The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-25

The Mexican Earoe-N avsleou ana ProsaHsus
Jsknssl n shs Psrfsr.assss 6nssn
Tho details Of news from and about Msxiss.
published n the H1RAID yesterday and To-
day, show that all the affairs in and relating .
hat country are most iArcical They opsasa
wh0 terrible tragedy IVES going on In sAls
country. and In grand mslo-drsmatIc style
on the part o. the principal actors In Mexico a
that tine, Louis Napoleon and Macmillan. Al
one time tho play became very serious, apd e
tsrwards, by The introduction Of Mr.. SeWards
voluminous episodes Il became very heavys
but finally It has ended in broad farce. he
number Of aotoEs Ehave increased o. 1ats saa
appear 70 b increasins continually a. the peE-
formance goss On. A short time ago Nepe-
leon 49, 10 principal actor of'the rldiculo6s
o. comic part with Maximilian perlbrmiae =
10 sene ss3se 4 second paxs; bus ~ EsensA
a. A6itiis.k Iavs not bSsu faIdwsd u kiss
lgfalE ~ vi, q y nonepoilss 81 -
r1<St ~. RkSddeat i 80, alf. SS1IadI "a
,asSer6f SSsfhish kave st6rted .-of ~ 49,
- 4tssne sa1esssfua rivais u llapSlsSf FL
Nakfmiiian. 7 ~ ~ mstb5f nov stsnn a II i
question which cuts he most ridiculous 1xurs
and makes The world aapgh lsudest, Ito Uaitsd
States or France, Andy johnson or Napoleon
OF course Sherman, Campbell, MAMMALIAN
Became, Juares, Romero, Miramon, Marques
and all the others on every side only take their
cue from the leading actors.
the question, which Is freely discussed by
our people now, and which seems to give the
President. Mr.. Seward, General Sherman and
Mr.. Campbell great deal Of trouble, Is as to
how far the mission Of the'two latter was or
was not failure. But behind this Is another
and very Important question, and that Il, what
was the mission fort The newspaper core
spondents, obtaining their information from
General Sherman and the authorities ct WASH
ington, tell us the mission was successful in
part Sherman, who is generally reticent 70
men Of the press appears anxious TO have thls
impression spread abroad. But neither be .nor
any one else tells us how or in what way twas
success There is evidently consciousness
that the so-called mission was o Quixotic one.
sherman and Campbell went to Mexico and
returned, in the same way that the King Of
France with his twenty thousand men marched
up the hill and then marched down again.
They performed Che role OF Don Quixote and
sancho Panzs over again; but which did the
part Of Quixote and which the part Of ss1cho----
which fought the windmiils most bravefy-wS
have yet to iearn. We know that Sherman =
an sindomitabls fellow and does wonderful
things by the force Of mia snegy. winduilas
,f.o 49, net 40 aorvv
career when he hasa definite object to accom-
plish In this case, however, he probably had
no definite object, and was under the restraint
Of others We think, therefore, that while ho
performed che part OF Quixote be acted under
the directions OF the real visionary DON in tho
State Department at Washington. e
On the other aide we see Macmillan and
Marshal Bazaine having separate little
play Of their own. Poor Max, indignant
81 the cavalier manner in which the French
were going to dispose Of him and his imperial
establishments first lodged General Castel-
neau, the special envoy Of Napoleon, and thea
kicking up his heels with renewed energy,
swore be would be Emperor ia spits 81 Ms
French. AT one time he was disposed to 6y
from the country, and was on his way 70 the ssa
coast for that purpose; but Baxaine, who Wa
not ready for chat, stopped his baggage and
put guard Of French soldiers In his way.
While smarting under this indignity and tho
treatment be had received generally, SOHO Of
The old Mexican chiefs Of Che church party got
his ear and persuaded him to resume the ride
Of emperor which he was abandoning To
spite himself or Napoleon and Bazaine, and 70
thwart the yankees" he avowed his purpose
to hold on to the imperial sceptre, and returned
70 the city Of Mexico. There he wss, accord:
ing 70 tho last accounts as given in our cor
respopdAnoe. He Il now spparently on bic
own hook and in opposition TO Tho French.
Bazaine, however,, has safely locked all the
money boxes The draft Of poor Max On
Vera crps for fiftv thcussnd dollars wn noa
allowed to be paid. On the whole. he il In
desperate ciroams:spcss gss EyiSsk sgs:
ffe 10 diIshdnk about what EOvstsSznt they
are TO leave and who u to secure their claims
Our own government also, il in ridiculous
position. The rival chiefs Of Mexico are ready
10 dght among themselves immediately tho
French and Macmillan shall leave, amer their
old fashion. Altogether, Mexican affairs are
in greater middle than ever
But IL win be some consolation to the French
people that their government has not alone
been placed in a ridiculous position. They
have been excessively sensitive, ~ was quits
natural, at the farce their government has been
performing, and have felt some indignation
against Us for having been instrumental, IN
part. in forcing II into that; but they may laugh
at US now. No people have kcener sense of
the ridiculous, aud they will not fail TO amu.-
themselves at the sorry figure the United States
has made in The absurd mission Of one Of our
greatest generals and fully equipped plcoi-