THE DAILY EVENING TELKGUriL rillLADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1866. TIIK SITUATION IN EUROPE. BowiJa'J of the Napoleonic Kale and the Eecn rtrcction of Earope The Treaty of Fonia'.ne blean and the Two Treaties of Paris The Con gress and tho Treaty of Vienna. , The latest intelligence which reaches u from thr theatre oi war In Austria and Italy, leaver tittle doubt itn to the ultimate rcsnlt of a contliet which not only involves the vital interests of three monarchies, but hIro exercises the tears, . and demands the solicitude, of all the power of ' nropes One (act, however, must impress itself nson every reflectlnij mind. Whatever may bp the sequel of the piisfinR struggle, parlor and rloset politicians, If not the crowned heads themselves of the Old World, will have to alter the combinations of blue, jtreen, red, and yellow-hearted pins which, ior the last fifty years, they have, been shifting Irom this to that point In wild atteurt-' to trace out the possible vicissitudes of the map of Europe. Change Impending Over Kurope. t Since the ratification of the solemn ct-nipacts wn 'ch settled the prscrt limits of its various 1orin u'on, the innolent uprisings of some peo ple he re anl lhcre, may have, however vainly, attemptt t0 P,uefc- dw tbo milestones of arbi trary ink' ant' eonntrwctH new ireoeraphy lor themselves. Indeed, some of the crowned head "f Europe ti t'Pft8Sinff Iba bot'nds intended to rj event. v h,clP of -i ''(.utpuree of the )lmu calling Saye Jjt 'Utieu, niLuii n ii'w years, m Empire," . ' tho hew down wit. n A, monir themselves for the they had tigreed an. tueiity. Fw, our iinroe- jurisdiction of then -as, eliate tlavs, however, w. it reHerved to witness oritrinal mechanist ,i,rrell)utr ove,- an in- the fpectacleot two ot tin oi enoines oi despotlMD. nu ifirt, durk. torbid- lnwfnl nrev. As between Ai 'y; ploom.y viomes ti seat of sci- ding, and stationary as one of i . i. nn,l li4(iuifi u tTnn veil. 1,1)111' ten- til tgl Ml, IVUU " ..,, ..4 nr. .nppT litters, and arta. and a centre V, H.ot jr o merit ar.d industry, our sympathies astiay. The main question, however, is u li ii nni nl anility. We V',ouf f viht urn- wished, therefore, in this lnoiiieutoiis q . tion, to find Prussia mailed in a more equitain right than that which fene nas reierrea 10 iu arbitrament of her seeminely resistless arms. Tfe are free, therefore, in this inquiry, to protest that, so far as our views extend and the truth is roncerned, we have no particular leaning to this or that prevailing cause. Hence, in no churlish Rnirit, we claim the privilege oi that impartiality which once rultd the tight between bull and bear. With other views, and tho more lairly, indeed, to judge ol the merits ol tins eiuarrel, it Is thought proper to look back sonic liny years for the rights of the parties m imme diate conflict. In contemplation of the radical changes impend! ne over Kurope, the mind naturally turns back to the more im portant stipulations which her masters devised to safeguard their possessions and maintain the equilibrium ot their power. To ussuoic theperlormance of such a task wi'hin the compass of the. e columns, requires, as any ene familiar with the numerous treaties of the Aav will admit., much of the condensation, and to that much without one sacrifice ot historical troth, or one 8UDDresion ot material iact, we Tesort to the Droecution of our object. The treatv ot ToDlitz. of the 3d of October, 1813, runnintr into a variety ot minor considerations, may be said to have consummated the great ullianee asamst France, and tiuallv resulted in thp treaties of 1814. extended and ratilied bv the acts of the Congress of Vienna of the (tn of June, 1816. The Defeat of Napoleon. A Deriod ot six months had scarcely elapsed after the ratification ot this treaty, when the territory of France was tapped at all points by the combined forces ot tue test ot Kurope. With inadequate means and varying success. the great Captain of the aire, contend ins foot by foot, met the assailauts until his wa-tted forces were driven under the walls of Pans, where, on the 30th of March, 1814, a battle of unsurpassed bloodiness closed with the surrender of the capital. The Treaty of Foutalncblenu Betrayed by some of the puppets that he had set up in royal state, abandoned by the very men on whose adulations he had placed so blind a reliance in the great eclipse ot his fortunes, and after the conservative benate had decreed the lapse of his authority, and the legislative body sanctioned the decree he determined at last to seek peace through a renunciation, for himself and his heirs, ot the thrones ot f ranee and Italy. This prouer brought about tne treaty of Fontainebleau, of tho 11th ot April, 1813, concluded by Metternich, Nesselrode, and llardenbcrg in the names ol Austria, liu9.sia, and Prussia, and by Key, McDonald, and Cau laincourt in Napoleon's behalf. This State paper involved a decree of forfeiture rather than a convention of peace. The propo sition on which it was based had come forward from the Great Defeated himself, and, consider ing all the circumstances, the stipulations were not illiberal in their kind. True, that by tbe first article iino ilia lacfiryma of the nephew, the fanatical worshipper ot his memory Napo leon renounced for himself, his successors and descendants, as well as for each and every member of "his dynasty," every right of sov ereignty and dominion, whether over the French empire, the kingdom of Italy, or auy territory whatsoever. This convention, aud this alone, brought about by the decree of both Senate and Legisla tive body, and the consent and applications of the Emperor, constitutes the particular treaty ior which the Louis Napoleon can a fiord to ex press a detestation which finds but a frail sup port in the authority of facts. The foster-child of the beneficence of Louis XVI we are writing not as republicans opposed to Kaiser or King, bat as summoners ot past