The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-22

and the drop curtain will have fallen. Az
present the French troops are occupying Q
passive position and only awaiting The arrival
Of the moment for their embarkatfon. s
In this condition Of Stairs the vdls our gov
eminent will have to perform Is very clear.
The recent Mexican expedition has not re-
bounded much to our credit It's character
psrtakes somewhat Of the ridiculous. The
mission Of General Sherman and Minister
Campbell was heraldel with = flourish Of
trumpets, and . great fuss was made over Il,
- though there were to be f,nsl end and set
Element Of tho whole Mexican complication.
II has resulted In sortof wild goose chase,
amounting 70 nothing, and eli the people
know Is, that Sherman ia in New Orleans, to
which place he might have gone by . much
moro direct route, and that Campbell is some
where in Mexico or its vicinity. It begins to
be evident, too, when we look over the whole
ground, whether Maxinilian, or Santa Ann&,
or Miramon, or Juarez or any other of the
Mexican Adventures are concerned, that un-
darlying all the contest between them there is
an immense fight among stockholders. Under
the Emperor, an English company claim tho
grant of railroad from Vera Cruz to Orzaba,
and score of other jobs have been dealt out
by Macmillan and depend upon his power to
establish his government for their success
Juarez, on his side, has any quantity Of jobs
afoat, including the Lower California job, in
which Ben Butler and others are concerned !;
the express job, which Clarence Seward has
got his hands into, and the Tehuantepec job
so that the war is, In fact, stockholders war !;
and it is supposed that all the fuss made at
Washington, in the House and elsewhere,
about Mexican affairs, is dependent in some
way or other upon these several jobs.
With such q scramble as this, where the
profits Of stockholders and spectators are
mixed up with the question Of the establish
ment Of IN imperial government, the United
States can have nothing to do. Our govern
ment should withdraw Sherman from his con-
nection. with the mission. He has found the
French very polite, and the imperialsts, of
course, very much opposed to Juarez and
American Intervention. Campbell can CON.
tinue to seek after Juarez, if the State Depat-
ment think proper. That is an innoent
occupation enough. Then our troops spuld
be kept quiet within our own lines, I'd the
Mexicans and stockholders and specuAtaTs OF
the different factions be lett to igt 1t out
among themselves after the Will known
fashion of the Kilkenny cats.
The FESIAss CLOSING Ur is evident
from the lull in the Fenan Excitement that
the Fenians are closing ny not in order OF
battle, but in business. Hr some time past
the news from Europe has obtained nothing but
indefinite rumors concerning the expected in
snrrection in Ireland, and they do not point
to action. More arrests of Fcnian leaders
seizures of Fenian lepoh Of arms, increased
vigilance OF the government authorities, more
troops for Irelari, and so forth, form the
burden Of th news bat no word of armed
inmrrect,a. There are many who believe
that .nere il no Intention Of an out
b-sk on the part Of the leaders,
and great many who think that
Stephens, the head of the .head centres"
whose whereabouts in Europe has been va
riously stated is, in fact, still in this country
and that, having obtained all the money he
wanted, is neither going to fight in Ireland nor
to disburse the funds for any more revolu-
tionary purposes than changing his nomadic
life into one Of quiet comfort in nice brown
stone house Of his own. Certain il 10 that the
year which he so repeatedly promised was to
see Ireland in arms has but few days longer
Of life, and not hostile gun has been fred
on that soil.
Az for the Fenian movement ia this country,
since it became public question il never was
much more than noisy mystery and money
gathering operation. We have been treated to
mock republics, scnates houses VI representa-
tives, bombastic proclamations by"presidents,n
and all the other paraphernaa which could
make cause ridiculous by few selfsh men,
laboring for their own ends, and, with the
exception Of one or two, not possessing n
spark of patriotism. We do not regret 10
observe, then, that with the close Of the wear
the Fenian business Is likely TO be closed up,
for the sake OF the poor Irish Iabrers and
chambermaids, who, we trust, will in future
keep their little savings for their own use,
instead Of giving them to rapacieus head
centres, presidents" and other vampires. IF
any good is TO be done for ireland ii will be
by the energetic and really sincere movement
Of John Bright, which embraces the whole
British empire, and Is in fact at the present
moment, far more serious cause Of alarm 10
the government than Fenlanism at either side
Of the Atlantic.
NAroLEos AND HIS NEW Army ScHKM.-The
brief cable despatch from Paris announcing
that Napoleon new army scheme grows in die
favor among all classes OF the French people