The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-22

ents In this country. The question, "Why IL
FRINGE Napoleon about to visit the United
o'a'es!' was obviously suggested by the curl
Gus statement OF one Of the latter-that the peo-
pie OF the South were in want of a kinp-an %.
sertion that has been Indignantly contradicted
and secuted and laughed at by the whole COM
munity to which the sentiment was imnuted
1t is notorious that since his arrival in tho
United States the Prince has maintained a strict
seclusion from all public demonstrations, and
that he even refused to go to Richmond, when
beyond the rebel lines, so making his stay
among the disloyal as brief as possible. No
one would feel more surprised than the Prince
himself to hear Of such motive being attri-
buted to him in this visit to America
ENGLISH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DEvEL0PE-
MENTs.-Among the papers said to have been
round on the rebel emissary Muir, who was ar.
rested just as he was taking his departure for
England on the Persia is the following:-
Mr. b. showed me conadentially Mr. Russcll's letter
aoout lne oa,te HIS letter beats all have yet
PRINT ABOUT the Yankees running He saws we could have
lad Washington by merely asking
He said Lord Lyons had inclination 10 ask Mr. Seward
", states OK America had not the beltiGe
rent rghts according to his notion he would certainly
admit they had tie beiigcrent power On oath of se
orecy he communicated 10 also the Arst step al
recognition was taken. He and Mr. Boulgny together seuS
Mr.. Prescott to Richmond yesterday to ask len Davis
resident to accept the treaty Of commerce, accepi
the neutral fng rypg neutral goods This Is the ARA
step Of direci treating with govern Tent.
prepared Ter active business BY LIST january you may
rely o. ail goifg right.
known Cotton will be four million bales, with what
left from last crop.
Have no doubt that there will be soon direct opportma
Ties with the South by steam. All privaeers do
mnrhably well, though some less good than others.
The dnimus that dictated Russell's letter de
scribing the Bull run fight is clearly &C
counted for by the above. His early let
tiers from New York and the South led to the
suspicion that he was sent out on a special
mission to write up and aid secessonsm We
have now positive evidence of the fact. But ct
this more by and bye.
What we have Immediately to deal with is the
statement that ENJOYS were sent to Rich
mond on the part Of or with the connivance of,
Lord Lyons, to ask the rebel government
whether they would accept the provisions of the
treaty of Paris and enter into treaty of com
merce with England We may observe, paren-
thetically, that the Confederate Congress have
since accepted two of the clauses of the former
treaty, and rejected that about privateering.
1t will be said perhaps, that we are assuming
too much in connecting the English minister
with these proceedings. The comment made
by the writer Of the letter from which the state
ment is taken seems to leave no doubt upon the
point. "This," he says, els the first step Of
direct treating with our government" There
could be no direct treating except with the
English Minister or his authorized agents.
Has the attention of the State Department
been directed to this extraordinary document
If, as published, it has really been found
among Muir's papers, not moment should
be lost in calling on Lord Lyons for an explana-
ton.