The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-08
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FROM LONDON.
Wars and RumOrs or wars In uhe Old
aud new World.
RumOrS about SIextco...The AbyssIn.
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Correspondence of the InteAioencer. s--
LONDON, Decemb ber %, 1867.
Hardly ever, in the present daya of
struggle and strife, does the recorder of
current events take his pen in hand
withoutthe principal theme being either
war or preparations for war, or anima.
mated discussions about the best man
ner of removing that much dreaded
spectre which but too often turns into
hideons reality. Not only in the old
world does the conflict for political pre-
ponderance occupy the public mind of
almost every natiOn, but the Western.
hemisphere is likewise visited with the
disasters of war and revolution. Your
| gigantic struggle was not yet over,
when the allied forces of Brazil, Uru-
quay and the Argentine Republic in
| vaded Paraguayan territory, and we
must hope that the bloodshed of the Sd
OF NoveIn Der was the finale to that lon o
and bloody drama. The Peruvian
Government Is likewise undergoing a
severe trial Occasioned by the rebels of
Araqu1ppa' and the general belief in
Great Britain is that your immediate
nelghbors, the MeXicans, will not leave
Juarez In peaceful possession. of the
Presidential chair. Sooner or later on.
or more ambitious demagogues will
PAOO1OlJ eHushNoE 10 usurp. the su-
preme authority and keep that country
par excellence of revolutions in constant
excitement. Not any of the nations
just alluded to are the allies of Great
Britain, but the extensive commercial
relations and the shipping interests of
this country bring us into; direct
contact with all maritime powers.
and conflict even in the most
remote part of the world is apt to Affect
more or less certain branches OF our
manufacturing, Industrial, and COM
merctRl system. The reforms and con-
cessions made by the government to the
working class OF our manufacturing
districts are great progressive step,
but the manufacturing interests of the
country are in such close connection
with its shipping and commercial sys-
tenn that our uninterrupted relations
with other nations are essential to the
prosperity OF the people in the united
Kingdom. However, while our govern
ment advocates peace with every ma
ton, they do not hesitate to seize the
sword in defense of their honor and the
safety of British subjects. The Abys-
slntan war gives striking illustration
OF what they have advanced, and al
though no result will probabl y be OBJ.
tanned before the beginning of the
spring, the campaiguis is carried on with
much activity, and the arrival at the
scene of action of Lord Napier, the
commander OF the expedition, who has
lately sailed from Bombay, will invest
the enterprise with renewed ability.
The rumOr of the captives being re-
leased by King Theodore as soon as the
latter heard of the arrival of a large
force, has not been confirmed, and am
inclined to believe 1t to be a false one
Nothing short of q lost battle would be
apt to Oinduce that obstinate parsonage
TO give way to the voice of reason and
common sense. The telegraph keeps
you 80 we'll informed about the move
ments of the Fenians, or rather the
party Outrages committed by them, that
refrain from discussing that subject in
my present letter; for the sake OF civili.
zation and humanity it is TO be hoped
that the government will succeed in
securing all the principal authors of
| those disgracefnl acts and punish them
severely.
The continental nations of Europe
continue to be excited by war rumors,
and may we wonder at the close of the
old year what disasters the new NAV
bring. The attitude taken by the
French Government, and their warlike
preparations are by no means calcu-
lated to soothe the public mind, in spite
of Napoleon's assertions Of peace. tits
confidently believed that the year 1868
will bring the Italian question to a final
crisis; so much more as the state of
health of the Pope gives rise to serious
aPprehensions of his being called away
from his terrestrial existence, and 1t ia
but reasonable to suppose that such an
event would make a sudden end to all
further discussions and conflicts, and
| form Italy into an individual kingdom,
at all events, war between France
and Italy is considered imminent, and
| as Austria is likely to remain neutral
and Indifferent as to its termina-
tiOn1 while Russia will not be very ant
to embrace the cause of Rome, France
may be entirely isolated, and stands a
fair chance of a collision with its DOW
ertul netghbor, Russia, whose armies,
united with those of the rest of Ger
many, may deal blow to the Emperor
of the French, which he is not likely to
forget. Russia, in the meantime, keeps
the Eastern question in agitation, and
Sultan in hot water. The policy which
the Turkish Government has pursued
in Gambia, gives the former power an
excellent excuse for interfering in be.
half ofthe Christian subjects of Turkey,
and the lately formed close relation
ship of the house of Rpmanoff with
the young King of Greece may
offer additional facility to the ST,
Petersburg Cabinet for extending its
power and influence into the Mediter-
ranean. News from COnstantinople
states that the Sultan is looking to
France for protection in case of the in
tegrity of his empire being again
| threatened by Russia, and this circum-
stance should lead to the belief that the
Generals of Russia and France are not
on terms of sincere and lasting friend
! ship. 1t has, however, been the long
Practiced policy of Russia to push its
conquest gradually, and unless success
is almost beyond doubt, the army of
Muscoyites is not likely to invade
Turkish territory at present. It's late
cOnquests in Central Asia are not with
out importance, especially in regard to
the commercial advantages which Rus
sta derives from them. Russia may
| therefore wish to consolidate it's power
in the Eastern frontiers, before think
ing of an actual extension to the West,
so much more as such an act might in
volve that power in second Crimean
war, and leave little hope to the Rus
sian Government for securing the dis
interested friendship and moral sym
pathy OF the other European powers.
The Sultan has not many friends,
but at present Europe seems to prefer
| to see weak Government in COnstan-
| tinople to the overthrow ofthe Turkish
empire by the colossus ofthe North.
To THE thousands of young men who
prefer any occupation rather than that
of tilling the soil, and who in season
like the present pay the penalty for this
contempt Of an honorable and proflta.
BILE although ''slow" business, we COM
mend the following extract from the re-
port of the Commissioner of Agrioul-
ture, as supplying good food for medl-