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MISCELLANY.
Additional Details Of the Battle of Sol
ferino,

Additional Details Of the Battle of Sol
ferino
We have additional details Of tho bloody |
light anil great carnage ut Solfcrino. The !
three armies suffered most severely. and
the wounded were pouring into Milan and
all the other cities in the line of the allied
march in great numbers.
The Emperor Francis Joseph, it is said,
committed extraordinary biundcrs in his
command Kossuth had most enthusiastic
reception i'll Italy. Immense war prcpara-
tons were continued in France. The Ts
Dcum i'll Notrc Dame to give thanks for the
victory was very grand.
[Cavriana (Jme 2S) correspondence of tho
London rclcgraph.1
SCENES on THE BATTLE FIELD OF soLFERINo-
EFFECT OF THE FRENCH RIrLED CANNON.
| have visited to-day the plains of Gui,liz
zolo. where the battle which began at Solfc
rino terminated at late hour of the night.
At ten o'clock, in fact, the Sandman and
French cannon could still he heard.
The artillery may be said to have done it's
work for the first time during the present
campaign on that occasion. Until then it
had now and then been brought out, but at
last it has played the principal part. The
power OF the rtlcd cannon is hcnccforth cs-
tabiShcd. | will cite but one fact in support
OF this assertion. General Desvaux saw in
the distance about thirty squadrons of caval-
ry, consisting of Italians and Dragons, form
ing INTO masses, and preparing to thunder
down upon the squares of Rcnaud's division
The danger was imncnt and grave, for the
French troops had their lanks compromiscd
and were III front Of an Austrian battery.
which worried them with grape General
DcsvnuX pointed cut the danger to CAPTAIN
Fist, commander of the eighth battery of the
Tenth regiment of artillery who at once cs-
tablishcd Il battery of rihcd cannon upon n
small cmincncc in the plain. and fired four
rounds of shells containing forty balls dis
! tancc Ot more than two thousand yards The
cifGct rrndurnIl. Wpdlif "siM. fTrYk,cf,4er
pace wluc gaps had been made in the enc
my ranks, then all Of n sudden that this
IcrrlDle pass OF cavalry was disncrsinr in
every direction, utterly diSordcred, aud with.
out needing orders or rallying at the word of
commhhd. Twenty thousand of the Austrian
cavalry, upon whose aid every reliance had
been placed were thus rendered useless. and
1t was directly after this catastrophe. if nm
nightly informed that the Emperor Francis
JoScPh abandoned the camp, tears of ycxa-
ton and despair in his eyes.
THE , PILES OF DEAD AND THEIR APPEARANCE.
The plain of Guidizzolo is really horrible
to look upon. Even so late as Yesterday thc
dead were not buried. They were to bc seen
III groups OF twenty and thirty, huddled to-
gethcr In one spot, where n shell had explo-
dGd or the Chasseurs d'Afripuc had passed.
All still maintained the attitude in which
death bad struck them down
ilcrc was one with uplifted arm to ward
on the blow which had split open his skull,
ana splashcd his brains far and near. Close
ny was another, with his hand upon his
utI "tt"St slllNered and rent by tho grape. An
other seemed to be smiling. as if in mocLcrv
OF the grim warriors approach. Some were
iyinS upon their backs, with faces turned
towards Heaven. and prayers still secminm
to lingcr upon their lips.
furthcr on, there was n Hungarian. who
had thrust his clothes into n ghastlv womI
near the heart. at his left was 'fyrolcsc
with the unused cartridge between his teeth
10 the right. Croat had his head cut off Inv
a bali and his head was by his side, with its
horrible eyes, glaring and lccrine, as il
socmc', at the dismcmbercd BODY.
Two young lads of certainly not moro than
sixteen were lying in each others arms
Death had surprised them i'm that attitude
or perhaps. feeling themselves about to die,
thcy had clung together in last embrace
and had fallen thus nevcr to rise again. In,
on the body offs Bohemian officer we noticed
Jog waiting apparently for his master to
Sctu We had not the heart to call off the
'ai'i.lni animal by word or n gesture, for
E''S 'Nht N'pu WOuIu reward the do
votlon OF this poor dumb creature, so toncb- !
inSiy shown amidst the carnage which man
mad wagcd against his fellow man
On every side it was the same. Death in
ms most horrible and ghastly form, glarcd |
at u.s. no matter where VIC gazed. Enough |
however, on this sad tlcrue.
How TO AVON THE DANCER OF
LIGIiTNING.-During thunder storms, per
sons In houses should sit orlic as far distant
as possible from the chimney and the most
exposed parts ofthc walls The middle of
the room, if it is large, is the safest locality.
sailors on the sea should keep as far from
the . mHsfs as possible, and farmers in the
Ieids T should never seek shelter under trees.
Horizontal strokes of lightning sometimes
take place, and several persons nave been
struck while sitting at an open window
during thunder storms Every window off,
room IN which persons are sitting in snch
cases, should be closed; flash of the auid
winch would pass through an open window
INTO an apartment, will be conducted down
through the floor and wall to the earth if
The window is shut.
THE following notice may be seen on
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