The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-08-18
"rhe Map Of Europe"

The map Of Europe will probably
undergo pumbcr OF importataDt al
tcra,ions before the present war is
ended. 1t has been altered very ire
quently. snd in several ways, aud in
many places. during the last ten o,
twelve years. fhe map OF Europe
was changed in 1859, when Napoleon,
after brcakin, tho power of Austria
tore from her /. .mbardy and delivered
the province over TO Victor Emanuel
It was still further altered ut the
same time, when Napoleon, in return
for his crviccs to Italy, dcmanlcd from
her Nice and Savoy, which immedl-
ately ceased to belong to the Italian
Kingdom, and became part OF the
territory Of France. Ii was altered
soon a'te'ward, by the revolutionary
movements through which tha scper.
ate political existence Of the Duchics
Of Tuscany, Parma, and Molcra, and
mo- Of the States oi the Church was
obli,erutcd. AMI their allegiance trans
icrrcd to the King Of Italy. 1t was
again altered by 0aribaldi in 1850.
when the Kingdom Of Naples was
blottcd out and iwhcn, finally, Italy
which ha. previously been merely II
" geographical expression" became
almost entirely united under Que gov
crnmcnI, the sovereign of which was
tho former King Of Sardlua. The
map of Europe was again changed in
another quarter IN 1863, when
the armies of Austria and Prussia
male war upop Denmark, and tore
from that. ancicut kingdom tho Duch-
oss of Schlcswig and llolsticn, which
were finally annexed to the territory
of Prussia. 1t suffered still another
change iu 1866, when, at tLc close Of
the Prusso.A Austrian war, Prussia OBJ
liberated the Kingdom of llauov or,
seized the City of Frankfort, and cs-
tablishcd the North German Confed-
Grafton in its present shape; while
Italy acquired Nenctia and the small
portion OF LOmbirdy which remained
to Austria after the war Of 1889.
By these extensive alterations in
the map o! Europe, two important
Kingdoms Naples aud lianover). be-
side numerous minor States, have
been bo,tcd out. Italy has gained
territory which Austria has lost, be-
side her other gains on the Italian
Peninsula itself, France has gained
territory which Italy has lost Prus-
s.a has gained territory which Den
mark has lost, beside her own gains
in Germany itself. A map of Europe
ten or twelve years old, is quite worth
less now and il is not impossible that
the map Of the present day may DO
altered SO as TO bc "out Of date before
tho close OF the year II, ior example
France should overthrow Prussia-an
event which seems extremely unlikely
the French Emperor will undoubt.
edly seize the prussian territory west
OF the Rhine, aud annex to his own
Empire. 1t appears also by the pro
posed treaty" lately published, that
no world then also make an attempt
to "ncquirc' the Duchy of l.uxcm
bourg and "absorb' the Kingdom Of
Belgium. We may also suppose that,
in order to cripple his PROSTATE Prus-
sian adversary, ho would permit Den.
mark to get back SchlcswIg.ilolstein.
and would rc-cstablish the iudepcr-
dcnce Of Hanover.
But if, on the other hand, Prussia
were triumphant over France, King
William might siczc and annex TO his
dominions tho French provinces OF
Alsace and Lorraine. might take the
province Of Jutlaad from Denmark
and mi ght consolidate the Conledcra.
tions. Of North and South Germany
into one great Coniederatcd Empire.
If Austria were TO take part IN hos
tilitics, it is probable that before their
close we should sec alterations 10 her
map Of very serious character. IL
Franco suffer defeat, we shall certain
ly see another Alteration in the map
Of Italy that will render further chan
ges OF ID necessary. We shall see
the temporal sovereignty Of the Pope
abolished, and Rome become an in
tegral part doubtless the capitoO OF
the United Kingdom Of Italy. 1t is
useless, however to indulge m iurt her
coniecturcs or speculations ms to the
probable alterations Of the European
map, which has been altered so fre-
quen,ly and extensively during the
last few years.-M y Tsjbuge.
ALWAYS BE Civil" My young