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

luStdICt 10 puilisucu W Tue extent OF me law
provision, which is fine of five hundred dol
lars for each and every case of negligence in
this respect.
The Mexican Kettle Of Ftsh-Funny Doiugs
and Complications.
MIR. Seward has at last got the Mexican ques-
ton into beautiful kettle Of Gsh. 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 it
that we can find is in our own plundering Cor
poraton 'rings," where we have wheels within
wheels, and all sorts II plotters and their Jobs
inexplicably mixed up Gable dispatches don't
begin TO reach the difficulty. A 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, Maximilian stole Oh
from the city of Mexico, intending to take the
Austrian frigate Dandolo, waiting for him at
Vera Cruz, and to sail home. He was inter-
cepted by the French and sent back. We next
hear Of him ut Orizaba. Next that Napoleon
has instructed him to abdicate; then that he
has prepared his abdication and made arrange
ments for a 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 dtch;" and this is our
latest news of poor Max. We shall probably
next hear that he has issued draft for hun
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 A.
Meantime it appears that United States ves-
sci Of war, the good ship Susquehanna, having
on board Minister Campb 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 a good lot of movable plhnder, had
cleared out But we may imagine the disgust
OF Campbell end sperlan on hearing that The
French were still In full blast, that poor Max
had resolved to fight 10 the death, and thst
Vera Cruz was in a blaze OF imperial glory.
OF 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 Truo
Cross, tackled about and sailed up the Gnlf
coast for Tampico or the mouth Of the Rio
Grande, as a starting point from which 10
begin, like "Japhet in search Of father" their
explorations in search Of Juarez and his Mex
lean republic.
AT the same time, it appears, the late terrible
kettle Of fish in Matamoros between Caravajal,
Cortna, Canales, Escobedo and General Scdg-
wick, having been partially adjusted by the
retirement of Canales with his plumber and
the dismissal Of General Sedgwick, we End
that General Sheridan has turned Ortega loose
again-tbat dangerous claimant of the Mexf-
can republic against Juarez But the worst Of
II IL that Miramon, French-Mcxican, with bis
pocket full Of money, has got back into Mexico
from France, while that old and cunning revoA
lutionst, Santa Anna, has mysteriouBly disap-
peared from New York, and Juarez, q full-blood-
ed Indian, can't be found. How are we 10 set
tie this business What can Mr.. Seward do With
IT, with all bis cable despatchesf No wonder
General Grant declined 10 90 on the wild goose
chase undertaken by Sherman, with Western
lawyer instead Of Western army ut his back
And then there are those French claims, and
poor Max's contingent expenses, and certain
railroad, telegraph, land and express COM
panies' speculations, each job having 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
barbarians,r and that IL they once get 10 they
win gobble up their movables faster than tho
French, and settle down TO stay.
liz itnot absurd to suppose that Mr.. Seward,
even by writing day and night, can write bis
way ont OF this imbroglio? Congress ought to
take the matter 10 hand and declare, first,
that Mexico is a yepublc, and that Juarez, II
still alive, is President thereof; second, that
Macmillan and the French must vacate the
premises and leave no agents in occupation
behind them; third, that General Sherman
or 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 make there new
treaty OF friendship and commerce with the
Mexican republic. Why not. "a 20 this com
plexion this Mexican ENHANCEMENT must
come at last
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