The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-12

this news is premature. With Bavaria, Saxony,
and Nuremberg directly opposed to the OBJ
jects Of the coalition, we may look for dtmcui-
ties being thrown in the way of the harmonious
action of the Diet, anu very possibly an open
separation Of interests amongst its members.
The smaller States of Germany have distinct
political oh ects of their own, which would he
subserved by the isolation Of Austria and Prus-
sia. The agents OF Russia have been actively
intriguing amongst them, and we should not
be surprised if in the hos m OF the Diet itself
the real difficulties and eInbarrassments OF the
two governments were to commence.
In an article from the Journal DIES Debats,
which win be found in another part Of our pa
per, there is curious expose of the differences
/ that retarded the execution of the Austro-Prus-
sian treaty, an which shows what slender de-
pendence is to be place on the cordial union OF
even those two Powers. We may expect before
long to see the Pru sian mule kicking through
the traces, and upsetting the delicately balanced
machine in which he has been reluctantly
yoked.
| The news from the seat of war in the South
is not of much Importance. The latest accounts
from Silistria are to the 26th, and at that date
the fortress still held out, and had repulsed the
| Russians four times with considerable loss.
1t was reported at Malta that the Allies had
bombarded kaffa, O port on the eastern coast
of the Crimea, and that the Russians in their
turn were menacing Erzeroum. From the
Baltic, we learn by way of st. Petersburg that
| on the 10th two irigates cannonaded Wits
land, and ON the goth approached Erkenas, but
were repulsed. The intelligence previously re-
ceived with respect to the bombardment of
| Gustavswarna is confirmed. The main attack was
| to take place on the 24th. A squadron of two
deckers had anchored of Hango. with view
to hostile operations against that place.
| The accounts from Greece represent King
Ohio as finding himself in rather an awkward
fix. He has, it is said accepted the Anglo
| French ultimatum, and promised to recall the
Mavrocordato ministry on condition that the
Allies would not occupy the country. If they
persist in doing so, he Gays he will withdraw his
government and his army into the interior. In
the necessity under which he may be placed Of
speedily changing his quarters, it is fortunate
| that he is troubled with such slight encum-
| ORANGES.
| The Madrid correspondence of the London
| Ch,onicle-an extract from which we publish
| Observation-Disclosures another Of those mysterious
but significant hints to us on the subject Of
| Cuba, which it has lately become the habit of
the English and French journals to throw out.
Again we are told that the minds Of the people
OF Spain are made up to the loss Of that island;
but that it does not follow that it must there
fore fall into the hands Of the United States or
of any other Power. For the first part of the in
formation we are grateful to the sagacious cor
respondent of the Chronicle, for it spares us
the pain Of intlicting modification upon Span
ish pride. As to the second-nOus verrons.
Fhe Position uud Prospects OF Political Pas-
ties-Thc Know Notnlugs md their Recent
Successes.
The leaders of the old dilap dated parties of
democrats and wings, aud those who are en-
| gagged in forming new organizations to carry
| future elections on the Nebraska and tempe
rance questions, are astounded at the recent
successes in municipal elections, Of the native
Know Nothings. 1t has become evident that
these secret organizations are now rapidly ex-
tending their operations throughout all our
large cities, villages and towns; and if their
movements are conducted with skill and dis
cretion under the management of judicious
leaders, they must not only take tempo.
rary possession Of the local governments of all
fha n,f MI
OF the United States, but also hold, for season,
the balance of power in those States where tae
most populous commercial and manufacturing
cities and towns are situated, particularly where
the influx of foreign emigration has hitherto
been so great as to influence our elections.
| 1t is well known that one of the plans of Will
liam II. Seward to obtain political power by
intriguing for the votes of Irish and 9th n
Catholic citizens, who generally act with the
democratic party, commenced while Mr.. Seward
was Governor of New York, some fifteen years
since, and has been steadily pursued by Thur
| low Weed, Greeley, and other partisans of the
New York Senator and Ex-Governor, from that
| time to this 1t has also been The object of the
same politicians to unite the Catholic votes of
the Northern States with those of the aboli-
tionists and the free sellers, to eventually
promote the advancement of their leader,
with the expectation of finally elevating hi n
to the Presidency But in the midst of the
renewed hopes of Mr. Stewards partisans by
the agitation of the Nebraska question, the
operation success. and growing prospects of
the native Americans under the new phase of
Know Nothings, present an unexpected diff
Guilty to the minds Of these anti-slavery wings.
Nothing, therefore, can be more ludicrous than
the attempts of the Tribune and other Seward
papers, to be joyful over the recent successes
OF the native Americans in the city of Wash