The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1871, Page 3

“MALICE OF MR. ~~ SUMNER. The Effect of His Displacement on the | Republican Party. * Minister Thornton's Alleged Complicity in the Movement. Summer's Friendly Relations With the British | Commissioners. His Position in Regard to the Alabama Claims. FISH. | ‘fleavy Combination Against President Grant’s Renomination. Wasuninaron, March 12, 1871. ‘The excitement arising out of the removal of | Senator Sumner from the chatrmansbip of the Com- | mittee on Foreign Relations does not subside as | mpeedily as some of those whe took part in it wished and expected. There were those WHO SUPPOSED IT WOULD BLOW OVER Ake the removal of Mr. J. D. Cox from the position | Of Secretary of the Interior, and that in a day or two the party would settle down to the old jogtrot and nothing more would be heard of it. Sumner, bowever, turns out to bea different man from Cox. | ‘The latter was a comparatively obscure man, with | no party in bis own State behind him and no gene- | Fal following throughout the country. Sumner ts BACKED BY A FORMIDABLE MAJORITY Of the republican party in his own State and in New England. That portion of the party known as the anti-slavery element, which forms a sort of sub- strata all over the country to the republican organiga- ‘tion, has been stirred to its depths. This is shown by the numerous telegrams, letters and newspaper ar- ticles expressive of indignation at the action of the Senate which Mr. Sumner has received from the old lights and leaders of the anti-slavery party. For the present Mr. Sumner refuses to allow any of these letters or velegrams to be published. He is so fu- miliar by a long experience with the men who wend these messages that he know that ONCE AROUSED they will not be easily quieted. The removal of Sum- Der is still the leading topic of conversation in all ircies. Men are now beginning to inquire more | seriously into the cause of hig deposition. Nobody believed at the time of the denate in the Senate} and nobody believes now that it was done on account of the personal relations sald to exist between Mr. Sumner, the President and Secretary Fish. People way this is 100 FLIMSY A PRETEXT, z and they insist there must have veen somethin g\ else of greater Importance. As to the charge that at a sovial gathering Mr. Sumner refused to answer |) Mr, Fish when he asked a civil questjon, Mr. Sumner Hijo SIMBEL vouneivF What oF hake oa 4t may be possible,” says Sumner, “that on some oocasion, when at dinner, Mr. Fish may have asked me how I liked the terrapin or the oysters and I was too busily engaged to hear what he sald, but Ido Bot remember when I refused to give a civil answer toa civil question, no matter by whom propounded.” “It ts just possible,” observed a wag of a Senator ‘who heard of this, ‘that Fish was offended because ‘Sumner refused to give his opinion on a branch of the piscatorial family, though somewhat remotely elated, Perhaps Sumner was afraid to say that the terrapin was a slow sort of fisn.” It hasbeen stated that to Mr. Sumner that some tame ago A THE BRITISH MINISTER received instructions frem his government that 30 Jong as Samner remained at the head of the Commit- ‘tee on Foreign Relations there was no chance for & Bettlement of the questions pending between the ‘United States and England. The story goes that | Mr. Thornton, the British Minister, communicated ‘this intelligence to Secretary Fish, who in turn laid | It before the President. Mr. Fish called the atten- tion of the President te the fact that Mr. Sumner’s opposiion on the settlement of | tne Alabama claim3 was antagonistic to the policy of the administration, and that no practi- cable settlement could be made under it, The con- uct of Mr. Motley, at London, was referred to in this connection, and Mr. Fish reminded the Presi- | dent that Mr. Motley was the immediate representa- | tive of the views of Mr. Sumuer. The President acquiesced in the views of the Secretary of State ‘and came to the conclusion that Mr. Sumner ought to be removed. Mr. Fish, in a subsequent interview ‘with Sir Edward Thornton, informed him that THE PRESIDENT ACCEDED TO HIS REQUEST, ‘nd that he would use bis influence to have Mr. Bumner displaced from the chairmanship of the Oommittee on Foreign Relations. Inthe meantime an interview was, bad with Senators Chandler, Conk- ‘Mng and Edmunds, and the facts set ferth by the British Minister as coming from his government were Jaid before them. They comcided at once with the Presidents views of the case, and the determination was then formed to cemove Mr. Sumner. @n the other hand, Mr. Sumper states that the report of his intended speech against the Joint High Commission published at the time when he was an invalid was a gross fabrication. He not oniy never intended to jmake such & speech, Dut he had never thought of it, Whatever may Bave been his views asto the propriety of appoint ‘fing the Commission to settle the differences be- tween this country and Great Britain, he did not Buffer himself to mention them to any individual. He proposed that the Commission should first do its ‘work and then, as a member of the Senate, he-would be at liberty to criticise it. His PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH THE BRITISH MEMBERS of the Joint High Commission are of the most friendly character, He had met Karl de Gray in England and also Professor Montague Bernara. Boon after they reached this city they called upon Dim in a@ body. At that time he was laboring under @ severe indisposition. On frequent occasions he hhas been invited to dine with them, but his health ‘Was such that he was forced to decline, as he was also the invitations of the Spanish Minister and many other gentlemen. Last evening for the first tume he DINBD WITH THE BRITISH COMMISSION at the residence of Sir Kdward Thornton. There was nothing said al the dinner to indicate that the British Commissioners were in any way Gissatisfied with Mr. Sumner. On the contrary, he says their manner toward him was most cordial On many occasions he has visited | the English Oommissioners at their private resi- @ence and engaged with them in friendly conversa- tion. Nothing has ever passed between them which ‘Would indicate tha: Mr. Sumner was for or against the Commission, Sumner 18 of opinton that the | Btories of his intended ATTACK UPON THE COMMISSION were inspired from the State Department and were the result of the