The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-23
OUR PARIS LETTER.

"Need1esGun''-EheC Cry OF P5ace-Na-
pOlOOn Will Not Leave Austria I'm the
Lureh-Tbe Cholera Rt Amtens-Cele-
bratiOn of 1.-The FOurth'' 1n the French
Capital, Etc.
lEvENINa TELEGRAPH SPECIAL CoRREsPoEDENcE.l
PARIS, July 6, 1856.
Never since there we're monarchies in Europe
has there been so glorious q day for a monarch
as the 5th of July for Napoleon III. / cannot
say that l have much sympathy for the man
who, in 1852, deprived France of liberty, but
cannot help saying that this page in the history
OF Napoleon III is finer than all the volumes of
the history Of Napoleon l.
Paris was yesterday decked out with flags, and
in the evening the principal establishments were
brilliantly Illuminated. The cry was,
VENICE is FREE!"
But the Italians have no hand in the victory.
Victor Emanuel was beaten at CUstozza and
Garibald lies wounded. The conqueror is Ma
poleon III, who, without even stirring from
Paris or firing a single shot, has obtained results
only to be expected after a grand battle
The Moniew (oficial paper) yesterday morn.
ing informed US ''that the Emperor of Austria,
after having shown the world that he was in
no fear Of Italy, and requiring all his forces
against Prussia, gave up Venetia to the Emperor
u
enthusiasm caused by this piece of news was
immense, when it was known that Austria
demanded the mediation of France. There was
an immediate rise in the funds at the Bourse
yesterday. The Bonapartists are triumphant.
Austria has been defeated everywhere Beaten
on the 9th, 2sth, goth, and 3Oth ult., vanqushed
at GitsChn ON the I'd inst, she lost on the 4th
the battle of Sudowa, which had been so
many days locked forward to. Benedek left
10000 soldiers hors de combat on the field of
battle and one hundred and nine cannon and
10000 prisoners fell into the hands of the
Prussans.
This Austrian army, which we had so much
trouble to conquer in 1859, has been driven like
chat before the wind by the Prussians. 1t was
impossible for the Emperor of Austria to keep
the Quadrilateral, which required more than
two hundred thousand men to defend il. He
preferred giving up what he could not keep,
and withdraw an army with which he may yet
be able to make head against the Prussan
invader. Besides which, public opinion in
Austria was in favor of the cession of Venetia.
1t must not be thought that the Austrians are
discouraged by their late defeats. The success
of the Prusslans may be mainly attributed to the
BREECH-LoADING NEEDLE-GUN,
which was invented by a Frenchman Monsieur
Ducanturier, formerly a pupil of the Ecole
Polytechnique 1t was submitted to almost all
European powers, and generally condemned.
1t is capable of firing six shots in minute,
which generally strike the legs OF the chest.
In the recent engagements between the
Austrians and the Prussians, the former were
shot down at a distance of hundred yards
from the latter. 1t appears that this weapon
ie still more formidable than The rhed gun
which did such havoc in 1859.
The morning papers have struck up to the
tune OF peace.
THE WAR is AT AN END
they say. But think they are going too fast.
1t Is the Cabinet of the Tmleries which fans the
fame now lighted in Europe. 1t thought that
the Prussians would be beaten by the Austrians.
The French military attaches following the
Austrian army seemed not to have the slightest
doubt of it. 1t was reckoned that Bismark, van
qushed, would have demanded the aid of
France, giving the Rhinlsh provinces in ex
change.
The needle.gun has, however, turned the
tables. Prussia is victorious and putfed up
with PRIDE has no want of our aid, and win
not think Of giving an inch of ground to Frances
IuS peOpl0 MOuiu uOI uCdl VI l'' IuC
victorious army of Bismark is on its way to
Vienna, and will not like to see their laurels
clipped. In case Of
REFUSAL BY PRUSSIA OF THE MEDIATION OF FRANCE
what will the Emperor Napoleon do? In his
letter addressed TO NJ. Drouyn de Lhuys, dated
June IL, he said that Austria ought to maintain
its position as a leading power in Germany.
1t is, therefore, not likely that after the gene.
rous conduct of Franz Joseph that Napoleon
III win leave HIM in the lurch
1t is, at the same time, not certain that
Italy will welcome the news of the cession OF
Veneta to France The Cabinet of Florence
in answering the telegram from the Tuileries
stated that Italy was bound by treaty Il
Prussia, and that it could not abandon its ally
There are still clouds on the horizon, and | an
not so sanguine as to immediate peace. Gu
troops are not very far from the Belgian frontier
and there is great activity in the camp O
Chalons. Our official papers are constant
attacking Belgium and its institutions, an
the people of this free country are, l am told
not very easy to the stability OF their kingdom
The fate of Europe is now in the hands OF on
man, the Sphynx of the Tuileries. Letters fror
Portugal and Spain inform me that a secre
agitation is going on in both these countries t
which our lord and master Is not a stranger
THE EMPRESS At AMIENs.
The cholera is still lowering over France:
has left Nantes and other towns in Brittany fc