Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-02

A STRANGE SroRY.n-The London cor
respondent of the Chicago Tribune, commu-
nicates the following "Strange Story"
A curious project has lately been started
in Paris with regard to Mexico-one which
looks like " Napoleon idea-n Our press
has not yet got wind Of it. but it is already
canvassed in commercial circles in orr
"city" and meets with great favor from our
merchants and business men generally. |
must premise that Mexico wants money;
you are probably aware of that fact as much
as ourselves. Well, the project in question,
it is believed, viii give her all the funds she
can possible require, obtain a recognition of
the Mexican Empire by the United States,
and settle things comfortably for all parties
Macmillan, it is asserted, will gladly, fall
into the arrangement, not alone for the sake
of his dynasty, but still more, for private
family reasons. His wife, the daughter of
old King Leopold of Belgium, is she most
extravagant woman of Europe; and she has
been terribly pushed for household ex-
penses," "pin-money," etc, since ascending
her transatlantic throne. Macmillan
himself is "hard up" Although younger
son, and therefore without prospects until
his late streak of luck, he had managed to
ortrun the constable TO the extent Of one
million Of dollars; his creditors became inn
Fortunate, and so soon as the subject of the
proposed empire was preached to him he en-
deavored TO raise the "spondulics" in Lon
don aud Paris, wherewithal to fill the
mouths of his vampires. Moneyed men
in those two capitals were early made
aware of his great expectations bot
they feared "a slip twixt the cup and
the lip" and told him as follows: "When
your Majesty is your Majesty, your Majesty
shall have the money Immediately" And
they were as good as their word, for Maxi
milan was enabled to pay his old creditors
by getting into debt with new ones before
leaving Europe. 1t speaks well for his
honesty that, within a short period of ascend-
ing his new throne, he paid off the whole
million with interest and can assure you
that the feeling in London and Paris fnan-
cial circles has thereby been made very
strong in his favor. In one word, every
body here likes Max, and wishes him pros
perity.
This is rather a long preSaos, but it is an
interesting one. Moreover, II is true. i had
the story from one Of the leading men on
Change man who has had the entree
every NHcre lOT u bCorc VI years past. -ANOm
to the project.
1t is proposed that Mexico shall sell to
the United States all her Territory north of
the Tropic of Cancer. Folks here say that
the countries north of that line are the natu-
raj and prescribed home ofthe Anglo-Saxon
race, and that the addition of the area in
question to your present limits is sound ac-
cording to every requirement of geography,
ethnography, policy, etc, etc. The proposal
offers to give up TO you, ''for consideration"
the whole ofthe Peninsula of Lower Califor-
MIA, plus the main land from your present
boundary to Victoria, an area, in fine, some
what larger than the entire State of Texas.
OF course, if the United States accepted
this proposal, it would involve the recogni
ton of the empire. Macmillan, on the
other hand, would part with nearly half his
territory; but then it is thought that some
arrangement might be made, with the aid of
the good officers of Napoleon Ill, bywhich
the Central American States would Join their
destiny to that of the Empire. You will
hear good deal more of this project during
the next six months.