Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward

No. 134.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 6th instant, No. 151.

A profound interest reigns everywhere in Europe over the intelligence brought by the two last mails from America.

The news of General Grant’s advance into Virginia, and his apparently doubtful fortune, have alternately awakened the hopes and fears of every friend of the United States. The latest information by telegraph to the 14th only heightens the solicitude which has been painfully felt for so many days. Up to this point it does not seem clear whether General Grant will be stopped or go on.

The news by the Scotia, due the last of this week, is looked for with an interest hardly surpassed by any past epoch of the war.

I have the honor to be, with great respect, your most obedient servant,

JAMES S. PIKE.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington.