| Show THE wan WAK IX europe THE war between france and prussia will make the telegraphic dispatches interesting and every item of news will be looked for and read with eagerness opinions as to the result of the war and which power will be victorious are various many think france quite capable of thrashing prussia while others entertain the opposite opinion much depends upon the attitude of oft the other great powers for awhile it is probable r 0 bable babie that nothing definite will be pk known n own respecting their action but there will be no end of rumors and anif reports upon the subject the contestants are more nearly matched than they were in former struggles france for centuries has been a first class military power and she was never probably in a better condition than at present to wage a successful war her army is second to none in equipment discipline and every other essential while her navy ia Is only inferior to that of great britain prussia is a foe however no not to be despised she has grown rapidly of late years and brings to the contest the prestige gained in the late war with austria and the laurels won on the field of her troops are well drilled and splendidly armed full of military pride great love loje for fatherland and stubborn courage they are a foe not to be despised even by the french As to numbers there is not much difference between the nations prussia proper numbers about millions but it is estimated that prussia with the aid of her provinces and the states bound to her by solemn treaties can many soldiers in the field as france the german power which france must meet falls but little if any short of forty millions while the strength of france is placed at thirty eight millions napoleons manifesto to the states of south germany may have some exact effect upon those powers among whom a feeling of uneasiness is said to prevail respecting the growing spirit of aggrandizement manifested by prussia if la zabette liberto can be relied upon it is the intention of the emperor to enter germany in such a manner as to separate them from prussia slay slap to prevent their active cooperation with her and to neutralize their influence if an attempt should be maberto use it in her favor the dispatches convey the impression that there is a prospect of serious trouble also between france and england if they represent the condition of the feeling England in ln on the subject of the war and the attitude of france it will be difficult for england to maintain her neutrality tra lity it would be strange if there were not very strong feeling in england and russia rubbia and probably other countries on the eagerness which france has manifested to enter into this war the ostensible cause of war Is most trifling and everything connected with the declaration that has as yet appeared on the surface places the conduct of france in a most unfavorable light En glands sympathies in the past have been with prussia in preference to france the royal houses of the two countries are united by very close ties and there exists a traditional friendship between the two nat nations lens but towards france there is a leeling of suspicion and distrust which the recent alliance has not removed and which it is probable may exhibit itself in something stronger than thau a mere sentiment popular opinion however in england is very averse to war it is very questionable whether neutrality can be maintained by the powers which now profess it altogether there is every prospect of a bloody and frightful war which may spread to great lengths and involve many peoples and completely change the affairs of europe SENATOR REVELS bevels is busily engaged in a lecturing tour his principal subject being The tendencies of the age he has visited massachusetts new york and the west the cincinnati papers in which city he lectured at fifty cents a head call his lecture a vety weak specimen of rhetorical dish water and almost destitute of ideas the democratic j journals ourn als ais doubt whether the country is willing to pay revels bevels per par annum in order to hear his hii views on social moral and political reform A NEW party composed of members from all parties in the state has been recently formed in south carolina the object being as stated to drive the venal and the corrupt from power and to prevent the state from being eing utterly ruined the central committee of the new now party has issued an address to the people an extract from which gives a dark picture of the condition of affairs there the address says in many of the counties tho the co county corinti tinty officers and county funds are held by individuals irresponsible and notoriously corrupt ana and land disposed of for the same illegitimate purposes add to this that large largo monopolies are passed the legislature through the medium of open and notorious bribery that franchises are seldom obtained but by private purchase or for corrupt and fraudulent ends that the commonest acts of justice re giring legislation legs isolation must pay their passage that votes of members of tho the legislature are bought and sold as merchandise that public off omm meers officers prostitute their positions ana and even the legislature of the state to the purpose of stock jobbing and speculation that so stupendous a fraud ia Is perpetrated pet rated as that whereby the land commission aided by the advisory board 0 which the governor of the state isi si the official head acquired binet ninety V thou sand dollars of the public money in a a single transaction and above all th that atthe the administration of the state has not dragged to light and to punishment even one of this infamous band and say where in all tho the catalogue of iniquity which disgraces the history of fallen humanity can be found a parallel to this picture faintly family but faithfully delineated Aw ARRIVED RivED mr walter montgomery the elocutionist and tragedian has arrived and will appear at the 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