Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-06-29
From the Richmond Dispatch.
Interesting War Items.

Piedmontese came up after the battle Of Mon
tebello to see his son, wounded by a ball il
the hand. As he left the house where the
young horseman had been carried, he was
asked about the wound. "No!hing but {
scratch" said he" would have his wrist am
putated." This is the language of the old
Romans. This ardor, dash, and strong will
energetic and cool, will show you with what
impetuosity the war will be waged. 1t seems
as if each soldier who bears on his cap the
white cross Of the ousc Of Savoy, had a per
sonal quarrel to avenge; it is not the fighting
Of IN army, but of q nation.
The Austrian Colonel that was made pri
soner is dead. They say that the Emperor,
who went to see him through courtesy, recog.
ni,ed him. The Colonel had last year been
presented by NJ. De. Hubner at the Tuilleries.
Strange tortune-the ambassador is gone, his
daughter has become French woman, and
the Colonel has found his death at Monte
bello
have seen some of our wounded at the
hospital of St. Catharine. They are we'll cared
for. A Gallo gaiety helps them to sustain
these nursery consequence of battle; those OF
them who are less dangerously wounded, find
strength enough to make jokes, and their
comrades smile. There is corporal Of Vol
tigeurs, who has marvellous gift of loquaci-
ty; he would certainly have been o .teuille-
tonSite if he had not been q corporal. AS
soon as he opens his mouth every body listens
in silence. All these stories invariable COM
mences with the words, "Once upon time"
This once apon time has power to suspend
all communication and all griels. How many
romancers can boast of as much? There is
something touching in the silence and attention
ofthese poor soldiers as their languishing heads
are turned towards the narrator. One
half smiles in advance like child who is about
to listen to story that he knows by heart,
but always charms him another suppresses a
sigh; another opens wide his eyes which un-
der the veil Of suffering spark seems to light
up again.
My Corporal has a Tyrolcan bullet i'll his
shoulder!-a mere nothing he says.
1t was sad sight when the W. unded arrived
at the railroad station. 1t was at night and
the hall was lighted by torches from each
wagon were taken out indistinct forms; some
stiff and led by the arm, others animated.
Every soldier who could walk, made it point
of honor to keep his knapsack and gun. They
proudly stood up resting on their guns, wait.
ing for the car The silence was deep-not o
cry, not murmur. To see those immovable
men you would have thought they came from
a promenade; but here there was capote
full of holes, there leather strap had lost its
former color, or perhaps kepi i'll concealed
q spotted bandage or further off was o hand.
kerchicf wrapped around leg that trembled a
little, or sustained an arm.
A grenadier was leaning against the wall,
! his face contracted; With hanasacres npan
his gun, and his head down. He had four
wounds, and never spoke of,hem. ASerjeant
Major had sixteen. The Emperor has taken
his name. Other wounded men sent from
Voghera arrived at Alessandria to-day. The
ladies Of the town and neighborhood have sent
in masses boxes Of oranges.
As to lint, for the last three months they
have prepared mountains of it everywhere.
Popular Opinion in Englaad.- London
Duly Nic,cs says: The war on the Po is
often spoken Of as if it were waged for dynas
ty purposes, to put this man on the thrune of
Central Italy, or that other on the throne of
Naples. But does any one suppose that the
Emperor having pledged the power of France
before all Europe to the cause of Italian In.
dependence, any government which, in the
mutation Of events, might succeed him, would
be able to abandon the work? Ifthe comeple
de Paris were to ascend the throne tomorrow,
his first act would most likely be to send
another co,psdarmeeto Italy. The Emperor's
strength lies in the cause he has so osteusibly
espoused. The nation may tire of q war in
which it is to gain nothing but glory, but no
government can afford to take lower ground
than that which the Emperor has occupied.
And as in France, so in Europe A war Of
aggression of the old Napoeonic type would
have at once banded all Europe against
France. But in every country on the Cont.
ncut, even in Germany, where the Anti-Galli.
can spirit is nourished by the memory of old
wrongs, men feel that Louis Napoleon has put
himself in position morally unassailable.'
Na,roto escape Of Napoieon-In his visit
to the field Of battle at Montebcllo the Em-
peror Napoleon narrowly escaped being made
prisoner. lie had pushed on as far us Ca,teg
gio, and was observing with his telescope
the movements Of the enemy between Bar
biancllo and the Portico del Stella upon the
20, when suddenly detachment of Austriuns
presented themselves before him, only two
| hundred PAGES distant, Whether they had
lost their way or whether they had advanced
thus far from mere llarIihoo1, cunnot be told !;
but it is probable that the latter supposilon
is correct, in as much rs the advanced posts
of the Austrisns are much more energetic
and daring than those of the Franco-Sardini-
ans. Directly, howerer, the Emperor saw
them, he changed color, threw away c:gar,
drove the spurs into his horse's ilauks, and
gallppeI back to foghern at % pace which
would have done honor to the winner of The
Derby.
Self Sacrifice 9f a Soldier--General de
Sonnaz, whose chivalric courage has been so
much admired, says Turin letter, was on
the point of being killed by an Austrian
chasseur, who was taking aim at him with
his rifle. A soldier, seeing the danger, dash
ed forward and himself received the ball, and
fell severely wounded, we'll satisfied however;
with having saved the life of his commander
This soldier was one of the Lombard volun-
teers, the Marquis Fadmi. lie is now at
Voghera, but his wound excites serious un-
easinoss.
A letter from Marengo Of the 29th ult,
says: Two grenadiers Of the guard having
entered store room and filled their canteens
with wine from cask in which they bored a
hole, the Emperor has punished them by de-
pri,ing them of the honor of taking part in
the campaign, and has sent them back to
France to the depot Of their regiment This
punishment has been announced in an order
of the day from Marshal Valiant, and has
created great sensation among the troops.
The health of the troops continues satisfacto-
ry. This is owing to their being in good
spirits and abundantly fed.
Anecdote Of Gen. Twiggs.
The New Orleans correspondent of the New
York Herald tells the following anecdote on
Gen. Twiggs:
There is but one instance known, believe,
in which the old veteran Waa out-pane ora led