Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-05-24
4tlonaan, Alap 81.

y NMARR AND rHE UNITED STATEs.-Ihe
statement in the foreign news by the lliberna,
that the American ship Emgran', bound to
Bremen, with cargo of tobacco, had been
made prize and carried into Copenhagen,
will attract more attention TO the Schlcswig II
IIo'stein quarrel, as il is called than has here
,oioro been bestowed upon il in Amerioa-
Our eyes have been occupied with the grander
spectacle of events tganspirng on the larger
fields of France, Italy and Hungary; we have
scarcely deigncd to think Of tho obscure diff
Guilty in Denmark, where two or three petty
provinces, FOR some hundreds OF years Integral
portions of The kingdom, seek by force to sep
crate themselves from 1t, so as TO be annexed
or re-annexed--to Germany, and are aided
in their efforts by German allies and auXllaries.
The war acquires some interest to US when 1t 1
afec,s the security of American property; and
we shall begin to inquire into the. circumstan-
ces and power ofthe comba,ants, as well as the
right of either OF them to make prize of an
Ameii IAN vessel bound TO Bremen, "a free
port, which does not happen TO form ary part
or portion Of The rcyolt,j provinces 1t VIA
be somewhat Of All effort for De1mnk 70
blockade the German coasts and rivers and
the responsibility will be as great as the effort.
1t may be curious to some OF our readers 10 re-
member how small and feeble is thl, ancient
aud once renowned state-eisht hundred years
ago the invader and conqueror oi Eng aHJ and
Norway-which makes prize OF an Amer.can
ship engaged in lawful trade with another state,
with which it does not seem to be satiSiaclorl-
" settled that Denmark is yet at war.
The whole territory of Denmark, including
Iceland, the Faroo Islands, as well as all her
colonies in Greenland, Guinea and the East
ladies', comprises only about 5s,il3 square
miles, with a population OF some 100000 :
that is, in area and the number Of her people,
she would, counting her colonies, &c, as
above, be equal TO one OF our first Glars Amer.
lean States. Rejecting however these outside
additions, which give her neither strength nor
wealth as European power proper, she has a
territory OF 81 900 square miles-about half as
large as Kentucky and a population Of L.
ton of the Safe Of Ohio. The Dutchy Of
Schcswg, now in a state Of rebellion, has
some 3, 100 square mles--about half as big
again as Deeware-with 323 thousand cit-
zens. The German Du,chy Of Holestein--
.,ti the little Duchy of Lavcnberg addcd--is
very slightly larger with few thousand more
inhabitants. If We sHperatc these three PROV
inces which are all at war with their former
government, lhcn Denmark Denmark proper
can boas, territory of only 1891 square
miles or one half as large again as ,ha, OF
Mary land; aud population scarcely exceed
ing 200, ,000- whic! is scarcely equal to one
half the number Of slaves in the Uuicd States.
With these elementary data before us, we
noed not be surprised at the pertinency with
which Denmark fights for the preservation o
these Du,chies to lose them, indeed would
be to lose more than onethird Of her proper
European territory and population. But we
may be surprised at tic readiness with which
she makes prize ola ship Of powerful and
htrcloiole friendly people, with whom il is 50
peculiarly her interest 10 cultivate none but
the NEST amc.ble relations.
TIE STEAMBOAT EMPIRE SUNK
At NEWBuRGH.
100 pas5cagcrs rc,cucd-scycraI lives lot
NEvnrGeu, May Is, g l2 A. VI.
Tn, beautiful steamer Empire, Of Troy,
while on her pa.sauc up last evening was run