Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-08-17
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HhussErs Belgium, AusuSt l2.--Nsws
resolved In this city from Vienna says that
great excltemsnt & ists there. Five huu1red
and eighty-two men are 20 be tried On 4
charge Of high treason. Crowds Of people
on the streets have hailed tho Emperor
Francis Joseph with shouts Of ssAbdicats !"
'abdicatsr'
BERLIN, Prussia August l2.-Prassia has
informed Austria that she (Prussia) will
meintain the right of Italy to venstia.
The semi-otiicial organ, the Zeitung, says
that Napoleon's absurd demand has raised
hopes in France which 1t is impossible for
Germany to fulfill. The ideas Of the revolu-
ton must have taken place Of the the usual
course Of policy of France. The changes
which have taken place 10 Germany are Of
national, German, not an international char
scter, and convey no menace or danger TO
France. @ y
VIENNA, August 1.-THE Austrian min.
lister of finance has resigned.
The Austrian smbassadoy 10 Rome has ar
rived in this city.
FLORENCE, August l2.--An armistice be-
tween Austria and Italy, of four weeks du-
| xutiOtis uoo OCCu ~ W III CVuttuuO
force after the expiration Of that time unless
notice Of its cessation is duly given by either
power 10 the other. A line of demarkation
between Austria and Italy has been agreed
upon and the Vcnetians who have been COM
PEELED TO emigrate from Venetia, as part Of
the Austrian empire, will soon return 10 ve-
META. -h sfs
| LONDON Tuesday, August l4--x.--The
Prussian government has informed the EN-
peror of the French that bis demands for the
extension Of the frontier of his empire to the
banks of the river Rhine cannot be complied
with, and that the Prussian territory there
situate will never be ceded to France.
PANS, August l4-M.-The Moniteur OF
this morning argues that the course Of Ma
poleon in the recent negotiations has been
guided entirely by his endeavors To TO pre-
serve the peace Of his own empire and all
Europe.
London, August IA, p. x.--Advices have
been received from tho continent indicating
the probable renewal Of the war between the
Prussians and the Bavarians upon the terri
tory Of the latter power, and great fears are
entertained of such an event.
The Provincial Confederation.
The Tribune's Ottawa correspondent says
the last step in the confederation has been
taken. The Hon. J. A. Mcdonald moved
that Messrs. Rowland and McDougal and the
mover draft an able address to her majes-
ty, praying her 10 cause to be embodied to
the constitutions of Upper and Lower Can
ada in the imperial act for the consideration
of the British American provinces. This
was carried. On the motion for q petition OF
the address, the Hon. Mr.. Dorien moved an
amendment to the effect that the new con-
stituti0n shall not be put In force until it
shall be first submitted to a vote of the peo-
pie: lost--yeas 10, nays GO.
The Hon. Mr.. Dorien then moved an
amendment to provide that if the general or
local constitutions are passed by the Imperial
Parliament shall differ in any particular
from the resolution adopted by the House
to-day it shall not be put 10 force until sub
mitted for approval to the Canadian Parlia-
ment. This was also lost.
HALIFAX, N. s., August 1.-the Steam.
ship Cuba, from Liverpool the 4th, win
Queenstown the 9th, has arrived ht this port
LIVERPOOL, August 3.-Cotton dull. Sales
of the week 1900 bales, including 5000
bales to spectators and $500 to exporters.-
Sales to-day 700 bales. The market opened
with an advance of 4s l0d, but 1t was sub
srqueutly lost, closing to-day dull Orleans
fair led; Orleans middling LAY; Mobile fair
ISL; uplands middling lad. Stock in port
9O2, 500 bales, including $4,000 bales Of