The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1861, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MA NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, * EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OPFIOE N, W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. adeancs. Honey sent by matt will be at the cig the onions None bt Bank villa current in New York SBR DAY Patt, wry Satwedop. ol tes eotager | He BS per annum: ‘Buropain Baision Coory Wolnanty, | Stes ints rsp, $d ey aa 1 any part ‘of Great Britain, Ladtfornta Ration om conte per copy, or $1.90 per annum. Volume XXVI............. See eaeeeeeeees AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Ricuscisv. WINTER GARDEN, Broad: , opposite Bond street.— Lapr or Lrons~Two' Boxnyeasiuxs, WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Roap to Ruin. LAVA KEENE'S THEATRE, No. 6% Broadway.— ‘Buyer sisTERs. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Rosix Hoop— Coot a5 a Cucumagn—Young Ammnica. BABNUM'’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Day and Bvening—Grraweiii—Beaes, Sea Liow, ax> OTHER Ovnositims. BRYANTS' Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad- wey. —Buniesques, Sones Dances &0.—Dixiss Lanp. CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL Broadway.—' Bors, Sones, Danozs, Bunasoous, 0. -Dtnins Lasp. MBLODEON Bongos, Dances, STIOKNEY HALL, Sabie. nrwotex's Movstaris mv TRIPLE SHEET. New Work, Wednesday, March 13, 1861. OONOERT. HALL, N “ igh, fo, 639 git ‘The News. ‘The question as to the evacuation or reinforce- ment of Fert Sumter has been decided by the Cabinet. The fort is to be evacuated, and peace will thus be preserved. The order for the evacua- tion has not as yet been despatched to Major An- derson, but it will be, we learn, as soon as the fire-eating republicans have had time to exhaust their impotent indignation with regard to the sur- render, The abandonment of the fort is o mili- tary necessity, and the President and Cabinet, in coming to a conclusion.on the subject, are said to have been governed by the opinions of the chiefs of the army. Gen. Scott's opinion is based upon an elaborate report of General Totten, Chief En- gincer of the Engineering Bureau, to the effect that a regular series of well construoted fortifica- tions-have been erected around Fort Sumter, com- pletely encircling it, so that a very large land force would be required to silence their fire, if vessels with reinforcements were sent into the hat- bor. At the same time Captain Ward, of the navy, who has made a special examination of the circumstances, reports that it would be impossi- ble to deliver supplies by water without a con- siderable accompaniment of war vessels, to keep ap @ combined attack upon the hostile forts while a steamer or tug should be making its way to the garrison, But the execution of either plan would require more time for the preparation of it than now, remains before Anderson and his little got would be completely short of pro- visions. Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, on Monday sig- nified to the Commisstoners of the Southern repub- lic that the administration were disposed to receive’ them and hear what they had to say. Yesterday, however, they were informed that the President declined to hold any intercourse with them. The Commissioners will, it is understood, at an early day present a formal official communication to the government, setting forth the objects of their mission. The United States Senate yesterday resumed the consideration of the resolution providing for the expulsion of Senator Wigfall, and on motion of Mr. Simmons, republican, the subject was refer- red tothe Judiciary Committee. This action is regarded asa final disposal of the matter. The Senate held an executive session, and confirmed a couple of unimportant appointments. All the no- minstions were referred to the appropriate com- mittees. The election for State officers and members of Congress in New Hampshire took place yesterday. We have received partial retarns, but not suficient to indicate clearly the result. Among the appointments sent to the Senate yes- terday were those of Casstus M. Clay as Minister to Spain, and Thomas Corwin as Minister to Mexi- co. The latter nomination is especially important, in view of the probable recognition of the South- ern confederacy by the government of Mexico. Tn another column will be found a description of the postage stamp now in use in the Confederate States of America. As the postal regulations have not yet been settled between the two Powers, the letter was also charged for in this city as being insufficiently stamped. Considerable miscellaneous bustness was trans- acted in the State Senate at Albany yesterday, but much of it not of general interest. Among the legislation with reference to this city, the bill to change the existing plan of the streets above 126th street was ordered to a third reading, and the bill incorporating the Eclecti¢ Association was passed. A petition was: presented