The New York herald., 1865-02-06

last quota. he will do us ~ act Of justice, and
place this city in position where ner just ana
fair quota would be filed In atortnigGt WIN
be do 1T
What Will Become OF Our lSoidferst
President Lincoln once sagely obstvved that
every war must end at some time or other.
The end Of the present war seems very .loss at
hand. The rebels are thoroGghly exha. .vsted,
while we are becoming stronger every nay.
The contest d now simply matter Of so NAVY
days or weeks. General Grant may choose to
crush the rebellion without further delay By
sacrificing the lives of his soldiers In an assault
or he may wait quietly for the rebels to evaou- !
ate Richmond and then press them downward
to the Savannah. What the Lieutenant Generals
plan will be nobody knows; but we are assured
that 1t will be successful, and that the Union
will be restored within few months. Whsa
tho Union is restored and the war over, what
is to become of our soldiersf
Many Of them will be needed, Of course, to
temporarily garrison certain forts in the South,
and many more will be used in the regular
army which this government will maintain for
some years to come, until the seeds Of rebellion
are totally destroyed. Should we have war
with either England or France to enforce the
Monroe doctrine and clear the continent OF
monarchies, the question: what will become Of
our soldiers? can be very easily answered.
They will enlist for the foreign war, and will
carry it into Canada and Mexico, II not into
England and France. But, although we insist
upon the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine,
and although we should be prepared to fight
probability of foreign war; England has
already shown every disposition to relin-
quish Canada, and Napoleon is shrewd
enough to see that he has no chance In
Mexico except our sufferanoe. The mere dis
play of our military and naval strength, the
simple fact that we are again united people,
will suffice for Napoleon, who will leave Maxi.
milan to his fate; and Macmillan without Ne
poleon is like body without head, without
arms, without life. The Mexican enterprise
was conceived and attempted because Europe
thought that disunion was thing accomplished.
Reunion will be followed BY the immediate
abandonment Of q scheme thus based upon 3
mistake
Allowing, then, for the troops necessary =
garrison forts and for the regular army which
is- to be maintained, thousands Of soldiers,
North and South, will still be deprived a
work and wages at the end of the war; and
the question recurs, what will become Of themf
Accustomed to q nomadic, adventurous life fos
four years, they cannot settle down contentedly
to the dull routine Of regular employments,
and Of course they are too independent -
expect to be supported by the State. The
trades and occupations which they have LED
will be glad to receive some Of them; but there
are plenty Of fine, strapping fellows who would
laugh at the idea Of being bound down to .
bench or spade after having enjoyed the lib-
erty Of war; Under ordinary circumstances u
would be an act Of wise statesmanship to GET
up war for these heroes. Veterans do NOT
grow on every bush, and II b wrong for . M
ton to neglect to use them against foreign foes
when they are provided for her by long civil
war. Fortunately, however, this nation can uss
these veterans without war. The splendid
parks Of gold and silver and precious stones.
Of which we gave map and detailed descrip-
tion few days ago, invite our soldiers to come
in and take possession. Colorado, Idaho, Ne
vada, Montana and Utah, to say nothing Of
Mexico, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, chihuahua,
Lower California and the rest of the dukedom
Of Gwin, are yearning for such settlers ~
those in the armies of the North and South.
Out Of these vast, glitteting empires new States
are to be constructed and our soldiers are pre-.
destined for the work. The very habits which
unfit them for trades and regular business ad-
mirably adapt them for developing the region
Of gQld, where they will have to fight nature,
wild beasts ana Indiana They will 60 there.
settle down, popu,ste the country, get rich and
double the size Of the Union within twenty
years. After the Mexican war our soldiers re.
deemed California from the wilderness, and
after this war our soldiers will transform the
extreme West into tier Of States, founded %
gold and silver and sheltered by the glorious
Stars and Stripes.
PHOTOGRAPHY As A DETECrrvE-In JUDICIAL
APPLICATION IN IrALY.-We publish to-day
curious and interesting statement relative to .
new and importaut use for photography, and
one which may eventually form an important
part In criminal Investigations. It seems thas
the eye Of murdered woman has been magnb
fed and photographed In Florence, Italy, and
found to represent what is regarded as the pro-
file Of human face resembling that Of her sup
posed murderer. II Is true the testimony In
favor Of the alleged resemblance Is not sum-
oiently positive 70 hang man, but the opinions