The New York Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1867, Page 4

ARFAIRS IN EUROPE. Hapeoleen’s Army Reorganization Plan and the French Opposition. French Opinion of the Cession of Russian America and the Monroe Doctrine. THE WAR AGITATION IN CERMANY, Fenianism in Ireland, its Effects and Prospects. &e. ko. &e. Our European files and special correspondence by mail, dated to the 2d of April, contain the following de- tails of our cable despatches, in addition to the reports published in the Hxatp yesterday morning:— ‘A despatch from Belgrade, of April 1, announces that the Ottoman government intends to intrust to the Prince of Servia the administration of Bosnia and Herzegovine; and that Prince Michel, in going to Constantinople, pro- poses, among other business, to treat of that question ‘with the Grand Vizier. The Servian flag now floats with the Turkish on the fortress of Belgrade. The Florence correspondent of the Paris Débats Bays:— Everything for the government of Italy henceforth depends on the bills the ministry will present, and above ali on the course it will adopt as to the liquidation of the ecclesiastical patrimony. In this matter there is no pos- sibility as yet of foreseeing anything, the intentions of government being environed in che most profound mys- tery, or perhaps not beinz yet definitely settled. A new company of bankers is said to be in course of formation to replace M. Langrand Dumouceau and treat at once with Italy and the Holy See. The Unita Catiolicr, the clerical journal, reveals these projects, with the iuten- tion, it says, of making them miscarry. The Cv ndence General of Vienna, of March 31, publishes tho subjoined:-— Several journals have stated that Baron Hubner re cently read to Cardinal Antoncili a despatch from Baron de Beust congratulating the Hoty See on its friendly atti- tude toward Italy and the initiative it bad taken in vhe adoption of re‘orms, Cardinal Antoneili was stated to have been especially surprised at the manner in which the despatch insisted on the necessity of bringing to a success! ul termination the negotiations with si. Tonello, According to information we have received nothing is known here of such a despatch. Moreover Austria, taking into consideration tho difficultics of the situation, has for some time past observed a great reserve toward he Vourt of Rois. On the 3let of March a duol at fifteen paces was fought in the Campo Grande, near Lisbon, betweon Senhor José Julis, a deputy to the Portugese Cortes, and Senhor ~a de Nogueina, nepuew to the Marquis Sa, and @id-de-camp to the King, in which Senhor Julis was killed, An insult, stated to have been offered by the deceased to the Marquis Sa Bandiera, is alleged to have been the cause of the encounter. | Ameeting of more than two hundred ministerial depu- ties to the Spanish Cortes was held in Madrid, March 30. M. Gonzalez Bravo, Minister of the Interior, explained the situation and the policy of the government, \ The result of the Lezisiative vote abolisuing imprison- ment for debt in France is very generally remarked on by the Par's journals, and out of ail those which expre:s un opinion on the subject we do not find one that does not approve of the decision come to. The Avenir National seizes on the opportunity to make unpleasant observa- tions against a particular membor. It says:— It was the opposition that furaished the majority of forty-four votes which saved the bill. M. Baroche sald the other day that miuoriies were worthy of respect; they aro even sometimes useful. M. Thiers did not vote with the opposition; imprisonment for debt appeared to him to be ap indispensable elem nt of the commercial equilibrium—Ciichy is a petty Stale, the autonomy of which he desires to respect. 1M. Thiers is consistent with himseif; he does not separate judicial from political traditions. Imprisonment jor debt existed undor Louls XL, Colbert, and Mozarin; Ucrefore it ought to be pre- ‘The Courrier du Havre eays:— It is rumored tbat the Egyptian battalion returning from Mexico will very shortlf arrive in our port. This corps, composed of four: hundred men and twonty officers, will immediately be sent onto Paris to atiend Spon the Viceroy during his visit to tho Universal Bxbi- a. FRANGE, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Army Reorgnuization Project—Oppos!- tlon—Visit to the Exhibition Greunds—A De- cided Failure. Panis, March 26, 1837, The army reorganization scheme of tho Emperor Prom!ses to meet with vigorous opposition in some un- expected quarters. In the Corps Legislatif, where the pro- Ject of the goverument has boca reforred to a commit- tee of eighteen, tt is distinctly understood that the Prosident, M, Larrabierc, aud four others are entirely opposed to the measure, while three are in favor of it as Mt pow stands, while tho other ten call for changes of various kinds, Syoersl counter projects will be pre- sented. Inthe meautime potitions in opposition are in circulation and being extensively signed, and M. Girardin and other opposition editors are bearing down upon the government and endeavoring to rendor the now measure as unpopular as possible. It may be that the prosent growing complications of the everlasting, unsettled Hastorn question, or even the Ittle clond rising over tho Dachy of Luxemburg, may have the effect to croate a more warlike spirit m France, and may render the new project more accepiaie to the mase of the people; but, stands at pr sent, it isan. Goybtediy the most unpoplar one ever presented by the governuent since the foundation of the empire Thave just returned from a \ralk, or rather, I might