in favor of setting off a portion of the Battery for ferry pur- poses, The Assembly transacted but little busi- noas at the day session, an adjournment till even- ing taking place in consequence of death in the family of a member. Among the bills passed was the one in aid of the Inebriate Asylum. The European mails by the steamship Niagara, from Liverpool on the 23d, via Queenstown on the ‘24th, reached this city from Boston yesterday morning. The main points of the intelligence by this arrival have already been given, and the de- tails are not important. We publish this morning, however, several in- teresting letters from our correspondents in the principal capitals of Europe. By these it will be seen that the recent financial explosion in Paria is for the time the all-absorbing topic of discussion. ‘The liabilities of M. Mires are estimated at the moderate figure of $120,000,000. Files of Rio Janeiro papers to January 25 have come to hand, and through them we have later news from Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Paraguay, &c, The Rio markets are of course affected by the condition of affairs in the United States. Ex- change on London continued at 26% @ 26%. Bue- nos Ayres dates are to January 13—only two days later. “Mr, Lafuente and Colonels Pannero and Canesa had returned from their mission to San Juan, in consequence of Col, Saa’s hostile pro- ceedings in that province.~ It is said that the revolution there is secretly backed by President Derqui, and especially by Gov. Mitre, of Buenos Ayres, and that there is a conse. quent estrangement between them and Gen. Ur quiza, The Governors of Catamarca and Corri entes are unwilling to obey the decree relative to election of members of Congress on the new con- #titutional reform basis, and Congress was occn pied with the question, In this proceeding the Governor of Corrientes, Dr. Rolon, is said to have the support of Urquiza, The state of the pro- vinees generally js most unsatisfuctory. Cata- marca, Santiago, Tucuman, Rioja, Cordova and | other places aré very much agitated, aud a pro- | found feeling of distrust in the permanency of the new order of things exists everywhere. It waa not known whether Mr. Sarmiento would accept his appointment as Minister to the United States. Dates from Montevideo are to January 17. The | difficulties with Brazil continued. Dr, Villalba, the abiest man in Berro’s cabinet, had resigned, in | consequence of disagreement with his colleagues, more especially with the Minister of War, M. La- mas, whose notions of a military dictatorship he considera dangerous. In short, the new year | opens with bad omens for the Oriental republic. Already there are manifestations of dangerous symptoms, preluding a renewal of the scencs which in times past deluged the country in blood. The organ of the dominant party pro- poses to open subscriptions to celebrate, on the 24 of February, a grand funeral service in honor of the victims of Quinteros, while the organs of the opposite party propose to give a dinner on ‘the same day in honor of the victories of Quinteros and Cajancha. At the election of some municipal officers for the yenr 1861 the people of the capital showed the utmost indifference, not more than 120 votes being cast altogether. A painful circum- stance occurred on board the Brazilian corvette imperial Marinheiro at Montevideo. The commis- sary of the vessel, an old and decorated officer, hitherto highly respected, abstracted about thirty contos of reis—$15,000—from the money chest and disappeared. He leaves a wife and family in Brazil destitute. Dates from Paraguay are to December 20. There was no news. We have advices from Porto Cabello, Venezuela, to the 23d ult. Our correspondent states that the revolution in the United States had a counter ef- fect in the republic of Venezuela, as factions who were deadly opposed to each other were becom- ing more reconciled, causing commercial affairs to move with confidence and activity. Produce from the interior was reaching Porto Cabello and Laguayra in abundance, and a bright prospect was dawning. The Republican Central Club held a regular meeting last evening at their rooms in the Cooper Tustitute. The proceedings were not without local interest, although Messrs. Covode and Murphy; who were invited to attend and address the mem- bers, were absent from the city. Mr. Tucker made a very effective speech in fayor of peace and against coercive measures. Several resolutions of an equivocal charactef were laid upon the table; and the glee club attached to the association filled up the balance of the evening with some excellent songs in English and German. In fact, at one time the proceedings partook almost entirely of the phase of a concert saloon. The republicans, how- ever, were delighted, and nobody thought proper to complain. A regular mecting of the Board of Supervisors was held yesterday. No business of any great im- portance was transacted. The balance in the county treasury, March 9, was $534,589 02. A communication was received from the District