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

hauled, ana tine absence OF proper hfeboats, dis
engaging apparatus and life preseryers sufgi-
cient for the passengers carried should In every
instance be punished to the extent OF The laws
provision, which Is fine of five hundred dol
lars for each and every case of negligence in
this respect
The Mexican Kettle Of Fish-Fanny Doings
and Complications.
Mr.. Seward has at last got the Mexican ques-
ton into beautiful kettle Of dsh. Instead OF
two Dromios in the play, their name is legion,
and "the cry is, still they come" Our Florida
trouble with Billy Bowlegs, and our Nicaragua
negotiations concerning the British Mosquito
King and Billy Walker, "the gray-eyed man."
were mere bagatelles compared with this Mexi-
can kettle Of fish, The nearest approach to il
that we can find is in our own plundering Cor
poration "rings," where We have wheels within
wheels, and all sorts of plotters and their jobs
inexplicably mixed up. Gable dispatches don't
begin 10 reach the difficulty. cable to the
heart Of the Chinese rebellion might, but
nothing shorter win do in the way Of cables.
Only look at some of the latest facts In this
Mexican mixture. II was but the other day
that with the approach Of General Castelneau
direct from Napoleon, Macmillan stole Oh
from the city Of Mexico, intending to take the
Austrian frigate Dandolo, waiting for him al
Vera Cruz, and TO sail home. He was inter-
cepted by the French and sent back. We next
hear Of him at Orizaba. Next, that Napoleon
has instructed him to abdicate; then that he
has prepared his abdication and made arrange
ments for q French triumvirate to take his
place; then the French authorities at Vera
Cruz, in the name Of the Emperor Max and
his empire, proclaim their joy that he has made
up his mind to stand his ground and die like
JEFF Davis, Sin the last ditch;" and this is our
latest news of poor Max. We shall probably
next hear that he has issued draft for hum
dred thousand soldiers, to be paid out of tho
proceeds Of one Of the Hon. Ben Woods lot
teries, the French lottery game being played
out Hs4s
Meantime it appears that United States yes
sci of war, the good ship Susquehanna, having
on board Minister Campbell'and General Sher-
man. touched at Vera Cruz, with the expecta-
ton of hearing that poor Max, the French,
Austrians and Belgians, bag and baggage,
with good lot Of movable plhnder, had
cleared out But we may imagine the disgust
Of Campbell end sherRap on hearing that The
French were still in full blast, that poor Max
had resolved 10 fight TO the death, and thst
Vera Cruz was 10 blaze Of imperial glory.
or course, as this was not the road to President
Juarez, Minister Campbell and General Sherman,
turning in silent contempt from the French hos
pitalities offered them in the city Of the True
Cross, tackled about and sailed up the Gulf
coast for Tampico, or the mouth of the Rio
Grande, as starting point from which TO
begin, like "Japhet in search Of father" their
explorations in search Of Jusrez and his Mex
lean republic.
At the same time, 1t appears, the late terrible
kettle Of fish in Matamoros between Caravajal,
Cortina, Canales, Escobedo and General Sedg-
retirement of Canales with his plumber and
the dismissal Of General Sedgwick, we Gnd
that General Sheridan has turned Ortega loose
again that dangerous claimant of The Mcxi-
can republic against Juarez. But the worst Of
Il Is that Miramon, . French-Mexican, with bis
pocket full OF money, has got back into Mexico
from France, while that old and cunning revo-A
lutionist, Santa Anna, has mysteriouAly dIssp-
peared from New York, and Juarez. . fdllblood-
ed indian, can't be found. How are We TO SET
tie this business What can Mr.. Seward do With
II, with all bis cable despatchesf No wonder
General Grant declined to 60 on the wild goose
chase undertaken by Sherman, with Western
lawyer instead Of Western army at his back.
And then there are those French claims, aud
poor Max's contingent expenses, and certain
railroad, telegraph, land and express COM
panies' spcculations, each job having a faction
at its back, each faction Mexican general or
two; and then there are numerous Independent
guerilla factions; and, while most of them are
opposed to Juarez, none OF them care a snap
whether he Is superseded by Ortega, Escobedo,
Canales, Miramon, Santa Anna or DR.. Gwin.
Lastly, the fighting Mexicans still entertain tho
Chinese idea that the Yankees are "outsids
win gobble up their movables faster than tho
French, and settle down 10 stay.
liz itnot absurd TO suppose that Mr. Seward,
even by writing day and night, can write his
way out Of this imbroglios Congress ought TO
take the matter in hand and declare, irst
that Mexico is a yepublic, and that Juarez, n
still alive, il President thereof; second, that
Macmillan and the French must vacate the
premises and leave no agents in occupation
behind them; third, that General Sherman
OF Sheridan, with an escort of twenty-five
thousand men for Minister Campbell. shall
move as soon as practicable from Matamoros
for The city Of Mexico, to mako there new
treaty OF friendship and commerce with tho
Mexican republic. Why not. "A 10 this com