23 DECEMBER 1871, Page 1

There is apparently some quarrel between President Grant and the

Senate. The President has declined to reprimand General Schenck, the American Minister in London, for taking part in the direction of the Emma silver mine, and the Senate has con- sequently ordered by resolution an inquiry to be made " whether any Minister of the United States is publicly engaged in any speculative transaction." The enemies of the President will have it that he is a large shareholder in the mine, but it must be remembered that next year the Presidential caucus must be held, that General Grant has bitter foes, particularly in the Senate, and that Ameri- can politicians are the most reckless set of libellers on the face of the globe. They would charge him with cannibalism, if it would secure them a dozen votes.