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Napoleon In Lombardy--His Address
to the People.

"Italians - The fortune of war having
brought us into the capital of Lombardy, am
about to tell you why / am here. When Aus
tria uniustly attacked Piedmont resolved to
support my ally, the King Of Sardinia, the
honor and interest of France making it duty
for me to do so. Your enemies, who are also
mine, endeavored to diminish the sympathy
which was felt in Europe for your cause by
making II be believed that only made war
from personal ambition, or to aggrandize the
territory of France. If there are men who do
not comprehend their epoch, I am not Of the
number. In the enlightened state Of publiS
opinion there is more grandeur to be acquired
by the moral influence which is exercised than
by fruitless conquests, and that moral inhu.
ence seek with pride in contributing to re-
store to freedom one Of the finest parts of
Europe.
Your reception has already proved to me
that you have understood me. do not come
here with the preconceiyed system of dspos-
sessing the sovereign, nor to impose my will
on you. Ny army will only occupy itself with
two things-to combat your enemies and main
tain internal order. 1t will not throw any OBJ
stacles in the way of the legitimate manifesto
tions of your wishes Providence sometimes
favors nations as we'll as individuals, by giving
it a sudden opportunity for greatness, but it is
on condition that it knows how to profit by it.
Profit then, by the fortune which is offered
to you to obtain your independence. Organ
ize yourselves militarily. Fly to the standard
of King Victor Emanuel, who has already so
nobly shown you the path Of honor. Remem-
Der that without discipline there can be no
army. Be to-day only soldiers, tomorrow you
will be the free citizens of great country"
ADDRESS OF NAPOLEON TO THE ARMY.
Soldiers: A month ago, confding in the
efforts of diplomacy, still hoped for the main
tenance of peace, when suddenly the invasion
of Piedmont by the Austrian troops called US
to arms. We were not ready. Men, horses,
material and supplies were wanting, and we
had, in order to assist our allies, to pass in
small divisions beyond the Alps before an enc
my formidable and prepared beforehand.
The danger was great; the energy of the ma
ton and your courage supplied all France
has again found her old virtues, and, united in
one feeling and for one object, she has shown
the power of her resources and the strength of
her patriotism. 1t is now only ten days since
operations commenced, and the Piedmontese
territory has already been cleared of the inva-
ders. The allied army has fought four cOmbats
and gained a decisive victory, which has opened
to it the gates of the capital of Lombardy.
You have put moro than 35 600 Austrans
hors de combat, taken II cannon, 2 colors and
5000 prisoners; but all is not terminated: you
will have more struggles to support and obsta-
cles to overcome. L rely on you. Courage,
then, brave soldiers of the Army of Italy
Your forefathers from above contemplate you
with pride.
THE WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF MAGENTA-TER-
RIBLE SCENES.
Tho correspondent of the London Times fur
nishes stirring account of the battle of Ma
genta. He thus refers to the sufferings of the
ypOunda1 and tho dvipcr of tbo bot
You never saw such frightful sceno of
carnage rs on all this ground, which the Aus
trians defended inch by inch, but had to leave
at last. 1t is like the remains Of q great rag
fair; shakoes, knapsacks, muskets, shoes,
cloaks, tunics, linen all stained with blood,
and speaking of the obstinate resistance even
now, when the greater part of the wounded
have been removed and the dead mostly buried.
At the station the surgeons were in attend
ance to apply the first dressing, and the trains
from Milan went to and fro to carry them off.
The trains consisted of nothing but third class
carriages and goods wagons, partly covered,
partly open. Those who were only slightly
wounded and could walk, were put into the
carriages, while the others were laid in the
goods wagons, which had been made as soft as
the circumstances admitted, by putting straw
and hay at the bottom. To these the unfortu-
nate wretches were carried, in agonies Of pain,
caused by the movement. A large barrel of
cooling drink, made of water and syrup, was
near, as we'll as another filed with wine, with
which to assuage the fiery thirst caused by
| their wounds. Boughs were cut to mako an
awning over the open goods trucks, so as to
protect their miserable inmates from the rays
of real Italian sun.
This station and the railway train itself
were certainly the most shocking scenes of mis-
cry which one can possibly conceive. 1t was
the daik side of brilliant victory-looking
behind the scenes by daylight; wounded in all
| stages of agony and pain, only half clad, torn
dusty and muddy, in their own blood. The
| priests walking about with the viaticum t.
administer the last sacrament to the dying
the glazed eye of death in some, showing thai
they had ceased to suffer; the working eyes oil
Others and the kneeling priest before them
showing that they were on the point of sigh
ing their last; near them were others, whom
you would have thought dead had it not been
for the perceptible movement Of the eye and
convulsive twist of the limb. You became in
voluntarily silent when you entered and took of
your cap at the sight of SO much misery. Even
the lively French soldiers, who ministered to
the wants Of these defaced specimens of hu-
manity, became grave, and this dead silence
was only broken from time to time by the
solemn words of the priest, a faint sob, fran
| Jlc suTleh OF PAIN OF weak sign. ou forgot
almost that there YVES victory to redeem this
dark scene, and these men, who would other
wise have peacefully followed their domestic
occupations, were summoned to expose them
selves to all this for a cause which is not theil
own, which they know nothing about, nor care
for. 1t was, indeed, a hard lot.
But it was, above all, when the woun ded had
to be moved to the carriages, that the neigh
borhOod became almost intolerable. Such
shrieks, such pale faces, contracted by pain
such torn limbsl The soldiers ordered tC
transport them seemed to forget verything in
their anxiety to alleviate the pain of the suf
ferers. The philanthropist would have beer
touched by so much care, and the oynic nigh
have sneered at the idea that tho very mel
who made the wounds should now try to cur,
the mischief, ready to begin again. Befor,
starting a new distribution of drink took place
for which there was craving. At last tn
train was off, and the noise of tho trail
drowned all others, while a few turns Of tn
wheels took us cut Of sight of tho station. Oh
our arrival at Milan a number of voluntee
nurses were already waiting, with glasses o
lemonade to assuage the burning thirst of
passage of more than an hour.
Milan truly rejoiced at the retreat of th
Austrians and the entry of the French. Th
corps Of the Due de Magenta, the victors of tn
battle Of Magenta, had entered Milan pre-