The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-28
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from INC correspondence of he Nep York Tribune
FLonENoE, July 9.-The Anstrians try to attri-
butte their failure to the terrible effects OF the
Prussian needle-gun, but even II that should be
the reason of the defeat it is difficult to under
stand Why the Austrians undervalued that weapon
Tor full twenty-five years. They saw it in the
hands OF their Pruseian allies or that date, and
hso s6undant opportunity Of becoming acquaint-
cd cd with the new invention, since at Mentz aud
hastadt, and at Frankfort, there were mixed
Austro-Prussian garrisons, and in the Danish war
Gen. Gablentz was certainly able to see the exe-
Cution thesS needleguns made IN tho lines Of the
present war tho Prusbians had not only suDe-
rior armament, but likewise better plan of cam
Be Sufficiently praised, Old Gen. Count Moltki
has fairly won the most enviaSte fame as one Of
tho greatest generals of the age.
To appreciate his merits it 10 enough to remen-
ber the date Of that memorable campaign. It
was on the 14th Of June that Austria, by trick,
denounced since by Count Bismark, succeeded in
getting q majority for the mobilization Of the
German Confederate army against Prussia which
was tho virtual declaration of war; on the 10th,
Prussian troops entered Saxony, Hanover, and
Electoral Hesse; on the 17th, Gen. Vogle Won
Falkenstein occupies the capital of Hanover, and
the King escapes with his army to Gottingen; on
the 18th, Prince Frederick Charles occupies
Dresden, whence tho King had fed, carrying his
hemia; on tho 10Th, Electoral Hesse is overrun,
| the army escapes, the Elector is taken prisoner,
and tho first cavalry fight is had in Bohemia; on
the 25th, fight at Jung Bunzlau, the Prussians
occupy ReiChenberg and Trautenau; 26th OF June,
fight at Turnau; 9th, the Prince Royal defeats
the Austrians at Nachod, Gen. steinmetz beats,
Archduke Leopold; 18th, battle Of Trautenau,
Gen. Gsblentz defeated; 29th, the army of the
army Of Prince Frederick Charles and OF the
Prince Royal mako their iur otion at Gitschin,
after defeating the Austrians; 30th fights all along
tho line; July 8, battle OF sadowa, or at Konigs-
gratz, as the Austrians prefer to call it, by taking
Olmutz, the Austrian centre broken, the left wing
| off CLAM -Gallas thrown back, and the Austrian
! army flies in complete confusion over the Bistritz
sues for an armistice and NapoIeon's mediation,
| declaring that he is ready to give up Venetia,
making her present to the Emperor OF France;
illumination at Paris, despair at Florence; the
9Th, Prussia and Italy accept the mediation, but
refuse the armstce; on the 9th, tho Prussians oc-
cupy Prague and Pardubitz, an army corps march
another against the Eighth Confederate Army
Corps; on the same day, Cialdni having cross
ed the Po, does not encounter any resistance;
to-day Il o'clockj we get the telegram that Carl
baldi, commanding in q carriage, on account Of
| the recent flesh wound he got in the fight at Caf-
faro, has repulsed theAustrians at Lodrone and ad
yanees into italian Tyrol, while Cialdiui occupies
RoVigo, the Austrianss having withdrawn from oil
| the country between the Po and the Adige, aban-
doning all their. fortifcations on the lower Adige,
and leaving even the guns behind. Florence is in
high spirits ever since we know that the refusal
OF the armistice has been meant in earnest The
heet too, has at last weighed anchor and left An
coma, It is said to have taken $4,000 men on
OF Venice. Francis Joseph sent his Empress to
pesth where she is very popular, since 1t is known
that she always sympathzed with the Hungarians
much more than with the Austrisns. he has is
sued, likewise, proclamation to all tho different
nations Of his Empire firing their hearts to defend
him, since, while he offers peace to his enemies
he could not submit to dshonorable conditions
Napoleon is rather struck by the unexpected
Prussian sucoesses and Count Bismark's stil moro
unexpected refusal OF an armistice. And still the
va ms alra n,
yaria, Wurtembsrg and Baden have not yet felt
his aword, and refase to give up their rights Of
sovereignty ss regards their army and their rep
reaentaton at foreign courts. They must first 6e
defeated; but their forces cannot resist the Prus-
aan attack much beyond the present week, during
% which the Italian army, too, might be able to oc
much accomplished peace may be re-established;
but on 10 other terms than the complete cession
OF Venetis up to the Isorzo of the Tridentine
country, and of italian Tyrol up to the mountains
OF Bobzano The Prussians want from Francis
Joseph the renunciation OF Holstein, the with
drawal Of Austria from the German Confedera-
tion, and the political reform Of Germany, so as
to leave their crowns and the right of faying
their subjects to all the Princes Dukes and Kings
Of Germany; but they will not have any longer
tics and ambassadors. Their armies will melt in
to the great German army, officered and COM
manded according to the Prussian system; the
Princes having only the privilege Of paying the
It is about tho same system which the late East
India Company enforced toward the Indian Rsiahs
and Princes. Like those, tho German Princes
and Kings must give up the right Of making a.
liances and treaties either among one another or
with foreign powers. The end Of such q policy
must, OF course, be sooner or later the complete
absorption or all these little States by Prussia.
Now Austria Is not yet sufficiently whipped to al
low such an important change, and France and
Russia are both frightened by such an increase of
the military power OF Prussia. Francis Joseph,
therefore, reckons upon the support Of those two
Powers, but his opposition shows clearly to all
Germany that he wants feeble fatherland, while
the unity OF the country ia secured by the Prus-
sian plan. Let us hope that tho Germans, too.
will now understand their interests, and in spite
OF the antipathy against Count Bismark's home
policy, side with him in the great political aues-
! tion OF the unity Of Germany. With all that the
| exchange strongly believes in speedy peace with
in afortnight, as soon as Bavaria and the Eighth
Army Corps Of tho Confederation are sufficiently
| whipped
The Turks have recognized Prince Charles Of
! hohenzollern as Prince OF Rvumania for money
| consideration.
DEATH OF THE PRINCE DE CoNpE-The house of
Louis Philippe is unfortunate, even after it's mis-
fortunes have been heaviest. The death OF the
Duke dOrleans was severe blow to IT, and wa
now have to record the death OF the young Prince
de Conde, the oldest son OF the Duke dlumale.
He is said to have been unusually yieorous in
mind and body, and to have promised noble things
for himself and his house il life had been snarsd
to him. He was educated by his father I'm iSdin.
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