The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-02-07
A Speck of War.

A speck of War.
Europe is evidently drifting towards a
general war. The stock exchanges-which
may well be considered as the thermometers
of public feeling and expectation-are yet
laboring under the effects of panic. With
the exception of London, every European
stock exchange is anticipating war. Pub
lie securities Of all kinds are continually on
the decline. A carefully prepared calcula-
ton shows that public securities have been
depressed some $500, 100000 in Value
While such is ..the state of the exchange
war-like movements are being carried for
ward of a magnitude scarcely before
bnown. Armaments are going forward in
France on colossal scale. Although con-
siderable amount of old soldiers have been
dismissed on furlough, still the number of
recruits for 1s58-100,0 00-have all been
called out exceeding, by 10000, the number
in ether years of peace. The arsenals and
military workshops are full of activity, and
general officers are assured that serious
campaign is in preparation. Sventy-fve
new batteries, or $50 guns have been order
ed in the public founderies new improve
ments in rifle projectiles are being made /;
the battalions of chasseurs are increased
from 400 to 700, and the regiments of the
line from 900 to 1000 or 1900 men, by
drart on thedepots (where the recruits have
been forming), of some 10000 men ma
terials of campaign are being heaped up
at Toulon, and the sites of two military
camps, supposed to be near Lyons and at
Metz, have been selected, though not yet
made known. To such pitch has the
military enthusiasm been excited, that Off
GERS have ceased to order any more civilians
clothes, convinced, as they are, that they
will have to wear the uniform alone for
some time to come.
While all this is going on in France, in
Piedmont and the Italian States an excite
ment exists, Iequaled only by that preceding
the outbreak of l848. The population
seem to put the foreign troops at defiance
and to be intent upon nothing but to show
their utter contempt of established author
ity, and their certain conviction that the
Austrians will, in a few months, have to
leave Italy Austria, in the meantime, is
quietly strengthening her army in Lombar-
the 5th, 7th, and 9Th, together about 90, 900
men. Now the Sd is on the march to join
it. Six infantry regiments ts5 battallons),
four battalions of Tyrolesn chasseurs, two
cavalry regiments, six batteries and the
whole staff and engineering train Of the
Third Army corps are reported to be on the
road, or Fave already arrived in Lombardy.
This raises the force to 10000 or lao, 900
men, who, in the position between the Adige
and Mincio, will be able to resist at least
double their number
1t needs but spark-a small outbreak
which is liable to occur at any moment-to
explode this vast train. Napoleon has
created storm he will be unable to control.
Our country's maxim of neutrality will be
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actually takes place. The discussions and
necessities of our neighbors- in spite
of ourselyes,-redound to our profit. Men
that fight have no time to cultivate the soil,
yet they must be fed; and large portion
of the food must come from the vast granary
of the Mississippi Valley. In that case, we
may look for the specie-which has been so
constantly carried out of the country-to
begin to return. Money will be more
abundant and business regain unusual ac-
tiyity.