The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-08-03
ACCOUNT OF THE WAR.
e Trqmslateol from La Cure &Laly, Weekly
z r.Jourisalof Brussels, for the ~. T. Herald.

" EeJ0uTndE or OrnSSetS JOT me ~. L. L1eT0Ht.
~ sa7nfaaTHE aCAUsEs OF HOSTILITY.
- We will not undertake to inquire into the
causes of the war, the history of which we will
succinctly recount, because that would carry
US to far into the past. We will take events
at the first intimation of hostilities, which took
place at the Tuilleries, on the 1st of January,
| of this year, the occasion of the presenta-
ton of the diplomatic corps to the Emperor
Napoleon. 7g5 nrif5I -
BEGINNING OF THE IMBRoGLIo.
,eI regret, Mr. Ambassador" said his Impe-
/ rial Majesty to Monsieur the Count Hubner,
! tfthat the relations of my government with that
fof the Emperor Francis Joseph, should be as
bad asthey are"-0r the relations of the Court
of Tuileries with the Court of Vienna, which
were already very narrow since the day of the
4 signature of the treaty of Paris, became every
day more contracted in consequence of the in
trigues of France toviolate that treaty, by fore
ing on the union of the Danubian Principali-
ties instead of leaving them divided, in man
ner placing a serious rampant to the irruption
of Austria toward the Levant. After the re-
ception OF New Years Day there scarcely re-
NAMED thing for NJ. de Hubner but to ask
for his passports. SGT it vas not the policy of
Austria to break up relations in SO prompt
manner. It |as important that she should first
be prepared to resist the revolutionary move
ments begun in Sardinia under the protection
| of France.
Austria, therefore, left her Ambassador at
Paris, despite the difficulties of his position,
and, without ostentstion, commenced t.. put
her army on a war footing. H..
/ @ MOVEMENTS OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS. ii
T. The movements of troops soon began to take
place in every part of the, empire, and troops
| were successively sent to reinforce the garri-l
sons of Trent, Trevise, Trieste, Venice, Padua,
| Verona, Breseia, Bergamo, Sandrio, Monza and
| Milan, the seat of Austrian domination in Lom-
hardy, and lastly, Lodi and Pavia, which is one
of the keys of Lombardy On the Ticino, as
! Strasbourg is one of the etes de poet of France
on the Rhine. .-l--.... T., Il
| PIEDMoNT's ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE. 81
1t is known that it was at the time of the ag-
itation in Piedmont, when it became ostensibly
! allied to France by the marriage OF Prince Ma
| poleon with the Princess Clothilde, and it was
felt that it was backed by the Emperor. Un-
til that time the attitude of Piedmont had
scarcely been more than defensive-at least the
! Kings government compelled him to maintain
that character. She now became openly ag
i gressiye. Thus it was soon seen that war had
become inevitable, and that it would break out
in moment on the first Misunderstanding. se.
# - THE TERRITORY OF THE LoMBARDs! -cs
i The Lombardo-V enetian Territory is divided
into two govcrnments--that Of Milan and that
i of Venice-is separated from Sardinia by the
\ Tessin, or Tlcino, which forms the northeast
ern lirnmt of this latter kingdom, from Lake
Maggiore to the other side of Pavia, to the
i hight of San Giovanni, in the Duchy of Piais-
ance. The Tessin is stream of water of con-
siderable importance, inasmuch as it is entirely
canalized, which favors navigation in Upper
Italy In regard to the Po, which is the most
important river of the Adriatic and of all TIA
ly, it takes its rise at the foot of the Alps and
in its course toward Lombardy successfully en-
circles Turin, Casale and Valenza to Pavia. z
THE LINE OF sARDINIAN DEFENCE.
The line of the Ticino was, then, the first
point to be defended by the Sandman army
against an invasion, but what could be done by
an army which could not be increased to more
than 900 men, with all its volunteers?-
!. They could not dream of that line. The Sar-
din;an government was also bound to provide
for the occupation of the important garrisens
of Mortari, Novari, Vercelli, Casale, Turin the
seat of government, and above all, Allessandria,
the base of operations, which it has been for a
long time past engaged in putting into state
of defense, that it might be able to resist a
long siege. <' S"'
RAPID PROGRESS OF THE QUARREL. 81
At last relations between France and Aus
tria having become insupportable, England in
tervened, and with the consent of Louis Napo-
leon, she sent Lord Cowley on an embassy to
vienna, Ln6n more WIN the view OF eXBrlCd-
ting Napoleon from disagreeable position than
to be agreeable to the Emperor Francis Joseph,
because all Germany had taken fire, and on all
sides the organs of the press-those faithful
: interpreters of public opinion-spoke of moth
ing less than to march upon Paris to overturn
a governmental system and power which
every moment menaeed the peace of Europe.
LORD oowLEY's MISSION. s.rI t-
Il We have unpublished details concerning the
mission of Lord Cowley, or which, at least,
have not extended beyond the diplomatic world
It appears that at irst the Emperor Francis Jo-
seph was so i'll prepared for negotiations that
he was disinclined to receive the ambassador
He nevertheless received him at the instance
of NJ. Buol, but he began by declaring that
Napoleon the Third wanted lesson, and that
i it would be he, Francis Joseph, that would
give it to him. These words, transmitted by
telegraph to the Court of the Tuilleries, drew
forth the answer: "If want lesson it is not
such young man that can give it to me-"
INFORMATION TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS
/ 1t was some time after this incident that, ON
the 1st of March, Lord Malmesbury informed
the House of Lords of the unsuccessful termi-
nation of the mission of the English Ambassa-
/ DOR at the moment when the organs of the
imperial French press stated that the govern
ment had arranged with the Victor Emanuel
Railway Company for the transport of troops
to Italy by Mount Gents. -l'a 'fe rl
ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE THE QUESTION.
q On the 4th of March it was known that the
Great Powers were endoavoring to settle the
italian Question amicably, and the Prussian
Minister of Foreign Affairs declared to the
Tribune that the Prussian government had
made no engagements, in case of war That
declaration of the Cabinet of Berlin was inn
mediately followed by the despatch of a circu
! lar letter from the Cabinet of Vienna to its
| diplomatic agents, tending to prove that the
4 interests of Austria in Italy were the same as
q those of the entire Confederation g7a; ee
c72Tq ENGLAND BEGINS TO ARM. ai,c5
On the 10Th, England ordered the armament
of 800 gunboats, and it was understood that
she had agreed with Prussia to cause the trea-