The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-12 00:00:00

TREASON AT TEXAS.

A letter from New York says :—The secession of Texas
is now complete, the action of the Convention having been
endorsed by the Legislature. This has been followed, if
the telegraph may be credited, by a monstrous act of treason
on the part of the general officer in command of the army of
the United Slates in that part of the country—no less than
the surrender to the State of Texas of all the matetials and
munition of war committed to his charge by the Federal
Government.
THE LOUISIANA ORDINANCE OF SECESSION.
The Louisiana Ordinance of Secession, or rather the
resolution of reasons for it, are as follows :
" Whereas it is manifest that Abraham Lincoln, if in-
augurated as President of the United States, will keep the
promises he has made to the Abolitionists of the North;
that those promises, if kept, will inevitably lead to the
emancipation and misfortune of the slaves of the South,
their equality with a superior race, and before long to the
irreparable ruin of this mighty republic, the degradation
of the American name and corruption of the American
blood:
"Fully convinced, as we are, that the slavery engrafted
on this land by France, Spain, England, and the States of
North America is the roost humane of all existing servi-
tudes; that to the slave of the South it is far preferable to
the condition of the barbarians of Africa or the freedom of
those who have been liberated by the Powers of Europe ;
that it is in obedience to the laws of God, recognised by the
constitution of our country, sanctioned by the decrees of its
tribunals ; that it feeds and clothes its enemies and the
world, leaves to the black labourer a more considerable
sum of comfort, happiness, and liberty than the inexorable
labour required from the free servants of the whole uni-
verse ; and that each emancipation of an African, without
being of any benefit to him, would necessarily condemn to
slavery one of our blood and our race;
"Confident that we have strictly, faithfully, and ever
discharged all the duties and obligations imposed upon us
by the constitution of our country ; that, on the contrary,
the members of the Republican party have already trampled
under their feet, and have announced their determination
to disregard constitution, laws, obligations, and the judg-
ments of the courts of the Republic ; and that they will
soon have the power, as they always had the will, to destroy
our individual and national existence ; therefore be it
"Resolved, by the Convention,--That our honour, our
legiiimate pride, the interests of our slaves and of mankind,
command that we should declare that Louisiana owes alle-
giance only to her laws and to her God, and that she is
compelled, by the injustice and bad faith of her sisters of
the North, to abandon an Union which she has loved, still
loves, and deeply regrets."
THE NEW TARIFF.
The House of Representatives on the 25th proceeded to
the consideration of the Senate's amendments to the Tariff
Bill. After acting upon about 50 amendments the bill
was reported to the house at 1 o'clock, pursuant to the
previous order, The house, then, under the operation of
the previous question, proceeded to act on all the amend-
ments. The amendment imposing a duty of lie. per lb.
on coffee, and on tea 4c., with the addition of an ad
valorem per cent., was rejected by a vote of 32 against 147.
The remainder of the amendments were concurred in and
the bill sent back to the Senate. The bill now only wants
the signature of President Buchanan.
The Evening Test of the 22d says : "If the Tariff
Bill should pass it is pretty widely suspected that Presi-
dent Lincoln will veto it."
THE NEW LOAN.
Perhaps the best evidence of confidence in the Govems

" Wednesday, 26th June, 1858.
"My dear sir,—When I visited you in London
I was then in total ignorance of the appalling fate
which has since overtaken me. When I wrote to
you from here I had heard some report of my hus-
band's infidelity. Some hours after your letter was
posted, a friend informed me that the very morn-
ing following my arrival here my husband had been
privately married to a widow of property, and they
were gone off together. I will not here enter into
the horror or the almost death-blow this was to me,
but give you as clearly as I am able a simple narra-
tive of the facts, believing from the kindly interest
you have taken in me that you are entitled to know
them. The certificat.; I enclosed to you is a faithful
copy of the one sent me by the priest. I have also
the letter accompanying it. I telegraphed for my
brother-in-law, Mr. Bellamy, of Abergavenny
Castle. He proceeded to Ireland, found the priest,
who, shocking to relate, refused to recollect, or give
any information. But upon being told that a second
marriage had taken place, he immediately changed
his tone, admitted - that my husband-had been
to him a day •or two previously, and told
him that I bad no friends in England (I am
the niece of the Countess le Strange), that I
had accepted a compromise for money, that he
was all-powerful (the very words),-in fact, fright-
ened the priest into secresy, I believe. How-
ever, he cannot get over the fact of the register and
the letter being both signed by him. I presume
this trath we can force him to speak, but there is
another which is of vital importance. According
to the law of Ireland, a marriage by a priest
between two catholics is valid ; but between a pro-
testant and catholic it is not. My husband, I fear,
has no religion 'whatever, but he led the priest to
suppose he was a catholic, and the legality of my
marriage now all depends whether or no the priest
will consent to recollect this fact, for we have no
writing to prove it. Should he on the other hand
declare that he married a protestant and a catholic
together, he lays himself open to prosecution. My
husband's conduct appears insane, unless he was
aware of some flaw in our Irish marriage. I know
that be was overwhelmed with debts, and that his
affairs had come to a crisis. On the evening of my
arrival, he was with me using alternate threats and
entreatiesto induce me to leave the country. I had
risen from a sick bed, where he supposed me dying.
He wished to take me to Glasgow, to put me on
board a vessel bound for New Zealand, where I had
a brother. He told me that he was a ruined man,
and that I must leave him to his fate. Afterwards
my husband's brother came to me, and endeavoured
to persuade me to save my husband by leaving the
country ; he also wrote to me several times to this
effect. There is only one opinion here about the
mutter, viz., that it is a most infamous plot against
me. I should like to know your idea upon the
subject if you have leisure to consider the case.
It is throughout so inexplicable to reason and
common sense that, were it not for the
marriage certificate, my friends would imagine that
I was gone mad on the point.—Believe me, dear
sir, yours sincerely obliged, "T. YELVERTON.
" John Robert Taylor, Esq., •
54, Chancery-lane, London.
" Please address, under cover, to Mrs. Thelwall,
5, Albany street, Edinburgh."
Among the many rumours afloat in regard to
Major Yelverton, the ( ork Herald gives currency
to- the following : "We are informed that Major
Yelverton was transacting business yesterday in
this city. 'lt is rumoured that both he and Mrs.
(Forbes) Yelverton sailed from Queenstown yester-
day for America."