The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-14
TEEn eEJrCT TEE CITYOFEEwY0RX
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THEIR FORMIDABLE CHARACTER.
Their Speedy Arrival to be
IS Expected.
The Danger that Menaces Our Wooden
Ecn-ol-War and Defanccless Coast.
THE NEWS In WASHINGTON.
&c., &C., &c.
Our Paris Correspondence.

Our Paris CORES pondencs.
PARIS, JAN q, 1865.
BY fortunate accident am able anticipate trust
in time mitigate great disaster the startling
intelligence that has crossed the Atlantic since the out
break OF the This viii barely have reached you be-
fore too r,Ie irvncads Wu hors In ne c2a y Frmcs
fir he pot Of No FORK, where they expect carry the
first Of the expedition. These vessels, which arc
admirable boats, Of item has proved daring
the recent heavy gales In the North Sea- OF the most
formidable description, calculated TO rcst any artillery
in our navy, except perhaps tho monitor guns They
will take abundant coal for the Atlantic voyage without
stopping at the islands, and armed with Armstrong;
Of the heaviest cabrs, well supply Of
rockets No doubt IL entertained Of their perfect ability
TO carry with the Notifications in Now York harbor
and hold the harbor against any force that could pos
sbiy be 70 the The city is then TO be laid
under contribution or event OF REFUSAL 70 be hIed.
The leaders tho expedition however, expect ont
break the city ITSELF and that the coppcrheads will
seize tho Of panic and confusion declare Me-
York Independent from the Union aud the State, and
free port.
To show that do not cxaggcrate the formidable char
acer Of these vessels Is only necessary them,
as, during their construction, many o. naval officers
have Inspected them They known tho Sphynx
and the Chcops but on hosting their flag will be re-
spectively called the sonewal and the Iaridan You
doubtless TINT before the keel VI either Of
these vessels laid at Bordeaux the word Of
Louis Napoleon was pledged TO their d.very with
and everything except powder bard The di gence
and skill Of Mr. Dayton, who succeeded in gaining over
the confidential clerk OF of the contractors,
and then procuring possession Of the very originals
Of tho contract with the rebel agents. frustrated the
plan originally conceived. The French government
found necessary TO make appearance Of preserving
its neutrality Tie Minister OF Nnrno withdrew the
thorty ship guns and wooden vcsscls also in.
Guided In the same contract were really and Iona tds
sold and delivered 10 neutral Powers This aayed
pcon and uncasness, and the imperial conspstor and
his rebel friends felt safc the plot especially
since Mr. Duytons death had removed the chief obstacle
TO success The poor Danes made the caispaw in
the affair One Of the iron cads sold 70 them and
saing from Bordeaux, duly arrived al Copenhagen, and
was forgotten The German press II TOO lazy, and that
OF France under too stute surveillance 70 anything
which the Tuilerics want them TO be blind. What
intrgucs passed in that obsc,ire OF Europe do
know Suice IL that the iron clad supposed TO have
boon delivered 10 nmark, sailed two days ago from Co
penbasen, with all her armament on board, the affair
having been managed through the French diplomatic
and consular agents there get her returned hss
owner Mr. Arinaui a fnsnd aud pcf;gs Of the En-
aror and gov member ~ the Corps Lcsislaf
neanwiiic the sister ship which is nopinaiy scc,a "a
Prussia prodtins BY the voyage q the Other, VIII sas
without Suspicion os,saeiby for Hamburg but in reality
TO meet Der ccnlor at lonely little island of the coast
Will the 'Danish" ship may be expected 70 reach In
abo i ten days Then both Of them win be met by ten
ders hav ng on board the COAL powder aud men-some
one hundred and twenty for each. independently Of
scch OF the present neutral crews may be tempted 70
enlist The uausfer DO made in a few hours the
tenders will have distant destinations and discreet cap
tains; that with the exception Of this letter the nrsa
news you New York will probably have Of the unpre-
ceden,ed treachery OF France vii. no the arrival VI
Franco rebel iron clad armada
Yoa will AK Why l, knowing this plot do not frustrnts
~ only rapiy that there ne solemn obIisa-
lions binding me on this side Of The Atlantic, which do
extend the other, and that doing lie bcsi my
cons fence allows The iactf vii only too prove
the accuracy OF my Information; and IL you neglect my
anxious warning IL VIII be nt !our own peril
have reason believe that the treaty which
In known 10 exist between France sbd tile conedeacy
intended tho rsk Of exposure and
Il probable that the French legation Washington 10
really kept IN ignorance OF H. so that the disasowa may
DO made with all the appearance OF coDyic,n and truth
Louis Napoleon other element OF French public
opinion except the sntpatby slavery which s stronger
and more universal here than in England and which s
moreover represented by Prince NspoI on II y upon
this hint that the Richmond papers have lately
set up clanor about emancipation which Is gently
worked by their Dnumcrable organs hero. Besides
heu been agreed upon by the "high contracting par
thai the 4th OF March and the inauguration OF Pres
dent Lincoln under a election which n alleged 70
have utterly modified the constituency Of the United
States government should be awaited for any ccmpro-
missing step. but appears tina, ether the recent 70,
ysfsss OF tho rebels have alarmed Louis cf the Ia
vorabe progress. o. Mexican Affairs 20 cnboidcn him, ~
10 overcome tho scrrs sud tnidiy o. Mr.. Drouyn do
Lbuys and sas,ep iht dcroacmcnt Az all events, the
rcsn Il that two rcbelron. elads fully manned ana
eoulpped and 10 many respects superior 70 anything
a, has vet been Of the kind on either de o. 'hs
ws,o, VA wln Fortnight, bc n route Tor View fo'k.
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abatement or the Danish Minister -
Washington.
wauusuros, Feb. IL, 1905.
Further Information In reference 10 the Do'aeAuA
s,..,,er said u have been obtained by Tho rDeis' !"
| looked for win interest The DANISH hini.,s', -.
pa.oa decfs- the report tina. the vessel vas '0a
4 ,cbc,s We IN, danish government THIS in'o'"A"''
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