The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-24

leg, passing by. To the question what the matter
was, ne answered that he had been wounded under
the rails of Milan.
think that his watch is a little too fast Never
ana more pleasant sunshine gladden. the plains OF
Lomoardy Is it piece of gallantry the part
OF spring? The augurs of ancient Rome would
nave been sure to find presage in it,
NoyAkA, June 5.-My Voltigeurs watch was not
80 very iaF out OF the way. The cannonadinr on
e @ elt oan6 OF the Ticino perfectly understood
% d. ninal. Inc whole city in disorder; there
VII Only a lew thousand Austrans in the city and
caste, and an adventurous vettarino might have
driyen from Milan to the frontiers of Piedmont
without being stopped by the police
" e are assured that the heads of the Francb col
umns might last evening have sent their ridott,
INTO the suburbs OF the capital of Lombardy bnt tb
Emperor IS reserving the honor of beinp tba 6rst 80
enter It Tor the King OF Sardinia So our troops
are forbidden to send in patrol or even a senti
| mel
A victory marks the 4th of June Yesterday to-
ward II O'Clock division of the Grenadiers of the
Guard met, at San Martino, a corps of 40 900 or
| 1000 Austrans, who were massed in strong no
| sition, defended by field works
The engagement was terrible. For more than two
| hours the three Regiments of Grenaders and one
! Regiment of Zouaves of the Guard resisted the eff
forts OF this army which they broke by one of those
mpetuous charges which render our infantry so for
mldabe The village and the position were in then.
power and at the moment when the enemy led
PACK oy their generals, were resoutely resuming.
the attack the corps Farp,ee of Gen. Mel and Cen
McAlahon appeared on the field.
lhe victory was no longer doubtfu after an OBJ
stinate struggle, which was prolonged for no less
than seven hours, the enemy routed from all tbeir
positions, beat a general retreat.
Tins time the Austrian army was engaged and
TO speak right out, they behaved valiantIy No
regiments were seen throwing down their arms and
Ean running at the first charge They defended the
honor OF their flag, and if they gave ground
1t was only because they had TO do with soldiers
animated by fury which nothing could abate or
weary.
MelIinnt WIN ad r
the 6uard, was magnificent Admirably seconded
Dy ms lleutenants, he gave the signal of the bayo-
net charge which broke the Austrian lines.
But the death of one of the most brilliant officer.
OF our army has paid for this splendid success-a
soldier of Africa and the Crimea-Gen. LIE Cerc
fell on the battle field
The Emperor himselfw was present to this affair,
oglorlous for our arms.
My absence from headouarters nrevents mo
rom rom giving you many details; they will probably
be sent You in the official bulletin But have
gathered this
Twelve or fifteen thousand men. mostly Ans
TRANS, lett on the field, testify to the desperation
of the fight. ''''+
We bave made 1000 prisoners, and taken some
pieces OF cannon. But this result SO grand has
been gained by cruel losses. Gen. Espinasse who
commanded a division of McMahon's CORPS is it is
said, among the killed, as well as three or four
colonels. and large number of superior officers.
- Gen Mel had two horses killed under him: so had
Gen. Mcmahon
All the troops have emuated each other in impe-
tuosty, tenacity and resolution. The I'd Grena
diers who were first engaged sustained for one
hour the fire and the efforts of column of from
1000 to 5000 Austrians
All the cavalry which was here last night has re-
Gelved orders to cross the Ticino Immediately.
There are hardly any troops at Novara
The Emperor marched early this mornino on the
austrian army, which is retreating towards Gre
mona.
You will understand that in the absence of official
documents YOU must take the news which | send
rumOr9 merely Thn nrla f,n ,,,l ,,,l
lndubitabe, which swallows up all else, that fact is
a victory!
:, Lombardy has been gloriously opened to the
French arms.
To keep as near as possible to the scene of action
| shall leave in an hour for Milan, from which city
shall probably date my next letter
T. 81 am assured that French brigade has
entered Milan this evening Piedmont is entirely
abandoned by the Austrian troops. The war is
carried INTO the territory which we would liberae.
