The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-05

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sas Z II 0oxibalM.
h A account written AIR. The batale Of Ma
genta oflhe reginsnts of 4aroos says
They AEe asface entirely q part African
byibiflh, French By adoption; they accep,
with The beat grace il the world the exigen
cies of discipline. Il Is declared that the
sonda6t Of these Numidians at Magenta wal
s'pendant to the Zouases' attack 1t Monte
bello Ard Palestro. An eye witness assures
ne that their attack presented spectacle a
once curious and terrible. They did not run,
but some crawled, like the savages described
by Cooper, ere they had time to stir Others
bounded into the plain, uttering yells, and
fell up on the astonished Austrians, hitting
about on Ill sides with their buyonets with
out pity or quarter. a horrible melee was
seen: The thunder Of cannon was over
whelmed by the cries Of wild harmony
which wis neither the song Of victory MOI
the lament Of the wounded and diving. All
that the language Of Mohammed contains in
the way Of curses and imprecations issued
from their throais by volleys at time. and
one Turco did not hesitate to attack three OF
four Austrians. To the cries Of the officers
responded the trumpet and drum, and every
instant clouds Of the enemy were seen des-
polling themselves Of their arms, and throw
ing themselves into bitches and ravines to
escape pursuit.
when the struggle was over the spectacle
was hardly less strange. The frantic con-
querofs rollod themselves on the earth, and
~ though some African music sweeping
across the Mediterranean had suddenly met
their ear, they executed frienzed dances and
broke out into bursts of laughter which real.
" terrified their companions in arms. Some
had compelled their prisoners to sit near
them. and, like the lion who fascinates bis
prey, they contemplated with an eye full Of
fire the unhappy defenceless soldiers at their
feet All savage a. the Turco is, he fights
Loyalty, nobly, seldom does he strike his ad.
versary behind, he flies rather in his face, at
his head be bounds, he cries, be gals, he
c0pfounds his enemy, but never cowardly
attacks him by surprise He makes prison
er Of his disarmed foe-he never attempts to
injure him.
A short description Of Garibaldi given in
. communication from Lombardy must close
this already too long letter, unless any fresh
intelligence should require o postscript pre-
vious to your report | have only had a
glimpse Of Garibaldi. He IS lofty Of statue
broad shouldered-the head ola lion on the
shoulders of an athlete. His long black,
grizzly, uncombed beard; his eyes flashing
with lightning CLEAN; his black felt hat,
ornamented with dark plumes his scarlet
mantle, tied round his throat, present to you
a parsonage of no ordinary stamp. l am
everywhere assured that he is really o gen.
ueman, gallant to ladies, severe to men, still
more severe to himself, sober to excess, ami
mated and cold at the same time. lie in
spires in his little army confidence only
equaled by the terror he inspires in his enc
mics Ever the foremost in the fight, urging
his charge into the thickest battallions, dis
mounting now to seize o musket, sharing
with the meanest follower the labor oil the
march, he gives an evidence alike Of courage
and GOODNESS that astonishes ALL
1t is said that he issued the following ad-
dress to his soldiers -
My children you are one to FIVE Before
you is DEATH behind the. muskets OF your
enemies, who will shoot like dog the first
who retreats. Cannon we have none; we
will take them. Let US die what matters
it Italy must be free Behold your real
This man who resembles q chief of bril-
yands, will become more than distinguished
general; he will be great captain, I'M
less an Austrian bullet arrests him in his ca
reer.