The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-10
H u R O H.
By Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Cable.
NEWS TO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE AUsTRo.ITALIAN WAR.


LONDON, August 9.-The relations between the
governments OF Austria and italy are assuming
threatening attitude.
SHIP DANUBE" BURNED AT SEA.
LIVERPOOL, August s.-The ship Danube, from
Bristol Tor the United States. has been burned
at sea. Her passengers and crew we're saved
and brought to this port by the ship ComOeer
from Mobile.
sUNDRY ITEMS CORRECTED.
Some items IN the European news by the cable
should have cad as iolloWs:-
The Colorado Admiral Goldsborough's flagship
OF the United States squadron, from Lisbon, has
arrived at Plymouth, and sailed for Cherbourg.
The Fr0lic is with her.
The great prize.hght for the championship of
England, between Jem Mace and Joe Goss took
place to-day, August Z. Twentyone ROUNDS were
fought, when Mace was declared the winner.
THE DEFUNcT DIET-The German Diet, on
quitting Frankfort removed, as has been stated,
to Augsburg, but as matter of form only. A
Berlin letter gives some details respecting the
present composition of that assembly:-"In
the first place, it comprises the representative
OF Austria, then those OF Bavaria, Wurtemburg,
Baden, and OF Hesse-Darmstadt, with the en-
voys of SaXe-Meiningen, Lichtenstein, and the
younger branch Of Reuss; so much for the
reignlng princes. To them must be added the
representatives Of princes mp0rtibus lnfdeiluDa,
that is to say, of the territories occupied by the
Prussian armies, and consisting of SaXony
Hanover, Electoral Hesse, Nassau and Frank.
fort. The Grand Duke OF Hesse will soon pass
from the hrSt category into the second, and the
Grand Duke OF Baden is believed to be only
waiting for the approach OF the Prussians TO
recall his troops from the Federal army, and
his envoy from Augsburg" The number of
soveTe1gns having representatives in the Diet,
and being in possession of their States, will
then be reduced TO tour-the Emperor of
Austria, the Kings of Bavaria and Wurtumberg,
and the Prince OF Lichtensten.
WHY BENEDEK WAS DEFEATED.-In the church
of the Jesuits, az Vienna, few days ago, Father
KinBlowstroem declared in the pulpit, that if
the Austrian army had been beaten its reverses
were not to be attributed TO the detective com.
bnations OF its chiefs, the needle-gun or the
skill OF the Prusslan generals but solely to the
will of Providence, who mad thus punished
Austria for having contded the chief command
to benedek, Protestant, ana an enemy of the
true religion. THE reverend gentleman" OBJ
serves the Independence, appears to have fol-
gotten to explain how and why Providence,
having permitted Protestant to be defeated,
bad, az the same time, allowed two princes OF
the same religion TO be rewarded by victory"
CIGARS FOR THE PRUssIAN SOLDIERs.-A letter
from heidelberg has the folio wing:-"The news
which reaches us from Frankfort is not of
nature to reassure the population menaced with
invasion. The incredible war contribution of
eight cigars a head, of which spoke yesterday,
was not ridiculous invention of party spirit, it
was reality. Only l ought to add that the sol
diers, less mmoderate than their chiefs. in
general refuse to accept them, and content them
selves with two or tnlee. Here people are quite
easy en- this subject; they will offer the famous
living who could resist the action of three of
those. II General de Falkenstein compelled the
Prussians to smoke eight, he would put the
heroism OF his troops to a rude test"
A STORY OF A SENTNEL.-A story is told of a
Prusslan sentinel stationed on the steeple at
Troppau, and left behind there when his com.
pany retreated. The citizens attempted to take
him prisoner, but the Prussian easily defended
with his bayonet the narrow winding stair by
which alone access could be gained to the
steeple They then decided on reducing him by
famine, but the Prussian having with him a
good supply OF cartridges, announced that, un-
less he was regularly and well ted, he would
shoot every one who passed in the streets around
the church. The good soldier thus contrived to
maintain his position for Two days, when Trop.
pau was reoccupled by the Prussians and he was
relieved
DIsGUsTEB OFFICER.-The German journals
state that Colonel Pechmann, OF the Bavarian
army, in despair at the defeat of his regiment
at Klssingen, ahghted from his horse during
the retreat after the battle, and going into the
room OF wayside inn, comLlitted suicide by
blowing out his brains.
A PARTISAN JoKE.-Among the recent "nven
tons" in France, which have been brought to
light by the discussion on the needle-gun, is one
which fires twenty balls a minute and mas q
musical box in the butt, thus doing away with
4 the necessity of regimental bands.
HUNGARIANs SERVING PRUSSIA. The Prussian
1 Journals announce that a Hungarian legion o
about six thousand men has been formed by
Prussia at Neisse, ana placed under the com
mand of Klapka and other Hungarian officers.
BEER DRNKERs.-The Cologne Gazette says
that the eight thousand Bayarlans who had been
stationed at Schleusingen drank, during theu
two and half days stay at that place, ninety
! thousand quarts OF beer.