The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-20 00:00:00

the Fire Department when thus pulled up expressed
cheerful obedience, but the procession was delayed
for some time as the flag was not at hand.

It is a lucky thing for the Eastern States that
the yield of wheat in California was last year so
large. San Francisco is reaping a golden harvest
from her exports. The Governor of Minnesota
advises the people to retain all the wheat they have.
Milwaukie, Oswego, Toledo, and the Lake ports,
instead of exporting wheat as they used to do in
large quantities, are actually drawing supplies from
New York. An American paper observes that a
barrel of flour can be purchased in Paris, forwarded
by the usual rail and sea transport to Liverpool and
on to Boston, and yet be sold there so as to leave a
profit.
The New York correspondent of the Standard
adheres tenaciously to the declaration that there is

not one word of truth in the telegrams through New
Orleans, from Mexico, reporting Miram.o❑ deal,
Imperial forces disbanded, Queretaro taken, Maxi-
milian hidden. According to this writer, " the New
York Herald (never behindhand in spreading a lie)
eked out this despatch with a special telegram more
comprehensive, though not more excellent, than the
other. The principal objection is, that it was writ-
ten in the office of the Herald. And now, where did
Ramon S. Diaz get his intelligence? From 'the
deputed agent of the Juarez Government.' That
person exists only in the columns of the New York
Herald. From any other agent? No ; but from
the columns of the New Orleans Times, which on
Wednesday afternoon printed the following re-
port received from a private source Another
battle has been fought at Queretaro, resulting in
the defeat of the demoralised Imperialists and the
death of Miramon. After the fight Queretaro was
occupied by the Liberals. Maximilian cannot be found
anywhere. It is suspected that he has secretly fled.'
And this 'report,' from a private source'—
manifestly untrustworthy as it is—is the foundation
for the absurd official' statement above copied,
which has doubtless been sent across the cable to
alarm the friends of Maximilian, already sufficiently
agitated by the sensational stories that have been
manufactured in this counrry. I have no hesita-
tion in pronouncing utterly untrustworthy the re-
port of the Imperialist defeat at Queretaro and of
Maximilian's flight from that city. If true, it
would have reached us from Vera Cruz, or direct
from Matamoros, where the New York and Western
journals have correspondents. It appears in a sen-
sational New Orleans journal, is put forth • offi-
cially' by Juarist agents here, and that is all." That
the American papers put faith in the intelligence is
clear from the tone of all. If the correspondent of
the Standard be correct, and everybody else wrong,
it will be a triumph for hini, and he will be entitled
hereafter to speak with weight. If, however,
in spite of his furious writing, he should prove to be
wrong, and everybody else right, we will watch
with curiosity to see how he will drop out of the
position. It is said that the Empress Charlotte
looks incessantly from the rock where the writer of
" Echoes from the Continent " says she will pro-
bably breath her last for the sail that brings back
her husband.