personal hostility of Mr. Fish, Bumner says that he proposed to himself when the result of the Cemmission’s labors was laid before the Senate to express himself as became an Andependent American Senator. He had done Dothing in advance, elther by way of advising his fellow Senators or by newspaper report, to preju- dice the case, nor does ne know whether the British government instructed its Minister here to demand his removal from the chairmanship of the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations as a condition prece- dent to the settlement of our dificnities with Great Britain, If this was a fact, however he regarded it asa BACKDOWN ON TRE PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT on the question of the settlement of the Alabama claims. It will be remembered that when he made his famous speech on the Clarenden-Jobnson treaty he was endorsed not only by a majority of the Benate, but by the general public sentiment of the country. He maintains the same views still, and NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. should the result of the deliberations of the Joint High Commission reach no better conclusions he will take the same ground again. It 18 con- ceded by the leading republican politicians in both Houses of Congress that the removal of Mr. Sumner from the position he has so long hela has setueq THE QUESTION OF THE RENOMINATION OF GENERAL * @RANT. Before the diMouity with Sumner took place a com- bination had been formed among the republicans to defeat hig renomination. His part in the removal of Sumner has only added to this combination. At first it existed only in the West, but now it nas com- municated to New England. With the excep- tion Of Hamlin, of Maine, all the New Englana Senators favor Sumner. Hamiio’s Opposition to the Massachusetts Senator Is of @ personal character. He charges that in 1864, when Lincoln was renominated for the Presidency, Massachusetts fefeated hfm for the Vice Presidency, and this 1s the first time he nas had an opportunity to pay them back. It 1s not by any means certain, therefore, that in voting against Sumner he repre- sents the sentiments of his State. Wilson and Sum- ner, of Massachusetts; Patterson and Cragin, of New | Hampshire; Morrill, of Vermont; Ferry and Buck- imgham, of Connecticut, and Sprague, of Rhode Island, will, tt is said, lead the delegations from those States AGAINST GRANT IN THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. Logan and Trumbuli will probably de as much for Illinois, Fenton will control his friends in the New York delegation in the same direction. Forney will have considerable influence with the Pennsyl- vania delagation, and Schurz will have something to say to the Missouri representatives, All these geatiemen have taken sides with SUMNER AS AGAINST GRANT in the present fight. The friends of the administra- ton were considerably elated at a report which ob- tained some circulation yesterday to the effect that Sumner proposed to make A PERSONAL ONSLAUGHT ON THE PRESIDENT in the Senate. He says that he itends to do nothing of the sort. Unless he is provoked into a debate on that subject he will for the present main- tain e dignified silence. He does net propose to be drawn into @ personal controvery with the adminis- tration or its friends. He holds that he 1s still as good a member ef the republican party as President Grant, and @ much older one, and he intends to stand by that party. The mere fact of his removal from the chairmanship of the Foreign Rela- tons Committee will mot prevent him from taking an active part in all questions relating to our intercourse with other governments. Upon all questions reported by the Foreign Relations Com- mittee to the Senate, he will have his say as usnal, | and the fact that he knows more about them than any other member of the Senate will retain for him HIS OLD INFLUENCE. It is rumored to-night that General Cameron has no intention now of accepting the position of chair- man of the Foreign Relations Committee, He would like to serve the President as against Sumner, but he is too old to undertake the duties and responsi- | bilities of the position, The understanding 1s that Senator Morton will be made the chairman of the committee in case of THE RESIGNATION OF MR. CAMERON. Next to Mr. Sumner Senator Morton 1s, perhaps, more familiar with the duties of the position than any other member of the Senate. Being the right hand man of the President and his spectal adviser upon all matters he would be more acceptable thy Mr. Harlan, who is the next member on the coiimit- tee after pir. eren, je fight bes Subi- ner and 5 FS Rte he reaeatned a strict neutrality, refusing to say anything about Mr. Sumner, but voting with the majority of his party in the Senate on the question of Sumner’s removal. The sober second thought of the leading members of the republican party 1s that, whatever may have been the faulte of Mr. Sumner, the President has mad ~ A FATAL BLUNDER in insisting upon his removal. It is not believed That the matter will result in a disruption of the Tepublican party, for the reason that Sumner insists fapon maintaining se party organization. There are very few, however, among the friends of the President, who S$ :0t concede that this affair has decided the bis renomination. ‘Those who participated most actively in the removal of Sumner seem anxious. to shift the responsibility upon other shoulders, Very few of the republie cans in the Senate. who voted to depose Sumner are willing to deny the fact that it Was a great party blunder. They justify themselves on the ground of PARTY NECESSITY AND DISCIPLINE, On this issue they appeal to the country and on no other, If the matter were still to be considered there Is no question but that there would be a differ- ent result, but it assumed such a shape In the re- publican Senatorial caucus that put one course was left for the friends of the administration. A gen- tleman who called upon the President last evening represents him as in the best of humor and BXCREDINGLY GRATIFIED atthe removal of Sumner. The President does not seem to look at the matter inthe light of polttical consequences. He evidently regards it as a per- sonal triumph, and thinks that in a few days the Party will settle down to an atceptance of the situa- Von. Shrewd politicians, however, see that the Personal triumph is fraught with public danger. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE REMOVAL OF MR. SUMNER. Republican Papers in a Muddle—Democratic Refjoicings, ‘We publish below extracts from onr exchanges showing the spirit of the press on the subject of Mr. Sumner’s displacement from the chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Affairs:— THE REMOVAL A NECESSITY TO BE ACCEPTED. The Boston Evening Traveller accepts the situation | of Mr. Sumner’s removal. While admitting that a large party of republicans are dissatisfied with the President's conduct, it 1s mindful of the fact that the Senator had no right to a continuance the ofice he held go long and that was purely at the disposal of the party to which he belonged. If his associates believed that some other man would fill the oMce witn more advantage to the party it was neither harsh nor un- just to remove Mr. Sumner, The question was not as to which side was right, bot whether or not the majority should rule, and the majority were against Mr. Sumner’s retention of the office. It Would do no good now to say hard things against the republican party; and it should be remembered that the repubiicans who decided the Senator's re- moval were upon the scene themselves, and were therefore better judges of the requirements of the | arly. aie THE PRESIDNNT IN THE RIGHT. The New Haven (Conn.) Daily Morning Journal @nd Courter regrets that Senator Sumner put him- self in a position that necessitated his removal. Belng in antagonism not only with the President, but with the majority of his colleagues, it was re- quired that some one else should fill the’ important trust from which he has been removed. It was tne President's right to demand the displacement of a chairman of a committee who would wield his power in opposition to the policy of the government, Mr. Sumuer’s recent tilness alone prevented him from delivering a speech hosttle to the administration. Sumner Is to be aiaed now by Cari Schurz; but even these talented and bold Senators will scarcely be able to produce a serious breach in the repubiican rauks. Tue peopie have confiaence in Grant. This Spppetos against Grant wili soon die out, as that of Wade and Winter Davis did against Lincoln, for Want of popular support. THE BREACH IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CoM- PLET! ‘The New Haven (Conn.) Evening Regtster speaks empnatically on “Sumuer Deposed.” ‘*Without his aid,’’ it says, “the reconstruction laws weuld never have been enacted, and he is now deposed from the f neomes end he so honorably filled for the last ten years, ause he opposed Grant’s scheme for the annexa- tion of St. Domingo. The repubilcan party has attempted to disgrace him, and in this they had the open aid of the President, withqut whom the job could not kave been done. Two re- sults have followed. Republicans have been 80 dis. usted by the trick that the breach m ghe party is now complete, and the chairman of tne Commiitee on Foreign Aifairs 18 & can politician, who was driven out of the Cabinet of Mr. Lincoln not for his honesty,” whose selection is “unfortunate for the administration,” and who has a worse reputation than any other Senater. A DEMOCRATIC OPINION, The Hartford (Conn.) Daily Times discusses the Sumner displacement in a rejoicing spirit that the days of the republican party are numbered, and, re- ret(uily, that by this unwise act of the administra. ion Senator Sumner should lose the tion he has 80 long and so worthily filled. 1t the rea- son why, at this important. jancture of afairs, a dishonest man like Cameron, who bought his seat in the Senate, and who is a tool of Grant, should be placed im the chairmanship of the mimittee on Foreign Ai to succeed & man luxe Sumner, who, more than apy other | Upon Grant, the Times thinks, should {all all the | should not Grant forgive Sumner? After President American statesman, was qualified to handle the intricate dimicuities that now especially come before the committee for action, It believes that it was Sumner who, during Seward’s secretarysulp, Goes the foreign aifairs of the country, gues Ward got all the credit of the wise policy pursued. obloguy of this disgraceful job; for that It was the President who insisted upon the Senator's displace- ment is notorious, aud equally notorions ta it that Grant x the whole power of his official position, with threats and promises and other vile means, to displace the man who had terinaaly. a posed the annexation of St. Domingo, which he 80 resolved upon, aud which 18 @ job of the most corrupt character, SUMNER CAN BE DISPRNSED WITH. The Providence Journal is disposed to consiaer “the spposinon to Sumner” in a inore phifosophical light than many of its contemporaries, It thinks Sumner or any other Senator ts not absolute), necessary lor the conduct of the government, an that even all the committees might be done without Wf there was an extraordinary need that such should be the case. It believes that Sumner has carried on his “variance” to a greater extent than his friends might consider pradent, and parades it before the public injudiciously for & man in his position, He should not be annoyed because General Grant and Secretary Fish know less about diplomacy and international law than he does, but should “bear In mind that @ statesman’s superiority in knowledge, as in everything else, 18 most gracefully lilustrated when it is made tributary to the highest and bravest natienal ends.’’ The position he occupied was & high one, but not higher than that of President or Seoretary of State, and a chairmanship should not It was to be be used to embarrass the government. hoped Mr. Sumner would be reinstated. THE PRESIDENT ENTIRELY AT FAULT. The Providence Morntng Herald is strongly in favor of Sumner. It contrasts him with Grant, and Wonders how the latter could presume to dictate to him and Carl Shourz. It would seem that, no mat- ter what may have been the past career of out dis- tinguished politicians, unless they bend the Knee to Granv they are to be decapitated. Sumner refused to do this, and hence he has suffered. He has now to bear ‘the dogged enmity of the head of the government,” as every other Congressman has who reluses to support ewhat are called “adminis- tration measures.” — His successor is Grant's “tale bearer and man of dirty werk.” The President forced this quarrel upon Mr. Sumner, and it is to be hoped the latter Will not shrink from it. Sumner has a deep hold upon the affections of the best men of the party; bis enemies are not respected by any one. GRANT'S COURSE