The Sun. — 1867-11-01 (London, England)

CLELLAN. In defeat, each party turns ' to GRANT, in Victory each seems inclined to aban don him in favour of a man who goes more strongly for their party. The greater the Republican defeats the more tenaciously will they cling to the General, and we believe whatever may be the drift of opinion, that GRANT will be next President, if he lives, and does not decisively reject the offer. In a recent conversation on this subject the General said if it should seem to be the will of PROVIDENCE and the desire of the American people that he should be PRESIDENT, he would not feel at liberty to resist the one, nor to disappoint the other. The Nova Scotia brings news of a mass meeting of Republicans, held at Philadelphia on Monday,  11th inst., when General GRANT was nominated for the Presidency, which tends to confirm what we have advanced, as it was at Philadelphia that the Democrats cast so strong a majority in the late elections.—A» American I inies.  woman and two children. One of the little children, I however, after great exertion, was rescued and is now in my charge. On searching the villages, although they had been very careful to remove, as far as possible, everything that could give a clue to the detection of particular piracies, enough was found in the way of tools, seamen's chests, cabin fittings, and ship stores to show that a large number of vessels had been, from time to time, plundered by them, and as no wrecks were visible, it is almost certain these things were obtained from vessels captured and afterwards sunk in deep water, a proceeding which they admitted they always adopted in these c tses. Enough was, however, discovered to justify the expedition inflicting on the natives a severe retribution for their crimes, and the officers and men accordingly proceeded to destroy their houses and canoes, many of which were war canoes, 70 feet long. The cocoanut trees, with the produce of which they carried on their trade, were, in compliance with the Governor-General's suggestion, spared. After completing their work at the central group as far as was considered necessary, the man Johnson (the native who had accompanied the expedition) was put ashore, a promise being held out that if he disclosed all ho knew his property would be spared. Ho was entrusted by Capt. Bedingfield with a book, in which was written in English and Malay a notification that the natives of the islands had been guilty of acts of piracy, plundering vessels, murdering their crews, and carrying off white women and children, who, after the vilest treatment, were put to death. This book was left with Johnson, to be shown to captains of men-of-war and merchant vessels visiting the island, who are requested to write in it the particulars of each ship's visit. The utmost efforts of the expedition to obtain any trace of the names of the four ships which, by the admission of the savages, have been captured and plundered, proved ineffectual. Although unsuccessful in rescuing the people who were in captivity, it is satisfactory to know they have been released from their terrible sufferings by death, and although there are possibly still some more persons in captivity, they are probably of a class not much above that of the natives themselves, and therefore their condition is not one of extreme hardship. I deem it of great importance to the future security of passing and trading ships that the islands should be frequently visited by men-of-war. If her Majesty's Government should be pleased to instruct me to hoist the British flag on these islands, I believe such an act would be attended with the best results, and would probably lead to the early settlement of a people desirous of turning to account their prolific soil."