The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-10
LETTER FROM PARIS.

We are at last beginning TO see clearly into the
ignoroqlio which oppresses Europe, and thedenoue.
yaent of which will, no doubt, be amost dreadful
butchery OF Christians.
HUMANITY OF THE PRUssIANs.
The soldiers of Bismark in opening the cam
paign, have begun by assuring the people OF
those countries which they have invaded, that
they have come there as brothers and not as
enemies. In less than six days the troops of
King William are masters of Hanover, Hesse,
and the Electorate Of saxony.
The Hanoverian army, which was massed in
GOttingen in order to form a junction with the
Austrians now sees itself cut IF from its ally by
the Prussians. All the German papers inform
MS that the Prussians have generally been well
received by the populations. The soldiers OF
Bismark who now occupy Wetzlar menace
Frankfort, which is defended by the Federal
army under the command of Alexander of Hesse.
The army called that of the Elbe, commanded
by Prince Frederic Charles, which is now ope-
rating in Saxony, consists of thirty-eight thou
sand men.
The army of Silesia, under the command of
the Prince Royal of Prussia, is much interior.
THE AUsTRIANs
in silesia, on the contrary, are masscd in great
numbers under the command OF Marshal
Benedek to the amount of two hundred aud
fifty to three hundred thousand. We have not
as yet had any battle of Importance. However,
we must mention
THE BATTLE OF RUMsBURG,
on the frontier of Bohemia where, it is said,
the Austrians had the advantage. Per contra,
at Friedberg, near Frankfort, a regiment of
Hessans were completely routed by the Prus-
slams, who menaced Frankfort.
We are daily expecting to hear of a great bat
tie, but to do Justice to the Germans, we must
say that they do not seem to be in a hurry to
come to blows; but the unhappy Teutons already
know the wretchedness of war, as all communi-
cations are interrupted, the rails taken up in
several places hundreds of families have to
lament the absence of brothers, husbands, &C.,
called away to the L1nd1oehr. Business is bad
and almost dead, and, what is even more deplor-
able, the cholera has come to make the bad
worse it has made its appearance in Berlin, in
Stettin, and in Prussan Siesia.
ITALY's DECLARATION OF WAR.
On the 20th inst Victor Emanuel declared
war upon Austria, after which he left Florence
for headquarters at Cremona. The Quadrilateral
will be attacked in three or four days
The Italian army will commence operations at
four different points at the same time. The
Italian fleet will attack Venice, Cialdini, at the
head of eight divisions, will try to cross the
Lower Pc at Rovigno, Victor Emanuel will try
to get hold of the Quadrlateral, whilst Carl
baldi, at the head of his volunteers, will attack
Trent, which is the key of the Tyrol The
italian army is better than is generally be-
leved; the volunteers are the weakest part of
the army. Garibaldi is still suffering from his
wound received at Aspromont1, and lC is pro-
bable that this will be the last campaign of
Giuseppe Garibaldi.
TACITURNITY OF NAPOLEON III.
Our army, to be sure, Is still on a peace foot.
ing but our peace footing is very like the war
footing of other nations. Our fleet is ready for
every emergency. The head of our Govern
ment, before rlsking an inch, wishes to be well
prepared both on land and at sea. This unde
cided attitude of Napoleon III very much pro-
vokes the war party round about him, of which
Prince Napoleon, it is known, is the leader.
They observe that we are losing the best oppor
tunity of making a lasting ally of Prussia, and
getting the borders of the Rhine, which are
so necessary to us. In fact, says the war party,
if we wait until the Prussians are beaten, to
intervene, and the Austrian troops are triumph
ant our influence will be diminished in Ger
victorious without our aid it is not likely that
they will quietly give up the Rhenish provinces.
/ think the Emperor would have taken some
decisive step had it not been for
THE ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.
Russia, more than any other country, gives
our Emperor much anxiety. After much hesi-
tation, the Cabinet of st. Petersburg, notwith-
standing its professions of attentive neutrality,
seems more or less inclined to go little fur
ther. Should France take step, Russia will
take two.
On the other hand, the defeat of the Gladstone
Ministry in England may be the means of
changing things on the other side of the Chan.
mel. We may be said to be dancing on vol
cano. There are five millions OF armed
men in Europe at the present moment In the
midst of this imbrogllo home matters are en-
tirely neglected. The "Corps Legislatif" il
quite unheeded, and they can go on discussing
the budget without let or hindrance. The
clever speeches of the radical orator, Jules
Fayre, are sweetness wasted on the desert air.
The evening newspapers are caught up with
aUdity. The Government has given orders tc
the unstamped press not to make any mention
of any military result coming from Germany.
"EIGHT MONTHS IN AMERICA"
We have now little time to devote to ethel
literature or the drama However, there il
a new book on the United States, by M
DuVergier de Lausanne, one of those wht
contributed to the fall of the house o