At- torney asking fora new court room, as they are badly off for want of proper accommodations. After some unimportant business the Board ad- journed. A sheriff's jury returned a verdict of $250 yes- terday against William C. Bryant, the poet editor of the Evening Post, for libel on John King, in charging bim, as a class leader of the Methodist Episcopal church, with beiug rather intimate with one of the female teachers. ‘The demand for cotton yesterday was more active at full prices, with eales of 4,000 bales on a basis of 11%%c. a 12c., mostly for 114c. a 11%c. for middling uplands. The inquiry for flour was brisker, but prices were a trifle lower, Wheat was held with more firmness, but was less active, as was also sound corn. Perk and beef were quiet, while lard was more freely purchased. Coffee was inactive, as were also molasses, motals, seeds and naval stores. Tho demand for sugars was fair, and about 1,500 hhds., with 1,100 boxes of all kinds, wero sold at steady rates. Hay, hops, rice and whiskey were more sought after, and toward the close rice and whiskey were held higher. The business in freights was limited, as tho shipping accommodation was very poor, and rates were unusually high. The bulk of the reported engagements were for Liverpool. The News from Washington—Evacuation of Fort Sumter Decided Upon. According to our despatches received last evening, it has been decided by the adminis- tration to evacuate Fort Sumter. After an im- mense amount of labor, Mr. Lincoln and his advisers have mustered pluck enough to do what should have been done a long time ago. It appears, however, that after bringing them- selves up te this point of action, much to the relief of the country, they have again begun to exhibit a weakness in the knees in the matter of receiving the Southern Commissioners. Through Mr. Seward and Senator Gwin it had been arranged that Messrs. Crawford and Forsyth should have an interview with the President yesterday; but in consequence of the decision which the administration found it ne- cessary to make in regard to Fort Sumter— looking to the interests of the party rather than to the common welfare of the great confederacy over which they preside, and fearing the howl that would ascend from the republican grog- shops of the country at the startling change in the anticipated policy of the government—Mr. Seward sent a note to the Commissioners, stating that it would be impossible to carry out his programme, and that Mr. Lincoln would not receive them. It is therefore expected that Mesers. Craw- ford and Forsyth, in a formal communication to the government, will state what they would have undoubtedly stated in their interview with the President. We may, accordingly, have to wait a day or two for the result. It is believed, of course, that their demands will not be complied with, They will thereupon return South at once, and report to their own government, which is now completely orga- nized, not only in a military, but in a political point of view, and then we shall see what the Southern confederacy will do. If, with the abandonment of Fort Sumter by the administration, Fort Pickens is also evacu- ated, the irritating obstacles in the way will be removed, and the border States may onter- tain the hope of a sufficiency of time to ar- range some mode of adjustment, The want of nerve, however, exhibited in agreeing upon the withdrawal of the forces from Fort Sumter, and the treatment received by the Southern Commissioners in being refused an interview after one had already been agreed upon, indicates a lack of strength in the ad- ministration at the outset, and is calculated to destroy any rising symptoms of confidence that may have begun to be manifested, The Spotls of Office=The Policy of the Government at Montgomery, and of the Government at Washington. Every intelligent and patriotic statesman has long since seén that if our government was ever to be destroyed it was to be by the cor- ruption arising from the spoils of office; but none has hitherto been found able to cope with the difficulty so as to effect its removal. The prophecy has become a fact—the government is destroyed—the Union is dissolved, and one of the causes is the spoils of office. We learned | by telegraph yesterday that the Congress of the Confederate States, made wise by expe- rience, have inserted in their new constitution @ provision to the effect that all the executive appointees under the grade of Cabinet officers are to hold office during good behavior, and to be removed only for cause, which must be as- signed in writing. This is highly important in- telligence, and if Mr. Lincoln is wise he will take a leaf out of the Southern book, and imi- tate the example set him by the government at Montgomery. Fas est ab hoste doceri. It is legitimate to take a lesson even from the enemy. ‘That able statesman, John C. Calhoun, de- clared in his day that the party organizations were utterly corrupt, and were only held toge- ther by “the cohesive power of the public plunder,” But since his