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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 9, 21 June 1864, Page 2

The European Mails for tho month of April teem with, news of the most import- ; ant nature. In the foremost rank stands the I) ano- German War,.- whiela, giyes;evidenee of embroiling the whole Continent !in the strife. The Danes, fuHyYrelying. on I the alliance of Britain and France j havo | continued fighting to the death] and; have ibeen suffering fearful .Ipsa of life at the? ' hands of their Prussian-victors. Prussia lias threatened to ap^opriateYth© ' Ypro^ V [ vince of Jutland in retaliation for acts of | reprisal committed hy the Danes on GFer- ! man shipping. Qn "'.fegy-^th^rYh^d, ■ '" ! France and England have' ' enmßmed to ' ? . | demand an armistice, and hate agreed jto declare war against the SEoviev which should refuse to ag_«e.t"e>.a' truce. j A later telegram informs- us- , that France y has despatched 50,000 troops. to thefron- ■-■- tier, and that Great Britain has sent a fleet to the Baltic. Intelligence such asthia is indeed ominous, hut we sincerely trust that these steps may secure peacefully for Denmark what the London Conference failed to establish, i. Se., the integrity of the Danish monarchy, political and administrative autonomy of the Duchies, maintenance of their union as one single State, and Eendsburg to be made a German Federal fortress^ 'as a" " guarantee of the indivisibility y sq£ the Duchies. -- The Polish insurrection Js somewhat in the shade at present ; but the sanguinary struggle continues with "but little; abate-; ment, and barbarous outrages on defenceless women and children are prominent in the achievements of the "Bus'siarisY Turkey, has granted an asylum to the Circassians, who have' been worsted in some of their recent conflicts with the Russian forces. The aspect of afrairs on the American Continent is anything but ari assuring one, although the Canfederat<»haye been gaining important successes, and also that there is a general feeling arising that the end of the struggle is fast approaching. President Lincoln -has once more issued orders for 250,000 men to ! cany on . the • : war, * 7 .and; ■. ; .a y; great j panic existed in the Federal money market, gold having reached as high as 189. How long this enormous sacrifice of life will continue,,. it is, , : of course, impossible to guess ; but it is much ta be feared, from present accounts, that the Federals are no hearer the • of their wishes than they were years ago. We hope the prediction- that" the present campaign will end the fratricidal strife will prove a true one;_..and, looking at the alfair in its true light, we cannot help .thinking- that- leven . although the Federal . 1 States fail iri obtaidihg their desired [ !' objects", tlie people of ' the Jforthenil States: themselves -will only *be too* 'glad S : ■ when* the war is no more, whatever the V issue of it may be.' * i -" r; ■•'■ },k (LIQT]Yyi.;YA