The New York herald., 1866-08-26


prepare for the possible contingency Of gen.
sral European convulsi,n, financial and poll
tical.
Mexico-Failure Of. the Mission Of the Empress
CarlOtta TO the Emperor Napoleon.
There exists a familiar story Of domestic life
in New EnCiand illustrating the manner in
which Food housewife rescued an extrava-
giant huAband from wayward and profigate
city lie, in which bankruptcy was staring him
in me face, by going quietly to the old home
sAad, fitting 1t up costly refreshing the grounds,
and adapting the situation generally to ease
the transition from q brilliant and fashionable
but hollow metropolitan existence to the sub
stantial comforts Of q sans souci country life.
The experiment succeeded, and in short time
the sensible wife had the qualification Of seeing
a beloved husband sundered from the cares,
anxietes and the glittering but empty attrac-
tions that had so long enslaved him, and once
more rendered rational and contented man,
respected by his neighbors and the idol Of his
family.
This little recital Of an incident in domestic
life in New England is happily repeated in the
course the Empress Carlotta of Mexico has
taken in regard to the future of her husband,
Macmillan BY one Of the latest kilograms
from Paris, dated August %, we learn that "the
Empress Carlotta of Mexico has terminated her
visit to the Court of the Tuileries and gone to
Maximilian's hope at Miramar." What sensi-
BILE wife what noble woman! The Empress,
WI. the charming grace that equally adorns
aristoeratic and parvenu c,""les, iiTse seeks the
presence Of the Emperor of the rlccnch, Vi.
fair Eugene being the medium, and explains
the precarous condition of her husband in
Mexico. He must either have money and men
Immediately or his Kingdom is gone by the
board. She appeals to the Emperor's galantry,
to the period when he once required friends,
70 the time when he desired for lunch o
BGNlogne sausage and only obtained Ham
sandwich. In short, she spared no representa-
tions no efforts, to enlist the sympathies Of the
French Emperor in behalf of her imperial
spouse. Napoleon the Third meditates but
moment but il, that moment he had travelled
over the map and :he government Of the United
States, as well as tie promises he had made
to the latter. His answer to the appealing
Empress was prompt Madame" he said-if
he had been talking to the Queen of England
he would have said Ny Sister," Madame,
! have no more men, no more money to spare
for your imperial husband. l am very sorry.
But have necessity for keeping faith with
the United States concerning the withdrawal Of
the French troops from Mexico. Besides, there
is little matter affecting the rectifcati0n of
the boundaries of France which demands my
more immediate and imperative attention"
What did the Empress Carlotta do after this
delicate but pointed refusal? Go and pawn
her jewels to some shent-per-shent Rothschild
to procure money to retrieve her husband
from imperial bankruptcy-the more irrepara-
BILE because imperials No; not by any means.
But, like the sensible housewife Of America,
she at once repairs to Maximilan's old pala-
tial homestead at Miramar, workmen are set
to work without delay to brush away the cob
webs, burnish up the old gilt and silver, re-
touch the mouldy frescoes, trail up the recum-
bent fowery climbers, tack up the trelliswork,
patch up the bruised Italian statuary, and
make the good old and well-loved palace by
the sea betting place to welcome the return
of her imperial husband.
Thus IL this sterling woman acting a wise
part. She sees that the United States govern
ment have been playing croquet about the
question Of Mexico. She knows that Napoleon
has closed his treasures and his barracks
against any more reinforcements; she is aware
that rs soon as the paper blockade of Mexican
ports is removed there will be no help for the
empire, that it must fall into the hands OF the
Americans, and she, with womanly and wifely
instincts, sees that Macmillan must depart-if
Bazaine will lot him. Hence. like good New
England housewife, she il brushing up the
pleasant palace at Miramar for his welcome
home.
FRANCE AND GERMANY ON THE FRONTIER
QuEsrIos.-The extension of the French from
tier towards the Rhine, although apparently
not at the present time q question involving
difficulty between France and Germany, can
hardly he reDar3ad oa cptiroly oastIaJ Nouo