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t i patie. PARKER SPRING, Mrperintentons ot ‘Telegraph Construction, Army of the A Swiss Officer on the Skill of General McClellan, YO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lavsanae, Switzerland, May 27, 1862. I Bave the henor of scading you enclosed the French text of an article which 1 have thought it my duty to address to the London Tims, and also caused to Be published in the columns of several French and Ger- ‘fman papers of the Continent. If the correspondence of the Times against which 1 have taken this action had ‘Been reproduced by any papers in the United States, I ‘would have been compelled, inthe interestof truth, to Rave wade mention of it in my reply. I may add that all the intelligence I have recetved @f the operations before Yorktown, Williamsburg, &c., @ince my letter to the Times, has only tended to Gtreagthen my opinions and foresight concerning the ‘able manner in which General McCicllan is conducting the campaign, Your very obedient servant, FD. LECOMTE, Major in the Swiss army, and late Aid-de Camp to oil McClellan. 20 THR DITOR OF THE LONDON TIMES. .. Having returned to Switveriand, after a short absence, ‘2 was presented with a copy of your estimable journal, @ontaining some jlines recently addreesed to you from New York,and which I cannot allow to pass without s feply. Among many other things the following passuge ap- and his been reproduced by several French and man papers of the Continent:— General McClellan finds himself in a terrible dilemma (be-* fore Yorktown). General Johnston expects to dic of old age Before seeing him arrive at Richwond. Poor devil! Whats it ie that he has not around him some experienced men put him ia the way! Oue of his best stall olllcers, Major of the Swiss army, has just been recalled; and it “Ye a fist Be act ease ewan a) ” (McClellan), altbous written = flattenng wtter which woulu make ‘Suppose ine While thanking you, Mr. Editor, for the truly eulogis- ‘We manner in which you have spoken of me, 1 must re- jt you, ab the same time, to correct the on dit men- Oertainly, the operations in which I have participated Rave not always been conformable with the rules ays rce wous strategy wouid have demanded; but war in sucha evantry, extending over an imufense extent of territery, @eanty of habitations, provisions and roads, presents ications which, added te the habits of self govern- ment, little too much under the flag of the eat republic, render the service of the staff very ha- wassing to officers recently arrived from European ar- mies. Few among them have not experienced, during She earlier period of their service, some acta of dis- @ouragement, and I confess not having been, in this re- @pect, more privileged than the rest. ‘But the difficultses of the beginning, by God’s help, ly removed by me, mo- 200m @umerous, and it is altogether incorrect to say that I deft Loge disgusted with the tactics of General MeGlellan. Without imvestigating the imprepriety of the (ese made here ef the word “tactics,” to designate the @ambinations of « commander-in-chief before the battle, ‘I must say, to tho coatrary, that J left the siego of York: ‘Sewn with perfect confidence in the ability of General MeQellan to bring it, as wellas the rest of the cam- Paign, to s successful termination. The. information ‘which he deigned to give me on the eve of my departure, @encerning bis and projects, gives me {ull security ae to the operations about to take place before Yorktown Richmond. I am ceuvineed that. they will be con- on the best principles, and thas the young Gum- quander-in-Chief, as well informed as he is energetic, will py turn to profit, under these circumstances, deep study be has made of the great masters of the ‘ert—Jomini, Dufour and others—as well as the expe- tence which he ucquired at, the siege of Sebastopol. ‘The only fears which might reasonably exist concern- fing the fate of she army of the Potomac, and which I also have shared, are founded on causes wdependent of will of General MoCleilan; ameng others, on the pre- Sraterenes which theenemy’s navy has been allowed @btain at those points. Not only are our movements pre ft supported ag they shouid ‘be by our vessels in the Jumes aud York rivers, bi ea, our only line of communication, was aiso exposed to ‘the chances of a battle with the Merrimac, the reault of ‘which no one could foresee. To have captured Yorkiown and Williamsburg in snch @ short time, notwithstanding these obstacios, and in despite of sone others 100 loug to be mentioned here, in that the tactics of “the Young Napoleon” have not 40 bad after all. I was, therefore, fully justified in thanking my Gon fal for an aflectionute tarewell Ictier which he ud- me, to express my best wishes for the success ‘which he deserves t» obtain. This I did in the most cin- @ere manner, and therefore J had ronson to bo ustonished ‘when the correspondent of the Zimes, after having, as it @eems, a knowledge of my letier, should, on the faith of an on havo attributed sentiments wo me so dillerent rom those which I expressed. Tshall be very much obtiged, Mr. Editor, if you will Baye the kindness to insert this correction in your e@olumns. Andi have the honor to be, with great os- ws nt pbediont poets FERD. LRUOMTE, the Swiss Federal Army, and late Aid-de-Cana] to Gen. Motietlan. _ — THE VERY LATEST. Sec Third Page for the Latest News from the Peninsula. Rata, Pure mux, 4 {From the Brooklyn Star.) We are gratified that our feliow citizen, Mr. John T. Bildreth, after years of labor, succeeded in the last Legis- Aatare in procuring the passage of an act, which, although got in all respects as severe and thorough as the facts in ‘Whe caso would warrant, is nevertheless well calculated Ts looks in the right direction. which comes home to ‘the business @nd bosoms” of men, women and childrea. Tho im- Mense frauds and corruptions in this article have been Abe subject of fertile description and illustration. It is to be hoped that by this time distiliery-fed cows ha yen place to the clean and elegant creatures of W = the other happy districts of Long Isiand which ish honest milk from ober cows. Yor his disinter- @ated services Mr. iildreth desorves the thanks ef all citizens. The fellowing is an oficial eopy of the nm Charter 467. An act to prevent the adulteration ef milk,and pre- ‘went the trafic in impure and un wholesome milk. Passed April 2391862, three-fifths being preseat. ‘The of the Biate of New York, represented tm Senate and Assembly, do enaet as follows:— ‘Section 1. Avy Lyon hag Leet anedhaerd shall sell or ex- age, or expose fer or any tz unwholesome milk, shall be dest penitentiary or county jall, or eutil said fine and eost @f suit shali be Sec. 2. Any perton who shall adulterate milk with the ‘whew of offering the same for sale or Ls Dave the cans in whieh the milk is exposed for sale or @xehange, and the carriage or vebicle from which the @ is vondoed, conspieuously marked wh his, her or tr names, alo, indicating