New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-15


painfully remind ne of IN American Fourth ofJuy.
Bulls At the Bourse tossed up their gold-upped
horns eNuring over snre headed bears, ard raised
the three per cents 30 ceutImrs. Mt oil way
iarers read A. they ran the placaided dispatch on
tie walls, but made or csuglt up crtduent lmig'
inrcs If the fooli- hest sort such these: lhere
- Wrre COO 600 troops engaged. The! 81! 'hey
say that have taken lup,uoO prisoners.
Thee two popular reports heard with my own
rsr-, and have been told of others IN CIRCULATION
equally exaggerated. Bu. the mesgerness OF tue
fret and secord dispatches published 10 the Nom
tBr of Saturday and sunday soon began to excite
susp!clOLs 10 the mobile Partisan minds that ran
almost as wildly In the opposite direction. Instead
% sleIil! accepting the silent habits OF govern
ment, Which tigot years familiarity might. one
would think have accustomed them 10, these Pao-
pie went about asking each other why do not We
have more news Every body kD0ss that the Em-
press and the ministers must have received more
thsn the dozen ne- that are published. II II were
good news L would BE- made Known. Silence IN
this case shows It Ia BE- bad. Instead of having
eaIed great victory, taken halt the enemy prs-
Ou,rs and pursued the other half across the MlGcO
We have gated no victory at all aud alter terri
bic lC.s,s "a Friday, renewed the hight and the
losses on Saturday, OF the sinister rumOrs that
rsn fastest and won most credence was the one of
o fearful havoc in the Emperor's staff. Another
was that Gen Mel received his hardly earned title
of Marshal in articuo morris.
Bears at the Bourse on Monday tramped down
the three per cents 30 centlmes.
From such iniormsi0n as ia nj hand, imperfect
rs il IT, 1t seems certain that the last two rumOrs
lust mentioned that the general facts of the victory
are az stated above, but that it was purchased,
Ike all lis predecessors. at dear rate. Ga It's
i'll nediate AID further consequences and sequences
Of military sort, very near future Is, think.
likely to throw a clearer light than my speculatiOnS.
Ind. ed, speculation hardly outruns fact in this
l..sn campaign: the battle Of Monteoello was
fought and won only thirty-three days before the
battle of SOlierlnO. People about ME VIII specu-
late though; a0d adding somewh hat less length OF
time to considerably less length of march thtu
the number OF days and miles already trayersed by
the allied troops they arrive al the elise OF tue
can palgn.
While the Clover classes of all ranks ere
manly occupied In glOryng ADD gosSlpsUg over
stovy deeds of arms, solemn thinkers aid wlsacres
are occupied wiki the political side of the situ,-
ton" Here one must specuate-cant he p HIM
self / still hold that the Regent ot Prussia Will, II
be- can avoid war, for the reasons given 10 my
letter of 2ith May; that the mobilization of the
larger part of the PIussian army was measure
calculated partly to stop the clamor, aud so keep
the control of the lesser States, partly To mediate
with more persuasiyely. But preparations OF war
("lf YOU wish for peace } are so likely 10 become
pr,paratiOns for var, whether YOU wish 1t or not.
The Regent cannot resist strong national sentl-
ment ard preserve his position At the head OF me
German CODgl0meratOn. Whether the German
eallophobia is Il national sentiment, or the senti-
ment of reactiOpary party only, Is difficult to
decide at this distance. The 1Hgsbag Ga
:te says it is the first; the Cologne Ga
:,ac saws il is only the second. Pru,sa, 50
far as one can Judge from the rather misty deca-
rations Of her authorities. and the tone OF the
abest Journals published within her llmts, Is decl-
dediy IN favor of not interfering Physlchy IN tue
war. The smaller States seem to Lore something
of thrir varllke spirit within the past fen days.
The jealousy between some OF them aud PRUSSIA,
tie fear oi wor the nearer 1t approaches ielt BY
others the lack of encouragement from Elgl,nd,
who, hey pnd any other European PoHe', Is IN
terested in srrestiDg the war on almost any terms
at the first possible moment, the rather threatening
attitude Of Russt, variant and even contrary as
they axe. seem to me all 80 m4ny causes likely 10
co, crate to the one effect OF enabling PRUSSIA t.
maintain her actual controlling peace policy IN and
over the Conglomerstion.
You will have already seen the pretended Prus-
sian propositions for Il base of neeO'atlOns-tne
second set as reported in the IHifPendGnce Beige
trihe less absurd than but eqnaly impossible ~ the
first set there reported. Louis Napoleon could not,
If he would, make peace that should leave the
four fortresses outposts Of Germany to be gar
rsoned by soldiers of the Confederation. lis
masters, the French people and the French army,
would Lot let him accept lame IA conclusion 10
their victorious march. He himself canno. have
the remoest idea of accepting Il. | am not oil the
insane who imagine that he was driven into TINS
war by the diving warni0gs Of OrslnI aud the
threats Of the Cdr0onaT. AZ originates Ia policy
centuries older than they or he-a policy as truly
traditional aud national MS Engltud's Calonl4l-c,m
mercal policy or Russia's Turkey gobbing policy
have bren and are or rs our American land snatch
inc p plicy alreaJy is and henceorth wll De. Up 70
the Alps and across to the Adratc sweeping OUT the
Austrisn. alone if the rest of Europe choose 70 let
him alone with the AID OF IeyOlutonar! bosom Of
destruction if It do not choose.
Austria rather fooshly is doing her obstinate
best TO force the handle Ot tn, broom into hls
hands She nov mainly eodeayOrs to scare tue
rest of Germany into material cooperation with ner
against the French Emperor, by representing him
-sud. so far AS she can by suddenly retiring from
ROM qua. making nim-tte leader Of revolution.
Better not be putting naughty ideas into his he1d-
better no. provoke him. He j. already sufficiently
tented by the double temptation of military SUE
cess On the one hand and of rddOg himself of
pIe,t embarrassment IN .ettlng certain difficulties
of the italian question proper by throwing ia
the reslly revolutionary element as solution. II
Austria will mske bun a reyOlutlOnlst, rev Jlu-
ZIONIST be may become. The day lie does 80 be-
com. be NAV march every red. legged Frenchnan
out of Italy, with no fear that Au,tr ans viii march
| in. Under such circumstances. and noie, - hahd
fgra da g." Victor Emanuel will do what Cayour
/ advises. the people Will do what Garibaldl says
and together they can easily clear out the Kaiser
licbs:" while Louis Napoleon going 10 toe khIne
| can stretch hand. across 10 kossuth aud hlipAa
and march TO Vienna.
Meantime be only keeps Kossuth and klapka 10
play. holding them IN terr0rtm over Austria as
| Frspcis Joseph. per contra, Would hold them and
him in trroreln over Germany. Al extremely
complicated complication this game u. ho..ut1