ENDORSED. The Albany Avening Journal endorses the re- moval of Mr, Sumner from the Lge remy of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. It believes that the “raucorous attitude” in which the Senator placed himself toward the, President left no other alterna- tive, It must be, nd doubt, a matter of pain that a man who shed lustre on the position should pe com- palled to retire; but the necessity was of ir. Sumner’s making, and it was prejudicial te the public interests that a republican in so bigh a fn should continue lenger to perform the duties of an office whicn required personal intercourse with the President, while It was Well known that the President and Mr. Sumuer were entirely antagonistic in their views. Then, again, It ‘Was reasonable to fear that Mr, Sumuer would op: pose any treaty negotiated by the administration in reference to the Alabaina claims, and tnis of itself would tend to cemplicate the great difiicuities which at pene attend the adjustment of our ac- count with Engiand. Hence the Journal thinks Mr. Sumner’s removal was perfectly justifiable. THE DISPLACEMENT A FATAL NECESSITY. The Newark Dauy Advertiser thinks the dlsplace- ment of Mr, Sumner was necessary, and while it removed him from the leadership of the republican yt! in the Senate, it was also a deserved rebuke 0 him for his antagonism to the policy of the admin- istration, The Advertiser traces the quarrel between him ana the administration to the President's recall from England of Mr. Motley, whose views upon the Alabama clauns were in harmony with those of Sumner. The tone of both these gentiemen was entirely aggressive toward England. It was said, also, Ubat Mr, Sumner’s language in conversing about the President and the State Department was “staruingly violent.” Personal intercourse had ceased between him and the President and Secretary of State. The republican caucas had to censider many Biiogs: in his favor, but there were so many objections ; his costes to i office thas his removal was almost a necessity. ot the Ru Oi )bZo question that w fd shat in, for 8 10 be decided SyAlnet annexation. The chief difiiculty lay in his well known oppcalaan ®) the basis upon which the Joint High Commission Was appointed, and in anticipated trouble when the Teport of the Commission would come before the Senate. It would be equivalent to a vote of censure upen the President were he appointed. He did not hold the office by prerogative, and to transfer him to another important positiion could not be consid- ered Ingulting. But that a serious breach has been effected in the party by his removal is certain, A CHAMPION Dear as a The Washingvon Evéning Against Sumner and for Grant. It does not believe that the chatr- manship of the Committee on Foreign Relations is lace for seli-glorification, and thinks that he who olds the office should be in better accord with the Premdent than the chairman of any. other commit- tee. The position 18 a confidential one, and hence bye’ ag ae of Mr. Sumner in that Grant, would me to the iterests, It Could not ba} expected that, in the settlement of our diMculties with E id, he would labor to bi bout results that would redound to the prestige of Grant’s administration; nor could it be expected of the government that itshould, know- ing this, retain in a post of honor an official from whom it would recetve nothing but embarrassment. At the usual time for the appointment of committees the Committee on Foreign Relations was selected with a regard for the work that was to be done by that committee; and it was not unreasonable to re- move any Senator whose presence would only im- pede the progress of the work. Americans are not sentimentally sympathetic, and Mr. Sumner will re- ceive but little public sympathy. THE QUESTION NOT A PERSONAL ONE. The Buffalo Express argues that there shonid be no hesitation about Mr. Sumner’s removal, if it be true that he is not on speaking terms with the Presi- dent or Secretary of State. Hostility ‘between the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Rela- tons and the administration should not be allowea to exist for a moment.” Under such circumstances the question of Mr. Sumner’s removal ceases tobe @ personal quarrel. SUMNER’S SUCCESSOR A “HUGE ROGUE.” ‘The Lynchburg (Va.) Virginian, while it knows no stain upon Sumner’s private character, believes him to be “rascible, self-opinionated, pedantic and often overbearing.” In regard to his succes- gor, it Says that Cameron ts “one of the mest venal and corrupt men in the country,” who “never hesitated to buy preferment, and, with money, more than once manipulated the Pennsylvania Leg- isiatare te secure his return to the Senate.” He ‘was ejected from Lincoln’s Cabinet on account of some sharp practices, and, if reperts be true, “he has lately been trying bis ‘hana on some of our un- sophisticated ‘fellow citizens’ in the Virginia Legis- lature. Simon ts a huge;rogue, and, if ne has half @ chance, will steal the whole of St. Domingo, not leaving @ single lot to our werthy Executive.” ‘Therefore his appointment looks bad for a healthy moral tone in Congress. GRANT'S DICTATION. ‘The Paterson (N. J.) Press says that Granton Mon- day last “dictated the names of the committee of tive who reported Sumner’s removal to the caucus,” and that this was the result of “a certain agreement between President Grant and certain Senators.’ SUGGESTIONS FOR GRANT. The Philadelphia Press undertakes to prove that Grant 1a not responsible for the removal of Sumner, but throws out suggestions to him in this connec- tion. It thinks that there is nothing in the St. Do- mingo question y ofan honr’s debate, but ic admits that twenty-six gentlemen of the republican caucus at Washington removed Sumner on account of the St. Domingo question. It characterizes a3 “attempts to change tae excuse’? all the argu- ments that have been advanced why Sam- ner should be removed in consequence of his hostility to the annexation scheme and his op- position to the basis upon which the Joint High Commission is to arrive at a decision in reference to the disputed aeons between America and Eng- land. Schenck belongs tothe Commission, and yet he was the boldest anti-British agitator. The Press feels confident the British members of the Commis- sion did not ask ior Summer's displace- ment. Nor does it think that President Grant would follow the fatal lead of Buchanan, when the latter was placed in similar circumstances. Dawes oifended Grant, but after some hard scolding Grant forgave him. Why Harrison died Tyler came in as Acting President. Clay quarrelied with Webster, but i “preserved his fidelity alike to his party and his country.’ Seward did much to advance the interests of the country during Andrew Johnson’s term of Presi- dency, yet Seward “never met Johnson.” If Grant’ “needed any further suggestions they would be found in the weakness of James Buchanan in giving directions to slaughter Stephen ‘A. Douglas, more than twelve years ago.” Douglas, in many respects, was to Pennsylvania what Sum- ner is to Massachusetts, And the democratic party split upon the removal of Douglas from the chair- manship of the Committee en Territories. STRONG ARGUMENTS AGAINST SUMNER. The Chicago Evening Post thinks that the question of Mr. Sumner’s displacement is not by any means settled. The democrats opposed the removal, even to the point of insubordination, and declared their intention to bring the matter before the Senate. ‘The Post is alarmed at this, for, the democrats being opposed to the annexation of St. Domingo, might coincide with the disaffected republicans, and then Sumner should necessarily become victorious. But this would be lamentable, as a breach in the party, serious It not fatal, mightensue, Two other heads of committees were displaced—why, then, this clamor about Sumner? ‘There are three reasons which are strong agaiast him, He is os to the annexation of St. Domingo. He has altenated him- self from the President and the Cabinet, and there- fore does not or cannot represent the power he ostensibly represents. He has no right to the office more than any other Senator. Though he endeared himself to the country by his anti-slavery fight the Senate should not be sacrificed to his whims, STRONG FOR SUMNER AND BITTER AGAINST CAMERON. The} Philadeiphia vening while it speaks In most decided terms inst Sumner’s re- moval, 1s especially indignant that euch man as eron should occupy the oe! of tne Relations Committee. It does not, however, Grant of ep nang. Cameron in the directly acouse = of Domingo,” but rather ee the matter nautbettcally. in doing 50 uses strong language:—‘The old chairman was re- markably well fitted for the position, and the pro- posed new one is terribly disqualiti “No man doubts his (Sumner’s) intellectual greatness,” and “whatever men may think of the audacity, Cy | nd rapaciousness of Cameron,” no one thinks htm fi for the position to which he has been appointed, “When the highest legisiative body im the land dis- cards Sumner and selects Simon Cameron as {ts in- atructor, its leader, ts organ, and its inquirer into the complicated details connected with foreign rela~ tions, the schoolboys should no longer be surprised that @ horse was made consul in Rome.’ To strike Sumner down for one disagreement was an cummnge and ls a indication that the independence of the Senate is gone, and will compel the belief abroad that it 18 truculent to patronage. The whole land may well biaze with indignation at Cameron's ape tgiwcat—ne who ought not to be in @ Senate, who was condemned by & con- ress of his own party, whose neglect while at was dangerous to the interests of the conn- “But to make him chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations would be a crowning and in- eflaceable national disgrace.” it is more important taht Sumner should occupy the postition because of his qualifications than that @ameron should because of his agreement with the policy of the administration, The St. Domin, pauention was voted at the polls in 1869, 1870 and SUMNER VS. SUMNER, The Danesville (Ohio) Datly Courier considers that “the supersedure of Mr. Sumner was invited by himself, ae personal attacks on the Executive and persistent arrayal of himself against the foreign Policy of the administrauon.”” THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Apathy Among all Parties Over the Election To-Morrow. Effect of Sumner’s Displacement on the Re- publican Majority, General Opinion Unfavorable to the Action of the President, Probable Hlection of a Democratic “ Congressman. MANCHESTER, N. H., March 12, 1871, Although there is but @ single day intervening before the State election there 1s still the same apparent apathy and indifference which have characterized the campaign from the beginning. Such a LACK OF BXCITEMENT pending a political contest has rarely if ever been known in New Hampshire, and the cause of it Is an enigma which the politicians on neither side can satisfactorily explain. It is true that both organizations are usually active in making new Voters and arousing the old ones to a sense of their duty on Tuesday, but there is an entire absence of that enthusiasm and hurly-burly which have made former campaigns in the Granite State so famous, The existing DIVFERENCES BETWEEN GENERAL GRANT SENATOR SUMNER, and the removal of the latter from the head of a committee with which he had been so long identi- fied, has caused but a trifling ripple of commotion, although it is an act which both the republicans and democrats severely rebuke. That it will affect the republican prospect of the election more or less there ts not the slightest doubt, Even ‘the republicans themselves admit this. But they do not reckon that it will draw away sufiiclent votes to defeat the election of Mr. Pike, their gubernatorial candidate, A few democrats differ from this pro. phecy, but tlj majority of them are not sanguine of success, except In the election of Mr. Bell for Con- gress in place of General Stevens. With * +. 