The New York herald., 1864-04-04

rhs Rebel Fsases an Eursps-rAs Oou-
federsey Ignored By sAs Tive Hm.
Perors.
In another portion Of this Journal we pubiisa
letter from eur special London correspondent,
to which wc call partioular attention. The In
formation oontAinedfa this document Is sxolu-
slve, and may be relied upon. 5iidsli, tAe self
styled Minister Of the oonfedsraoy ct the Court
OF Franco, has made II matter Of great effort
to secure Tor Davis To gSsd will Of the futsre
Emperor Of Mexico, Prince Maximiliaa. To
the furtheraacs Of this scheme he sent conf.
dential agent to Mirsmar, tho scot Of the Prince.
near Trieste, to arrange IN interview immedl
ately upon the arrival Of tho Austrian Prince
ct Paris. II Is said hat Maxinillaa expressed
hh willingness to meet SIidell whloh simple
fact, no doubt, was made the foundation fer all
those rumon Of recognition which were rife
some months back. The rebels saw In this con ;
sent on the part Of the Prince moro, mucn more,
than was intended, and, allowing their desires
to master sheir convictions, INDUCED In the
highest hopes.
Macmillan arrived ct tho Tuileriee, and at
once Blidell demanded the promised interview.
The Prince, having had time to reflect upon
the matter, deemed It more Citing that be
should ask the advice Of his host, the Emperor
Napoleon, and the latter, being far too
wise to favor the South at period whom
be foresees the end Of tho rebellion, objected
to any interview between the Envoy and
his guest, tho Prince. It was intimated,
In the most polite manner, Of course, to Slidell
that the future Emperor could not grant him an
audience. Incensed at this, the rebel made
stupid blundsr in writing, and no doubt, with
all due forms, he demanded the interview
This brought the subject before Napoleon'e 3
Couucil and the whole matter Of relations with
this country was discussed. and 1t was settled
that Macmillan should send fsrmaa note to
the rebel commissioner. informing him THAI it
was out Of the question to enter into any diplo-
matio or personal relations with him. more
decided rebuff was seldom given and the hopes
of the rebels in Europe have sunk accordingly.
There are two sides to this question OF recog-
milton, one OF which deeply affects this govern
ment. Macmillan is to accept the imperial
CEOWu ~ MltauaI-So IL ~ uOW asserted ny
those we'll informed-and he will then send .
formal notification Of the fact to all govern
ments With whom he wishes to enter into rela-
tions The United States will be among the
number, and the new Emperor will demand that
his minister be received at Washington and our
representative be sent to Mexico. The rebel
government will receive no such ooinmnnica-
ton, being thus most glaringly ignored. Davis
and his oompeers will understand that this is
the action Of France, and they will thus be
forced to resign their last hope Of foreign re-
cognition. What steps our government will
take IN this matter must, OF course, remain q
matter Of conjecture; but that the rebels have
nothing to hope for in Europe is now GER
ninty. That they counted upon the support
and recognition Of Maximilian is proved by the
hcA that already Davis bad accredited Mr..
Preston ss his minister to the future Emperor.
de will find his disappointment all the harder
20 bear from the fact Of bis over confidence in
this matter.