New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-08
POPULAR FEELING AND PREPARATION FOR
WAR.


Corrc.po ndence OF tss COX Reporter. o-o
STrTTGARDT. June 1S 1850.
have been in all the principal towns between this
and Antwerp and during the eltire time-eeven days
i have heard little else spoken of than Ia sreTre IN
Belgium, and der kycig III Germony.
An Though Belgium | found all whom met in the
hotels and railway carriages, well Informed ot events
as they occuned in Italy, and dspassonae ana npar
tial. They unanimously expressed sympathy ior Tue
sutcrincs If Ialy and hatred OF Austrian tyranny, Out
expresseG distrut IL the declared ntcut'ors OF apo
leon Ill ard q belief that policy alone influenced
him. sud not any socere wish 10 give freedom To tue
Italians which frenchuen do not themselves possess
The Belgian Government too, he all the Con,inental
Power is iucrasig itJ army, and putting Its strong
holds in order Antwerp it is said shortly to receive
garrison Of 6UN men, and there the dfilihS OI fC-
Cruits il going briskly 0n. .
Having pa sed through Belgium, 10 the province of
Rhe1ish Prussia foun the people expressing Jast The
same opinions heard in Belgium ana well-lnlormed
Of passing events ,
house in order The garrison of Cohlentz and Ehren-
bni>tep is now more than lOClO men, while Malntz,
a ratification of the Band, and gdrsoned by Aus
trans Prussians and licssiacs, at present contains
above l3 600. Ilese iOrre5ses are al present being
uu il TO perfect state Of defense. AL around the Tor
itca;ions Of Cobcntz and Maintz both OF ahchtoSns
are perhaps three miles in circumference, great
pa' ades feet long AID from - 10 H. inches thick,
are being put into the ground Just inside The outer
slope Of the cches of the Notifications. These stakes
rise about 81 feet above the ground, arc placed WIN
an cuenipg of about inches between each, and are
pointed at the tops with the AZ. Iney are Pacci Iar
enough Gown the ditch 10 be out OF reach oil nfe, 6lc
in case Of assault they would oppose an almost insur-
mOuntablc obstacle to the enemy. opposite the pro-
ecting angle Of every bason, they also un across the
ditch. ~
Iyas admitted into .he fortress Of Ehrenbretsten,
the Gibraltar OF the Rhine Tickets are sold Tor =
croscben-or 3d.--by the Government, and sergeant
is sent with you who shows you everything and eA-
pec- - groscbens more a trinkgeld or iinkmohey'
In this famed stronghold, on which enormous suns
Of money have been laid cot to make il impregnabe,
saw no curs larger than 81 FOUNDERS, and no mortar'
save some fiom the time of Lewis NV. which once
belonged to the French There ere heaps oi shot here
bu, none larger than 33pouuders, 80 Tar ss sa~
Passing into Southern Germany, amDugs, the ht,le
Kingdoms and princpalitics and dukcdOms, nni tne
tone and temper OF al classes greatly changel' WINE
on the Rhine people content themselves VI IA carca-
tures Of the French Emperor, here all are iOr lGle-
oiaie war. why not march at once, take Pans,
burn H. and annhilate II utte-ythe hoi-bed OF AZ
European disturbance T. say they.
In Stuttgart the windows OF the prIntshop' are hliei
with pictures OF the brave deeds snd battles OF me
Wurtembergers in the las, war against the Frencn'
War songs appear daily in the papers, calling on Ger
mans once 10 rise ard defend the tatherand ion
the 20 to the Rhine. Old Arndt, the famous winter
Of as soul stirring songs a ever were written has
poy in his old age after long silence written one
more which appears beautifully engraved, with
border of banners, soldiers and horses, III
every window Of the sixty shops where books are sold
The soldiers here are mere louts-not one bas ever
seen shot fred in eares., they are awkward 70 their
movements walk badly, small OF stature and very
youpg. Ten thousand OF them would run before
French regiment.
On Monoay next the Wnrtembersers are 10 march
Ia the IeighborhoOd OF HeibrUar where tley are 70
be ercamped For the last week the mothers sisters
and aunts II tie officers have been hard a. worA
serapng old linen irto Int for the wouods that taeif
relatives soon hope to receive. In the windows OF tAe
ironmongers displayed feidccokery apparatus Tor
officers fear that evil will cone OF this hatred Of the
French by South Germany. l. was only yesterday o1
the news that the Pru-sau Government had moblised
Elk corps d'0rmee that one OF the newspapere here
wrote thus: "God be thanked Germany Is at Ia,
about 10 draw the sword which has toe long epaSsi