The New York Herald Newspaper, March 18, 1862, Page 4

— 4 ee IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ROANOKE. Progress of the Allied Armies in Mexico, The Incipient Stages of an Adjustment of the Imbroglie. BETURN OF THE SPANISH COHORTS TO CUBA. Movements of the British, French and Spanish Forces. An dimerican Bearer of Des- patches Murdered. &e., &., &e, The steamer Roanoke arrived yesterday from Havana, and by her we have inteiligence of considerable interes* from Mexico to the 4th inst, ‘The able letters of our Vigilant correspondent will be read with much interest. an American citizen—Addison T. Arlen—pelonging to Lowell, Massachusetts, bearer of despatches from the Washington government to Minister Corwin, was mur- dered on the 24th ult., while going from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. Negotiations between the Mexicans and Allice were to commence at Orizaba April 1. Honduras dates are to the 27th of February. A favor- ‘able reaction had occurred and order was being restored. ‘Medina had been chosen President pro tem. The English troops are about to leave Mexico. A por- ‘ion of the Spaniards are returning to Cuba and the rest have gone to Orizaba. General Prim commands the allied forces. Tt appears that one of the stipulations made at the conference between Generals Prim and Dublado, was that Bo more troops should be landed. Under this, some Spanish troops returned to Cuba, and the expected French reinforcements, under General Lorencez, were to Teturn without landing. ‘The English forces will return im the Bermuda to Eng- land. Their mules, harness, &c., were sold to the French, who started for Tehuacan on the 27th. Several rebel schooners had been brought into Key West; including the William Mallory. Anumber of rebel schooners with small quantities o¢ cotton on board had reached Havana, ‘Two slave dealers had been murdered at Havana. The assassins were four in number, including @ mulatto, who confessed the crime and is under trial. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, March 8, 1862. Preliminary Treaty—Return of Spanish Troops te Ha- vana—Advance of the Allies to the Interior—Victoru of the Reactionists—Rumored Flight of President Juare From the Capital—Text of the Treaty, éc., dc. ‘The arrival here on Wednesday, the Sth inst.,of her Catholic Majesty's steamers Alava and Lealtad from Vera Cruz, places us in possession of important news from the Mexican republic. A treaty, preliminary to more im- portant negotiations, has been agreed on between the allted'and Mexican commissioners, and approved by Pre- ident Juarez. From this we may infer that the peace Policy’ will prevail, and tho whole matter terminate quietly within a very short period, as anticipated. This prelimitiary treaty gives up the towns of Orizaba,Cor- dova and Tehuacan to the Allies, and as soon as the news Teached them that the treaty had been signed by Juarez the French troops moved forward immodiate!y, and the Principal part of the Spanish army was to march on the ‘Ist instamt. Another significant sign of a peaceful ter- mination, by the way, is the return to this city of two ‘Dattalions of Spanish troops, one of them being the Fourth marines, which left for Vera Cruz last week, arriving thore onthe 24th ult. The Mexican government requested ‘that the Custom House be restored to them; but it would seem that the request has not been complied with. I Fanslate the following short letter, and the treaty, from the Diario de la Marina :—~ Vara Cruz, Feb. 23, 1862. Last night an extraordinary arrival from the capital of the republic, brought the government approval of the peace preliminaries signed in Soledad on the 19th, be- ‘twoen the Count of Rem and the Minister of War, General Dobiado, of whose meeting I previously informed you. 1m consequence of this the Mexican flag has been hoisted on the Castlo of San Juan de Ulloa and on the Consistorial Palace of the Plaza de Armas. It is thought that the old ‘municipal body will return to exercise their functions, to which they will be invited, and the courts of tesser Gree, notary offices, &c., will be re-established, all pre- cisely as they were prior to the occupation, with the ex- veption of the Custom House employes and those of the sity administration and of the castle. The French force, which will occupy Tehuacan, is already on the march; and al On setting out they were warned by the enemy's pickets that if they persisted they would not be to advance, doubtless because nv order had as the day following, with everything belonging to it, in ac- sordance with the orders just received. Yesterday even. ing the battalion of chasseurs of Bailen embarked on the that, according to information received friend, the allied plenipoten- tiaries will a ir residence paging: eos the final will commence on Ist of tb, ee e next month, Hore is the preliminary treaty :— PRELIMINARIES AGREED ON BETWEEN G EWERAL PRIM‘AND DOBLADO. 1. Since the constitutional government which at pre- sent rules the Mexican republic has declared to the com- ‘the Allies may presently proceed Cormalize the claims they are to prefer in the names ef ns doasequeatiy, ane protesting aa do the iy, ana ing as do the representa- of the allied nations that they attempt nothin; ageinot the Indevendence, movereianiy. sad integrity the Mexican republic, negotiations shall be opened in Orizaoa, ip which city shall agseroble the commissioners and of the ministers of the republic, saving in case that by common eousent it shall be agreed on to appoint Fepresentative delegates on both sides, %. During the negotiation the forces of the allied Powers shail occupy the three towns of Cordova, Orizaba acd Teluacan, with their oatural limite, 4. Ip order that \t may not be , even remote bat the Allies signed these preliminaries in order to possension of the fortified places garrisoned by the xican Army, it is stipulated that, in the unfortunate ‘event that negotiations shonld be broken off, the allied forces shall reiiuquish the above mentioned towns, and Station themselves on the jine which is beyond the said fortifications om the route to Vera Cruz, the Pago Ancho. on the Cordova road, and Paso deOvojas, on that of Ja. lapa, being designated as the extreme principal points 6. If the award event of breaking of negotiations, and withdrawing the ailied troops to the line wnuicated in ‘Whe preceding article, should occur, the hospitals of the Allies shail be under th» protection of the Mexican ration 6. On the day on which the allied troops take up theie march to occupy the posts mentioned in articie 3, the Mexican tag shall be hoisted in tho city of Vera Cruz avd on the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa. ‘The COUNT OF PENR, MANUEL DOBLADO, ly, ‘La Sourpap, Feb. 19, 1962. [ approve —Cuanies Lesvox Wrnn. : Hen Dentor, ‘ A. Dr SALiony. “ E. sonmen. In virtue of the ample powers with which Tam invest. #4, | approve these preliminaries, BENITO JUAR' President of the Mexican Rep. JESU" TERAN, Charge of the Vinietry of Forv.cn Relations, &e. By an arrival here eince the aa written we Jearn that the three tow v8 epub wn of above jet pomersion A the Alcs, Guueral Z*ragon ing vo Srived matrostions to imciiitate their advance es much «@ m7” Gd ‘ it NEW YORK HERALD, TUHSDAY, MAKCH ,38,.1862.