, 1864-02-25


80. ~ ,,,,*1;,as ~ ,y1,;c,, ~. ro-.
nsnn'u'h NJ '.e oO'1s7 W. 80 - o., 80
rceny given III Inc aooVe nap, 1s 90 nlies
long, and from 20 to los in breadth, enclosing
m area Of 2l,90o square miles. American
-. ~, ,>att., ,,,an-.+,na +,,,ec d;,nsu.
4eeoe!e "'1i o~''e4 ,IA.. 80. ~.
slons by tue compafatlsc statement taat Ills
equals the aggregate area Of Vermont, Mas
eacLnsctts and Connecticut The military
forre Of Denmark on war footing ia given
- 81 coo nocr
Il. oo,eoo ,mrcn, .4. ,n,,,- orr,r7,,,
The death Of King Frederick VII, Of Den
marx which occurred on Nov. Is, 1858. has
.,.,.s,,t ~, o-;ots T., 49, c.,,osn.;. uo,s+a,r
otousn' III ~ sa4els ~ 1us osn.ss = 1o1e.eln
question. Inc TWO duchles OF ochlcs"le ana
Holetein have never been integral n2rts OF
Denmark, but tbeywere independent duchies,
1xhose anc cs tan1,cnca IN ,,c ut thc saroc lime
80 ~ -. ~ n@,>N..,'s ~ .I,ss -
Abss OF UenmaFk- IN uenmarh proper Tue
crown Of the monarchy was transmissible to
females: in the two dnchies the sa1ic Inv
prevailed, according to which tic crown can
onty oeeccaa ~ Aette n,a1e' ~ eonesquense
Of this difference Of the law Of succession, the
connection Of the two duchies with Denmark
had to cease with the deatA Of King Frederick;
the Prince of Augustcnburg being the lawful
sneeee9Gf n n e tHo 1ncms, ana anotnta
eer,ra t1,e infc0sitv cf tha Tlcn;st 7nnnorr,,v
\ Conferences Of the rrcat mowers Of Enrone
held at London iu 1S;e, and In which Eng
land, France. Russia. Austria. Prussia and
Sweden took part undertook to change the
and in tue dnchies, designating Prince Chris.
tiar. the father Of the princess Of Wales and
Of tic new King OF Greece. as entitled to sue
cessiou for tie whole monarchy. On the
death Of King Frederick, the Prince Of Au-
gustcnburg claimed the succession in the two
Suchjes, Oh the ground that the conference Of
Loudon was not authorized to disnose Of his
rIclts and The privileges Of the people of the
fWo dnchfps-fhnt neither the DIets of tbe
dncbies % nor the felcrI Diet Of germany ~ had
pfyen their consent to the nrotocaI nf '1a5o
and thai Il was therefore utterly inyn1id. The
c1ains Of the Drince were nj once recornized
i,y nums,er Of the Geruan princcs. ana sus
ta,nnd ~ tho Eerman 1,enn1e renersiiv
Tic di,cI.v NJ Ho1stejn * cxclnsiveiv ;n},oh.
tied by Germans, and is mari Of the Gcr1nan
Confederacy. In Sch1eswir abouf 14G 5OO
inhnhitnrta are eneaEfnr 7;ermnn 4; 0o0
Friesiau, 135. eco Danish, and 5000 Danish
and German. SclIcsWjr does not belonr to
tie German confederacv. bnt by yirtus of
treaties is connected with Holstein. The two
duchies {tosether with the duchy of Lauen.
Durg) hare population Of l004, ,43 souls,
. -,u,-..
1hh s1ioatWS. = - =.
correspondence u. !. "oadf
PARtn, Feb. :, 1854.
The first gun Of the long forsecn European
war has been fired, and he would be an
dict the time when peace and good will
among the Nations Of tbis continent shall be
restored At present, attention is concen-
trnted upon the little dnchy Of SchlcswIg.
In short time the field of military opera
tions will hive extended itself far and wide.
| such, = target tor The gibes Of France. The
! greatest possible aerebity iB manifested by
I Ibe French Journals toward their ancient
enemy.
The latcst news from Schlcswig which has
rcached Paris, describes the Prussians aud
The Vienna Journals, in announcing the ar
+ riva1 Of the troops upon Danish territory,
issued sort Of mork proclamation to the
| Danes, impioriuy them not to run away too
soon, for the eakc Of their brave soldiers,
who did not wish victory too easily won.
These trumptters mn6t have been much dis
comfitted Wien the news Of the first re-
pulse reached them The number of troops
engaged in this first attack was 5000
| Prnssians against two Thousand Danes The
| whole number of troops OF the allies Is esti-
| mated at fifty thousand infantry, eight COM
panIes Of cavalry, and one hundred pieces of
| artillery. The Danes have only twenty thous-
and troops in all. 1t must be understood
! that to enable The Danes t., renal an attack
/ Of forces SO superior. thcy arc intrenched be-
| hind formidable fortiticafious. The Danne-
wcrke. Wl,cll is the uational fortifi-
across the whole peninsula from the NORTH
| sea to Tie Ralf1c. for n lcn.-th Of about one
hundrcd and Eve miles, This was BE-
pnn IN the niuth century. and now consists
81 three principal Parts, disposed in the shape
| Of n funnel. tie opening Of which is intended
for tie sortic oi the troops. Its average
height Is from thirty to thIrty-six feet, aud
its fh1cEnese from sixteen to twenty. It ia
| lie onit,ion of the best Danish engineers, that
"a cod ncn Occupying it in ordinary weather,
1C1nN0 1ncn. WissnnIe Is one of The most
iTnr,ortent To;nts m the whole nosjtion.
| nneo n rcesass;on of fhe ;nvaders thrr
UonIa mi 1;ftie frnnblc in fatinv Schl.sw;r
Rnf thc Anstr;ans and Prnssians arrived too
jafc hr f;,rfnieht- If they had come to the
| 1rnmld 1lare hccn comnarat;reIy elsy. int
| th.c l,ore 1,ow bc:ore tjie.n a rreat exfent Of
| n.o1shos ,Th;ch cannot casiiv Re frayer5els
| Marshal W:rnnce] the commnnder.in-c ;ot
tho aiiied fnrces 1,hs ordered that the two
| armies ghal adopt a badge consisting Of a
| TAite baud vorn around the left arm, as a
symbol Of unity In a common canse The
hodcr is fhe same worn bv the Austriaps and
/ Prnssiaus In the war against the French un-
der Napoleon l., and its adoption at present
is rerr irritating to the French. Marshal
Wrangc1 will haye reached Ills elghtieth year
on the 18th Of april next he entered the
army as Lieutenant ut fifteen years OF age.
He retains lively luminosity against Frascs,
bis lrst military exploits having been per:
formed in resisting the iocnFsions oi the II 1irsi
Emperor. ne entered faf1s WITH me aiiico
ARMIES as Leatenant ~ = Coi9ns nc ;s ssaa te
owe his rank ana Mgn mllltaf! posinon, no
cnnoay o1 s n;s sa5ors ith ,nadenas a. ~