The New York herald., 1850-08-17

House Of kepIe EiatIvtB was me Oniy bl@h; N Oi
the federal legislature IA session, aud that body .
passed ,hc day without doing anything. They oc-
eur,sd the Time "a debating the mileage question. .
wilhout c,n,rz 10 any conclusion, and without
passing the CNil aud Diplomatic Appropriation bill.
We c1Itct the iinal vote will bs taken on this
sjrtIio.day; after which, We suppose the House
vil} otjouln TO Monday, so rs TO allow the mem
h,Is to couler wih each other respecting the ter
ri,olal bills pa,scd by the Senate. The coming
wcrk viii be u busy and exciting one in Washing.
eor II will, no doubt witness The fate Of the sla
vcry .siiaiup, one way or The other. II the mem-
Asrs Of tie House have any respect for the wishes
of their constituents they will pass them without
any isr,her ado, ard thus put ut rect, finally aud
for ever, a most troublesome question.
Ike European News she Danish and
schiesvig War.
The Niagara arrived al lhls port yesterday. We
have thus been placed in possession of our Euro
pean eriers end pspers TO ,he Sd inst, inclusive
The drrai's OF the political news by this arrival
ere of considerable interest, far The war
with Denmark is concerned. Public feeling ia
Europe seems TO be excited by this war in much
greater egree than it has been by any other sub
ject since she memorable conflict which was ear
ried on on the part Of Hungary ug 4nst Austria and
hurfh Inc. IsuIpPcAu Jp1ihl4S Illcu VIII
rreculations 10 the probable result of the war.
No one, however, IS able to predict how il will
snd, under the present circumstances II it is not
speedily brought to close by some decisive vic.
tory en- the part OF Denmark, there now exists
every probe bity that Germany will again take
mp the cause Of the Duch-s, and engage ia the
ssnfct. Indeed, if hosntes are protraeied for
any length Of time, such result in the existing
state of things, appears TO BE- almost certain. An
agitation in behalf Of Scheswig. Hols,sin has
already been got up in northern Germany, and
dtm0RstTsrions have been made in Hanover and
sih,r States, in favor of sending uoops to In,
assistance If the Duchics.
In order that readers may the better under
siapd The importance 10 Germany Of its union with
sChleswig. lIolsten, we will give them some par
tculaIs rest citing tho nature, orgio and history Of
ihis querlion, which, AT this moment, creates 80
much agitation in Europe.
The two Duehies OF schleswig- -iIolstein, si,aa-
scd the North Sea and the Baltic, command the
most favorable position, in point Of navigation and
eommrfce. of eny states Of Germany northern
Europe. Their coasts, which lined with har
boIs and ports, seem TO be iormd d by nature to
become the commercial depot Of the trade between
the Two We have just named The population
of Holsttin is about AL 600 inh ibitants that Gi
Sehes~ig about $50 600, of which over DO 900 are
G.Imans The people OF ,hcse states have always
been r,maikable FOR their hArdihooi and enterprise
and have FURNISHED The best sailors in Europe; both
Grsar EriIin and Denmark having frequently pre-
Eued ihsn 20 their own. Schlcswig has been a
psu e the Danish Kingdom for e-veral hundred
years bat lie political union with Hols;en, which
thoueh German state recognized the sovereignty
az the King Of Denmark. has been guaranteed by
4 t- t.A-. N. -. =
Schleswil. .Ilelfien have always been closely
unit,d s,a,es To the year 1850 they were govern.
cd und, The SAME laws and constitution. IN the
year lC6l the King Of Denmark declared himself
10 be On absolute monarch, and commenced to
govern according to his ewn will aud pleasure
lie ALTERED The contribution in bis Kingdom as well
~ in the Iuehies. lie is-1ed a law, by which the
throne Of Denmark was ia fature TO inherit to the
frmale line well as to the male line, bat proh-
biitd, by nnoihrr law, this mode Of succession
in the Duchiss. From this period dsiee the com
nsHetmtIt of the quarrel with resud to the right
Of Succession in Schleswig llolsiein. When, in
Ia6. Germany c,tsed to he an empire, the Dachy
Of llotitin was declared 10 form a State Of the
kiI cdtm of DeumaIk according to the fund amental
law Of l6el, by which the hing Of Denmark held
shfolutr power over all his states and could unite
o. separate ihsn at his own pleasure. The old
tcutts snd laws, according to which Holsicin
was To- rmUin German Duchy for ever, uuiied
viih Sehl,swr, and recognizing merely the 90
ver.igny of Denmark, have since been entirely
dsfsFsrded and set aside by the latter, though
never formally annulled Every effort has been
used en- the part Of Denmark to make Schleswig-
Hobisin Danish provinces, by means OF the most
grinding despoirm that has probably ever beea
sNercw' a by any government The whole history
al Schlst~ig. llolstein, up 10 the year lSsS, iss
succession of snctoachments on the rghts Of the
Dachies and of ,is Of oppression committed against
the German population of Schleswig Helrsin. In
ISls the Danish government resolved formally to
annex Schleswig. and 10 dissolve its union with
Hosisin. That last oct on the part Of Denmark
was responded 70 on the part Of Germany hy de-
slsration a var. That contest ended hy treaty,
.onclud.d through England, which schlcswis re-
fbsed to recognise. Hence the renewal of hrs-
6lnies. This is the third war between the Dachics
ard DsumHik, and we shall now have 20 sre
whether the latter will su,ceei Ia this contest
against the fcrmer.
The haiile of Idstcdt. the srsi conflict Of this
thiId wsr. ssnguia sry. that the details arc
reed with the greatest interest We, therefore,
give the oiIcisl accounts ~ the affair.
THK NissNo CALIFORNIA MAu.-The missing
mad frsm California, for this city. witch should
have cuue by the steamer Georgia, was received
yesterday noon at the Posi-office, VII. New o..
kans