, 1877-11-09

AutIHAE9 ~ &1uklAn4t AtpA h1AlaA+n!l% ~ pEEtuHt
E1arta, at The request II President Lin
coln. procce'el % France and en.leav.
0rcti to plare our tlnVcrhtncnt upon better
footing with The French Administration. Evar.s
tnahilityto estnblI.h intimate relation. with the
French Government were tr.ic. Dayton had
never hcen Invited To dinner. by tic FrcneE,
Premier, Drouyn tic ]'flnss. hal never hal
that tEtnlstcr At thc American Etnbatav, and
sEEMEb TO HAVE no ABILITY
e plarc hlsnscif upon close relations with the
French fi0sernfncnt. Evarts w'shrf to have
half hours ApcttaE chat With the French Pre-.
pose for Which the Administration lad
eprroval could lc aeeomplishcd, Evart. spent .
meniIonr,l bis ,iesi,e to Minister san,lIorl. The
latter quickly replied that 1t Evarls wIslled 1t
tic tsandfordl would arranKo II 90 that Eraris
could Immediately dine with the French Pre-
Mter. Esarts stated that that waA
TIE oBlECT or MS MISSION.
sandlori, who, according to Evafts. ecrnch to
hase the King Of The 1}clx1ans under his thusnl'.
Immediately risitcd tho King and stated that he
ses E7.ts to f anc pfsn5 's e.t y s1 e s K"s
Of The 1tclctans accommodated santlfo'l, AMI
communicated his request to The Frcnch sflnfs-
ter: The rr5nla was that ESar!A was Invited.
his soel4. eilat with jrouyn dc l.'l1uys !pl be-
gun. lie tEsartA) obtained written order rro-
hEhittng ti,c departure Of the Shenandoah from
Tic E'orts Of france. For these rcasuhs EvHrts
has claimed that tho dfuinR-out qualities Of
EM1xgHrl.r TO NE DEs1HEn
IN 4 diplomatic: capacity, and that a. they Ind
narcaly served tho Government oucc, they
might be at equal advantage To It again. Assist
ant-Secretarv.of-Statr Scward, WHO las also
favored the appointment III Sanford. infprsnrh
tic President lllat he IenicmHrs wrll that bis
father, Secretary Seward, SPOKE highly of Sand.
furd's abity anl tho good scrv!ce Witch be- llas
rendered to the Gosernmcp- l!c especially re.
1crred to the complaints made ty Ministers
Dayton and Adams against Sandfntd's olticin,s-
ncss. Frcti Seward remembers that Its father
used TO speak Of this and say that what they
called ofIfciousncas wns
In behalf Of the Government, which tho Minis.
tcrs ut ths Court Of st. James anil
at 81. Cloud BY their slow and fossil
s s:s,son. sfs oa saa % sy en fESi Sn o i: Fs
tclphfa, IT. connection With tho arms contract
and lhc sale Of cloth. sanfoEd's friends eay that
Smith WIS aert to Europe a. q kpcctal friend
aId agent Ut Simon Cameron when Secretary Of
TO Cameron arc Of
susrlc,ous CHARACTER.
smith llas cIaimc1 10 hare had possession Of
lettsr written by sandfor1 to himself: proposinE
to the purrha.c. Of the alleged sl,oddy
cloth. 1t ms ctatmea that this letter
WINS read In eyf tJtfyt kcssInn nj the
time eandfortls natlle was rejected for confrma-
was 0pnoutcl ainjHtcr To Belgium. but Smith,
although Ile has referred to this letter In pyI-
yatc, Informed tho President TINT lie neither
Ind TUG ORIGINAL nor a COPY, and tllat The orig
inal. which he Eayc to Cnltcl states Senator,
had btcn left uphn a desk, md
SEEMS TO HAVE nsEx LOST.
Al oil events, Smith was not able to make II ap-
pear cacar to t'le President whcre the letter
the exact Language Of it, contcnts.
Indeed. tho President las not rcrclsctl tue same
Information rs to the con.c,lts Of tltc letter
which other persons who l.ave talkc.l with
Smith seemed to obtain. 6andfurd's cnen!c.
IN tho Senute vt tic time Ut hts slefcat for tho
Spanish Mission arc now mostly either dead Of
have retired from public life, whc thosc who
Wcra Ills strongest friends still remain in the
Senate, ;,
rcnufninutcd BY President Johnenn m Minister
to Belgium; tic SECOND tlnN' when nominated
by Grant "a Min!stcr to Spatn. liz was rejected
tie first time OH Murcil IL 1861, upon the read.
Ing tn executive acss1un Ut letter In h!s uwl,
llnnd to nm agent sent abroad with iui1lIon
tt'lars to bis credit to buy cloth for tho army.
Il.ls letter Is sai4 to have suggested u corrupt
arrangement to this agent Tor the purchase of
shoudy CLOTH.
THE SECOND FAILURE
to CONFIRM was April e, lStf, when this old
matter about tho purchase Ut clotl. Was agau
revived, aud, in spite of favorable report from
thu Committee OH Forc[gn isclationa; tue noslll-
session.
TuB BEAttN MISSION.
There has been considerable tulk to-day about
tho suggested nomination Of Knbcrt q. 1ugrr.
sol! tu tnu UeElnI mfssion, aud there have Lccu
numerous f,,cc.l!attons nnloag Senators cyen ~
to tho eQcGt Of 1ncersols religious views Oh Ills
confirmation,
TIE NEW ToHK AprolSTMENTs.
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