CONTINENTAL NOTES.
One of the foremost men of the age, Count Bismarck, has completely broken down in health, and for some time to come wiil be sequestrated from public business. He has received unlimited leave of absence, and intends to spend three months on his Pomeranian estates. He is to receive no despatches, write no letters, be subject to no worry. A Erench paper says he is suffering from delirium tremens, produced by a habit of swallowing small doses of brandy; but the truth seems to be, that the Count has been liable of late to attacks of nervous prostration, arising from the tremendous pressure of the labors and excitements of the past few years. In his absence, Count Von Moltke will be the most trusted adviser of the King; but the event is not without its gravity, for with Bismarck away from the helm, no one can say what may happen. The Emperor Napoleon, too, has been ill, from a severe cold caught during a visit to Bouen; but the anxiety which for a season prevailed has passed away.
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Southland Times, Issue 1005, 17 August 1868, Page 3
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180CONTINENTAL NOTES. Southland Times, Issue 1005, 17 August 1868, Page 3
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