The steamship
America, from
Southampton on the 31st of August, arrived in New York on the 12th.
Her nows is three days later than the report of the
Scotia.
The reports of
General Grant's operations on the north side of the
James river, when pushing to the Weldon railroad; of
Sheridan's action with
Longstreet at
Front Royal; and of
Farragut's victory at
Fort Morgan, had been received in
England, and produced an impression decidedly favorable to the
Union cause.
It was rumored in
Paris that the Emperor Napoleon would soon make another effort to intervene in American affairs, with a view to the ultimate recognition of the
South.
The plan, it was said, would now meet with favor in
France, as abolition was no longer an element in the
Northern war policy, and as the
Emperor had prudently waited for "questions to ripen. "