The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-14

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-7HH THE nATrLR-FrELo os soLF9atxo
.s7tatioS2, Italy. Friday night, June u
| --'r iFo'n BFescia garty this rnorainr and
7 -i ."*i IN a1gse 81 witaeSs tae last aaif of
D 80 SaNn very little doubt {vift t19rn ont "a,
H"cu tae grea s-st la tylt, the tns,ft.rn ,,,,,fi
rf1 Oh @iH gef the official summary
q result ny telegraph before lhls letter
i ..fN t'"' aHd will ne prepared. therefore
q "'-etneAt 81 ITS magnitude / cannot
.s ID" tt WIN any precision ~ Yet for II has
-I 24' 'iav- aad extended over n cIr~utt ~
ass titan hstssR miles The noise Of this
''na"" ara even of the mHSketry, Is still
-t Natf, sad none OF those eagaged in i,
N" *of' AIDED, aavP returned to give ,ta
i-siHft and connected report Rut moi
nan lJs.HE} uen have be"n engaged IL. it
-AN%e not less than .n0oD--tteaf or tix
Ht1-s3y field. i''
." hstti.a commenced a. a little before &
4 q thF morn1ng-Eot tar from sunrise
zSk ~ tasftel30ue rises a high rangs. of
which PROJECTS Hi le or ther7.af, f,oo~s ia. 4.
F plain and theu breaks of toward, the
.s.' a = 'r'e "xpanse nf small hills and
81 H 5Hr rolling saFiace which Inakrs that
% " ~ ihT p!aln. The AastriaRs had taken
# A upon thes~ hElls-ptanting caan0yl ND
# ..'" nearest 10 tastIGlIvRe which they
s& d.. tHE'3AHH. IA the FreuCh ariny Sas in
"a 'H and around that ntiie village
81 81. t'liioHfd their lm nlruse arm all over
a& .-r'Nuit"x p!ata. As nearly "a we can
II r7rn 'h" EHperor Francis Joseph had
.-'. arTe Hri less than 255.Uo trooDs and
-.aT-r3 ihr'H IN person. HIS evident pur.
.. g. '- iH maze a stand here, and risk the
= r, 3t 70" war upoa the hazards of IN.
N1ga.r"a promptly accepted tAe ehaI-
it- ''jnIn"necd the attack n soon A. IL
81 q. a 'hS morning. BY placing cannon np-
.,'~ st'!i nearer Cas- tigIioue than those
Ns t "a" A"'tFisns. and opening fre apon
n d % ~ f. Bs.s e T.. q
p, ...a he hl .h"sj of tnrse--a st.ef sharn.
E.-.. E.tEr. when commands 4 naagnl tlrani
..r' .h" entire Circuit of The ugasu. and
q. ."t' point directed the entire movements
ny a"F'HE ihe early portion Of the
Frf"ch very soon drove the enemy ont
I'sis Whey held nearest 20 the town.
f. Owed Hem inio The small villages Of
.as, below. The frat of thrse was Sol
r NHrrf ihay mad sharp and pFotracted
--f"i2""I Tie Austrlans Disputed every
.. tt' ground. and tonight here rs they
-- -.'" S.lnht 'hs day, with the utmost des-
'. .'Ei. n'y were three times driven ott
+" ioWH h"ioTe they would Stav out The
.r 0f tle village. moreover, took part
: q. faA French, upon whom they fired
- th"ir windows, and the French wsf.
'eiied in Seif-fsIsnce to burn the town
.'u .4'ey iOund IL tmposs bic to hold their
HHd any longer They fell hack, slowly and
B AMY until th@y reached The village OF Vol
4 Nhifh, ~ You w3il sro ny ms map, lies di-
- N'A -itFlAAt lFGH A5dSiiE iEllp ne, ana - only
.li mile from fhc river Mincin from
u a.h. however, IL IL separated by a range o!
.1a tAcse hills, in the rear Of the town.
overlooking Il completely on the south
sou inec,st sides tie 4 AustTiaus had planted
- formidable batterles, and when arrived
IN" h"id and vent nj once Ia the height
u t'f" -l" F-IhpcruT bad stood a tho opening
t" hSIgeInen', but which lie had left an
. ..t' H''IUrr - follow h3s victorious troops
he
pre-. .H .Nhp ~TTe stationed on the EI:tln be-
.-t %ls too far OIL 80 observe with any ac-
... 'l~ successive steps of the action, bur
.t- distinctly s"e the troops stafiourd up
broad plain and moving mp ia masses
-fH.+- The 'front.' where the artillery was
| d. as 'hrlr services were required. Bat
1- they reached thi- point they we're
'..I.r rurr!s I~t IL The smoke Of The cannon.
gppr1rrti from observation. But the
-r1. srsu}t Eav soon made evident by thr
.-0.ac pf tho Austrian tire, and by the
.t...- BIS. 10 n. tAc!r smoAa aHd correspond
AifaH." ON tho part OF iAat which rose
.' 'I- French artillery The canu0nadung
Inns point lasted for over an hour bat IL
."..".r Hhat direction thr Austrian T-treat-
r.. .t .Fa, urf ppesthir from th" position / Oc-
.t5 .E. 20 .'r. / was afraid 20 change It.more-
nt.. D"CaH'". although / might easily have
.. ia rr directly aHd closely upon the ileid,
.t.G not have found any cmin"ucc upon
'ar plain from which | could have had 50
g @""fiuE and complete n view. Part ef the
ittt"E which HuHS ~puthWard from The lower
nd ": l.aj,r Guardc.and euPties into the Po.
