Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-06-26
Important News 6om Enrnna

KS AgttGSegl NWEt- tlte lliCiIReS.
The details Of the news by the steamer
Persia, which arrived at New York on satur-
day are highly important, The project of j
Paris conference is abandoned, the conditions
imposed by the government of Austria having
been rejected. War is, Therefore, considered
inevitable.
THE PEACE CONGRESS ABANDONED.
The London Times of the 9th instant an
nounces the abandonment of tie proposed
| Conferences. 1t says:
cit Is With the deepest regret we annonnc5
that the hopes of settling, by conference
the disputes which now agiIate Europe must
De abandoned. The Ereuch government has
| telegraphed to our own that in consequence
OF the persistence of Austria IN Imposing con-
dltions wlach you'd make the discussion
nussatory, the conference will not be held
1t would, Indeed, be a mocEery to cad to.
gether the representatives of the great pow
ers on terms which would necessarily involve
their immediate separation. We fear then
that matters stand as they stood three weeks
since, and that it now rests with the armed
powers to compose their disputes by nego-
natlon between themselves, or to resort to
the final arbitrament of war;
This announcement by the Times was aE.
terward confirmed from ether sources. and the
general feeling was that the last hope of peace
had vanished.
-, THE FEELING IN ENGLAND,
The English press of all parties deplose
the prospect of war. The Tines remarks.
"Daily, almost hourly, the chances Of na.oo
fade away. Should the sword be drawn II
Is from the Eide Dpehies that we shall nrob.
ably hear of the FIRST serious events IF tbo
war, but the contest in this quarter cannot
compare In Importance with that which is i'm
PeAd!nS OF two monarchies. At any moment
the Austrlans my burst iuto Silesia II is
not unLSeiy that the first great move of Aus
.iia wa ee an attempt to possess herself of
this province. It would almost seem RI he
the prize of the conqucror IL tho c6,,iD,.
campaign Tho Emperor has probably been
led to look for compensation il the nrovincn
that was wrested from his house in the last
war. Ihis Is to cOuuterbalance HoIstein n
make up for Venetia. if Yepetia sbould no
lost. Here Prussia must defend HERSELF for
thcTe Is none to help her. Even If she had
western ally he could not penetrate into the
heart OF Europe The only aid must come
from Russia, and the Gar is now cutie in.
disposed to take up arms on behalf of the
northern power Ii Prussia seizes uoIstein.
Is therefore: not unlikely that Austria will
at once cross the frontier The Emneror ;s
naturally DESTROYS to show his stren1tb and
to gain reputation at the outset by decided
success. Whether Benedek will advance
t"roug, Sa1ohy {: ! H:r!'.' n Content him.
self with a provincial campaign for the CON
quest OF SlIesia itself, the FIRST few DAYS of
the war must determine. But in either case
all the resources Of the Prussan monarchy
must be called forth, in order to enable it to
make head against its 'late ally"
AUsrRIA AND PRUSSIA,
4 Neriin dispatch of the 9Th says:
he PrusSian government has addressed
dispatch to Vienna, declaring that the
measures announced by Austria in the Fed
eTal Diet violate the treaty of Gastein. and
cause the suspension Of the CO possession in
the ducE!ies. The two powers are therefore
restored to the position ard rights accorded
them by the treaty of Vienna, which retains
It's European validity"
The declarations mads by. the Austrian
Representative III the last sitting OF the Fed.
era! Diet Is Joytuiy received by all the vi
emma press as Il German deed by which the
political situation is placed in a clear LIGHT ::
They consider that the question of peace or
war must now soon be decided Some Jour
mails declare that the Austrian declaration will
hasten the outbreak Of war, and all houcs of
peace being preserved by conference must
be abandoned
The latest dispatches look decidedly war
like The Vienna papers regard the position
OF affairs as very threatening. An imperiaI
ordinance WAS published at Vienna on the
0th, ordering that Ships of war belonging to
nations IN aInity with Austria lie peripittcd
to cast anchor on the coast. TIE ports Of
enlce POla, CaltarO and the Island OF. LISA
are declared ports of war
From Berlin 1t is stated that Count Won
Bismark and several of the high functionariss.
as well as the minister of war, will accompany
the king as soon as his majesty proceeds to
head quarters.
TIE EASTERN WING OF THE AUSTRIAN
ARMY.
A letter from Austrian Silesia SAYS:
Trims loaded with men and ammunition
arrive daily at Olmrntz and Josephstadt-
The eastern wing Of the main Austrian army
Is posted in Silesia and Eastern Gallicia. II
connects Cracow with Olmuntz. and protects
the northern. railway. The entire line cx
tends from Cracow to ,Jauernick. an extensive
radius, behind which all the towns and viii
lagos are full OF soldiers The middle of this
extensive line is at TrescLen, where the
Archduke Joseph, who is a general of d.
vision, has been for nearly three weeks
mere are at fTeraw and Olmuntz enough
wagons TO convey twenty-four thousand men
from OImnntz TO Oderburg in twenty-tour
hours, so that an army Of sixty thousand or
seventy thousand men could march upon
hosel. All the troops echeloued OF the river
could likewise be easily transported to Oder
burg. It is probable, therefore. tSatthe frst
encounter will take place ne RatiBor, un-
less the Prussians be the first to attack.
THE Ep -fT-S ro,,cr,-r,
CONCERNING the Prussian army the Kolneer