New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-18


TO Hanau, near Frankfort and the Bavarlan from
fer for the purpose Of compelling them 10 Join the
! South German invasion. Indeed, if we are to be-
lieve the last advces which the K5luer Zeltltrg
has received from Frankfort that invasion is at
this moment coming off There are however,
reasons to believe that the correspondent of the
K5laer Ze5tung has been misled by the state
ments of some Frankfort gossips. AT all events
! it has been announced that the army OF Prince
| Thorn and Taxis is to be reinforced by large
masses Of Bayarian troops from Wurzburg, hr-
| langen Munich, and Regensburg, while one bat
TALON Of Austrian Rifles, which was garrsoned
! at Frankfort, has been moved to Aschanenoorg'
and placed under the command OF the Ba7anan
! General
OF Austrian troops the two corps in the Tyrol
and Vorarlberg, under the command oil GENERA!
Legeditsch are actually in motion to JOIN the ar,
nv at Aschafenburg. For this purpose they Will
have to traverse the whole length OF the kingdom
Of Bavaria, from Bregenz and Salzburg to Wurz-
burg and Ascbaffenburg. art of the Italian ar
nv has already received orders to march to the
TIrol and follow in the track Of the two corps
! der Legeditsch The AUgenieine Zeitung states
thet 80, 900 men destined for that service but
we are more inclined to credit the statement OF
our Vienna Correspondent who informs Us that
the number Of men draughted for the service on
the Maine amounts to 5000 men.
AS for the Austrian army in Moravia and Bo-
hemia it has been concentrated In those Pro-
vinces ever since the cessation OF the hungarian
! war and, although considerable addltlons may
of late have been made to it, still there is
son to believe that the troops IN those PROVINCES
exceed the number of 10000 men These troops
| have for the last six months been ready tor &C
ton; and, according to the necessities OF the
German question" they have been empoyedln
concentrations and demonstrations against the
frontiers of PrUssan- Silesia and the Kingdom OF
Saxony. In the event of any real hostlltles be-
tween the two nations these troops would lmme,
diatey occupy SaXony not only Tor the purpose OF
transferring the war to neutral territory, but
also because the fields of SaXony and especially
the plain of Leipsig, seem to be destined to be
the tiltyard of warning nations. In the event OF
defeat they would have to fall back upon the
mountains and defes of Bohemia. The news that
part OF this army IS to JON the forces Oh Frlhce
Tburin and TaXis on the Maine and that they are
to enter Bavaria from Eyer and Budweiss, is open
to doubt for, in case of war with Prussia, such
manmuvre would compromise the safety and
the possession of Bohemia, and even OF Moravla,
which wond lie open to the invasion Of a Prus-
sian army from Silesa.
The Times of the I'd editorially comments on
these performances in the following language:
What is the name of the costly meodrama now
performing the stage of Central Europe? What
is the plot, the moral, or the conclusion Hitherto
there has been nothing beyond asuccessiOnof gilt
tering pageants. All the armies OF Austria have
set in one mighty current from every part of her
domnons towards petty prnclpaty which does
not contain among the two hundred and fifty
millions of Europe While they enter the scene
on one side an equal host confronts them from the
other. The enumeration of the various races as
sembled before US spontaneously assumes the
atricalcharacter. Thesero andimperia lessees
must have splendid military wardrobes, and vast
accufaula alton of property" all good
and adapted Tor every variety OF performance.
Onthe genuine stage such as we peaceful Lon
doners frequent, we are accustomed to see ope
rations which it is impossible to account for, but
which nevertheless are performed with such num-
bers, such spendOr of costume, such 0larumS,
such cashing OF swords and such smoke, that we
are perfectly satisfied, and ask no impertnent
questions II the m(iee is terrific and the rescue
done with sufficient promptitude, we need not ask
the reason OF the thing w must take on trust
the flight Of one party, the pursuit OF another and
the sudden pause that occasionally takes place in
the midst of the most successful operations In
this respect, too, there is nothing in the move
mcntsn now before US in Hesse to distinguish them
from the campaign performed to the music OF
Auber or Meyerbeer. The AustrO Bavarlan forces |
have paused on the frontier and the Prussians
| have marched boldly in. Why, nobody can tell. /
1t is whispered indeed, that the whole is mat
ter of arrangement, and that Austria and Prussia |
are only true to their roles. If Sc, might ven
ture ask ON behalf OF the public for hbretto of
Hessc CnsSe Delivered
W here does the preparation end and the per
formance begin How much OF all this is mill
tary training, and how much political business
There are marches OF various kinds. There IS
marching for exercise, marching to new quarters,
marching on the parade ground, and there are
also what are sometimes called military prom
enades, where an imposing force marches to
distant point, and does everything short of actual
fighting, In the present instance, the military
promenade has been military A hundred
thousand men have raced with another hundred
thousand for position presumed to be OF politi
cal Importance; but, unless the supposlton IS
! fictitious and the whole proceeding conventional
why don't they fight? After all, it is only carry
inc the action little further Lives are lost
treasure wasted, and countries demorallZed by
marching. Why, then grudge the further cost of
actual blows There are some important prob
lens to be settled. Military men want to know
the comparative excellence OF the Prussian and
the Austrian discipline, the destructive ability of
congreve rockets III field operations and, partlcu-
arly at this moment, the value OF the newly-ln-
vented Prussian musket, charged at the breach
These questions cannot be entirely set at rest
without opportunities OF trial somewhat exceed
ing the limits of ordinary reviews The diiler
ence is but trihinG, 1t is only the use OF ball
cartri &c instead Of & blank one. Lead IS cheap,
md so men seem to be- Austria and Prussia
could easily afford $4,000 apiece for scientific
purposes, especially for the advancement o. mill
tarv knowledge If anybody thinks men too pre-
cious for mere experiments, and is satisfied,
therefore, that those immense ornaments should
merely march and manouvre, we beg him to in
troduco his scrpples rather earlier into the affair,
for half the mischiefis done before bullet is dis
charged.
The only apology that is made for movements
as intrinscally formidable as any in the great
dictionary war; is that grand political question
is in the process of settlement. Austria and
Prussia, it is alleged, are contendng for the Ger
man supremacy, and their respective principles
of German association. There is talk too OF
division; and should there be a division, there
must be previous scramble-that is, the respec-
tive proportions of the booty will depend on the
quantity each robber shall happen to have
laid his hand upon. Even these explanations
WHICH Do not claim ior the two rivals either mo: