Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-24

1910, lt5 W0EkS HaNtaBeeEl
greatly enlarged, and it is now one Of
the strongest towns belonging TO PFus.
sia. About 500 vessels enter this port
Annually 80 ~ I'll g
Kial, IN Holstein, has been acquired
from Denmark, and will doubtless be
the scene of naval and military opera
| tions at once, should that power ally
herself with France. It Is fify-three
miles from Hamburg; and In railroad
communication with Altoona. Up
ward of 1000 vessels arrive and depart
annually, and its commerce is rapidly
Increasing Since acquiring, Prussia
has commenced to fortify this fort,
and, from the importance of its situa-
tiOp, will tenaciously defend it.
l. Flensburg has also been recently
acquired from Denmark by the war
of 1864. 1t is an ancient town, and
was the sceneo of hostile operations in
1S4S, when the Germans took possess
sion of it. It trades with the West
Indies, and does a moderate shipping
business. gate 5
Ports in the North SeG.-AItona. stu
ate on the right bank of the Elbe. a
little below Hamburg, was acquired
by Prussia from Denmark in the war
of 1864. It has extensive railroad
communication, and has made rapid
progress in shipping and commerce.
About 5000 ships visit the port annu-
ally. 1t was occupied without resist
ance in 1864. - e84
Harburg is on the south bank OF
the Elbe, and is four and a half miles
below Hamburg. 1t is surrounded by
walls and has a citadel.
Leer and Emden are Hanoverian
| seaports of minor importance; the
latter is fortified.
Hamburg has since 1866 been in the
! North German Confederation, and is
now regarded as subject to all the for
tunes OF war. The State embraces a
territory of 146 square miles, with q
| population of 305, 507 inhabitants.
The city, which is situated on the
right bank of the Elbe, seventy miles
from its mouth, is not fortified. Ia
1866 there belonged to the port of
Hamburg 500 vessels, having a total
tonnage of al, 600 tons. The mercantile
navy of Hamburg is more than eight
times that of Belgium. Her trade
with Great Britain alone amounted'tO
$40, 600, 900 in 1865. The emigration
to this country from Hamburg is very
large. In 1867 there embarked 3S,2l4
emigrants, in ninety-three vessels, at
that port. Through it and Bremen
almost all our trade with Germany is
transacted.
Bremen, so well known as the chief
port of the German-American mail
steamship traffic, is situated on both
banks of the Weser, fifty-nine miles
southwest of Hamburg. In 1867, six
teen steamships, making 1922 tons,
and 2S7 sailing vessels, making 231 ia
tons, belonged to this port. In 1867,
1881 emigrants embarked at Bremen
haven for the United States.
Lubbock, on the Trave, ten miles
from its mouth, was stormed by the
French in 1906, and subsequently an
nexed to France. The State COM
prises a territory of 127 square miles,
with a population of 4S,53S. Lubbock
possessed at the commencement of
1868, tifty-nine sea1goingI vessels,
among them thirteen steamers.
EMILE OLIVIER PRIME MINISTER
OF FRANCE.
Oliver Emile Olivier, prime minis
ter of France, under the newest i'm
perial regime sanctioned by the pie
6iScite, is the son of DemOsthenes Oh
liver, a merchant of Marseilles, re-
nowned for his eloquence and for his
persistent radicalism. He was always
in opposition, and after the coup detGt
his ssantipathy to Louis NAPOLEON,
both as president andemperor, was so
unappeasable that he was arrested
and had to leave France, to which he
did not return until 1868. His son,
the object of this notice, has been no.
less remarkable for his adhesion to
the broadcast democratic principles.
Although under the Modifying infu-
ence of recent concessions to the cause
of freedom by the French government
he has felt at liberty to spouse the
policy of the empire, and fills the I'M
satisfactory position Of being blamed
by his old friends for desertion, and
not being implicitly trusted by
the new until more perfect ac-
quaintance, although it is.
fair to assume that at this
moment he must have the personal
confidence of the Emperor. He is
forfy-fve years of age, and was called
to the Paris bar in 1917, and in 1913
was appointed commissary-general
ofthe new republic in Marseilles. His
first duty was the repression of the
Marseilles riots, and for this firmness
in the cause of law and order was
praised by the solid men; it was not
viewed SO favorabIy by the Reds.
However, Cavaignac sustained his
action, and appointed him, project.
After the fall of the republic he re-
tired from politics, and took his place
again at the bar, where his brilliant
oratory oOn brought him into repu-
tation, and he was engaged in many
suits, both political and pecuniary,
and was esteemed one of the orna-
ments of the French bar. In 1857 he
was removed to the assembly for one
In the chambers he was one
of the five eminent members of
the opposition, and opposed the public
safety law Of '5S, the italian eXpedi-
ton Of $50 and the control of the press
law in go. I'm 1863 NJ. Olivier was
reelected, and during this session he
recognized the impoliey of continuous
opposition to the government for
mere party purposes, and on several
occasions took the part of the ministry
when it seemed for the public benefit
that he should do so. This uncertain
action continued until the imperial
declaration of liberal intentions and
the large concessions of popular free
dom determined him, and he form
ally joined the imperial party, MAX
ing his profession of faith and justify
ing his procedure in a pamphlet enti-
tied THE 18th of January In the
election he was thrown out
of his old parliamentary seat by
a radical opponent; but having
been nominated for another dis
trict, the Var, he was returned
in that division. He became
parsonage of the highest importance
in the chamber, and the pivot around
which the parliamentary movements
of the old and new parties coneen-
The famous liberal reforms
which were TO consolidate the personal
and dynastic authorityiof the Emperor
on the basis of enlarged popular
led to the appointment Of a
ministry on the new basis of parlia-
mentary rule and ministerial respOn-
NJ. Olivier was the indi-
vidual selected by theIEmperor for the
responsible and honorable post. I
The situation has not been without
immense difficulties. The angry as
of his old comrades of the Left
have made his premiership anything
but q bed of roses. He has shown
both independence and honorable
in his recall of Ledru Rollin,
while his imperial administration Of
wasshown in the conduct of the
prosecutions arising out of the Victor
Noir affair, and the popular demon
STATIONS that have taken place since
his appointment. His first wife was
the daughter of the renowned COM
poser List. His second, a daughter
If & MarsailIas merchant he's made