Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-07-25
FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES,
SensatIen Rumors Regarding Napoleen,.
Eufure paIiry

1ne Paris correspondent OF the New York
imes, writing on the 10Th inst, processes to
Ioitshadow the future policy Of Louis Napo-
| leon towards Mexico and ihe United States
Inc Times furnishes the following summary
OF its correspondents specula,ious:
"1he conmotion created oy the Emperor,s
conS.rsshon with Messrs. Roehuck and Lind
ssy, OF the English Parliament, and the q, Ms,
nations to which this event has given risa ha 70
| CT. aied the con Slcticn III Paris that the Emne
| ror is quhe prepared 10 take more active pat
IN American affairs than he has done hitherto
He records has conquest OF Mexico as complete
and final, and is disposed now TO make 1t usa-
| iui 1t gives him only hall ef what he deems
sR ar lands Ct the Unit d States. aud he can
only get through al alliance with the Southern
Confederacy and the establishment of its nomi-
nal indt penGence.
The rpmors in Paris on this sUh,ect thera
| fore, imply that he has engaged TO aid the
rebels IN reopening the Mississippi river, and
that THIS service is to be the basis Of future
arrans sement by which he will retain Mexico
as frtnoh colony-being aided in SO doing by
! the Southland the Soath rs in return TO regain
| possession of the Mississippi and the States
and Territories lying west OF it, This is said
| to be- the main object OF MIR. SiGell,s freuuent
and rro;racted interviews with the Emperor.
and tie fall of Vickshurg and Pert Hudson
Was the event which was expected to throw
Louis Napoleon and JEFF. Davis into each
Others arms.
1t Seems quite certain that very heavy reiu-
loTStnehts, lcluolnE several vessels, and n
large supply of artillery, are TO be sent ont to
Mexico during the month Of September. They
can hardly ce needed for further military op-
erations IN that country, for the war there is
over For what other use they are likely to be
intended must remain as yet a matter OF con-
jeclure.
1t is also asserted that the Emperor, finding
that he cannot induce England TO ioin him in
hostile measures against the United States, or
rather, perhaps, not desirous that England
should JOIN him, and yet anxious To give him.
self the aid Of an ally is now treating with
Spain on this subject, and that Spain shows a
Willingness to second the Emperor's views
The ramor adds that the Marshal o. Douusll
who is now In Paris, is, in fact, in treaty with
the En- peror on this question of arranging the
affairs OF the Mexican Gulf for their mutual
benefit.
The Times farther remarks that these rumus,
taken In connection with paper prepared by
the French residents of New Orleans and trans
mitted by them TO the Emperor, suggests posst-
bilities in the fu'ure whi6A.usfy very we'll en
list tie notice Of our gpyfl nent and people
The French citizens residifg in New 0Pbsxns
hav3 represented to the Emperor, through his
vice consul at that port, that the R.tion of the
United States authorities there te6de to bring
about collision between the blacRSand the
whites of that city-that in the evep6PSa such
conflict their persons and propertieSs would be
seriously endangered, and that the United
States commander In chief Of that department
has taken from them all the arms with which
they could defend themselves; they, therefore,
REQUEST that the Emperor will send to the Mis-
sissippi several Vt ssels of war for such action
as the emergency may require.