events from whos bounty he derived the means of developing and arming his immense genius, a favorite son of the republic, such as it was, to which, not out of fidelity or love, but out of a far-reaching ambition, he sacrificed tbe debt of gratitude stored tip against him in tho registers of the old monarchy an absolute Dielater under tba mask of a popular Consul, which he wore just long enough to achieve his ultimate designs Napoleon, by a succession of acts which severed him from the cause in defense of which he had started in lite, had reached, '.through the mackery I an ex vost facto nonular annroval. the posi tion oi a self-constituted and belt-seeking arbiter f th destinies of the whole world, with.ut conscience and without restraint. He had played for universal empire, and he lost the game. When the hour of settlement cama, in ftignine away nis lease oi power he merely re- signed rights and Possessions which bad been usurped, and which tho legislative bodies iiecreea to oe torieitea ana to nave lapsed We question, however, whether conditions less stringent couia nave peon imposed on oua who had but little claim in the forbearance of ' the victors. The second article of the treaty secured to the hmperor and the Empress the cnioyment ot their title during lite. Tbe mother. the brothers, sisters, nephews, and nieces were uiit'frip(l to retain, wherever thpv mlnhi vo the title of princes of his family. The land of Elba, erected into a distinct principality, was allotted to him for life, in full ownership and sovereignty. On the books ot the Treasury of France his name wns credited for an aunual revenue of $2 000,000 francs. The contracting parties bound themselves to enforce re9nect for thelafl and territory of his island home. Oui of tne possessions wmcn dh surrenaerea mere were reserves oi lanus ana domains, yielding a net annual revenue of two other millions, assigned to the princes and princesses of his family. These were secured in all the property, real and personal, which they held at the time of for feiture. The payment of the debts of his household was provided for by moneys from the public chest. A large allowance of funds was even made for distribution among those of his former retainers whom he might recom mend for reward. Lastly, and among points of Jesa importance, we find tbe assignment of a - sloop-of-war to take him to his last dominion, with its appropriation to his use, control, and ownership. The Treaty of Pari of 1814. Two months alter came the treaty ot Paris of the SIKh of JUuy, mi, between Loaut XVI 11 and his allies.' Peace was doc'laied among the con--trading powers. France was hemmed within the limits which she had held on the 1st ot January, 1702. Her boundaries were rectified, with the concession, however, of cprtain dis tricts, so nicely adjnstd that it pnlarced hor dominions to the extent of some 170,000 square varus, and her population to the amount of 4.10,000 Inhabitants! The pen which drafted tbe treaty blotted out the monarchies that, in less than len years, had grown np under the: creative handi of the Conqueror, and docked otf 15,3(10,000 souls from the jurisdiction of France another not untruittnl source of detestation and tenr-.l In the cqucl of stipulations, Hol land, with some increase of territory, was committed to the sovereignty of tho House of Oianpe. Thix grant was accompanied by a condition that neither the title nor the sove reignty should In any ca?e Bttach to any prince wearing, or call"d to wear, a foreign crown. By a provision, in which neither Louis XVIII nor France could now have any jcry material interest, it was stipulated in vaglie and unde fined lantrnage that the States of Germany "are independent and un.ted by a Federal bond." The independence of Switzerland was pro claimed, with the understanding that she. thould continue to manage her concerns undor her own peculiar system of government. Italy, outside of the limits of territories claimed by Austria, and reverting to her authority, was composed of sovereign States. Restitution A General Amnesty. The jiround being thus iorelaid tor a more ex tended and explicit compnet, the contracting parties proceeded to stipulate lor a scries o restitutions, Irom one strnng-banded pillager to another, the like ot which had not been wit nessed since tho treaty ot ItyswicK. France, titigiann, dwruen, Norway, and rortngal Uis corged what thev had absorbed. This compact, the arch on which all other conventions subse quently rested, embodies a clause for which honor is due to lhc memory of Lord Cathcart. who, we believe, proposed it to hi colleagues, or, at least, urged its acceptance. In order to allay all heart-burnings, and bury in oblivion the cruel dimensions which had rent asunder the political society in Kurope, it provided and promised that n? one, of what class or con dition soever, shield ever be molested or Willed in question io.r public acts, individual Wtfions, or active participation during the Pulsions of the time. i7'osir.g with this nm- con . thp rmrties uliirti tmd . atelv beeucncaced nest y, r (,Erce(i 0 n(.crptit plenipotentiaries n the W. , jcnorni ot viuiino for necessiirv in ConglCS. . .ni,,.. Ptarv nirnniwvrieitS. ana i ' J ' of VUiiim-A lt.illlailt TllC tOllglCH" 'Soul. 111,1 1 ii iu In En"'!"