—TRKIPLE SHEET. possible, Thisile the end of chapter 1 im the now history Exchange on New York this morning is quoted at 3 to 334 discount—an improvement. The news by the Roanoke, it is thought, will have a good effect on the sugar market, though prices remain unchanged. P. SI have just seen M bile of the 3d inst., Drought py the South Republic. steamer Nashville arrived at Portsmouth, N. C., with @ cargo valued at $3,000,000. Joi. Davis has proclaimed martial law in Richmond and to a distayco of tem miles around, Our Vera Cruz Correspondence. Vera Cuvz, March 3,1862. President Jawrez Ratifies the Treaty of Soletad—The Allies in Great Glee—Change in the Programme—The English Withdraw from the Alliance—General Prim to be Super- seded- ipoleon to Work Alone—The French Receixing Larye Keinforcemen's—Arrival of @ Dis'inguished French General—Matiers 1n the Interior—A Uinited States Courier Assassinated—No Great Battle near Vera Cruz, dic., dc. They say that adolphin changes color twenty times n dying, but I must say that this ever to beromembdcred expedition is hkely to surpass any of the finny tribe in that respect. Tn my last communication I an account of @ treaty ‘@t Soledad (a copy ofwhicb I enclose), allowing theforces of the allies to peaceably occupy the points Tohuacan, Cordova and Orizaba—till the resuit of «future. confer- ence to be held at Orizaba should have been arrived at— on condition that should the final result prove unfavor- able to the allied powers they should retire and occupy their present positions. This treaty was ratified and Sanctioned by President Juarez. The news of the Tatification was received with great glee by the allies; extras were issued lauding to the skies General Prim, by whose determined energy and perseverance this important point a succesful termination of theirobject was mainly due. The French forces immediately took uptheir line of March for Soledad. Tho Spaniards fol” lowed in two divisions. On Saturday a small part of the English forces left here, and Saturday night was the most quict one Vera Cruz has enjoyed for two months. Everything seemed to indicate a speedy and peaceful settlement of all their troubles. The Mexican flag was hoisted over the Palace hero. The Mexican Collector of Customs, Commandant Captain of the port, arrived fram Jalapa yesterday to resume tho functions of their seve- ral offices. These arrivals were to have been followed by the Governor and municipal authorities, and every- body expected soon to see a satisfactory development of the real plansand purposes of the expedition—‘‘a con- summation devoutly tobe wished’—and had this expe- dition resembled, in the slightest degree, any former or present work of @ like nature, this important develope ment would have made itself known ere this; but no one knows what a day may bring forth. The news by the English steamer which arrived here on the 1st has com- pletely changed the programme of events here. Three days ago matters apparently verged on a definite settiement, with all things favoring Spain. ‘To-day the allies are in a much worse predicament than when they first landed, but France has the lead. What this news j#has not yet transpired, but there is trouble in the camp somewhere. The English have withdrawn from the alliance, and will return to Bermuda, Orders have been issued to all their workmen to suspend operations. Commodore Dunlop despatched an officer yesterday to recall the forces already in the interior, The Englishsay they have been deceived by Spain, undthat France bass scheme of her own. None doubt, however, but that the English are well pleased in getting out of the affair as well as they have. General Prim will be superceded by a French general. Prim has pronounced the treaty at Soledad void, and his friends insist that he shal follow the action of England, by a complete withdrawal Of his forces. He refuses to surrender the Custom House, and it appears as if the conquest of Moxico was to be to Napoleon alone—and the French seem in good earnest. reinforcements are al cady here, and tweuty. thousand men are said to beon the way. A steamer has arrived this evening with a distineuished French geveral:n board. ‘This sudven change in tho aspect of things bas created a great sensation here. The will provably retain their strongholds. and return to Soledad and Tegeria. Thus matters Lave been brought toa dead balt,and anything but harmony and good will oe the allies; all seem to be great confusion. only trophics secured by this expedition, thus far, have been won by the graveyard. In about ome month from this time the rainy season will com menace, bringing with it the fever and vomito, which will not allow an army to remain here; and the condition of the roads at that season render it almost impossible to move into the interior, This is the condition of things bere at present. What will be the next phage of this ex- pedition remains to be seen, and I leave it for my next. Accounts {rem the interior report matters in rather an unsettlea state; two secret pee to overthrow the pre- sent administration have ly beon discovered, in which several prominent pubjic mon are implicate |— among w! are Governor Boaz, Governor of the state of Mexico, and General Miranda, who have been banished from the country. The treaty at Solidad has given geue- ral digsatisfaction among the Mexican army. A courier was despatched from the United States Con- sulate of this city, on the morning of the 20th, for the city of Mexico, with important despatcies from the United States government to Mr. Corwin, our Minia- ter. Nothing beon heard of him simce he joft here, Letters from the city of Mexico, under date of March 1, states that a courier, which should have arrived there on the 25th ult., was assassinated und his mails destroyed. This is without doubt the American courier, as he was to have arrived at Mexico on that day. Tho courier was an American citizen of the name of Addison T. Alien, @ native, I think, of Lowell, Mass. Mr, ‘Allen was a vory promixing young man, much loved and respected by ali who knew him, and his sad fate has created = excitement here. The infamous pore was probably done by some of the reactionary parties. By the schooner kuphemia, which arrived at this port yesterday from New York, we get. pews from the States up to the 7th of this month. In a copy of the Hxmato of that date I see a glowing account of a battle, which is said to bave taken place at National Bridge, between this city and Jalapa. Nosuch battle has ever taken place. Where your informant got his news| know not. The Albies Rave nit been fifteen miles frimn the city of Vera Cruz since th ylanded, No batt has taken place, nor is it likely that any will, at least, for the present. The Navy. The United States steam gunboat Octorara, proceeded to sea yesterday afiernoon from the Navy Yard, Brook- lyn, and the