Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-30
Correspondence of the st. Louis Republican, Letter from London.

JUyE 18th, lS62-America still continues
 more and more to absorb the general attention. 1 There is no news worth anything unless It be 1 American news There IS no leading editorial
 in journal, magazine or review that will etiect'
 ually command public attention, unless It De | concerning American affairs. Inc magnitude ofthe civil war-its unparalleled herceness-the l demon like hate existing between the compat- | ants-the prodigal expenditure of treasure and blood to sustain it-and the immense resources
 of both North and South-present picture so 1 full and complete in terrible features, that It startles and occupies wholly the public mind
 It's hue is that of blood and the subject, brothers
 engaged in mortal combat. The very horrors {, of the scene have invested i. with strange and terrible fascination. ,.
 Recently events have rolled upon us like a
 flood Frst. all were startled by the telegram announcing the fall of New Orleans. From the advces received of the strength Of its iorts the 1 gunboat fleet it was known to possess, and tue [ length of time the Confederates had to render 1 the Crescent City unapproachable, made all doubt the first information; and when It became 1 fully confirmed by later and more authentic ln- telligenee, an opinion commenced to prevail that the South had lost the chlyalry, and by the lail of new Orleans had received blow from when it could not recover, and to use the phrase, lts l back bone was broken" The two leading our nals of London. the Times and IeiegrapA, which ] had always evinced hostility to the North ana advocated the cause of the South, notwithstand- ! ing the "pcculiar institution," began to grow despondent of Confederate success; and then when Yorktown was abandoned and it was an nounced that in forty eight hours Richmond
 would be in possession of the federal forces, be- | Eevipr that success was about to crown the l federal arms they began to remember the mag 1 nanimity ofthe North in taking the recent nltla- i ton for the suppression of the slave trade, and
 advocating, in decided manner, the fostering
 of the friendly relations that were evidently 1 springing up between England and the federal ' government, and would blend them in complete alliance.
 Colossal as is the power and influence of those
 journals they have that weakness SO lnSepara~ l be from humanity, of f0rsaking their trends in the hour of their adversity.' Within the last few days the aspect of things has much changed, and they are again for the South. They keep before them the classic apherism, 1empore ntt' fantnr et nos aautamur aJ HIis''-and practice 1t 10 perfection.
 There is no mistaking one fact, however and which must be apparent to every American here, that the sympathy of the English people is more I for tbe Soufh MGn Me N0rth. This was evinced on the arrival of the news that the federal gum boat fleet had met determined resistance, and discraceiul repnlse in its effort to ascend James river to Richmond. Also when Gen. Pope 5 ! division was driven back by Beauregard before he evacuated Corinth. Also at the check gwen bv the Confederates to Gen. McClelian's ads
 vance. at their retreat from Yorktown. Also at
 the victory of the Confederate Gen. Jackson 1 over Gen. Banks in the valley of Shenandoah
 and his precpitate flight into Mary land; and also. last evening there was as much enthusiasm evinced, as Englishmen are capable o when the telegram came that the ContedetateS had attacked the ftderals before Richmond. They
 prophesy that no additional laurels will gather on the brow Of the young Napoleon, and that Richmond will prove his Waterloo
 Mentioning the name of Napoleon, the atti'
 tude recently taken by France flashes upon my mind that Louis Napoleon has, for some time, been anxious to intervene in the struggle taking i nlace in America there is not shadow of doubt. France has suffered almost as much as England has done for want of cotton. and also from beng excluded by the blockade from the most Prcdl- ! qal consumer of her goods, the Southern States.
 Facts have recently leaked out that 1t had been agreed by France and England to announce l publicly their intention of acknowledging the Southern Confederacy at the first anniyer- sary of it's existence, but that this intention was
 frustrated by the continual successes Of the fed eral arms in Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, and on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Every thing forebode the annihilaton ot the Conieder~ ate pOvernment, and the two great powers thought 1t polite to remain passive, as Tn few weeks there would be conquest ol the South, and cotton would again be supplied to thelr fam ishing and paupersed districts, and give to them the abundance and prosperity they enjoyed be- l ( .I.o Itv he aTl1- peror. however, who had become tired Of the re- peated assurance of the federal penipotentiory at Paris, that {" the rebellion would he crushed in few weeks" sent a dispatch to II. Mercier, the French minister at Washington, telling him to visit the Confederate capitol, and immediately to inform him of the result of his observations. Sach delicate mission could not have been trusted to abler hands than M. Merciers. His success is the result of the most snOtle d.Plo>
 macy. With a charming frankness of manner he went to Mr. Seward and asked his permission to visit Richmond, that he might from personal observation, satisfy his imperial master of the hopelessness of the Confederate cause, and in that event France would at once communicate to Jefferson Davis government its dlsapproba- ton of his continuing so fruitless struggle, and signify to him that he must consent to the medl- alton she Was about to offer, viz that the two governments SHOuld D6 agdlu GOiJSOANt ttd ftS t- fore. the constitution being somewhat amended so as to suit the exigency of the times, and general amnesty granted for all political of fences.
 NIT. Seward vas anxious for the quick sub mission of the South. The visit Of M. Mercier, he thought, woqld hasten it, as the polite French ambassador had assured him in their epistolary correspondence of !" his regard and friendship"
 He would see everything in an aspect favorable to the federal cause; and, with the approval of Mr. Lincoln, NJ. Meroer visited Richmond.
 How anxious Mr. Lincoln and bis premier were to see NJ. Mercier on his return from Rich
 mond, is evinced by the fact that they did not await his arrival, but hastened to meet him; and there is every probability that the oily tongued diplomat gave them every assurance that his visit was perfectly satisfactory. and to rest as- sured of lis "regard and friendship" The re-
 suit of that visit is now apparent. After tAe arrival of dispatches which were sent to the
 French emperor by his minister on his return from Richmond, it was determined by Louis
 Napoleon that mediation, or rather intervention, should be no longer postponed. It had been agreed before that France and England should act in concert, and immediately a message was
 sent to Lord Palmerst0n summoning him in
 haste and privately to Paris The noble Lord
 was passenger by the night train to the French
 Capitol l-reuained in it during the following day,
 when, TO doubt the programme which was to
 govern the conduct of France and England re-
 garding the American question was determined !