, 1865-03-26
Interesting Details Concerning Ma
. poIeon's CBsar.
Politics and Fesktvities-Enect In En-
rope Of 1hcaFal1 of Charleston :
Mexican Stocks-The New
=, French miulsSers -

uJ kfEAL FeSfeL3 WAS compelled 10 decline
In consequence Of other pressing literary en-
gagements. There has been good deal of
absurd ml1eprest NATION with respect to the
prices paid for these tlanslations, and the
public has been led to believe that they are
very large. This Is. however, By no means
the case, and know, from the best .au-
thoriiy, that the Emperor has felt yery
much dissa tist1ed With his editors. the Nessrs.
Plon, for the way IN which they haYe nsed
the confidence placed in them, and the pref
eIence shown them, entirely for their own
aasa3sage ee aaa with too little consideration
The Emperor reserved to himself q voice in
the choice to be made Of translators, but
with the pecuniary part of the transac-
3ion he could, Of course, have nothing to do.
he expected, however, that In return for
the tavor shown. large and liberal views
which his honor wns concerned. This, how
ever, can scarcely be said to have been the
case. For Instance, IN London, third or
fourth rate publisher has been chosen for the
work The price offered me for the transla-
t1on vas 5ooo FRS; nothing extraordinary,
Certainly, exclusive Of the hunor}, for quar-.
to volume ofsome 40 pages, with many Gas
steal notes to be retransla1ed from the orlsi-
na1 languages. But the price paid for the
Italian translation is, Z learn, only . 600 fra
really inadequate sum; and the Emperor feels
greatly annoyed that any transaction In which
bis name is implicated should be conducted
In such o fashion. I mention these matters.
because the imperial aud literary curiosity IN
question is attracting just now great atten-
tiop, and any u'hentic circumstances respect
ingtl are interesting, destined, as 1t doubtless
Is, to descend to'posterity, both By the great
name Of its author and BY the Intrinsic mer.
to 1t. e
The preface appeared first in the Afoniteur
du SokE Of Saturday last, and has since been
reproduced By all the newspapers. It has
been written, It appears, since 1862, and bears
evidence Of great thought IN the con,extaud
quaint the public with. the Emperor's mo
tires for writing the history Of great man,
It Is to prove that when Providence, raises M
such men as Caesar, Char1emasue or Napo.
leon, 1t Is for the purpose OF pointing ont to
nations the path they shall follow, and ac-
turtles. Woe be to them, tie Emperor r says. M
who resist the mission Of such men; thew are
like the Jews .who cruclf1ed the Messiah:
and they are as blind, he adds, Us cnlpable. for
nothing can stop the course Of Providence
and, although all Europe conspired to baniat
Napoleon 10 st. Helena, that has not pre.
person Of Napoleon H., The key to the
whole work, ID spirit and principle, is proba-
bly, to be found in the above senteuces. which
are penned with great force and dignity, and
with that cleaInees and luc!dlty Of Views and
Of style for whish the writer has long been re-
markab!e. That Napoleon had q mission. no
one can doubt. So had Washington. But
are not the different ends ct the two men.
and the different estimations they have left
brhind them, evidence mainly Of how much
better and more faithfully the ons fulalled
the task committed 10 him by Providence,
than the other.
Wehaye just received the Intelligence of
sherman's further success and ADVANCE upon
Charleston. The effect has been greatly to
con11 N the now generally prevailing impress.
sion that peace must must soon come bY one
means or another. The recent warltEc de-
monstratfons made by the South, are regard
ed IN the Light OF epasmodfc Efforts.
We are without political news Of anr i'm
Portsnee, and no animation is likely to show
itself In the Chambers until the discussion
commences upon the address. The commit
tees In both Houses are employed in drawing
up the proposed form OF reply to the Empef-
of's opening speech. The Due de Morny is
occupy the Presidents chair. The Cardinals
are reported to be preparing speeches in the
Senate against the italian convention, and III,
Theirs announces his intention to defend the
temporal power Of the Papacy In the Corps
!Legislatif 4 recent visit Of General de Ia
s1o1 1AAoA< - 4se44ct NuA u sOHE lnkefVlfW LneFe
between him and tbs french Commander-in-
Chief, induces the belief that steps are being
taken for the approaching Withdrawal Of the
FRI thch forces.
