The New York herald., 1862-12-01
nspsisea's DAnancisl Schemes - this
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OF France, his Majesty has been mixed up In
three rather queer financial operations on this
continent. We are not prepared to affirm that
knowingly he entered into the first scheme we
have reference to- the second was probably so
misrepresentsd to His Majesty as to cause him
! to take an erroneous view of it. and to thus
lend himself unwittingly to the schemes but as
to the third no doubt can exist upon the sub
ject
| Our readers will bear in mind that some
years since silly naval officer, named Hollins,
now in the service of JEFF Davis, but then
United States naval officer, bombarded Grey
town-a collection of old wooden houses the
whole town not worth the powder and shot
which destroyed it. Hollins did this at the insti-
CATION of the late Mr.. Joseph L. White, the agent
Of the Nicaragua Company. The harm once done,
claims were made against our government; and
prominent among those was the appeal of M. de
Beauvert, who represented himself as the
delegate OF the French population of Grey
town, in the Mosquito Kingdom" This dele
gate made loud outcries as to injury suffered,
and claimed some fabulous sum. He begged the
protection OF the Emperor Napoleon in this mat
ter; in fact represented that bis Majesty was de-
termined to uphold the demand ofhs subjects in
Greytown. As this assertion did not apparently
much frighten the American government, NJ de
Beauvert published here a pamphlet upon the
subject which bore the appearance Of having
been brought out in Paris, aid he procured the
services of certain journals here to back up the
requests OF the French population of Grey
town" Somehow this did not succeed and to
this day that same population probably remains
unpaid by the United States government In this
Instance full and determined use Of the EN-
pcror Napoieons name was made.
The second case in point is Of more recent
date, and is familiar TO all our readers Wcrefer
to Mr. Felix Belly - scheme for grand ship canal
in Nicaragua. The fuss made by this Erenchmaa
upon the subject sil will remember and how
strenuous were his efforts to cause it to be
understood that Napoleon was a staanch adj
hercnt Of this plan Monsieur Belly came here
and obtained the support OF certain Journals
Theic eiorts. however have proved unsuccess-
full and We doubt whether any one gained
much by the proposed canal The EN-.
perors nag,e was freely made use Of
by Monsieur Belly. lie had obtained au
diences of his Majesty, had been closeted
with all his ministers, aud the French
press took the affair up as one patronized by
Napol.on. That he was interested in it none
can dsabt. We remember that some over zeal
Gus writer upon q semi official journal, the Con-
stit,tiosnei, asserted that when but a boy the
Emperor, then Priace had pointed to the
Isthmus a~d said allow easy twould be to cut
through here and join the Atlantic and Pacific"
Even this show Of precocity failed in bringing
the matter 10 any successful issue. A few peo-
pie in Frarse were duped into buying of
the shares Ge the .'Canal Of the Nicaragua Com
pany;p but shere the matter rests.
The third and most important scheme above
mentioned is nn nactualty-a fact Of the day and
most gigantic humbug il is. in our estimation.
We refer to tlss Jecker claims against Mexico.
The Swiss Jesker became French citizen, so
chat his trumped-up claims against Mexico for
amounts loaned as he AYERS, to former govern
ments, should se backed up by France. Our
readers are aware that 1t is currently reported
lin Paris-and throughout Europe; for that mat
ssr-that the Emperor's immediate and most
confidential followers are largely interested in
these JecSer claims; that thousands were made
up to millions, and that Mexico, once conquered
is to pay these claims as o, chance to free her.
sself. The French official journals have de.
dalton; but the public is fully aware that there
is some truth in them. They know that Almonte
was TO be made President thai he might sign
sway more claims agains. Mexico. and, in fact.
that the whole affair is infamous Jules Favre,
the celebrated opposition member of the French
Chambers, denounced. in full assembly these
iniquitous dealings. and NJ. Billault. Minister
without portfolio, attempted to disclaim them;
but he did SO ieebly. We see siat the Emperor
is carrying on his contemplated conquest Of
Mexico, and We have the right to assert that
he is favorable to the Jecker claims a. he de-
mands them from the Mexican government.
Journals here are publishing strange cores
pondence upon the subject, which assumes
facts We have the right to. doubt, and which
states certain political opinions as those enter
tanned by the Emperor Napoleon. There is
nothing to prove the authenticity Of the state
ments made in this correspondence and we may
reasonably look upon the whole transaction as
very strange and most unreliable
The schemes we have. above reviewed may
be stigmatized as great alibustering attempts
on the part Of the governments, bankers, jour
nails and all persons concerned in them, all OF
whom surely deserve tho same reprobation aud
the same fate which was dealt to William Walk
er These same parties, now so largely con-
cerned in an endeavor to rob Mexico. were the
lorilet in their denunciations OF Walker ~ q
rob6er, villain, atilibuster. Surely his schemes
wsre no more reprehensible than the financial
operations France and her abettors. are now
carrying out on this continent