The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-06-11
Distress of tho Operatives and Impe
rial Plans Towards America.

PARIS, May 2, lS62.-There ia mani.
fest evidence Of q reaction 10 France a.
gainst the Government Of the United
States. l do not say tha. there is any
real sympathy towards the South but
this do say, that men are beginning ev
erywhere to murmur that If this civil con-
tentiou is not at once put an end TO, the
consequences for France will be no longer
tolerSbIe. They say that hundred thou.
sand men are deprived by it Of the means
Of labor; that the distress is beginning
TO make itself seriously felt; that a, a
time when men are exhibiting an imp..
tiencs At the idea Of fresh imports, and
when the Government has peculiar rea.
sons for retrenchment, the subsidies it j.
obliged to supply to indigents on accoun,
Of the American crisis is endsngsring the
repose OF the country. They say. mere
over, that experience is proving that all
attempts at obtaining a supply Of cotton
from any other quarter than America
have only resulted in more plainly show.
ing the indispensable character Of the
Southern trade. The Indian climate, rs
that Of Aigiers. being both too hot and
too cold for the cotton production Of eth
or par. Of the world, can nerer occupy
the place Of that Of the South.
The Debats copies the Independence
Bslgs's paragraph, though i. affects to
dsbelieye the fact.
Prince Napoleon is known to have said
only two days ago, in the presence of
morethan one gentleman connected with
the South, that, strong as his sympsthies
wer~towsrds the North, he was afraid lie
must sacrifice them in face Of the increas
ing distress in France. Last year, be said,
our harvest failed US, and mo labor, no
food' iss state Of things which ,urns eve
~ mans thoughts upon himself. IfGen.
Mcclellan cannot stamp out the rebellion,
/ see nothing for i: bur interference on
the part Of Europe.
Before this letter reaches you, I do
hope that the tide Of battle may have set
10 against the rebels in such fashion
that M. Lincoln's words in his Thanks
giving proclamation may be verified, and
tLat foreign interference may cease lorev
er tosbe a matter of'ques.ion; but If not,
from oil hear, am strongly persuaded
that the year 1852 will not pass away
without its having taken place.
FoReIGY NTERvENnoN.-PARIs, May
2.-The fear that President Lincoln aci ed
prem atureIy in recommending a genera
Thanksgiving for the aversion Of = forsigr
Intervention grows every day greater ane
grsa.e. That negotiations, the subjec
Of which was our affairs, have been il
progress between the English and French
Governments during the last month, ther,
cannot be the slightest doubt, and per
sons who profess to be the thorough,
posted" assert that they originated will
France.
A writer in the Independence Belg,
states that the voyage Of NJ. Mercier tc
Richmond was decided on before the ba..
tie Of Pittsburg, and that he received
some weeks since from Mr.. Thouvsnel in
siruetions to 60 to the rebel capital, and
shere make Investigations, upon which b,
vas to furnish TO the Government, here ,
reposs as to The apparent sbiIit, Of the
"Confsders.e" Government % maintain
itself. The writer continues, that ",hs
rnooth Of April was employed in London
japd Paxis is DsesitsiOes shiph .ssd Eus