time the thirst for spoils has become so great that it is now constant cause of the disintegration of party organizations—the means of their inevitable destruction. The principle enunciated by Mr. Marcy, under the régime of Martin Van Buren, that “to the victors belong the spoils,” has been acted upon by every succeeding adminis- tration, and has proved the destruction of nearly all of them. Polk’s administration was saved from ruin by the Mexican war, which supplied so many spoils that the pres- sure upon the civil offices was not very great, and the éclat of victorious arms covered a multitude of sins. Honest Zachary Taylor was absolutely killed, worried to death, by embar- rassments arising out of the public plunder and the proceedings of his corrupt Cabinet. Under Fillmore’s administration the whig party was finished by the operation of the spoils. The democratic party succeeded under poor Pierce by an overwhelming majority over the whigs and General Scott. The corruption and demo- ralization arising from the spoils distributed by Pierce’s administration brought the de- mocracy so low that the Know Nothing or American party sprang up like magic in anta- gonism to the foreign influence (Irish and Ger- man) generated by the distribution of the pub- lic plunder among the most degraded and un- educated of the emigrant population. Thou- sands of discontented natives bolted from the democratic party to the dark lantern lodges, and in consequence of this defection the new republican party, consisting of the whig rump and the abolitionists; were nearly successful in electing Mr. Fremont in 1856, and Mr. Buchanan was only victor by a narrow escape. The effect of the distribution of the spoils under the administration of Mr. Buchanan was to drive more of the hungry and disappointed democrats out of the ranks into the new orga- nization, which had gained so much confidence by the good race which it made in 1856 that it girt up its loins for the contest of 1860; and the utter corruption and depravity of the de- mocratic leaders, produced by the publio plun- der, gave an easy victory to the republicans, without reference to the merits of the anti- slavery issue which they presented to the peo- ple. The inordinate rage for the spoils, instead of uniting the conservative elements, actually divided them, and the secessionists, seeing their opportunity, seized it, and played into the hands of the republican party, for whose success they prayed. But the success of the republicans will prove their destruction. They were victorious before their time. By a fortuitous combination of cir- cumstances they won the game without a ma- jority, and now they have not sufficient num- bers to sustain them in their desperate po- licy. To reach the spoils of office the political leaders appealed to the fanatical pas- sions of the abolitionists, and now the latter in- sist upon the fulfilment of the bond, whose con- ditions it was never meant to observe. The result is the breaking up of the confederacy, and the imminent danger of civil war. The republican party is a house divided against itself, and cannot stand. One half is for war, and the other half is for peace. If the war fac- tion prevail, the party and the country are destroyed together; if the peace faction tri- umph, the war element revolts, and the repub- lican party is demoralized. But, independent of the political difficulties brought on by the party struggle for the ils, the patronage of the government, if dis- tributed after “the good old plan,” must prove disastrous to the successful party iteelf—like the bee, which inflicts a wound, but whose sting, left behind, drags out its own entrails in the moment of victory. The swarms of office seekers from the East, from the West and from the North, which darken the air at Washington, and are settling down upon the seat of government like locusts, to devour every green thing, will eat the Presi- dent up when there is nothing else left for them. They are perfectly wild and ravenous. Old Abe, we are told, cannot take any outdoor exercise for them; his meals, consequently, cannot do him amy good, and sleep forsakes his eyelids. If he does not “put his foot down firmly,” and that very goon, the locusts will prove not only the death of his administration, but will cut short his own life, as they did that of Old Zack. When the offices are all distribu- ted the rejected (and their name is legion) will go home to plot for the overthrow of the ad- ministration, if not the party itself. What, then, is Mr. Lincoln’s proper course? It is to prove to the country that his party and his government are animated by a higher principle than that of the public plunder. Let him send the office beg- gars home, and let him inaugurate a new policy. Let him imitate the Southern confede- tacy—dismiss men now in office only for cause, and appoint new men only for merit. Let the utmost extent of his decapitations not exceed one-half the number of men now in office, Let him retain the most worthy; and let the princi- ple be asserted, that hereafter no man shall be dismissed unless for cause distinct from his politics, Other administrations will be com- pelled by public opinion to follow the exam- ple thus set, and, instead of incompetent and inexperienced officers being constantly foisted on the public service as the reward of political partisanship, we will have as able public ser- vants as the English boast of, because they do not change them with new administrations; the RCH 13, 1861.