Wamsutta and Victoria hauled out im the stream to receive their ammunition. The Madgiec will probably go into commission to-day. ‘The Ericsson has been floated out of the dock, and the, United States steamer Massachusets will be taken im to day. The new gumboats [Somerset and Fort Henry were turned into the yard yesterday. Thoy were originally intended for ferry boats by the Union Ferry Company, but were sold to the governmont before they were launched, and have since been converied into gunboats: NAVAL AFFAIRS IN BALTIMORE. Battrwore, March 17, 1862. The steamer Baltimore arrived here yesterday after- noon, having in tow the United States steamer Mystic and gunboats Zouave and Dregon, seriously injured in the late naval engagement off Newport's News. . The Myatic was put in commission about four months ago, and has been most of this time engaged in the blockade of the Rappahannock river. Off Sturgeon creek, on the 16th of January, in company with the United States steamer Dawn, she engaged the rebel bat- tery at that place,and finally succeeded im silencing it. Her boats, which had previously gone in to captures rebel vessel, bad on this cccasion @ narrow escape, the enemy opening on them from howitzer when within musket distance from the shore. Arriving at Hampton Roads, she was just in time te take part in the latecon- flict. The following is a correct list of her officers:— Lieutenant Comme: H. N.T. araola, Lieutenant—Nortonn ‘arquher. Masters—S. B. Meader, H. R. Blockistom, Roland F, ‘Surgeon— -W. Faulkner Browne. ame AS eS o * Engineers—John B. Lowell, Geo, W. Shank, : Allen Jr. Henry F. Loveaire. b as Master's Mols—Willlam R. Morven, Geo. R. Durand, Jos. B. Swett. Police Intelligence. ‘ViowaTing rae SuxDAY Law.—The police made@ aum- ber of arrests on Sunday among the liquor dealers for violating the Sunday Jaw. At the corner of Greenwich and Harrison strocts officer Horbeit wae beaten by the proprietor of the store and kept prisover in a back room for some time. Word was seat to the Fifth ward station house, whon reinforcements arrived and reicased the captive po iceman, who appeared to have been roughly bandied. In the Sixteenth precinet the police made @ number of arrests for gambling and playing billiards. Reckiess Duvinc—A Woman Dasornovery Ixsunep.—. During the procersion yesterday an unknown woman yaa knocked down hy one of the Second avenve care near tho cornor of Chatham and Oliver streets, and dangeronsiy injured, The poor creature Was taken vo the New Yerk Homital in an insensible ¢ondition, where, w Aeovunts, she was linporing it great agony. driver of tha car, Jaines Colton, was arrested by officer O'Deay, of the Fourth preeinet police, and locked up to await reeuit of the woman's Inja ° to last STOCK POARD, ipl oetenta, March 17, 1862. tors dull. Penosylvania state 69, 8444. Reading Raliroud, 2is; Morne Canal, 41: Long Island Railroad, 114: Pountylvania Ratirond, 45, Sight exchange on New York as par, Portana pata, March 17, 5 Flour dull, Wheat firm: red, $1 32081 36. ¢ naa ellow 52)5C. @ S40. Cellos firm. Provisic # ¢ siet. ‘orkeMess, $13 8 $14. Whiskey #. ady at 260, THE PARTY OF ELOOD. the Avolition Organs. (From Garrison's Liberavor.} “MRS, LINCOLN’S GRAND BALL."’ In two or three consecutive uumbers of tho daily Tribune of late there have been particular aud special editorial for contributions to the United States ‘Treasury—at least loans—on however large or small a ‘The cage has been repr oa approach to ®) important crisis, and des] try = jeedtnt.. one of the same papers was a Coenen the generosity of a poor Irishman and his wife feedirg huagry soldiers, the wo- maa refusing pay lest it should bum her pocket. In one of these game numbers was a Feporter’s account of & nocturnal carnival, under the name of MRS. LINCOLN'S y Ball. The first ball evergiven in the White House Over eight hundred invi were issued . Mr. moan, nationed, selves in the eeaiveot vem ad received th ‘or one hour th move ee gare Hit thet Marine in acurrent; and wi Toon. Band, stationed im their usual position, began playing o)e- Tatic airs of the finest description at’ ele A large apertment was thrown open a on immense pune! bow! "im the awiches, &c., tre and ‘The supper w in the dining room, ¢ of the finest displays of gastronomic art ever seen in this co ys It cost thousands of dollars. T! Dill of fare was:—, Here upwards of thirty diahes are de- seribed.)..,...The tables fairly bent under expensive lnxu- ries heaped ome upon anotier. At twelve the dining rom Was thrown open for inspeciion, and guests passed In and Viewed it, prepars'ory to the demolition 0. the artistic bout eleven Gen ai McClellan and la iy end General Mar- cy and daughter can ‘All the border State Senators and rs were present with their jadies, and most of the members and Senators from the NortbernStates..... Neary all the generais in the @ my were there......The ladies were dressed to the beigit of fastonable extravagance. ‘The New York Hexatp deseribes Lady Lincoln’s dress thus, which it styies “‘simpie.and elogant A magnificent white satin robe, 0 black flounce, half asard ide Tonped with hack ahd arutte tows, a low enn sage trimimed with black lace, and @ Douquet of cape myrtle on her bosom, Her headdress was a wreath ef ‘and while flowers, with a baneh of cape myrtle on the right side, ‘The only ormamenis wete @ necklace, earrings, braech aud bracelets of pearl. When a millioa of hushands,sons an@ brothers, under the doings.and dictates of a barbdarove institution, a reli of barbarism, are marshalled in the field‘of mas- sacr@ and murder, thousands of them retting and dying of disease, other thousands maimed and mangled, agonizingin the hospitals—togay nothing of the other thousands still, in preverable conditions, shut down, Dayoneted down, butchered down, trampled down any way got down, to immediate death ; wives, mothe daughters, sisters, lovers eve-ywhere in trembiing anxiety, agony and anguish; everybody—except the most unfeeling and inhuman, hardened dnd made such by that inhuman institution—in doubt and dread as to the future; in short, when our nation is convulsed with painful forebodings, and plunged in an abyss of horrors and frightful exposaras, by its slavery and its slavery’s wear, it is less strange that so weak a woman as has got up. this costly and dissipating carnival should have acted her part in the matter and thatsheshould have been sustained in it by“‘all the border State Senaiors and members, and their ladies,” and by ‘‘nearly all the generals’ who have hitherto conducted our war, than that she should have had the countenance and sanction of ‘most of the members and Senators from the Northorn States,” and that the re- port of the abomination should haye found piace in the Tritwne without denunciation, without rebuke, without the least criticism. Is this the fitting time to get up the “first balhever given in the White House,’ and at the expense of thousands on theusande of doliars Last March the inaugural ball, under the couductorship of Secretary Seward, was said to have cost twenty-five thousand