The New York herald., 1867-06-11

between two performances of the Black Crook,
| on Saturday and Monday; but probably the
only way to redeem the character of our
theatres and induce the people to visit them
is to hand them over to the saints. Such
radical change Of proprietorship might effect
q reform.
The Mexican Nows-Maximilian's Fareweu
Address.
BY special telegram we have dates from
Mexico relative TO the fate Of Macmillan up
to the 2oth Of May. The capture Of Queretaro
is entirely confirmed. The city was betrayed
into the hands Of Escobedo on the 18th Of May,
and Maximilian and all his officers, four hum
dred and fifty In number, were captured.
Only ono Of the most noted among the impe-
rialists was sho.-the famous Mendes-who
has figured in many Of the most desperate
acts Of horror which have made the Mexican
annals fAmous
A court martial has been ordered for the
trial Of Macmillan. The fallen Emperor has
issued farewell address to his "countrymen,"
in which he sharply charges Napoleon with
being the cause Of his misfortunes and failure
In Mexico, and closes with few words Of
solemn warning to all s'ambitious and in
cautious princes"
The same American lady who interceded
with Poririo Diaz to save the leading impe-
rialists in the city Of Mexico had bravely made
her way to the headquarters Of Escobedo,
which resulted in an interview between him
and the Prince Macmillan, whose life will now
undoubtedly be spared, as will the lives Of
nelrly all the foreigners who have figured
with him In this last bold defence of the
empire Thus ends the empire. The libe-
rails, since the evacuation by the French,
appear to have made commercial transaction
of it; and it is curious fact that just sixty
three days elapsed between the time Bazaine
left Vera Cruz and the capture of Quere taro-a
sixty days. note, with three days Of grace
It is now simply question Of time when
Macmillan can return to his own vine and fig
tree. Our correspondent has been with him
| through oil his troubles, and has, through the
HERALD, given him much of his glory. We
| advise Macmillan, therefore, to let the HERALD
representative take him under his protecting
| care and escort him to New York or Washing
| ton, where he will be turned over to the
Austrian Minister for safe transportation home.
Before the liberals liberate him, however,
they will have him tried in the courts OF
the nation, and have the justice of the inva-
sion, the crimes committed by the invaders,
and the whole workings and action Of the
empire wherever it has had control, thoroughly
investigated, and thus enable the world TO
Judge, by the evidence, what the real condition
of the country has been and is for in the
conflicting accounts, from both sides it has
been very fiioult for the world to under
stand the merits Of the Mexican struggle for
nationality. Such a trial will be a valuable
contribution to the history of the times, and,
from the connection that the Mexican invasion
had with our own rebellion, of great interest
to our people.
1t now becomes necessary on the port of the
republican government to commence the work
Of reconstruction and bring order out of chaos.
We ere engaged in similar work, and 1t
remains to be seen which nation will first sue
cced in re-establishing a peaceable condition
of the opposing elements. II we are the first
to succeed, much of our energetic blood will
demand more room, and we caution Mexico
that we are marching towards the frontier.
Our blood, not finding room in old channels,
will In time of freshets overflow, and il Mexico
does not adopt the American ideas Of progress
she will find il forced upon her by the irresisti-
BILE tide Of humanity flowing westward from
Europe, and, despite ourselves, taking one slice
of territory sfter another, whether we wish 1t or
not Whether Mexico now retains her territory
intact depends entirely upon her rulers. If
they open wide their doors to the civilizing
tide they will advance with us, but If they hesi-
tate to spring into the track of the nineteenth
century they are lost
Small Partlsans In the Constitutional Con-
ventlOn.
Greeley and James Brooks who are men,
bers of the Constitutional Convention, have
already shown themselves to be the merest
partisans, without single qualification to fit
them for representatives in body intrusted
with the revision Of the organic law of the
State They are editors Of New York papers
and have been members of Congress, either of
which positions might be supposed to ct man
Of ordinary intelligence for the proper dis