New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-08
cony Of tbe Official returns II contributions levied
mon me town Of Novnra, from April 30 - Mag %:

mon the town Of Nov,ra, from April 30 - Mag g:
Breud...... $4,000 po0sS4 %ias: g
Ies.h.r...... 1890 posnd. Oa.'. 1spe-sh
Tossoca......... 1900 pounds
Nor were the requi.itions always ABUSED to the
size and wealth of tie towns and vflsgss. To
mention only one instance of their sense for The
dipess of ali things, they called q have seen the
order of Gen. Zobei with my own eyes upon the
uic1oscopical village OF San SizO, near Aortara,
for 300 pounds Of pepper, and i23 ext. each OF
sugar, coffee AID ieInobs. The little town OF Gar
lasco bad TO bear the honor of harbor1ng the Ans-
trsn hea1quar.e .eTs with It's 900 officers OF the stan,
from April 80 to May ,, and then again from Nay
u 10 MAY 81. The daily champagne dinners oi
Gen. Gyuai alone cost the town from Go 10 fOO
francs day, ard those of the other officers IA pro-
portion; and, in the mean time, the town had 20
feed, from May = to May >, tne 1000 men o! tDe
Baumearten division, and, from May 10 May ~
the 600 men Of the Sigsmund brigade Ia No
vara the Common Council had even 10 pay fof Ine
grinding of the officers swords; aud IN toe came
town. I have seen an order Of Gen. Zobel which
directs all the sboemakers of NOvars 10 appear aI
headquarters, with two apprentice boys each, ana
TO mend the shoes of the soldiers-a work al Whlch
they were kept during three days.
Iwpt ssibliies did not exist Tor me aastiiah
officers: whenever the inhabitants bad to plead
their utter inability to furnish the required artl
ces the generals turned deaf ear, or answered
with an insult and sDeer. Ii the articles were
not on bsod they had tn go into Lom6ardy 10 ouy
them al the expense OF the town, and IN s1ch cases
the Austrans provided them most chserfuliy "ltn
passports to Milan The Cavalier Ceschio dl
Santa CrOce sn Italian renegade and officer IN the
Austrian staff is said 10 have addressed the follow.
ing speech to delegation Of tho Common Colncu
of Valeggi0:
III yoe DO po have the articles you e.; hen within ten
hours There necessity Of showing yo1 how 20 % T.;
shall sltn a1Nce bAac
MORTGAGE and his eNpeden. sh9h 'e t Apply
to the jews who will help 81 the rate OF ~ Per cent
Generally the Lower Council were invested by
the Austrans with the exclusive right and duty OF
providing for their necessities and bad to bear the
Whoe bfunt of the responsibility, which was not
little increased not only by the petulance, inso.
lence, and stubborn pertnacy of the exacVors, but
also by the prevailing disposition of the inhabitants
to eyade by all sorts of shifts the payment oi their
individual share in hind and money. The people
of Vigeyano are still in high dudgeon against their
CITY Fathers, who are accused OF having evinced
too much alacrty in satisfying the demands OF the
invaders and even menaced their dato'y and con-
tnmscious constituents with denouncing them to
the military authorities.
Against the conduct of the common soldiers i
heard comparatively very few complaints; only the
Crosts and Bohemians render ed the nselves hateful
by their beastly habits and piliering propensies.
Complaints against these We're generally bootess,
a. the majority of the officers seem to have acted
throughout in a spirit which can only be explained
by deliberate resolution on their part To show
how little they cared for the suferings and the
feelings of the people. If only one half OF what
have been told is true the soourn OF many OF these
officers must hive been an uninterrupted series OF
knavish tricks and acts of want0nness, committed
on purpose to try TO the utmost the patience of
their inofensive hosts. There were certainly some
honorable exceptions from this rule, and the good
people of the Lomellina seem to have mide 1t
their duty to mention, whenever an opportunity Is
offered them, the names OF those officers who, by
their geDtemsnly manners, their good heartedness,
and their exertons to mitigate the hardships of the
invasion, have left grateful memory behind them.
But the majority seem to have run regular race
of acts of Ill breeding and brutal mischief destroy
ing the household furniture of their hosts, indulg-
ing when at table with them, IN iou!mouthed Nltu-
peration against the Allies, calling King Victor
Emanuel a "stupid blockhead," Louis Napoleon
I" the chief of scOundres, and the Italians gen.
erally "set of towards and lazzarenl."
And then the reckless destruction of property
which was in many cases committed IN utter wan
tonness without any use or purpose, and IN when
the officers are said tn have been the prominent ac
tors. Thus, they cut down about 90 acres OF wheat
near Vespolate, because they wanted the straw
to cover the huts of the soldiery, while right
by, at arms length, they might have provided
themselves with any amount OF the hnest
reeds eight feet long, which are generally
used in Italy for covering Outhouses, and
which would have answered their purpose just a.
we'll as if not better, than half-grOwn straw. The
property of the State seems to have been the IA
y0Iite mark of their destructive rashness. | shall
not cav anything of the demolition of the rarosds
and almost every bridge they could lay their hands
on, as this may he justified by reasons of military
expediency but the destruction OF the numerous
station. houses OF the railway along the whole road
travelled is an act Of downright ard unjustlfabe
vandalism The fact that all their walls have been
left standing, shows plainly enough that military
considerations had nothing to do with 1t, and that Il
was only committed for the sake Of making havoc.
The platforms in front of them had been broken
up, the iron pillars which support the Overhsngng
rOos, smashed, the railings, the furniture, win.
dows stoves down to the very doOrlcchs shattered
to pieces, the Gas and water-ppes torn from their
fasIeDines and thrown about In short, everything
that was bIeakable has been ruined and laid waste.
Ii is but Just TO aud that aside from the shooting
of the Cienoli family, and the forclbe abduction OF
some cOntumaciOus mayor, no case OF bodily Slo-
eDce offered to persons has come TO ny cognlzance;
and the accounts of violations of ladies', current
some time ago were mere lnyentioDs Of correspond.
euts of Paris papers who had to their letters
with all kinds of imaginary eveiis, in order to
crafty the appetites of their readers.
How much the total damages and contributions
amount tO, and whether there is any prospect of
the sufferers beirg indemDfed is more than or
any body else can tell. The Government last week
appointed commissions 10 ascertain the true extent
of lie damage, but it VIII be some time before the
report will be published.
At any rate il is certain not only that the Austri-
ans have furnished rev proof of therinabiitv ard
unwlingness To win the affections of the Italians,
and that their late reverses are to a great extent
owing to the ignorance in which they were kept
Ia the movements of the Allies, by the dogged stub
born silence of the pessantry-of peasantry which