The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-06

question, there are many reasons for the be-
lief that hosts of industrious Chinese laborers
would do infinitely more good than harm in
the United States.
THE SPANISH THRONE.
GENERAL PRIM has contrived to throw all Eu-
rope into another ferment, in his search for an
occupant of the vacant throne of SPAIN Every
candidate hitherto proposed having failed to
meet with sufficient favor among the people of
Spain and the members Of the Cortes, or having
declined the bauble, Prim has turned his atten-
tion towards Prussia and it is intimated in the
cable kilograms that the suspicion of a colluson
with Count Won Bismarck is at the bottom of the
new scheme. 1t is asserted, however, in one
quarter that the new candidature has been
already Abandoned; in another, that the pro-
posed candidate has decided to try his
chances in another, that the whole
project is mere personal intrigue on the part
of Prim; in another, that he is acting in con-
cert with Regent Serrano, and has no intention
of attempting to ignore the wishes of the Cortes
and in another, that the proposition does not
meet with the approval of all the members of the
Spanish Cabinet, whence, perhaps, rumor that
ministerial changes are about to take place.
And, finally, we learn from Paris that the Duke
de Gramont, the French Minister of Foreign
Affairs, has already taken steps towards render
ing the project abortive, by informing the Cab-
nets of Madrid and Berlin that France could
not give it her assent. 1t was also stated in the
Corps Legislatif yesterday that France would
take the initiative of final settlement of the
chronic difficulty of Spain, by proposing Con-
gress of the Great Powers for the settlement of
the question.
Thus the matter stands, in about as muddled
and complicated state as the Spanish throne
| l,. 49,. T..
| the meantime, it will not be uninteresting to
inquire about the royal scion who is the cause
| of all this turmoil. A despatch from Madrid
states that the Government has officially denied
having made any but confidential overtures to
| the foreign prince in question, whose name sit
! is not yet proposed to divulge." 1t is generally
| understood however, that he belongs to the
royal line of Hohenzollern, and that his name is
Leopold Stephen Charles Anthony, brother of
Charles l, the reigning prince of Roumania. The
House of Hohenzollern is one of very ancient
origin dating back to Count Thassilo, who
| fourished in the eighth and ninth
centuries, as its founder. The last
of the original family possessions
were two small independent principalities of
! the old Germanic Confederation, known as
| Hohenzollern-H Hechingen and Hohenzollern-
| Sigmaringen, both of which, embracing an area
more than 75OO0 became part of the kingdom
| of Prussia after the storm of 1848- -49. In the
| year 1415 Frederick of Hohenzollern, burgraye
! of Nuremberg, became possessor of the electo-
rate of Brandenburg by foreclosure of a mort
| gage, thus founding the royal line which has
| ruled the kingdom of Prussia, in its various
territorial phases, down to the present time.
Prince Leopold was born on the 22d of Sep
tember, 1885, and is therefore in the very prime
of life. His grandmother on the mothers side,
was Stephanie, the Viscountess de Beauharnais,
a niece of the Empress Josephine, adopted
daughter of the first Napoleon, and wife of the
Grand Duke Charles of Baden. On the fathers
side he is also allied to the Bonaparte family,
his paternal grandmother having been the
| Princess Marie Antoinette Murat daughter of
Napoeon's great cavalry leader, who married
his youngest sister Caroline and was made by
him King of Naples. Prince Leopold is at pre-
sent colonel in the Prussian infantry, and
is married to the Princess Antonia sister of the
King of Portugal by whom he has had
three sons. Besides Prince Charles of Roumania,
he has a brother, Frederick Eugene John by
name, who, born June 25 1S43 is now in COM
mand of squadron of lancers in Westphala.
Prince Leopold is Catholic, and in this respect
is suited for the vacancy in connection with
which he has been named. His family associa-
tions are likewise of the most satisfactory char
acter, as far as unquestioned royalty are con-
cerned. But his connection with the Napoleonic
dynasty will probably render him Objectionable
to the Spanish people, and his Prussian associa-
tions will be equally Objectionable to the EN-
peror Napoleon III, who will regard his settle
ment upon the throne of Spain as a direct at
tempt at flank movement by Count Won Bis
marck 1t is probable, therefore, that Prince
Leopold will fnd his candidature anything but
an easy task, and the chances are that he will
share the fate of the numerous candidates for
| the vacancy who have preceded him.
"DIE GEIssEL," or The Soourge, is the title of
a spicy little sheet in the German language, the
publication of which has been commenced by
DR.. Moritz von Managetta Leichenau The object
is to provide small paper that can be read in
five minutes, and that will present lively and
indeI endent review of the current topics of the
day. Die GeiSseI promises to be superior to
party, and to apply the lash where it is deserved
without fear, favor or partiality.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Ias- s t INWAY & SON s.