—TRIPLE SHEET. work will be as well and as satisfactorily done as itis ia Great Britain, aad the country will get rid of that curse, the public plunder, which excites the cupidity of millions, and is a source of ever increasing corruption throughout the whole community. If Mr. Lincoln pursues the course here indicated he will greatly strengthen hie administration, rebuke the greedy and un- clean barpies that hover around the Capitol and the White House, and he will have estab- lished a precedent for which, if for nothing elee, the country will hold him in grateful re- membraace for all future time. Now anp TuEn.—Before the accession of the Lincoln administration the black republican journals, the Tribune more especially, devoted the greater portion of their time to abusing Mr. Buchanan, whom they accused of cowardice in the matter of the Southern confederacy. Mr. Buchanan, said these sanguinary persons, should proceed at once to reinforce Forts Sumter and Pickens, to retake the federal property seized by the seceders, and otherwise to vindicate the honor of the national fleg. This cry was kept up day after day, and week after week, the same old song, with a major strain to the effect that when Lincoln was sworn in we should see a different order of things. Then the South would be invaded by large numbers of Zouaves from the prairies, and fishermen from the cod- fish States. Then the hardy sons of the North would cause the vaunted Southern chivalry to“ bite the dust. Then the world was to be made to understand that the government still ex- isted, that the star spangled banner still waved over South Carolina as well as Kansas, and that the scream of the American eagle was as effective upon the levee at New Orleans as among the forests of Maine. The new Cesar set out from Springfield with a grand suite. He travelled like a conqueror, receiving the homage of the vanquished from Sprinfield to Harrisburg, when suddenly he put on warlike integuments, in the shape of the cap which belongs'to the Cameron clan—and which, as we all know, has been always in the front of the battle—and a long military cloak, which must have belonged to the hero of Lundy’s Lane and Chippewa. Thus equipped—we might say armed—cap-a-pie, Lincoln arrived in Washington, and was inaugurated under the protection of Divine Providence and the most effective artillery in the service. Of course his next duty was to carry out the war programme, as laid down by his organs; and by leading the forces in person he might have given the Scotch cap and military cloak histo- ric fame second only to that of Napoleon's cocked hat and gray surtout. But no; thenew administration was not equal to the occasion, or else they have assumed the Garrison platform, that the Southern States are not wanted in the Union. At any rate, they are going a step beyond Mr. Buchanan's limit, and intend, according to their organs, to with- draw the federal troops from the forts in Charleston and Pensacola harbors. . It is quite evident that Old Abe still wears the Cameron cap and the long military cloak, but he has turned them to uses other than those to which they have been accustomed. The cue has been taken up by all hands. Suddenly the leonine Greeley has become as quiet as a lamb, and all the fighting Wide Awakes, Zouavea and what not, have joined the Peace Society, and have taken to studying the New Testament. Verily, it is edifying to see this childlike simplicity and almost feminine distaste for blood. The Scriptural prophecy has been verified at last. Swords have been beaten iuto pruning hooks and shields into ploughshares. The lion lies down with the lamb, and the serpent lodges in the dovecote. Where is the Chevalier Webb? Lovis NaPoLeon ON THE Paral, QuEsTION.— The pamphlet of M. Laguerroniére, which has been so anxiously looked for as an exposition of the imperial views in reference to Rome, has at length made its appearance. Taken in conjunction with Victor Emanuel’s address at the assembling of the Italian Parliament, it leads to the conclusion that for the present there will. be no disturbance of the public peace in Eurqpe. The pamphlet, although professing the highest respeq and veneration for the head of the Church, deals with his poli- cy in anything but measured terms. In a nar- tative of the events of the last two years, it shows that had he listened to the counsels of the Emperor, or even of Austria, he might have saved himself from the difficulties that have since crowded upon him. He preferred, however, following the advice of Cardinal An- tonelli and his clique, and thus