-' The coalition had thus achieved its immediate lUCUVf... ,vrW n itlinfl trv Vn ri.,i ntiirpt. WblCn Ws K......vv. j,iu.r, . j . . i .,o ct pnnnrnitnir mat neiiee u-prp ?nVm ec Ptotb "Congreaa of Vienna. At no CommUtca to the f fci in px period des W ph. Qi (tl,toenien intrusted hibit ruch a gathering , . conbjder with moie solemn duties, whether confer the millions ot human beincs concerned. vastness of interests at stake, or the greatness of the coiifcequencwB involved. In weight of matter and variety of questions, it was doing injustice to tbe sessions ot Vienna to compare them with the deliberations ot Otrccht, or even with those of Westphalia. Its discussions could not be contined to the meie mode of checking any luure, disturbing action ot some single power, which ambition might tempt to misuse its preponderance at a neighbor's ex pense 'aud to his neighbor's detriment. The convulsions of battle had shaken Europe to its foundation-seats. Old monarchies had been sponged out and new ones, with strange mleis, erected in their steady The Ger manic constitution, the growth of Dioooy cen turies and the master-work of European poli tics, had been 9wcpt away in the war-torrent that gushed out of the French Revolution. It was necessary, therelore, to reinstate upon new grounds the basis on which the equilibrium of Europe had rested from the days when the first check was given to the overgrown power of Charles the Filth, and the tirst wedge driven into the system ot teudalism, which ultimately rumbled under the pervading influences of that revolution. Next in order came the recon struction of the Prussian monarchy, which had been dismembered in tbe shock of buttle between the troops of the fourth coalition and the lorces of Napoleon's armies. In this ques tion were interwoven tho destinies of Poland and of the kincdon of Saxony. The Nether lands, Switzerland, Bavaria, Italy, and Oeuoa demanded the nicest deliberations of the Con gress. A number of topics of secondary import ance came Betere tne uiemoiaoie Assemoiy, to which the victims of a quarter ot a century ot relentless wars came for redress of their wrongs. The conference ot the plenipotentiaries resulted in a series of side treaties and specific conven tions. Of those marked by a general interest, the essential clauses were alterwards grouped within the compass of a siuele act and plat ed under the perpetual perpetual! guarantee of the whole ot r urope. Prime and Statesmen Present. On the 1st of October. 1814, two months later than the period assigned by the tieaty of Paris of tbe 30th ot May ot that year, the Congress was inaugurated bv the presence ol the Empe rors ot Russia and Austria; of the Kings of Prus sia, of Denmark, of Bavaria, and of Wurteui- berg: of the Elector of Hesse aud ot the Grand Dukes of Baden and Saxe-Weimar. To its de liberations Europe had sent many of her states men ot nicnest tame ana suDtiesr minas. it may be n-jt uninteresting, iu this sketch, to recall Borne ot tne great names wmcn, wun tne exception ot Prince Talleyrand, were attached to a document which time lias proved to have been, in the main, a record of diplomatic Jug glery and hollow engagements. France, as deeply interested as any of the other parries. bad seiectea latiej rand Talleyrand, tunnen ei omen, a name dating back 400 years in tne annals of alliucut mind, andjin omen of battling subtlety and snake-like lubricity in the twists ano turns oi aipiomacy. ine Duke oi waioerg, a nephew of the prudent Dalberg, who, faithful to Napoleon, had to the last presided in wisdom over the Confederacy of the Rhine. Latour du Pin, an astute diplomat who left France in disgust in the dark days of '93, to mourn the butchery of his Catholic soverelen, and nurse his taith in legitimacy in the neigbborhood of the republican and Puritan town of Boston. count, ana suDsequentiy liuke, de Noaul?s, Marshal de Money's elder son, whose brother holds a place in our history for services under ashington in our Revolutionary war. With a voice whi(h, as powerful as that of Pitt, for years kept Europe under the iutluence of alter nate aouots ana lears, Austria spoke through Prince Metternich with the appendaee of Baron Wessenberg "a bouncing cracker to a comet's tail." Russia asserted her claims throuch Counts Raesuniotickl, Stackclberg. and Nessel rode. England was impersonated by Lord Castlereaeh, the Duke of Wellington, Lords Cathcart. tlancarty, and Stewart. Prussia committed her damaged interests to the shrewdness of Prince von Hardenberg and the statecraft otj Karl Wilholui Humboldt, who would bave held a higher place on tbe roles oi distinction but for the inconvenience of an over shadowing brother culled Alexander von Hum' boldt. In the person ot Cardinal Gonsalvi, an eminent prelate, Pope Pius the VI Ith came im, with a sad catalogue oi grievances, numinattons, and insults, amounting to martyrdom, to ule his abated schedule ot rights to tha puny estates from which strong handed robbers have been pertinaciously and sutcessiuiiy clipping tor the three last three-quarters of a century. Bavaria, which, frem the be einning of the ninth century. has plaved no mean, however secondary a part in the vicissitudes of European politic?, dele gated the Prince ot Wrede and Count Rechberg names that are symbols of craft and wisdom com bined. Hanover poor Hanover of 1806 which claims and has the claim allowed, to "a local habitation in Europe, so tar back as the con ouering dav of the original Kaiser, half a cen tury before the Christian era. Hanover, that now, like "Antonio" bv "Shvlock." "stands in tne dan ger" of Prushin. was content to intrust her con cerns to the ripe experience of tbe Count of Jluuster. fnain appointed tiomoz iaorador. who, considering the slighter interests of his constituents, realized, as a hard worker, the meaning of bis name, aud broueht to his work an amouiit of vigilance und utility which might have been not nnfruitfully devoted to a more important cause. Portugal, the "neither llesb. fish, nor red herring" power of Kurope, which, in niereantile supremacies, world-wide discove ries, and colonial conquests, had onco looked down tn contempt even on Envland's eflorta of imitation, if not of rivalry, stppped Into the Courress, in the persons ot'Palmella, Saldanha, and Lobo, huddling under the skirts of Wel lington's military frock. Sweden, through Chailes XIV. ex-Sergeant Beruadotte, Fent Count Lowenhiclm. no inferior specimen of an able and accomplished court parasite. The five great powers constituted themselves Into a Di rectory Committee, with Prince de Metternick as its chairman. Pi nulla n, Polish, and