dollars. ‘ince that time hundrods of miilions of the people’s earnings and thousands of the peopte’s lives have boen squandered, chiefly to keep in safety the place where these misnight revelries, and midday rioting to match,arecarriedon. Will the readers of the riot- ings in Romo, in the days of her decadence, tell me how far we fullshortof having returned to those barbarous abominations, of which we have read with amazement, not thinking or dreaming but that our developement had carried us thousands of years ahead of the possibility of subjection to such experience? It is worthy a woman whose sympathies-are with slavery and with those who are waging war, ruthless, bloody, brutal war, in behaif of sinvery, against the rights and liberties of the human race. It is not worthy of nan or woman with ears open to the wails of the be- reaved throughout the country. It is not worthy of Woman or man with susceptible heart—with sympa- thetic heart—with heart of woman or man. At such a time, and under such circumstances, it is not a fit per- formance for womon or men fit to be in power, fit to be exemplars for, fit to be rulers ot, a moral and humane people. Ol N 3, MURRAY. Fosrer’s Crossivas, Warren county, Ohio, Feb. 10, 1862. While I was copying the foregoing ‘the following came to hand, in the 7’ une for February 11:— We must decline publishing any of the numerous letters fon of what the writers characterize x a tthe White House recently. Our rea- Firat, we do not judge for others at mariner they shall entertain their friends; second, ourcolumns are preoccupied with matters waich stem to us mare momentous; third, there was no ball and no dancing at the time and place in question, Itappears that “numerous” others among the readers of the Zribune were, with myself. unfavorably impressed by its report of this banqueting and revelry among our rulers during this time of anarchy and ruin. "The roacons rendered by the Tritune for the suppression are entirely insufficient. They are no valid reasons atali. They aro no reasons. They are yory bad pretexts. ‘The Trilnne does ‘not jidge for others at what time or in what munner they shat! entertain their friends.”” Did not the Tritune ‘judge for’ the wile of Daniel E. Sickies “in what manne: + might ‘entertam™ her “frieuds” in Washivgtun? And who will pretend that the oxainpie, or the influence any way, of her entertainment, under the circumstances, harmed human interests a thousandth part a8 much as’ this entertainmens given by Abrahain Lincoln’s wife, and received by *:moat of the members and Seu»tors from the Northern States,’’ with the sanc- tion of such papers as the Tribune? Has the Tribune nothing to say by way of “judging for’? General stone and others of Ris surt, as “manoer’’ in which they may “entertain their frionds,” the Southern con- spirators’ As to “the to have been chosen by our banqueters and re ers, would the Zribune, as a religionyst, have had nothing to say by way of judging in the case? And what is Sunday to this day of national calamity? Or suppose it to have been the day of the Bull run battle, or of the Ball's Bluff battle, with full knowledge of the processes aud results of those battles—as there wav full knowlodge a@f the misery and suifering al! over tho laud in conse- quence ot slavery and slavery’s conspiracy—at the time of this entertainment. It has Deon abundantly declared, and never, that I have seen, contradicted, that the wise of Abraham Lincoin is in full sympathy with slavery and its conspirators. It 18 not to be Believed that a woman with other sympathies would have given such an ontertaiument at such a ti Tho Tribune's sceond pretext for suppreseing the sonti- mounts of its readers in “numerous letters sent in depre- cation of" this demoralizing cntertainwent, is:—Our columns are preoccupied with matters which seom to us more momentous.” But they were not preoccupied with matters more momentous than to ailord that dis- gusting and corrupted affair a flattering, sanctionipg, oa- couragi:g report. ‘The Tribune s third text is:—*There was no bail aud ‘no dancing at the time and place in question.” But th Trivune duos not say that the entertainmer woctur- nal reve)—was a different thing in detail from what its own reporter made it to be in Keown columus, under the bead—':Mr#, Lincoin’s Grand Imil."’ napintas aye that ahen -:the Marine Bapd beenp pars. oper: airs of the fines: d-scription,”” “Mr. Liucoin gave bis arm to Mise Browning, and Mrs. Lincotn, with Seaator Hrown- ing and others, soon followed, and they passed through and the different rooms,” they bad taken a “quick step,” a ‘double quick”’--had'‘hopped”? » lit tle—how much would it have added te the objectionable- ness of the performance? With the rational, nothing. And the Tribune is careful not to tell us whether or not it would in that case have ‘‘judged for” them that they ad thus transeended bounds of propric: The Tritune ‘will come day have occasion to see that 1. has made too “momentous” @ ‘matter’ of sustaining an adrainistra- tion whose emiser are with ‘ Joya! slaveholders’'— slaveholders joyal to a Union that is slavery’s guarautee, ‘according to the showing Seward, and the manifestations of all wily and invoterate aa 41 0. . M. {From the Adams Transcript.) FIDDLING NERO AND BURNING ROME. ‘The first ball ever given at the White House came off last Wednesday evening. The Cabinet, both Houses of bone hele Ad the army@officers, foreign Ministers, ing citizens, &e., to the pumber of five hundred. were present with their wives and daughters. Tho Sean catly Mare Liscate gentle 4 extravagance, especially Mrs. a The mee ‘were generally very plainly attired. About twelve o'clock the supper room was thrown open, and exhi> ited is country—#& a eo fort and war steamer, admirably moulded in candy, and aton ot tur- keys, A Beemer coor partridges, &c., all eaquinitely propared by lard, of ew York, at a a ‘Ueonsands Sicdooa Lets ig as an quake mightiest ‘ond seeeanaaaril livniegs eseneet te histery, and en the Pilly sre pte yo while it is even now a ques- tion —a fe one—whother we are to be henceforth the free people of a free nation, or whether we are to become the sul of anarchy, @ second Mexico—we say, that while direful calamities @re threaten: life as a nation, such an is shocking. At any timo, European courts is dingneti but at such a crisis as the present, such » wanton dispia; Of extravagance and ind! cc On the part of the miuistration is af outrage bo (+ interests and feoli the peeple. It is tempting a kind Providence to o truetion. What will be thought im Europe of such frivol- iy How forcib) and unytoagantly ft calls to mind the fiddling of Nero ut the buruing of Rome! That ame bight, while in Washington ail was wanton end gay, the bunted Unientst to our blovty border land stole in secret from his don, and, alder’ vy the glimmering moonlight, looked obce more apon the arhes of what was cuce Lis home. That seme night wounded volunteers, died in the hospiials for want of care and conifort, and our noblest supa and brothers pined it the loathsome horrors of a Southern