The New York herald., 1864-09-19

snAs soe '~ ""us W protersa rsas Il certainly
required some rmness or ser part 70 stand The deuss
u blhossga'e lnA' - .saowersd spoa them ignore
tAs existence OF Inc ~ribls ChAn.sl Gses that was A.
ways sailing rom ne Downs, but got Away FROM
shere ana u" .oy 70 force Lord Pslmerston the War
MINISTER pa" Sosnence 70 out for the nrst timo m
ss NE N Ns novel character Of disciple ~ Ehu Bur-
r"'' ne spoe.ie OF pesee-at any-price The Ein-
Pcsof u the French has compromised him
sell The degree his magranmous
ally on The other side Of the channel; but win
aesy that bis reputation Las suffered from hs attitude
w. the Danish question, which bosrays prudence that
savors strongly OF nmdity and openly stigmasized as
such The dispatches OF the Dsnlsh Ambassador at
PARIS which were published through .he wfoi incis-
eretlen OF government OF these facts,
perhsTs excusable n the Germaus, 10 speak more
correctly the Prusssns Convinced that the pacific,
leon Was dictated oy whoiesone dread Of tns nimlabe
fsdrdd aod that, IN short, he Is more AFRAID OF them
The change in the national spirit Is visible not c1ly
language Of the press nut in tho current OF public
opiniou ideas OF var and conquest are becoming deci
dcdy popular and although Prussia 10 osiensbiy on the
most friendly terms with France, AID general Won Room
hss Just accepted ~ invitation TO the camp at Cnsous
people beginning recoect that Asce and Lorraine
are as much German provinces as Schleswg aossein,
and consequently quite much in need Of being
"berated To be sure, Alsace and Lorraine do not ex
pess any desire OF such liberty might be acquired by
The help Of Prussian CT Austrian bayonets and the way
the Prnssian sodery gong on just now IN their own
country win scarcely induce oppressed nationates"
10 apply 70 them Tor protection from various parts
which have been perpersted ~ the military upon
armed civilians, ana the government authorities do very
little to check these exhibitions of awess violence, which
usually proceed from pot vasnt young officers who draw
their swords the slightest provocan without any
proyoe8ton al all II WIS bope1 thst the Prussian
army had found some moro honorable vent for It's martial
spirit, the dsordery would for which had
long been notorious; but from the mpuny they enjoy
under the present reign they 10 become more re
quent than No wonder the Danish papers complain
SO bitterly OF The conduct Of the Prussians IN Jut
land, for il they behave 10 their country
men how are they likely TO treat their enemies II
Is curious by the way that an army ike the Prnsssn
which prides Itself upon being national one, and ~
cruiIed from all classes OF the population without
tion. should be she most rude and overbearug in lis
aemeanor towards the civic portion OF the inhabitants
Not that this detracts from It's military efficiency on
the contrary j. likely 20 ngh all the better for
war essentially brutal occupation, tho moro brutal
soldiers the more they lifted for their trade And
this perhaps s the reason why the King Of Prussia
toerates the pranks OF the soddtscd 20 which must be
added that they tend 70 perpetuate the antsgonsm be-
tween citizens aud soldiers which despotic monsrchs
The peace Vienna commenced on the 25th
inst second meeting Of the plenipoenaries look place
on the 26th, third the 29th which shows that
they in earnest than they London where
they met once week TO separate sgan for want OF in
sructions The principal difficulties that are stl TO be
overcome are, the first place rectiAcatou the
frontiers, which the Danes wsh 10 draw further south
than the Allies disposed 10 admit and then repair
ton OF the national debt which the scheswisers would
fam eschew altogether as they contend that it in
Cured ior purely Danish purposes, and that they
are sufficiently hardened already in having 10
pay The war expenses. u Is extremely doubtful,
concluded before the expiration of the armistice which
III that event, would have TO be prolonged weeks
in order to give time for further negotiations.