Saxou ilueatlona. The first discussions turned on the Prussian, Polish, and Saxon questions. In the kingdom of Snxon.y. Prussia found the only possessions which, rounding off her territories, could secure to her the source of power that her position entitled her to wield. She was, however, com pelled to yield in this leonine distribution of spoils, and, after much negotiation, signed the treaty of May 18, 1815, by which she re tained Cpper and Lower Lusatia, the risht bank of the Elbe, and some districts in the Norih. The remnants of Saiony, Dresden, and liCipsic were alloted to Frederick Augustus, her King, who, tn consideration of thec grants to Prussia, escaped the penalty of his attach ment to Napoleon, and faved his crown. The destinies of Poland, a much shorter work, were settled simultaneously with those of Saxony. The Infamies consummated in 179C, in spite of Kosciusko's heroic clforts, were reascrtcd by tbe Congress. The Grand Duchy of Wamaw was reunited to tbe Russian empire. A portion of the country, with a population of some !K!0,i)00 couls, was dismembered and tacked to Prussia. A portion of Eastern Galllcia, w hich had been ceded to Russia, was, together with the territory of Wlellczka, restored to Austria; while, in the indulgence of a grim joke, the Congress declared the city of Cracow to boa lree, neutral, and independent republic. Sardinia. A secret article in the Treaty of Paris of May, 1814, had annexed thp territory of Genoa to the Mates of Sardinia. This question commended itself to the attention of the Congress In the opening of us ses-ions: but it was not resolved until the conclusion of the side treaty of tbe 20th May, lblii, between the rulers of Sardinia, France, Austria, England, Prussia, and Russia, as contracting parties. With this addition, the boundaiies of fhc kingdom were settled, and nearly within the limits which it occupied before the 1st of January, 17S2, and before the trtuEoh of the republican armiet. under Bonaparte. The States which had thoretofore constituted the Re public of Genoa, including tbe island of Capraia, were merged in the possessions of Sardinia, (-omening upon its king tne title of Duke ot (K"noa. llie countries which had formerly beei.' designated as Imperial fiefs, united with the Li'ri'm Republic, were also attached to the States of Sardinia. Austria mul Italy. Prefermittin7 tue stipulations touching Swit zerland and tho.8C relative to the Old United Provinces, with wicn closely connected the destinies of Belgi um, which, in the event of a ceneral conflict, is .marked out as a future battle-field for France, UjjS review brings us to the definition and settlement of the concerns ot Italy by the Congies!. It haa passed on the rights of Poland and of Saxony. The recon struction of Prussia, involving epilations f territory, had been dtrvced wlt,h a touc,ninK unanimity of consent. The TEdbc-n Hanover, Sardinia, and Ketherla?" Jf-K?? rn. . c-.i ? u .u. admitted the principle that the three brauches of the , ot Austria snotiia oe reinstated in tne Italian possessions, through earlier treaties at the be- I finning of tbe revolutionary stiuggle in France. I iere, in connection with the Austro-Italian phase ot the present war, it may be well to take a backward step. At a late banqueting, with the object, perhaps, of warding eff some possi ble imputation agan st tils administration, lor failing to foresee what it might have done, Lord itussell expressed the opinion mat it is out natural that Austria should resort to arms, haviup, by a very equivocal treaty in the year 1798, obtained the government of Venetia."' From the times of Cardinal Wolsey down to those ot Lord John Russell, so tortuous and uniair have been the negotiations of England that, even in our davs, British statesmen can find traces of their own unfairness and ambigui ties in the plaiuest records of diplomacy. We are not aware of the existence of any treaty of 17PH, equivocal or otherwise, that Aastria can claim as a sanction for her authority over Vene tia. With a very lair compend, however, of the collection ot the treaties ot Europe before us, we find that in consequence ot a succession ot victories, which carried Bonaparte within a hundred miles of Vienna, in the night of the lxth of October, 1797, at the village of Campo- Foimio, Austria, treating for peace and for her hereditary possessions, ceded to France Bel gium, Mentz, and Philipsburg.together with the Cisalpii.e Republic and Austrian Lombardy. The agreement divided the States of Venice, Corfou", Cephulonia. Hagia-Marra, Cherigo, and the depending islands, together with Albania, were ceded to France. Istria and Dal matria, the Adriatic Islands, the city ot Venice, and the States of the mainland up to the Adige, the Farraro, and the Po, were allotted to Austria, so as to settle her dominion from the Gulf of the Adriatic to the banks of the Po. Than this, nothiug can be more plain or unequivocal. Tbe Congress, theielore, actinsr upon the protocol, assigned to me eiaest orancn oi tne riousc ot Austria tbe ancient State of Venice, which, in exchange lor the Netherlands, had been ceded to her by the treaty of Campo-Formlo. The Return of Kapoleon front EUba. As to tbe rest of Italy proper, tbe pretensions ot Spain to the Duchy of Parma aud those of Murat, rigorously sustained by Austria in claim ing his kingdom of Naples the price of his treachery greatly disturbed the conferences ot the Congress which had them in hand, when the intelligence of Napoleon's escape and of his landing at tne guii oi man on tbe hrtot March, lsl5, swallowed up every minor interest in the means of averting the battle-storm howling about their half completed fabric of arrange ments. The claims of bpain and Naples wre unceremoniously thrust aside to make way for their lamous declaration of the powers of the 13th of March, 1815, which, proclaiming Napo leon an invettrat disturber of the peacp of nations, and a civil and social outlaw, held to public retribution, pledged the contracting parties to the maintainance of the treatv of Paris of 1814, and the appliance of every e'tfort in. nwumu n Efipur. ilia ii.aMiillt. U n...na A third Ruiirpp. t hp hittrrCBt nnrhnrvo M' tli Ha. . . . i j 1 1. . i . J . lesiauou ruukuug iu me uepnew's neart, was The German iictlou. In the meantime, formal conferences on the great question of the German Confederacy, opened between the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, isaxony, Hanover, and the other parties in interest, were closed on th 8th ot June, ten days before Waterloo, bv the siz- T"l 1 1 , 1 1 1' i"l ftf h. I.'