prisom, anv sighd hopelessiy (ur release: while on our Western (ientiets the bonselese mower clasped her starving babe, and the prairie wolf grave! ravenousiy (he bones of the luyei dead. And still with dads playing and su camers flying, aud tho noblo old chip of State terapest tossed, and drifting along the very verge ol an sbyss the \ august wisdem of the capital” ave merry witb Wi >, jolly aud judiiferent, toast ing aud fasting, dancing rod capering about.the Whito Honixe gree with deviiaue care imbecility, as though life wee intended for n pastimne—civil war an agreeable tavleau, Shade of Belshaxrar—ashes of Nineveh—golten calf of Agron—oume Soria, yo are wanted in Washington. (From the Jeff-ra-nian Democr&t,} MRS. LINCOLN'S BALL. ‘The first ball evor gives im the White House came off to-night. says the Trivune 3 correspondent of Thursday Tut Wi bove revdof ser Of sinking ships, when al! hove bru fel, brov offa'l restraints, human and divine, ard rong’ " revolting orgies and mad earo al vith the evenging spirit of the tempest, which we Lary’ 0) on (0.8 wilt and sure destruction. Are the incumben.e of the bigh places of trust aud power wd or demented, that, in dark bowr of our history and oar hopes, they kh Posts of duty to inargu rate the reigu of fashion, and worship at the shrine 0; folly? Or was this a shameless funera! wake over the unburied yt 2 defunct Union? “Most nators aud members of Congress and aed of the army were there,” says the reporter. ‘aithless betrayers of a people’s trust, was it for this ‘(Uhat you were sunt to Congress, or placed in command of our armies? Are we incurring an expentiture of two milltonsof dollars” per day, and sacrideing Lundreds of lives, that you may congregate aud riot af our expense? Again, says the reporter, “The supper was set in the dining , aad is considered oue of the Guest displa; of gastronomic art ever seon in this country, It was pre- pared by Maillard, of New York, and cost thousands of dollars,” And this was while Secretary Chase was ‘urgently importuping Congress to adopt some measures to replenish an empty treasury. Again, says the faithful chronicler, ‘The tables fairly bent under the expensive luxuries hoaped ope upon another.’ Only one week before, Mr. Wilsou hadstated, in his place in the Senate, that ‘‘he had secn certificates from sick soidiers (hat they had actually to go to the swill tubs, 10 enable them to live in the hospiial at Alexandria."* Ia tue White Houso to be made the seene of disgraceful frivolity, belarity and gluttony, while hundreds of sick and gufforing soldiers, witbin plain aight of the dome of Capitol, are tosuffer for the bare necessaries of life, unattended and uneared.for? Thore must be & moral malaria in the atmosphere of Washington which siupelles the tmtellect aud dims the perceptions, wlule it dries up or poisons the fountains of human kindness in all who enter its transforming circle. Slavery and treason still live and fiourish there. was shorn of his strength by a woman of tho Philistines. The White House may have its Delilah; who can tell? [From the Rexbury Journal.) THE WHITH BOUSE FESTIVITILS. : We will not be guilty of such disrespect towards Presi- dent Lincolm as to.suppose him responsible én any other way than @ passive, if not virtually enforced, acquies- cence in thase misplaced festivities vf tne White House which have lately sehocked the sensibilities of the nation, It was bad enough for Mrs. Lincoln te make an ostenta- tious parade of her gayety at fashionable watering places, lass summer. The nation has drawn mo favorable augury from her intimacy with the family of James Gordon Beunett, and the evident relish with which she has received the fulsome flattery of the infamous sheet which he edits. But these things were'generally borne. ingilence. It wag not until this crowni rating in the climax of the nation’s scenes of rout and revelry at the White House, that the press has been compelled by its sense of duty to speak out. This it is now doing, and with no uncertain tone. It comes from all quarters, and from journals represont- ing every variety of sentiment. ‘A meritber of Congress from ibis State, who bas already done his country signal servico im exposing frauds for which this same social iniuenco surrounding the White ‘Ho is said to be largely responsible, is reported to bay freed his mind’ as follows:— Two or three days since, Mr. Lincolm sent word to Mr. Dawes, through a brother momber, that he (Lawes) had done more to break down the adminis- tration than any other man in the country,by his speech exposing the corruptions of contractors and others. Mr. Dawes sent back a mossagein reply to the President. ‘Toll him,” said Mr. D., ‘that nothing that I can do will break down his administration so ra- pidly ag this dancing party given at the time whon the nation is in the agonies of civil war. With equal pro- [eat might aman makes ba witha corpse in the ous. ‘The coneluding expression of Mr. Dawes, though start- ling, can hardly be callea extravagant. ‘iho lastdollar waa paid from the national treasury, ant the nation ‘stood face to face with its hundreds of millions of debt unprovided for on the day of this unseemly festivity. Our wounded and diseased soldiers were gufering, dying, amidst the hardships of the camp, while the coutractors who had wronged them out of most of the limited com- forts which the necossities of their situation permitted were parading amidst the splendors of the social eant. {From the Richmond (Indiana) Independent Press.) HOW TO BE A PATTERN. If Mrs. Lincoln would study Aumanity instead of Fronch; Practise benevolence instead of dancing; visit the sick soldiers who havo sacrificed home and happiness to de- fend the capital of the nation and the White House against a hostile enemy, instead of gallanting the halls of that mansion on the arm of Kuropean court snob; if she would spend her money for the benefit of the families of the aoldiers who have alreoa Noles, up their lives for the canse of the Union on the battle eld, instead of squan- dering ten or twenty thousand dollars ‘in a single night for the entertainment of men and women of questionable virtue, she would then be entitled to the homage and respect of the nation; would become an example to be patterned after by the opulent everywhere, and would cease to be an object of reproach and disgust to all high- minded, democratic American men and women. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, March 12, 1863. Duiness of Havana—The Case of the Steamer Laiuan— Arrivals from Blocicatiod Ports—Business in Havana— The Paving—Mr. Olinstead's Success, dte., dc. Bus for the war of the giants, which we are watching with the most intense and painful interest, we might bo said to have reached another period of staguation. Affairs on the great continent afford tho only excitemert, though of a most melancholy character, as day by day the scroll of fate and futurity is unrolled. The troubles which wo fancied were brewing in Mexico have almost entirely disappeared; business is dul!; Lent has commenced; balls are not to be thought of; even flirting is slightly impious; the opera ts in its expiring throes; the circus and the Hanlons are gone; and, in short, life in Havana is becom. ing tedious, Truc we have Mr. Rarey, but he gjves only two exhibit of his skillk—one om Saturday evening next, and one—hear it not, ol spirit of Puritanism !