AMEDEE ACHARD.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
The extraordinary general meeting of the Allan
tic Telegraph Company was held in London pursr-
ant to call. on the Sth inst The Right Hon. j. s.
ortley, the Chairman of the Company presided
and after the reading of the Directors report the
particulars OF which have already been published.
ne explained the present position and prospects OF
the Company He stated that they had obtained
the best terms they could from Government but
thought that, in view of the national Importance of
the undertaking, the support vOuchsaied by Gov
ernment was far from liberal. All efforts to obtain
an unconditional guaranty had failed, and the con
dltlon imposed in order to obtain the guaranteed
eight per cent on the 5000 900 of capital to be rails
ed was that the cable should be worked for thirty
days consecutively at the rate of hundred words
per hour-the test of the working condition to be
the same either for the old or the new cable Mr..
Wortley stated that if they succeeded he had reason
to believe the American Government would increase
their subsidy to 100000 per annum. He thought
that the most equitable way to carry out the under
taking was to ALLOW eight per cent. the pre-
tnr 1afNtfal of al,
cent. on the old capital, and should any surplus
profits remain, to divide them rataby between the
old and new shares He concluded by moving the
adoption of the report.
Prot. Thompson, in seconding the notion ex-
pressed the utmost confidence in the success of the
undertaking, and in the possibility of transmit
ting words more rapidly than specified in the con-
tract.
An amendment was proposed to the effect that
IN the absence of full information as to the rights
OF the Company on the North American coast, the
meeting be adjourned until the 22d instant. \ de
bate enSued.
Mr.. Cyrus w. Field, in reply to questions. stated
that he represented the New York. Newfoundland
and London Telegraph Company, who had obtained
IN 1894 the right of landing and maintaining cables
on the coast Of British North America They had
done verythng they could to aid the Atlantic Tel
egraph Company, and had extended the time for 3
months to complete their cable, and subsequently
Tor two years to come.
The amendment rejected by a LARGE majority
and the report was adopted unanimously.
ne Directors were requested to remain in office,
and not to resign, as they had proposed. Mr. Dal-
geish, M. p, was added to the Directors The
number of Directors reduced to twelve and
there being but nine in office. the Board was
authorized to fill up the vacancies when conven-
lent.
The Directors were authorized to carry ont the
agreement entered into with the Government and
formal resolution passed authorising the
raising OF 100000 in preference shares of f5 each.
on The terms above recommended by the Chairman.
The meeting passed off in the best manner and
the Directors confident of being able to get all
the money they require to have manufactured and
laid new cable of the best kind The prospects
OF the company were believed to be improving
daily.
The Red Sea Cable was successfully laid to Alden
ON the 2Sth of Nav.
The British Channel feet was to anchor at Spit
head on the 24th June and by additions to that
date would comprise 20 pennants-ncluding Is sail
of the line
The remains of Sir Thomas Pieton. of Waterloo
memory, had been removed to st. Paurs Cathedral.
The ship Southampton, Capt. Anderson, from
London for New York, into and sank in the
English channel the Norwegian schooner Emman-
uel. The crew of the schooner succeeded in getting
on board the Southampton, which sustained
damage.
A despatch from Malta announces that the Can
dia telegraphc cable broke and was lost on the lst
OF june sixty miles from Cape Sidero.
THE KANSAS ELECrGoN.-A Though the returns of
the late election of delegates to constitutional con-
vention in Kansas to be held at Wyandottc in the
early part OF next month not sufficiently full to
enable US to determine whether the democrats or
the black-repubcans have majority in the conven-
tion, enough has been ascerained to prove conclu-
slvely that back-republicanism has virtually sus-
tanned a crushing defeat, and that in of its for
mer strongholds it has been completely dsodged and
rout ed. 1t is certain that Messrs. Parrot, Ewing,
and other prominent black republicans who had
quired an unenviable notorety by their criminal
obedience to the traitorous bebests Of Sharpesrife
abOltionists, have been ignominiOuslV defeated in