by gaid mark the locality from whence said milk ig obtaived or produced, and for @very negiect of such marking the perren cr persons £0 megiccting shall be subject wo tho \aitiss oxprossed im Whe foregoing sections of this act. But for every viviation @f this act, by se marking said cans, carriage or vehicig as toconvey the iden that said moet procured from a dit- Gerevt jocailiy than it really is, the person or persons 90 Gdonding thall be subject to fine of ons hudred dollars or mm) ment in penitentiary or county jail,or both, in the discretion of the court, Sec. 4. This act shail take ofivet immediately. certify y and of the whole ef said BALLARD, Secretary of State. fhe New York One Hundred and Second Regiment. $0 THM SDITOR OF THY NEW YORK ARRALD, Heapqoanrmns 102 New Youx Recummer, ‘Wixenmeran, Va., Jane 7, 1863. ‘WM you do me the kindness, and the brave men under my command, to publish the following communication, Just recotved by me from Brigadier General Saxton Jately in command at Harper's Ferry? Lieutenant Colonet wnt. Hayward, bad |. 0, Lane and the line officers of the cogiment are in: tigable in thei ot hede of the rogiment the first in the setvice. Very respsctfal- whe, THOS. B. VAN , Colonel. ‘Wastnnarow, D. C., June 6, 1862. Coronni—It gives me much pleasure to bear witness % tho excellent diseipline and thorongh efiiciency of the Ono Hundred and regiment. Always on the alert, and, although expored for se I days and nighte Go the rain, and called upon constantly for large details for ‘atigue duty during our campaign at Harper's Ferry, never fajled to answer every call mace npon them ro I bave the most entie ‘mont natisiactory manner, lidenes in their courage and eficioncy. i” R. SAXTON “frigadior Goueral Voluntenrs, Oh, Van Borex, One Maudred end Sevoad N, ¥. 8, V,. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, THE MEXICAN EXPEDITION. THE WHOLE STORY TOLD. Breaking Up of the European Coalition. The Spanish and English Commis- sioners Withdraw. FRANCE GOES ON ALONE, Earl Russell Encorses the Action of Sir C. Wyke. The Gxpected Failure of the French 4rms in Mexico, &., ' to ko. ‘The followirg is adespatch from Rar! Russell, dated the 224 inst., approving the conduct of Sir Charles Wyke in breaking up tho eonforence, and putting an end to the joint action of the three Powers:— ; RARL RUSSEL TO SIR C. WYRE. Foreicn Orrick, May 22, 1862. My Lorp—Her Majesty’s government have had under their consideration your despatch dated from Orizaba, the 11thof April, your former despatches relating to General Almonte, and especia! i te procs urial of the conference beid at Orizeba on the 9th of April. Her Mojesty’s government regret to find that the Le-ween the Commissioners of Great Br Spain on the one han’?, and of France on th: o'er, was compltely ca'inguished. and that Admiral Juri nde la Qra- viere and M. Dubois de Sa'igny had determine? .o march on Mevico, while you and General P:im were of opint n ihat there was mo reascn for refusing lo we! the Miaican Com- smission-ra in the conference which had teen fiaed to mect at Orizaba om the 18h of Ap. il. ‘The differences of opinion among the commissioners appear to have turned chiefly on two points. The first of ‘thego related to the protection given to General Almonte by the French army, and the demand of the Mexican gevernment that he should be sent back to France. The Second point of difference ig thus stated by NM. Dubois de Saligny, in the conference of the 9th of April:— “M. de Saligny insists on this point, that it is impossi- Die to deny that the real and principal object ef the cou- vention was to obtain satisfaction for the outrages heaped on foreigners by the Mexican government, and to enforce its observance of treaties; that the temporizing and concifiatory system hitherto pursued was co: demned by what was daily occurring, inasmuch as the reign of extortion, tyranmy and violence had been made doubly oppressive, aud had rendered the situation of for- eignera quite intolerable; that proofs of this were oon- tinually afforded by the complaints daily sent.in to hint; that the attitude of the allied forces appeared to have stimulated the it to redoubled audacity; that, for his part, he formally declared that he would not treat with that government, and that his weil matured opinion was that it was necessary te march upon Mexieo.” Her Majesty's government approve conduct en bath those points. ‘they sonstder thatthe ence of General Almonte in Mexico, ander the lection of the French a8 @ provocation to civil army, might fairly be com: war, and her Magesty's government could not hav: approvad of a measure having tht tendency; for at that time the go- vernment of Mexico was a government with which the allé-s were conducting negotiations with a view te @ peacef us settle sent of their differences. Her Majesty’s government are also of opinion that you acted rightly when, in answer to M. de Saliguy’s deela- ration of his unchangeable resoultion not to treat with the t Juarez, you refused to affix our signature to the answer addressed by the French Eommisntonsrs to General Doviado, and thereby broke up the conference, and put an end to the joint action of the throe Powers. Her Majesty's government greatly regret that the co- operation with France should cease, and they regret, above all, that the hope of the filfilinent of the objects of the convention of October 31, which might have been attatved before tho end of April had the conference met on the 15th, shoukl thus have been abandoned. Her Majesty's governmest bave every reason to be atisfied with tho determination you took. They concur in the opinions given by General Prim, and arebappy w find that the conduct of the representative of her Catho- ae has betn approved by the government of in. Nor i there any reason to regret the course taken by ber Majesty’s government. Had they delayed asking redress from the government of Mexico for the wronga of British subjects, they would have given rise to just complaints from those who are entitied to her Majesty’s protection. Hud they pursucd their own course scparoiely and refuced (0 act with Prence and Spain, they would have produced irritating and wnsatisjactory relations, perhaps colbisions, between the mititary om! naval forces of the three great European Powers. Had they, om the other hana, evinced an iasturmoun'able repugnance to treat with Presi. dent Juarez, they would have bw wanting in due rigard to the indepenience of the Mexican people. Had her Majesty’s governinent, thorefore, taken any other course than that which was adopted, thoy would have incurred the risk of evils greater even than the separation which has now occurres ‘You will understand that while her Majesty's govern. ment lament the course takex by tho Commissioners of the Emperor of the French, nothing hae occurred to impair the friendly relaticns which centinue to subsiet between the two governments of Great Briin'n and France. I am, &o. RUSSELL. Wo append algo Sir Charles Wyke’s