Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-19
TIE LOSSES OF AusrR1A.-What-


6cation-for it is vaguely limited that
at the death of the "sick man" she
will come in for q slice Of Turkish
proyince-it is certain that she has lost
considerable by the late war. Her men,
money, military prestige and political
influence are all diminished; and there
is also territorial loss, for the Aus
TRAN eagle can no longer flap his wings
over the plains of Lembardy, and one
of its finest possessions is lost to the
Austrian crown.
The area of this lost district of
Lombardy is eight thousand FIVE hun
dred and thirty five miles, and the pop
ulation about two million eight hundred
thousand. tits one of the most densely
populated portions of the earth, there
being Gin 1849) two hundred and sew
enty-nine persons to each square mile.
The northern portion of the territory,
bordered by the Alps, is mountainous,
but the greater part is a huge flat plain,
thickly strewn with cities and villages,
and almost entirely in state of cult
ton; indeed, four-ffths of the inhab-
itants of Lombardy depend for subsis-
tence upon agricultural pursuits, and
the land is cut up into small farms sell
dom exceeding seventy acres in extent,
while some comprise not more than ten
acres. The farms are we'll irrigated,
and the science of hydrostatics has been
successfully and practically developed.
Lombardy owns some of the noblest
cities Of Italy, among which are those
that have borne conspicuous place in
European history. The principal of
these is Milan, a place which unites
with the traditions of the past much of
the vitality and progress Of the present.
In size and population it surpasses
Turin, and is now the finest city in the
dominions of the King Of Sardinia.
The Cathedral Of Milan, ono of the
noblest edi6ces in the world, is the
proudest architectural York that Victo,
Emanuel can call his own,
BURYING TIE DEAp.-A letter from
Soldering, after the battle, describe:
the Curial of the dead as follows
cat one point by the side Of the
road, ten or fifteen peasants were bury
ing the dead. They gathered then
from the field on hand barrows, from
which they were rolled into the hollow
places on the roadside, from which
gravel had been taken to repair the
track-and after five or six, or as many
as the space would hold, had beef
tumbled in, foot or two of dirt wa
shoveled over them. No attempt wa
made to remove any Of their clothing
or to lay them side by side, or in an.
particular position. They were tum
bled in just as it happened, and wer
covered as they CHANGED to fall. Il
many cases they were laid lengthwise
in single file, and then covered over
a second row being next put in, then
third, fourth, etc. In this way owe
two hundred had been buried in sin
gle place. 1t will take long time tt
dispose of all the dead, and the car
casses of the horses also, and if tn
excessively hot weather continues, tn
health of the vicinity cannot fail t.
suffer-"
THE REvGNGEs OF NAPOLEON Ill
An editorial signed &C." and we sup
pose from Caleb Cushing, in the Bos
ton Traveller, concludes
"Napoleon, by actual aid of Grea
Britain, has balanced the Russian sue
cess of Moscow by the reduction o
Sevastopol. He has, with the passiv
countenance Of Great Britain, balance
the Austrian occupation Of Paris b,
the victory at Solferino. The debt t
Prussia remains to be paid off, bu
above all that to Grea. Britain. Ira
falgar and Waterloo are memories o
rage and shame in the hearts Of a
Frenchmen, and especially of all 30
napartes. And, if, in this respect, tn
turn Of Great Britain is to come, sh
will only have herself to thank for tn
present powerful and proud position 0
Louis Napoleon, is her work quite a
much as his own genius. Certain W
may be, that of this great drama o
the Second Empire, the Fourth an
Fifth and greatest Of its acts are ye
to come.''
GAR1BALD1's PoPULAR1TY.-Mr Ray
mond, writing to the Times from Co
mo, says of Northern Italy and Carl
baldi: 1t is in the towns and large wi
lagos that political activity finds it
life. 1t is mechanics and tradesmen'
clerks, and young men Of all classe
and conditions, who keep up politica
agitations here, and constitute the pub
lie sentiment Of the country. they ar
intelligent spirited, and adventurous
never fond Of much government of an
kind, and most at home in social storm
and civil tumults. They have adgoo
deal Of patriotism, and still more Low
Of excitement, and each of these pas
sions feed the other. Garibaldi is
their great hero ; his character, rash
reckless and dashing, suits them ex
actly and it is in this region that hi
striking exploits Of war were performed
His name is twice on their lips wher
the kings is once, and after the war
over he will be stronger than ever il
their affections. He will have &C
quired an influence thrtugout Ital
which cannot be safely disregarded.