The New York herald., 1862-03-18

or dementet that In this dark hour Of history
rate the reign Of fashion and worship the shrine OF
follyf Or this shameless funeral wake over the
unburied remains of defuncs Unionf
"Most Of the. Senators and members OF Congress
generals OF tho army were thers says the reporter
Faithless betrayers Of peoples trust for this
our armess Arc we ncurring an expen 'iturs OF two
millions OF dollars per day and sacracng hundreds Of
lives that yoi congregats and riot al sxpenreS
Again. says the reporter, "The supper set in the
dining room 10 considered of the finest dspays
Of gastrononic in this country II pre-
pared by Malard Of New York and cost thousands Of
dollars" And this was whie Secretary Chase was
urgently importunng Congress to adopt some measures
to repenish An empty treasury.
Again says the faithful chronicer The tables fairly
bent under the expensive uxuries hsaped one upon
another Only week before, Mr. Wilson had stated,
In his place in the Senate that che had seen cerhcates
from sick soldiers that they had actually to SO to the
swill tubs, 10 enable them 10 live IN the hosps ~
Alexandria
Ia White House to be made the scene OF dsgraceul
iyolty hlafity ana sluttony, while hundreds OF sex
and suffering soldiers within plain sight Of the dome Of
Capitol loft 10 suffer for the bare necessaries Of e
unattended and uncaredN forf There must be moral
malaria in the atmosphere Of Washington which stuees
the intellect and dims the perceptions while 1t dries up
or poisons the fountains Of human Kindness in all who
enter its transforming circle Slavery and treason stu
strength by woman OF the Philistnss. The White
House may have Its Delah; who can tsR
From the Rsxbury Journal
THE WHITE HOUSE FESTIVITIES.
We will not be guilty Of such dsrespect towards Pres
dent Lincoln suppose him responsible IN other
way than passive, If not virtually enforced scques-
cence in those misplaced festivities VI the White House
which have lately schocked the sensihes Of the nation.
1t was bad enough for Mrs. Lincoln To make ostenta
tous parade Of her gayey at fashionable watering places
last summer The nation has drawn favorable auglry
from her intimacy with the family 0f James Gordon
Bennett, and the evident relish with which she
has received the fusome attery of tho Infamous sheet
which he edits But these things generaly borne
in silence 1t not until this cgowning act OF iaugu
rating in the climax of the nations agony the recent
press has been compelled by its Of duty speak
out This it is now doing, and with no uncertain tone
II from all quarters from Journals represent
ing every variety of sentiment.
member Of Congress from this State who has already
done his country signal service exposing frauds for
which this social influence surrounding the White
House ie said to be largely responsible is reported
have "freed his mind" az folows:-
Two or three days since. Mr.. Lincoln sent word to
Mr.. Dawes, through brother member, that he
(iawes) had done more TO break down the adntnis-
tration than any other man in the country, by his
speech exposing the corruptions OF contractors and
others. Mr. Dawes sent back . message in reply TO
the President. Tell him. said Mr.. d., "that nothing
that can do will break down his administration 80 ra
pdy as this dancing party given at the time whom the
nation is in the agones of civil With equal pro-
prety might man make bah with corpse in the
house.
The concluding expression Of Mr.. Dawes though start
ling, hardly be called eItravagant The last dollar
paid from the national treasury and the nation
stood face to face with its hundreds OF millions Of debt
unprovided for on the day Of this unseemy fsstivly
Our wounded and diseased soldiers suffering dying
amidst the hardshps Of the camp while the contractors
who had wronged them out Of most Of the limited com
forts which the necessities Of their situation permitted
were parading amidst the splendors Of the social
pageant.
tFrom the Richmond CIndiana) Independent Press.]
HOW TO BIZ A PATTERN.
H3rs Lincoln would study humanity instead Of Fronch;
practise benevolence instead of dancing visit the sick
soldiers who have sacrificed home and happiness to de-
fend the capital Of the nation and the White House against
hostile enemy, instsad Of gallan,nz the halls OF that
mansion the arm Of a European court snOb: if she
would spend her money for the benefit OF the families Of
the soldiers who have already yielded up their lives for
the Of the Union the battle ed instead squan
derng ten twenty thousand dollars in single night
for the entertainment Of men and women Of questionable
virtue, she would then be entitled to ths homage and
respect Of the nation; would become example TO be
patterned after by the opuent everywhere and would
70 be an object Of rsproach and disgust TO all high
minded, democratic American and women.