The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-27

The ChsvalAsr Wikon Back Again.
To our great surprise the Africa brought
back the renowned Chevalier WikoG To us
such sudden and unexpected arrival at the
present important crisis seems inexplic able,
and we can only indulge in conjectures as to
the cause. We were quietly supposing him In
the drawipgroons of London or the salons Of
Paris, strolliDg down PiccadilIy or the Boule-
wards, and deeply immersed In speculations
diplomatic, political, financial, phlosophic, lite
rary aud plstonic. We even entertained
q sbsdow of suspicion that be had reopened
negotiations with the government of Queen
Victoria, that he had commenced hob-nobbing
with Lord Palmerston again, or that he was
arranging mysterious interviews at the Tuile
ries, for the Chevalier Is one whose lively
antecedents lead us to expect much from him,
both Of the grave and gay, and we should not
be bit surprised to hear the most wonderful
things about him, from some new "Courtship
and its Consequences to his sudden assump-
ton Of the crown of Patagonia.
What has the Chevalier come back for just
now? We are at q loss, we repeat, to know
what IL portends Has be been commissioned
by Louis Napoleon to conduct some secret ser.
vice here TO we had better not say
what? We can hardly think 80. Ii we remem-
Der correctly, he settled all his accounts with
Louis Napoleon and the Napoleon family some
time ago. when he failed to get an American lady
to be the bride Of Prince Napoleon, who had to
take daughter Of Italy instead. We we're about
r Il.
at the bottom of this unlocked for visit; but on
reflection We hardly think 1t worth while, for
our recolecdons OF the New Yorker In the
Foreign Office" lead US to think that he drew
bis balance from that quarter, and has not
opened new account since.
The Earrings, We know, have extensive int
rests in this country, aud the crisis is mat
ter in which they are much Interested.
Can they have sent him? A body of British
bankers or stockholders may have enlisted his
services to watch their interests, and see what
the North and South are about at this exciting
after thing of that kind, for be has had 30
much and such varied experience, and seen so
much of the world both at home and abroad,
that be is man of all parties, and no party In
particular, and would therefore act like judge
who feels himself bound TO do the right
thing, whether the plaintiff or defendant likes
it or not. But really we should NE to know
what great purpose the Chevalier had in view
when be took berth In the Africa.
A thought strikes us Did Mr.. Buchanan
send for him TO proceed immediately as our
Minister to Pekin? That may be 1t. Or has
the Chevalier, hearing Of the dangers of &C.
cession, come over simply to collect some
important balances, ii he has them,
before Mr.. Secretary Cobb's cash box
is broken up in the possible rupture with the
South? Whatever his mission may be-and we
feel that 1t is as yet shrouded 10 mystery-we
have no doubt that he will do 1t we'll; for al
though he has sometimes failed as we'll AZ
gained, he is so shrewd . diplomatist, thera-
teur and man Of the world, that no one could
make head and tail OF a riddle and the best of
a bad bargain sooner than he could.
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