.l 1 t' 11 1 i Villi -in ... . . . 1 . : . 1. .. 1 .-. A ir 1 ui v mo & vuiAt.i wuiiiaiiv, VYUIUU. UUCauT .....1 1 .. .1 1 . ' ... .... uiuuidiKU iu iuc juvuiuuuuury eoutlicts Ot 1MB, is now given in tatters to the winds, before the rush of the late Prussian victories. To return, however, to the point from whiou we diverged, Napoleon was again in the field, und thp immi nence of peril had swayed tho Congress iuto what we would call hasty resolutions, in spite of their thirteen informal and iucni.Hiiaivp con- ferences. Irom the 14th of October tn tho Kit h ot jNovemDer, ii4. cnougn mat. on the day men tioned, the rights and obligations of Germany, uo a luiura tua lasting wonieaeracy, were sol emnly defined. me duties pound tnemseives to defend the wnoie oi uemiany, a? weti as every individual Confederate Statu, from any and every attack. They bound themselves to a reciprocal guaran tee ot all tneir possessions, which the Union embraced. Upon a declaration of war nv the Confederation, no member thereof could broach inuiviauai negotiations wun the puphiv. con clude an armistice, or agree for peace, without me sxpresseu uuutteui oi me omer Confederates. The members ot the Confederation, iinpp.ineiiliv reserving to themselves the right ot forming aiimiiucB, uuuuu luouiieivei, uy an obligation, not to take anv engagement wlnpli mioi, mnrt ngnjuri t,u nj-vj vi vuc vvincucrttiiou, Or mat ;i,. .n.f.i... .iia ..... . . i of the individual States of hich it is composed. In the closing act, the 'Confederate States solemnly bound themselves under no pretext to wage war against' any of the member; not to refer their dif ferences to the adjudication of arms, buf to sub mit them to the deliberations and decisions of the Diet created September, 1815, which, laving down tbe organic law of the Confederation, established the rules which were to control their interior, military, and exterior relations and concerns. The special duty was aliened to the Diet to apply every mediation, or, failing these, to solve the matters by a final judement. The cas of Austria conies strictly under the provisions of the act of Confederation, and no one will attempt to deny that her action for weal or woe to herself, for the destines ot Ger many, for tae quit of Europe, and tor the re sponsibilities of Prussia was grounded upon what should have been a suggestion, at least, if not a judgment of the Diet. The Merman Confederation. It is scarcely necessary more pointedly to refer to the force and the tendencies oi a compact with which everv in'ellieent reader Is conversant. To any one of them familiar with the duplicities which, at the time, characterized either the relations of States or the relations of individuals, it Is needless to say that no more pertect treatise of hypocrisies, falsehoods, and lies could be written than that condensed from the compacts and treaties concluded on the Otii of June. 1815. Intended, so far as the "Em pire" of Germany is concerned, to be "a per petual Confederation of all her States," and framed ns a bulwark aeainst domestic feuds and foreign encroachments, they contained elements of dissolution, not foreseen, perhaps by some of the fraroers, which the ambition ot any cne of the more power ful parties might work up into uticr ruin of every euarantee. They committed the error, perhups an intentloned error in th previsions of some shrewder diplomat, of bringing here the secondary Stutes, and there the still weaker ones, within contact of naturally repugnant in terests. Hence there has not been one of tbe last fifty j ears in which tiie strong-handed have not been peculiarly intrigninsr and watehing, not how to hold on to their Punic faith and maintain the hybrid compacts; but how, on the contrary, to throw dust In the ejes of the world and pervert its stipulations and guaran tees to tbe detriment and ruin of their unfortu nately impotent and imbecile associates. If a plot against the liberties of nationalities and populations which, in the scrutinies of God, are bound, sooner or later, to be free, it was au ingenious device of uncontrolled despots, exulting in the idea that they had overthrown the most formidable, because tho most intelligent, the most heroic, and the most generous despot of them all. It an error, it was a most stupidly fiuitlul error, working to the hopes and ends of despotism, in reducintr, to tbe authority of two overshadowing sove reignties, the puny and fragmentary resistance of twenty petty principalities and dukedoms. It was an illustiation, so for as the superior powers were concerned, of the thrifty wisdom that would put the kite to watch the dove-cote and the wolf the sheep-fold. Of the value of such a promise neither Austria nor Prussia could be unaware. The Career of Prussia. Of the two, however, Prussia must have been, as she really was, the move ardent in the career of encroachment, She was fully conscious of the inroads which the popular mind, in the revolution of 1848, had made into the heart of her power. The Diet, on which she could heretofore rely, though crippled by the grasp of her power, was still a thorn in her side, and an obstacle in her way. For the last eighteen years she bad been sedulously working to bring her people lo the v holesome restraints of that des potic Dowcr Her own iniquities, wonderfully helped b7 lne