4 BED HOT CAMPAIGN, however, I think the semocrats could have turned this Grant-Sumner imbroglio to such an advanta- geous account as to have swept this,State. There are about 1,500 voters in this State who are weddea either to temperance or labor reform hobbies, and if they should happen to fall over on the democratic side of the fence in consequence of the political troubles at a m, the result Tuesday night nay be alto- eran from what the sanguine republicans anticipate. Ihaye talked freely with the leading politicians of beth parties about the row between the Fixecutive and Mr. Sumner and ite probable effect here and in Connecticut, Mr. Rollins, chair- man of the Republican State Committee and mana- ger of their forces for years, does not believe that the effect in New Hampshire will be perceptible. He deplores the circumstances though and thinks that it will not redound to the full strength of either the administration or the republican party, The article in AND DEFENCE OF SUMNER and condemning Grant, which Mr. Fogg published Friday evening and which I then forwarded te the HERALD, has found an approving response everywhere in the State, and—the demo- crata will distribute it at the polls Tues« day. Altheugh the politicians endorse its sentiment they regret that its utterance was not reserved until after the election. Before the article Was published one of the members of the Repubil- can Committee waited on Mr. Fogg and pleaded hard and eloquently for its suppression. ‘The lgtter was inexorable, however, and would not be per- suaded from telling the people of New Hampshire about what he regarded as @ most monstrous out- rage. One prominent republican told me this even- ing that if it had not been for Charles Sumner there never would have been a republican party, and I am. not wandering from the truth inasserting tnat this 1 the sincere opinion of nine-tenths of the repubii- cans of not only New Hampshire but of all New beige He further declared that while this saci of General Grant’s might be the one which would end his political existence he did not think it would be so damagi: to the republican organization as many bel ed, “Men may fon into oblivion,” he said, “bat\the principles of @ great, just, poiltical party are imper- ishable,” He, ke most of the others, feared that their MAJORITY WOULD BE DIMINISHED in consequence of the untortunate row, but he dia not believe they would lose the State. Every effort he gatd had beén made to keep the details of the trouble from being circulated in the interior of the State, and he believed nothing of an inflammatory or incendiary nature had gone out except the Fri- day’s editorial of Mr. Fogg, of Concord. The republican pers here in Nashu: and in Portsmouth have not only been persuaded to with. hold all expressions of opinion, but their allusions In the news columns have been of the very briefest character. He did not say so in 80 many words, but the inference was that the Republican Comuit- tee was acting as a sort of a CENSOR OVER THE PRESS until after the election. Since yesterday moroing I have been in Concord, Nashua and Manchester, and have searched in vain for a republican who sustains Grant in his conduct towards the Massachusetts Senator. All whom I have met nave manifested @ silent indignation towards the Executive, and I have it trom reliable sources that ‘he same fecling 1s cherished in all sec- tions of the State where the news of the trouble has been promulgated in detail. Sum- ner is their pet political idol, aud they seem unwil- ling to go back on the veteran. | asked one man if he did not think it requisite for the President to have a confidential friend at the head of such an important committee as that on Foreign Relattons, at atime like this, when there are so many grave foreign questions pending. He did not think, he answered, it was so necessary that the See a should be'a personal friend of the Executive ag it Was that he should be a statesman and one familiar not only with foreign diplomacy but with the differ- ences between this and foreign nations which we are now trying so hard to adjust. Mr. Sumnerhe betieved Was just the man at this time for the place from which General Grant had thrown him. And the act was one Which might not result disastrously to the party alone, but to the interests of the American nation in the settlement of matters to ve brought before the Joint Hige Commission. This same gen- tleman at the close of the interview denounced General Grant’s act as simply tne result of PERSONAL SPITE AND MALICE, and this circumstance was no less deplorable than the act itself. As I have before intimated, the demo- crats are highly elated at what they regard a tumely quarrel between the Executive and the pioneer of the radical party, If it had come a week earlier they would have infused some extra spuit into the campaign and had a fair show of carrying the State, The State Committee and the 1t should be understood, are far idle or imactive, even now. They have arranged for public meetings in all the principal cies and towns to-morrow even- ing, and the Grant-Sumner trouble will be taken a3 atextfor the argument prophesying the death of republicanism and the resurrection of democracy. ‘They have aiso on tee for the gathering in of all voters temporarily absent from their homes, and one of the democratic committee informs me that AT ar of @ thousand transportation tickets have been distributed for this purpose. A circu- ar has been prepared at the headquarters in this city to-night wi Will be scattered as far and as widely as possible between now aud Tucsday. document saya:— We are now upon the threshold of the most important election through which the democracy of New Hamcehire } tain to n hi have evar been called upon to pass. ‘The labor of the Demo- eratlo State Central Committe, as such, in well nigh ended. | As the result of ite labor we bave a full'and most thoro | Organization of the party throughout tbe State and the m thorough canvass of voters that our party las ever That canvass shows that the State of New Ham) cratic to-day, and tha by threats anid) unbribed by gain the republican party of lainpshire will find its Waterloo on the lth of March inst. Twice at least within five years we have been veaten, with more than men enough absent from the p r- voted our licket haa they bee us a decided victory, and now, ay brought ou om & minute rt on of the fullest returna we have ever had prev to any election, in view of the whole fled, we now earneatiy declare our full conviction that a full democratic vote in & clean and overwhelming democratic victory Notwithstanding the apathy of the campaign which [ have described, it is the opinion of your correspondent that the vote on Tuesday will be much heavier than 1s anticipated. The season 1s almost @ month in advance of the usual New fampshire spring. The roads are everywhere 1 favoring anspices THE YEOMANRY ‘will be Iikely to come out In tull force. Without Claiming the gift of a Lottie Fowler for determining coming events, I will venture a ig maya ‘hat the result of Tuesday's contest will e the election of a republican Governor by a smalier majority than siuce the party came into power here, amd the election of two republican and one democratic Congressman, and an increase of the democratic minority in both branches of the Legislature, AUSTRIA. The Latast Fabrication of the European Press “Bohemians.” TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, March 12, 1871. Afew days since, as I was informed at the mo- Ment, @ sensation report appeared in the Vienna Vaterland te the effect that ‘a volcanic mountain in the Tyrol had caved in, burying a town with 900 in- habitants.’ The story was so palpably faise that when received in due course by mail it was not copied by any London jeurnal. The agent of the press telegraphed to Vienna to ascertain what, if any, foundation there was for the statement,’and was informed in reply that it “had none, and was a sheer fabrication.” THE RAIN SfORM. The fine weather which made the hearts of all water-girt Gotham glad on Satarday, with its clear sky, fresh breeze and gental temperature, departed from us as the shades of evening came around, A wet Saturday night in New York 1s a dreary sight. The poor people who have thelr marketing to do tramp siuilehly along the shining pavements, with the rain dripping from their garments, The marketing must be done, and the crowds of mothers of families, with Wistil faces, surged and slipped along until the midnight bells tolied on the murky sir and the stores one by One closed their eyes for the night, After midnight the rain ceased for a ours, as If giutted with the discomftare it had caused the thinly clad and the needy in the earlier hours. Heavy early newsboys were rubbing the sleep out of their eyes round Printing House square, down came the rain again with a heavy, venge- ful pour, wetting compositors and printers, and Such of the tollers of the pen as duty kept at thetr Ree untll that unseemly hour. Along the streets belated roysterers moved, With all the fun saddened in them, and morning found the sun struggling with the clouds and the rain still pourmg. ‘The charches suifered by the rain in the matter of worshippers, and @ stay at home was the order of the day where those who would, under brighter auspices, have aired their budding finery, were enabled to practice the domestic virtues. Threatened Freshet the Merrrimac. ConcorD, N, H., March 12, 1871. It rained all last night, During the pas: two days the Merrimac has risen six feet, and 1s stiil rising. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Mr. A. Rota has leased the San Francisco Minstrel hall and will begin his season on April 10 with the Satsuma Japanese troupe, twenty-three in number. Tue Evrerre Sociery has elected the following gentlemen as officers for the coming year:—Spencer 'W. Coe, President; Dr. Needham, Vice President; Rey. John W. Shackleford, Secretary; Albert Weber, Musician; Doc, Leipsic, Treasurer; G. W. Birdseye, Librarian, and John P. Morgan, Conductor. The specialty of this fine vocal aociety is the encourage- ment of American talent. Manre Kress will play a Bach fugue, a melody and waltz by Rubenstein, a fantasia for the left hand alone by Coenen, and Liszt’s ‘Polonaise in E,” at her tenth recital at Stelnway’s on Saturday next. Nivsson’s first appearance as an interpreter of Haydn’s ‘‘Creation,’’ on Wednesday evening at Scein- excellent condition, and with these unusual and | masses of cloud moved across the sky, and at four | o'clock, When the large dailies were printed and the ; Herald Special Report from Honolulu. | Terrible Earthquake Shocks and Injury to Property. Effects of the Convulsions at Dif ferent Points. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Honototy, S. I, March 2, \ via SAN Franoisoo, March 12, 1871, At seven minutes past ten o'clock on the evening of February 18 a very severe shock of earthquake was experienced at these islands. all the stone or adobe buildings were injured. With few exceptions the walls of The cottage buildings at Punahoa are damaged extensively. Many persons rushed into the streets from their beds. Three distinct motions were felt—first shaking horizontally, then perpendicularly, and the finish was a distinct wave motion from the The violence of the shock lasted twenty seconds, the whole fully a minute, southwest. At Lahaika much damage was done ta buildings. most, the walls being shaken to pieces, though they did not fall. train of sugar kettles was badly injured, The Seminary buildings suffered At MeKee's plantation | Other localities did not suffer much, At Molokai nearly ali the stone walls wero a building thrown levelled, and the frame of down, The road to the Leper Asylum wags destroyed, On Lanaia the shock was very severe. | Clefts have been opened on different parts of the island, the valley being full of masses of earth and rocks shaken from the mountain tops. On Hawaii but little damage was dones The Hilo and Kau districts received a slight shaking. The volcano is very active, but wag evidently innocent of participation in the: earthquake. Parties on two different islands state that a bright light was visible in the eastern sky. Chunnies on sugar plantationg! suffered little. Several shocks have been, experienced since, but they were not severe, The labor question will soon be settled, Two companies of Chinese have landed here seeking work—one from China and one from. Tahiti. AUSTRALASIA. Parliamentary and Commercial Progress in New South Wales. Consequences of the Franco- German War. way Hall, 1s anxiously looked for. To-morrow Crime, Religion, the Drama, the (Tuesday) she will sing in concert, assisted by her unrivalied troupe. ACROSS THE CONTINENT, With Byron as the star, will be given to-night at Wogi’s. ~ MARIE SEEBACH Will close het career at the Stadt theatre to-night with “Anne Elise’ and a grand celebration or peace jubilee. Tne theatre will be iMluminated, and music, both vocal and instru- mental, will add to the attractions of the occasion. Mme, Seebach also appears as Germania, On Tues- day afternoon she plays ‘Anne Elise” at Wallack’s. Rose D’ERINA, the Irish prima donna, will iilus- trate the music of her native land at Steinway Hail on Friday evening, St. Patrick’s Day. THE Last WEEK of ‘‘Much Ado about Nothing” at Booth's ts announced. “Othetlo” follows it next Monday. Miss FANNIE DAVENPORT makes her first appear- ance since her recent illness as Eile Remington in “Saratoga” this evening. ESCAPE OF CONVICTS AT TRENTON. TRENTON, N. J., March 12, 1871, ‘Two prisoners escaped from the State Prison this afternoon, about five o'clock. Jeremtah Storms, from Bergen county, in for twenty years for horse stealing, had served but one and ahalf. Charles Fox, fn for seven years, for burglary at Mr. Forken’s