The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-01 00:00:00

PARIS, T1101111:at Emma.
There is some expectation that Les Cosamentaires
dee Chan., which obtained such immense success at
CompiNgne, may be played • few times in Paris for
the benefit of a charity. A little, but not much,
cutting would be necessary to make it presentable
to • general audience. Reserving the question
whether the merits of the piss per se are as great
as readers of Paris newspapers would suppose—
unless, indeed, they read all the couplets quoted—
there can be no doubt that a court farce in which
such a joyous and jolly representative of female
diplomacy as the Princess Metternich took • leading
part, would at least have un sueas de etsriesiti.
Whether the project of • public representa-
tion shall succeed or not, there can be
scarcely any doubt that the pieoe will be
repeated at the Tuileries this winter. Little
anecdotes of this unusually exciting incident of
court revels come out by driblets ; but it is said
that DL de Buy, the academician, who was one of
the sale* *Willem, is about teighl • right im-
perial review of the performance in the Journal des
Debate. The review of the year comprises allusions
to the untameable mule Rigolo ; Theresa the Da-
venport brothers, whose mysterious bureau is sold
by auction ; The Africaine ; Gladiateur and his
jockey Grimshaw, represented by the Count de
Solms ; France and England at Cherbourg, Brest,
and Portsmouth ; and the " Future of France," in
which General Mellinet appears as an invalid, the
Marquis de Galliffet as an infantry soldier, and the
Imperial Prince as a grenadier.
Doubts have been expressed about the visit of
the King and Queen of Portugal to Compiegne,
but the latest intelligence is that they will be there
on December 8, when the fourth series of guests
will arrive to meet them. The Pavilion Marian
at the Tuileries is being prepared for them, as they
propose to pass some time at Paris when the court
returns from the country.
The Earl of Dudley and his bride were seen to-
day walking in the Champs Elysees.
The Bourse recovered considerably to-day, al-
though as one of the money articles of the evening
papers says :—" The semi-official note in the Con.
stitutionnet produced a bad effect upon the public,
which does not like to be reassured." Money was
plentiful, and the Bank of France returns con-
sidered good. Rents rose 20c. for cash and 17}c.
for account, closing at 68fr. 70c. and 68fr. 67ic.
Mobilier rose 7fr. 150 c.

AMERICA.

(rao* ocra anciAL

NEW YOKE, Nov. 18.
The appointment of General Logan as minister
to the Mexican Republic is proof sufficient, if any
were still needed, that the empire of Maximilian,
at least as long as it is supported by French
bayonets, is not to be recognised by the government
at Washington, and I think goes to corroborate the
statement which I made some weeks ago, that the
withdrawal of the French troops would this winter
be asked for, and that a rupture of diplomatic
relations would follow refusal. Logan is a Western
man, and has most of the Western virtues as well
as faults. He was in Congress when the war broke
out, and was one of the few Northern men who
burled back defiance for defiance against the
Southern members, telling them in a speech since
famous, that, do what they might, the Western
men " would hew their way to the Gulf with
their swords." He entered the army as
soon as the war broke out, I believe in
command of a regiment of Illinois volunteers,
and during the next four years proved himself one
of the bravest, most determined, and most indefati-
gable of the Western officers. He never showed
any remarkable military skill, but he did all work
set him to do with characteristic ardour, and dis-
played an enthusiasm in obeying rather rare in the
West, and which endeared him to Grant and Sher-
man. He is of course a fierce preacher of the Mon-
roe doctrine ; and as regards Maximilian, would
probably, if need were, be one of the first men to
take arms for his expulsion ; so that his selection
for the office to which he has just :men appointed,
although it is of course for the present a sinecure,
is perhaps one of the strongest evidences of hostility
to the imperial regime, and of determination sooner
or later to put an end to it, that the government
could give.
President Johnson is gradually increasing the
number of the conditions for re-admission
to the Union which he imposes on the States
lately in revolt. He began by Raking for nothing
except the abolition of slavery and the repeal of
the ordinances of secession, or rather a declaration
of their nullity. To these he afterwards added the
repudiation of all debts contracted for war purposes ;
then the admission of negroes to testify in the civil
courts. He now insists also on the ratification of
the constitutional amendments abolishing slavery.
The rise in his demands has been due, I think,
partly to his better acquaintance with the temper
of the people at the North, and partly to the want of
caution in revealing their real sentiments and in-
tentions into which the South was betrayed by the
unlooked-for leniency which, after the first few
weeks of his administration, seemed likely to mark
his policy.
Davis's trial is still talked of. I doubt whether
he will ever be tried ; whether, if •he is, he
will be convicted, or, if convicted, whether
he will be punished in any way except by
an exile, which is sure to be temporary,
That his life will not be taken I am quite satisfied.
It is very plain that in President Johnson's mind
the whole matter has reduced itself to a test case,
in which the prisoner is simply to be, like Dred Scott,
a means of extracting a judgment from the court.
It is difficult to see what a judicial finding would
settle, if it is to have no evil consequences for Davis
personally. Those who now believe that there is
such an offence as treason against the United States,
even committed when the overt acts are under
the orders of a State government, are not likely to
have their convictions strengthened by seeing Davis
found guilty of it. Those who do not believe it,
on the other hand, will not be likely to change their
opinions for anything that the Supreme Court, as
now constituted, is likely to say or do, and in the
meantime, whatever its finding may be, the only
thing that would really impress the popular imagi-
nation—the punishment of somebody—will not
take place. There are so many obstacles to bring-
ing him to trial, arising out of the existence of mar-
tial law, and the difficulty of finding in any fair
way a jury that would convict him, that I think
after a few months longer the President would be

