Special Correspondence.

This article discusses some international issues. The great diamond swindle which was exposed in San Francisco, California on the 28th of November, astounded that city of surprises and speculations like an earthquake of which there had been some premonitory rumbles, but or the catastrophe of which there were few persons ready. The first week of the session of the U.S. Congress is over. What it will bring forth in three months of labor it is too early to predict. But one thing is clear already, "the era of good feeling" has not been entered upon yet.