despatches, which give the motives as well as the details of hiv procesd- inge:— Sin ©, Wan ro Pam Boma Giecateae May 14.) xtract. Cleahas April 11, 1862. I take advantage of the departure of a !'rench veesal« of-war for St. Thoras to write to your lordship @ fort- night earlior than I chouid otherwise have been able to do, as there is every possibility of her reaching that Place in time to catch the steamer leaving it for South- ampton on the 21 of May. My last month’s correspondence will have informed you of the unfavorable turn things had taken in conse- quence of the French agents having extended thelr pro- tection to General Almonte, Padre Miranda and other Jeuting men of the reactionary party, who have been bapished from the country, and who now from the French camp maintain an active correspondence with Marquez, Cobos and other notorious chiefs of the armed ‘Dands at present in open rebellion againet the govern- ment. My despatches of the 27th, 20th and 30th ult., and of the 3d inst., tozether with their enclosures, treat #0 fully of this subject that I should not further have al- Jaded to it had it not produced in its censequences so serious @ result as to have com! ws pi chiebosance the ob- hich the three Powers view when they the eopvention of the 31st of October last. my corres pondence with Admiral Jurien de ls Gra- viere your lordship will have scen the jnst cause of com- Pplaint that Gen. Prim and myself had against our French colleagues, for their having acted thus independently and without even conaulting us in a matter go nearly affecting our common interests, ag that of introducing into the conntry, under their direct protection, a set of political exiles banished from it by the government ef the re- pablic with we had already and were ‘nbout again to negotiate for the adjustment of our diffe. Tenees with them. rnment of Presid were us every effort to induce the Admiral and M. de Saligny to retrieve so grave an error, we re- ceived a from After sev esterday , wi ool er itachi exact aud authentic door place on the octasion, for the due information of her Majesty's goverument ma matter of euch paramount pry T will not attemapt to analyze this protecol, which gives & faithful account ef the events which have occurred leading to the present crisis, as well, also, ns of the seve- ya! statements made with reference thereto by my ool leagues tad myself, I leave it for your lordship'a care- fal perusal, as an aéourato knowledge of its contents is ‘essorttial to the proper elucidation of @ question which is ot io sree 8 ee Geen. thorough and search- uiry ini details. ‘ne louse alluded 40 ag being addressed by the Freach egents to the Mexican government, aad in which they state their reasons for breaking off their rolations and commencing hostilities, appoared to'General Prim and myself a vory one sided and partial statement of their being made case, up of ameertions which, aware of, are nut borne out by the facta! for when J asked the French Minister, im ‘yesterday's ne what were the acle countrymen wi Merico sunce the rigning re , he Le sae that “a4 @ matter alow concern bas st measures have really been ad: towards the French in Mexico than towerds other ors, it arises, doubtiows, from the hostile attitude ‘assured’ the French i, and the troops under their command, ‘As far ag the English are concerned, I oy lately heard of one well-founded grievance of which they had to complain—namely, their being subjected to the pay- ment of a taxof two per cont on capital; and this has been suspended, as I have alreaty atated, in consequence of my remonstrances to the government against such a measure. ‘Tho wording Of thd convention of Octebor 31 last, the eorrespondence which bas between the three governments rolative to its interpretation, and, finally, your lordship’ own’ instructions, prove te rst, that we are bound to demand satisfaction from the de Jaclo government of the country selected by its people; ‘and secondly, that we are not interiere with the ox- since of thay government by endomyoring WW nabstitute | order that in this cage each might JUNE 17, 1862.1 RIPLE SHEET. assent of his ‘The Admiral re eats that he reserves to himself the in- terpretation of the convertion ef London, and accepis al} the reeunnenne7 the same manner as this right be- longs to each of the commissioners, without that being able in any way to bind the governments which have concluded this convention, The French Commissioners act, therefore, conformably to the interpretation which appearé best to them, aud assume beforeland ali the Fespongtbiity of their acts, Charles Wyke asks that article 2 of the convention of Loudon should be read, and Adwiral Jurien persists in thinking, after having heard it, that if there has beeu any iniraction of tue convention it was not in the protec- tion accorded to General Almonte, but in the excessive mildness and tho great oonsideration towards the govern- ment of Mexico; that, besides, this policy doce not seem | sires of the intelligent and moderate part of the nation. to have been favorably viewed in Europe. The course | This majority exists, but it takes care not to show advised by M. de Saligny womd have been, he thinks, | itself and manifest its opinion, for it has possibly had more conformable to the intentions of the goverument of } reasen to believe that the allied Commissioners wore hos- ¢ Emperor. . tile to ix, fir Charles Wyxe then says that, since the commence ‘Count de Reus replies that there was no reason to at- ment, the negotiation has been carried on with thede | tribute to them any such hostility. At Havana he de facto poverwinent: thet this change ef attitude might be | elared to General Miramon, Dr. Miranda, and to aa ac- dered as inconsistent, and that the protection ac- | credited agent of Marquez and Zuloaga, Lis in ention of ed to the proscribed individuals constitutes ® veriia- | treating with the government estadlighed at Mexico, md starforence in the internasiono! affatrs of the country. | Bot with guerillas ; he told them plainly that those Admiral Jurien auswers that the protection accorded to | guorf'las had only vo go mpaedily into Mexico and consti- J Aimonte is ouly that of the Frenub flag, which | tote themselves into @ govern tout. and that thén they bever abywhere failod exiles of any country; that it doea | would be treated with : tha: would have been casy for not in any wa: nia an interference in the invermal | ther, since all the forces of President Juarez were then aifsirs of the y wad that ones accorded, there is no | oy the coast of Vera Cruz. ustauce of this protection having been withdrawn, Adwiral Jurien thinks that the perzons really desery- The Count de Rous says that this proteciion is exercised instances, the dismissal of Spar fteees eeerncs was on for having very ‘srifin, with the Allies while the negotiations "Ut de a wat hie Neagn: 5 y supports what his co! e has just said. Sir Charles Wyke is of a contrary opinion. He thinks that a majority are, wo and that i! would