—one on Sunday, After that we shall have nothing to amuse us but the Diario de la Marina. ‘That worthy periodical has lately published a couple of editorials on tho seizure of the steamer Labuan, thy facts in connection with which are,I presume, weil known to the public by this time, Neverthelesa I am going to relate them as I find them stated in tho Déario. The steamer Labuan, from Havana, ar- rivod January 1 at Matamoros, Mexico, fifty miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande, She left shat port for Mavana on the 24th of the same month with four hun- dred and thirty-nine bales of cotton, two hundrod and sixty-nine of which belonged to Messrs. Jersey & Co., of Mauchester, England. and the remaining one hundred and seventy were the property of Don Francisco Armen- duiz, a Spanish merchunt doing business at Matamoros. Having to take on board $150,000 in silver at the mouth of the river she stopped there, but was de layed by bad weather until February 1 when the United States corvette Portsmouth made her appearance seized her ana sent her away on the 4th in charge of a prize crow. The British Vice Cousul, Mr. Blacker, weat on boardthe Portsmouth on the Sth to inquire the reason forthe capture, and was informed by Captain Swartwont that the Labuan was captured sicmy because abe had cotton on board; and that he (Captain S.) was determined to seize every veseel be might find with a cargo of cotton—sn articlé he con- sidered contraband of war because raised in the rebel States. It is gaidthat when Mr. Blacker went on board the Portamouth she was fying the French flag. This is the Matement of the case. It might be added that the Labuan is an Engtish vessel, steam screw prepellor, be longa to Hull, and registers 723 tone. Is this affair all straight and correct, or have the limits of right Deen again overste; by our over-zealous > cer? Whotber cotton is or i# not contraband of war is & question easily settied. Whether any principle of law was violated by the Labuan ET thon reg) Matamoros, or delaying at the mouth of the Rio Grande, is a queetien. settled by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Consider- ing the matter calmly, I think it will appear to any im. partial mind that the seizure of the steamer in question was a blunder, whieh will cost the of the United States a nies ttle sum in damages. Better not be so very zealous. The case of the Teresita, which has just been restored, is another example in point. ‘Wo still continue to Lave arrivals from the blockaded On the 2d inst, arrived the schooner Octavia, 0m Mobile: @n the 3d the schooner Blorida, from Pen- sacota; om the 9th the schooner Warren, from New Or- jeans, on (he 10th the schooner Clara, and yesterday the echouner Fonth Republic, irom Mobile. ‘haere all the largest very stall vessels, being the Seuth ublic. 1él tone, A few days since there were twonty-one of there Dicckade bri ja port, iscluding adozen steamers. Several have since left. Three or four sailed on Moniey—emong thom the steamer Florida. The United States steamer Eantiago de Cuba, which arrived here on Monday, must have met some of them; and the little Clara, from Mobile, must alse bave been very close to her euemy. Yet, with all these arrivais, we hear little or no pews, sad ere, have to wait for the Hraap before we can know anything with certainty. You will perceive, by the circular of the house oy Yangronis & Co., which I enclose, that there is no im- provement in businese with the United States. in fact there is nothing doing except with Engiand and France, im certain classes of sugars. In this respect business here has improved , a evidence of which is the unusually high rates to whfeh freights have advanced and the great scarcity of veesels. So fur the exportation of sugars this month is heavier than in the same period last your, and about three times that of March, 1860. Exchange hag a declining tendency. We have dates from St. Domingo to the Sth inst., bat the nows J bave seen does not contain # single item of interest ‘There are very few versels-of-war in port. The French steamer Milan will leave in two or three days to pay a visit to New Orleans. ‘The paving of the street#, ander the eye of Mr. Olm- stead, who is a practical engineer of fine ability is giving immense satisfaction. In those streets which have been paved by him property has gone up, and the people show more anxiety to keep the streets clewn, they are 8o proud of the fine pavement. The work goes on with a rapidity perfectly astonishing (o the indolent Habaneros City Intelitgence. Jepor CuLven, of Brooklyn, will lecture this evening at Continental Hall, corner of Thirty-fourth etrect anti Fighth avenue, on the “Crime, Cause and Cure of the Rebellion.” ‘Tax on Hats.—A large meeting of the hat manufactu, ters was held yesterday, at tho offlos of Messrs, Usvorn & May, 48 Broadway, for the purpose of remonstrating against tho heavy tax on hatg, as proposed in the Tax bill. A committee, conristing of Messrs. Hurlbut, Waring ani Knox, was appointed to proceed tg Wosuing- ton ehey the grievances of the hat manufactirers before the Committee of Ways aad Means, Am Appeal from Western Texas—-The Union Men Cry Loudly for Help- 10 THE EDITOR OY THE HERALD, Wasrmms Txxas, Dec. 1, 1861. A young friend of mine is uow on the point of leaving for tho North. I entrust him with this letter. Should you ever recaive it, I would like, as a special favor (mot only to me but to all American citizens), that you wil! make {ts contents public. I am not a writer, and I sup, pose many mistakes may be found; but, sir, this is imma torial; and were I to overlook what 1 see, would be guilty of as much treason as the “‘seceshe are, for silence gives consont. Will you call.the attention of the administration to that part/of Texas known as Westorn Texas. There lies tho point of United States operations, Indianola, instead 0 Galveston, Saluria ‘and Point Isabel, is the point for land- sPs the troops, and’ by land through New Mexico, When about 40 pen this lotier memory files back to the inauguration of the reign of terror in Texas, the successor to secession, and tho sad recollections of the many crimes and impositions committed upon the citi- zens of the federa! g. vernment, crowd my brain, and compel me to ask agsistance and protection for the Union meu ‘in this portion of the State, and knowing full well ‘he strong influence which your most valuable paper, the New York Herr, wields over the minds of the American people, caused me to hope that my voige will be heard, anda place awarded to the following through its columns. I¢ is unnecessary for me to recapitulate the history of Secession in the State of Texas. Suffice it to say that, although a majority of the people were.opposed to