fay, awade, throgh the grounds and building of the grand Exhibition, and euch a scene of wild confusion as exists there has probably never been witnessed sinco the Titans hurled down rocks and vered movntains in Their combats with the It is a stinple swindie on the part of the [mp:rial Commission to allow tho impres- sion to go forth uncorrected that, on the opening day or dyring any time for a month or six weoks there lator’ Who come to see it will be able to obtain ‘accuPhte {100 of what the Exhih'tion was intended to be, of what il prow”'Y Wl! be. Tis dpening ought to Dave beon postponed iil! two fs of May at leas’, but aly Unpopulur movement pera, Whe want customers Ao commene? arriving 98 soon as possible. Everything ta In the most incompidr.” COUtltion. Stud is nearly kneo this would have been a de with the betel and shop Geop in the | many op be buildings erecting there are yet in their skeleton sta, °¢ BOt aD jach of pren- , at was {iitended vo bo award has been iaid upon we. “covered with Dales Jawns, and the grounds are °°) alt SEN bsaes piled upon ono anctner a. uk ae skelter together. In the interior it Ge.” Ooned, and one-hundredth part of the goods are yew lie or sund, probably not one-half of thom aro yot on «SUNN stanchions and shafting for the machirtry yet apy and bt little machinery in, and in many , of the building the flooring is not even laid. fe the Amorican Department, divided into compart. monts in ten various groups, in which the namos and escul of the different exhibiting States are pro. minently exhibited, but a very fow boxes have been cy ‘and none of ‘ye mactinory 1s up A bale o” cotton lies on the “igor; a couple of ornamental ob! aces ATO ~ arioned against the Wall; a sale’ ney Tas 5 oosttoned sgn it thee Ie OP, sit “laa formidable; and aroun’ | are scattered noxes and barrols, in apparen'!y xiricabie confusion, In the American Art DOP sricent the pictures, of which there are ninety, D* vo'heon placed on the ground, ‘vat pone of them are ¥ ut hung. As a fair eampl* of how backward the work is in every departmont, it may be mentioned that in the central gar- den, around which the entire fabric {s built, nove of the ornamentation bas been done, It may, I think, be safoly said that not more than one-quarter of the os for ‘which apace bas been set apart will be ready and opeu for exbilation on the opening day, when the principal Shing to be soon will be dust. In the former exhibition ae, Sand a: the ono in London, interstices were left in flooring, through which the dust was swept by the feet of the Visitors. Here, however, the floor is solid. Among the American exhibitors there i no little ox- Stamens, ns, In spite of tho ropeated extensions of space which Mr. ckwith has obtained, there are already more here than there is room for, many having ‘deem sent) over, I understand, without any previous no- tification to the Commissioner General here. The hono- and scientific commasio; ors, too, are in an ill ‘Hon. Eltha B. Washburn bas been itt a ie bed for some weeks past, but is now fe tae bid Joha W. Dix, Second Secrotary of Legation at Paris, eaile on the 9th proximo for the United states, bearing despatches from the Legation. J THE FENIANS. AE stil SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD, mt—A Late Spring—Heavy Taxes and Sirent Ometal Expenditure, &c. Dust, March 90, 1867, __Th6 announcement that the House of Representatives Pewed a vole of sympathy with the people of Ireland NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1867. was received here with unmistakable sentiments of pleasure, It was eagerly commented og by all classes, ‘and increased supplies of weeklies bad to be prepared to satisfy the publio curiosity. . The Femiam party are especially elated; but even men of moderate opinions not at all connected with the movement express grati- tude for the moral support it gives to all efforts to re- move the incubus of troubles which depresses the country, All action on the part of the Fenians has complctely ceased here, Iam informed by parties whose informs- tion is reliable, that this quietness is likely to last for some time. The leaders still in Ireland, although anxious to be stirring, wait further directions from America and the return of weather suitable for cam- paiguing. Having retired to winter quarters, they have inaugurated a new system of “military persecution.” Almost daily anonymous communications are forwarded to magistrates or commanding officers announcing dis- turbances to take place in certain districts, The circum- stantial details and appearance of truth which they bear, leads to many a hasty march, and draws many ® curse from the soldiers who are thus humbugged. A few days since positive information was recelved by the magistrate of Ballyhinch, county Kilkenny, that a Fenian attack would be made that night on the police barrack of the town, With eager haste the constabulary of the county were gathered in, the inhabitants confined to their houses, and the night spent in preparations to face the foe, None came, and in the morning it was discovered that somo hundreds of sheep bad been driven off the farms adjoining. Knowing there would be no police out to interfere, the marauders mado a consid- erable clearance, The Dublin Gazette of yesterday contains a proclama- tion from the Lord Lieutenant offering a reward of 2100 for the apprehension of any of the partics concerned in the ruse or the robbery. Lord Strathnairn, GC, B., GC. 8. 