equa".Y grasping ambition ot ' ' 44 II nin.n niAniJanl'iilln . L. 1 Austria, ana s.'1 wvv- nvuncuuiij suuMu-vru by the mad experiments of a successful polittcal mountebank, seem, bj the triumph of her aims, to have put her in a fair" way of regaining the elements of absolute power which, shred by shied, were fast passing away irom ner; aud, under tbe pressure ot victorious armies, which, eveu at the risk of bankruptcy she keeps in the field, to give her the promise of riveting back upon the people or Germany tue yoice wnicn Austria uau laieiy kept rather loosely fastened on their necks. The French, who will. Irom every indication, have a word to say in this matter and that, it may be in the principle of the fellow-feeling which begets kindness, have a very pregnant adage in point otes-loi de la, que je my mette pet out of the way and let me come in, the vigorous Anglo-Saxon rendering of this piece of popular wisdom. Prussia, no doubt, after filty years of trials and expectations, thinks that Austria should "get out of the way" that she has been long enough sucking the substance of the people- of Germany and she has therefore reached the conclusion that it is her turn to "come in" and indulge in that par ticularly pleasant process of suction which feeds fat Kaisars and Kings and aristocrats at the expense of the very life-blood of the people. ho shall be the victorious sucker a short time will reveal. DANCING ACADEMIES. DL. CARPENTER & SON'S DANCING , ACADEMY. HO. Via AULU H1KT.M. T). L. Carnntir. the well-known and exDertanced Master of Dancing and CalistUcnlca, esnectmlly In forms Parents and Young Ladles and Geatlumen that bis Academy tor Private Tuition Kill reopen lor tne reception oi ornoiars un A I U RDAY 8EPTE1IBEB 1, 1806, for tbe Fail. Winter, and Kpiln. Kvery attention, as ueretoiore, win oe paid to advance his tcliolars In everv particular, and he can b aeea punctually at bis rooms, lio. tZ6 aKCU Street, dally ana nignuy. DAT9 OlVrnTION FOB T.II1FS. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY. AMD 1B1DAY AFTER- NOONS. FOR YOTJNO MIBES AND MAfiTKRS. TUESDAY, 1 1ll K8DA Y. A,D SATURDAY AFTEE- EVEMNOS FOB UF.KTLEMEN. TVESDAY, THCBSDAY. AKD BAiUBDAY EVEN INOS. PRIVATE EVESING8 FOR LADIES AND GEN TLEMEN. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY. AND FRIDAY EVEN 1NUS. DIBECT PRIVATE TUITION given In clansen or single lessons every morning. Terms, etc . made known at D. L. Carocmer & Bon's Acadeniv. u. l. carpenter s, Hon win give tneir attention to an the latent fashionable daaces ol tbe season. All Galops. W a lues, hops, etc., and tbe many differ ent figures ot tbe GERMAN COTILLION together, be will teab as usual al round dances and OaaOrilles. and, in tact, any daace thac mar be ra ti nettled Scholars can commence at any time uunng tbe tall and winter seasons. l-KlVATfc COJILLIO.N SUIKKI.!! will be Riven to scholars and iriends at his Rooms tbla Season, aa well as a courne of Evening Subscription Holrees at tbe Musical H and Hall, ana a gratia jun.sa.ne Subscrlulou Kali In February also, hte T enty-second Annual Floral Hall will be given at tbe Academy oi MuhIo this season Information will be glran on appli cation to I. h. Carpenter Ticket are reaoy at bis rooms tor bis Opening Holree. CONtJTANTINK LK ON IDA 8 CailPETEK. D. L. CAlH'EkTIB, A 27 3m No. 625 ARCH Street. EXCURSIONS. iprfh DELIGHTFUL EXCURSIONS ON TIIE SCHUYLKILL. Tbe bcaitiful Intle iteameti SILVER WAYJS AND SILVER STAR, Now running from Falrmount to Falls of Schuylkill, will leave Falrmount a follows, viz. I At 1 20. 8-0). 8 50, 9 S4, 1010, 11-05, 11-60 A. M. And at 12 35. 1 20, 2 05 , 2 50 1 35, -2n, R'. & M, and 6 35 P. M. t Beturnlur leave the Falls at 7-20. 8 0. 8-50, 9 35, 10-20 11-05. 11 50 A M. t and 13-36, 120, 2-05, J 60, 3'35, 4 20, 5 06 5-50, and 6-85 T.M. -1 FARE. To Laurel mil and the Falls, 15 cents: Colum bia Bridge or Washington Retreat, 10 cents. ExcutjIoC Tickets to Falls or Laurel 11111, 2&o. Picnles sad Sundaj Schools taken at a liberal reduotlon. 5 9i O ws LANDSCAPE DRAWING CARDS, A BEAU tiful aeileaot views, fifteen tn number, dealgiied ior tho luatructlon of Juvenile artists, yhot, I5ceuis a aarkaite ..Hh the EVENING TELEGRAPH. NEW YORK CLIPPER etO-tWillbOioundonitaJeattbe H. W. corner SEVESTJ1 na CHEflN UT BtroeU. INSURANCE COMPANIES1 XKLAWAREMUTOALSAFETT INSUKANCB I j ( 'O tM I A WS Y fNCORrORATEIl BY iHK LffimLATURE OF PEN. SYLVAN! A, 1H. OFFICE, . Z. (CRNsR 1111 HI) .,nt WALSCT dlREKTs, Pl(IT.AUs.LPHlA MARINE INRURANUE ON VFHHEL3,) hJO. TO all parts of e or) a. FREIGHT. ) INLAND INSURANCES On Goods by River. lanai.Lake and I d Carrlaae to all parts of tlin I'nlon FIltB INSURANCES On Merrbandme penernlly. On Btoree, Dwelling Houses, era ASSET OF THE COMPANY November 1, IHM. 100,ncn United .States 6 per cent oan 7f...!S 000 Ofl l'jo.otin e " 'si ...i28io-M 200 (100 " 7 J 10 per cent loan Treasury Notes M,37Voo 10O,C0Q State ol Pennsylvania Five Per Cent Loan M.56V00 64,000 State ol Pennsylvania, Six Per Cent. Loan 83,200-00 26,00 l lty ol Philadelphia Six Per Cent. Loan 112,812 50 20.000 Pemmy vama Rallrond Drat Mort- ' n. . Slx Per Pent. Honils 20,000-00 26,000 Pennsvlvanla K I road Mccond ilort- .... asaeHix Percent. lionds 23,750 00 25,000 Western Pennsylvania Railroad Mort- i.v. R,K M Percent. Hnil 23,750 00 15.000 Sim fthnrea Stork Oennsntown Gus Company, principal aid Interest guaranteed by the City of 1'hliadel- 7,150 U HhareW WoekPonrisyiviiila 'Rail- 3'W 50 . ,ro1 Company 8,560-00 5,000 100 Shares fctook Norm Pennsylvania . Railroad Company 8,250 00 40,000 Di posit with United States Govern in 0n",.,' yect to ten days' call 40,000-00 30,008 Stale oj Tennessee Five 1 cr Cent. i-nT,n.Io"n A 18,000 00 1 iOJOO Loans on Bonos and Mortgage ttrst liens on City Property 10.000 00 1,038,80 Par. Market value. ...n,.Vi(i-oo Keal Estate Jiimiii'! UI la receivable for Insurances made.. 21 01 3 37 llalaneea due at Agencies: Premiums ' on Marine ro'loles, Accrued Inte rest and otber debt a one the Coin- naay 40,511 44 Scrip and Stock of sundry Insurunco and other ompanles, $1133. Esti mated valne 2,910 00 Caah In Ranks 55 M6 89 Cash in Drawer 678 4S 66,8-15 37 1.253 630-18 DIRECTORS. Samuel E. Stokes. .1 F. Penlstan, Thomas f. HaMd, John C. Davta. Edmund A. hornier, Theopbjius Paulding, John K Penrose, James Traqtialr, lienry C. Daliett, Jr., James C. Hand. William C Ludwlg, Joseph II. Seal, Georae C. Lelper, Hugb Crorjt, Robeit burton. jieijry nioan, W II lam G. Botilion, Edward larlinitoa,i 11 Jones Brooks, dward Lafourcade, Jacob P. Jones, James B. McFailand, Jonbua P. F.vre. Soeucer Mctlvaln, J. H. Semple, Pittsburg, A. B Berger. Plttsburx, Ik. T. AliifLmn Plltuhlirtr John D. Taylor, THOMAS C. PAMI l'lPRl-teilt JOHN C, DAVIS, Vice-President. Hf.nbt Ltldcbm, Secretary. 