsi held
in Eueland.-bonds Of all sorts, civic, corporate,
State and Federal, that Brother Bull, SO far
from being jealous Of us, prefers that We shall
play congans.odore, and strengthen his securityby
large loan for Spain; but affairs there continue
unsettled, and the Cuban revenue is diverted by
thievng Captains General. SO that A1r. Bull feels
little consoled with the possibility OF Spain sup
pTE3S1ueS5 al 43SuII6ct1Dl AiEAu4 IOuE years OH
and gallant still. The efforts Of Mr.. Macias and
others to effect English sympathy in favor Of
Cuba have been, in very great measure, suc-
cesRful, and there ia q literary and humanitarian
s!9!' elamor for Cuba, in ENGLAND Of more rsputa-
To satisfy this demand, and forestall
Russia and North Germany. in their
friendly advances towards tho United States,
it is asserted, in Fifth Avenue Hotel circles,
that Mr. Gladstone'a policy has assumed the
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navy answering for the loss Of ours, and our
policy on this Continent, Whatever it may be, to
become also Great Britain's.
TIE NEW ANaLo-sA2oS TREATY.
!, man Of some Importance was going over all
turned from abroad, and was full Of it. He
said:
'England is governed by politicians, just as
We are, and the first point Of ali policy is to keep
themselves in Office. The issue Of the Alabama
tration has offended English vanity, and rem
dered the Gladstone party anxious to accomplish
in America to Offset at home the po-
litical effect OF those doings.
pursue abroad. The Russo-German coalition
has left her out, and revived all her sensitive
ness about India. France is in no condition to
become her ally, as in the Crimean war, and,
meantime, North Germany is vigorously seek
ing to challenge England as commercial pow
IT. In this extremity, the only alternative Of
England is Anerica,-a nation which is drawing
IL the increase Of Europe to itself, in rnmigra-
ion and the Investment of capital.
America is in position, and Of spirit to |
aave policy in its own waters. England pos
3esses nothing in America worth retaining, ex-
:ept that which is contided to the United States,
more than thousand millions OF dollars in
our industries and indebtednesBes.
The policy which her most sagacious capi- |
alists-Who are also her greatest statesmen
press upon the English Government, might bo