New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-22
RY THE KANGAROO.
rsTRo AND THE ADVANCE; OF THE
ALLIES.

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ginning by capturing the c' nnon that were playing
spon them. Ball. and grs'pe were thrown once or
twice; that was all; the nllsry men were dead.
Let me give you the ectal Of wounded Zoua'e
whom met yesterday st Tofrione, two or three
hours after the aght;
-os.,v Eve or ak horsemen o hight not Tar OIL
Ia ,bsv were Austrian hussars reconnoit2rinr
,,d made resdy 10 have little conversation with
them. But suddenly package Of grape came upon
ma accompanied by shower OF balla. HE faScas
bah put guns on the hill aid hid their rsinen 10 the
wheat whore we could not see Il sign OF hem Whi'e
we were looking about, grape mingled with the con
yeIsaiion. The colonel sees from where tne 'hot
comes BY the smoke. TIE officers turn 10 us: A0u-
.vesr they shout TO the gunsr We all leap into
Nh. brock The water was up % our uecks our
cartridge. boxes lake a bath; We cant IRE Il single
skot IL was good 800 yards to the batteries. Bat
DIDN'T we 20 over the ground Ike gymnast' How
they fell The grape moved tie grass around u.s.
In a twinkug were on the hill, hitting striking,
,tabbrg A shell falls and five Of my comrades ar
blow INTO the air. Look my caslue ir full oi thei
blood. | had my opened, but the guns were
ours.'
This story affected me, l confess; ! gr.sped the
hand of the ann that was bound in red ribb,n.
who were wounded. Tnsnk God, none whom we
know have fallen. | will not sp"as of others;
sbond fear 20 be inexact and 10 throw mourning into
u,nv families Aba there was whom Com
napdant Bocher resented 10 ouy the evening be-
fore. Never was face gay and laughing than
his was then. His head nd been taken of by ball.
He was a. good he WAS big said the Iouave.
have given up making the acquaintance o Officers.
Thee shocks Gjure NE. They say 1t is because am
not used to it.
On .he evenicg or next morning after these muir
derous trays at the table dhotc or at the cafe, when
the ofcefr meet 70 get the newr, there we see ho~
in some of it, strongest features, grief ~ mingled WIN
eareesspess. The newcomers are questioned; name
il spoken; a cOuDten8ncc cOntrGctsi clenched nst
comes down on the table; hand IL passed quickly
over the eyes One cOmrade bites his mustache, au-
other gets up aud steps aside To cough. turning his
head: his neigbbo lights n cigar his hand trembling
n little An ejaculation, oath, souvenir IA heard. |
"Poor f. How !" "The devil!' "Such agood fellow F"
They swallow a cup Of coffee and separate.
TIE funeral Grafton Of the departed is finished.
You have learned by telegraph tnat the divisions
Trochu and Regnault met the Austrians in the same
affair but another point. Aroyal order of the day
pronounces brilliant eulogy upon the bravery OF
soldiers.
the circumstances in which have been placed is at
t.ched to the c0rps darmfe Of Victor Emanuel. 1t |
will 60 with him everywhere. The King aud the re-
gmeht are worthy Of each other.
Who would not cross toe Scsia yesterday When
Clsdims bersagher crossed the river with the water
ND TO their armpits we could very we'll lit
tr tYestle bridge. On the left bank the couniry - |
claiming. We see the Lombard belllreys of tue old
" MT n-t he y
hind mass Of trees which hide the town; the red of
the bIck contrasting with the fresh green OF the
foliage: the river flows along its pebh!y bed, where
herds Of Arab horses quenching their thirst; we
see The broken arch Of the great bridge over wnich
the rsilroad passed. thick forest spreads its shade
over the country. The has made large holes IN II
for n sterias for the bridges over which regiments
and convoys are passing. On all sides moving
mpskets sparkle in the sun.
Let IA follow the road up from the river, the steep,
SANDY. difficult road of LaoutaDe Horses and
mules, With deeply inden'ed collars, are dragging
heavy carriages sunk in the gravel Their long tiles
dsappea ar in the distance. We go across the hrds'
Here is Il farm which ingenious soldiers have trans
formed into Il redolbt the bitches are deepened; the
earth thrown out is al embaukment; the buildings
Are oop-holed; the paths cut I'll. company Is STA
toned there.
Far az the eye can reach we see only eHnropes, mr.
till, ~ and wagons. The peasantiy pass by running
aud sh.u,i,g Ata turn on the road, horse OF the
Alexandria regiment are escortpg, sao-f IN NAM"
baud Of priscners, who wax three of four abreast.
Some wear the dusky coat Of tie Cioat; some the
black hat with the copper eockade ol the ly'ciese
but most the white coat with the yel~w or blue coli
lar. Nearly sli appeared 10 be very young and hard
" had u ustsches. count 3l2
These are not the only ones" shouts Pied
montese horst man.
We question those whom we meet with that lever
ish anxiety which the sound Of cannon eNcites, aud
go further Soldiers with their suherS cut away the
branches which Interfere with the telegraph wires,
and plant the poles winch to put Novara IN CO IL
nuuicaiiou with Vercelh. When the road is too much
crowded the artillery wagons borrow space from the
neighborirg fields.
Soldiers are taking their siesta under the mulberry
trees the coppeTs of the battalion smoking in the
fields. Tie butchers of the regiment are killing the
beeves in the hsy-ftlds.
TIE other day bullets were wbstlipg sl about here.
We pass Torrione, which for Il little while the
headquarters of the King. The house whore the King
stopped is IN a corner of the village. The floors
kuo,iv the door Tow; the bed has calico curtains.
We come 10 Palestro, where the fight yes;er-
day. The houses riddcd with balls; these fences
broken down in hundred places, these gardens
trampled ny, these trees, with many branches
broken, all tell you that here the fight was batter
The ground gained inch by inch. Naked steel
opened way into the village. But already the
pcasautry are AZ their work hens clucking
along the hedges; children are picking up balls aud
examining them cmiously. The dead are buried
But the moist earth still yields TO the tread.
1t IL almost impossible to 60 urther. We must re-