1 1k S011TII AMERICAN TRANSIT INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 133 South FOURTH Street PHILADELPHIA. Annual Policies issued aeainst General Accidents all description at exceedingly low rates. Insurance eflected tor ono year, in any anm from $10 to lti.tNjO, at a premium of only one-hail per cent hecuring tbe lull amount Insured In case ot death, and vuiuupnwuoD eacn week equal to tho whole pre ml am paid Short time Tickets for 1, 2,1,5,7, or 10 days, or I, 3, ot 6 months, at 10 cents a dav, Insuriiiff in tbe sum or3ii00, or giving 16 per week It disabled, to be had at tiie General Otiioe, No. 183 S. FOURTH Street, i hlladel phla. or at the various Railroad 'ticket oinces. Be guru to purchase the tickets of tho North American Transit Insurance Company. For circulars and further Information apply at the General Otlice, or ol any oi the autruuiaad Agents of Uia rkimpany. LEWIS L. HOCPT. President. JAMKH M. CONRAD, Treasurer HENRY C. BROWN, Secretary. JOHN C. BULLITT, Solicitor. llRbC'10R.S. L. L. Houpt, late of Peunaylvanla Railroad Com Dan v M. Baird. of W. Ha.dwln A Co.'s. Cnmuel C. Palmer, Cashier ot Commercial Bank Blchard Wcod,o, 300 Market stieet .luti es M. Conrad, No. 623 Slaiket street J. E. Klngslev, Continental Hotel. H. G. Leiaenring, Nos. 237 and 239 Dock street. Enoch Eewis, late Gen. hup t Penna K. R. G. C. Francis, us Gen. A gent Penna. K. R. Co. George Martin, No. 322 Chesnut street 1 3 10m QIRARD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. OFFICE, No. 416 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA CAPITAL PAID IN, IX CASH, 8200,000. T his com par y continues to write on Fire Ritkt cnli Its capital, with good surplu . Is sa.ely Invested. TOl " Lotses by Are nave bee n promptly paid, and more than 50O,OOO Disbursed on this account within tbe past few years. For the present the oftce of this company will remain at No. 415 WALNUT STREET, But within a few months will remove to its OWN BUILDING it. E. CORNER BEVENTH AND CHESNCT STREETS. Then as now, we shall be happy to Insure oar patrons a such rates as are consistent with saicty. PIHECTOK8 THOMAB CRAVEN. ALFRED S. GILT.KTT FURMAN BUEPPARD, TkOS. MAC RELLAU, JOHN KUPPLtK. JOHN W. CLAGHORJT, Hll.AS TEKKEtl. Jn.. P. lyAn KHl'G, CHARLES .". DUPOST HKNRYF. KENNEY. JOSEPH KXAPF.M.D, THOMAS CRAVEN. President. A LFRED 8. GILLE1 T. V. President and Treasurer. JAMES B. ALVORD, Secretary. ll$ 1829CnAIlTEI1 PERPETUAL FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v P1JILADELP1IIA. Assets on January 1, 1806, Ssa.GOQ.bsrotj. Capital 400.(r00 0 Acciueu Surplus W4 543 la Premium l,li,308 81 UNSETTLED CLAIMS, INCOME FOR 186 U.407 53. ruoooo. LOSSES PAID SINCE 11 OVER 85,000,000. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms, DIRECTORS. Charles H Bancker, l.dweid C. Dale. George Kales, Allred Filler, Erancls W. Lewla, M. 7. Peinr Mef'alL i oiiiaa apner, Samuel Grant, George W. Richards, Isaac la, CHARLEB N. BANCKEK, President EDWARD C DALE, Vice-President. J AS. W. MCALLISTER. Secretary protein. 3 til -rrIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. THE Jj PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COM PANY Incorporated 1825 charter Perpetual No. 51 WaLNUI Street, opposite Independence Square. 'ibis Compauv, favorably known to the community for over torty yeare, continue to insure against leas or damage by tire on Public or Private Buildings, elthe. permanently or lor a limited time. AIho on Furniture, Stocks oi Goods, and Alercbandue generally, on liberal '"l'i'eir Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, Is Invested In (he moat careiul manner, which enables them to ofler to the insured an undoubted security In tbo caae Ot loss. DIBECTORS. Daniel Smith, Jr.. John Devereuz, Alexander Benson, I Thomas Smith, laaao Hazlehursi, I Henry Lewis, Ikouia Bobbins, I J. Ollllaghain Fell, Daniel Haddock Jr. DAN ILL SMITH, Ja., President. WU.LIAH G.Cbowbll, Secretary. 30J TDHffiNIX INSURANCE COMPANY OP PHI IT LADELPHlA. INCOlilOH'lED 1804 CHARTER PERPETDAL, Mo. 224 WALNUT Street, opposite the Exchange. In addition to MARINE aud INLAND INSURANCE tMs Comaany insures rioio loss or damage by KIKE, on liberal t erius on buildings, nieicbandise, tarulture, ete., lor limited periods, and permanently ou buildings, by deposit ot premium. The Company I.as been In active operation for mora than SIXTY YEA US, during which ail losses have toe) pioinpUy adjusted and paid. Jol'O L. Hodge, Lawrenco Lewis, Jr, Al. 11. Malioney, Jobn T. Lewis, William 8. Grant. Hubert W. Leauung, D. Clark Wbartou, xaviu ijewis, Benjamin Etttng, Tbomat H. Powers, A. R. AlcUenrr Kdmoud t a.llllon, l.llllltt 41 ltlj,vrl. Same JWllcox, I on-n R. WTt'HJSllEK, presKW". Bah t Wilcox, Stcjetarr. 11 INSURANCE COMPANIES. LIVER rOOL AND LONDON "AUD GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital and Assets, $16,000,000. Invested in United States, $l,50Qr,OOO Tola! I'reiniums Ileceivd. "by the Compawy in 18(J5, 54,947,175. Total Losses Paid in 1865, $4,018,250. Ail Losses promptly adjusted without reietence to Enaland. ATWOOD SMITH. General Agent lor Pennsylvania. Ol-KICK, No. (i Merchants' ExcViaTio:, PBlLADELruiA 18116m U0VI1ENT LIFK AND TRUST COMPANY OF I'MIT.AIlVi Pull No. Ill South Eol'RTH Street INCORPOK A I IJQ I MU.N'I H. Wd.. IReA. t AI IPITAL, Wl.tOWM, PAID IN. Insurance on Lives, by V earlv Premiums I Of by , 10. or J) vear Premiums. Non-lorieiture. 