New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-18

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"Gen. Gyula has Imposed on the town OF NoVard ara
the demand OF heavy contribution Of provisions ana
forage under pain in Of noncompliance, oi noe
Of five times the value OF the supply relIieu' mi%
"The AustIans have occupied 'efceM'
Correspondence Of The London Times
TrRIx, April 80, 1859.
Yesterday was day of profound calm IN lurln,
which has looked like a deserted village during lhe
two days that have elapsed since the last troops ieC IL
and actually heard one on two crednlous persons
wbsper something about the probability OIL peace
Idle dreams, upset by the evening realities News
came Of the AustTlans having crossed the llclho Ut
Gravelona and other points, and Casale was said 10
be threatened. From information winch subsequently
reached me- however, 1t appeared that Ohly snlali
bodies of troops had entered Piedmont, Tor the pur-
pose probably, of repairing the roads when had been
tutesccted at short intervals by deep trenches and IN
numbered by the trees that grew at their Sides and
which had been feed and dropped across them.
There was no reason for believing that Casale was
menaced more than any ether point, except that
GravellOna which is about three miles from the llcluo,
and 10 wi ich the largest detachment seems 10 have
crossed is abOut the nearest point OF the frontier TO
that fortress. If the accounts that nave reached me
from persons who lately al Casae be correct that
place s in no condition TO resist u serious attack. ii
was expected that the Austrans would cross III force
early this morning am writing at an early hour, ana
can az yet add nothing to the heads o Information sent
IN Won last night by telegraph, and which nope have
by this time reached yOu although dare not feel too
confident of ii, owing to the vast mass Oi messages
which, at III p m., were waiting TRANSMISSION. men,
toned the arrival of French troops MOI 10 oVerstae
pumbers / will estimate at 10000 those which are
This morning iu the Sandman States, divided be-
tween Genoa possibly some of those may have gone
on 10 Aessandria Susa and Turn for they nave oe-
pun 10 arrive here. have just returned from wit
Messing the entrance of the first nstaHent, the Nine
teenth BATTALION of the Chasseurs de |ncenneS Inc
National Guards We're under arms AT SIX hs morning
Ia receive them 1t past eight before they arrived,
and at little before Dnc they marched down the VIA
Santa Teresa which leads direct from the railway ter
minus into the heart of the city, Ihe reception they
met was enthusiastic. The windows were thronged,
chiefly nv women. and flowers ralned upon them.
Most of the French had small bouquet or Hover
stuck in the muZze of their rifles From all sides the
population throDged to see them pass Iney We're
greeted as they moved onwardi by running lire OF
cheers and clappDg of hands. Passing down the VIA
Nuoya they marched round those sides of the Piazza
di Casello in frt mt of the Kings Palace and OF the
Ministries and up the Via di 20 to Their allotted quar-
ters Ii is said that several more trains in WIN arrive
TODAY Marshal Canrobert and General Mel arrived
Yesterday and took up their quarters Ill the Royal
Palace. Marshal Bar0guay d lillies has landed at
Genoa. The troops dsembarked at the astnamed
place have met the most cordial reception from the
people. ..-,,.- .., r 49,
troops that come from Marseies and Touon on board
men-of-war. Among others, according To the Genoa
papers the Breiagne and the Napoleon entered that
port The day before Yesterday Al the same time see
Il mentioned in another paper that our Admiralty is adj
yersng for transport for two regiments to the Medi-
t.rrancan There probably good reasons for this,
but TO those ignorant of hem seems as II the French
made their men-of war more generally useful than we
do.
Since communicated this letter. other French troops
have arrived and one soldiers and officers about
the streets the former fratenizing with the National
Guards and with few stray Piedmontese soldiers still
here As far my observation goes, the French have
every reason TO be well pleased with their reception in
Turn. At this afternoon, battalion of the ADD In
fantry marched down to the Genoa station, amid the
cheers of the mob and were sent of by train. de-
tachment Of another regiment shortly afterward fol-
lowed II is reported that the King will leave this to-
morrow for the front. Yesterday he went down to Chi
yasso and the Dora with Gems Csnrobert and Mel to
inspect the defensive works erected or that part of
the hne where a Sandman force is stationed. The
probable movements and plan of campsign of the
Austrians give rise TO much specu alton; but, OF
course nothing is known. The prevalent idea seems
10 be that they will attack several points at once
but doubt it, even at the War Office, up TO Va late
hour last night, there any strong opinion as
TO what they likely to do. 1t il impossible even
to sneak decidedly to the relative strength of the
two armies since one, and probably the other also is
continually receiving reeDiOrcemeuts. With excellent
troops and good knowledge Of the country on both
sides il appears it, barring any violent disparity o
numbers superior generalshp must IN great measure