Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-06
The News from the War-Brilliant Actions
of Garibsldi-The Roman States.

received by the steamer Nanderbllt, brings
us intelligence from that quarter up to the
DIST of June. No important action had
then taken place between the main armies
of the beiligerents, but they We're taking up
such positions us would render II terrible
combat inevitable in short time. Francis
Joseph had placed himself at the head Of his
army and established his headquarters at
Villa Franco, Il point ON the Railroad line
between Verona and Mantua. almost in the
centre of the great strategic quadrang le.-
The French. under Louis Napoleon, occu-
pied Brescia. almost in direct line west of
| Peschiera, the northwestern defence of the
! quadrangle. and connected with it by the
Railroad from Vienna to Milan; while Vic
| tor Emanuel, with the man body of the Sar-
! dinian army, was near the little village OF
/ Castegnato. Il few miles from Brescia. The
! Allied forces, then, were concentrated IN
| full strength ut one point, while the main
body Of the enemy, with the Austrian Fun
peror commanding in person, were awaiting
their attack in the very heart of their strong
est detences. Ere this, perchance, the shock
| of war has been felt between the Mincio and
| Adige. and Austrian dominion in Lumbardy
may have received fatal and final blow
1t was believed in Europe that, although
the French army, in accordance with the
pledges of Napoleon, would not follow up
the campaign beyond the borders of Italy,
! should the Austrians be driven out, that the
revolutionary armies raised in all quarters
of the peninsula, and now being further
augmented by the efforts Of klapka and
| hossuth, would, in con junction with the
Sardinians, carry the war into Austria it.
self, and there strike at the root of the ilaps-
burg tyranny. Should such an event trans
| pire-and it seems not improbable-th
modified army of Prussia, the army of the
Germanic Confederation, and the soldiers OF
every State in Germany. would be instantly
| in the field. and we should soon behold the
terrific spectacle OF all Europe battling upon
every frontier on the Continent.
Turning our eyes from the position OF the
main armies in the centre of Lnmbardy, ii
we look towards the north We will see the
! interchangeable Garibaldi, who seems to be the
| omni present hero of the campaign, gallant
! " striving hand to hand with the Austrians,
and at all paints, wheresoever he meets
! them, achieving something for the cause of
Italy. In the first days of the struggle we
find him bouncing down with his small baud
of guerrllas upon Narese and Como, cap
turing those cities from the enemy, and
pushing on in the direction of the Tyrol rs
far rs Sondrio, raising the whole country
into Instruction, and strengthening his
forces rs he goes. Now. overwhelmed by
superior numbers. which come fresh upon
| him by Railroad from Bresca, then held by
the Austrians, he is forced to retire step 10y
step 10 the shores of Maggiore, leaving be-
hind him the m0raie of his victories. Raj
lying at Laveno. he dashes back upon his
foes and compels them to evacuate all the
positions they had retaken, and again OBJ
tains possession OF the line of country COM
handing portion of the mountain passes
from the north. Again we find him greet
ing the Emperor and the King within the
walls of Brescia after their capture of the
Lombard capital and, after brief consul
taton, betaking himself back to the scene of
action in the north, where he again encoun-
tiers the Austrians on the Chiese, and again
sent him as throwing bridge over the
Chiese, near Castenedomo, with q view to
keep open Il communication with Brescia.-
| Here the Observation-Disclosures General Urban,
we presume-Attacked him in force, but
were driven back, having first succeeded in
blowing up Garibaldi's bridge. Meantime,
Victor Emanuel despatched Cialdini, the
Sardian General to support Garibaldi,
whereupon the Austrians withdrew from
CastenedOmo.
The Austrians seem resolved to hold the
passes leading through the Tyrol at all haz-
ards, which, in Il strategic point Of view, are
essential to them. We learn that they have
occupied the Stelvio pass, where they have a
strong force of artillery, and are construct
ing entertainments. But we may expect Il
smart brush in that quarter before long, for
some three thousand French troops are on
the march to disloise the enemy from the
Stelvio
Thus stood the war up to the 2lst of June.
The next steamer will probably bring intelli-
gence of the most terrible battle of modern
times in which the three sovereiSns of France,
Sardinia aud Austria will doubtless meet
face to face upon the bloody field.
There is one important point in the news
by the Vanderbilt, and that is the course
Victor Emanuel has declared he would pur-
sue towards the States of the Church lie
has refused to accept of the dictatorship OF
the citizens of Bologna, and sent special
aid-de-camp to the Pope assuring him that
he will respect the neutrality of the PENN
sua OF Italy This is perhaps the wisest
course he could adopt under the circumstan-
ccs. 1t is beyond his power to suppress the
revolutionary spirit which the cities of the
Papal States seem So rapidly catching as it
were Ly infection, from those Of Lombardy
aud the neighboring duche>; but by not en-
couraging it he will alay much of the fears
for the temporal sovereignty OF the Pope
which are now rife, and which seem to have
caused no little alarm in ecclesiastical circles
and to have engendcred n hostile feeling to-
wards the cause in which the Allied armies
are engaged.-N. \. Heroid.
From the intelligen received from Flu
rope by the Bavaria and by the Vanderbilt,
we learn that that the first movement OF re-
volt in the Papal States, Of which We had
news a week ago, has assumed formidable
proportions and that from Bologna the
fame of revolution has extended to Ravenna,
Rimini and other cities in the Papal domin-
ions. This turns out exactly as we predicted
on Tuesday last. Not only have the Aus
TRANS been compelled to evacuate the prln-
cpal cities and fortresses in the States OF the
Church, but the people have arisen in these
places and declared for the national cause.
The Pope has sent his Swiss 80 Perugla to
nut down rebellion, not trusting To hls ltal-
L., snI;a.ts arr It,liru suliprs tu fight Tor