The New York herald., 1868-07-05

city, called the SonntG0s- Journal. On Sunday week
it published a communication, signed by nom de
plume, rejecting upon the deeds OF General Baron
Philippovic during the war OF 1865. Next day
there called at the EDITORS house two gene
rals-namely, Baron Appel and Ringelsheim-
Philippovic personal satisfaction. On learning that
the author OF the communication In questlon was
only discharged Lieutenant tney declared that
duel with such q man was ont OF the question, ana
that Mr. Scharf himself must give the satlslactlon
demanded, but they would not press the maIter Iur
saer a. inns r tSs a nrneSsa nets Next mornings
Opscidl Gazette the government paper, contained
declaration from the two distinguished frlends OF
General PhilippOvic giving their version OF the IN
tervew, and the evening edition OF the same Jour
nal contained counter declaration oy the editor'
giving his version.
AS the two versions did not entirely agree the two
''friendsn and generals deemed themselves insulted
and the next morning sent two subaltern 0ncers 10
the EDITORS Mr scharis) house to demand satsrac
officers arrived at Mr.. Scharf's house they found
tnat he was not at home. They were admitted, how.
fact at the time in his editorial and printing Office
which Is only hundred yards distant from MS
on being I'M hi saas Two or m were re-
request them to step across to HIM that he might
speak to them beyond the hearing Of his wife and
negative "They would only see Mr.. Scharf in his
private residence, and would wait before his door
until he came home" This they did: and when
he encountered them In front Of his house
they asked him IL he was prepared to give satisfac.
tion to The two officers and on his saying that ne
was family man and no duelliSt they insulted him
publicly and grossly They then sent an account OF
their proceedings to the 00ctal Gazette, which in
serted the communication. Next day his printing
Office and editorial rooms were beset by picket OF
non-commissiOued officers, who were there presuma-
bly, TO administer to him corporal chastisement or.
at least verbal insults. These pckets were relieved
from time to time. After Mr.. Scharf had seized an
opportunity in the interval between the departure Of
one picket and the arrival Of another to repair to the
of the garrison in this CITY and TO COM
plain of the state OF siege In which he was held, an
officer Of the regiment to which the beleguarers De.
Mr. Scharf gained thereby only temporary relief, as
the non-commissioned officers OF another regiment
been Obliged TO drop. It was not until the end Of
the day that order regned in the street where the
editorial and printing offices OF the So'satagS-Jou
nal is established.
The day before the adjournment OF the Reichsrath
Deputy Schneider, in the name OF himself and other
undersigned Deputies, rendered to the Minister or
Police Count Taaife a written Interpolation re-
questing to be informed what steps the aforesaid
Minister intended to take to protect the rights OF tue
unarmed citizens against the eXcesses OF armed OIL
GERS. Count Taaffe has the Whtsuntide holidays to
think over the answer he will give The civilian
point OF the question touches perhaps
the weakest OF all sides In the public
life of this Empire. The menaced newspaper pro.
prietOr happens to be Hungarian, who is not yet
naturaliZed in Cs- -Lehania and 1t s rumOred that
member OF the Deak party will tnterpellate the
rian Diet reassembes However disposed the peo-
pie or German Austria may be to put up quietly with
the hectOring Of the superior officers OF the imperial
army, the Hungarans. steeled as they are by con-
sttutional life OF many centuries VIII not allow 1t
on their side of the Leitha, as the Nepperg and Gr
vicc affairs last winter sufficiently proved. An
other unwh0lesome feature of these proceedings Is
the facility with which the 00ctat Gazette has ents
its columns TO the declarations Of tho officers This
facility manfests the influence the Generals still pos
sess In our public life.
One good result of the Interpolation to the Minis
try has already become apparent. General Philip
povc, on second thoughts has cOndesoended at last
TO resort to his legal remedy, an action for libel
against the author OF the communication, who has
declared himsef and the responsible editor As the
bill providing for trial by jury In cases OF offences OF
the press has not yet passed the Upper House, the
General will have the advantage Of appearing before
court which is far more likely to be biased in his
favor and against the journalists and scribes than
the REVERSE
There have been some movements here of late In
the diplomatic world. Marquis PepOli, the Italian
Diplomat, has presented his credentials as Minister
OF the King of Italy at this court and Count Stack
elberg the late Russian Ambassador here, has pre-
sented his letters of recall and left for Parts where
he replaces Baron Budberg.