The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-17
The American Campaiga in London
and Paris


The American Campaiga in London
and Paris.
!! The london and Paris correspondents of the
New York Herald. w,t,iag ON the 2s,n alt, give
s0n.e accdaats OF The receptions ot .se AssesieaH
s.~s ~ thoss swo cilies. Thsy are gotten 81
specially 10 piease the Yankee pubic. asd We Give
extracts ss pscIaeas of bow ti,c tAias Il done
TaR xEws N iosRan.
Go In the city, ~ 10 me lobby of eiihes hoasc Of
PatiiaHaess - issO aay cisb 10 Loadoa aHd tcH 10
one lhe hrsl qHeslsoR Witl be-, "Awy more news
ff0m Assestca 7" Of "what Do vOu thiak aT Lees
rsssatDas Ia tasisess asA stock ors at0as
csssss o. levesses IL v6stsix hls bees conti~teIy
ansellicd ts the hast tassaaaht OpisIous asd sast
Mtses as 10 Craaa's pssfos0asces and ps0s-
Pccts have bech aose caHdiA aud sesstble thsn I
No One cares 10 lnokr hin1seir fool hy depre.
ciaiIns Cranl's couragr, strategy O. prospects
OF coarse there are paemty 20 cry .sUt, horror,
was there ever 80 much useiess slaughter ;" Bat
that mast be eIpecleA. Tue best ressms Of ske
situation and ps1vsnlaMces Of CgaWs fM any 6f the
Journals here will be fousd In U days <pcsatos,
and the editor does fun justice TO the pluck, tn
army led by Lee. Without being rout Of the
cReMy. the Spectator say ,lf ever CeRcfai was en-
uii~d u have 'sie,Osy" inscsttcd his bapnsss It
the lith ot Nay. The editns sAya, had the DAnisi,
sh0wA halt the fcisOT OF The Union IO0ps the
i'fsrsslaa army would now be siecpiss under she
s.sst Of Dranafk. --sz@ - -
S.nec ,hc ,rmpes. In a teapot caused by the
Treat affair, nearly three years ago, iicfc has been
H0ihGg like tho absorption III ALI public topics by
the American news that We have witnessed duS
lug the istten days The intelligence jusi brought
by the scotia has aused little depression u the
former prospects Ot The Uaian cause hut still III
tie doubt exisls that kichm0n.i must fall. How
muel, sagei aud Butler may have suffered BY ihe
attacks made 0a thctr f0rses seems uaccratn. but
-tt.llf nt hAHs taskl
Whelnied Old NdpOie0u's MAXIM seeaiS general y
LsIicsfd d-that GOd Il usually, Oh the side Vi the
largest bataliohs
Such is u iaimi idea OF The state Of public opiu-
loa here the reception Of the news Ot the tes
rihe Campaign nov moving over THglnla. The
hoaKes Ffaciiccd by specuIatOis and others IN
matters like the Lyons and Davis cOriesPOodehce,
Mallory 3 pretended tcp1rt, and Ltncoi"'s mythf-
cal call for four hundred thousand more troops,
have accustomed considerable talk, aud iiiic
cha. fin and modification 10 those believing them
AS 10 the tdn0rd Ut President LincOin's last Gail
Tor troops, lhc same steamer that brought thc AN
nouncen,ent brought also lis contradiction.
Tie anxieiy Of everybody Is sii On the strain
and we at,. all looking to see the elimination 0i
these military tnults, the most peIslsientlv su5-
lained Ut anything thar has occurred siace Haunt
bst fought ths battles OF CanIT and ThrasyiMene
Bets offer that l,ichmnnd WIFI fall within many
weeks tihd no takeis Oae ntiity officer, 0i iii.a
standing aRd llIge experience In the British ainy
in answer u s.sme temllks al,0nt ilie - ussitss
slaughter" " Uf Grants Inrn, drcared thai since
the arr of war was pracliced hcsieI genCralsiiip,
CHER skill, or more persistent military persever-
ahce, under such circumstances, was never
known. Said he, "there is very little room iOr
what is ordinarily termed tactics, Ills strategy is
profound and complete, and the military wOsk iu a
cauntry with such natural lneIns Uf defcUce must
be principally to fnd your enemy and then adnlin-
isIer hard blows, aud This Grant has doc, and with
tremendous effect" Were permitted ~ give the
name oil this general officer 1, would cary great
weight with it.