be di ta my partisans of a monarchy. Admiral Juriea puts any projects with respect to. the Archduke Maximilian. Thore is uo question at pre- sent of a monarchy; that is a contingency only of which there should be no question until after the consideration ofthe urgent necessity that the country shouid havea moral aud respected government, which sbal] not smother by systematic oppression the free expression of the de- trocps, and led me to withdraw the moral su} of Groat Britain from a poiley which I feel gertain ber Mae Jesty’s government can never approve of. {Iuclosure in No. 119.) PROCES VERBAL OF THE COMFRKUNCE MELD AT ORIZABA, 4PKIL 9, 1862, BEFWEEN THE COMMIMSIONERS OF THE ALLIED POWBKS. Their exvellencies the Plentpotentiari-s and Command- @rs-in-Chiof of the forces of the allied Powers being as- Sembled at the residence of his Excellency the Count de Reus, the sitting atone o’clock in the after- Bo: Having regard to the gravity of the sTairs to be con- Sidcred, their excellonck’s decided that the secretari of the missions of Englaad and France should, together with the secretury of the mission of Spain, be present at tbis coufdrence, to draw up the prees tn extenso. His Excellency the Count de Reus begiis by inviting his Excelienoy sue Adiniral Jurien to sét forth the object of the conference, and the latter answers that the prin- eipai end of the conference is to come to au agreement on the answer to be made to a communication of the ved Power had in that part of the world on\y colonies of importance—such ag Martiniqve ad Cu aloupe; and for this reason he had never tite idea of assuming the ab rection of the expedition. Jn the course of the conversation the Erpperor atated that in the policy of France there was aa of cial part that of the treaty of London—the spiritof which, to big opinion, was not to enter into negotiations with Jon and an officious part—that of Mexican intereste—whi the empire could not endanger If he had entertained the idea of calling Archduke Maximilian to the throne of Mexico, it was on account of the great qualities of that Prisce, thinking, besides, that the three intervening Powers would not claim au: thing for themselves in Kexice, and knowing, moreover, that Prince Maximilian belongs to a dynaasiy friendly ts Spain, whose well known disintevestedness in the quose Hou would not admit the suspicion that he would have & 1001 of France, the rival of Austria in Purope. thing,” gaid he, has been so far from my mind aa to offend Spain and foros any government whatever of the people of Merico witout their asgont. I know that the remetobrance of the past hue left some prajudioe avainst mo: but inform Sain and her angust Queen that, married ag I am, tee spanish lly, spain will have o6 truer nor more eipoers ally thap | rance,’? Napoleon TY. them introduced Me. Maro te the anarte ments of the Empress, who expreesed to him how much sho regretted what was going ou sa siexivo, “1 wil! persevering!y dorend,” said the impress, “the logitimate interests of the nation which is the wutive country of my gon, bot in all gt cvestions 1 will company ing him. ss that itis neces- Bary tocome to @ frank and decisive expiupation, and this opinion is shared by his colleagues. ‘The Count de Reus adds, that it is expedient to know whether it is possible to continue to act in concert, a3 hus been hitherto doue; tor that he and his English eo!- leagues consider the attitude recently taken by the pioui- poteniiaries of his Majesty the Emperor as con: to the stipulations ofthe e-nvention of London, of which the ing any sympathy are those who, without belonglog to | Rever forget chat] was born in Spain. The sincere and object , accurding to them, in the first place, to pro- | for conquered py id those who are in danger, but | the old division’ ofigexireme parties, without ane in | Doble alliance of the two uutions acd the greatness of enre reparation for tho grievanees which each of the | that it is not ac we for people arriving irom abroad | arme,can be found everywhere in the capital, i the | Spam are as dear to mea: the greatness of fatherland, high Powers had against the Mexican government, and , toexnet respect for testies; then vo arrive, by means of the moral intluence of the three nations, at establish- ing @ strong nd durable government, offuring suibciout guarantees both as regards their fellow countrymen and the subjects of foreign Powers. 2 to the estab! vernument, allies have opened negotiations. irai answers that Geueral Almonte, who shared ° enerally prevalent In Europe that war wus being carried on in Mexico, had come there not witit hostile intentions, but, on the contrary, in a spirit quite pacitic Please,’ aid she, ‘teil hor who axe been my Qneen that my mot ardent wishes are for her prosperity and that ofthe mation which owesso much to her, Those whe at‘ribute to us otber fee.ings calumniate both us and the French nation.” Thus ended tie interview, and Mr. Mazo left, greatly towns, in the country districts, groaning under oppres- sion, not daring to breathe, but sincerely desiring order and tranquillity; this party, which desires our suppert, we shal) find everywhere the dcy that it is at liberty to declare its truo fesiings. The government of the Em- Peror, well informed on this point, wishes, in conse- His Excellency reminds the conference ihat in the | and conciliatory, in order to ‘inculcate concord inthe uence, to march on Mexico, and such is the determina- | Silected. Pocinning, © vue auestion ot arievences @6 20h Sppqaci:tiQuivcans, bart to which his antecedents alroady re- tion of the Breach Comratssioner, nn Bodnsploucna licat on the occasion when the procia. | comuended him: to explain to his countrymen tbe bene. | M. desaliguy aaye thet lh men groan mation to the Mezicaus was publisied, and the note pent | veleut views of Kurops towards them, aud toavoid every oppression, and that he. lus a THE SPANISH GENERAL PRIM. under this oppression, and that he has received several petitions requesting the speedy march of the French trops upon Mexico, whieh they consider to be their only means of safety, and the only remedy for tho ovils from which they suffer, and to prevent the accomplishment of their rain. Cominodere Duniop thinks that the French residing Qt Mexico would see with great displeasure the mareh of the French army upon the capital. Sir Charles Wyke thinks that amongst the who direct tho affairs of the governinent of the Mexican Tepublic there are distinguished members of the true moderate party. and that the line of conduct bitherte pursued by the allied Commissioners was the best fitted to consolidate a government that was accepted by every one. ‘The English and Spanish Commissioners think that it is im possible to agres if their colleagues do not act strictly- according to the convention of Iondom and the pre- Mminaries of Soledad. M. de Saligny replies that if there is apy infraction of the preliminaries it is wot on the part of the commis- ene on the part of the Mexican government to