The Emperor drove himself through all the
most populous streets Of Paris the other day
in an open phmton, and was enthusiastically
received. The town has been full of feasting
and gayety Of late, With gorgeous processiona
Of tie Bauf gros, and masked balls every
night, preparatory to the commencement Of
Lent. : -
'(From Our Special Correspondent
PANS, TuesdaJ, March 9, 1865.
If it be any consolation In misfortune to be
In the mouths Of al men, tho Inhabitants oi
the rebellion city" are not without such
compensation for the chaatisement which
has overtaken them. Since the fall Of Sebas.
topol no event has created so great scnsa-
tion in Europe as the fall Of Charleston. 1t
would be quite In vain for me to attempt to
convey to you any Idea Of the extent Of this
feeling. The tidings that the real capital
and birthplace Of rebeldom had been cap-
tuled without q blow, md that the flag Of
the Union once more waved from the shat
tered towers of Fort Sumter, appeared SO
wonderful aud incredible to the people Of
this country that they took a strong hold Of
the French maginatlon, and succeeded for
once in enchanting their attention upon 30
glorious though distaut an achievement.
And, indeed, when We travel back over
the so comparatively short interval when
the contcnding armies met almost daily on
the line Of the Potomac and the frontiers OF
Virginia. and the reiterated reproach of the
journals and public voice Of Europe asains!
the North was the little progress made In
the invasion Of the euemy's country-when
we look back, I say, over the short period Of
time since this was the case, and compare
that state of things wlth-what We know to
exist now, the change which has takcn place
may well be regarded as miraculous. It
seems now, to our view at distance, as,
though rebellion only rntsed its head on q
little spot OF territory, and Us II q single city
alone held out again6t the reconstructed
Union and strength Of the United States.
Take away Richmond, and, people ask here.
or Mr. Jefferson Davis? There Is, indeed,
but one expression Of opinion to be heard on
all sides; and that is that the wnr is over. Pro-
Hinged and even desperate ''fesIstaucc,"b ,"by
few desperate men, may yet, for come time,
perhaps, have to be encountered but regular
warfare, the warfn1e Of armies meeting on
equal terms In the shock Of battle-of this
We expect to hear no more. The opinion Of
many military men Is that eyen Lees army,
compelled, as ncne doubt must be the case,
to change Its ground and find itself left with
out my solid basis of operations, or any sure
ually break up and dlspcrse from sheer inanf-
tton., At ali events that with the entire sea-
beard IN the hands OF the North, with such
bases OF operations as New Orleans, Mobile,
Savannah, Charleston, and soen Wilmington
and Richmond itself for the inlet OF troops,
wi h has vh4fa ~
10 ,hem on the West, and Tennesse sand
North Carolina already almost In thrit grasp
4 n 1he norlh-that with such advantages on
the Federal side any Southern army should
be lopg able to keep the field OF sustain itself
in a state Of isolation In the interior, Ia m
opinion deemed wholly contrary to all Mill
tary rn1c and experience
One effect Of the late triumphant inte1lf-
Eence was to bring down Mexican stock "a
tayorite article In the French market) fully
five Per cent. am certainly happy, howey-
er, to anncunc to you one piece Of intetll-
which is Of considerable Importance in tie
present state Of the relations between this
country and the United States. The imperisl
government has appointed the Marquis de
Montho1on, at PRESENT Minister Plenipoten-
tia1y TO the Emperor Maxlmillan, to fill the
end to that interim In the regular diplomatic
representation between the two governments
which has afforded room for so much com
ment and so many well or I'll founded conjec-
tu1es. trust the exampie Will soon be fol-,
lowed By the authorities at Washing ton, and
that all ground Of further uneasi1ess viii
thus be removed. Ihaye on former occasions
discussed this subject 80 fully that do not
think it necessary now to say more respect
ing It. The new appointment seems sa.fsfac-
tory, and MS II intended, It possible, to estab-
!ish friendly relations between the newly cs~
tabfished power In Mexico and its nnwsrfnI