The New York herald., 1865-05-03
THE FALL OF RICHMOND.

Napoleon's Alleged Plan for an Anti.
Paris april lo) correspondence Of the London Herald
must also note, a. sign Of the times rumor that
the rrencn mas made overture: 70 our C.6
energetic course sdvsable second clad squad
ron 10 10 be formed In the channel within the next
month"; that any diplomatic the two
countries might deem advisabls 70 oer coSld BE- np
ported By noA force az would insSrs r being attended, 70.
From the Liverpool Times April a.
We have no faith In the statement Of treaty bctween
England and France into play In the event Of the
Americans attacking either Mexico or Canada
Giving UP the Rebel Cause.
(From the London Army and Navy Gazette April al
can b Prolonged the South When Lee s0s
able 10 msrch where they please.
The Defeat OF Lee-The English Advice
to the Rebels.
From the London Times, April I'll
II would be nothing in the history Of the Ameri-
can war II the proportions originally ascrb9d 10 federal
ports the sustained by tho Confederates
at Richmond could admit only in . single respect OF
sred aan supposed and as ne SseAeyn oeaeraI
rered uih force still capable Of keepixo tie field aoait
e.: e. :.:;s %.ssy 4. s. sssss s Ss s % r
nOnd DoSid aGsct as ,ear Of this fac. tho
commencement Of Grants campaign in May last
the destruction Of tho Army Of Virginia was spoken Of
Its principal object and no sooner was Richmond oc-
cuped than the federal journals entered upon cacua-
tions of the losses which that army had sustained Il
was computed that twenty-five thousand prisoners re-
mained In Grants hands, and fifteen thousand had
been placed hors de combat by the three days fighting,
the remnant could not represent force competent to
mate excessive Is by improbable but since
that time Lee has suffered another defeat the
eve rrmorsd at he Had capasiated and IN th, ovent
the feeble force with which Johnston confronting
federate army remaining In the held.
The capture OF Richmond has been rendered unex-
pectedy decisive by the evonts Of last years campaign
Twelve months ago would have been regarded by the
South without much alarm, contingency which had
always been In prospect; and imminent indeed,
the danger thought In Nay last that preparations woro
made for transferring the Of TO Coum
ba In South Carolina But 1t that time the interior"
No in had or ma s.
armies Of the South penetrated into the
beyond True there were men in the councils Of the
described the confederacy 40 an egg, hard only
In It's shell circumference and utterly unsubstana
hey pasd only for specriaions and Nobody ks,o
noo an nved,ng army Nigh fare Tho great ststes Of
bama had been scarcely touched by IT, and this
territory offered retreat 10 tho Confederates
they should determine TO abandon Virginia and retire
had been told, are told now that Augusta would
tako the place Of Richmond as the capital Of
the confederacy, should have regarded the
statement not only as Indicating the unbroten
resolution Of tho Southern people but por.
So~ however h is cSsnssd Before Grant ens soo
Richmond Sherman had accounted for all the country
behind II and had di,ipated ne dissi prevailing
ne sItved He had marched through these remote re-
gous from end 70 end, without encountcrng resistance
OF falling short OF supplies and had led bis victorious
see through the heart Of Georgia up 10 the soYtberp
frontier Of Virginia itself The Confederates therefore,
s.% Il s minute and , a, s sTo s
Savannah to Goldsboro, % Grant might march at his