The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-08

r,n. vev York Herald has the following inter.
.s,ins feco,iections OF the arst battle 'ousa'"
MorsseRlio, under NapoieonI:
nv this arrival the hrst victory II nso. ,h.t
rrench 10 the great and imperiso ~. GanIs bsye
no. aesencrated since the tine tne ess' 40 Auss
led thes, from victory to victory over ''
srisn nosss. n,.,osics, coincidence that the
un unnssheiio Sas the frst fcught ey tne
sssens 81 Napoleon after crossins ,sss.. 90
ssssrsrd "a 1900. twas one OF the piooases, sna
neac sss ts also remarkable. Napoleon 1
sns 49, aniy $1,000 men, two-thirds cf whom
..ss nav soldiers, Who had never seen shos nred;
se6 NTH these he WAS to arrest tne desperate
sssreh Of an army Of 10000 veteran Austrians--
Ts-ss necessary for him TO divide this little band
81 ssys Il from being cut TO pieces before he coud
rsrcjve reinsorcsments. With characteristic RAJ
p,di,y, be moved from point to poist through
Lombardy, with lightning glance his eagle eye
psrceived the movemen t. and combinations OF the
enemy under Melas. He knew thats great aod
decisive battle must soon take place, ior aieias
was rapidly concentrating bis army from a"
uoiuts To LAunee and Murat hcissuea the iViio"
Ing brief bat remarkable ORDER
sa..her vour forces at she river stradeis. On the
s.h r Oh, al the latest you will have on your han1s
rs 80 or Is GO AustiAns Meet snem ana cur .nsm
20 On ne dsy Of the decisive battle are TO
axnect with the entire army OF melas
The prediction turned out true. An Austriap3
(or<
Strongly on the heights of Monsebclo. with bats
,.rsss pianted upon the hill sides which swept the
Main II vas OF the greatest moment that this
Sody should be prevented from combining with
the other vast forces OF the Austrtaas. Lsnnes
met them with only 5000 men. Yet they rushed
on the foe with shout Of enthusiasm. Their
ranks were swept with q storm of grapeshot.-
Saie Lsones, 81 could hear the boaes crash 10 my
division like eiass In q bail-s'orm" For nine
boars-from eleven iu the day till eight at night
the carnage continued. Again and again the
manyled coiumus Of the PseGca rallied to the
charge; aud II was not Till fhrce thousand of their
men lay dead on the field that the Austrians broke
aud nsd, also leaving three thousand dead behind
them, with six thousand prisoners.
Napoleon, hssteDiog 10 The aid Of bis general,
arrived lust in time TO SEQ the battle Hou. He
rode up TO Lsnnes, surrounded by the dying and
the dead. his sword dripping with blooa, hi, face
and torn by the long strife. Napoleon smiled In
silence, bus he did not forges the heroism Of
LANES, whom he after wards created, from this
battle field, Duke Of M3atebsio'- title which
has descended 10 his family TO this day. /: was
tue same hero which bad before saved the Sht on
the terrible bridge Of Lodi, When the French
were moved down by the Austrian cannon like
grass, aud Napoleous generals said 1t was impos.
sible to advance. "1m2ossib:e in nos French, said
Booaparte, as he seized standard and rushed tor.
ward shouting. Follow your general" Lannes,
however, was the frat to crosse the bridge. He
dashed past his leader. piuuging his horse into
the very midst OF the AEstrian ranKs aud EraSped
one Of their banners. At that moment his steed
fsli dead beneath bin, aud half a dozen swords
sii,tered above his head. With Hercuiesn
strength and agility he extricsted himself from
his fallen steed iesped upon the horse Of an Aus-
trian behind the rider, plunged his sword into
the body of the rider, aud hurled him from bis
sad iie He fought his way back to his followers,
having stain six of the Austrians with bis own
haud. The bridge aud the battle were won. For
TIL. deed Of terrible energy Napoleon promoted
l. ,uues on tho spot.
: The battle of Moutebello was not without it's
nfiaence on the immortal victory of MAreugo,
which was fought imme dately after Dune l4,) aud
was closely connected with il. There 20 COO
Prenchmen under Napoleon met 40, 900 Austrians,
including 1000 cavalry and 200 pieces OF cannon,
which irresistib!y sept Nspoleon's troops before
them till Desaix, so anxiously expected with his
reserve OF 5000 men, arrived aud charged, and
when the battle was deemed lost. The tide was
turned. The Austrians were overthrown with
terrible slaughter. Twenty thousand men Of both
sides lay dead On the field. Dssaix, the creates
general Napoleon ever mad, was among them THE
First Consul wep, and said the battle was dear y
bought. No doubt another Marengo or eqaat )
sauguinary aud decisive battle Of some other name
will soon be fought, when we shall probaly know
something of the qualities of Napoleon Ill as
general.