New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-06
FRANCE AND MEx1co.

/ The details Of recent news from Europe
bring us the text of the treaty concluded be-
| tween the French government and that of the
Emperor Macmillan. The treaty relates ex-
clusively to financial affairs, and it seems to
be simply an attempt on the part Of France.
to indemnify herself for the expenses which
she has incurred in assisting Macmillan to
establish himself in Mexico So far
4 as the problem of continued French support
for the Imperial experiment in Mexico is CON
cerned it affords US very little light; yet it
seems difficult to comprehend that the French
| emperor would go to the useless trouble of
making treaty with power whose speedy
downfall he anticipated, or from which he in
tends to withdraw the support on which alone
his hope Of any benefit from that treaty is de-
rived Theoretically, therefore, this little
piece Of diplomacy is suggestive of an extern
sion of the French intervention, which had
not been anticipated 1t may be- perhaps,
that Louis Napoleon intends to Withdraw his
troops by the end Of next year, but it is quite
probable, also, that he will insist on rigor-
GUS fuldilment, by the United States, of the
promises of neutrality made by Mr.. Bigelow
as the consideration of such withdrawal
Besides these indications, we have others in
the mission of Gen. De Caste1neau This Of
fcer, who is one of the Emperor Napoleons
aides, has been dispatched to Mexico on a |
mission which is said to be of great impor-
lance. Popular report declares that he goes
to recall Marshal Bazaine, to whose inehi- |
niaY,nv y,na,1,y ~ Aha DICE x,T1,;aI L.-~o
Gently oEertaken the Imperial cause are attri- /
buted; and to undertake a thorough military
organization Of the country, by raising the I
native Mexican force to $4,000 men, who are |
to be differed by Frenohmen. Besides. this |
it is said that all the functions of the State
are to be placed in the hands of French Off |
oials, in order that the eorruptions which have
hitherto characterized the Imperial admins
tration may be checked.
These are only reports, and we know not
how far they are to be credited Neyerthe-
less the Patrie declares, with an air Of author
ity, that all the rumors of Maximilians in
tended abdication are false; and likewise that
the mission of the Empress Carlotta has been
perfectly successful. In the meantime an
other complication is to be introduced into |
the tangled web of Mexican politics. Santa
Anna appears determined To make himself
the head Of some sort Of a movement, having
for its object the expulsion of Macmillan, and
he is backed, SO the telegraph informs u.s.
by several great capitalists in New York.
Hence we shall have Juarez claiming to be |
president in virtue Of his own will; ortega
claiming to be president by virtue of the law,
and Santa Anna claiming to be a great patriot |
and the champion of his counTy's indepen-
dence- The quarrels between Juarez and Or
tega have already greatly impaired the strength |
Of the so-called Liberal cause, aud it is not
likely that the introduction of another dis
turbing element, in the person of Santa An
ma, will have the effect Of reeonciline these
hostile factions, If Macmillan cannot main-
tain himself in face Of these divisions he is
not fit for the role which he has undertaken
TO play
The Episcopalians of New York are seri-
ously debating the extension of the episco-
pate, particularly with reference to the cree
ton Of one or more new dioceses. under the
jurisdiction Of the present bishop Of New
York, whom, in such case, some of the clergy
and laity would favor creating archbishop.
Prominent in the list of candidates for one
of the suffragan bishoprics stands the name
of Rev. Morgan Dix The Episcopal Church