New-York tribune., 1870-08-18

nerve and precision the part With which the
reeae the battle of Montebelo and the DEMONSTRATION
made by the French on the side OF Pavis in order
and be affirmed that newspaper correspondents we're
strangers to the error into which the enemy's Gen
TRUTH then understood that IL was their duty TO deceive
the Austrans.
A curious result of the war is large num-
Der of simultaneous marriages in the Prissan army. On
the 3lst uIt great number Of military weddings
performed AtOna by express permission Of the King
special relaxation OF the standing order that the
bans be published three times In Berlin on the
same sunday IN the garrison church In that city. more
than soldiers their berOhed were bound together
holy matrmOny. The object appears to be tat though
they viii necessarily DE separated from ther Young
wives during the honeymoon, the husbands have tbs
satisfaction 0f knowing that In OF their being killed
the widows will be adequately provided for by their
grateful country.
Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-S -Sigmaringen
gave the following reply to address recently presented
to him by society in Dusseldorf 81 thank you for
your kindly feelings and for the justice you do me.
felt difficulty In reDouncng the crown OF spain on
considering the danger OF so great carnage rejected
it willingly to preserve peace for our common country
and should not be worthy bear the OF Hohen-
z0ern had acted otherwise, You are right In saying
that this remuneration had no result The French have
desired war they had prepared for it, Our business "A
now TO take up arms as men ana 70 enter INTO tns
national enthusiasm S6iSh is alone sufficient 70 eoe
any disunion between the peoples, Of Germany Our
heroic King will lead us to Victory.
Experiments with torpedoes were recently
made at Bres One of them TO test tho action of
one of those submarine nautical Screw,
which was placed In position for the purposes OF the eI
pertinent. The old vessel noOred over torpedo
containing about pounds OF powder. lying at depth
OF 40 feet French), say 50 English feet When the ex
pOsiOn took place the condemned craft was rt OF III
nearly lifted out Of the and then powerful Jet "a
pierced it IL an enormous prefecture nn pdnss
through keel and decks, and rose 70 hlEnt oi so. -
ferA But for the empty casks with which tne snip wa,
laden II would Immediately have gone 10 the Dott h
the danger however, in the explosion Oi the Is
Il rises and mandates IL falls no ess eI
h produced by the gas generated ny tne powue "hcn
I'm searchinQ an issue escapes from tine water IN sharp
blades which nothing can resist Beams no.o
than six square feet have been cut through as Wtn Jaw
funpoyder found answer better Tor tOreuoes tah
pcrate OF potassium, nitro yeerine, or guncotton
The Cologne Gazette contains leader vio-
Ieptly inyeighing against Engands neutrality. Anud-
ing to the cartoon Punch, which represents Britannia
attempting to prevent Louis Napoleon and King william
from coming 10 blows The Gasee observes that Britain
MIA should no longer be represented with helmet but
with a chgnon d la Eu1enfe, rather with cotton
nghtcap. Her present Government, says, Tears no
thing 80 much as a war, aud carries CObdens principle
on non intervention absurd extremes. Golden NM
sef s dead but friend Bright Il Minister, and Glad
stone whose incredible weakness both before and ar
the Crmean is not forgotten i now the fit LorI
OF he Tie best proof proceeds the article of
the belophoba of the Government the way IN "hsh
England received the OF the secret treaty. mo
mouse ever with terror about the ktchen IN
search Of a hiding-place when the cooE had come M
than tbe English and the newspapers, under
their influence have sought to escape the necessity or
taking up arms The Cologne GGzette coneides by com
pairing England to an army Of lions led by hares'