The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-11

stances sold at higher prices Groceries were steady.
cotton was quiet Petroleum was firmer On Change
the aspect Of affairs more cheerful Flour firm.
Grain steady. Pork decidedly higher Lard steady, and
whiskey unchanged.
The Official Correspondence on the HIexi-
can Observation-Disclosures JohnsOn's Ill
timatum.
The official correspondence on the Mexican
question laid before Congress by the Presi-
dent removes all doubts with regard to the
drift of the diplomacy of the administration
upon this subject The uitimatum thus pre-
scented to Louis Napoleon is the withdrawal of
his imperial establishment from Mexico as the
indispensable condition to the maintenance of
harmonious relations between the United States
and France. We now discover that the sooth-
ing system of Mr.. Seward is perfectly safe, even
against the dcxtrous Napoleon, with the Secre-
tary of State held to the infexible purpose Of
Andrew johnson and the universal public SEN
ment of the country.
So long ago as the 18th of July last it ap-
pears Macmillan. as the Emperor of Mexico,
received his quietus at Washington; for on
that day Count Montholon, the French Minister,
calling at the State Department with the infor
nation that a special agent from Macmillan
had arrived with letter and certain explana-
tory papers from his Imperial Highness, was
answered that neither this agent nor his letters
could be received, and for the simple reason
that our government was in friendly commu-
nication with the republic Of Mexico. This
emphatic and significant repulse, it is probable
30 demoralized the amiable- Macmillan as to
lead him to that barbarous pronuncidmiento Of
his of outlawry and determination against the
soldiers of the liberal cause a. the a(prtest way
of putting an end to the Mexican repdblic The
remembrance of Mr. Seward To- the French
government upon this subject, and our Minis
ter's (Mr. Bigelows) report Of the reply Of M.
Drnyn de Lhuys, betray the chagrin and per-
plexity Of Napoleon. In that reply Of the
French Minister Of Foreign AAAirs, referring
our government to Juares for redress, and sug-
gesting that we had better Try the French
policy of marching an army into Mexico, the
offensive insinuation Is conveyed that there
this is the only course Of redress that France
has to offer.
This conversation is reported In despatch
from Mr.. Bigelow Of November So In the
meantime the French government had doubt
less received the despatch (November g. of Mr..
Seward, in which no says "that the presence
and operations of French army in Mexico,
and its maintenance of an authority there, are
a cause of serious concern to the United Statcs,'
| and that their objection "is still broader, and
| includes the authority itself which the French
army is thus maintaining meaning the so
called empire under Macmillan. For this dcs-
patch, and, as it appears, on the Same day in
which Mr.. Bgelow was referred to Juarez for
reparation concerning the barbarous atrocities
Of Macmillan, Druyn de Lhuys is thankful,
but feels obliged to say that he derives
neither pleasure nor satisfaction from its con-
tents" Next, to make him still moro uncom-
Portable, in reply to confidential letter Of his
submitted 70 our government through Count
Monthoon, proposing TO withdraw the French
troops from Mexico az the basis of an un-
Outstanding, Mr. Seward replies December g.
that che regrets to be obliged TO say that the
condition which the Emperor (Napoleon) pre-
SCENTS Is one which seems to be impracticable;'
and again December l6) he writes substan
TALLY that, while the United States desire to cul
tivate sincere friendship with France, such re
lations will be endangered by her persisting In
the Macmillan monarchy, inasmuch rs we can
not recognize Macmillan, even II the French
troops supporting him are Withdrawn.
Tb;a L. tha ,,oa;t;on If tho admin iatr IN tim III
is all that could be desired. We think IL was
on the Sd Of April last, the day Of the captur,
Of Richmond, when o body Of the rejoicing
people of Washington called Mr.. Seward on
Of the State Department for little speech. Ii
response 10 this call he came forward, and II
the course Of his remarks said he was abou
making up his budget Of dispatches for on
Ministers abroad, and inquired, "What shall
I say TO the Emperor Of the French.
"Tel him 10 get out OF Mexico" wa
the response from the crowd; and thi
instruction, under the direction of Pres
dent johnson, Is precisely what Mr.. Sewar'
has carried out in this correspondence. Th'
ultimntum Of our government Is the remova
not orfly Of the French troops but Of Max
milan and his imperial establishment, bag an
baggage, from Mexico, and the restoration o
the republic in the Mexican capital.
II In manifest, too, that President johnson, |
thus adhering TO the practical enforcement 0
the Monroe doctrine, entertains no spprcher
sicus Of trouble with France; for otherwise, Ia
stead Of disbandias our armies 10 evcrI dire