The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-28

Tho Mexican e-Dlaximilinn Rcdi.
WINS.
A telegram from Washington informed us
yesterday that minister Campbell has been
instructed by our government to remain at
New Orleans for the present in order to await
future events in Mexico or for further in
structions." From the same or some other
reliable source we learn that General Sherman
is now on his way from St Louis to rejoin Mr..
where the Mexican embassy has just hove-to
simultaneously with this news comes the more
startling and unexpected intelligence that the
imperial cause is looking up, with hope, how
ever family INDUCED by its friends, of final
triumph, provided there be no armed inter-
mainstay and backbone of this hope is the pos
session by Maximilian's government Of mill
tary Mexican force of thirty-6ye thousand
regular troops, with an auxiliary foreign force
Of some twenty-five thousand more, making q
total OF about sixty thousand men, we'll armed
stances permit. In regard to their pay, our
city Of Mexico correspondent asserts that it
is handed to them "regularly every morning."
In this estimate OF the imperial army the SOL
diers Of France do not appear. Of these latter
there are atleast twenty-five thousand in the
country, who, if counted at all, must go to the
imperial side. These are very good and
weighty grounds for revival of hope in i'm
perialst bosoms while there is still another
which, though it comes in here last, is by far
tho weightiest motive, and that is the want Of
unity among the supporters of the liberal
cause, who are already flying at each Others
thIoats in good old Mexican partisan STYLE
They have never had much system since the
fallof Puebla and the consequent dispersion and
Generalization Of tic Mexican army; but their
condition now threatens to be infinitely more
desperate, since they are turning their arms
against each other If their disagreement
should prove to be the fruit Of imperialist
diplomacy it will rank as one Of the ablest
strokes of Maximilan's statefna~s'lip; for
it enables him to part with the French
and to observe mastery inVsivity whle his
enemies hew each other to pieces, aud thus in
Under all these circumstances, II is very sign;n-
cant aud worthy of note TIA. our wandering
embassy comes to anchor at New Orleans to
await further events or further Instructions
One short month since, or at mos. six weeks
the imperialist cause was pronounced IN er-
,remis, and Minister Campbell went forth TO ex-
plore for government known as that uf
Juarcz; but without success. Like many an
other explorer, he failed. We pvt it in that
light in order that the Minister may derive
some consolation from the failures Of others.
Juarez could not be found. In fact Juarez il
rapidly lapsing into myth, like the Scandina-
Wan Odiu. 1t was no fault Of Minister Camp
bell il Juarez did not turn up but bis return
to the haunts of civilization after go short
chase suggests the idea that the Minister may
nave found the impcrialist cause not quite so
much in ertremis as had been reported. That
such may be the case is evidenced by the
split among the liberals. Withou. The gain OF
single man or the capture OF q single post the
.mperalst cause is advanced by this inferno
cine fcud more than by any other event since
The arrival of Macmillan. Minister Camp
bell saw this. He was In time to SEQ ono
practical result of the feud-l bloody fight be-
tween the Juaris.s and Ortegaists, in which
the liberal Generals Escobcdo and Cana!es
destroyed several hundred good fighting
men, Moreover, nc found Macmillan nc the
head Of powerful and well organized army,
capable Of showing considerable fight, even
were his enemies combined, but able 10 ami
hilate, with infinite ease, either of the factions
now apparently more embittcred against each
other than against the stranger from Miramar.
What then could Minister Campbell do but re-
turn TO await events and instructionsf We
must let him tell his own story in tho forlhcom-
ing report of this curious mission. Then. if
we accept ali the facts relative 70 Mlximilian's
position, his popularity, his army and bis
hopes. must we not also accept the hypothesis
that there is possibility OF his Ultimate sue
cess ? tind in that case, If the United States
10 moi interfere forcibly, whcre : tho wizard
to come from who can change all those impc-
rails. ojscts and aspirations into The rellza-
ton Of republican hopes and aims'
ExrRrss AND RAILROAD COMPANIES AID THE
Cry LICENSE LAw.-Thc Corporation At'or-
ney, in his annual report, states chat a number
OF suits are now pending agains: the city express
and railroad companies, TO compel them to pay
the license fee for running their wagons and
passenger cars on the streets. II appears that
the Second and Third Avenue Railroad compa-
mics have successfully resisted the payment, on