The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-17
FOREIGN NEWS.
New York, July 16.

| No" Aork, July 16.
The steamship Persia from I,;var,ao,
on the 9th, via Queenstown on t;,h a.
rived here at noon to-day.
The New York correspondent Of tho
London Times, after pointing out the dif.
flculties Of the present position of the
0uion forces, contends that the capture Of
Richmond will make no difference more
than to transfer the war further South
The truth is an amnesty and the settle.
ment Of this deadly quarrel by peaceful
separation Is the only solution II the diff
ficulty.
The Army and Navy Gazette says al
though it has always maintained that the
power OF the North to take the principal
military points in the South, there has
been at no time since Bull Run when their
position and ability to do SO looked mcre
precarious. 1t thinks the battle of Rich
mond will determine the fate OF the cam.
paign in Virginia, but will not stop the
war. In the meantime there is no chance
for tho smallest Intervention, or other
good Offices.
The Times had given place 10 letter
to Mr.. Potter, President of the Man
chester Chamber of Commerce, in which
the writer urges the Government 10 Crap
pie with the cotton question in India, and
the following day another correspondent
commended that Government interference
would be prejudicial.
IL is stated that the military staff 10
Canada would soon be what it was before
the Trent affair. The propriety of open
ing communication to Grenada and Brit
ish Columbia was debated. Government
admitted that such communication was
very desirable.
Layard said negotiations were pro-
crossing with Paraguay, aud he hoped
friendly relations would soon be estab-
iished Government intended to aseer-
tain the cotton growing capabilities of the
klo Platte. Lsyard also stated that the
French blockade Of Mexico would not IN
terfere with commerce, and would not be
rigidly enforced against Mexico. There
were contradictory statements as to the
French policy in Mexico, and vague
runiors of . possible diplomatic arrange
ment
Adnira! Gravois embarked on the 2d
OF July, in the iron plated frigate Nor
mandy. Gen. Terry don't 80 till Sep
TENDER.
Paris bourse 68f 45c.
The recognition of Italy by Russia had
been telegraphed to Turin.
Latest via Queenstown.-The daily
News says the Americans in London
met on the 4th Of July to celebrate the
day, but no account of the proceedings is
given. The salie journal editoriaIly de-
nounces in sarcastic terms the mendacious
malignity of the Times, for its illtimed
abuse Of America, in lcr hour of trouble.
The morning Star Las denunciation
OF the Times for its outrageous article on
America, on the most sacred Of all days
to the American people. 1t hopes tina.
Ame rlcans will treat the insolence of the
ungenerons writer with disdain, aud says
the writer is not more the enemy of their
country than the disgrace of his own.
The morning Herald urges that the
prosecution Of the war and the celebra-
ton Of the 4th of July constitute as
gloomy case as was ever alleged against
a civilized nation, and that if professions
meant anything in America the mere
reading Of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence should suffice to condemn them to
aversion BY the Confederate States, as ut
terly inexcussble in principle and erroneous
in policy.
The Spanish Government has received
most satisfactory communications from it's
representative At Washington, as to the
probable effect produced upon the United
States by the disinterested policy which
Spain had adopted with regard to Mexico.
The present relations OF the Cabinets Of
Madrid and Washington are most cordial
Liverpool, Saturday evening, July s.
Breadstuffs dull but steady. Provisions
inactive.
London, Saturday eyenenig, July g.
Consols closed to-day at % to 92a.
Latest sales Of American stock-Erie
| 5000: Ill. G.. 47(G4S for Account