, 1859-06-13

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The Nav York 1raain9 Ras: has a raoy aud
wall-infsrnad correspondent, On Ausrtasn, 1t
A1es2andia. h writsa to that psee<- Il faar
lows:
found Turin charming city, but nj I hass
not the pretension Of hsyinR discovered it, I
will sp.sfe s yoG any description th.t :ott ofthinK
to do Justice to the beauties OF 1srino. i will
merely add that met there the Hon. Charles
Sumner. who seemed in excellent hes1th. ln
answer to my inquiries upon this subject, be af-
brmed that he was quite well, and Intended to
60 to Pnris to get the fat of his physician, when
to resume his senatorial duties. found that
even away Off here he was known, and was
gratii1ed TO hear pers0n near nc stale t4 hia
friend that the tail gena4fan in the graycoat
was celebrated Ainericah orator.
But let Me return to the soldieEs- Finding
that the Emperor was not coming to Turin,
made up my mind to retusnt tahis place. 1n{pass-
ing nlong the route, one Of these scenes that
nuke an indelibic impression occurred at one Of
rbe stoppiug-r places between Turin aud Ales-
sandria, called Asti. There were collected
number Of women whose husbands were killed
bJ the Austrians in some Of the skirmishes that
have already taken place. The train in which
WIS contained a regiment Of French soldiers
with their officers Arrived at Asti, men and
officers got out to stretch their limbs. As soon as
the women saw the French they rushed towards
them throwing themselves at their feet crEing
out, .'Kiil them, Kill tbem-avenge our hus bands,
kilt, kill the Austrians.' Frantic With hatred
and desire of revenge, these women wero terri
bic to behold; their eyes g'ared, and they con-
vuasire1y ciutcbed the offlcers, shrieking, klll
them, kill themt" eannot fud words to d.
scribe to you the terrible reality Of this painful
scene. The officers, moved and excited, could
only shake the hands Of the weeping women,
promising them that their turn would come, and
that the Austrians would pay .aearly. for the
blood they had spilled and the desolation and
misery they had brought upon on unoaendiug
people. As for the sol liers, they were most
ping his musket most energeticalls, said to
woman near hina. that .sas weeping bitterly =
Don't cry, Sapristi, they shall soon make &C.
quaintance with this bjjou, and then gars Ia d<.-
sous" He walked of, rubbing his eyes and
cursing, and swearing in the most terrible man.
method Of soothing his feelings. The King OF
Sardinia, whose headquarters are at 0ccimiauo.
has twice visited the Emperor here, staying each
time but an hour or 50.
1t is amusing to see how the Piedmontese
troops observe the Frencn eorps dtiite and how
they copy after them; but the imitation is but
feeble attempt, aud although the Piedmontcse
may be very good soldiers, they will never have
the careless soachQlahee and martial look Of
the Zouaves or Chasseurs de Vinceunes. 1often
A1uuoE Iuf StI4 PAeS!uE LUZ euEAQ]pL0E0I8
as the soldiers lre 1t their meais. 'Tis time
when discipline is somewhat relaxed, and rou
see the men gathered around the fires waiting
for the assurance that tout ct prtz." The an
uouncement once made, they are seated in circles
| Of dozen, having in the centre large pot Of
soup, after which they eat the beef thai is dealt
out 10 them each day by rations. But have
noticed that the Zouases manage to have fowl
| or two boiling in the pot. They have obtained
| this accession TO the meal either " what is
termed s'hookinl" it, or else the Zouzon, who is
always gallsnt, has induced the farm maiden,
! who adores him. to make present to himself
| and conlrade- One thing is certain, where other
troops would staryc, the Zouaves find abund-
ance Of provisions The dinner over, the spokes-
| man of The party tells some interesting tale Of
what some former Zouaye did in Africa. He is
listened to in solemn silence, only being inter-
rupted from time 10 time with some such re-
mark as, "C'tst LitA ca. Iioila comment lt Zou-
7on arrange 1s 46uirs,'' and SO on until tie
quick rattle Of the drum announces that the
time has come for duty to be attended to. Gay
aud careless, these troops nre, above all, active
and brave. they are ready to undertake ut aug
moment aug desperate more. aud their reputa.
alty known that it is an additional force gained
for them.
The newly riAed-caunou, that are here ii
great numbers, l hare seen tried at different
times /; they carry to u Distance almost fabu
! Ious, and with certainty OF aim which is also
remarkable, These cannon will no doubt play
great roie in the coming war. say coming
for as yet the deadly strife has not begun. Tht
Austrians do not seem ut all anxious to u,ee
the French, and when they take up position
they abandon it the moment they lind ths
French advancing upon them. Still. this canno
60 On long, and . meeting must take plac'
Sooner or later. The Austrian troops have re
ccivcd no pay for many mouths, and hare bee,
grumbling for q long time. They hate Gael
other, and are constantly quarre,iDg anon,
themselves. The Austrian army, composed O
| 50 many different nationalities, cannot be n
firmly united Us the armies Of Piedmont an
France i check or defeat suffered By th
+ French would be a momentary one, for in tel
days two hundred thousand troops cau arrive i
Piedmont; while, on the contrary, should th
Austrians be defeated, they could not again &c
such au army together. They were fire month
: getting the present one on war footing in tin,
Of peace ii would take them year to do SO j
time Of war, even if they could do SO ut all wit
. no money and no credit.