The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-16
EUROPEAN NEWS.
THE WAR IN ITALY

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Grla, winch was not there during my first soiourn
The passage of the Pc is still the great affair
with which every body is busied there it is tina
the two armies will meet face to face. This opera
tlon is the subject of every consultation, and al
though no body doubts its success no one is de
ceved about the difficulties of the enterprise Iti
known that though the Austrian soldier is not
quick IN his movements, he is steady in time and
patient under fire. But we have with us the for.
tune of France.
All last night was passed in movement The
horses OF the Emperor remained all night saddled
near the railroad; the Generals, booted and in uni
form were ready to start at the head of their diyis
ions, which had orders to be in readiness The staff
oihcers, started off in every direction, had or
uers TO make thelr reconnaissance; and in front of
our different corps q 'drmee. express trains were
carrying artillery and materiel towards Tortoua and
Pontecurone
The rumor ran that Baraguav d. dHilliers was
actually engaged with the enemy at Yoghera and
threatened by strong columns 1t was asserted
likewise, that the King Victor Emmanuel in person
mad made grand movement from CasaIe upon the
lett bank OF the Pc, where the Austrians held him
IN check. And as if all this not enough hey ad
oed that the division Ciadni had pushed as far as
Novara and that the cannonade was incessant near
nalenza. 1t was fire everywhere at the same time
throughout the whole time
This is what was thought at six o'clock. This l.
what was affirmed at seven, and what was not at
all doubted at nine; afterwards contradicted; at
mid day no longer heard Of
The horses sent back to the stable the repi
ments returned to their lodgings and the Aid de-
Camps had the chance to catch little Sleep But
that which was only an alarm without result this
morning may be terrible reality tomorrow We
are too near not to clash.
yesterday, on the railroad of the line of Turin
Genoa and Asst, | met, at six O'Clock in the eve
ming, battery of the 18th regiment of artillery
whch had passed Susa at one O'Clock. 1t was qoing
at full speed towards Alessandria The evening he
tore, pontoon train, which had arrived from
Strasbourg had passed through Turin after having
crossed Mount Gents. Five hundred horses had
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thlrty-siX wagons, attached to two locomotives
were carrying towards headquarters
AS iaSt as the regiments of cavalry arrive, thev
are sent 10 their different corps darnlee Those of
the guard commence to fall into line. The diyi
sion artillery is at its comp ement It fought
pravely at Montebello, where only single battery
was ehgaged the nature of the ground did not
permit three sections to take part in the action at
the same time, ~ "
The Sandman cavalry has displayed an obstna
cy which has been often fatal to the Austrans De-
clmated by the enemy s freit returned six times to
the charge. The horses could 90 on no LONGER al
though forced by the men. single souadron had
81 horses lost out of 100
grey bearded Piedmontese came up after the
pattie OF Montebello to see his son, wounded bv
| ball IN the hand As he left the house where the
young horseman had been carried he was asked
about the wound. "Nothing but a scratch" said
ne ne- would nave his wrist amputated." This is
the language of the old Romans This ardor. dash
| ana strong will, energetic and cool will show Won
| with what impetuosty the war will be waped 1t
seems as II each soldier who bears on his cap the
| white cross of the house of Savoy had a nersonal
quarrel TO avenge it is not the fighting of an army
| but of nation " u ''
The austrian Colonel that was made prisoner is
DEAD They say that the Emperor who went to
| see him through courtesy recoppized him Tho
Colonel had last year been presented bv NJ. De
Hnbner at the Tuilleries. Strange fortune.tbe am
bassador is gone, his daug hter has become French
woman, and the Colonel has found his death at Mon
tebello ~ --'-
have seen some of our wounded at the hospital
OF St. Catherine. They are well cared for. A Gal
lie gaety helps them to sustain these nursery con-
sequences OF battle; those Of them who are less dan
gerouSly wounded, find strength enough to make
Jokes, and their comrades smile. There is corpo-
raj OF Noltigeurs who has marvellous gift of To-
99acty he would certainlyhave been teuiletoniste
II he had not been corporal. As soon as he Onens
his mouth every body listens in silence All these
stories invariably commence with the words: "Once
upon time"
This once upon a time has power to suspend all
communication and all grefs. How MANY roman
GERS can boast of as much? There is some touch
ing IN the siesce and attention of these poor SOL
diers as their languishng heads are turned towards
tne narrator. One half smiles in advance like a
child who is about to listen to story that he knows
by heart, but always charms him; another sun
presses sigh; another opens wide his ewes which
under the veil OF suffering spark seems to light
up again.
My Corporal has a Tyroean bullet in his shouI
der!-a mere nothing he saws.