President Juarez, it was that the Commissioners did not consider thomselves author ized todeciie whether or not there was unity amongst them as regards their re- spective ultimatums, and that, in eonsequence, they Dad thought it right to ask for fresh instructions im that respect, His Excellency desires that it should be well understood that the line of conduct which had been cuusidered by certain people as a prejudicial ioss of time, was only au absolute necessity, imposed by the total want of means of transport. For although the theo aihed Powers had foreseen that, under certain circumstances, it would be Necessary to advanoe into the interior of the ovuntry, yet their woups arrived at Vera Crut withous wagons, without horses, without mules, without any of the s'eources inlis- pansale to the of provisions, or the sick, and of @riillery; under conditions, im short, such as might have Jed to the belief that they had deterinined only to occupy the port of VeraCraz. However, they hod hardly disaan- barked when the absolute necessity of penetrating inlo the tuterior of the counry began to Le fil., bots on account of (ae sickness sufferedgby the troops, and the totus alsewe of sup- Bis, which the guerillas did not allow to arrive as Sar as town. In consequence, the ch: of the allied forces were compolied immediate:y to ‘ther as matiy means of .cometion ag possibie, which were obtained with difti- culty and at a heavy price, extending also, by degrees, the circle of thei: operations in the environs ot Vera Crus. Admiral Juricn approves what his Spanisis colieague has just suid, and desires that it may be recorded that his artillery and the camping matcrials of his two baitaiions were only able to be disembarked om the Sub of February. The Count de Reus thinks, therefore, that it was net possible to net otherwise, and that in entering into pariey and amicable negotiations with the Mexican go- verument, the allies only gained the time which was ab- soiutely necessary to them for preparing to march for- wards, without allowing themeelves'to be cajoled a sin- gie instant by the government, as might have boen thought. War was nut feared, but ® was wished to spare Mexico the misfortunes which result from it, and to attain the object of the alliance without the eifusion ef bicod; also the Commissiuners notified to the govern- ment their intention vo go forward without asking ite permission, desiring to remain at peace, but decided not to modify their resolution. * It was in this spirit that the Count de Reus, authorized by his colleagues, went to La Soledad on the 19th Febru- ary, to bave an interview there with M. Doblado, Minis- ter for Foreign Allairs, and then signed the prelimina- Ties destined to determine the respective simations, and to serve as @ basis for the line of conduct to be pursued. On the the Spanish army commenced tts march. he Admiral at the heid of thegl'rench troops had already cominenced moving, sine: the 26th, without encountering serivus obstacle; or ility, and ye the two armies left on the road sad traces of their passage. Inralids, bungaye, horses or mules, which, wot being able to follow the column misunderstanding i-& mission for which he was rendered fit by the posts which he had so honorably occupie!, by his relations with, and the esteem ol, the Emperor; th«t the reagons which the Count de Reus had given, in eup- port of his opinion, on the impousibility of establishing monaseby in Mexico, apppared to him,on tho contrary, favorable to this radical change of institutions, since those adopted by Mexico had only made her the prey of oontinual rey tions, and led her t the deplorable state in which she is at present, ‘To this Sir les Wyke replies that ine considers it strange that Genera! Almonte should speak m the name of the threo allied Powers, for he does not bear any re- presentative character from England and Spain, and is in no way the interpreter of the convention of London. Admiral Juriev does not think that General Almouie has ever manifested such pretensions, and te Count de Reus reports again Oe conrersalion which he had with General Almonte at Vera Crus, adding that the latter then abved that he hud offered the Mexican throne, inthe name of his fellow coun rumen, to the Archduke Maximilian, who recmed disposed to accept st. This dectaration, made to the Plenipotentiary of the Queen, Commander-in-Chief uf the Spanih forces, as well ab to Commodore Dunlop, could not pass as a simple conversation, 2nd as nothing was more opposed to the spirit of bis insiruetions, it was not possible for him to co-operate for the suceess of like projects. ‘dhe kuglish Commissioners entirely share the opinion of their =panish colleague. M. do Saliguy insists, on this point, that it is impossible to deny that Teal and principal object of the conven- tion was (0 obtain satisfaction for the outrages heaped on foreigners by the Mexican government,and to enforce its observance of treaties; that the tomporizing and con- ciliatory sysiem hitherto pursued was condemned by what was daily occurring, masmuch as the reign of ex- tortions, tyranny and violonce had been maue doubly oppressive, and rendered the sitnation of foreigners quite intolerable; that proofs of this were continually by complaints daily sent in to him that the attitule of the allied forees appeared to have stimulated the government to redoubled sudacity; that for nis part he formally declared that he would not treat with that government, and that Lis well matured opinion was that it was necessary to march . ry 100. The Count de Reus thinks what M. de Saligny has just said unjust,and SirC. Wyke eupports this opinion. If she Mexican goverpinert hesitated some time to meet the wishes of the allies, it was because it could not con. siderat first in the light of friends the three Powers who occupied the port whence It drew ail its resources; but after more or less hesitation its resolutions have al- Ways been satisfactory. ‘here was, however, a moment when the Plenipoten- tiaries of England and Spain thought that it would bo necessary to change their attitude towards the govern- ment of Moxico; they wrote in this sense to M. deSaligny and to Admiral Jurien, and thoy acted upon the assurance ven to Sir Charlos Wyke ma letter from Mexico, that tax of two per cent continued to be exacted from foreigners, and on the threat made by M. Doblado in « letter which he wrote to the Count de Reus to interrupt anew the cemmunications between Vera Cruz and the in- terior, if the Custoin House was not restored to the Mexi- can authoritior. Sous days afver the Moxiesn Ministers, Senor Gonzales Feheverria and Don Jesus Terau, furnished with full powers, arrived at Orizaba, listened ¢o the complaints of the English and Spanish Commissioners, renounced, after making great difticulties. the levying of two per cant on foreigners, promised the withdrawal of the decree in- terrupting the communications between Vora Cruz and tho lateriar, and made known the intention of the go- vernment to