New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-15
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aHDohgl lne fsrsfts! squaoTVh ie'uiuc" ~"
the scene OF ts peaceful exploits unharmed, aud
bos,tf1l Of having performed its mission without
firing gun, the official disclosures are well called
lated TO provoke the severest criticism and repre-
h.nsion. Commodore ShubrIck, who commanded
the expedition, required the subordinstes charged
with the various departments to report TO him IN
detail, so that the information thus collected might
be of service to the Government, should soy like
necessity occur. Among the Official reports thus
made, 10 ope showing that the amunitOa provided
would have only lasted sertH h0HTs with rapid mr.
ing The bare mention Of such fact, which can
not be successfully disputed, CARES il. own COM
mentsry. This expedition was fitted cut at large
cost. aud especially for hostile purpose and yet
after reaching distant destination 10 the enemys
country, Il was found 10 be almost wholly unpro-
viGe6 Nth the rneass Of aggression or defense.
Tbs is 10 fancy sketch. aud /, conceive in fac
tous spirit. Ii involves q most serious and Im-
portsDt question, which cannot be ignored or an
swered by the usual partisan defamation.
Suppose Lopez had decided upon resistance. and
not yielded 10 the coun.es of the n-ghboring
nations Whist spectacle would We have presented
10 the civilized world after the nTsl seven hours OF
battle Every vessel that escaped the Pariguaysn
forts and guns would have been compelled u
retreat and wait the arrival of ammunition from
home or buy il in South America, If purchsssble.
True we escaped this possible predicament. but
with none the less discredis for criminal OMISSIONS
which must be Investigated next Winter. La the
first place, cur officers and men are sent five
thousand miles away IN canal boats and other I'M
seawortby craft, thus importing their lrves for
pecuLiary speculation, and then when they reach
Paraguay the fret essentials Of hostile operations
are wsptibg. Those steamers were constant sub
ject Of rldcule evrrywh here, aud II Is well known 10
all professional men that single Minnie ball might
have disabled any of them by perforating
the steam chests, which doomed up as targets above
the water line. Ii was a proydential dl-pensatIon
that none Of them encountered hard weather or the
cyclone IN which the Sabine nearly lost. As
II Was they broke down with smooth seas going
out and required two months 10 reach Paraguay
under steam. Commodore Shubrlck ordered them
home in couples as the only mode of safety, 80 that
one might help the other as they became alternately
disabl,d, and the Chnpln was actually lowed i've
thousand mills. The Metacomet was condemned
in Paraguay after survey, with one bundled holes
in Der boilers, as the report states. Yet shs was
hired at $500 mouth though purchased for
-, coo before being imposed on the GOveroment
Such scandalous Ii Encouragement and cu pable neg
lect of the planest duty csDnOt be too strongly con-
demned and will form the basis OF an invesug ,tion,
and perhaps something else, before many months.
TIE lossips of this capital haze had quite tooth
known Mrs. Eaton, To an Italian d,ncing- master,
or rather, professor of the Terp,lchoresn art,
rs one OF the sproutiDg court journals here dubs
him. The lady ia qut sIIon has seen some sixty odd
Summers, while the warm blood OF tho gallant
youth has only coursed for one and twenty. VIM
ter therefore literally Urge in the lisp OF Sprlng
Mrs. Eaton made figure IN her dag and genera
ton. She the daughter Of Dir. Neil, who
kept IA. ho nable hotel in the West end here, more
lirtv nd I'M Ak
a purser 10 the Navy. Alter his death, snd lst
before the advent of Gen. Jackson into the Pres-
drpcy she became Mrs. Eaton, the wife ot his iu-
innate friend and future Secretary Of War In
that position, she encountered social em6arrass-
meuts with GeD. Eatons colleagues IN Office, which
ended 10 break up OF tae CabInet-Gen. Jackson
siding With his friend and wife. The same cause
led to a difficulty in thu Presbyterian Church,
" bich was then attended By the President. Gen.
Eaton died a few years ago, and his widow has
stree resided here, nursing the comfortable estate
which he bequeathed 1er, and leading secluded
life mostly in the society of her grandchildren.
1t is said she formed the acquaintance of her pres
ent - lord" when attending them t. dancing les
sons Many old friends protested az INST thus alli
spce, but In vain. She was discreet enough to
secure the control of her estate. Another ease
equally reDari able has either occurred or Is about
to 0ccur-fOr the precise fact Is yet 10 dpuot-In
which favored Italian, OF even more humble pre-
tensions figures rs a principal character. with
his youth as the attraction to what might be con-
sidrred the settled repose of sixty odd years. This
romance is said 10 have begun, under the iu-
spring influence of hand organ. When the In
trligence of these successes shall reach Europe, 1t
would not be surprising to hear that the rush to
Garibaldl's standard has materially snbsited At
all events the cause Of Italy degotedly sustained
ia Washington by many Of the fair admirers of
free institutions and exlles priced in pr-por-
ton to their merits and self acrfclog patriotism.
WASHINGTON, June I3, 1859
The Little Giant is very often wanting in that
Difference to the White House which is naturally
expected at the hands of orthodox Democrats.
Indeed his levity at times is quite unbecoming so
serious subject the President of these United
States He let of bit Of treason lately, which
deserves touch of the Inqui.ition. Parser Slamm
of New-York, somewhat renowned among the
ancient editors" 10 whom the President 50 feel
incl, alluded on bis recent visit 10 North Carolina
desired. Ike dutiful Democrat to BIZ made Chief
of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing 1t may
be even said that be humbled himself so far as to
saw that be would consent ~ serve ungrateful
country in that capacity. Douglas, upon being In
formed of this self sacrificing disposition the
part of the gallant purser, remarked that there
were but two difficulties in the way of he appoint.
mept-the first, that be had been promised it, aud
the second that he was an original friend Of Mr.
BucbaDsn.
A. the political complexion of the next House Of
REPRESENTATIVES is stiil subject Of specula-
tiob. az analysis Of the members already elected In
connection with an estimate of thOss still To be
chosrp predicated upon the representation IN the
ls.t Congiess, may be useful al this time. l haze
preferred To- classify them under the heads of OPP
position, Democrats, Anti-L-compton Democrats,
snd Americans, because this subdivision covers the
whole ground, and Is perhaps, more satisfactory
than "A the dIstluctlTs