AS you may well imagine, the excitement among
the American community Ol Paris during the pres
ent week has been ihieEse-gteater than ut any
iiue before since the news cane that the rebels
and uailOrs Of Charleston had opened fire upon
Font Sumter.
Monday afternoon the first instaiment of the
news, giving u teiegfaphlc summary III the events
which occurred between the 5tll aud llth of NAV
reached Paris. AS this left matters ia rather an
uncertain condition., and as the rebels, as usual,
profcss 10 have received later dispatches, they
claimed viclO y. and during that evening the
cafe of the Grand Hotel, ia which they stmOst do
congreRaie," was tbrOnged with them. Cham
pagne h;'wed freely, and rejoicing was great, and
As the 10y al Mrh who stop 1t that establishment sat
quietly upon the baicony they head loud hurtails
t't lee, mingled with cuises up0d Giant and his
hosts.
On Wednesday, when the news from New York
to tue l1ti arrived that Lee luli retreat and
LIE, yici ipi t1.ls tmi0h forces pursuing Tin with
vigOr our Southern ftitMds AT t.st prOtassei to
dcbelleve the story, hut when, by later Dispatch
the slat>ments seemed confirmed, they began 70
l0ak excessively hue, and, passing through the
court yard of Tie Grind Hotel last syeninS saw
crowds OF them siii: g there, silently biOOding,
looking at each other fOr consolation, with feelings
"tOU deep for utterance."
Among the loyal men here the excitement IL
not SO wild, has perhaps been quite AS great. the
Two principal banking houses ,wtsre they 20 to
hear Tue news have been ALT the week filled with
earnest lnqurefs, like oliver Twist, s'askiug itI
more" geaeiaI rule the Paris Journals have
merely published summaries uf the news, await
Ing s"iucthing more Eos'tivc before matIag c"nl-
ments. The Eatris however, with ills u.,iAi III, IL
daeity, speaks at the result up 10 the llih Uf May
as 4 Federal defeat "
The Nm,itsur, with an amount Of enterprise
Wh.1h for thai slow Journal Is realty surprisiNe,
published a nGap Of The battle ground, taken from
The New York Herald; aud the correspondence Of
the Au,ntsar, which iOr long time past has been
Of a decidedly rebel complexion, has completely
changed lis character, aud not Oniy acknowledges
the most decided advantages 10 The Union fOlccs
during the late battles, hui predicts for ees army
a crushing defeat.
IL IL well understood here that the French Gov
eminent received information as 10 the strong pro
babi,ity Uf sPredy crushing cat Of the rebellion
from its representative at Washington short time
since, which has led 20 an entire cnange vi pro
gramme GA nt paIt. This accOunt5 Tor tlie state
Inenl made by the Minister Of State in the Corps
Legisiatif, ten days since. Ia substance that
the FIehch Government had no iutrntiOa Of recOg
hizing the Coaicderacy, and for the acii u Of the
Government In giving orders 70 prevent the depar
uae OF tho vessels built tor the rebels III bordeaux
and Nantes. The kmperOr has managed thus far
10 keep himself exceedingly we'll balanced upon
the fence ri 'neutraiity' giving certainly 10 the
rebels ,hr word OF promise to the ear and break
Ing il to the hope" bat ever ready, the NOment
he saw ihe tide Of surgiOg In our favor, 10
show himself, as be undoubtedly hcncei0rlh will.
to be our very good siemd, and, II necessary, our
ulOst humble aud devoted servant
With such stisriMg eveais csOwdinG upon each
other with such iapidity upon your slde Of the
Waier, your readers probably not par rttcuiasty
iateres ed iE the pOittAca aaiSs Ut The Old W0tld
Ia fact, there IL n0t much VI interest II Is now
generally believed here that there viii be NO Eu-
Iopcan war, aad that the Danish quesli0n wall be
settled by the application TO the duchtes Of The
EmpcrOt,s universal remedy vi 'piebiscitc.''