New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-12

It2c - Prussia. PfeselVy tois piao 10 pun
lisheS il Msy ence newspaper; but Piuss, dcoies
rot only he authorship, but all suo".edee OF tai'
piaD. Who hoaxed Count Rechberg! Again, we
haze. published BY authority in Prussia, three doeo-
, nelts, one Of which, announcing the essay al
Mediation sd giving an account If III. negotiations
Between tie Court. of Berlin and Nlenns, was ad-
~. SEQ il is officially stated To the Prussian
re.den's ST the German Courts. IhereuPon
out comes Rechberg with declaration that this
al6 the other documents had never been brought
"a the KNOWLEDGE of the Austrian Goyernme nti
tast il vas only Informed ''of an intention 81 me
4" Prussiau Cabinet Of wishing TO bring about a
mediation" Ard go Austria and Prussia are
qusreug in such long tailed rambling phrsseology,
and TIE whole German fsm are Ia as pretty
snsrl as Napoleon himself could desire 10 look
LpOD IL /, lot only elimination ADD recrimlnat,on
about the war sud The peace. but a flesh struggle
for supremacy IN the Confederation, for the
stTer ghet inc ard u1hcatioD, and lIberalizlog of
which there Is a movement gong on IN N'r,hern
ard Central Germany. The reform of the Federal
Constitution is likely to be of the mildest sort
tbs timt-someiting less than what the volunteer
Assembly at tiseDach propose, or even what some
members Of the Lower House of the Hanover Par
lament propose: but, whatever II prose to be the
profit OF il must 60 70 Prussia. She Is already IN
sdyapce Of Austria BY virtue of her comparatively
sdyarcsd constitutional Government; at the rate
with which Austria is carrying out her recently
promised reforms, she will not catch up with her
rival before the next revolution
Then Austria has not yet seen the eod Ct her
It,Esn war In spite Of her diplomatic tonghness,
pr phecy that she Will he worse beaten on paper
sid ia the Congress thon she GA the Geld.
LOUIS Napoleon is vexed that Europe should Dot
have lett him slope to carry out his Italian pro-
prsume. Could he have been assursd of the
neutrality of tbe Neutral Powers for two months
longer be would have Carried II out. Not belog
ss.ured of it, but " on the contrary quite the
reverse" bis only chance alliance with
revolution. or sudden peace OF the two horns
Of 10. dilemma the lat gDTed the least. lie chose
II snd thereby showed us political wisdom, as he
furtteT showed the same quallt, IN cOUfessne with
tol-rsbe fransbess that he had been obliged 10
change bis programme, aOd that it came very hard
10 Or forced to do so | hold AS firmly rs ever to
NY last MOUTHS opinion, that Austrian domination
is ended in Italy aud that Ffeuch Influence Is to
tske its plac.-wblch influence, because 1t IS
French pot because 1t Is NapoleoDic, seems to me
&reat advance So Is the selI-scGoollng in practl-
cal polItics Low being put 10 practice, greatly 10
tb, ir credit by the 1uscans and Modrnese, very
great advance. There Is little doubt that 1t will
eud this time. if Dot in restoration OF both TO.
runaway ducal fam lies. at best Iu the institute n
OF one regulpg sovereign. But 1t IS less LOUIS
Napoleon than the other European Powers IN Con
n tree electoral government, Who will push them to
that lame but not altogether mpoteut conclusion.
After peace has been signed BY the brlhgerrnts
AT Zurich sn event likely 10 take p zee early 10
August, European Congress, IN which all the
great Lowers viii take part vii meet. Austria
does not hbe tie potion OF IL, E0gisnd pretends
that she is not specially fond ot 1t; Adstria must
assent and England would stay out on no c0uslde-
ration whatever But it Will iced weeks, ADD per-
70 ot ha
Congress and meantime Louis Napoleon ~lll not
interfere nor suffer Austria Ia interfere, oy physi
cal force WITH the se'f-sChOolDg processes al the
Italians. What should you say 10 the Duchess at
Parma ard sort of French constitution over
Modeua AID Tuscany-Parma annexed t. Pied
mont 1t WOULD please the French legltlmlsts,
and be ts TASTE u IL the Italians than tue resto-
ration If the poor TuD.Sway dukes or their sons.
The Pope seems likely To accept the honorary
Presidency Of the Confederation, and Naples to
become member of It, IT. as is now quite conf
IDENTITY asserted will be The case, toe freoch troops
be WITHDRAWN from Italy excepting even the gar
risen nt Rome } AntODeli hlmset Will see the ne
cessity Of some reforms 1t is said, by the way.
that he Papal goverDmsnt quite ready to promise
To cary cut ally of the old pia0s al reform, the
project submitted by the Powers IL Gregory ANI
ID 1881, for example They are all As good as new,
never having been put to any practical use what
ever.
1t is also .ad, b. all the wiseacres, who love to
hear themselves talk, that England makes a gen
era disarmament condition OF her coming into
the Congress Not so. England will be sure to
come into rhe Congress. There Will not b. a gen.
eral disarmament, for the very logical rench)
reason, that Fra6ce declares Der military condlt on
10 br in lts normal state. You will tnd IN the
Monit ar Of the 10Th d little statistical article on
this III me intended reply to the constant En-
e.h complaint that the military expenditure for
lsud al s-a of France is a proper cause OF alarm
10 her neigbboIs. I he Article shows oy figures
that the English war d" Budget for army ald
navy is greater than that OF France; that the En-
glist appropriations for army aud n.sy are greatly
increased siIce l-:,3, while th,se of France have
not: that 10 fiue if England wants general dis
armament .he ,boud b-gn by setting the example
IL il avery good hguratlye argument and not quite
without reason in tact though ii does not 90 any
where neal Ia the bottom of the question IN dis
pute liz tickles AID satisfies the French, aud
greatly yexes III, English, which stlll more tIckles
the French.
Had not ny last letter been taken up with some
loose talk about bouks, it would then had been my
pleasing du,y To- bsye announced, under the head
of births: The Hippopotsmus of the Garden OF
PloLts of a son 1t now my painful duty to an
roul CT, uuder the head Of deaths: Hppop"timus,
ir Of the Gsrdin des PiaDtes, sged tse days On
Monday week was be born, the Sc ,ODd modern
European of his race Much preparation and
bew water cradle bad been Blsde IN Anticipation OF
the eyebt-tte Interesting situation Oh The mother
having been carefully watched for some time pre-
yious IIipp"potamhin came TO outer HE under
water, on Monday; Stoned much at home in tnat
department of his natural element tumbliog about
therein with charming clumsln.ss, and IN tue inter-
yals of his exercises lying 90 the back or peek Il
bis DAM For three OF fur days everything vent
On rather better than could be- expected, seeing
that this same dam HIppopotimus refused any caro-
10 her first born last ear, and ended with squeez
ing him to death sgaiost side OF the tank THIS