New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-05

III afer the ocnuands hal been sold and cs.hsd. h.
d not enter il upon the book, in i. regular o-isr.
buttprr,ifg b1ck several days enterei il IN a bank
s,ace Of previou. date, where u VS. ..i;e likely -
IL .i-erved He then took me ~1Y svs'. Z, Yes.rs
Roberts Mathew * 20. an English hys-. who have
mace large fortune, almost exclusives ~ de1 sss
il tbs kiDd Of property, and sol4 II for 80 90 u
c1sh.
Ny readers presume. are aware that al the .--
e,s Il tie world could not supply 90 0o0 oJ) Of fi1t-
that if they could, no enc nation 10 the world c)u.d
rosS hy have an, for ole hsudre par; Oi the o.
ala # they bac Elk cent? ayiece |ls Just ABOUT htty
trns- a. much a. they w-re worth. CIe ~p1i ina e
supposed that ell these circumstances woud have pn'
any intelligent merchant upou us gard, ani yet Mr.
Roberts who j. shFeTd Eld nielIg-li nal, not on Y
advanced sl0 600 IN cash for be order hut stared
once tOr the Uned States r. iii il. From which facts
you nay rigbiiuly infer tina, the com uoa lag doe
tr1e Of corea; ,r7p'0r does apply at all - this
hind Of traffic in Hayt No on expects the articles
thus ordered TO bear any proportion To the wants Of
The Government, nor the prces Offered % bear any
proportion 10 their real value /, never occurred,
therefore, TO the dealers in TINS case To suspect tina,
any fraud had been 9rac,iced upon the Government
because II had appsre2tly undertaken t. pay
So 100000 for fin,s. Mr.. Roberts exhausted me
msIkes Of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
but fortunately for him succeeded in &c sDy oaiy
about thirty hOeshesds, which be shipp Il with al
Dispatch to Port su-Prlnce. rishtfGly presu nlng
suppose that that amount would afford the En-
Ierors telgerent pr0peIsities al at temporary
relief.
lyon their arrival the contractor asked 10 have
them entered free becau'e they were Tor the govern
rnent. The amount OF the invoice aroused tho curl
osity Of the Collector, and upon In1uruy at b. Al
quarters the inquiry traced 70 10 origin. Orders
Immediately gwen that the Hints should not be
landed. The consequence was TIA. they were re-
fbppsd 10 the United states, where they s1i for
what they wOuld bring. Mr. Roberts bought them Al
the rate ten for penny; could NJ have bought the
remainder Al the satno rate, the whole would have
cOst hin 500 600 adding the $4,000 which ne gave
for The order makes cost go 0OO Tor contract I
which government he 'ame bound u pay $1,000, 900.
Ho.. TIE Me-sis Roberts, Naphe~ Co. me Out Of
Tie matter finally Do not know, bu' tn y say, what
I can readily believe that they never sag the inst
rerny of their coo advance andl lscertaned from
other sources that the en;erprsng young man. whose
afeciion for his mother found such an ingenious J e
of expressing lis IT, IS still III the employ OF the gov
eminent.
II is impossible 70 form am reliable estimate Of the
amount which the Emperor receives from these
sources. Formerly il was doubtless very consider
able sum Annually but he is now paying the penalty
Of bis folly. for the bonds OF the GOyefnment are
hardly worth The paper they are written on Slch
Quantities were thrown upon the market tDat Tue
Government " as obliged in self defense to rotG,- -
receive them in pay for duties, except in very small
proportions and required the balance at least halt
10 be paid in gold or silver. have understood thit
no new bonds of this descrp have been issued Of
late and tsat the Emperor has determined that no
more shall issue VIVA will become OF tn Use already
10 the market it is difficult to say Some will be piid
to the Government for duties, some will be lost some
will be worn out and the balance will, one Of these
days, probably be repuoatea
The accumulation OF money. acquisi,iveness,' az
the Ihrenologists term it, is the Emp-rors besettin.
iufrmty All his thoughts and energies are directed
TO The qualification of this passion IL IS Responsible
for all that il worst in his public policy. II he
should ever lose his crown by violence venture to
say that his avarice will be the prOIimate cause.
en- told that he has small house vault constructed
in bis palace for the safe keeping of his money, aud
n al be has over six millions of stored there in
cold and silver This if dangerous possession for a
ruler whose throne so feeby supported a. Sou
lououes, and may seduce into The revolutionary ranks
many who are more anxious Ia assist in dividing his
,r, atures than IN changing their ruler. J.B.