III was sad sight when the wounded arrived at
the railroad station. 1t was at night and the hall
was lighted by torches; from each wagon were
TAKEN out lndlstlnct forms; some stiff and led by
the arm, others animated. Every soldier who could
walk, made it a point of honor to keep his khan
sack and gun. They proudly stood up resting on
thelr guns, waiting for the car. The silence was
deep-not cry, not a murmur To see those i'm
moVeaole men you would have thought they came
from promenade but here there was a canote fnll
OF notes. there leather strap had lost its former
color, or perhaps KEPT ill conceae ed a spotted
bandage or further off was handkerchief wran-
ped around leg that trembled little or sustain
ed an arm.
face contracted with hands crossed upon his pun
and his head down. He had four wounds, and never
spoke of them. A Sergeant Major had sixteen. The
Emperor has taken his name. Other wounded men
sent from Noghera arrived at Alessandria TODAY
Inc ladies OF the town and neghborhood have sent
in masses boxes of oranges.
As to lint, for the last three months they had
prepared mountains of it everywhere
While write, the reports made by officers sent
TO reconnoIre upon different points, all agree that
the 70 Is not more than five hundred metres IA
metre Is about yard and three nches) in breadth
IL Is now swollen, it is tue, by long rains but it is
thought that it never measures less than two bun
dred and fifty 1t is about the width of the Rhine
at the bridge of keh
w Ill you have little matter of detail that has its
pictures on your side? Five six letters addressed
by persons at Vienna, were taken in the Postnfice
at Iurln, addressed to officers of the Austrian
army-yes, Austrian. The envelopes bore these
Two words, written in German and once or twice in
French-Bareau restan All these letters exhibited
ndlre faith in the approaching trumphal entry
OF the Imperial arms into the capital of Pied
mont. One of them, evidently written by wife to
her husband greatly pited the poor officer, a baron
ma Jot for all the fatigues that he would have
to endure in country where the rain fell in
torrents. All what mud, said she: did he
not take cold? She ended in these words:
but now you are in Turin the palaces will
soon make you forget the enn,i of the tent Rest
yourself well, but don't look too much at the Tu
rim women, they are said to be handsome Post
script-Our daughter is well.'' This Austrian Off
Ger Is not at Iurln; perhaps he was at Montebeo.
yesterday the Emperor assisted at representa-
tlon at the Municipal Theatre of Alessandria His
majesty had the Syndc of the town on his right
The whole house rose upon his entrance.
From the London Times Nay 3O.I
FRANCIS JOSEPH AND GARIBALDI
The Emperor OF Austria has at length followed
the example set him by his Imperial and Royal en-
emles, and has taken the field in person. He goes
to lta as the Persian invader went to Greece with
an exiled Sovereign in his train. The Grand Duke
OF Tuscany is the Hippias of this modern crusade of
despotlsm, and the Sardinians, who have already
often speculated upon the possible presence of the
Emperor when some decisive operation was sun |
posed to be threatened, may now with more GER |
tainty count the chances of some immediate effort
General Hess attends his Sovereign to direct with
more immediate action the plan of operations: and
Count Grunne who is now the responsible adviser
of Austrian policy, is another of the able heads
added to the Council of the Camp. For policy and
ior acon Tor strategy and for diplomacy the power
OF Austria in Italy is now complete, and we must look
no longer to Vienna for symptoms of the course of
the war or the dawnings ofpeace
1t is not the first time that tne Emperor Francis
Joseph has visited Lombardy; and he has not now
to learn what is the disposition of his subjects in
his Italian Provinces. 1t is within our recent mem
ory that the Imperial family have lavished all the
Establishments which an Austrian Court can nro |
duce upon the unwilling nobility and people of Mi
Ian. Francis Joseph himself, and his cousin. and
his cousins wife, then sought to conciate the Mi
anese by state progresses and by strong professions
OF affection and confidence, but they were met only
by moody silence. The people maintained an |
attitude OF constrained respect, and the nobility |
stood aloof. The Austrian Emperor then went to |
conciliate he now goes to coerce He then saw the |
elements of a slumbering disaffecton all around |
him; he will now find the fires blazing and $50 900 |
foreign soldiers ready to spread the conhagration
III we may trust the last accounts he will meet his
army retiring upon position where, with the
Icino IN their front, he may either fall back upon
the line of the great Austrian fortresses, or NAV
fight battle for the protection of Pavia and Pia-
cenza. He will find an unseen and unnumbered
enemy concealed behind the Montferrat hills, and
waiting only until their equipments shall be sufi.
clenty complete to enable them to advance.
On his right flank, threatening his rear, disturb
ing his communications, and perhaps able to de
stroy those railway lines which essential to the
support of an army encamped in wasted country,
is the energetic Garibald With small resources
without cannon or commissarat with mere gueril-
la party, this desperate, but not unskillfu leader
Is ever doing some dashing deed among the Alpine