The mutiny of the army, however, under General Lavalle, and his barbarous murder of General Dorrego, the Governor, blasted all these flattering prospects, and involved the whole republic in confusion and ruin. The consequences of the civil warfare which followed to the finances of the country were deplorable, and infinitely worse than those occasioned by the war with Brazil. The currency suffered apparently beyond all hope of recovery, and the paper dollar, after great fluctuations, fell to about 7_d._, at which rate it has, with little variation, been stationary for the last seven years. In the five years from 1828 to 1832, inclusive, the receipts and expenses were as follow:-- Dollars. 1 The expenditure of the Government, or Home Department, was .... 8,254,515 2 Of the Department of Foreign Affairs .... 778,935 3 Of the Finance Department and Public Debt .... 29,884,831 4 Of the War Department .... 31,947,435 ---------- Dollars, currency .... 70,865,716 The revenue in the same period only produced .... 40,889,263 ---------- Leaving a deficiency of .... 29,976,453 to be provided for by loans and other extraordinary ways and means. The _War Department_, it will be seen, absorbed more than three-fourths of the whole revenue:--nor was this the final account of the extraordinary expenses which may be traced to the revolt of the troops above alluded to. Whilst they were cutting the throats of their countrymen in the interior, the Indians broke in upon the frontiers, left without defence, and made it necessary to organise a new army to put them down, which occasioned a great expenditure, though it was, perhaps, compensated for by the extension of the frontiers, and the new security it gave to the lands in the south of the province. To provide for these expenses the Funded Debt was again very largely increased, and at the close of 1835 stood as follows:-- 4 per cents. 6 per cents. Dollars. Dollars. Created before the war with Brazil 2,000,000 5,360,000 In September, 1827 6,000,000 " February, 1831 6,000,000 " March, 1834 3,000,000 " November, 1834 5,000,000 --------- ---------- 2,000,000 and 25,360,000