The New York herald., 1864-10-06

ried out The internal Improvements and
commercial extepsion vhioh ip ib pages srs
laid stress upon Is the only means OF enrich
ing and permanently consolidating the power
Of France have bee steadily persevered In
until their results .re beginning to tell mag
nifcently. Augmented revenues and rapidly
increasing nercanule marine are among is
immediate results. As was to be expected,
tho development Of French commeres
has rendered 1t necessary for the gov
ernment to Increase the limited sccomms-
aAtioa afforded by its ports. Vast sums have
already been thus expended, and among the
further works in contemplation We are glad to
sec that tho old historic hsrbor Of Calais y
about to receive its share OF benefit. The float
Ing basin, the area Of which covers little more
than four French acres, IL no longer Largo
enough to afford aceommodabioa to the numss-
GUS vessels which take to France the lumber
from the Scandinavian peninsula sad the north
Of Russia The total length Of the qasys 10
only about six hundred yards, and at the sea-
sons when the arrivals are most frequen ut the
numerous vessels crowded into the basin are
compelled to await for several weeks their
turn to unload. 4 tsH ee 4Ho
A plan for the enlargement Of the port cal
culated to remedy this serious inconvenience.
has, up to the present tims, been kept Ia abey-
ance on account of certain objections raised BY
military engineers in the interest OF the de-
fences of tho place. We learn from the las'
Paris journals that these difficulties have ceased
to exist and that the work OF enlargement wlS
soon commence. The area Of the floating BASIN
will, it is stated, be nearly doubled, and the
length Of the qusys for toe Decentralization Of
MERCHANDISE will be extended from five bum
dred and thirty to eleven hundred metres. II
is in works Of this kind. systematically planned
and pursued, that the real glory Of the present
Emperor's reign lies. 1t Is pity that he should
allow his attention to be diverted from them
even for . moment, by such proftess under
takings as his invasion Of Mexico, and his other
designs against the integrity Of the otAes
American republics. ,.,4l5st.e
More Light ON the Western Conspiracy
Jake Thorn pson's Gold In the Play.
We are getting some pretty clear inklines o,
the n,od,ss operanG Of the Lake Erie conspiRs
tors who seized the propeller Parsons the
other day, attempted to cut out the gunboAs
Michigan at Sandusky, designed to rescue ~
rebel prisoners vt Fort johnson and raise
revolt In the West. It will be remembered
that the most active agent In this business was
o certain gentleman Of the Tigg Montague
school, who cut great dash, dressed excrutiat
L. a<oo uA po1 osn&
his money and his wine with equal iavishness,
He was known as Cole. and since his arrest has
adm itted himself to be q rebel officer. BE
attempted to corrupt the officers Of the Micht
gan with costly suppers, champagne and the
| Establishments of very attractive lady whom
he called his wife, But he appeared to have
| little too much money, and he overshot the
| mark. as a4a settss
A week or two in durance vile, II appears,
| produced confession to the United States d.
trict Attorney, which contains soms very
curious revelations, puts other parties than Hs
| Cole in q very unpleasant position, and fully
accounts for the mysterious source from which
the money came. Cole admits that be received
remittances in golffrom the rebel leader Jake
Thompson In Canada, "with instructions TO ~
the money freely.r Ho, hol So It turns out
that while Jake Thompson, George Sandsr
and the other rebel negotiator at Niagara were
apparently seeking for "peace" they were =
reality there to foment insurreotion and war b
the Northwestern States. We wonder II poor
Greeley had any suspicion about this gold sha
was to be FUSED freely" when he was hob
nobbug with the rebel agents at the Clifses
House. We wonder If he feels now that the
true purpose Of his colleagues In tho "peaos
negotiations" has been revealed. II Is yer!
likely that the large sum Of money which
| Hon. Ben Wood received from Canad,
/, tho other day, and for which be hs'
not accounted yet, was portion Of Jsk'
Thompson's "gold." Has It been FUSED free
ly" in New York, or was It employed 10 Chi
cagos It is evident that Thompson and Sss
ders managed both the conspiracy and the con
vention This money which the rebel ambas
sadors disbursed to their agent in Sandusky
and perhaps also TO Hon. Ben Wood, came, ns
doubt, from the rebel fund In Europe, or, 70,
all we know, frg@ Louis Espols29 Or kor
Palmerston. We should like to know from Mr.
Belmont whether he sent any gold to JatI
Thompson. We know he has been helplnl
Maximnian with de monish to keep his MeII
can empire anoAt. It is but few week
since he sent i've millions Of francs to Yer
Cruz. Is he lending helping hand to th
Canadian plotters as well, to bolster up sh'
empire OF JEFF. Daviss A little confession ypsi
this subject wosld be good for the souls Of sh.
Hon. Ben and Mr. August Belmont, and woul'
be quite refreshing to the public.