H"t ia" battle continued Ia rage all over the
region northwest ut Z line connecting the
's'vu, II Costigtune. SpIfcrinu and Volta
~ fI' point after another n sharp caunona-
l * ""uiI 1rs" and conFinu" for half or
N'l.-.-t Hari"rs IT au hour and after each sue
."~-l'r engagement of thIs kind, the result be-
'.1" arparru' tl the retreat Of the AuStrIAns
-.. '." advance Of thc French fogcrs. During
q. .itr carly part Of In" daY, The Ky had been
..ar 7uI ihc weather. hot. lUi clouds began
-.-.hrr a Jb 3ut noon. and n , lock while
...-Ei Ei#U"nldc Was n - height, tremendous
"taa"E-Ni"Tm ruiied up from Iht northwest,
..- fiAi cam" first sweeping from the parCh-
81 ~'tr"t- RI enormous cloud OF dust and was
--.H followed by heavy fall of rain, accom-
,.'"d ~ vivid I%htnlAg1Hd rapid TX plOsiOuS
{ .gFAuE thunder The storm asged fuI
t-..' an hour. and the Cannonading, 80 far
t- HrcpItd distinguish. was suspended Then
t." -2'a ceased, IA" clouds blew away, the sun
stNae uui again. and he air was cooled and
PERFECTLY delightful
Ih1Grh the cannon may have ceased for a
t''. 10 tax" part IA IL, The ilght had meantime
s,A. on a@d when again resumed my post
. '11rTN1iInn-trom which the storm had ex-
I'..rd mr--the c1nuonndlng commenced quite
he e1tT"iu" left of the entire Held, and on
very borders OF the lake southeast from
't--iEnnue and west of Peschiera. The Pied
..Iate-" troops, under the King, vino COM
..lHd, lnean in person, had been posted there.
- received the Aus tTIans a. they came around,
gIsa about O'Clock until after night fall, an
!HC-,Saut ana most tarribo combat was here
Arpi up. The batteries of the two armies We're
- glrrntly about half mile apart and at tht
4i~pt they were both serN sd with nearly equal
I'D effective Nignr, but the Austrians gradual
~!acArned their fire, and several times
ok up new positions, while the SdrdInians
t..rcd Il rapid and unin Interrupted shower ot
-..is upon thru}. suFpendlng only for few
-.uut"a II a time. and then renewing II again
.-..: rrdouhIed fury The wind had now gone
E,rA. a.s > 4t a . Il y4f
.'rF-as well ~ OF the eannon--was distinct
card. The former was continuous, sharp
s-- lEcesSant, sounding like the constant and
--e-I.ar patterIHe Of hail upon roof, while
a~ -aIter Was occasionally suspended; but
.-lG'' II lasted, was ovcrW helmlngly grand and
t.I.a!p
over lhe Sardinian park rose a dense white |
.Ila Of smoke, directly upwards, ITS slider
.~'trtly upright ana well DEFINED, ana
grading outward both ways at the Up like
aL ~AJrAyus sheaf Of wheat The sun was
-.aAlnG a glorious setting in the west, and as
as 4Sai gradually departed, the vivid flashes
~ Zach discharge Of the cannon CLEANED thro
Ae smoke ike sharp lightning through The
.-raat Of al enormous cloud. Sometimes only
As!AsIt HASH would bt seen. then two o. three |
once aud sometimes halt-a-dozen would |
ErIh iOEth III instant succession. 1t was be-
E2AlnS - oe dark when 1 turned 10 descend
-- nil, and ali the way down l still heard |
ar roar Of the cannon and the Gathering OF |
H. sans Of The infantry. But the Austrians |
5eEe clearly Ealing back, and could scarcely |
--'e iaIIed 10 sustain "a total route. 1t Is pos |
use they my be in condition TO make one more /
sgle III the morning, but, Judging from my |
- To observation, II certainly is not probable. |
10y have sustained an overwhelming defeat, |
- i seems 10 me not unlikely that the Empe- !
. nay now be induced, by the representa-
ms oi the neutral Powers, To accept the |
zee which Napoleon will be very likely to
'-4yr him
'st before nightfail a tremendous cannon
--s was ditlncty visible in the direction OF
"4A'&a, and II was supposed by one or two
-sAch officers that Prince Napoleon was as
ing That fortress part OF The general |