comply with all the just claims of the allied Powers. If theso promises were uot kept, when the day came it would be time enough thea to declaro war; but it must not be done from futile motives, which would not be justified before the grand tribunal of the civilized world, Why, adds the Count de Reus, do the French Commis- sioners refuge 10 believe these solemn promises? Why Will they not consent to put the sincerity of the Mexican government to the proof when they lad ouly six days to wait? The Connt de Saligny maintains bis opinion and as. sumes all the responsibility; his «pinion is founded on the grievancos, every day more numerous, of which his coutitryinen cotuplain constantly, as well as the Spaniards, from whom he hus received (ha ‘does not know wy) © grea: number of claims which sbould have been ad dressed to the Count de Iteus, and which will be remitted to bim by his colleayne cs €oon as he can open the packet of papers in which Wey are. Sir Charies Wyke is astonished that the news of these vexatiour )roceedings should not have reached him, ana kg of What nature they are, aud againet whom the; 3 ye been committod. M. de Saligny answers that Frene! subjects have naturally not gone Ww the Brifieh Legation im order to make knowh thelr claims. Sir Charles Wrke desires to know if it is true that M. de Saiigny liad said that he cousidered the preliminaries as of no more value than the paper on which they were written, and the latter aiswors that he never could have bad the least couuddence in wLet emanate! from the go- verument of Mexico, neither ia the preliminaries nor ite other engagements. ommodore Duniop asks M. de Saligny why he put his signature to them, and how it happens that he does not consider bimestt wee 3 fast that he bas | these ‘Yo this the Frenc inissioner answers ° op no oxpianations to give to the conferenco respecting the Seat Chet wiay be ateenen oun heeiiteionts motives which prompted him to sign the liminaries, these matters. but that he should have thought himself so! bound hy his signature if tbe government of Mexico Rot takon care to nullify in @ thousand ways the prelimi- naries of La Soledad. Visit to Camp Washington, Staten Island—Trial of the Union Repeating Gun=—The kpanish General Delighted With the Yankee Invention—Whast General Milaus Thinks of General Mceo Clellan and the Union Army, &., &c. On Saturday lost General Prim, before his departufe for Spain, visited Camp Washington and witnessed the trial of the Union repeating gun. 4 ‘The Geveral and'suite embarked om the steamer George Kirkirk at two o'clock im the afternoon. He ‘was escorted by a deputation of Spanish citizens and a number ef other distinguished gentiemen. When they arrived at Quarantine, the General, accompanied by General Milans de! Bosch, Colome! Cortazen, Commander Guerra, Senors Ceballog, Navarre, San Miguel, A. Re Fernandez, T. G. Sehemburg snd Captain Chauneey,, United States Navy, paid a visit toCamp Washingtore Staten Island, to witnoss the trial of Nugent’s Union repeating gun. They speut about one hour inspecting {ta mechanism, and, after severel rounds being fired ag targets rangimg in distance from 250 to over 700 fect, the General fired a round of twenty-four shots ami ex~ pressed in the wermest terme his admiration of the simplicity ef ite working and its destructivences as @ weapon of warfare, and assured the owners, Messrey Schomburg and Fernandes, that he would make a report of it te his government on reaching Madrid. Gen. Milane and Comnsander Guerra were alse wel pleased with it, and pronounced it one ef the most ingenious and destroe- tive engines of war they ever saw. After the examinatien aad inspection of the gun a most interesting eonversation took place between General Milaus del Besch and Captain Chauneey, Superintendent of the Ordnance Department of the United States Navys ‘The conversation began about the situation ef affairs im Mexice,aad the Breaking up ef the triple European alliance In that country, ewing to the unexpected) pro» eeedings of the commanders of the French forces, Gen, Milans took occasion to remark that the action of the French was euch as the dignity of General Prim ould nes tolerate, The Freach desired to places king of their ewn making upon the throne of Mex: Dut the Spanish commander could not give his sanction te such am extreme and unexpected measure, aud therefere declared his intention to cut loose from the triple alliance. The Freach intimated that General Prim Gare not leave Mexico, and defied him to depart. Genorad Prim eeolly and resolutely infor med the French com- manders that he would leave Mexice in spite of all opposi- tion, and suggested that to the Queen ef Spal) alone was he responsible for his conduct. If her Catholic Majesty saw fit to overrule bim, it was his duty to submit; bud ‘not until then would he cease to condemn the policy of the French in Mexioo. Tho conversation next turned to the late visit of Geveral Prim and suite to the Army 08 the Potomac before Kicbmond. General Milans was most enthusiastic oa the subject. He had seen ail: the armies ef Europe; but never had he witnessed anything to Surpass the discipline, spirit and pluck ef General McClellan’s forces. He witnessed a review of 30,000 Union soldiers, and stated that thuir boarg and intelli- gence were those of veierans of tev years experiense. For Generel McClellan not to conquer was ap utter im- possibility. The spirit of the soldiers and the conf- dence in their leader were tach as reudered success bee yond tl hadow of a doubt. McClellan's plan of opora- tions, in General Prim’s opinion, was perfees. It was im- possible for the leader of the Army of the Potomac te lose cne inch of ground, afd the complete subjagation of the rebels was, be thought, oaly the werk ef avery few days at furthest. Captain Chauncey remarked, that of course it was not to be expected that our soldiers could be as perfect ag veterans. , General Milans, withen immense and peculiarly 1n- teiligent shrug, replied:—‘‘i do not care if you believe or not; I tell youI bave seen thirty thousand of your men in reviow, and they are as perfect as veterans of ten years service.” Captain Chauncey stated that the epportunities to see eur troops to advantage were very moagre. Genera! Milans answered that be did not care for show, Be had walked about from man to man, and found they net only understeed hew to use the arms in their bands, but that their intelligeves and eourage were of the high” est order, Sush soldiers would suffer no defeatof any compequeace. After having some refreshments under a pretty little tent, General Prits and suite, abeut half-past four, took Sir Charles Wyke again refers to the convention ef London, aud Count de Reus reads the reply of M. Billault to the questions addressed to him by M. de Roissy in the Senate upon the affairs of Mexico. The substance of this reply is, that the convention of Londen determines the Aine of conduct for the allied Powers. Count de Reus maintains the right of the Mexicans