it, yet what they could not effect logally, by ‘threats, insults and sneers, it was brought about,and the State shoved off tho pale of the federal government by @get of usurp- or®who claimed to de the eeprosentatives of the people “4in body legally assembled.” Shortly after this the inhabitants of Western Texas found maany causes to complain. Its vote had been, in the main, cast for the Union; its frontier was swarming with merciless Indians, who drove the settler from his home, murdering end doing ravages as they hovered around him; a large emigration bas taken place from its territory ; @ direot tax was on its people; its mail facili- ties were at a stop; and, worse still, the strong arm of the federal government; withdrawa . And what had it done to merit all those deploring calamities? Nothing Dut being » portion of the State of Texas. It found itself attached to government which claimed a military dictatorship or a seeming monarchy, and with which ir had no sympathy, nor could there exist any congoniality of fecllng. Thon enauedthe reign ef terror. All those who had remembered that they were freemen, and had made use of the privileges accorded an Ameri: can gitigedand, had voted against secession, soon found themselves looked upon as a set of tories, traitors, aboli* tionists, open alliea of Mr. Lincoln, and such like, Re- ceived dark hints, heard they were spotted, and were waited upon by committees from diflarent secret orders, the Knights of the Golden Circle, the Texas Rangers and the Vigilance Committee making themselves busy in ferreting out the Union. men. They were told to take their choice—eiiher leave their homes, sacrificing ail their property, within @ certain time, or remain and take tho consequence—that generally being awa- kened some night, dragged out of bed and hung. The merchant, the farmer, the mechanic—all loyal citizens, men who had been taught to love their country, who feared taxation, despised degradation and despotism, were compelled to seek another home—where they could find amore congenial atmosphere. This told foarfully upon the State, both in point of morals and interest. While writing 1 look with reluctance around me, and see the effect of secession. What has become of that old business-like aspect and cheerful look that were to be en. countered every whore before Texas seceded’ It has dis- appaured—left with freedom—and yet we'are not starv- ing, thenke be to God for our fine crops last season. We have renpeda harvest sufficient to maintain us for the next three years; and-if the idea isentertained by the Northern men that they can starve the South it is based on a lack of patriotism, and it is an absurdity, for every. whore an extraordinary crop has been made. TheSouth- erners know full well that they are fighting a desperate battle and they resort to desperate means. For atime their hopes were concentrated on England; and it was generally understood throughout the South along time before South Carolina turned traitor and seceded, that shoutd they haye to secede, England would help them to fight out their battles and would keep their ports open. For a time they knew. not what to make of the Eng- lish government. It had got them to revolutionize part of the country, and now it turned its back on them. When they really saw that England's policy bad been to weaken the United States, and back ou; from ite promises, they threw up all notions of assist. ance from that quarter, and concluded to fight their own battles and rely upon themecives. Then nolaw that could promote their end was thought too hard or wrong; and now, by their own works, they have got the whole country subdued,and no man dares oppose their man, dates or open their minds, and every one capable of bear- ing arms is a member of some company or betongs to their Home Guards. But an American citizen is not to be quieted in this manner; and, though the privilege of speaking one's mind is denied, yet secretly they worked; and, sir, let me tell you that there is hardly aman who votod for secession in Western Texas that does not re- pont of it; and at the present moment the poople of Westorn Texas are as strong for the Union as they were when the vote wag taken, and await with patience the landing of the United States troops to again revolutionize the State. When shall that take place? At the time when Texas went out of the Union it was by a very meagre vote, and then the people wore de- luded; but the fruite of secession have long singe awaken- ed their eyes and opened their senses. In administering to seoming evils they have caused real ones, and find themselves unable to contend against them. The acts which helped most to bring them to reason were com- mitted by the Knights of the Golden Circle and Rangers, end were truly brutal and fearful, and would havecaused wonder to 9 man reared among a band of thieves or mur- decera. Yet we have suffered them, and will continue to do so till the United States sends its troops to Western Texas. God grant that it may be soon. I cannot write all that 1 would wish, for I know not whether this lottor will ever reach you. I could, when writing the above, single out some instances to corrobe- rate my assertions, but this might fall into the hands of seme enemy of my government, in which case] like not to dwell upon the proceedings; but, sir, should it ever be wanting I bind myself te prove them whenever wanted, Even the locality from which 1 write must not be known; hence the reason why I have headed my letter in a gene- ral way. 1 remain, while awaiting for protection and assistance In Western Texas, yours truly, JUNIUS, Beard of Aldermen. This Beard met last evening, President Henry in the chair. A preamble and resolution were adopted making in- quiry as to by what authority the Independent Telegraph Company were erecting poles and connecting their wires with the police telegraph. Adopted, A communication was reeeived from the Mayer ap- pointing Mr. William Boyce as ingpector of Vessels, in the room of Mr. Androw Steehan. Motions to refer the communication and to lay it on the table were lost. Acommunication from the Comptroller transmitting ‘a list of the contracts registered in that department during the year 1661 was received. A communication from the same department shows i pe ane in. gn oer ox ar iberlain’s hands on the ‘16th of ‘ch was . Lo levy fe Jame se geentot Dy the Board of Councilmen, was fen up. Alderman Gewer moved that the Board adhere to ite former action. Alderman Dayton moved, a¢ au amendment, that the Board recede from ite former action, which was adopted by a vote of 9 to 8. ‘Alderman Braoy moved to concur with the othor Rourd, aud to adopt the tax levy as amended, Alderman Gaxet moved to substitute the Comptroller's budget for the ordimence a8 amendod by thd Beard of Councilmen, ‘The Alderman stated that it was not his intention to apply to the otber Hoard for their concurrence. The Comptroiler could take the budget to Aloany and pro- cure the passage of a law authorizing the raising of the necessary amount for the use of the city government