deprived those who were friendly to him of the opportunity of aiding him. The writer does not anggest any plan by which the aggravated embar- rassments of the Pontiff are to be sur- mounted. The concluding sentence, how- ever, has a significance that cannot be mistaken. “Italy,” he says, “is liberated but not constituted, and the hindrance to its or- ganization is Rome. As long as the fatal oppo- sition lasts, Italy and the temporal Papacy will not find the conditions of their equilibrium. Let them umite, and out of this alliance their common greatness will arise.” There are but two ways in which a union can take place be- tween the Papacy and Italy, and that is by either a voluntary or a forced abandonment by the Church of its temporalities. When, there- fore, the imperial pamphleteer uses this lan- gnage, we are justified in inferring that one or other alternative is about to be held out to the Pontiff with the censent of France, the inducement in the former case being a princely provision for himself and his suc- oessors. ‘There are pressing reasons why the Emperor should be desirous of seeing a compromise promptly effected between the Pope and the Turin Cabinet. His own position in relation to the French clergy is anything but a comfortable one, and it may become more embarrassing unless there is a speedy settlement of this ques- tion. An accommodation between the civil and ecclesiastical organizations of the new Italian kingdom, in defining the respective jurisdictions of each, would at once put an end in France to the difficulties existing between the govern- ment and the clergy. Tae Broapway Pavement.—We are constant- ly receiving communications relative to the condition of Broadway to horseflesh general. We are told that not less than forty horses fell recently in one day On one particn- lar spot in that thoroughfare. There is no doubt that the pavement in Broadway is not fitted for the amount of traffic which passes over it, and something should be done to ren- der it more secure for horses, Jenkins at Home and Abroad. When Macaulay was engaged ia poring over the manuecripta in the British Museum, search- ing for historic materials, he took occasion to quote from several works altogetber unknown to the general public. Bookworms had heard of the charming volumes written by Mr. Thomas Brown, and collectors of Grub street literature rejoiced when they obtained a copy of Ward's London Spy. The London Post, too, was a curiosity in newspaper literature, and duly valued as such. The most brilliant of English historians did not hesitate to take from these scurrilous writers such material as would illus- trate the manners and customs of English men and women in the last half of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries. Ward, Brown, and other writers of the same class who flourished in their day, were the original Jenkinses. No occurrence was too trivial for their notice; no man or woman was too high or too low for their praise or censure, a8 the case might be; either was utterly valueless. These writers served, however,a good pur- pose. They were gbstract and brief chroni- clers of the time, and preserved a record more or less accurate of the doings of our ancestry. When they died out Jenkins departed, but only momentarily, from the scene of action. Jenkins could not be suppressed altogether. He was not for a day, bu! for all time. So, in the early part of the nineteenth century, we find Jenkins in Belgravia, telling an astonished world that Lady Clara Vere de Vere—married yesterday to the Honorable Adolphus Haut-brion, fifth son of the Marquis de Bassanpierre—looked per- fectly lovely; that the bridegroom behaved remarkably well, and that the bridesmaids (their names appended) should be immediately appropriated by eligible bachelors. The London Jenkins was soon attacked by the sa- tirists, and no doubt deserved all he got; but he was far preferable to his American prototype, inasmuch as the former wrote decent English, while the style of the latter is vile beyond ex- pression or comparison. New York, however, could not get on without its Jenkins. New York is a cosmopolitan city, and must have all the luxuries which the great European capitals enjoy. So New York has its “Court journalist” in the person of Signor Jenkins Raymond, the hero of Solferino, the strategist of the Mincio, sthe geographer of the Quadrilateral, and the Titus Oates who discovered the great plot to kill off President Lincoln before his izaugura- tion. Signor Jenkins Raymond stands at the head of his class, so far as richness of inspira- tion is concerned. Signor Raymond put Mr. Lincoln in a Scotch cap anda long military cloak for effect. If complete steel armor would have suited his purpose better, Signor Ray- mond would not have hesitated to use it. Sig- nor Raymond’s talents for the description of a flight are ripened by experience. A man who ran ten miles on a hot summer’s day merely upon the suspicion that some one had seen an Austrian hussar was precisely the person to send the President to