Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-05-20
From the Boston Journal.
The War Intelligence.


By the arrival Of the Steamers we'cr and
Borusia. with European dates to the ID
lbs, Ma, which seemed inevitable has be-
come morally cer,arn-Earope is again In
vnlyed In the evils and horrors OF war. ~
break. out. indeed, In corner--ln ha'
narrow portion Of the northeast OF i'a'y
which I. crowded between the Alps ana
Apcnics. but already France, which emu
meraic. her half million OF soldiers train
ell with the precision Of machinery. Is PEN
e,ratins deGle and port on every side. In
order 10 meet Austria. which Is pushing
forward force ofequaI Importance IN point
Of number, and discipline. Sardinia OF
course. ha. in the field every man she can
spare. The rcyol,cd army OF Tuscany Is
probably on the march; to be followed ny
that Of the Duchy Of Parma. Prussia Is
putting her armies in readiness to march,
o.,ensihly. however, with view to her
own selfdefencc. England is in a fever Of
excitement, royal proclamation having
offered q bounty Of $50 10 able seamen'
with the hope Of calling forward 10000
new men. and every dockyard and arsenal
resounding with the hustle Of preparation.
Even exhausted Turkey i' startled by the
ominous events into taking warlike pre-
cautions. but we may DO excused from
doing more than merely to enumerate these
general features OF the crisis. in view Of the
operations already announced. These are
very briefly and no doub, imperfccily given
hut we will cndcnvor to put them in as
clear light a. we can, supplying all de-
feets as fast Us the requisite information
may come 10 hand.
IL appears from our dispatches that the
Austrians began their active demonstra-
tons on the Sandman boundary at BuGa-
lora. probably on the 18th OF April. al.
though dlfTcrcn. dispatches mention the
day before and the day after. The Au.-
,rians took tho position, after meeting with
resistance. according to Vienna dispatch
but this cannot bc correct, or we should
have Il confirmed from Turin, thence most
likely the same columns. with additions.
marched upon and.look Mortaa. These
arc the only engagement, in,imaitd, al
though the Ausuians are reported rs being
in force at Noryara. the chances being that
they were in readiness there 10 commence
opcm,ons. OF the Sandman strength in
these localities. we have no account. As
20 the general movement Of tho Austrians
they appear TO have occupied the whole
eastern frontier Of Sardinia. We hear Of
them on the north ut the towns Of lntra
and PallanIa. on the Lago- MagSioro. thir-
~ miles north Of Noyara; at Aroma. TWEEN.
~ three mile. north OF Novara at Grayello-
ma about DOZEN miles south Of Novara.
with force Of twenty bat,alions and eigh,
batteries OF cannon at PaSia, one OF their
own frontier iortrcs,es. still farther 10 the
south aud at the region round Piacena,
near the gEtreme southeastern part Of sar-
dina. where they seem to have concentra-
ted their greatest strength. Thus they line
the whole eastern boundary Of Sardinia,
prepared to prccipI,a,e their columns at any
and every advantageous point.
In regard 30 the French movements. our
di.pa,chc. do not give Us much definite in.
formation. BY the last day Of April 49,
600 French troops were at Geona including
- 600 Of the Imperial Guards. At Snsa,
also. the Sandman station nearest the pas.
scs Of the ALPS, tn, forces of the French
were rapidly increasing, although doubt
lees the artillery Jagged somewhat behind.
General. Canrobert and Mel had gone with
Victor Emmanuel to inspect the defensive
lines on the Dora. Louis Napoleon was
expected to Join the French army in Italy
on the Sd Of the present month. by that
timc probably. his forces would be ready to
commence active operations while the
Auslrians ought to have struck heavy blows
before the French were in tie field, IL fully
awake To their advantages.