The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-06-23

7 In the Now York News of that date,
I lie published letter over his own
signature, addressed to Ben. Wood,
which is one of the most insolent of
{, the many impudcnt documents which
he has penncd He denies that he is
q rebel, because the Southern Con.
e 'lfedcracy no longer exists. While it
. existed he was n secessionist. In
common with other Southerners being
defeated in the appeal to arms, he
: claims that he is now virtually loyal.
He admits that slavery is dead, and
-Idenies that he was inconsistent i'm
standing up for liberty in Ireland and
'ldefending slavery in this country,
for says he, "The liberty which
sought for Ireland was national in
dependence only; and that only, ye,s
what sought for the South" lie
ldenics that he was ever editor of the
] Richmond Enquirer, or Examiner;
that he approved of the maltreatment
lof Union prisoners, and further, ex-
presses his belief that they were NAL.
treated. After characteristic snccr
at the Military Commission ut Wash.
ington, he says, Southern indcpcnd
ence being impossible, at has seemed
to me that the best hope OF preserv-
ing the liberties of the whole country
lies in the Democratic party, with
which the whole South will naturally
ally itself, and of which | conceive
the Daily News 10 be the truest and
boldest organ" He concludes with
the following insult to the President,
which was answered very differently
from what he obviously expected
81 say that | asked leave of nobody
TO come to this city, and to write in
the News. Further, l do not con.
ceive myself to be here and going at
large by virtue of the amnesty, that
some papers have mentioned. 'Nei
ther have l asked any "pardon;' and
| trust the President will not pass II
Ipardon upon me until / shall have
been first convicted of something.
should be obliged, with thanks to his
lpoliteness, to decline it He is very
kind, but do not use the article"
The Herald's city of Mexico letter
gives an account of life in that cap
ital. During the Winter the Empress
has given n number of State balls, at
which all the ceremonials and mag.
niiicence of European courts are caro-.
fully copied. The dresses of the la.
dies are in the latest Pausian STYLES,
and jewelry and diamonds appear in
lprofusion. The military officers ap
pear in tulll uniform, and the most
dignilled formality is observed. The
French officers and soldiers don't like
Mexico, and are anxious to go home
1t is thought Maximilian would be
glad to get rid of the French army
and French influence.
The correspondent says Maximil-
ian's popularity is Increasing, and
that he is displaying much intelli-
gence, forbcarance, enterprise and
wisdom. He is described as friend
" to the United States. A short time
since he is reported to have said
"Let the United States understand
me, and recognize my Government,
and l will open market here for
millions of the products, and manu-
factures, and Inventions Uf the North.
To become my enemy, and break M
my Government, would but remand
Mexico into her former anarchy
and disorder The United States
should wish for valuable, progres
siye, thrifty neighbor in Mexico-not
a slothfui, unproductive people, who
can never do anything with Mexico
nor can make Mexico
useful to the rest of the world" The
correspondent says MaXimillian has
given liberal subsidy to the Vera
Cruz and New York Steamship Line,
and Ben Holidays line from Ma
zatlan to San Francisco. An Ameri
can Company has the exclusive priv
ilege of building and running horse
railroads in the City of Mexico, and
another has charter for railway
of one hundred aud twenty miles be-
tween Queretaro and Guanajuato.
Agencies for a large number of
American inventions have been grant.
! ed, and hotel on the New York plan
is now building.
There are now in Mexico about
10000 European troops. OF these
2s,00O are French, mostly Zouaves,
5000 Austrians, and 1000 Belglans.
Duke Gwyn's Sonora scheme has
completely collapsed Gwyn is still
il Mexico, where he has been several
months. MaXimillian never granted
him an interview, never passed a
word or letter with him, and quite
Ignored his existence While he is
debarred from crossing the thresh-
hold of the Palace, Maximilian is
every day talking with other Amer
leans about important enterprises for
developing the resources OF the En-
Ipirc.
BosroN, June 20.-A soldier acting
as one of the guards over Alex. II.
stephens at Fort Warren, informs the
Traveller that the late Vice President
of the Confederate States spends
much of his time in writing, and has
already prepared rolls of MS. enough
to give complete history of the re-
bellion He also reads considerable,
and each morning spends some time
in singing hymns. which he does with