during the present year. After considerable diveuseion Alderman Geneve reso- lution was adopted. On motion of Alderman Boom the clerk was directed to transmit suid resolution to the Legislature, with a re- quest that the necessary law may be passed authorizing the raising of the money. ‘The communications and resolutions of the Comptrol- d by tho Board of Councilinen, relative vo the aplication of the sinking fund tothe payment of iv- terest ou the city debt, and to memorializing the Legiela. ture make provision for the paymens of the defence boucds, wore concurred in. ‘The Board then adjourned to Monday next. The Norwegian Ontward Bound. i Portaxp, Me. , March 14, 1352. ‘The steamship Norwogian seiled from thie po tat ten o'clock thie morning, Cor Londonderry aad Liverpest. Sep irememer-nrosadl macinihibaslieniatnniattin Accident om the Camden and Amb« | Railroad. As tho G4. M. train from Philadelphia to New Ye was about two miles north of Newtown yeatord morning, the engine, tender, and several cars, we throwe off the track. The eagineer was badly hurt al the head and face, and several passengers were sligh bruised by being thrown from their seats. The tra | was dels yed about four hours and a half by the accider On reaching this city, the passengers collected togethe | and passed a resolution thanking the emgineer fort) firmness with which he stood to bis post, and censurit | the omenny for allowing the raiis to be go much out | ‘order, thereby endangering the lives of all persons wl might travel on that road. Forty-four passenge | attached their signatures to the resolution Court Calendar—This Day. q Svurrexe Covrt—Cicvit,—Part 1—Nos. 5687, 157 1676, 1765, 1977, 839, 1160, 1168, 1322, 1845, 1368, 12 24, 1783, 1899, 1868, 1464, 455, 1106, 1316. j Common Pieas.—Part 1—Nos, 949, 497, 953, 954, 60 879, 896, 957, 958, 959, 960, 963, 068, 645, 929. Part 2. | Nos, 405, 496, 822, 611, 629, 1814, 647, 462, 470, 471, 46 | 466, 591, 684, 693. ‘Unrrep Staras District Court.—The Admiralty calend: will be called this morning, and the term devoted Aamiralty causes. FINANCIAL, AND COMMERCIA' Monvay, March 17-6 P. M. The Custom House tables of the trade of th | port for the. month.of February were closed td day, and we present our usual comparative atat¢| ments:— Ent. br consumption. Ent, for warehouse. Sitderouo Tdao,s08 7 058.0. 1 17 | Tse0'rra 3,751,678 3,370,48 31172;302 3,312,563 3,381.47 '100/175 2'274,067 |” 62,00 ‘Total imports. .,.....$19,366.389 16,841,607 18,872,14| Withdr'n f'm wareh’e.. 2,338,649 5,781,728 3,466,6 111 B)B 781048 21628,786 3,565,06 + $5,699,387 10, 820 10,078,10) meer ‘420'92" | 208 76 «344,994 187,050 49,06} . 977,009 1,102,926 3,776,01) Total exports........ $7,052\879 11,907,283 14,112.84] Total exclusive of specie 6,675,870 10,804,307 10,835 ,92 ] At this time last year Mr. Lincoln had bee nearly a fortnight inaugurated, and his positio still seemed undetermined. The greatest nervout ness prevailed in financial and commercial circles} though there were many who believed that th} political agitations of the day would be overcom) without fighting. The repudiation of debts at th South had commenced, and very grave commerce’ embarrassments and failures had been the result) Capitalists were unwilling to lend money, excep on call on the security of undoubted stocks; p per was very hard of sale; exchange was still so below par that there was a profit on the impo! tion of gold from Europe; leading securitie’ were generally considerably lower than they at present. The above table shows that the con merce of the country, after nearly a year of w: is steadily improving. Our imports ,of forei, goods for February are the heaviest of any mop since the war commenced; and though we hav not yet begun to ship our principal staple—cot ton—in any quantity, we have begun to sen abroad another leading staple—gold—in amoun which justify the belief that we shall part with good deal of it during the summer. Ou shipments of food, though mot so hear as those of the past four months, in exceas of the previous average, and the openin of navigation will shortly lead to their being creased. It will be remarked that the receipts fo duties exceed three millions and a half—a ve handsome return for a single month. Congre might readily secure a revenue of $100,000,00 from customs duties, if the duties upon articles q prime necessity were boldly raised. The count is going to be prosperous, in spite of the war, an people will buy foreign dry goods and hardw: and tea and coffee, and sugar and hides an spices, whatever the duty is. The aggregate bu ness of the fiscal year 1861-2 will not compare unfavorably with past years as has been a) prehended. Up to the present date our it ports are only half those of the correspond ing period of 1860-1, and on exports of specie on! one- , our exports of other produce being xcess of those of the corresponding peria of any other year on record. As the tab shows, both our import trade and our exports coin are increasing. By next July the aggre; will not be so far behind last year as it is present. The following tables will show the course trade for the eight months which have elapsed the current fiscal year:— m1, nL 3. 16, 15, 48 8H 2.668, 3,176,9) 1,422, we Tae 2,334, 3,361 3,666 ,0¢ ‘Total, 8 mos....$26,506,200 22,225,738 18 To-day’s bank statement compares as follo with that of last week:— Week Loans. Circulation. D en | abso 644 6,869,206 103,715,; pretty tid 80,773,060 B08 bee 100,206, 70 ee 12 —_ — 3,410,03 ale Dicer os 336,406 85,600 -| The decrease of loans is rather unexpected, as jj was understood that the banks had ceased sellin United States sixes. It proves that they continu! to dispose of their government securities—sixe| and seven-thirties—to the public, and, as the pric remunerates them handsomely, it is reasonabl they should do so. They have increased their mer} cantile discounts since last week. The specie re serve continues to swell. It is now ver, nearly $31,000,000, which in the flush times pre} vious to the war was considered a very handsom reserve. The moment the rebellion is suppresse: the legal tender “clause of the Treasury note ac can be repealed, and the banks will be in a poail tion to resume immediately. Money works easily at 6 per cent on call, and 4 a7 for first class mercantile paper. The bank are taking @ good deal of paper which has bee heretofore sold at discount houses, Exchange opened very weak this morning, bu closed with more strength. Some leading banker: sold early in the day at 11124, but refused that bir later in the afternoon. Francs are quoted 5.054 4.10 for bankers’ bills, Gold fell off to 101344 ¥% thie morning, but tallied to 101% bid in the af ternoon. It seems probable that the increase 0 our imports, and the consequent demand for gol for export, will ass at another bull sovement, itl the precious metal, especially as the present price is su low that the operators will not riskmuch, We have neve: shared the belief, so commonly cater tuined, that go'd ‘vould role at tem per cent pre tmiun in cunsequ2nce of the Treasary mote iamue