1,, General Com- manding the Forces in Ireland,’ has inspected the Eighty-third regiment at Richmond barracks, where the corps was drawn up in marching order at eloven o'clock, shortly after which hour his lordship arrived on the square, accompanied by General McMurdo, Colonel Seager, and attended by his staff. The regiment having gone through a variety of ma- noeuyres, which were executed with the most perfect precison and skill, Lord Strathnairn addressed them as follows:— Colonel Hankey, officers and soldiers of the Eighty- third regiment, I fel the utmost pleasure in congratu- lating you upon the admirable manner in which you have acquitted yourselves to-day. Your perfection in drill and orderly appearance are highly creditable to you and satisfactory to me. That exceltent conduct and dis- cipline for which you have been always remarkable re- mains unsullied, and your loyalty continues untar- nished, notwithstanding the strong temptations lately held out by evil and insidious emissaries in this country to seduce soldiers from their allegiance. That wrewhed conspiracy, known by the name of Fenianiim, which bas only for its objects spoliation, anarchy and misery, has not affected you, who, ft it bad assumed any solid front, would have been among the first to crush it down, But the miscrable attempt merely showed itself, and then disappeared. Had it ‘been otherwise the county Dublin regiment would have displayed that pltck, loyalty and bravery for which they have ever been celebrated. Your colors bear the names of many hard fought battles and glorioas victories—the Cape, Talavera, Cuidad, Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, tho Peninsula, India, and many other fields where the galiant Eighty-third distinguished them- selves; and should occasion agam arise Iam satisfied you will cover yourselves with additional glory and in- Crease the high opinion in which you are held by your Queen, your country and myself. Soldiers, on your de- parture to a distant land, I wish you well. The announcement that a reform bill for Ireland will be introduced after Easter, has not awakened anything like the enthusiasm which a similar declaration elicited in England. Even tho advocates of legislative action murmur at the inactivity of the government. Other vital questions demand consideration before the exten- gion of parliamentary suffrage. As I noticed io a former communication, the power to. use a vote freely without intimidation or landlord coercion, must be secured before the Irish farmer or laborer will attach im} to tt, ‘the government. has issued acircular to the Irish magistrates, directing their attention to the Whiteboy ‘acts, which fixed flogging or the pillory as punishment for ‘‘drilling,”’ * marebing,’’ ‘appearing iv arma,” &c. It directs that ns appearing with fire arms, fire- locks or pistols, by night or day, shall be guilty of high misdemeanor, and may be punished by fine, piliory, whips , oF Other corporal punishment. This act was Fy yenrsazo, The proceedings under it are simple and summary, although leaving much to the dis- cretion of the judge. During the past week a number of those arrested in the late outbreak have been admitted to bail and a num- ber of others committed for trial. Many ui the latter have turned “Queen's evidence” and will identify their associates when brought to trial. It bas been urged that punisbment which will cast disgrace upon Fenian- = Po be the most advisable to be adopted for the rank and file, There {s anold Irish saying that ‘a late spring alway brings a fuil harvest.” The (rath of that maxim will be tesjed this year, Heavy snow falls, succeeded by rapid thaw$ aha ray, have toundated many parts of the coun. uy, and beon atlgnded with loss of life ag well ag loss 0} land. property. Arterial drainage Is hoglecied by Irish Is, and it is too dear a luxury for tenants at will, At the mouths of great rivers banks of sand and debris have been allowed to accumulate, they prevent the flow of surplus water, consequently the floods have inundat- ed low districis and checked farming operations. Tho laboring classes are thrown out of employment, and with provis.ons at @ maximum price destitution is the resuls, It has been suggested that a public loan should be grant- ed by government to assist sma!l farmers in such im- provements, and unemployed men set to work ai the rivere, under government supervision; but this has not met avy responga. The request is not extravagant when the following statistics relative to tho taxation of Ireland are consider*d—they are culled from a return made to the House of Commons on the motion of Mr. McKeana, the M. P. for Youghal: — 1841. 1851. 1861-2, Grors revenue from Ire- Jand, excluding mis- celiancous receipts. .£4,158,677 £4,324,905 £6.702,606 Population of Ireland.. 6,196,697 6,574,278 6,708,987 Amount of revenue por head...... sew Wald, 188, 2d. £139. 6d, From these figures it may be seen that, while the population of the country is rapidly decreasing, the rate Of taxanon 18 a3 quickly increasing, The statement will show clcarly to the ctioal minds of the readers of the Hwrato that things are not going as they ought ia the atsier country of Great Britain, government since their agcession to office, The follow- Considerable irish legal patronage has tailen to the tory ing new appointments haye beon mado this week Justico Christian, 10 be Justice of Appeal; the Hou. Micvael! Morris, to be Judgo of Common Pleas in the piace of Judge Christian; Mr. Chatterton, the representative of the Dublin Uni-versity, to be Atiorney General, and Mr. Warren, Solicitor General. These appointmeats are chiefly tho result of the resignation of the late Lord Chancellor Blackbu! who hae been succeeded by Mr. Brewster. The office ol Lord Chancellor, is worth £8,000 per