, 1859-06-06
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riradof St Johnson Wednesday eveiing vii
liverpool dates 10 Mar 25th. brings inteld
genee Of the highest Importance
The first battle between the Austrians inc
the Allies wa. Ind Mt Aontclello ontthe 21Ht
faEdkinS n the del6at of tha t6rdiseti with coz
siderable loss Of killad, Fosale4 nd P dsoncrs
The forces engaged were not Gsr from Is, 900
on each side MontebelIo is fortified town,
midway between Aicssa,drtn and F'avia. Ii
has been in possession Of the ltust.ians since
they invaded Sardinia. though now occupied
by the French At that plnce. q furious battle
was fought bete'ecn tue French and Austrians,
A. D. $500, III which the former, numbering
only 10000, pu1 to flight $4,000 Of the
enemy, and took nearly 6,ooo prisoners.
to this victory Lannes, the Frcnch Lieutenant
General, was Afterwards indebted forf flis a.is-
tocratic title, "Duke Of Montebello'' It was
also the scene Of another struggle between the
me'parties in lsl2, in which the Austrians
again suffered severely. That the first baltic
Of this second w4s Of opinion should bc fought
on q field deeply drcnched with the blood Of
older combatonts If the same nations, is not
the least singular Of tic Condolences Of which
Napoleon is so fond. As will be secn, the
details Of the recent fight are so 1neagro :nd
unsatisfactory, that nothing can be guessed As
to tue position or purposes Of either party.
But the Allies have uon the prestige Of success
By the first victory, and that is worth twenty
thousand men and walled town.
France has proclaimed that free ships mike
free goods s-tlle American principle firmly es.
tablshed as part Of the international law.
Our merchants and merchant-ships will profit
largely By the concession.
Political difficulties between Russell and
Palmerston have lately arisen, says tho lis
patch; but We do not Gee low that fact en-
dangers the Derby ministry, which all Anori-
cana sympathizing with 1taly, would be happy
to Bee overt|!rown. But the details Of the
new'a may bring an explanation.
The commercial intelligence By the Wash
ington will probably have but little influence
On our markets, Prices had not declined. 'ut
transactions were limited.
STORY OF 4 PIXIES PEAKER.
ne had the pleasure last evening Of meet
Ing aseutlcman from Michigan, On his re-
turn from tue Kansas Gold Mines. He cJn-
firms tile reports which have reached here. Of
the terrible suffering Of some Of the parties Of
emigrnnts lint llavo set out for tho diggings
hut attributes most Of tho mizfor tunes tlat L:;c
been encountered to the fact that thousands,
in their haste to get rich, started out on the
trip with lamentab1y insufficient preparation
both in the way Of trains and supplies. Dy
some misfortune, most Of these took 1le
" Smoky Hill route: us being the most direct,
but which proved to be destitute for more tl.an
one hundred miles Of grass and wator On
that plain, the suffering Inns leen unparalleled;
Int Our informant who came back by the lower
or Santa Fe road, thinks that VIC have heard
tue worst, and that though there may yet be d
few men not heard from, most Of them
must hare arrived at uno end OF tho other Of
The route before this
In regard to the ono absorbing question:
he existence Or non-cxistence Of gold in quan-
itics sufficient to justify emigration--we are
informed that opinions, even on tue ground,
lider as much as they do Aere. Parties nr1iv-
ng there filled with tho hope Of pilipg up their
wagons with nuggets in week, and returning
10 plap nabob be{oro tho cold weather SETS in,
turn about for home before u.ey
have beon three days in the digginga Others,
disappointed, try their luck; and though up
to this time nothing which would tempt men
to mako long and wearisomc journey las
been realized, it il believed that the eyi-
dences Of gold arc strong enough to keep
Large numbers OF. u1on ut work during
the whole Season. 4 little cold is in
the hands Of miners aud others, and tile sup
ply is increasing. When our informant LIT,
the rush was for tho mountains, u which val
nable discoveries .cere said to hare been mat,c;
but nothing confirming any great SUCCESS Of
the diggcrs had reached Denver City at the
date Of Ills departure. Ono thing seems Ger
tain, that there is a color Of gold all oyer
that eastern mountain alope, and along thc
water courses which traverse the plain hut
until some other discoveries nre made Of p,a.
GERS richer than anything now known, no man
ought to try his fortune in that far-oT country.
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