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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 14, 1867

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 29, No. 23.

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News and Miscellany.

Can ye not discern the Signs of the Times? Matt. xvi, 3.
Jeff. Davis. New York, May 4. The New York Times' Washington special says: “Bail to the amount of $100,000 for the release of Davis will be tendered—Augustus Schell and Horace Greeley becoming securities.” “The Judiciary Committee have received authentic letters, showing that Davis was fully cognizant of the cruelties and barbarisms practiced at Andersonville.”
Vera Cruz. New York, May 4. The Herald's Vera Cruz letters report a distressing condition of affairs prevailing there, owing to the siege and the scarcity of provisions. The vomito was raging violently.
The Peace Conference. London, May 7. The Conference of European Governments for the settlement of the conflicting claims of France and Prussia in regard to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, met in this city to-day. It is reported that the leading powers hesitate to carry out the proposition for guaranteeing the neutralization of Luxemburg, and that the people of the Grand Duchy ask for annexation to Belgium.
Mexico.—The latest Mexican news is that Maximilian is cornered, and must fall into the hands of Juarez. This is welcome news, and we hope true. The intruder ought to be at the mercy of the regular Government of the Republic. The humiliation would be richly deserved and salutary in its effects. It would be a standing argument against the folly of European interference in American affairs which would not soon be forgotten. The Hapsburg's life would be safe probably in deference to the request of the United States. It is to be hoped that the “Emperor” will be sent home “a monument of the sparing grace” and invincible power of republicanism. We shall then have nothing to fear from a repetition of the protectorate policy of Napoleon and poor Max.—Chicago Journal.
The Peace Conference. The session was adjourned to Thursday, to enable the representatives to have telegraphic communication with their respective governments. Meantime, pending the issue of the deliberations of the peace Congress, great war preparations are going on on both sides, notwithstanding official denials to the contrary. France is buying arms both in England and Spain, and Prussian troops are being held in readiness to support the garrison in Luxemburg.
Berlin, May 8. Count Bismarck, in conversation on the aspect of affairs on Tuesday, declared that the situation is now more serious than ever before.
Russia is looking out for her chances of aggrandizement in the East and Poland by the opportunity of a general war, and muskets are being converted into breach-loaders for all the Russian army.
The general opinion on the Continent is that the maintenance of peace depends on the action of the London Conference and fears are entertained that the failure of the Representatives may bring on a general European war, in which each country, caring little for the Luxemburg question or the future position of the people of the Grand Duchy, will endeavor to forward their own particular designs by force of arms.