The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-09

lhs biussian arerv could now easily, from the hill
LienNein, or IRON that Of Pahensten on the Oppo.
site sde engage the guns Of the fort on equal terms,
but Il is doubtful whether the Prussian compander
| will deem II worth whle 10 drag artillery 10 the Iop
ottbe smaII garrison Of 1900 men who in the event
o. ssxony remaining in his L, possession PCS S must fall
Ietre, proOab'e that Kouigstein, guarced by
IFS esoapDSs and imposSl0lny OF appt0soh, , VIII
sun be allowtdI~ ...
billy. 80. us A..u,o.. - e.o.,.
In most of the villas, he on roads leaIing TO
Ihe frontier, Prussian so diers 'eadings OF the
ana snu Mnuery hores hlI the tarms. -vcsrriaQes
boruer farmers and held guns and aTtiLe. 'Saxons
are are packed on many village green. But tn be
nuNe i 10 complaints 10 make. and as far as -. =
lIe occupation OF their country by the PrussiGu
army. arm tne saxon peaantry and the soldiers on
nv my nosI Hrehuy terms, and STRANGER who did not
know the Prusslan uniform IN passing through the
tefeo among the Deopte OF their own country.
AS soon as the Prussian vanguards crossed the
non ter, Prlnce Frederick Char es issued q most
stringent order, in which he insisted upon the
and the comfort Of the inhabitants This order has
been strictly observed, both by officers and men,
which would be the consequences ct its trans0res-
sion. he kind-hear ed SOLDIERS have brough with
ii EN- none OF those horrors which too often follow
in the train Of IN army which occupies a strange
country. On the contrary were 1t not for the
swords and Oayones of patrols which gitoor in the
sun along every road, the scene one of perfect
pease.
In some places the men are helping the peasantry
TO carry the hay harvest others they may be een
working IN the cottage gardens, and nearly always
are spending money in the village shops; the bare
legged country urchin gets taken up for rides Oh the
cavalry or artillery horses tueY go 10 be waered,
are invited half afraid, to peep INTO the muzzle
OF rlfed gun; and only when, with the contempt
Ored by iam1IiarItv, Some adventurous youD gster
tres TO introduce handful of corntoyers into the
mouth Of piece OF ordnance, Is he warned off the
the precinct OF the battery by the reluc sentry
Nn Waa af nf Arnatr ohv ~,
Oh the 18th patrol crossed the frontier OF Upper
Silesta at 1uau village ABOUT five miles east of
Pless, and EXCHANGED shots with Prussian patrol;
on the 10th an officer, escorted by few hussars,
crossed the same frontier at Klngebeute, a1d came
in collision with Prussian cavalry patrol. very
slight sklrmish ensued, but without so far US has
been ascertalned, any harm being done to either
tran movements. How lone Marshal Benedek's
long silence Is 10 endure, or what IL portends, time
alone can show. Some think he is uniting the Bava-
rian and saxon armies with hIs own, and intenos to
come down INTO Saxony in Overwhelming force by
the Upper scale and Lelpsic, while Others adhere
faithfully to the idea that Silesa is destined to
the first battle.
The names of the General officers who command
the different corps Parmee are as iollOws:-rhe LIST
Corps levied and recruited in the province of Prus-
sIa proper is under the command OF General Won
Bonn; the I'd, or Pomeran,an Corp, of General
Won SchmIt; The 3d. or Brandenburg Corps, and tn
4th or saxon, have no commander at present. and
consideTed TO be under the immediate control of
Prince Frederick Charles; the 9th, or Posen Corps,
Is under General Won StelnmetZ; the 6th or SIle.
| san, under Won Mutus; the 7th, or Westpha ian,
| 8th, or Rhineapd, is commanded by General Her-
warth Won Bttenteld VINO seems to be called inds-
| criminaell Herwarth or BIttenfeld. Ihe great
body of tie cavalry is under frnce Abr chit and
| the Guard is commanded by Prince Auguste, of
The destructive effects Of war are as vet confined
to railways, telegraph wires and bridges rhr fine
| bridges have already been sacrificed. The wooden
| blioQe the Elbe a. Resa burnt by the Sax
Il night before the Prusians entered their
| rtory; the stone bridge OF Massen was blown up by
the Saxon army on i's retreat. In Upper Siesa the
| bridge OF Mysowitz has been own up by the Aus
| trians ana that of Oderburg Is mined ana ready to
| be fired,
| The Prussan military authorities have taken care
to make the Inconvenience of the present state OF
affairs SIT lightly possible on the of
| The country In which their troops ara quartered.
| Passenger traffic on the ra ways OF SaxOny Is
cau.es q gap which Is not yet closed relegraphic
messages are received az the. Bureau; and are
tainiy Delivered IN the nelghborhood, whether
those 10 England reach their destination as certainly
matter OF doubt, for the lines Hanover not
Sa1o to Be in 4TdeT bo, D,vo
peared IN Upper 81 esia have not been followed up
TO the present time by any columns OF INVASION. rhe
time which has elapsed spce their appearance seems
10 augur that they were not the precursors an
attack; it appears more probable that they We're
as Austrian troops were being sent from the dis.
trict about Cracow, to the West, they made
object of drawing h the attention Of the PrnssiaS
commanders from the real point of attack Where
this real point viii be no one this side Of the iron
tier can know Tor certain. The issues Of the posses
are well watched on this sIde and tbeacons are
established on every hill and beside them sentrIes
stand constantly reany to set them on tire and so
flash from hilltop to hilltop the news OF the enemys
approach. These beacons made with straw
wrapped thicklY round the poles and daubed plent-
fully with pitch; beside each stands an improved
sentrybox, also OF straw, which affords In the mean.
time shelter from the sun or ram to the sentinel and
which will also serve, in Of necessity, to add
the brightness of the flame OF the beacon. The roads
leading to the frontier are constantly patroled both
by night and day, while yldettes and pickets are
found on the rise OF every knoll and the corner Of
every wood
The Prussians have not been Careless witnesses of
the great struggle IN America. The organization OF
their army shows that mDstrators have
noted all the results Of and advanced
ciYl izaton which the contest between the Federals
and COnederates called INTO the service of the war
Orders and reports are no longer conveyed tardily
by iosde.Camp and Orderies they are flashed from
corps to corps along the OF the telegraph tor
TO each headquarters field telegraph division is at
ached, as soon as headquarters are established,
cts the temporary bureau OF the chief of the staff
with the nearest permanent telegraph station.
| Prussia about to raise 10000 men in Holsteln,
and Is said to have called for the cOntingsnts OF
| Mecklenburg-S -Schwerin and MecklenDurg- -Strelirz
This with the capture of the Hano seran army will
| place nearly all the fighting men of Northern Ger
| many IN the Prussian ranks. Either side mas no "
done s best to enter with strong army as pos
Bile the campaign the issue OF which must decide
| whether the supremacy In Germany il to belong 10
| the Protestant and progressive North, or 20 the
| Catholic and conservative South.
THE PRUssIAN ADVANCE INTO BOHEMIA.
Correspondence London Times
| BERLIN, June 8.-The Austrian army having re-
peatedly crossed the Prussan frontier without pro
ceedIng any distance into the interior, General
Moltke has now determined to take the initiative
| and seek out the enemy in their own quarters. BY
this resOlute step he apparently intends to disturb
the hostile forces while yet feeling about for an
eigible point Of attack, and perhaps TO engage an