annum, besides a large amount of public patronage, and a retiring pension of hall salary, There are at present threo retired chan- collier’, each drawing four thousand pounds per annum from the public purse. The direct paymont for t duties of that office is therefore twenty thousand poun: rapnii, This is@considerable item to a country 80 ont ily taxed, The appointments to this office made by tue Torles have given much dissatisfation up to the present. Mr. Napier was doaf as a post when appointed, and Mr. Biackburne only held for three months after which physical incapacity prevented further oxertion than that necessary to sign warrants for the retiring allowance granteJ, by a wealthy and appreciating coun. try. The appoiutment of a doaf man to the position of President of a court where the nicest points of law ré- quire to be argued, was exquisitely ludicrous, On his accession, Mr. Napier caused @ patent acoustic apparatus to be erocted in the court, which was done at an enormous “ense —defrayed, of course, from the public purse, A n addressing the court, was require? ~ F 8 fon, sie Penge an: bay. , 2 w a 8 xi the apparatus, anit we BPARKEE'S er" 5 wore aeliver: Od into Lis eartwith the NOSE ~wany trumpets This anawered well for tho 499/uer, bat the first morning Mr. Brady, Wis stlocessor; took his seat on the bench, thé lawyer stood jo the accustomed posit om: " Scaromy 24 he thn words “My Lord,” when (he latter started arage, “My God! what is was an explanation, and the precious ay torn down forthwith. The deaf ex-chan Inde to has this week been named for the distinction of a baronotey, which title has been cont on the mem- ber for Dublin city, Benjamin Lee Guinness, Esa., the celebrated porier brewer and the muniticent restorer of tho Ith National Cathedral, It is also announced that the Lord Licutenant of Ireland is to bo rewarded for his good management of Irish affairs by being created a duke. RUSSIAN AMERICA. French Opinion of the Cossion Treaty—The Monroe Doctrine and the Rule in Poland, ‘om La Presse of April 2. see Gere we have the drat tral of the alliance n the great autocratic empire of the West and the pel reap, celebrated by the much-talked of fetes both at mages — a. i sing Prorat, oe dwn yore the different pre- tensiome of the Monrve doctrine, an be Me: as far ag she can, Ya @ ceasion 4 tory which banishes Rassian from one of the qu of e x ae va Gated Stade’ Let ve edd from ihe ara of Dou Juan de # hich bépatate the territory Union from vee 4 Island to Vancouver's Chat form: ing @ point Fs ieee omens ‘exist more which the territory of ths, now art keatesertcn a the on the Pacific Ocean, Nothing, therefore, Taeting, connects the true torr! of the Union wi ‘Washington gorau Tran just acquired, lens, doubt i in for ditsteoth of a principle of pS, ae “ (F¥om La France of Paria, April J eee tue wo satiny Sala pad Vasied ate) Were ef 8 most cordial as was shown by the marks of aympatb: sachanaed Sebwees tie Cabinet of St. Petors- burg and the government of Ws sion of the territory in it the oes- d} to be left only to those opens with pre-suppose, as & condi. tion, abdication: We sbould doubt of the duration of am Austro-Pri alliance as much as we should fear an intimate understanding between Russia and And are we then, at the service of the latter, to labor to the continental power nat yet siruck in order that, after the realization of the object, we alight receive the thanks which Russo- Prussian ambition might vote ust Prussian Relations with France and Italy. (Berlin (March 0) dence of Indépendance There is reason to believe the best relations exist at this moment ween and France. Good of peace are everywhere essed, The Count de is expected here at the jing of next week. is to his credentials in the hands of the King of the arrival of Prince Hu ‘The Provincial of the treaties concinded with the governments of the Sou! in its turn affirms that there is no contract Special guarantee with Hease-Darmstadt, which is suffi- ciently towards Prussia and the Northern confed ion by the province of Oberhassen and the fortress of Mayence, Beta on the subject is thus confirmed. The ministeri: i also declares: that the publication of the treaties has taken place with 8 view to the affairs of bin Much notice has been taken of the lever of Victor Emanuel to Count de Bis- marck in January last, which the Prussian Monileur has just published. This’ communication, very flattering to the Count, testifies to the excellent relations between the two countries, Holland Not to Cede Juxembura. (From the Independence Belge, March 30.) Our correspondent at Luxemburg sent us yesterday evening by telograph an important piece of news. The government of the Grand Duchy has received from the Haguo an authorization to contradict in the most formal manner all the rumors relating to the cession of ak oped | to France, He adds that tho greatest joy revailed in tl je city in Sten of that intelligenco, 6 Dutch official journal, which we recived this morn- ing, confirms this news, but with a restriction taking away indeed a little of its reassuring character, as it declares that there never could be any question of such @ proceeding without the gréat Powers interested co: to an understanding on the subject. From all th follows that if tho cession ia not already mado, at least it may be accomplished, and that the royal Grand Duke would not be the man to throw any obstacle in the way. Thus are confirmed, at least provisionally, the Teserves wo have hore never ceased to oppose, not to the fact itself of negotiations between Paris and the Hague, but to the news that those overtures had