1 ndowmeniM, payab e at a utitre age, or ti prior ???f.'!A':y 1;rfm""n. or 10 year Prcniiunis botli c arses Non-torleiture. Annuities gianteil on favorable terms. Term Po h les Chit 'ren's Kndowmenta This Company, while giving the Insured the aeouritv of a Bald up Ca, Ital, will dlviue the entire proflta of tho Lite liusincxs among Its Poller holders. Mone.t a received at Intercut, an I paid on demand Authorized hy charter to execute i rusts, and to act a Fxcruioror Anmlnlstrator. Assignee or Guardian, and In oilier fiduciary capacities unuer appointment o anv Court of this Commonwealth or of any person or Dor sous, or bodies politic or corporate. PIKECTOKS PAWCEL n.'PHIPLFY, Kit HARD cadbuby. .11 RHI1.M1 Hai K f R , 'HEMIV HAINEH, JtiSIIL A H. MORRIS, T WISTARBXOWN. Bit HARD Vt OOI), WM. C. LONGSTBETH, (HARLEB F COFFIN. "J1"-'!'n SAMUEL R SHIPLEY. ROWLAND PARRY. Prekldent. Actuary. THOMAS WlSTAR.il. I., J. 11. TO WN8KM. 7 27$ Ale (ilea Eiamlner. Legal Adriser. MISCELLANEOUS. JplTLKK, WEAVER & CO., J1ANUFACTTJ1ER9 OF Manilla and Tarred Cordage, Cords ; Twines, Etc., No. 23 North WATER Street and 2io. ii N orth DELAWARE Avenue, I'UILAIlKLrillA. EDWIH II. FtTLKR, MlCTTAEr-WgAVRIt. C'OJiBAD F Cloiiueb. 1 14 QiO ARCH STREET. -OA? FIXTURES J1Z CHANDELIERS, BRONZE STATCARY. Etc -VANKllifc & CO. wouiorespectiully direct Uie itten" Hon ef then-iriends, and the pubUc general'y, to their large and elegsnt assortment ot G vm FIXTTJRls yAVlt"8' '.n.d. GllN Ail EN 1A L B RON Z E , Vs- -5ose i wishing hambioine and thoroughly made Goods, at very reasonable prices, will and It to U'er advantage to lve us a coil boiore purchasing elso- N. B. Soiled or tarnished flxtuieg rennlshed with special care aud at reasonable prlcea. VAXKIRK A CO G-EOUGE TLOWMAN, CARPENTER AND BUILDER, No. 232 CARTER Street And No. 141 DOCK Street. Machine Woik and Allllwrlghtlng promptly attend 0. SH J CO Ii N E X C II A BAG 11 AN UF ACTOR Y. N O E JOHN T. B A I L U X A O REUOVBD TO N. E. corner of SIAKEET and WATER Streets Pui.adalphla, DEALERS IN BAUfe AND BAGGING , oi every ueaciiptlon, lor Gtain, Flour, Halt, Mipet P hosphate oi Lime. Bono liuat, Kto. large and small O UN NY BAGS canstantly on hand. Also, WOOL SACKS. ' John T. Bailet. James Cascades. ALEXANDER G. C ATT ELL & CO. PRODUCE COAIJIISSION 1IERCHANT8. Ho. 26 NORTH WHARVES, AND NO. NORTH W ATER STREET, PHILADELPHIA. II ALEXAfcDKB O. CATTEL1,. ILIJAV O. CATTBLt COTTON AND FLAX SAIL FCCK AND CAN TAB, ot ail numbers and brands. Tent. Awning, Trunk, and VV agon-Cover buck. Alsc Paper Uanniacturora' Drier Felts, Irom one to Ntat , feet wide; Paultmt, Belting, Bail Twine, etc JU11N YY. EVERM4N A Co., it) Mo luSSONES' Alley. WILLIAM 8. GRANT, COMMISSION MERCHANT. No. 83 8. DELAWARE Avtnue, Philadelphia, AOEur roa Dnpcnt's Gunpowder, lteilned Nitre, Charcoal, Ete. W. Baker 4 Co 'a Chocolate. Cocoa, and Broma. Crocker Bros. & Co. 'a Tellow Alctal Sheathing, Bolts, and Nails I 'At SHIPPING. je'PF-K STEAM TO LIVERPOOL-CALLING -ii't Vii VuecnstowTJ Tho Inman Line, sailing MlLVweekiy, earrvlng the United stataa mali. "tllY OF NEW YOKE." Saturday, heptomber H "C1TY'F LlMERll K" Wednesday, Sepiember li "CITY OF BOSTON" Saturday, Septtmaer 15 't 1TY OF MAN CHESi Eli". Wednesday, September Hi ETNA" Saturday, Seoteinear ti and each succeeding hatuiday and Wednesday, at noon, rrom Pkr No. 4ti North nvor. raies of passage By the mall steamer Bailing every Saturday. First Cabin, Gold !Hi Btetrago, t nrrency M To London 95 i To London 4c To Paris lOoi lo Paris i. Passage by tbe WedncedHy steamers: First cabin, 100; steerage, 36. Pavablo In United Slates cur rency. Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bre men, eto , at motlerato rales. Steerage passage lrxui Liverpool or Queenstown, 4 cuirency. 'l kketa cnu be bougnt here by persons send inc for their friends. For further luloimatlon apply at the Companv'4 ortlc'.a. JObN G DALE Aeent. 8 7 No. Ill WALNUT Street, Plulada. FOR NEW YORK PiIILADFL del nha Steam Prooeller C'omsanv I. tiwiiii bwiusure Lines, via Deluware and Rarltan Canal, leaving dary at 12 ii. and 6 p. Al., connecting with all Buniu ru anu r attern noes. For freight, which win be taken upon accommodating terms, apply to WILLIAM M. BAIRD u CO., I IB No. L)2S. DELAWARE Tenue a'O SHIP CAPTAINS AVD OWNERS. TH1 unueritlgned baring leased the KENSIHG'lOM feC RE W DOCK.uegn 10 In oral his friends and the patrons ol tbe Dock that be 1 prepared with increaseo fauiiltie to accommodate those having rrsse s to be raised or repaired, aud being a pracilcal ship-carpenter and caulker, wl I give personal attention to tbe vessels a trusted to blm ior repairs. Cat tMpa or Agents, ship Carpenters, and Machinist) bavlnfV'essels to repair, are solicited to cull. Having tbe agency for tbe aaie of "VVetieniedt's Patent Metallic Composition" lor Copper Paint for tbe pieservation of vessels' bottoms, for tbls city, 1 tin pre .paied to lunikh tbesamo on tavorsb!e termt. JOHN H. HAMM1TT. . . Kensington sciew Dock, 1 Is DELAWARE Avenue, above PA OREL Street STOVES, RANGES, ETC. QU LY E R'S NEW T A T E N T DEEP SAND-JOIST f ' II 0 T - A I E F U 11 N A O E. KANOE8 OF ALL fcli'.KS. ALSO, PHIEG-AH'S EW LOW'PBESSTJEE STIjAil JIEATINli AI'PAKATTJS. yOB SALB UT 6 10 ' CHARLES WILLIAM, No. 1182 MaKKEJ STlU.tX. THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER, OR EUROPEAN RANGK. tor families, hotols or public lustituiious. Iu TWENTY DIFKKKhNT KlztH Alno l'hl adeluhla Kuiurn. Hoi-Air k ur- Baces, lonal'le Heaters, lowuowo oratos nreuoara Stoves, Rati Holler. Biewhoie Plates, ltrollem. Cook ing Stovea etc., wuolesa e ana r-tail. by tim inanuiai. tuiera kUARPE THOMSON, I isstnthein Nu. m N. bk.0OAD Street