The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-24
rms WAR IN TRUnoPE.


[Prsa tAs Lesasa 1smes, Nay I'll
Europe has entered into state Of Gar. What
ever may have been the reluctance il some
quarters to believe that this could happen, what
ever the inclina ion to deny Or discredit, the
fun grown truth marches onward var il gone
forth In his usual guise, and 10 making hi,neelf
known BY his ordinary deeds. In three columns
the Austtians have passed from Austrian terri
tory TO that OF Saadinis. One Of their divisions
hssspene,rared the county from the north land.
.Ug on she Sandman shores Of the LaRo Mag
giOse, occupying the towns Of lntea. Palansa.
and Aroma, and driving back the Sardinians by
the superiority Of their numbers. A second.
consisting Of 20 battSlicns aud s batteries. has
tsken the road by Gravellana, and the third ...s
found its way BY A0biati Grasso How far the
invaders have advanced, or what may be their
point OF concentrating. cannot be clearly stated
from materials before us
Whether the tets DE- poat ct Buifalora was dis.
puted and taken by baycnet after sharp and
considerable loss, ~ was reported At Vienna,
or whether there was NO resistance, as would
rather appear probable from the silence of the
telegram from Turin ~ 70 any actual encounter
whether Gen. 4armora resisted or quietly
succumbed, whether Novara was occupied with.
out opposition, and Vercelli was reached with.
important bearing upon the main purport oil to-
days news. The invading army Of Austria il
in full march upon Sardinia soil. On the other
hand the King Of Sardinia has put himself at the
head Of his army and gone TO meet his invaders
He has surveyed the line Of the Dora, where i,
IS supposed the Sardinians may perhaps make a
and in defense OF their capital, and be has gone
tGence to Alessandris, which must soon be at
lacked, il Austrians have . real intention TO
conquer Piedmont.
Tue French are swarming into the seat oil
var. The Austrian papers already declare
he neutrality OF Savoy has been violated. The
Imperial Guard, numbering 10000, have arri-
sed at Genoa, and 10000 French troops have
nov gathered in that place Of strength. When
~ where these armed men will meet 10 conflict,
is entirely question of strategy. But SO far
- any question OF peace or war is concerned,
the English, Belgians, and French we're not
more at war on the plains Of TicinO, Suza and
Dora. W. wish that our only disquieting INTEL
igeHce was from the country where war has al
ready commenced, and where the nations are
contending. There then might he some hope
that an advance upon Turin, aud battle favor
,be to the Austrians, might have the fleet of
seduc ny the pretensiOns OF the French and SAr
iinaus, or that decisive advantage over the
Austrian forces would induce that Power to
come to terms upon the disputed points in her
,olicy in Italy. THIS, however, is not SO. That
Provisional Governments have been established
IA Florence, Carrara and Masss, is not OF ltseli
+, matter Oh vast Importance. That the nhani
,iits OF Rome are in an effervescent, it not m
urgent state, is scarcely an sdditlon to the or
.inary Italian difficulties, but when We read
nat Prussia has resolved upon putting her re
naming corps darmee in readiness to march.
ce see Uerg great cause to fear the eace IF Earope
y. shaAem more grareiy than coutd apteor from
he soft message .from Paris, and tie Hfand
ssura"ces from st. Petersburg. That Prussia
'ds cause for thus p.eca"tion zee cannot doubt,
ehem ace .fma that a R"ssian army Of obserea
ttom is about to be stationed upon her frontier,
tor some object IF mhtch Europe only knoms
IN secret. But the most important aud
least reAs,urlng Of all the intelligence OF the
last iorty-eigh hours, is derived from no tele
ram, but is itself confirmation from cffi,ial
sources, OF that grave intelligence which we
acre some days since enabled to give, of the
exlstance OF treaty between France aud Rus
,is. Mr. Fitzgerald has taken the occasion Of
MS nomination at Horsham, to state publicly
that in connection with the question OF the sun
posed ailauce between France and Russia. the
Government had addressed % the Emperor of
Russia direct and categorical inquiry, as TO
whether such treaty. containing anything hos
lie to England, did exist. Prince Gortscha-
,oif's answer was decisive. He said
- do not DENY that there may exist written
agreement between France aud Russia" We an
Drehend this is quite sufficient 10 confirm our dis
luie,uie on this head. OF course we have i'm
after this important confession, less
important assurance. that this written agree
nent docs not constitute 4 hostile alliance
against Europe" We could Scarcely expect
he Russian Minister to admit that treaty
which he keeps shut from the eyes OF Europe,
an agreement for the partition OF Eu-
ope. 1t Is enough for US to know that not a
reaty, for written agreement exists between
rance and Russia, which those powers think II
or their interest to keep secret from any third
,ower.
Prince Gortschakoff gives his personal assur-
nee that this written agreement does not con
utute hostile alliance against Europe, and
pon this We are to lap ourselves into seculity,
'utting our trust firmly in the frankness OF
'rlnce Gostschakohs reading of the written
Sreement and the Innocency OF this little Sc
ret between the two great aggressive Emperors.
We can place no faith in the Russian view Of
he character OF this treaty, for it is u mere pre-
arcaton 10 call written agreement, coueiad-
d by Two Emperors, by any other name. fl we
re 10 believe in Tie innocuousness OF a treaty,
nder which armies put in motion, We should
rst like TO know something OF the articles i
greed to- Denials of late, have lost much OF
heir former value. We recocct how firmly
le mission OF Prince Mcischlkoff was deuied. I
nd.we have had much more recent opportunity
seeing how, day after day, every event that
as about to happen was, in the columns OF the !
lonitear, most Enthusiastically denied. An
fiicIal denial has now come to be the al /
'ost certain torerunner of An ndefeusible en- |
.rprise. 1