The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-06-08
Euronean Intelligence.

The Paris Correspondent of the New |
York Day Book writes letter to that pa
per about the war, which though not con-
tanning the very latest news will still be |
read with interest:
of course the war is the only subject Of |
conversation or meditation here, and l |
ought to write about that first. 1t Is |
fact that we Americans are an excltable
and enthusiastic people, witne.s the Cable
glorifcation and City Hall burning, but
used, as we are, to see every one around
US 20 mad over the slightest matter that
touches our patriotism or national pride,
we can form idea of the way the
French people 'go it" when they etstart-
ed unless we have been amongst them
before The nation is all alive with the
war excitement. In Paris, at the Cafes,
where everybody goes to hear and discuss
the current news, the talk is about moth
ing else. The plans of the Emperor and
the King Of Sardinia, the maR9uvers of
the Austrians, the personal merits Of the
generals in command, and the present
and remote consequences of the war, are
the all engrossing topics of conversation.
In the provinces, too, there Is unusual
excitement. The conscript dreams of
| commission and a cross won on the field
| of glory, and perhaps fancies himself
very embryo Murat or Ney, for should his
| lucky star be in the ascendant, why should
| he not reach the pinnacle as well as they?
| Here in Paris we see everything to rouse
| the imagination and thrill the heart with
| the widest thoughts and desires. The
roll of the drums the sound of martial
music, the rumble of the artillery over the
paved streets, and above all, the sight of
long columns of fighting men, with meas
ured tread and fluttering colors, on the
march to the railway stations where they
are to depart for Italy, is an inspiriting
| spectacle, and am little too hot blood
ed to be able to suppress cheer and
wave of the hat, with the rest OF the crowd
as the gallant fellows go by.
confess to liking for Napoleon. We
are apt to admire lucky men though they
may have bad points about their charac-
tiers. The present Bonaparte has not on
w been fortunate but he has displayed the
most consummate craftsmanship of the
present day. 1t is no easy matter to work
ones way to the head ola people like the
French, and to maintain it. The Empe-
ror has raised France to pitch of great
ness which she has not seen since the
first Napoleon was crowned. lie has Gre
ated an immense navy, one almost equal
to that of England. He has carried on an
extensive system of internal improve
ments. He has fortified the coast so as to
make it almost impregnable. He has ele-
waited the French name and fame abroad
and he has diplomatised and maneuvered
so sI<illfully that to-day he is the arbiter
of the fate of Europe. Not bad for the
refugee of 1887 and the English constable
of lS4S. believe, moreover, that he is
as much feared and hated by the British
as ever was his great uncle
wish | could give you something def
mite from the seat of war The battle we
have been so eagerly expecting for the
! past ten days has not yet come off, not
t withstanding the predictions and specula
tions of newspaper editors. and everybody
f else. for that matter The English pres
5 declares that the dilatory movements o
D the Austrians are unaccountable, and
| think can detect, running through it
: columns an undercurrent of disappoint
n ment because Gen. Gyulai did not marcl
upon Turin, capture it and drive the Sar
l. dinians over the Alps, as it is supposed h
d might have done had he been quicl
) enough after the three days grace expired
n People explain the causes of the Austrian
ii tardiness in different ways. Some say tn
Y terrible rains which have prevailed sine
/ the first of May, have prevented Gen
IS Gvulai from putting his plans into opera
a tion. Others. that the tidings of the rev
9 olution in Tuscany and other Italian State
% have forced the commander to be caution
70 in his movements. The opinion is ais
n expressed that new peace negotiations ar
n on foot. but this idea has few adherents
v and is generally secuted. Matters hav
IS gone too far, and peace cannot have
5 ''show" until after great battle has bee
Is fourht. Still another reason has bee
10 suggested which, to my idea, has som
10 plausabilitv about it.. The Austrians, it
N said. did not contemplate march upo
20 Turin. They crossed the Ticino to levy
n. contribution for their own support o
" those unfortunate Sardinians who wei
ar in close proximity to the frontier, aft,
as which they intend to retire and assume
In defensive attitude. They hold several
ms the strongest tortresses i'll the world
ia their Lombardo Venetian possessions. al
e. which they have constructed at an il
as mense cost and upon which they have Ia
ng ished all the skill which the present a.
to has afforded. They know every inch
is the ground from the Ticino to the Adris
Tia ic; they are fully prepared for the contiiC
We and aboveall, they are fighting for eX
10 tence as nation, therefore, they m
he well feel confident of success, when {
ia, tackled on their own soil. We shall Sc
as Napoleon says he expects to be in Mil
ID, on the lst of June. His uncle went the
on in shorter space of time, but he had
= fight great battle, and win great vic
NC nv on his way, and so must the nephe
he Troops are still being hurried off frC
en- Paris for the war. Tomorrow it is /
Iv. nounced that the entire regiment of t
n a Cuirassiers of the Guard will depart
be Italy. About one hundred thousa
at French troops are estimated to bein Pi
! mont at the present moment, and in t