te oppese any alteration of their institutions which it might be attempied to impose on them. ‘The Admiral declares that he foels no sympathy fer @ government to which we came to preach peace and con- ciljation, and which only recognizes eur conciliatory at- titude towards it oe allowing sanguinary executions and publishing edicts of proscription. - ‘The English and Spanish Commissioners declere that they cannot agree with their colleagues of France € the Admiral persists {0 carrying out big retrograde move- ment, and they strongly attack that determination, which they cousider to be contrary to reciprocal engage- ments. ‘The Admiral replies that armistioes can always be de- clared terminated by one of the partics. “I am bound,” he says, ‘to retire in case of rapture, but to nothing more. I now find the rupture fully justitie:, and I reti my resolution docs not in any way bind my colleagues, ‘but it isin accordance with my interpretation of the convention, and I.assume all the responsibility ef it te- ¢ my colleagues, my government and the whole world.” ‘The Count de Reus says that there crn be no ermis- tice where has been mo war; and M. de Saligny re- plies that there had bovn war from the moment that ‘Vora Croz had been eccupied. He repeats that be considers the mareb of the troops upon Mexico as indispensable to the security of his eoun- trymetl, every day the victims of detestable outrage, and declares once more his unallerable resolution to treat ‘no more with the government of President Juares. * ‘The Kuglish and Spanish Cominissione:s reply that they are unaware of any motive that could justify this Tesolution ; that they were not in a position tw accept the reply addressed by the French Commissioners to M. Dos Diado, and could not uilix their siguature thereto. They declare that if their colecyruas of France persist im opposing the removal of the Mexican cailes, and in refusing bo take part in the conferences which were to tala place at Orizaba on the 15th of April, they will retire logethor with their troops, fiom Mexican territory, oosilering (is line of activa asa wlaiion of the convention o/ Lodon and ef the preliminaries of Soledad. Admiral Jurien then says that which ever of the three Powers remains in Mexico will be abie to act ii the in- terest of tho allies, and the Engli<h and Spanish Commis. sioners reply that it belongs to their governments alone to decide this question, aud that as for thenwelves they are not authorized to xccept this ofer. ‘They then discuss the manner of, and the for the evacuation of the territory by the Spanish and Eng- lish forces. Admiral Jurien offers the vessels at his disposal to aid in the transport of the Spanish troops, The Count de Reus does not think proper to accept this offer, as all the necessary material will be sent to him from Havana; and, if necessary, he eiil avail himaeif of the Engin vessels placed at his disposal by Commodore anlop. Notice of the resolntions adopted is given, during the Bilting, $0 the government of Mexico and to General Taragoza. ‘This proces verbal has beon read in the presence of their Excellencies Sir Charles Leunox Wyke, the Count de Reus, Admiral Jurion and Cominodore Dunlop (the Count de Satiguy being absent in consequence of indis- position), and they have found it correct and approved is. JUAN ANTO. LOPEZ DE CEBALLUS, Secretary of the Mission of Her Cacholic Majesty. Count A, DE LA LANDE, Secretary of the Legation of France. JOHN WATSHAM, Acting Secreta: y of Lier Majesty’s Legation. Omaha, April 11, 1962. SIR C. WYKE TO EARL RUSSELL. Unizana, April 12, 1868. My Torn—Convinced of the necessity of promptly oon- yeying to your lordship the fullest and most dotajied im- formation relative to the eveute How passing in, Mexice, Ihave deemed it advisable to send , a8 dearer of despatches, Mr. Horace Johnston, Second Paid At- toning. His Excellency adas that if the expedition had found itgolf surrounded by war, @ disarter might have bap- pened, and the European governments would, without doubt, have taken their generals severely to task for their conduct. But: at last the Spaniards and the French arrived ably at their encampments at Cordova, Orizaba und huacan, where they were bound, says his Excellency, to await the 15th of April, the day fixed ior tue opening rences between the allied Pienipetentiarics and ¢] Jexican Commissioners, ‘The Count de Reus rocapitulates all the arguments, perbaps but iM-founded, which be thonght it right to urge on the Mexican government to induce it to accept this (ar distant date. M. de Saligny observes that it was he who urged this delay in the opening ef the new conference, in urder to time to receive from bis goverument the in- 3 which he expected. ‘The Count de Reus then saya that, in short, nether the time passed at Vera Cruz,nor the time before the Usth of April, could be considered as wasved, and that this is sufliciently proved by what has just been set forth, iy, all was goiag on favorably, and there was reason io hope thatevery satisfactivn intended by the conveation of London would be obtained by pacific ng, whon the packet for the month of February ar- cinging General Almonte and some other @: and casting the apple of discord before the conference: Ina visit made to his Excellency by General Almonte, the latter aad declared to him frankly that he had count- ed on the influence of the three Powers to change the os- tablished goverment of Mexico into a monarchy, and to piace the crown on the head of the Arc? (uke Maxirailian of Austria; that he thought this project would De well received in Mexico, and perhaps realized before two months ware over. Commodore Dunlop observes that a fow days after- wards M. Almonte made the sane declaration w him. His Excellency the Count do Reus had answered Gen. Almonte that he was of an opinion diametrically oppo- sito, and that he must not count on the support of Spain; that Mexico, constituted as @ republic for forty years. must necessarily be enti-wovarchical, and would never accept new iust!tutions with which it was unacquainted, and which were contrary to those which i: bad adopted, and under which it had existed so long. On the observation of Gen. Almonte that he felt sure of the support of the French arms, bis Kxceliency an- Swered that he would regret. if the French government were to follow in Mexicuv a policy which would be in ition to the pollcy always great, javt and generous the Emperor; that in the event,’ far from probable, ‘Dut still possible, of = check sustained by the l’rench forces engaged in sueh an undertaking, his Exeellency would feel ag much pain as if & great mistortune were to fallen his own country or on himself; that, lastly, be to Colonel Monduina, Governer of Vera Crus, their @eparture fer the Spanish frigate in waiting to red General Almonte not to go forward, for if he sadfo i. Santee. een for “4 apy ee ‘ald Garry them back to their mative soil, Before parting , : Rei found fault wit re a Captain Chauncey shook General Prim warmly by