The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-25
Arrival OF the Bremcra

4 10
By the arrival of the steamer Bremen from
Southam oton, april 8, we have later details OF Eu-
'ropean news. 7ss$$+ess. .;:g=4s :ft: ::;.::
TIE WAR NEWS
excites increasing interest in England and on the
Continent. The Paris correspondent Of london
Times writes April 8 :: & -Es ...'-
scarcely remember anv period since the Pras;
dents election in 1849, though many Important
events have occurred since then when more mn
ealnegs, dlsgu.et, and enervating discouragement
prevailed among al classes Of society than at this
moment, and al this aggravated BY the persistent
snence OF the government on the questions which
,itate The public mind. I'D -s 'f',.-:-
There Is q sense of disappointment md snma-
tnlng more even among those who were accustom-
ed to place unbounded confidence in the ability Of
their rulers. They see that the whole policy Of
his theory Of the three fragments is dissipated by
the treaties with the Southern States Of Germany;
that any secret designs in respect of Belgium are
responded to by the marriage OF the Count 81
Flinders with q Princess Of Hohenzollern and that
the pretensions to Luxembourg are disposed of by
the Interpolation Of y. 'gennigsen, by the intense
agitation in Germany and the appeal to the Powers
that signed the Ireety Of 1889. 1One.of the Paris
papers, never favorable to the annexation of that
province TO France ,says 4:# - -
serhe question OF Luxembourg is no longer nne
OF aggrandlzement it is. one OF national dignity
ana lnnuence "A great country. like France lis
slWays at liberty not to put forward pretensions,
ers them just it cannot renounce them at the bid.
hng OF any foreign power, especially when that
power mas no Tight OF its own. The day when il
Is otherwise, the day when France expresses her
wish only to bend before the injunctions Of the
toreigners, she ls no longer Power even of the
third rank, and to use NJ. Thierss expression. she
ls no more than Belgium. The conclusion to be
drawn from the. article of the Etendard is then
either the evacuation OF Luxembourg by Prussia
Or war. after q brief delay; between Prussia and
France" j,S y SiE. 7y3;.. - M,
The apprehensions Of the public are moreoye,
increased BY the rumor that Marshal McMahor
has beon telegraphed for; that a note sscouched
IN energetic terms, relative to Luxombure. has
been addressed by the French government { to thai
OF PRUSSIA; and that certain Officers Of the stat
nave been sent en- mission to the Rhine 4 The
truth is, thatpeope believe France to be driftine
into war with Prussia In these circrrnstanoas II
ls not surprising that there should be genera
stagnaton Of business, and that tho sDirit a
commercial and industrial enterprise shouId bf
paraiyZed. at the Bourse on Saturday there yyns
not merely q fall in the kentes but a panic
which affected all sorts OF public Becuritjes
On the strength Of the dispatches y from tnt
Hague it was hoped that it would open with {
Ese. 1t was quite the contrary, and on reflection
y WAS seen that those dispatches nstead Of show
ing that the Luxemburg question was abandoned
only meant that it was displaced; that it was IN,
longer at the Hague, but at Berlin; and that tht
resolution come to by the King of Holland has tl,t
Gtecs 81 paelnesF esFrance face to fare with Prussia
n ADDITION to these causes of uneasiness we hay,
me numerous strikes among the various classes o
~ a1rtlzsns, anu the 4combinati existing anons
them; the discomfort occasioned ;bya tic inform
Pate Army Organization Bill; and the deiicat.
health OF the Prince Imperial, which, however.
am assured, has been greatly exasgerateti: 81 I