The New York herald., 1862-05-28

grass TO grow bS cath his feet but been as busy
.ne most invS sightseeing Engshman on nis % ~ -
.sls 70 mo ointment possibly could be- he has os
sear Oh paintings visited all the public monuments,
y yoen Vincennes, dined ~ the irianon "a
iay and went with sns s.,S,,Sa Saesa on SATURDAY
on Sunday he the the Bon de noaosnss
and has been having an sxcsssivsy 9ooa = . and
he be obliged to return his Kingdom, on account "a
the recent terrible coniagration at Euschede a..
Judgment was given Saturday in the crsc OF 'io
printers who had been arrested strikns, because
their employer had engaged some women " "oin 1,,-
type-settng Three out Of the seven were 50, t @
and the other four fined sixteen francs each anu 80
fenced 70 ten days Imprisonment The worst feature IA
tho affair is that accordance with the prover
ness Of ths wheels Of French justice these poor eo~s,
who have families depending them for support nave
been imprisoned while awaiting trial Tor more sna s
weeks during Which .me stsy ~ oppos.on 20 ours
considers every suspected man guilty. uh ne % Poen
otherwise. -
The correspondents of the Paris journals IN iondon an
speak in the highest OF Adena Patti who, they
say would make The fortune OF the Italian opera here
whose director recently refused her an engagement
The yoluntaires de Is14, about which so much noise
was made in advance fell upon the public :tillborn
has besn withdrawn from the afche OF the Porte st.
M, hsra the veteran Frederic Lenaitre ia playing
.sDon Cesar de Bazan"
MIR. Mercfer's visit 20 Richmond.
rParis MAY I2) correspondence Of the London Times
Among the kilograms which appear in the Paris papers
enc Lohuoh tAV ctu ~ - "
Mr. Iayard declared at this days sitting that NJ Mer
cier gone Richmond without having received any
Instructions from his government and that his visit had
political object.
This is not complete version. What Mr. Iayard said
that
He feared he could give other than that,
far her Msjestys government were informed, Mer
cier went to Richmond without any instructions what
ever from his governments and he might add that
NJ Mercers visit had been attended wih no political re-
snLs sohdeccr
Traris May III correspondence Of London Herald
The O,iioa Na.ioaGle states that in spite OF all
sertons to the contrary NJ Merciers trip to Richmond
tobacco purchased by the French government at Rich
mond and New Orleans. The government at Washington
they allow the tobacco be shipped France but
the Confederate authorities refused to permit u to be
moved. This is all very plausible, but ! have ccr-
tain information that than mouth ago
dsra.ees receired here from the Fech ENJOY asking
p,,nson proceed 10 Ricmond and make attempt al
conciasioqa and that he authorized to do The
baccu was pretcxt the convenience of which OBJ.
vous the negotiation all to end, as it did end in
smoke
The Capture OF New Orleans.
THE BRITISH PRESS ON THE EVENT AND ITS CON-
SEQUENCES.
from the London lines May 49,
The spirit in which the a OF New Orleans has bee
met by the Southern press is of fcrce defiance II
great fact TO be that thirteen gunboas have
ceeded getting up the river TO the city When this
Rad happened the rest matter OF Genera
Lowell and his Carr could get at these gunboats
out gunboats could get General Low H. and
could set the city on fire. The foreign vessesof
upon the SPOT naturally protested against the
exercise of this latter power and Gen. Lowell and his gar
rison went forth from position in which they could be
CT no further New Orleans would, doubt, have
capulaed surrendered hare done thing which
| necessary to be done in order to avoid being
sheed; but there one to take possession. The
angry citizens profess to hope that Of their
runbsats may down and relieve them from the
thirteen small furies that hold them in scch deadly
But the simple truth is that New Orleans has al
, itse be placed the mercy Of the federal feet
it has alscys c,ty of"rcsoiies and with such per-
buster tco apt TO take the place Of valorous
deeds 1t is now in the position OF waiting for the
arri, al OF stilc garrison in order that may
II words iu America always represented facts the fan
OF this city would be Of importance than fall
Of any fort upon the coast The Southern press
completely Of this opinion. II mos clearly pcrceiv
how the fact capable OF being advantage rather
than blow 70 the Southern cause. 1t is they say,
great Confederate army released from awkward ard
indeiensi6e position; Is federal army hm up in q
Prison where II must melt away from yellow evor is
| city, useless because bockaded removed from the
catalogue OF Confederate embarras II might
judge from the sacness with which the city has been
defended, might give credence the affected
compacency it'll which they contemplate its loss. Bit
it cannot pleasant thing the commercial! capia
Of tie So and stsl less lose in this ingoyious man
| II s vain to deny that the Possession Of New
Orleans is such loss to the South, that the city
| could be maintained by the fede. al power for an
indefinite time. the South itself great it must pine
and dDcinde and lack TO nctagai a.s of fires
sramp II vain to say that force holding that city
and supreme wherever boat swim cannot de
as vlu and ruin all tho depend
\
justice, thoy appear inclined at least tacity I'D
NIT great part of this But they say they accept the
sacrifice for tho moment and deny the federal power
contiLuc the pressure beyond brief space They say
that successive garrsons will occupy the city and il
certain sncc ssoa lie deposited in its csmetcries and
that ren!trcemcnts OF sailors VIII come only TO fol
| low their comradss TO sailors burial in the waters
| of the Mississippi. They say that, penetrate where
they may, the Invaders will be regarded as buca-
niers and brigands, who may kill and plunder where
4 thy CO. but bshnd whom hostile population will
always close up shooting down their strag ers harass
frut rira
and watching every opportunity for their destruction
They point already to immense quan,ities or cott
and tobacco bun, and 10 tho partial execution Of
general plan to this effect long since formed Tleir
weak they sayand they truly say-extends only
navsable river, and they point to million Of square
miles which not thus dominated, and ask how it rs
possible that these can be subdued.
Much OF this IS very true But the question remains
whether the souhernsrs have the constancy endure
these terrible sufsrings rather than give in. If hey
have, tsr Of course, ey nerer can be conquered The
histories without end Of nations deserving their sea
coasts leaving their rich plains, retiring from their
rivers holding their in their mountains and retain
ing their independence at last; and, II the outhe
have but the endurance Of which II would be easy
to cite hundred instances, they may well laush
someime talked % nudly and ac,od 80 feeUywas
in this case Of New Orleans--that We are not Ger.
tain that words really do mean facts. II is impos-
sihle deny what the Southern press says-ihat they
have great front OF battle still unbroken There is
shown il can asht and which he has shown hims
to lead There il johnson face to face with Mcclellan
at Yorktown There Is Jackson In the valley N the Mis-
sisspp There other great bodies troo,s "a Gsor
ga and South Carolina country be said 10 be
conquered which has armies such these amounting
1t Is asserted, TO 400 900 in the field Again
they have the Merimac which for the holds tho
command OF the little sphere IN which she II at
any momsn. inc genius o. great ganers were deyel,
| the might, no doubt, Be jet reversed. But
there Ia decisive genius either side Beaurcgard
IT., but he day late at Coriuth:
Buchanan quite up TO 1t for that when
he took out the Merrmac, but he wounded. That
p0or If oieidi0 Of troops Cyciops wfelfs MS
hammer, and striking tlou after btp 9Th Inn ia sun.
succession, has mot been reuetef 10 The American