Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-01-29
The News from Europe.

The most important items is the growing case in the
money market indicating that the violence OF the storm
has passed. although its effects still continue to be felt
No matter how the sympathies of people in the Uni
ted States CT elsewhere may have eant as between the
contending parties in India the death OF General Have
lock will be regretted wherever manhood is respected,
and patriotic gallantry held in admiration He was
man, and his loss is loss indeed. The news so far,
does not inform us whether the force under Wndham
defeated by the Gwaior contingent was wholly or in
part composed of Europeans. If was the gnominous
defeat of body of three thousand Europeans by any
force of Hindoos is event without parael ID lhoan
hgtory-the Afghan affair being quite different, as the
Afghans are not Hindoos. To be sure Colin Campbell
cut up the Gwaors, but still, the fight of Windham's
division with the loss Of tents and baggage is severe
humiliation.
Old Marshall Radetzky the Oldest and one OF the hrst
soldiers of Europe to whom along with SchWarzenberg
the Austrian monarchy owed its salvation in l848, has
gone at last at the age of ninety When he fought the
great battle of Novara, which decided the fate of Italy
he was over eighty years of age
Madame Rachel and Reschid Pacha, Prime Minister
of Turkey are also gone Reschid Pacha is much eulo
gised by the English press. He in advance OF his
country but owes the favor he enjoyed in England TO MS
English leanings. He was the pet of Sir Srattord
Canning-now Lord RedcIlf
RG~The foreign papers contain obituary notices of
General Haveock, Reschid Pacha, Marshal Radetzky,
and Madamoiselle Rachel. General Havelock would
have been sxtythree years of age on the. next 9th
of AprE He had been in the army nearly forty years,
and for over thirty of these in India He had served in
the Afghan Wharf.-The against Persia and in last and
most notable of his services he commanded the movable
column sent out last Summer to operate against Nena
Sahib For his recent services, he had been made q
general oficer-had pension Of five thousand dollars
per annum and the title of Baronet conferred upon him.
He leaves three sons and three daughters.
Madamoiselle Rachel was Swiss, aged thirtyeight
years. Rachel was only her given name-her family
name being Felix During the height of her popularity
her income amounted to about eighty thousand dollars
year. She was of Jewish parentage and the service IN
ertremis as prescribed by the Jewish religion was per-
formed at her bedside the day before she died.
Marshal Radetzky's service stretches away beyond
and before the advent of the present historical era He
was born in Bohemia in 1885, ten years before the de-
caration of American Independence and entered the
Austrian Army in 1881 fully ten years before the French
revolution He fought against the Turks at the seige OF
Belgrade. He fought against the Republican French
in Italy in 1899 He was present at Marengo, and at
Austerltz, though not in any important command
He fought against Napoleon at Aspern in June of18O9
where for the first time Napoleon retreated from oper
field For his gaantry and ability here Radetzky was
made Feld-Narshall. AT Wagram, fought On the 4th
5th and 9th of July, 1909, Radetzky commanded thu
Austrian Cavalry as he did also at the battle of Lepsc
fought October 18th, 1913. In 1881, he was made
Commander-in-chief of Austrian, Italy. In l848 h
crushed the national movement led by Charles ALDER
of Sardinia. In campaign of week closing with tn
battle of Novara he closed the war. He was bray
soldier, an able general and merciless ruler.