already ended ina bargain by which Luxemburg was actually sold to nce. Can France Permit the Fortress to be Dis- mantied @ the Paris Liborté, April 1. * © © Jt would alroady be hard enough if France had need of the permission of the King of Prussia to purchase an insignificant territory from Holland, and ‘we cannot admit it; but that Prussia should ven/ure to impose on France the humiliating terms of dismantling a fortress constructed by Vaubao with French money, does not bear a moment's examination. Let us say frankly that we should consider the annexation of Luxemburg for a sum paid down, even without the consent of Prus- sia, as a bad operati Viewed in light of a policy of aggrandizement, the acquisition is a com| altogether Insufficient for ys positi frontiers would be the logical consequence of tho terri- torial policy. To stir up all Germany against us—to throw all the populations of that country into the arms of Count de Bismarck for the sake of increasing our lation by the two hundred thousand inhabitants of ixemburg, would be only a piece of itonslstency, But to parchase the Duchy atthe price of a humiliating ‘concession to the King of Prussia would be a fault so serious that France ts tnsulted by being thought capable of commit tag i, Let us not, therefore, give atoo ready ear to rumors devoid of oredit and probability, but let us wait (ill the Moniteur has spokon. Count Bismarck on Universal and Direct Suffrage. Count Bismarck lately made the following observa- tions at thesitting of the German Parliament:— Universal suffrage is a legacy which has been trans mitted te us by the national aspiration for German ity, Tho governments would prefer a different sysiem, buy they have not proposed any substitute, I know nothfig more absurd tifed than the more Prosstan law which sanctions ‘tontion by classes and by in- direct henge caprice and harshness accompanying the tax-ratod suffrage. It would not be prudent to combine the right to the suffrage with social or class distinctions. Indirect suffrage altora the exprossion of public opinion; direct and universal suffrage will introduce talent into Parliament. These observations were received with loud choers. THE DRiVE THROUGH THE PARK, The weathor for the past week, unquestionably the fairest and most delightful of tho season, initiated the usual driving display along Fifth avenue and through the Park. The cloudless skies and delicious air invited all who had leisure to quit the scenes of traffic and hie away to the avenucs of our glorious Park. Beauty, wealth and fashion were amply represented in the mov- Ing mass that day after day thronged Fifth avenue and careored gaily along the carriage drives of the Park. Paris may boast of her Long- champs, and London of her euphoniously termed resort of aristocratic eqnestrians, Rotten row; but Fifth avenue, with its magnificent stretch of carringo way leading toa scene whero art has oxhausted itself in Jonding an additional charm to nature, may well appro- Priate the claim to superiority over similar thorough- fares of European capitals But it is not alone that the drive is superior in length and capacity. Where shall we seo such a varied and brilliant throng of car- riages, or such a fascinating array of beauty? From day to day of the past wock the carriages on tho avenue increased ia number and vanety, and the equestrian display was anusually large, Dog carta, light wagons, handsome phaetons and family coaches rolled along in endless processon. Gay and laughing faces, rich and dazzling tollete, liveried coachmen and prancing horses, made a feature in the moving panorama at once lively and engaging, Among ‘the notabiiliies in tho pleasure seeking crowd might be soon Leonard W. Jerome, with his massive English goach, driving four in band a splendid doub!e team. Every eye is turned as he spceds rapidly by, for the precious freieht of ae loveliness that occupies his bicle and tho regal trappings of bis horses send forth passing glitter that daazics and attracts, Atter him, {h *%, open road wagon, with ® pair of small sorrels, and with an easy, gilding motion, Fides Colone: Harper, followed by Mr. Harpor, with his celebrated team Bruno and Brunette. W, HL, Vanderbilt, driving his biaok and and August Belmont, holding the relns over *~ ri jandad hianke. vy ole tandem, receive observin 8 www 01 por: iiotloe,” eiand tn nu, Aton, Delind g well match % 0 team, occupies @ spaco ‘in tne . 4 ins handsome and capacious carriage, with ayo bl drawn i four beantifat horses, dashes pa rapid the driver cracking bis whip merrily over tu leaders, ¢ of the party is the son of a certain wealthy merchant. Tom Baker, the celebrated dor) oblivious apparently to everything but the mucic of bis pacing sorrel, goes along with the stream 6 Ex-Mayor Harpor, with his family, wagon, vehicl®, follows, and the cry is, atill they come. Oat on the Harlem road the scene becomes more ani- mated. There goes ata spanking pace Dan Cashman with his fast team, followed by stout Androws Lead- bdeater, J. P, Son, Martin and Dr. Hall, manipulating the Ines and keeping up quite a lively Reger ot “right of way ”” Charley Weeks, with his bobtail an 3 Or, and mi rattle alon; waa tae ee ander Poe! of sorrela; A ' ind a Dlacks, Butler ar Iipsey; a; Jones and Bi come in for share Mr. La tad te in a successi ing ith a rus| Howard, fast horee Rattlesnake. Do Forrest and Tallman, fine + pass up the road, Benny Mace beh! Erep, nfl, My mae thir appnrasen Wil m,, @ their a Waltemire with « Patchen co! ‘Loriliard with bis beau tifal mare Ida, Risley with Buckskin and mate, 0. B Gray with his black, and William § Wyse with bis sor. rel, ail have cut loose and dashed at locomotive up the road. Unole Dalson Al ‘Lew Pettioe Daisy Burns and mate, Hennison & team of wrens Ve Mr. Bryant with Blaok Coroner Wildey, Birob, Dun Walton with ‘Btook- ings, Dan GB, Wild ier with Patchen Samuel Weeks Hat uk jot con mn are tengo rogent canon te, 4 at ners gle agen Wo the tastes of the admirers MEXICO. THE FIGHTING AT QUERETARO. The Liberals Dislodge Their Enemy from San Gregorio Heights. Rumored Hanging of French Prisoners and Desertion of a Belgian Battalion. Heavy Reinforcements to Hscobedo from Diaz. kee oe ae. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Eseobedo’s Official Account to Juarez of the Disposition of his Army around Queretaro— Whereabeute of Hinojoso and Canales, &c. ‘San Luis Porost, Maroh 15, 1867. ‘The siege of Querétaro has almost put a stop to every kind of commercial business in San-Luis Potosi, It may ‘be sald that the whole country hangs breathless upon the result of the conflict which is to give peace or an indefinite term of civil contest. None of the leading members of the government think that the siege can fast more than two weeks longer. On the 11th instant, part of the garrison of Querstaro ‘The liberals represent that there are numerous doser- tions to their lines, and that these deserters say that the imperialists are greatly reduced for want of supplies. All access to the city from the country districts has been completely cut off, and it is next to impossibie that any provisions can pass through the line of cavalry con- stantly scouring the country. Without hope of a single man to reinforce them; with Diaz and his army almost in the streets of Mexico; with a demoralized force and a bad cause, it appears almost impossible that the impe- rialists can hold the head of the empire above the liberal tide for many days longer. The following is the latest official report of Escobedo to the Minister of War. It will do no harm to publish it in New York, as all operations will be closed before the ‘Haaaxp containing it can reach the imperialiats:— HerapQvaRters ARMY OF Sianigne?} HActenpa 0” ALVARADO, March 12—Midnight. Since the enemy commenced to coucentrate his forces in tbe city of Querciaro I have ser In this direction with the Army Corps of the North and have ordered the following dispositions Be made with reference to the Army Corps of the Weat, as well as those of the centre and the other troops that the supreme government has been pleased to place under my orders. I have ordered them to march in the same direction as myself, stating to each corps the route and th» days’ journeys which it ‘| should make, so that, mutually supporting one another, they could not bo beaten in detail. It was, moreover, necessary to approach Querétaro by covering the roads which lead from it towards the interior, so that the eno- my could not fall upon the important towns along these roads. This I haye been able to do oaly by approaching from Zelaya and San Migue! de Allende, in order to place myself in front of Querétaro — the roads which Tun from these towns. In this manner I am abie to con- centrate my forces without oxposing them to be beaten separately, and without abandoning the avenues it was necossary to cover. The city of Querdtaro is very strong on this side, and it would not bo prudent to atiack it here, However, I have been able to locate a part of my troops at proper Points, go that they cao defend themseives if the enemy should sally out to attack them. Iam abdlo thus to close up these roads and threaten the enemy at close quarters, Ta caso our forces attack them from cther points these troops can distract them on this side, or aid the others in the combat at will By deceiving the enemy with studiod feints, under a woil combined plan, { have de- termined to undertake tho storming of the place with the rest of my troops, After having covered with the forces of Gencrals Aureliano Rivera and Antonio Carvajal allthe avenucs by which the enemy may be able to dis- cover my operations and come out to oppose them, I ordered’ out twe'vo field pieces from camp way of the hacienda of Chichimequillas, guarded by four hundred cavalry under command of Colonel Juan G. Doria, I also ordered to march by the flank, along a protecting the movement of nel Doria, with orders to unite with him at an indicated point General Sostenes Rocha, with a half battery of mountain howitzers, the battalion belonging to these headquarters, and the First brigade of the First division of infantry, which is under the command of the eaid General, and belongs to the Army Corps of the North. Both officers have executed without mishap and with the groatest exactitude their orders, and at this time are located upon the Cuesta China, with the Gen- erals Rivera and Carvajal, and with a total force of 1,600 infantry, 1,000 cavalry, twelve field pieces and three mountain howitzers. I bave also ordered forward to the same point, by a flank march, under Genoral Ramon Corona, gli the infantry of the corps of the West and Centre, over five thousand men, and owelvo mountain howitzers. I have not yet roceived tfficial notice of tho arrival of this officer, who ts to take fall command at the (uesta China, but at two in the afternoon he was very near it On this account, as well as the time which has ei vores! infer that he has ar- rived safely with the remaining cavalry forces of the army, amounting to three thousand, under command of General Guadarrama, and the rewnainder of the infantry forces of the Army of the North—numbering threo thousand five hundred men—under command of General Geronimo Trevino, with