the capital after the manner of a thief who sneaks into the plate closet. When Jenkins went abroad he con- fined himself to the details of his own adven- tures; when he ran away from Solferino he was careful to give us full particulars of the affair. His precious life having heen saved, he comes back and follows the Prince of Wales upon his American tour. Jenkins is snubbed by the royal party, but not at all abashed. He invents romances when he cannot obtain facts, and does not hesitate to mention the names of persons and places to give the color- ing of truth to statements which are entirely false. The next achievement of Signor Jenkins Raymond is the discovery of the Presidential plot already alluded to. He is quite disap- pointed when he ascertains that the President has been sworn in without opposition, but resolves that he will make the best of the “republican court,” as he, with the most delicious absurdi- ty, calls the half civilized Hoosier horde which poured in upon Lincoln during his first levee. Jenkins’ account of this affair is his chef d@euvre. He states that on the 8th of March “everybody who felt so inclined were at liber- ty to call to see and to shake the hand of the -representative of the people.” After an im- mense puff for the sojourners in Washington, followed by a slightly contradictory statement to the effect that few of them knew how to dress for the occasion, Mr. Jenkins takes us to the point when his carriage was stopped by the police—(‘arrested the career of our Jehu” is the phrase). After a long time, however, Jenkins gets into the Executive mansion; he is somewhat dilapidated, but has a “sense of per- sonal triumph.” He has “laid for himself a plan,” Jenkins has; he thinks he would like an hour of “innocent flirtation,” or a private in- terview with the President, but he is dis- appointed in both. The crowd pushes the distinguished chronicler forward to the East Room, where he finds “the objects of universal scrutiny,” and a number of other universal things quite impossible to particu- larize. It may be interesting for posterity to know that Mr. Lincoln’s “head bowed con- tinually,” and that his “arm worked uninter- ruptedly;” that he wore a “turnover collar and white gloves;” that his “color was good, his face but slightly flushed, his manner digni- fied and calm;” that he was “highly gratified,” and “expressed himself so” to Jenkins “several times during the evening.” Mrs. Lincoln stood near her husband, “with dignity and ease.” Her self-possession “was there;” she could. not have “exhibited more entire savoir faire.” Mrs. L. has an “open heart” and a “working brain.” “Her dress will commend itself to all who admire simple elegance,” being composed of crimson silk, red camelias and pearls. (Jen- kins’ idea of simplicity is very good.) We are next informed, in a patronizing way, that Mrs, Lincoln “has commenced well,” and that she will prove that she can “adorn as well as sustain” her place—an assurance which will remove a great load from the mind of the country. A married sister of Mrs. Lingoln stood near her. This person has, according to. Jenkins, been “for years (how many?) the ad- mired representative of Cincinnati society. She wore a chaste and elegantly fitting pearl colored brocade silk, with diamond ornaments.’’ It must be refreshing to this representative of Cincinnati society te be informed by Jenkins that “her tout ensemble” (whatever that may be) “could in no way have been improved.” Jen- kins is “glad to leara”’ that the lady with the superior tout ensemble will remain at the White House. Jenkins also admires other Western divinities. One has a “fine presence, graceful camiage and perfect address.” She wore a “pine watered, xilk, witha long train.” Another, the wife of the Court journalist, appeared in a i “lemon colored silk, with low neck, eho sleeves and long train, » very rich headdre of eherry colored verbenas, with go! spray intermingled, and a ful) sct « pearl ornaments.” Her tout ensemble must hav been more remarkable than that of the star befor mentiosed. The person last named, howeve is spoken of as “a lady of literary ability an taste,"’ and probably don’t care about her to: ensemble. Last, but not least, comes a youn wcman, who, as Jenkins informs us, “was bi recently aschoolgirl;” she was “dressed wit the simplicity and taste becoming her youth; that is, she wore embroidered muslin an diamonds. Finally, we are told that Mr. aa Mrs. Lincoln “sustained the fatigue of tt day _ pera ease and with no ey results,” with which refreshing assuran Signor Jenkins Raymond takes his leave of tl Presidential party, an@ goes home to prepa: his papers for a first elass foreign missio Let Old Abe keep a sharp lookout for Je kirs. He has some deep design. The be thing that could be done with him would be | send him down to Charleston to reliove Maj Anderson. At any rate, let something be dor for him immediately. —_—. Tas New York Detuearion to Tr Peace Conrerrxox.