Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-11-08

! ''"i'ii WHO nave been fortunate
enough +" gain access to the conf
! d"n'ial ministers of Napoleon. 1t i.
, this The tunfrdcrat. leaders long
ago, nearly two years ago. abandoned
10" hop" of foreign intervention in
| their behalf, and wee convinced that
1t they gained their ind..,ndouc, Mt
all IT would hay. to he with their
own arms. II would b. sur.r,,uoua
10 a"h mat they are determined TO do
3d. and that they are. besides, salts
ii"d with ii'c progress that thcy h,y,.
'n:'dr towards the end. Bat, il ,l,.v
should ii. If it should happen tha,
:: series o: iata, rrvrrSrs should hcfoll
their arms. il their armies should be-
detected and pm, Aors 1r coulLut one
inter arothrr so rapidly tla, effective
r'cupcration would be- out Of IN.
question; il Richmond should fall.
and the south h" practically ov.r,u,
~ ~" armies OF the North, then, n, 4
"a: MI then, ia" aru Of Nanol.on
VIII u" stretched forth.
NAruLEuN DETERMINED 10 PREVENT
REUNION.
" Is til" interest Of Napoleon to
prevent the Northern and Southern
STATES from ever becoming united
again, under one government. In
'AsS his interest j.. Identical with that
%, Eng and. aud he will act in accord
''Icr VIII her, fnt the commercial
advantages alluded 10 abnv. can only
be secured to France in cas-. the
Seut becomes Independent of the
north. They are 50 great. and will
contribute" 80 much ia the wealth and
aSrrandiIcmcnt Of France, that Ma.
p"ir"n viii resort to any measures,
even TO the length Of war with tho.
| n'rd STATES. in order to s.cur,
them. Mr.. Slidrll, on I'll. part Of
President Davis, assured the Empc-
ror Napoleon that the South would
never. never lay down her arms until
its independence is secured, and Ma
p"lr"n on his part, has assured I'll.
Confederate leaders, through Mr..
Siid-ll. that if all other means fail.
h" VIII see tn it that the South ia not
Conquered or reduced to suLjuSation
By tn" armies of the North. On this
~nranc" jeff. Davis and the other
rebel leaders comfortably rest.
10" TIiE NEGOTIATIONS WERE Az
FECTED.
10 return now to the negotiations
between MaNimiliau's Government
in Mexico and the rebe! military
authorities III Texas. 1t was in pur-
Snancc of instructions from tn. rebel
President ut Richmond. based upon
The above facts, that negotiations
were commenced. in Marcel, last, be.
w""n Ger. Magruder, c,nmandine
II I"Na>, and the Mexican authori-
les al iafsrim. The substance of
Ia" result of the negotiations was,
hat every facility be afforded bv the
Mexican authorities, and particularly
y the Governors of those Mexican
PROVINCES contiguous to the Rio
'ran!c, as Cohuilla, Nuevo, Leon
md Tamaulipas, in the transporta-
ion Of cotton across the Rio Grandc,
md III instant removal to Monterey
md other points in the interior Of
Mexico. There can be no doubt that
h" Mexican authorities. at the time
h"sc negotiations were pending,
we're in possession of Napo.con's
Jews on the subject, and had. in
iced. been instructed by his agents
ND direct representatives, for they
ctrd in cXac; accordance with the
Jews of tn" Emperor. as communi-
ated to President Davis by Mr..
li&rll.
TIE Increasing Frci'ns fer Pcucr.
-Thc Portland (M-) Advertiser
ates that several of the Abolition
apers have recently declared from
cir uulpits in that Sfntr tLnt IN. f,r