seven field pieces and fourteen mountain howitzers, which I have sent to cover the roads of Zelaya aud of San Miguel de Allende, These commanders are ready with their forces to resist the enemy should he attack them, and can operate in con- Junction with Goneral Corona if necessary, and he in turn to ad them with the forces under his cora Thold myself ready and watch all, so as to seud aid wherever it may be necessary. Such js the position which the army under me occu- pies, and Ihave the honor to communicate it toys that you may be pleased to lay the information before the President of the republic. Independence and liborty. M. ESCOBEDO. From the above it will be scen that Escobedo’s force ts not quite so numerous as T have stated in a previous lotter. At the outside his army dos not pass seventeen thousand troops of all arms, whoreas I had previously estimated it from eighteen thousand to twonty thousand. ‘The forve of the imperialisis I do not change; it is from nine thousand five hundred to ten thousand men, with thirty-eight pieces of artillory, large and small. General Hinojoso is here, by order of the government, to give an account of his conduct. It will be romom- bered that he originated the pronunciamicnio of Matamo ros, 1m August last, and placed Canales in power, thus being one of the principal leaders in all the Rio Grande troubles of the last six months, Canalea is now at the Valle del Maiz, in Southeast San Lats Potosi, upon the border of Tamaulipas. He has a considerable force with him. His intention is to serve with the liberal army, out the feud etween him and Escobedo, whom '¢ 80 sound)? thrashed at Matamoros lately, proven's any uP! of Canales’ force with the army unde‘, compsiad of the former. The Linztais Dislodge ie Imperiale from San Gregorio Heights—A Battalion vi Bel- ainns Desert—French Prisoners Reported té | Have Been Hung—Escobedo’s Want of Abil~ i ‘ey—Probabl: Capture of Only ¢! Liberal mp, &c. Sax Lurs Poros, March 18, idf, ‘The following is communicated in a private lotter to the govsrnmen, '— GovansaceT AxD Mitrtany Heangva > ous ah The citizen General 0° E ‘ LEON GUZMAN. Guzman, as the result of his inquiries, then sent the following commanication to the goverament:— © Gormuauar Corteen Munsten—1 to inform you, for aa peg ap a Bite or tae cd Bane ving Testerdar, 0b ton ip the morning, the republican forvee, made a sortie, but were repulsed with a loss of thirty killed and wounded. Again, five hundred cavalry sal- lied out on the Mexico road, bat wore driven back with loss of seventeen killed and a number wounded. 8-3 imperial Materi¢l-Continaous Relafercements te the heavy, and I am quite certain from private information equal to the izaperial list of killed and wounded. I think the liberals have made as great mistake in Teaving Escobedo in command of their forces, Al- though be is a. good organizer of troops, and is active and energetic, gtill he has no mifitary ability, and what- ever tame he may now possess as a soldicr has been obtaitied quite as'much by his own rose-colored reports and the efforta of his subordinates as by any military talont he may posses. The man to command at the siege of Querétaro is Ramon Corona, or Regales; both men of excellent ability, From this lack of a proper commander, the siege of Querétaro promises to drag along for three or four weeks yet, and to wind up, not with the capture of the entire imperial force, but of its trains, ite artillery and camp equipage. The road to Mexico and Morelia is still open to thelr retreat; so Iam reliably informed. It is thus within the range of tho poasib'e that a large part of the imperial force may escape, and that Maximilian, gathoring around him all the scattered elements of a stranded empire, may make alast bold stand at the city of Mexico. His retreat | from Querétaro will, however, under any be disastrous, and if he reach Mexioo it will be with nothing but @ scattered remnant of his Querétaro force. ‘There are more than twonty thousand, liberals around the capital to-day, and the total liberal force in the fleld ta about forty thousand. To this Maximilian opposes from twenty thousand to twenty-one thousand troops at different points, You may thus ob- serve that the struggle has something of thegmell of powder as yet, But were Maximilian’s force équal to that of the liberals he would stand no ehance, for the whole energies of Mexico are roused to this elfort to restore the constitutional government. Every day the htvle squads of mén are pourlug into the liberal ranks, and new ments of warfare are developed, while overy day the imperialist force is growing weaker, It is a mere question of timé. I have, pertaps, partici- pated two largely in the sangaine hopes of tho liberal government about the close of the war; but with ‘all cooloess, and cold calculation, I cannot beileve that tions stated one o’clock, but the dinner was not reaay until half-past two, The wholé ‘affair for at Iéegt am floats over the Mexican mind, overanmest fora parehass rom lor fFaoch ona one part of it fall And now of the retrograde We will enter Mexico as we of the liberal party sacrificed, or all. wos will be pare atoms the ene! posed. to the knife, and 4 conditions! of the ‘la Gea anette ceo en this struggle the i quer; thing shall stand against it, Again, I ‘Wo will enter Mexico as we left it, without the Principia. Let it be understood, cl 8 Pee ie Me aries tinuea that ¢l exclal g Ef li 5 z : 3 z a Ly 19 imperialists the elements with which to wage | Subordinate to the civil suthority, that the Ast of the eee eee erp nok conkninad: key: wiy oiledakecoiiall the national scot jo