this world of sin and sorrow.
I regret that my worldly affairs are so deranged ; but now
It cannot be helped. Ido not deserve this **stenos ; for I
never advised or took part in any issurrixition. All 1 ever
did was to recommend the people who complained to seek
redraw in a legitimate way ; and if in this I erred, or have
been misrepresented, I do not think I deserve the
extreme sentence. It is, however, the will of my
Heavenly Father that I should thus Defter in obey.
lug His command to relieve the poor and needy,
iand to protect, as far as I was able, the oppressed. And
glory be to His name ; sod I thank Him that I miler in
such • MM. Glory be to God the Father of our Lord
11 Jesus Christ ; and I can say it Is a great honour thus to
suffer, for the servant cannot be greater than his Lord. I
can new my with Peal, the aged, "The hour of my de-
parture is at hand, sad lam ready to be offered up. I
have fought • good fight, I have kept the faith, and
hen—a—e
arth there is laid up for me • crown of right•
emcees, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall
give me." Say to all friends, an affectionate fore.
well ; and that they must not erre for me, for
I die innocently. Amore Kr. Airy and all others
of the truth of this. Comfort your heart. I certainly
little expected this. You most do the best von can, and
the Lord will help you ; and do not be ashamed of the
death your poor husband will have massed. The judges
seemed egainat me ; and from the rigid manner of the
court, I could not get in all the explanation I intended.
The man Anderson' made an unfouuded statement, sad so
did Gordon ; but his testimony was differest from the
deposition. The judgeo took the former sad erased the
latter. It sassed that I was go tie sacrificed. I know
nothing of the man Bogle. I never advised him to the act
Or sots which have brought me to this end. Please write to
Mr. Chamerovsow, Lord Brougham, and Masers. Hencksell
end Du Wawa.
I did not expect that, not being a rebel, I should have
been tried and disposed of in this way. I thought his Ex-
oellesay the Governor would have allowed me a fair trial, I
if any charge of sedition or induensatory language were
partly r fairly] attributable to me ; but I have no power of
control ; may the Lord be merciful to him.
General Nelson, who has just come for me, has faithfully
promised to let you have this. Kay the Lord bleu him,
and all the soldiers ad sailors, and all men. Say farewell
to Mr. Philippe, also Mr. Licard, Mr. Bell, Mr. Vinen, Mr.
Henry Dolmas, and many other, whom I do sot DOW re.
member, but who have been true and faithful to me.
As the General has come, I must close. Remember me
to Aunt Eliza in England, and tell her not to be ashamed
of my death. Now, my dearest one, the most beloved and
faithful, the Lord bless, help, preserve, and keep you. A
kiss for dear mama, who will be kind to you, end Janet.
Kies elso Annle and Jane.t Say good-bye to dear Mr.
Davison, and all others. I have only been allowed one
hoar. I wish more time had been allowed. Farewell also
: to Mr. Repeat, who sent up my private letter to him. And
. now, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us all.
Your truly devoted and now nearly dying husband,
G. W. Gower.
I asked leave to see Mr. Panther,l but the General said
I could not. I wish him farewell in Christ. Remember
me to auntie and father. Mr. Barony, has for the last two
days been kind to me. I thank him.
The dying men enclosed his letter in an envelope,
addressed it to his wife, and, last of all, jotted
down on the back of it, " Luke vi., 15 to 26."