New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-18
IN F0HFIGI CORRESPONDENCE,


SreucTIoy or MISREPRESENTATION OF THE
rsorLE-TuB KING AND QuEIS or PRUSSIA.
FROM Oui specsl Corr, sponGent. .
send you a description Of tue march into Austria
Proper translated from the letter Of an eyewitness;
since Yesterday evening duly 10 have been in the
German part Of AUSTIN, u Austria Proper ana our ba The
paans speaking erman after living so long among Scayonic
people though scarcely say, thar even heiS We
done with the scay mic tongues Certainly uhtu es'o he
Russia can have little 70 fear from this land OF Babel, Inc
entrance into Austria Proper yer! .h 'I W
We look down upon quarters Of today WIN the castle OF
Inc Pree, of chtensten rising maestcay in the midst
To the left the Supra the Capahan Stood Out IN
tans dotted with ruined castles aud picturesque hunting
boxes. One building possessed peculiar interest thefs
fought on the plains II Vienna"
This description gives good idea in few words Of the
p,cturcsque character of the country which is again
dark aud bloody ground Further on our correspondent
tells Of the Austrian preparations for the defense OF the
capital The Austrans posted behind Vienna between
that city and Prcsburg for the forcationS OF vienna
near TO the town itself that orr cannon T9ua
seriously njure the latter From Vienna 70 floilsuoll
Is only half an hours walk, and ten minutes Lutlnel o
are tho fortfcations which have been ouit VITA an
enormous outlay but unfortunately too nehr inc cafu.
Certain il U.s. that these days, forhcations II usT9 at
all should be at considerable distance from the d"einhSs
OF those whom they defend, or they are Dut eue hhd
ness. -, -, =,
hemis and Moravia in company with JohonR'fer aud
several others These Johannter are the members OF an
association for experimenting the care OF the wounded
and the general We.l-Delng OF the
white baud with red upon IT on their left arm,
aud this badge telling Of their benehccn mission assures
them of respect and attention from soldiers ana ohces
alike. The railways in Southern Bohemia and MOrayla
were destroyed by the Ausrians their retreat so that
friends had 10 perform much Of their journey on loot
They were struck by the energetic and efficient manner IN
which the Prus,ians repairing the damaged lines
Wherever necessary staff OF head workUen nom
Prussia under whose superintendencc woIk the Gay0n
bohemian Moravan railway pories and switchmen VINO
arc ound on the spot The presence of PuSian soldiers
greatly suppors tie authority of the head workmen and re-
prcscs all thought Of insubordnaon IN their hostile I'M
derings. On leaving large town in Bohemia, my friends
warned that small party would be liable TO attack
from peasants armed with scyhes, but feeling as is the
wont Of when carrying firearms, supreme confidence
In rifles cold steel they set out boldly on their route
the country The peasantry sometimes TOOK niue
pains them from walking mile or two out OF thelr
way-a German mile mean, which Is at I.aStas ions as
i've English or American miles But. otherwise, they re-
cciycd annoyance from these primitive people VINO i've
in quiet "backwardation" style that would astonlSh
their Tclton cousins on the Other sde OF the Atlantic In
ret for the gentle deneanOr of the peas MIS- the Prns-
behave very mildly coward them Indeed 1t IS SCI
dom that could traverse conquered country and OBJ
few traces OF the invaders rs are To be found IN
Bohemia and MOrava. Cnttage homes and gardens are
untouched and smiling. The Pgussian army Is an army OF
educated men, with many gentlemen serving IN the
ranks aud thus horrible rs is the destruction which civil
1zaton gives 10 he weapons Of wa, that same cVi-
ton mihga'cs the suncriugs which follow after defeat
The chief source of irritation the North Germans IN
their occupation of Bohemia and MOraya, and that Whlch
often calls down wordy voley upon some unlucky
peasant, Is the difference o language aIeeIt hu'u u.
The language OF the poor of Bohemia and Movia IS as
different different from German than Is EngiSh
from French. The peasants can only guess az tue mean
ing OF their unwelcOme guests and you may imagine the
anger of hungry Prssian rheman who has asked ior
beef and Is cage y assured OF good nights lodging.