has not confirme any com! - ry a cation that he occupies the plaza of La Cruz or Et Car- summon hall be groded powder, mmituaa ‘Be men. From an officer just arrived I learn that San wished to do ‘justice to @ neighboring nati “d Gregorio is the only point that bas been taken in the late | 0° United States.” Said he:— is _ but — contest, Were the two former taken, tho siege of Queré- perp seer be ended; for they occupy almost the centre of the city. Tt iad me ) era People ounce be yap ince tl trugele opened, four years ago, there been no.communication from the President, or Cabinet of the United Statos to this government, relative to the pure chase or alienation of any of Mexican territory.” He then continued relative to the foreign ole» 100, said:—*' Mezico is open to world; there should be no difference between s Me and any foreigner, who chooses to make \e. . The Foreign Minister again aroserad might be a hittio cece language; he repeated:—‘ The daring this Pitory of oo Maximilian’s headquarters are fo the conventof Santa Catalina. The convents and plazas of La Crnz and El Carmen are very strongly fortified and capable of long RICOBEDO TO BE REINFORCED. On the 24th mstant the President and Cabinet deter- mined to give Escobedo authority to sead to Porfirio Diaz for reinforcements to the amount of five thousand men ff necessary—even (o sond for Dias in porson if necessary. ‘The city of Mexico and the more interior operations it was determined hung completely ‘upon the result of the Querétaro siege. 1f Escobedo sends to Diaz for reinforcements, under take until the 22d instant for their arrival at the besiege point. Meanwoaile, I think that, tion to the 7» the stor Bup- plies tn Querétaro. believe that Escobedo has orders fo: is to be retained a prisoner until government is known with refer- ence to him. On the 16th instant the government ina long com- munication to Serbaudo Canales, of Matamoros ps ordered him to march for Querétaro, with a force 0! from five hu: ut six hundred mea under him, and join Antonio |, now covering one of the southern outlets of Querétaro, with the forces frem the district of Merioo. Colonel Canales 1 at the Vaile del iy southeast San Luis Potosl. He will doubtless obey this order, as he bas had a commission here to-endeavor to arrange the difoulty between him and the genoral government, ve ‘The foreign officers ta the im) army have issued s L apeors against the massacre of the Frenchmen of San facinto lately. The oficial journal of tho government here publishes ft, and with it'a'tong this shooting of prisonera. the Mertinez, who are now at the ‘this side of AI 3 Views of an Ex-Officer in tho Imperial vice—Maximilian’s Bad Pelicy at the Start— The First Staggering Blow to the Empire— How the Freuch Acted T the Ai argument deteuding Foreigners are very unwise to onter @ Mexicaa army on, either side, Escobedo’s Chango of Strategy—Awalting an Attnck or the Enemy's Skedaddle—Dias Called Upon for Reiutorcemonts—Necessity for a Change in the Lea the Liberal aa Sax Lom Potost, March 20, 1867, Escobedo has retired a very short distance from Quoré- taro, has drawn in his lines and is now on the Zelaya Toad awaiting an attack from the imperialists, On the 16th instant the imperialists tore down their barricades in the tho streets to give themselves an un- interrupted communication upon the Zelaya road and also on the southern road to Mexico. Escobedo writes that this evidently means an attack of his forces in the direction of Zelaya or else a retreat to- wards Mexico, He, thorefore, awaits the result, either to give battle or pursue in case of retreat. Corona o~ cuples the road towards Mexico with 8,000 men, twelve mountain howitzers and fourteen field pieces. ‘Tne loading of carts and prepairing of trains in Quoré- taro indicate the retreat of Maximitan. I wrote to you that on the 14th iustant the govern- mont held a council and determined to instruct Escobedo to call upon Porfirio Diaz for all the troops he wished. Becobedo writes that atthe moment he received the authority he despatched a rapid courier to Diaz calling upon him for reinforcements. A letter from Escobedo dated 18th March, and whion arrived this morning, states that the commanders of the required reinforce- ments have reported themaelves on the march with two thousand infantry and twenty-five hundred cavalry; that they will effect a junction with him about the 21st of March (to-morrow). This will increase the liberal ‘Asagreat deal of popular attention is directed te- | wards the evonts now taking place in Mexico, the lowing remarks from one who has just returned from twe years’ military service in that country, and who is alee well acquainted with the Emperor Maxumilian and of the leading men of bis party, will be found interest; wy fa od at : ‘We are all aware that the imperial in a most precarious situation, and of Marquez and im ext rx added to the admirable bold daring of pd agente from the toa Into hifi they have ore fallen, ‘will be more than can be No one who has now maxiaiian persona, as the good qualiti writer has, can be insensibie to his Strictly honorable and upright, — R4 es faul never anxious to punish even one as honest and trutbfa iding that Canales has le Oa and not play tho ‘again. totally unfit to command the ay STMPADICS arg with the libe. but J cannot hide fro" MY, Tt credit pon De i, u ' tl armies, fly under the thumb of Aes tetas ie witl 10 for the surrender of could make wore The probabilities the city of ith the HE i He a, + ee Z i re 3E iy 4] 3 i | iW ; | 5 g & EB é * 5 33 may a En “i iil a Re Hi I i E E : if il Ha fie [ [ z é i E 5 z 3 2 - ae i £