Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-04-25
The Visit OF the French Minister to
Richmond.

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The Examiner of yesterday says "the OBJ
jects of the French Minister'S visit have not
definitely transpired !" but 1t is said that
outside of his official Communications, he has
expressed great interest to ascertain what
commercial treaties the Confederate govern
ment was disposed to make with France.
Now, we know not what treaties the gov
eminent may be disposed to make, but'we do
know what the people would applaud to the
very echo, namely, a treaty securing to France
for given number of years an equal right
to our enormous carrying trade with our own
vessels, provided she will raise the blockade
and give us the same access to her arsenals
and boundaries that our enemies enjoy. We
want arms and we want ammunition. Had
we possessed sufficient supply of these two
indispensable requisites to the successful pros
ecution of modern warfare in the beginning
of the war, we should have put an end to it
long ago. Let France raise the blockade, and
we Will soon do it now, and in order to effect
that desirable object, nothing is more neces-
sary than simple declaration on the part of
France that she will no longer respect it.
To the Editor Of The Richmond Dispatch:
| Count Mercier has opened negotiations with
the Secretary of State, and Congress have
determined to remain at their post during the
important mission of the Minister of the EN-
peror. Any kind of arrangement will be
made with the President Of the Confederacy,
and this is perfect acknowledgment By France Of
our independence from the old United States-
am happy that my article in the Enquirer of
yesterday las produced the desired effect to
prolong the Congress while negotiations with
Count Mercier are going on.
DR.. LEMoiNE.
Richmond Letter Of april 10, in the Petersburg
Express.
NJ. lie Comte Henri Mercier the French
Minister to the United States, who arrived in
this city on Wednesday from Washington,
had long interview yesterday with the Hon.
j. p. Benjamin, Secretary of State. The ma
ture of this interview has not TRANSFERRED. 1t
is said that these two distinguished function
aries spoke the French dialect altogether, the
gallant Frenchman not having yet been ena-
bled to master the good old Anglo-Saxon
idiom. Count MERCER had a bag of docu-
ments with him. and it is supposed that he
laid some very important papers before tho
representative of The young Confederacy -
Subsequently DR.. Lemoine, distinguished
Freedman from Louisiana, had long inter-
view with the Count, in which the former
took occasion to impart some very interesting
facts to the young French diplomat.
SINGULAR PROPHECY.
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mond Wing, recently occurred at Pensacola,
ard its truth is vouched for by a trustworthy
officer of the army
| A soldier in the Confederate service fell in
to long and profound sleep, from which his
comrades vainly essayed to arouse him. At
last he woke up himself. lie then stated that
he should die the next afternoon at 4 o clock,
for it was so revealed to him in his dream.
He said in the last week of the month of
April would be fought the greatest and bloodi-
est battle of modern times, and that early in
May peace would break upon the land more
suddenly and Unexpectedly than the war had
done in the beginning. The first part of the
prophetic dream has been realized, for the
soldier died the next day at four O clock, p
VI. Will the rest be in April and May? Let
believers in dreams wait and see.-- Mobtlt
Register.
GEN. LEE CONFIDENT.
The Richmond correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier mentions the following converse.
ton between cur Commander-in-Chief and
himself: @ | said, General, are you hopeful p
No, sir, he replied, am confident Thai
is cheering | observed in the face of our
disasters and defeats These he said,
have been the Bunker Hill victories of our
enemy, and the proyidential mystery is how
they have been 80 few. But the day of terri
bic retribution is nigh; he win be ruined the
North will be beggared and bankrupt, and the
South will pass out Of the ordeal respected by
the nations of the world, and with an imper-
ishable name in history"
4 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
"The Life Of James W. Jackson, of Alex
andria," who killed Col. Ellsworth, is an
nounced as having just been published in
Richmond. The work will be sold for the
benefit Of Jackson's family
The Mobile Register and Advertiser office
was well represented at Shiloh, there being
one printer killed and three wounded from
that office.
Ten thousand volunteers have been removed
from Pensacola and Mobile to join Bcaure-
gard, and their places are to be filled by the
militia.
The Eighth Regiment of Georgia Volun-
teers has made donation Of 81, 492 30 TO the
sufferers by the Charleston FIRE. The whole
sum raised for this purpose is $34I ,0lo.