Year: 1866

be stimulated the demand for our. cereal and
other products viii increase; our shipping in


terests, now partially stagnant will revive, so


that we shall not be the losers, even if all


Europe becomes involved in the conflict As


affairs stand now il is difficult to anticipate the


result, but it seems evident that the tendency


of events is not towards immediate peace.


The CHOLERA AND OFFICIAL AND OTHER Coz


RUP7TOS IN BRooKLYN.-The Board OF Health


of New York has asked for an additional sum


Of one hundred thousand dollars, to be en-


ployed in sanitary Improvement The officials


in Brooklyn are more modest One Of them


asked for only five thousand dollars to secure


an offal contract to certain party, and failing


to obtain the amount he has, as is alleged,


thrown every obstacle in the way of the con-


tractors properly performing their duties.


What is the consequence The accumulation
o. filth and foulness in certain parts Of the
city of Brooklyn and the prevalence Of the
cholera in nearly all those localities 1t is
true several cases have happened in clean and
respectable quarters, but the mass Of the malig-
nant cases have occurred where the oflal COL
lectors and scavengers have been interrupted
in their work oy the failure of corrupt official
to consummate particular bargain Of his
own. This is the case in the Twelfth ward,
part Of Brooklyn, w. D., where twenty-four out
Of thirty-three confirmed cases occurred the
week ending the 2OLh inst, with six additional
cases on that day after the report closed.
Whether the prevalence Of the cholera in these
localities is or is not owing to official delin-
quency, it is certain that the scourge does exist
within their limits, and it is apparent that it's
existence arises from and its spread is attribut-
able to the filthy and fetid condition of the
streets, sewers, sinks, cesspools, &c. But what
ever causes the epidemic, whether it arises
from natural or official corruption, it is the
duty of the citizens, if the authorities neglect
their duty, to see that remedy is promptly
applied before the disease takes such foothold
that it will be next to impossible to eradicate
it. Brooklyn officials require as much warm
ing up occasionally as those of New York.


The EUROPEAN WAR AND MEXICAN AFFAIRS
If the present muddle in Europe should by
any possibility come to speedy and
sa tisfactory solution, Napoleon would
be left free to pursue foreign policy
somewhat different from that which he had
heretofore. laid down. Or it may be that Ne
shall find the first change in that policy in his
dealings with Mexico. Whatever promises he
made to Mr.. Seward as to the withdrawal of
French troops from Macmillan can be easily
forgotten under the influence of more favor
able events in Europe, and our sagacious Sec
retary Of State may have been deceived, after
all, in trusting to the promises of the French
Emperor. When Napoleon set on foot this
Mexican scheme, he supposed that the days Of
this republic were numbered, and he took
advantage Of the idea to plant monarchy on
our border. Always friendly to Francis Jo-
seph, he found good opportunity to display
his friendship by supporting scion Of the
House Of Hapsburg in his pretensions to the
imperial throne Of Mexico. The turn which
events took here had materially altered his
policy, as the diplomatic correspondence
between him and Mr.. Seward would indicate
but we cannot rely upon the pledges Of Napo-
leon, and we should not be surprised to
see, in the event Of collapse of the war,
some of the very soldiers Of Austria, recently
engaged in the battlefelds of Europe, trans
ferred, under the auspices Of Napoleon, to
Mexico in the cause of Macmillan. This
European war is curious in its inception, in
it's current events and in Its possible future.
We need not be surprised, therefore, If por-
ton Of its results should manifest itself in
Mexico in the way we have indicated.


In view of this possibility it behooves the
Mexican leaders-Juarez, Ortega, Santa Anna,
Romero and the rest Of them-to put an end
to their quarrels and hasten the salvation Of
the Mexican republic by the expulsion Of Maxi
milan before Napoleon can make any move to
strengthen him. The recent reports from
Mexico show that the liberal cause is pro-
crossing and that Macmillan is almost on his
last legs. This is not the time for Mexican
statesmen to quarrel among themselves, to
cavil about the antecedents OF Santa Anna, If
he can be Of any service to his country, or
to dispute the legitimacy CT Juarez's exercise
Of executive authority. They should unite
to expel Macmillan first and establish the
republic on q firm basis. There will be
plenty OF time afterwards to settle all the
minor questions.


INJUNCTION CARDozo.--It is quite evident that
Judge Cardozo is running his injunction hobby
into the ground. He seems determined to pre-