renewal OF hoetilttos is improbable, the Danes hav
ing discovered by sad experience that they have
ssance TO expect either from England or from sweden
can in hopes, ike Mr. hicawber, thai something will
turn 70 improve their prospects that their enemies
VIII iai out among themselves, ana thus give them a
chance OF Winning what they have lost. Il is secret
that the Cabinets OF Vienna and Berlin far
on the npal des,!nasion OF the ducnies. AnslrIa
would like them to be over without delay the
Prince OF AugustcnbUrg, TO ths Grand Duke Of
odcnburg in a word TO be disposed o. somehow or
other to have the whole affair settled and to be
home, especially in veuetia where revolutionary
break appears to be imminent but with Prussia II is
exactly the reverse and Tar from being harry % SO,
out OF the duchess she would prefer leaving her army
of occupation there te die An appeal OF the wise
didatss to the judgment Of the Federal Diet will be OF
little avail, as the forms and ceremonies OF that body
are 90 datory in their nature that weeks, mouths
nay years. may eiapse before decision Is arrived
at and then depends upon Prussia whether she
will respect II not. In the Diet Itself
the par.i.ans Of Ausustenourg in the
majority, but the regulations allow the minority TO dis
pute the ground inch BY inch, spd consider that
only the Duke of odenburg but the Prince OF Hesse cssse
the Duke M Memngen and the Duke OF Anha have or
them claims to proer, enber upon Laucnberg upon
dsricts Of HolsteiD which must be listened to and de-
liberated upon, may easily imagine what unlimited
scope such oongere: Of conflicting prstensons viii
afford for protraced litigation It's chancery suit for
three dukedoms which may outlast our generation.
Our 81. PetersbarG Correspondence. |
ST. PETERSBURG, Angus, %, 1884.
Expedition TO Central Ana-Cong,est of rarkisaa-Libe
ration Of Nalioa Pr0on1s-Hanevwa a, Krasnoe |
Seo-Ceneyai 7edieten-Adn,iYal LesseGsky and the |
United States Airssr-7As Rusnan Squad,or San |
Francssco-Raii,oay Inet9enee-Scar1ty Of Cotton |
BondiM, dc.
The expedition In Central Asia has been Eapidy and
trely successful The detachment under General Cbss
nayer which started from Fort Perorsky Lake Ara
vanced up Dora tho ancient Jaxares) without
meeting with e1emy aod invested the strongly fori
6ed city Of Asret, Otherwise called Tlrkstan which
rendered In few days at discretion The fortress OF Ar
sa about hundred further south and nearly
haf way between Turkisan and rashkent, sso
pied without resistance, aud the Russian troops there
tore, are masters Of the whole extep, Of terri
tory between the upper Sir apd the Cbee. with
the road to Kossnd open to them 10 the south
east and 70 Bukhara the southwest. wnether opera
tions will continued in either OF these directions,
whether government will be with the sdvan
tases already ganod--vhich must greatly add 10 the
presige OF Russia ia Central Asia, besides securing
frontiers against The hostile incursons u the Krgheez
ia doubtful question, aud viii probably depend upon
circumstances. To Judge from precedent there will he
pause conqussts in these regions always
proceeded step by step. Hitherto have been as IL
nibhng at the corners of those great Turconan
Kingdoms, and il win require mature dsberstion before
decide npon penetrating into the INTERIOR which is
sti, In great measure, krra sacooI,ta Its area
comprises at least million and half OF square verss
with population vroosy estimated from sl1 TO ten
millions and they were united under head instead
OF bong spit up into several ststes-Khiva, Bukhars
koksnd, Bsisn &c ALI jealous OF and often with
other their Numbers ssd ,be inaccessby o their
country would render iss Invasion hazardous undertak
ing Meanwhile tho Enir Of Bukhara been SO fright
encd by the advance q the Russians released
all the prisoners thar bad taken by h subjects IN
violation Of the treaty Of 1865, and among them
tie unfortunate Italians sho arrested sples
vbde engaged 90 journey Of scientific explora
ton, and whose liberation bad been va,py solicited
bv the French and British governments. Tie English
papers which arc always dreaming OF plots against their
Indian d0miniors represented these travellers