house, at Lambertville, had served three years. met. had been employed in the cookhcuse, and made their way unnoticed through the meathouse into the yard, scaled the wall and got away. It was raining at the time and there were few people about. The convicts had ten minutes? start, and had not been captured up to last night. A reward of $200 is offered for the capture of cach of the prison- ers. Charles Fox, alias Charles Collins, alias Thomas Fox, was aged thirty-three years, five feet eight and three-quarter inches in height, had a scar on his right thamb and letters “‘F. F."’ on bis left forearm. The toe of his righ foot was disfigured, and he had deep furrows in his torenead, Jereinian Storms was thirty-one years old, five feet six and a half inches in height, had gray eyes, dark brown hair, his rigut thumb off at first juint. A FRIENDLY CUTTHROAT AT LARGE, At about half-past one o’clock yesterday morning Edward Humphreys and Jotn King, bosom friends, had a little dificulty at the corner of South First and Seventh streets, Williamsbarg, which King at- tempted to settle by drawing @ knife and cutting two deep gashes In Humphrey’s throat. The ‘Wounded man, faint from ioss of blood, managed to reach his vourding house, No. 179 South Second Street, and Police Surgeon Joseph Creamer reached him tn time to stanch his wounds and save his Itfe, King made his escape, and the police are after him, He is a shoemaker by occupation, and prides him- self on being @ “lady-killer.”” Indeed, the cause of is murderous assault on his friend Humphreys im- | volves # lady and an umbrella. THE MOSES TAYLOR AT SAN FRANCISCO. SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, 1871. + The steamship Moses Taylor arrived this morning from Honolulu, having connected with the steamer Wonga Wanga, from New Zealand and Australia. She brings a hnndred passengers, including Mr. Bandman, the actor, and his wife; Charles Matthews ana wife, and General 5. D. Keyes. HAVANA MARKETS. HAVANA, March 11, 1871. better feeling in the marks bolders de- business opened heavy, but improved slow of sale, but prices unaltered. Ex- ried during tbe week from Havana aod Matanzas, 21,000 oxes, of which fies were for the United States, and bhds., of which were for the United States. Stock in warehouses in Havana and Matanzas, 212,000 boxes and 21,000 ds, rm; a rise ia er fed. ‘The drought injures the growing of tobacco. Bacon dull, Ibe. a l6c. Butter duli, Coal oil steady, 4\¢ reais, Flour easier, $14 a $14 50, frm. American salted, 22c. a ser aunt; waits ples epee pitch see i pi a it ney Fotaloes in ‘demand, BA eu up iy leu Sts, mpty 16: 1% mot currency; ges abort sight, 03 8 0 Box ‘shoo kat shooks qulee Of a $435, States, short Mines and the Crops. Sypyey, New. SOvra Wares, Jan. Lag Via SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, 1871. The New South Wales Ministry have been ree elected. Parliament is now sitting and 1s discussing a vote of confidence. The debate commences to-night. A. ministerial defeat is improbable. A new tarlff fs likely to be imposed on Friday. ‘The government and Chamber of Commerce favor @ direct California mail service in opposition to the New Zealand route. European affairs are still causing uneasiness, ‘The work on the harbor fortifications is proceed- ing rapidly. os The French war steamer is not permitted to trans- gress the strict neutrality of the Queen's govern- ment, We have nad heavy rains and flood and unsea sonable weather. The crops are injured by unfavorable weather. An Irishman named Martin murdered his wife, } her father and mother, near Orange. He 1s now in | jail. A German woman named Rumpf cut the throats of six chudren and then her own, near Bourbalo. Rich diggings, extending about three miles, have | been founa at Seelong. Thomas Slingsby, @ settler on Fish river, was killed by lightning. Great scandal has been occasioned by Catholic priests causing the removal, from the graveyard, of | the reinains of the Postmaster-General. The govern- ment has offered @ large reward for evidence that will convict the trators of the outrage. Mr. andiMrs. Charles Matthews, who are passengers in to-day’s steamer for San Francisco, will visit the Eastern States of America after the close of their en- gugement in that city. nother silver mine has been discovered near Brindwood, The iron ship City of Sydney, from London, is bene a She had @ valuabie cargo. Insurance is refused. : The American whalers Xantho and Osceola were spoken near Tristram de Cunha, They reported having met with fair success, ‘rhe Victoria Parliament has been dissolved, and the general elections are poner They cause reat excitement. The Catholics are im opposition fo the ministerial party. The Victorians won in the intercolonial rife match, beating the Svdneyites by sixteen points. te a sarigan, the principal of the Wesley Coleg e, Is dead. In last year’s revenues there was a deficiency of $1,260,000, Another hundred pound nugget has been found at the Berlin diggings. A permanent defence corps and naval reserve have been established, ‘The wheat crop is a partial failure. The bark Runnymede, laden with wool, was burned at Hobart Town. Governor Blackall, of Queensland, died on the 2d, and Colonel O'Connell is Acting Governor, pending the action of the Britisn goverument. The land telegraph lines have been completed, and are ready to be joined to the Batavia cable. Prince Allred sailed from New Zealand in the Galatea on the 1ith, It is expected that he will The new ship City of Auckland, when nearly ready to sall for London with a cargo of wool, gum and flax, was burned im Auckland arbor. An agitation has been commenced in Adelaide to compel the mail steamers to call at a South Aus- tralian port or to force the withdrawal of the sub- sidy. The Adeiaide corn market ts very brisk, ana large sales of wheat are maxing at 8s. 6d. per cental. ‘The ship Mary King, from Mauritius, has arrived at Adelaide. The mail steamer Rangoon, from Sydney, has ar- rived at Melbourne en rowe for Galle. She takes out Jess specie than usual. NAVAL. The colonial war steamer Nelson it ts likely will be sent to meet the monitor Cerberus at Galle, EXCHANGE. Exchange on London at sixty days one per cent premium. American goods are well supplied at Sydney, Kerosene has pivanced, best 6c. Lo é8c. the English gailon. Square lumber scarce. Fine tobaccoes are rat ‘wanted. At Melbourne sales of kerosene are making at 5éc. to 960, Lumber isdull, Tebacco que®