The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-02-28

in which tLese ARRESTS had been made b,
the sole authority Of tho President with
out Legislative sanction. He vas not dis
posed to defend the acts Of theu. s. Gov
eminent. Congress had decided that tn,
prerogatiye belonged to the President
and If he believed that the parties wer,
engaged in IRRESPONSIBLE conepiracics. q,
alleged, he (Russell) did not see how hel
Majesty's Government could interfere
with practice which was absolutely
necessary, although it was exercised with
unnecessary harshness. The. Apcrican
Government alleged that they had un-
dsabtsd proof of the completely of these
persons in conspiracy, and this Her Maj
esty's Government was not in D, sition
to contradict, but they had entered q
strong remonstrance against the manner
In which the arrests were made and pris-
oners treated, and their case would be
earnestly watched by them.
Earl Malmesbury, in asking for the pa
pcrs CONNECTED with the blockade, corr
planned that the Times had deliberately
represented that Earl Derby advocated
its being forcibly raised. He approved
the conduct Of the Government, and the
question was one for them alone to de-.
eide. But it was desirable to know what
VS. tho reality of the blockade. He exs
pressed doubts Of the policy Of the decla-
ralions Of Paris in 1856, aud lid not be-
lieve they would or could be carried out
In great wars, when circumstances would
be too strong for abstract principles.
Earl Russo said that on the first night
he was glad to find that the noble Earl
opposite had approved the of conduct of
the government, aud the country. must
t ael confidence when all it's leading men
agreed. The papers we're being printed.
They would be in their Lordships hands
before long He hoped they would re-
serve their opinions till then, considering
the importance of the question.
In the House of Commons on the 10th
inst. Mr.. Golden gave notice that al u n
early day he intended to bring under the
of the House the state of
international and meritime law as it affects
the rights Of belligerents. An order had
been received at Portsmouth to reduce
the number Of men aud guns Of the ship
OF war in commission.
The London Daily News reviews the
engagement at Mill Springs, XIV, as
a genuine and important Federal success,
and thinks If it may reasonably hope that
the Federal troops engaged in it may be
taken as representative specimen OF the
Union army, MS it has become under Me.
Clellan, the result of rapid and decisive
action cannot be doubted.
The diplomatic correspondence con-
corning the Intervention in Mexico had
been laid beforeparliament Earl Russell
IN late letter to Sir Charles Wyke
touching the rumor that the Arch Duke
Macmillan will be called to the throne of
Mexico, says if the Mexican people By
spontaneous movement place the Austrian
Arch Duke on the throne, there is MOTH
ing IN the convention TO prevent it. On
the other hand We could be no party to
forciblc Intervention for this purpose.
FRANCE. Paris letters say that Mr.
Slideil had been received by Mr. Thouve-
nal in private capacity, his diplomatic
assumption of character being distinctly
ignored. Paris Bourse dull, aud the
rentes were quoted at If zoe. The cot
Ion manufa ;turers at Genoa who employ
upwards of 900 hands held meeting
b consider the means of alternating the
effects of the present crisis in the. cotton
trade. A committee was appointed to re-
port on the matter
The Judiciary mails from the coast of
Africa had reached England.
Increased activity 10 the slave trade was
reported The withdrawal of the Amer
lean squadron led Immediately to a large
increase OF the number of vessels carrying
The American flag. A bank from New
ork, but sailing under British colors,
had been seized in the roads of Cape
coast on the suspicion that she was slay-
sr.
Latest via Londonderry, Liverpool.
Feb. lat was intended to dispatch the
steamer Great Eastern for New York in
April.
The London Times of the 18th pub
lshcs further correspondence from Russell
rom New York. In it the writer says
hat the army OF the Potomac is not Ike.
y to move Hli the winter is over, and that
| mutinous spirit prevailed among the
men, many Of whom are better Off than
,ver they were, and that the various ex-
% ditions by sea had SO far accomplished |
lothing of moment. The affair ia Ken. |
'ucky he regards as the greatest success
IS yet achieved by the Federals.
A great popular demonstration took
place at Genoa on Sunday the 9th, in favor
If Victor Emanuel aud Rome nj CAPITAL
Italy. At Milan on the same day prepa-
rations had been made for a demonstration,
but the municipality issued notice that
such demonstrations were useiess, and nd
gising the Milanese to exercise their con-