The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-03

great army in motion. Leipsic and
the northern part of the Saxon king
dom will no doubt be seized at once
by the Prussians, but the Austrians,
having but few miles to advance, ana
the railway at their service, will estaD-
lishs themselves at Dresden. Thus do
we see that ill-fated region once more
the battle ground of the great lowers.
: There is certainly reason Tor the
Prussian Government to bestr itself,
if it would make head against Its adj
versaries. It has, indeed, a powerful
ally in Italy, with its immense and IN
creasing levies; but in Germany itself
Prussia is overmatched, and she must,
as under the Great Frederick, make
up for the inferiority of numbers by
activity and military skill The vote
of the Frankfort Diet shows the SYM
pathy of the German Governments
with the Austrian cause. All four
kingdoms-Bavaria, Saxony, Wur
temberg and Hanover-voted for the
mobilization of the Federal army, as
did also Electoral and Grand Ducal
Hesse, Brunswick and Nassau. On
the other side, no important Govern
ment voted for Prussia, except that of
the King of the Netherlands, who is
pretty certain to remain neutral in
the contest In every element of
power there is an immense dispropOr-
ton between the two parties into
which the minor States have been
thus divided The eight votes which
supported Austria represent apopula-
ton of no less than 13,859,711, with
contingents of 173, 799 men; while the
five votes which supported Prussia
against the proposal represent only a
population of 1854, $50, and contin-
gent of $500 men. If, then, we
take the total population Of Prussia
as 100000, and that Of Austria as
35, 900, 900, we find a great disparity of
strength on the two sides.
lTI lOnzthe other hand, itmay be noticed
that the people of some of those States
which voted with the majority are
likely to refuse their support to the
policy of their Governments. Yester-
day, at the very time that the Prus-
slams were, entering Hanover, an ad
dress was being moved by Count Ben
nigsen, the President, protesting
against the resolution of the Federal
Diet, as a step which endangered the
independence of Hanover. and de-
manded the dismissal Of the Kings
Ministers and the neutrality of the
kingdom. At Cassel the Chamber has
passed similar resolutions against the
policy of their anti-Prussian SOW
ereign, and has refused to grant sup
plies for the mobilization of the army.
These demonstrations are worthy of
notice, because they show the political
commotion of the time, and may be
the forerunners of momentous chang
es. Should, then, the Governments
of the minor States not be supported
by their subjects in their schemes for
opposing Prussia, the conclusion to be
| deduced from the vote on Thursday
| last must be worthless. But assuming
| that these States, or the more power
full of them, enter seriously into the
war, Prussia must prepare to- strain
every nerve in the strife. For the
present all hangs on the chance of a
campaign.
I.slssss Movements in Italy.
THE LANDING OF cGARIBALDI AT
GENOA.
A correspondent of the Pail Mall
Gazette, writing from Genoa on the
18th, describes the Handing of Carl
baldi at that port:
Almost before the people had time
to cheer, Garibaldi was on shore.
Immediately came tremendous rush,
which nearly had the effect of pre-
cipitating the General and all around
him into the water; but by dint of
hard fighting on9the part of the few
National Guards who were. left, he
passed safely into the Custom House
Here number of gentlemen formed
round Garibaldi, linking their arms.
about one another's bodies so as to
make strong circle, and in this man
ner slowly, and with great difficulty,
forced way through the mob which
had collected afresh, and greeted their
gallant visitor with frantic shouts and
equally frantic attempts to get near
him. The procession through the
streets had in it something of the gro
tesque; in front walked men with
flaring torches, and others carrying
nondescript flags; behind these came
confused posse Of the National
Guard; next the body guard, close to
which marchedIa fellow with an en-
ormous fat wax candle, who kept
dropping hot wax down the neck of
one of this devoted band in a way
that will cause him to remember the
scene wildly enough for the rest of
his life. Around seethed dense
mass of the excited populace, scream
ing and pushing in every directiong if
only to get look at their beloved
hero. In the midst of all this mp
roar marched Garibaldi, as calmly
as if he had been taking an afternoon
promenade in the silence of Caprera,
his fine face flushed and relaxing now
and then into a charming smile as
some intruder more vigorous than the
q rest pressed closer upon him. Carl
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