The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-30
OUR RELATIONS WITH MEXICO.
TREATY AND RIGHT OF TRANSIT FOR AMERICAN

0k1TCH o. TH1 11nW0A ADMRAA IN CONnAND-
HI AseoCIAN01ss wlTH AMERICA.
~ brniiass oncsr Rear Admiral yurien d La Ora
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hsnts. y 9e, whsA vas lsAeSr possibls 70 doubt
The whels q AsssfisA would sosn b Int 70 Spain was
The father Of Rear ADMIRAL JurA II L. ravsrs 70 whom
Duke sgsssr, thSa Minister = Foreign Ahirs connded
~ dcaas ises q showing ths French ~ 70 those
nsWiy born 1spsbcs and Of preparing beforehand those
relations which might be formed with then when Spa
nm domination shoult have asAnitivsiy come 70 an
end. y. Jsrisn d La draviss LETT France with the
Raonnss and NE csntsurs. X would not be without
hAsrt, usdsr s1stps sscsussappes, TO follow, in the
AGsasks Asm AAdasl, the recit0 Of that campaign
which lasted nearly year. The officer Of the Rssto
disorders and ppiisica faults which, forty years later
were TO lsad 70 hat place, with e@ pasnc mission an
ofcer Of the empire, heir Of his merit ~ well as Of his
nszps. II scas dlseady everywhere dioasoys without force
suAo disputed for Ne government Of republics without beyty
Already, Also among those alterations Of anarchy and
military government might be remarked, either at
Buenos Ayres At Peru the last remnants Of the first
elements s osaTchical parry sohicA he ree inter
fan9 Powers appear 10 reckon At Azico and Vera
Cr A. Buenos Ayrcs some time before the arrival OF
the Renommee and the Centaure the republican auhor
ties had deberated raising THRONE and soatao the
Duke Of Orleans t. Buenos Ayres, nevertheless re.
NAMED republic, and it was England that rather re-
qured that result she did not like that French prince
should reign over La Plata.
In selecting Admiral do La Graviere for the command
Of this very important expedition the Emperor Napo-
leon has displayed HE usual prudence and diplomatic
discrimination The Admiral is an ofcer Of great expe.
rence besides being naturally given much study and
reflection all matters and novel circumstances or
dtons connected with his profession. Ho she author
Of two three naval books Of repute the hs Of which
Is noticed in Paris letter, dated the ~ Of August
thus-"Admiral La Gravere, in Of his works. asks
what win be the influence Of steam upon blockadesp
With sailing vessels a blockade was often broken
Sometimes the weather drove the bockading squad.
ron out to sea, or a thick fog came and forced IL
TO keep well clear Of the enemys ports Currents had
TO be guarded against, well as sudden changes Of
wind which might at any moment bring vessel under
the fire Of hostile battery With steam these dangers
are greatly modified, they have not altogether disap
peared. Bockades will for the future be much more
strictly Observed and the feet will be able To lie Just out
OF the range Of the exterior forts But the new vessels
IL they do not require the delicate handling and
constant anxiety In regard TO the weather. are not so in
dependent the old sailing ships. They are slaves TO
substance which they are continually devouriug, and
which must therefore be continually renewed No mat
ter how ceverly managed, the hour must arrive when
steam vessel will find herself out Of coal For steam
vessels keep up blockade will DO necessary eithor
70 have constant relays Of ships depend upon
transports whose arrival could be depended upon
with anything like certainty"
GENERAL PRIM, ooMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE SPAN
IsH FORCES.
General Prim, Count dc Reuss, OF the most dis.
tinguished officers Of the Spanish army now living His
fame as gallant soldier and able commander was fully
established during the late Spanish campaign against the
Moors in Africa lie left Spain for Morocco command
Of the reserve division or the army consisting Of eight
battalions The term "rcserve seems in this instance
10 have rather inappropriate, for
sops before the army left the lines round Cueta and
subsequently at Castleos the LIST Of January and
the passage Of the Cape Negro Cordera the 14th Of
December, Prm and his battalions in advance and
bore the brunt Of the fighting would hardly suit
officer Of PRINTS character and mpetuous courage to be
stationed in the rear support instead Of being sent
forward to clear the way No general holding COM
mand in the Spanish expedition to Morocco possessed in
higher degree than the Count de Rcuss the confidence
and esteem Of his comrades In the unhappy civil
tests Of his country he himself reputation which
the African augmented Calm, cool and cheerful in
the midst Of great peril his aspect inspires with
fresh courage tho batalons, in front Ct which he often
throws himself sword in hard TO ioai them-hmsef in
the post OF the greatest perrin charge against the
enemy
In the action OF Castl.eos his bravery most
spicuous viii two gterng stars upon his Breast and