—The letter of Zachari: Chandler, United States Senator from Mict gan, to the Governor of that State, which he proclaimed the principle th “without bloodletting this Union will not t worth a rush,” is highly instructive, not on’ as revealing the disunion policy and blood purposes of the radical republicans, but : laying bare the vile treachery and bad faith the New York and Massachusetts delegation who took part in the Peace Conference with tl deliberate purpose of deceiving that body ar the country at large. Here are Senator Chan ler’s words:— saturday, at the'requet of Maochusohs ake Nog Yon to send d tothe Peace or Compromise Vongre: ‘They admit that we are right and they wrong; that no repr ican State should have sent delegates; but ‘they are hei and can’t get away. Obio, Indiana and Rhode Island a caving in, and there i danger of Illinois, aad now th against my Judgment and advice, and Soil a pr toohtie, te seactle the “aoe” me This revelation, if we are to believe it, e hibits as mean a piece of perfidy as was ev brought to light in the history of party politic The New York dolegation—including Du ley Field, John A. King and Curt Noyes—present themselves as members the Peace Conference at Washington, with t! evident design of defeating the object of ¢ Convention. It was a deception practised n only upon the people of the State of New Yor but a disgraceful abuse of the confidence the border State representatives, who we induced to believe that they had assembled confer in good faith with honorable gentlem for the purpose of devising measures to resto harmony between the North and the Sout Instead of that, the New York delegates we to Washington with the seeret intention of pr venting all conciliation and compromise; ar as they were appointed by Governor Morga it is not too much to assert that they only c¢ ried out his views. The whole proceeding is an insult to Virgin and to the gentlemen from the other bord, States. Tae Poicy or THE Brivis Govern -with Ree@arp To THE Sovrnenn Porrs.— publish in another column the report of a ¢ bate in the British House of Commons, in whi Lord John Russell was asked if he had any o jection to furnish the House with a copy of t correspondence that took place between Lo Lyons and the Secretary of State relative the clearance of British vessels at the port — Charleston. The federal officers having be superseded there, and the British Consul havi’ been notified of the event by those represer ing the South Carolina Convention, the own and captains of British veesels are of cour placed in a position of considerable difficul’ owing to the stringent penalties imposed by t laws of the United States on the non-observan of its revenue regulations. The British tra with Charleston and the other Southern po: is too vast and important not to arouse 4 / anxiety of Parliament and the country at su 4 critical time as the present, and we are gl to see its importance appreciated in the prop quarter. Lord John Russell promptly expressed | willingness to lay the correspondence allud | to before the House, at fhe same time remai ing that it was highly honorable to the Briti Consul at Charleston, who was placed in very delicate position on account of his r being able to acknowledge the new gover ment. This correspondence we may therefc expect by the next steamer. It is in the bi taste that the British government has not tempted to carry out ‘secret diplomacy in t case. It was remarked that it would bea m ter of regret if the British government int fered in any way in the lamentable quar among their friends and cousins in Amesi- / and further, that any interference would be impolitic as it would be unjustifiable. Till hear farther, it is unadvieable to specul: upon the attitude which Great Britain may sume with regard to the ports and governm of the Southern confederacy; but we ha every reason to believe that it will be nently satisfactory to the South, and afford ground of complaint to the North. We : perhaps better understood in the abstract. England than in our own country; for it i” want of a proper understanding among selves that has led to this disruption of | Union, and that threatens us with even wo: consequences, Tax New Consrrrvtion or Tur ConrepEns Stares—According to the telegraphic d patches from Montgomery, the South statesmen who have drawn up the w | constitution at Montgomery for the Confe rate States have improved upon the constitution in many respects. The term | the President is to be six years, i decided improvement. The term fi years was too short, and rendered politf agitation too frequent, constantly unsettl everything as soon as it was settled. <A te of six years will tend to greater stability. « other improvement is, that Cabinet officers not prohibited from holding seats in Congr: This is highly important; for members of | Cabinet can thus be questioned for their n deeds, or even their dangerous designs, and effect will be a continual check on th” Besides, members of the Cabinet, being pree during important debates in Congress, give instant information on points on whi is important for Congress to be informed. | —