The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-05-12
War Begun.

Ry the Anglo-Saxon at Guepee anu
,bs Adelaide at st. John, We have the IN
,a,,;,ence of another weeks rumors and
svepts IN Europe. The most important
statement Of all is in the brief dispatch
of the Adelaide, W hich informs us that q
hundred and twenty-five thousand Aus
trians have crossed the Ticino, Dat ialis
to give any further particulars on the
subject. Supposing this to be true, ana
it is no wise Improbable, the war has ID
fact been commenced; though the Dews
brouch ht by the Anglo Saxon rather lndr.
Gated that at last Louis Napoleon had
carried his first point, and that the hos
t;litie.. which seemed on the point OF
breaking out, had at last been postponed.
The eist of this news is that contained az
tho very close Of the Apglo-S Saxons DIS
match It is stated that Russia, instesd
of standing aloof like England, has en-
tered into an alliance offensive and deien-
,ive with France, and is to bring iour
corps d a,naies into the field, two on the
Austrian, aud two on the Prussian IRON
tier. True, We are not told the precise
extent Of this alliance, nor how tar move
ment on the part of Austria and Sardin'
ia would be considered by Russia an at
tack on France; but the idea ofa Russian
army crossing the Hungarian frontier,
not now for the purpose OF suPpressing
linsurrection, but to drive the Austian ar
mics ont Of it, must be q decided cooler
! to any military movement on the Part OF
the Austrians against Sardinia.
Simultaneous with the news OF thus
treaty between France and Russia. me
London Herald, which is the organ OF the
c Derby Ministry, announced that the Eng
lish Government had received, on the
26tb. an official intination of the acccp-
. tance BY Austria Of the mediation pro-
i posed by England What the nature OF
e this mediation is, was explained by LORD
s Derby in bis speech at the Lord Mayors
if annual banquet at the Guildhall. 1t ap-
pears that after Austria bad finally re-
: iected the bases for a di-arn went, and
e Congress proposed by England after the
e failure of the Russian proposition, IN
% which the idea Of a Congress was hrst
: brought for yard the English Governu eut
: resolved to make still another effort to
prevent the explosion. For this purpose
le along with their protest against Austria
le nenaced declaration of war, Lord Der
D. by's Cabinet offered to the parties SIM
pie meditation, leaving the military prep
arations aud the positions of the armies
y" precisely in Stat@ quo, so that if the nedl-
+ alton ..-bould fail to bring about settle
a mcut, they night then proceed to eztrem- :
" tiles This proposal, It is said BY Lord
. Derby's newspaper, Austria scccepted, +,
aud considering the source of the report,
~ there was reason to believe it true. If,
Us however, the Au-trians have really inva-
dcd Sardinia, the report of the Herald
E. was fiction.
., 1t is true that no blow had yet
: been struck BY Austria before the sailing
= of the Anglo Saxon. although Piedm ont
lO bad by no means agreed to the disarmiug
D. which the Au,trian Government required.
re Much weight, however, must not be given
. to this circumstance. According to the
Turin journals the Austrian demand for
- disarmament was made upon the Sar-
ST diban Government on the evening Of the
ii 23l. OF course, the three days of grace
G. did not expire till the evening of the Goth,
aud az the Anglo Saxon left Liverpool on
the morning OF the 9th, even if Austria
had carried out her threat to the letter
as we could not.have heard anything OF II
lis until the arrival of another steamer. An
|, other important statement is, that the
- Prussian Cabinet vas not prigy to the
Austrian deman'I on Sardinia. and bad
" positively refused any CO operation in m a
tn king it, thus rendering the isolation oi
at Austria couplete, and leaving upon ber
I'd the sole responsibility Of commencing the
;; war, even against the remostrances OF the
only Powers to which she could look for
any couhtenance or support.
On the other band, it is to be consider
IT. ed that the reported alliance between
"a. France and Russia may after all be but &
on mere rumor 1t does not appear uPor
what authority the announcements made
and the Adelaide does not report any
De confirmation o. it. In Piedmont all va:
warlike enthusiasm. The Chambets has
u passed vote investing the King with die
=. tatorial powers, and on April 27, which
= was the day for the commencement Of hos
tilities, according to the Austrian pro
e. sramme. both King aud Chambers were
p to attend q religious ceremony, aftel
n. which the King was to set off for the ar
c- my. The French troops were being pusE
les ed forward to the frontier with all posi-
-e BILE expedition. At "a special meeting 0
on the French Legislative Body on the 26th
he the war was spoken Of as having beer
lat forced upon France by Austria. aud, ac
cb cordng to the Paris Patrie, the Emperor
aud Prince Napoleon were to leave Paris
for the army on the 9th
There is, then, no good reason T.
doubt that the var has at last begun
At Who can say when aud how it will end
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