The New York herald., 1865-02-17

bat heap Of smouldering ruins MaximlIan has sent
SIX Thousand dclnSs ous Of his private purse 70
rcliye the suferings 9. we survivors BE y neh .y
or other imperial rsps the town. f3a snst .ne
sad olsirsn In sG Slzsa another q those saSaso .
acts which have AIRED, years ago. " the Mexican
stain whit will take hundred years OF rood conduct
remove And this .oo % ocSared ;isn%s ~ n muev0 assn
that The people republican to the back bone, and
that vidaurr would be oblig d to run for his life II he
tried to make them anything else. True enough,
vianrri was sadly disappointed and did run away but
Il all a. allied nothing In one night Town OK seven or
eight thousand people destroyed and the corpscs OF
helpess women and children and old lie blackened
among It's smouldering ruins What boast what
triumph, what trophy for Mexican leaders ana Inc
The contract for the completion Of tho railroad from
Vera Crz to the capital has been given TO an English
Of Masiman signed January 90, and body Of articles
agreed upon by the Minister OF Public Works and the
o. the company rns % %Ss' S % me
pubiiein January 1870, FIVE long years from now Tho
curious would Ike TO know u the road will really 30
Another contract for steamship lines Gulf ports has
also been concluded There Is 70 be from Vera Cruz
ems from tho same port 70 Havana touching Sisa and
another TO Campeehy touching al Tabasco ana Carmen
On tho Pacific side the former steamship company has
received permission 70 recommenco buslneSA stcamers
viii make trip earh month from San Franc sco TO La
Pax Gnaymas and Mazatian, and twice month from
pamphlet on tho subject Of immigration Eaa made it's
appearance at the capital The author Is Mex an, who
thinks that the only way to cyize ms country 70 IN
whose lights superior to Ors will establish them
selves among with their industry and the renemens
Of well tr ed civilization" This extract will give you
an idea OF tho mar Of thought pursued by Mr. Cueva
whose IDEAS expressed in his pamphlet are curious
and worth looking at for moment That attention they
shall receive from another occasion, for the sub
ject treated OF important one and should not DC
dismissed with mere passing remark. ,.,,
There is no Havana worth mentioning lew
disappointed blockade arrive from Nassau and
leave for the port or for Galveston once in wne
The weather is quito cool Thermometer this morning
u seven o'clock sixty degrees Fahrenheit
Our Mexican Correspondence.
CtrY OF MRxIoo Jan. ~, 1885.
Ex-senator Ctoim,s Koccment-Fdils~s q ne So"ord
6hems End the P5oa 10 Colonsss Nsshcrn Aerteo with
Ffy thousand Sec.aioniss-Dr. Gsrn Neither Co..
ernor sf Sosoro Nor "Duke''-His Sudden Depar-
txre for Paris and collapse Of Az s Seces'so" Plans
IN keeice-qhs Vera Crus and Aerieo RGiroad Affair."
zAs Gcver~wess Refuses to Aocede b the Demands ef
ne Eno,isa CapitaIsts-1ne Project Hanging FIR
OrSsy ffo. TIC Mexican Department Of State Relative
to Foreign Consuls, &C., dc.
Several months ago Dr.. Gwn, formerly United States
Senator from California, and whose prominence as a
6eceS6Onl6t WCll heto A~'os 'A'N
until within few days. has been living very quiet life
at the Iurbide Hotel Of distinguished abilities
he was for long time considered confidential adviser
Of the Emperor Napoleon on American and Mexican
affairs and no Doubt during his stay in Paris he acted
with shdol and Mason all the Of policy for
the advancement of the rebel cause; and 1t Is known
that he had moro than interview with the French
Emperor The stories, however, that Dr. Gwn was
created duke" by Maxmilian, or that he accompanied
him to Mexico at ALL has been In any way associated
with his government has ever been the right hand
man Of tho Emperor arc entirely without foundation
Tho fact Is notorious that he has been from the COM
encement quite out of favor at Court and from period
dating very shortly after his arrival he has had no oo-
munication whatever with the government The
ebisct sf DR. Gwins visit 10 Mexico was To
effect an arrangement with Aaximlan Tor
the colonization Of Sonora with immigrants from
the Southern States, their number not to be
less than nfty thousand This project had additional
weight from the fact that the Emperor Napoleon had
given Il his sanction in fact virtually plan Of
the French government for the
or In perpetuity It is not known vhich-of the most
valuable mineral lands Of Mexico by which, through
tcnsive mining operations 70 reimburse France for the
expenditure incurred in the Mexican Intervention
amounting to something like four hundred millions Of
francs Dr. Gwin was to filled official station in
Sonora such the mining director superintendent OF
mining enterprises in the French interest.
On his arrival here DR.. Gwin lin connection with the
Marquis dc Monthoon, French Minister at this Cours
submitted these proposals. to the government through
the proper department. but up this writing he has had
no interview with Maximilian. He encountered obsta
cles from the very outset His main argument was
that, in case the United States government sue
cseded in suppressng the rebellion, the popula
ting OF Sonora with southerner would establish
m efectual barrier against the incursions Of the
everlasting Yankees into Mexican territory But the
Emperor hesitated, as well he might TO entrust the
most valuable portion Of his territory TO such precarous
keeping rightly Judging that tho FIRST encroachment
would bo more likely TO proceed from these very mmi
grants He had however, partly agreed TO the PROPOSE
tion being exceedingly anxious to open up those rich
sections on almost any terms when the demands Of DR.
Gwn were increased to soliciting large slices Of Chhua
hua and Snaloa in addition 70 Sonora This was posi-
lively refused and the documents were all submitted BY
Monthoon to Paris for further consideration But q
this juncture Louis Napoleon who begins TO feel the
popularity Of the Mexican mudde in France changed h
views, and has recently rcnounced the whole sonor'
affair." leaving matters just where they stood originally
Dispatches to that effect received by Montho
lon and the facts are fully understood at the palace
This statement which have from the highest authority
may be rc,,ed on as correct in all particulars.
Meantime the Of the recent victories Of Sherman
and Thomas have only confirmed Macmillan In his un
willingness enter into any contract which may tend 10
lessen his chances Of recognition by the United States
with whom il must be borne in mind he is mos
anxious 10 establish friendly relations Another reason
which Maximian has for declining these very disinter
ested offers his desire that all colonizng Of the kint
proposed should be by his own people, the Austrans
ana those Of his fathcrnaw, the Begians these last
being notorousy the most successful cooniss sent ou
from any part Of Europa and whose industry, sobretJ
and habits Of subordnaton render them especially valu
able subjects Large numbers are now on the way
both civilians and soldiers and In anticipation OF the
arrival the Emperor has already despatched some small