The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-03
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General ). H. Lane, UnMed States Senator aom Kan.
81. committed suicide BY shooting himself head
The Canadian Parliament yesterday rcturbd TO OTTAWA
from the excursion up the Ottawa river The session
will Be resumed this evening" and the budget win b
again taken up The increase OF the d9ty on whiskey
from thirty 70 sixty gallon will destroy tho vast
smuggling trade that has been carried between Canada
and the United States hitherto and assist tho American
dstfers and the revenue. There n dismay among the
smugglcrs along the border.
= Tho fastest trotting time 10 harness record
made on tho Fashion Course Long Island yesterday by
the bay geding Dexter In for two thousand dol
lars against General Bntler ami Commodore Vanderbilt
All the i've heats made In tho twentles and the last
two in f:24k each
The Naval Academy feet sailed from Fortress Monroe
on It's summr cruise on Saturday.
Stirring News from Europo-rhe Open.
ing OF n Continental OonvuIsion.
The budget Of European news which we
publish this morning is Of the very highest mo-
ment, whether considered In q military, po-
ltioal, financial or ecclesiastical view; for the
fate of armies. kin gdoms, political and financial
systems, Church and State are all involved In
the "irrepressible conflict" II Is the begin
ming Of continental convulsion, which in
wolves q settlement among kings and peoples
Of their disputes, and wrongs and grievances,
Of all sorts, great and small. Of fRy years &C.
cumulation. Specifically It Is boundary
quarrel between Prussia and Italy on the one
hand and Austria on the other, but behind
these puppets stands the French imperial pro-
pagandist, \ poleon, while behind him stands
the old Holy Alliance, and behind them all
stand the revolutionary masses Of the people,
waiting and Watching Cor the opportunity to
turn upon their masters and cast them out
We have no Intelligence Of an actual engage
ment between the Austrians and Prussians
proper but as tho States of the German Con-
federation which sided with Austri, In the
Federal Diet are reckoned as her allies, the
march into and occupation of two of these
Hanover and Saxony-by Prussia, Is equivalent
to hostile crossing of the Austrian frontier.
The Prussians have thus, against Austria,
gained q strong position In securing the i'm
portant city Of Dresden, the capital of Saxony;
and In other respects they have gained appa-
rently every other point Of advantage which
prompt action offered Thorn with the breaking
up Of the general council at Frankfort-on-the-
Main. At the last accounts battle was ex-
pected between the Prussians and Austrians In
Silesis, q valuable province captured from
Austria by the great Frederick, and held by
his successors since that day; and . fight was
also believed to be imminent at Frankfort,
whore thirty thousand federal troops Support
ing Austria) had assembled.
While ell Germany was thus In commotion
from the movements and counter-movements
Of hostile German armies or detachments In
every direction, Italy, It appears, had availed
herself of the occasion for o formal declara-
ton Of war against Austria, and was moving
her regular army under King Victor Emanuel,
as II to push through the famous quadrilateral,
while Garlbaldi, with his volunteers, was
moving to flank 1t, by the northerly circuit
among the Alps, above Lake Garda 1t IL
evident from these simultaneous movements Of
the armies Of Prussia and Italy, that the ALI
ance between them II perfect and that their
respective forces are acting a. the two grand
divisions Of common army operating against
. common enemy. Austria, meanwhile, was
moving with great caution In the North, and,
% II in utter contempt Of the power Of Italy,
was lying perfectly still In the South. Old
Field Marshal Benedek, however, we may
safely assume, IL beaten in these preliminary
movements upon the neighboring German
States by Prussia, and especially in the march
for Dresden, Is only the more actively prepar-
ing for larger game. His extreme caution Is
always suggestive Of meditated mischief and
Of q heavy blow when and where least ex-
pected.
What Is to be the fate Of the Holy Father at
Rome In this continental conflict, becomes here
an interesting question. 1t appears that the
Italian Chamber Of Deputies, by vote Of 17s
to 45, had passed the bill for the suppression
Of the religious bodies (monasteries and con-
vents) and that the Senate had approved the
financial measures Of the government-s6 to
IA. The compression Of the religious bodies"
il doubtless one Of these financial measures,
involving the seizure by the State Of immense
amounts Of property In houses, lands and
movables, accumulated by the Church from
many generations Of the faithful II Is the old
story Of Henry the Eighth Of England against
the monastcries within bis grasp, and Of Juarez
and Macmillan In reference to the Church pro-
perry Of Mexico. II Is only the old story Of .
raid by the States upon the estates Of the
Church when the sinews Of war are otherwise
exhausted. From the estates to the States OF
the Church will probably be the next move Of
the Italians, and within the ensuing six months
the Pope may be shorn Of his tcmporslities
and may even be an exile, and with the con-
sent OF that most devoted son Of the Church,
Louis Napoleon.
The Empress Eugene had gwen . grand
fsts in the Elysee TO the Grand Duchess Marie
Of Russia. This signifies that Russia needs
n LITTLE coaYinn and fhal Nasolaon In vary