the went alone, exiled as he was by “decree, just or un aerate mks i Pecnmest po od ~ Project of is, T ptain © G Prim warmly just, ne was gol by the troops of one of Powers, this fact would produce an alarm which weuld compromise the results of the good policy followed up to this day by tho Commissioners. Soun, however, the arrival of more French troops was known at and at Tehuscan; but at the came time it wes known that, at the order of Gevers! de Lo- rencez, @ ion of was esvorting Genera: Almonte aad bis compavions om the road from Vora Gruz to Tebuacan. Admira! Jurien thought it right, in consequence, to let the Mexicas government kmow ef his Fesolution to commonee on tho Ist of April the retrograde tse ft, lind ower hand, and expressed in suitable language the high gratir fication he felt in meeting ee distinguished a captain: General Prim replied that his pleasure sf finding so many friends is America was unbounded, and that be sheuld ever gratefully remember the ‘Kindness and hospitality ef the American republic. Cap- tain Chauncey said the whele country (America) was the friend of General Prim; at which adroit piece of com- piimenting the Spanish Geveral smiled very good na- himeelf aspired to get crowned Emperer of Mexico; and be appears even to have declared that teal a oy pros of this. The Count de Reus exclaima loudly aguinat such an assertion, and summons hie colleague to give explanations on the subject, — that such aa absord report in the mouth ef the public weuld not have Riga eeu sor sapes, Sat ia", it acquired @ seri i. § Prone oxioten oF thie be tneleted om thete productien, ” ‘The French Commiseioner remembers, i i movement foreseen in the preliminaries of Soledad, if rere, Ube Grat plaoe, «eter, seen iso Uy the Admi- pom will now last more erediy, 2} thie ane Senceestiine: Onan, Sees? the conferences did not come to a satisfactory result. ral, writ! y & persen ether @ partican can- nex. " warmth,and ao final ‘Admiral Jurion expiaine that first of all he eonfined | didature to the throne of Mexxo; tm the second piace, | ,,7® peak nits Rotem nnd diddiog hitaself to causing an indirect imtimation of his resolu: | the insinuations which might make it su that the adien. lution to be given to the Mexican government, aud that was favorable to this project; is wal ‘The General and party then entered their carriages and he 9! addreased it an oficial note Om this subject, after ticiea of the Jo Loko de Borepe. te whi M. de a hw: dreve te the steamer, where they embarked and pre having recoived Bimself, from General a y Bot have attached the slightest noe York d ws tnet ‘Juan do. Ulloa, which waa i. ins fr an, of obtaining from the | if his ixoellency the Count de Reus had not deciared be. | New ireet on the 28 ant in her Majesty's | ceeded te the San Juan 5 hich it hs ante, 8 Seal coutermnbia’ iu | fore the confercoce at Vera Orns thet this journal dia.nce | ship Challeoger, and shall walt there your lordahip’s | ine stream opposite Quarantine. On arriving om board toroste and dignity a EUEr thes te i Rpg ie yo ai ot ie received | further the Spaniah steamer, the General took a finial leave of his ‘The Couns ds sus fei at this time only him- Excel! ’ ‘ond seltand hie Kngiiah colleague wore at Orieabs sod that of Han also that a word of the Count (GR ©. WYRE TO Mari, RUPELL. friends. pase pmnace si oy aso aig receiving the communication of the ‘Adinirat they seked | de Rous bad forcibly struck him, He to have Onizana, April 18, 1862—6 P, M. company op the tug gave three hearty cheers, thomelves if the French Commissioners had the right ¢o | said to him that the candicature of am Austrian Prince ‘My Loxp-——I have just received 1 communication from | general Prim’s little son replied by waving tho Stare allow tho enemies of the government established in Mexi- cavention with’ ue ToF Ube: wttlounent of the irtiah and Stripes over the wide of the San Juan de Ulioa, The co to be escorted, and if the Admiral coul on ol he hag of the conferenee claims. General purchased a American horse, which waoted: soap ha equivalent to a deciaration of A similar communication has been also addressed by | taxen out with him. Having admired our American war, and contrary t the convention of London and to the that Miaister to General Prim. horses in General MoClellan’s cavalry, he could no® ‘We have both individual; made tintexin Com had |. | leave our shores without Wuying one, The Countess de right to adopt this line of conduct without the consent of their room erp that they had in consequence imme- diately invited the conference to assemble, in order to decide whether thoy should continues to act eonformably to ;the convention of Londou, or whether sioners from henesforth acting with their shores. partioularly admired our harbor, and ex- serneed haceutt high. grated ith al ube sol, ‘An the Union repeating gun has been used in General MeCiellan’s division for some time, we are not allewed which he thought would best answer the wishes of his government. “For my part,” edde his Excellency, ‘I eo 2s to be good entough to Etre thelr opin Hon feotbeaty a points, for that te the objeet of the Hin Kxoe! Adratral Jurion answers that he docs aca spentioy biaeott aa havi Neer ore en poskdes st ee |, OF Of the preii- tuaries Boledad. wie hed oousidered the pretection secorded to General Almonte dy General Loruncez as incompatible with the of the French troops at Tehuecan. Sip corpe and bie stat, addy Me Saligny, Oy J . 5 Saeed ue ‘bangerer, waited for General Almonte for fourymival Jurien sete forth that hie retreat from Tebus. can waa only a scruple taeda Fart, on which subject he wae not obii tw consult fis colleagues. Oneo returned to Paso Ancho with hiv treops, he would find himself on a nentral territory, where he was free to five to General Almonte all tbe’ jon to which & honored with the good will of bis Majesty the Engl bearer for your ibe Emperor had a right. . prove of the draft submitted by the admiral to their ap- When ready to Jeave aria Mr. Mazo The Connt do Reus and Sif Charles Wyke dostre that of. from M. Taouveno Inviting bira to call he Habel Gualldat the question ‘be thoroughiy « zanined, and maintain Adsniral Jorion dectares that he has never seen in the next day, st ten 0% wn the moral that the ¥r Cominissioners have not the right to | country of the world ‘the system of terror weighin time and plas the Smperor wished ‘The revel gunbeat Sumter arrived ne. lend theif protection to the enemios the Mexican | the population. and keeping them under a yoke oi trou, — thia jute view Napoleom said fy by — cousierebly shattered in the late fight Memubia, government on its own territory. The expedition did 1 —siou ne nas neem m Mexico. It is oppression in iis | had beow pleasing Whim than te. ear a Tepatred immwedtately, mot ome to sustain in Mexivo the pertioulas peasy of | most cdious shape, tearing a father from bis chidien, a | Spain aud er act beget in Amer ios, whore phejr ia-

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