Daily national Republican., 1865-03-22
PROM EUROPE.

70 She Hreneh Mission at Washing
ton.
Tho Inman steamer City OF London, from
Liverpool on the sth instant and Queens
town on the 9th, arrived at New York yes
terdsy. The City Of Washington also ar
rived there yesterday.
aEAroLBoH AND MACMILLAN.
Ths English papers publish reports to
the eject that Napoleon "hAs firmly re-
solved on maintaining the Empire Of Mex.
leo and the honor OF the French flag. ~
There was rumor In Paris that q rein.
forcemont Of 6Ve thousand troops was to
be sent shortly TO Mexico.
TIE HNsLIsH PREss ON SHERMAN.
In the absence OF later news from Amerl.
CO, which was anxiously expected, the re-
suit Of the fall OF Charleston continued to be
eagerly cauvassed in Eogland.
The London Times, OF March 0, In an
editorial article recounting and praIsInq
the operations Of Sherman down 10 the
fall Of Charleston, says;
Though Grant could not take Rich
mond, he could not be driven away from 1t,
and he Improved thus far on the achieve.
his footing on Virginia soil. Instead OF
Withdrawing his army and congratulating z
his countrymen on its safety as former
generals had done, he held his ground with
uncomfortable obstinacy, pushed incss-
sanity. at every point OF promise In the
Confederate lines, and thus kept In check
the best general Of the South. Though he
was not successful himself, Il was he who
enabled Sherman to become so. Lee and
his army wero neutraliZed by Granite
tenacity, and Sherman, without fear OF In.
terruption from that quarter, pursued in
defatigably his own designs. These de-
signs have led TO the most memorable
events Of the war.
"ShermGn found that he could 20 where
he pleased, at q cost not beyond his means,
and he formed his plan. FOR the fret time
In the history OF the war . Federal army
was marching on with all the success that
could be desired Sherman was doing
what It had beeL vainly hoped that Nc.
Clellan, and Pope, and Hooker, and Burn
side would do. The game was all his own,
and wo see what he made OF 1t. He boldly
yentured on that enterprise 10 which the
North had been confidently challenged In
the early days OF the war, and followed
the enemy into the INTERIOR His march
even from Chattanooga to Atlanta was
thought dangerous In the extreme, but IL
was thrown into the shade by his next
achievement. Relying on his military
superiority, and making q wise estImate or
the resources Of the country, he plunged
into the heart Of Georgia, and succeeded,
almost without molestation, In reaching the
seaeoast. This taught him that he could
go wherever he choose 70 20; and we see
the consequences in the Intelligence Just
brought He has marched from Savannah
70 Branchyllle, and from Branchville to
Columbia without opposition, and Beaurc-
gard 10 Vindicating the original strategy of
Johnston by adopting II anew. Sherman
Ii allowed 10 take what towns be pleases,
but the Confederate army, though It falls
back before him, Is always threatening his
-advance.o
After remsrking that Sherman stray
ersed Georgia as conqueror, the Times
continues,
THE next operations OF this most event.
ful war will be expected with singular in
terest. The confederate ports are iost, but
tho loss was deliberately accepted, and
their garriIous have been saved. Lee and
beauregard are at the head OF unbToken
armies, and the spirit OF the South has
rather been raised than depressed by its
recent reyeraos. But one Federal army, at
any rate, can range at will over Southern
territory, and the feeling OF the South
under this inhlction 10 q most important
point to DO ascertalned. The Federals have
recovered Iheir military reputation, but If
the South is still resolved 10 stand ONT In
the end, they have made but little progreas
towards the conclusion OF the war -
In another editorial March 81 the Tine,
writes from different point OF view, and
says,
"We seem to have arrived at that turp-
ing point Of the American war which
6rings us, as 1t were, within sight OF the
mai scene, and the part we shall be called
on 10 play In II. The almost undIsturbed
progress OF the Federal army through
Georgia and South Carolina, and the sue
cessiye surrender Of strongholds believed
70 be impregnAble al Its very approach, are
BY no means the only signs Of confed crate
exhaustion.
Gas the Federal Government
maintains that II has q quarrel with US in
the shape OF claims which we do not ac.
knowledge, and it has great deal TO gain
by successful war with us, the question
70 which We have 10 address ourselves Is
simply whether they can 20 to war with us
with fair prospect of success. II they
can they certainly will
But, putting all things together, wo arc
Inclined 10 believe that the Government Al
washington will not attack us Imms-
dlAtely on the conclusion Of this present
war, and that II will therein show its wis.
dom. IL would, however, be most Ipcon.
venient, and costly, and disAgreeable 10
have the quarrel hanging over our heads
waiting for American convenience and OBJ
poItunity. When the time comes our
statesmen will have TO sec that we are moi
placed under that pOnAnce. II that, IN.
deed, d 70 be our fals, and II We are 70 live
IN daily expectation OF news that the Uni.
led States have marched upon our PROV |
lnceA for the estiDfAction OF some old claims |
ss sss%PsS .IsH.IP Up Ecr The purpose. then We may