The New York herald., 1866-12-30


hua-A Grand BALL and splendid Line Of
Policy. ~ lae.ss a- ~ ~ a.1a 81. \
As Shakespeare, in his Midsummer Nights
Dream, through bis little fairy Puck, foretoh
the union Of the Atlantic and Pacific cables.
in tho promise to "put girdle round about
the earth In forty minutes" go Mother Goose,
In one of her populas melodies, has left upon
record graphic prophecy Of the Mexican
muss Of the present day-so graphic thai. It
must have been TO her spiritual manifesto
ton. Here It is:- @n 3&& 4t4k-
Tho SOW cams in with the saddle;
The little pig rocked the cradle;
10 ses the pot swallow the iHdis; sA~
Thsspit that stood behind tho door
ai e: saaeu SS es you agree.
I'm the head constable; bring thom TO mo !"
Could any thing moro clearly describe the
Mexican situations The SOW that came IN
with the saddle Is the French intervention; the
little pig that rocked the cradle Is Maximilian;
the dish jumping up ON the table is Marshal
Bazaine, to see the empire swallow the repub-
lie; the spit behind the door is Juarez, and,
while Santa Anna figures as the pudding
stick, in comes Secretary Seward as Gridiron
and head constable. Well done, Gridiron;
for, to give him his deserts, he has, by dint of
hard and persistent scolding, cleared out the
principal disturber Of the htchen-the SOW
with the saddle.
Likewise, in the very interesting letter from
one Of our special Mexican correspondents
published In yesterdays HERALD, we have
food Of republican light on this Mexican
business Our representative, moro fortunate
than Messrs. Campbell and Sherman, not only
got upon the track of Juarez, but followed him
up and found him at the interior city Of Chi
huahua, and had the high pleasure Of partici-
pating there in a grand ball given by the Presi
dent of the republic as farewell in honor OF
the patriotic and beautiful ladies Of his capital
pro tenn. From the description of this festival
and Of 'the well developed and magnidcently
rounded forms Of tho Ca.aaania .a ,a1,es es" anu
their "dark Andalusian-like eyes," the "Hame
Of which is softened by their shading lashes,"
we guess that the unfortunate ambassadors of
President johnson, when they read this ac-
count, will scratch their heads with mortifca-
ton and regret that they had not put them
selves under the wing Of the HERALD commits
sioner. He might have carried them through
and made them the principal lions at this
charming ball Of Juarez, a living Illustration
climate, palace, decorations, dark eyed beau
ties and everything-of some Of those dazzling
Oriental scenes we read Of in the arabian
Nights"
All this, by taking the wrong track, was lost
by Messrs. Campbell and Sherman, and some
thing Of more Importance in the political pro-
gramme of Juarez, as developed at this Oriental
entertainment. Al the supper, where the wine
flowed in abundance to bring out the toasts
and speeches, President Juarez made several
little responses, and all to the purpose. He
said, for instance, that while they had been
successful in driving the French from their soil
there were other nations that talked of inter-
vention; but, he continued, aWe want none of
this-neither from France. Spain, England, nor
the United States. We believe we arc
capable Of sclt-government II we are allowed
the opportunity. Our territory must remain
intact" And yet again, while acknowledging
in grateful terms the great value of the pow
erful moral support given by the United States
to the Mexican republic, he said :-"Gentle-
men, you must lay aside any idea that the
United States desire to overshadow us. II is a
mistake. They desire, by their moral support
to aid the cause Of liberty In Mexico. They
do not desire more OF our territory, nor will
they insult us by asking for it." This is the
Juarez programme, and 1t Is just the thing
the very thing needed to give the Mexicans and
all yankee" speculators in land aud mining
projects fair understanding Of the policy of
Jusrcz and our government. The Sighting Gen.
cral Lew Wallace, the hero Of Monccacy bridge,
also turned up with Juarez at this festival, and
gave in his toast as a Union soldier, "Thc
Mexican nation and all Its States-the States
subordinate to the nation"-a timely hint to
beware Of the rocks aud shoals of State rights
among which we have 80 narrowly escaped
shipwreck.
To make perfectly clear the position of Juarez
and the Mexican liberals our correspondent.
says that they looked upon the Campbell
Sherman mission with suspicion; that If terri
tory Is the object Of General Sherman, he will
fail: that IL his object is protectorate, be will
fail; that if he comes TO offer the services of
United States troops, they will be rejected,
and that the Mexicans only want the continu-
ance Of our moral support All this tsllies
with the instructions TO Campbell and Sherman;
bat when, II with our correspondent at Chi
huahua, they might have given powerful Lift
to Juares, In the simple statement Of their
mission, they were of on their wild goose
chase to Vera Cruz, only to come away each
with nea In his ear and from the sneers and
SCOTS Of an imperial carnival
This chihuahua farewell ball Of Juares
took place on the 29th Of November. The 10th
Of December he had named as the day of bis
departure for Durango. Thence, after the lapse