King William is the seat Of rapidly acquiring
popularity as a victorious soldier King. He is now at
Nkolsburg the borders OF Austria proper ana occupies
the old palace Of those fine old German buildings
which have peculiar charm for our American cousins
There he receives the deputies of ministers who are trying
~ obtain for the defeated rover prolonged truce end
ing in a settled peace While the King is With the army,
The Queen visits the sick and wounded, spending many
hours among the soldiers who have so bravely suffered
yuR RETURN OF PgAcg-wHAT PRUSSIA SHALL GAIN
ny TIE wAR-TEB STRENGTH SHE GAINS BY HER
NEW ACoUAINTANCBs-THg NATIONAL PARTY
CALLING FOR THB DIsMEMBERMEST OF AUSTRA
-rHR POWER or NORTHERN GERMANY-cOUHT
BIsMARK's DEsIGNs-wHAT OUTSIDE INTBRFBR-
ENCR WOULD Do.
Fton, Our Own Correspondent.
BERLIN. August Q, 1850.
War seems over the prelminacs of peace are signed,
Che King and his Prime Minister return 10 Berlin, and
part Of the andwehr again discharged So far
everything really points to peace and this discharge Of
troops and the cessation of the sending on of reserves
proves sufficiently that the belief in peace prevails also in
Government circles The preimnarcs of peace have not
yet been made known, but what has transpred from off,
cal quarters tends show that Prussia apart from the
formation of new German Confederacy, will gain con-
siderable accession OF territory Prussia shall get Han
over HesseCasse Seheswig Hosten, Nassau, tie free
town Of Frankfort and part of Hesse-Darmstadt alto
gethcr about 10000 square miles, with population of
or much 20 10 % per cent Of her actual pos
sessions Quite important this direct acquisition
the concession already made by Austria and the other in
ferested German princes that Prussia shall be entitled to
form North German Conedencv in which she shall as
sumo the military and diplomatic leadership Beside the
territories TO be annexed the CoHfederacy would embrace
Saxony, the two Meckenburgs, Oldenburg brunswick,
The Thurngan States the Lppes and Valdez, ana the
Uapso towns Bremen Hamburg and Lubbock with popu-
1Aton OF than 100000 That military organization
which Prussia owed her great and RAPID successes wouu
be undoubtedly at once introduced IN tins Confederacy
with agree oil parties in Prussia and the national
party in the other states
military strength would then amount TO 3OO0OOOO and
would unite all the elements Of Saxon descent on German
soil These results appear 50 great that not only Aus
and her late allies viii try 10 embarrass Prussia IN every
manner an the peace negotiations but that also foreign
powers and principally France, will not unlikely en-
courage them in their resistance.
This Circumstance acquires still greater importance
when we consider how the popular movement joins every
where the victor and invites him 10 new deeds ior noWs
ever great is the Prussa does not yet satisfy
the national party all Germany Many voices are
already calling for the dismembecn Of Austria and the
dethronng Of the Hapsburgs IN their desire TO see the
unity Of Germany established by these victories and oy
che arms Of Prussia.
The national party held indeed very different new as 70
how national unity should DO established Hnever thought
that the two great German powers would enter on deadly
struggle and still less that OF them should prove so
completely vctonous, that even France noud feouhee
nil idea of intervention But, least OF all 1t had thought
Ehat Prussan absOutism, " ie desposme ecidt which
rogns in Prussia STILL notwithstanding the existing con.
suton would really set to work TO satisfy those national
demands it had often denied All doubts eeased now
ever when the Princes Of Hanover, Saxony and Cassel
were driven away, and public sentiment underwent at
once a complete change. 1t was now bent on war and
ali wishes were now directed toward the establishment OF
German National State by the means of Prussia. The
Prussan successes the battlefield have spread tins
feeling over all Northern Germany and even in Southern
Germauy this change comes slowly yet and lncOn-
pietey but it comes in spite of the war; and in spite
of DQac W