The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-12

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81 Pans, TUESDAY,, April 25, 1865.
Mr. Riglow, the new American Min
ister at Paris, had his official receptiop
at the Palace on Sunday last, (the usual
day Tor the reception of the diploma
TIC corps, and was eminetly satisfied. !
Understand, at the manner in which he
was received. The fact is, the news Of
the surrender of Gen. Lee had arrived
about two hours before the hour of re-
ception, and aside from all other facts
tins OF itself was enough 10 induce the
emperor to manifest a spirit of ania,
bility toward our minister. need NOT
tell you that the Minister'S, task was
much hghtened by the good news. for
after four years of badgering about the
inability Of the North TO put down the
rebellion, 1t was at last glorious 10 be
aole 70 carry to the palace a eontradic-
tlon OF the oft-repeated assertions of
Northern lmpuissance. Thus Mr.. Big
lows official mission as Minister Al
the French Court commences onIv sf.
war
Whether the Emperor reioioes at this
fact or not, it is certain that the rage
here IN certain Imperialist and Leoiti-
mist quarters is almost equal to that
exhibited in the clubs and neWsnaner
offices Of London, which are said tb;s
moment to be perfectly blue with the
osths OF disappointed men It;s tr,,a
that the French have more oonfdence
IN Deing able TO maintain peace with
America than the English have But
then, as an Offset to this. thew fear
more IN France the example of the
great and successful republic than tbev
do IN England. So far as / can Ieor,'
the English and French, but nart;cn.
Larry the former, take the downfall oF
the rebellion harder than the SoItbarr
people themselves The EngIisb ob,sa
theiT governments and journals for hay-
ing deceived them, and thus missed the
opportunity Of breaking up the Union
Lhey were assured by the organs of
the government and of the rebels that
the rebellion could not be put down
and that it was the best policy Of the
government to allow both parties In
exhaust themselves, and then Arnar;co
would no longer be s menace or a
rival TO anybody But now tbe eont,.o-
II rs theresult, and the imprecatiops
oI tne clues against the Government
Is SAID TO be something appalling. even
IN the history of English profanity
Ihey see England humbled, her iudg.
ment put al naught, her statesman-
ship at fault, all America her DatnraI
and imPlacable enemy, the menace Of
war constantly held over her, SO thai
IN TACT her position is really worse Than
that of the rebels, who have been in the /
On'on, who know its advantages. and
are not afraid to return to it. In other
WORDS, While the rebels have before
tnem the perspective of prosperity and I
future happiness, the English have thai
OF a war, or what is worse. consts nj in
suits and humiliation.
Mr.. Shdell, / understand. tells bis
Southern friends that the war is over
and scattering seems already 10 have
taken place among the mauy persons
nom the South who were living here
on pay from the Confederacy, or in ex-
pectancy Of obtaining foreign Offices
from the COntederacy in consideration
OF services rendered as foreign lobby
members.
Col O0LD 1t is stated that the rebel
ex Commissioners of Exchange. Col
Ould and Major Hatch, have been ar
rested in Richmond by Gen. Grants
order, upon charge of hsving misap.
proprlated little item ofthree hundred
thousand dollars which was entrusted
to them for the relief of our prisoners
then held in the South. The spirit
which has actuated Col. Guilds treat
ment OF our brave fellows, and the
management of this exchange question.
Is exhibited in a letter now before rs
IN his own handwriting, addressed TO
Brig Gen Winder, under date of CITY
Point, March Il, 1865. In this letter
Col Guild says
" The arrangements have made flor
exchanging prIsoners) works largely in
our favor. We get rid of set of mis-,
erable Wretches, aud receive some of
the best material ever saw"
Such language as this is precisely
what might have been expected from a
Shareholder and one who had been &C.
costomed to estimate human flesh ac-
cording to its value in dollars and
cents. 1t was not at ali in accordance
with Col. Guilds designs to let our poor
soldiers come back to us as anything
but miserable wretches,' and it is not
strange, therefore, that he should have
oonnived at making some other than
the proper disposition of the missing
three hundred thousand dollars.-N 7.
Times.