Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-06-24
War Matters.

accounts, we quote again from an Amer
lean writer--the correspondent Of the
New York Post at The seat Of war-who
certainly ought to be impartial in his
statements. Writing on the 26th of May
be says
"In striking contrast with the conduct
Of the French is the manner with which
those so unfortunate as to fan into the
power Of the Austrians are treated. At
Casteggio, a village near Monticello,
through which the Austrians passed the
day they made the attack on the division
'of Gen. Forey, they found some Of the
families still in the place who had not
heard Of the approach Of the Aus
trians in time to escape. In the house Of
one of these families they found an old
gun, which had been used by the head
the family in his quality Of National
Guard. They executed the whole Of the
nine persons that formed the family for
this reason. Among those put to death
there were two children under seven
years of age and three women. The
atrocious barbarity of the act needs no
comment. / have been assured of the
fact by one ofthe villagers, who was hid
den in pit--a sort of place for keeping
farming utensils, dug in the side of hill,
From his hiding place he saw the execu-
ton, and, while telling me of it, his eyes
glared and his whole frame shook with
horror and emotion. This man was still
in the pit when the Austrians were forced
to retreat, and as they passed through
the village he counted 160 wagons filled
with their wounded. He says the Aus
trians were incensed to find that the
Piedmontese had destroyed all the pro-
visions they were forced to leave behind
them in the village, and that they had
knocked in the heads of all the wine
casks"
Referring to this affair on the next day,
he adds:
will relate similar occurrence
At village near Voghera, during the
time that the Austrians occupied that
place, they sent out each day parties of
troops hunting for provisions, which they
took without payment from the country
people. In searching a house they found
in it a journal that is inimical to Austria.
, They took the whole family on the pub
, lie square and shot them all-men, wom-
en- and children. They were all killed,
with the exception of one of the men, who
is now lying in the hospital at Voghera,
where he was conveyed by the people az
ter the departure of the Austrians. ]
have seen the man and conversed with
e him-his name is Cignoh Hundreds
besides myself have seen the person and
= heard his account of the atrocious action
+ perpetrated by the Austrians."
LOUIS NAPoLEoN's TAcT.-A cor.
respondent of London paper, in relating
: a conversation with a highly intelligent
is French officer, says@
/ "While discussing the Emperor's char
!, acter and qualities, his skill in availin,
S: himself of every advantage and means Q
e popularity came upon the taps, and il
4 proof of it the following circumstance
+ were adduced: After the reserve of tht
d army was recently called out in France
!; it was discovered that the whole Of it wa.
le not required, and accordingly a large
J. number of soldiers (married men and mei
n, who had only three or four months t
S: serve) were allowed to return 10 thei
<, homes. In the army, or at least by thos
a, military men who are in the habit of looR
D. ing little further than the point Of thei
lg sword, this was appreciated as a most ia
a. dicious move. The government kne,
y perfectly wellbeforehand what men woul
be required, and might have at once sic
nifed the exemptions afterwards mad,
~ But the Emperor preferred having a
called out, and then, when there was Il
mentation in the land, he suddenly r.
+ stored those who could least be spared
II In the town "a large provincial city
where ] was in garrison" said the Office
about 800 men thus came back to far
a. lilies and friends who had hidden the
, farewell with heavy doubts whether the
would ever see them again. You shoul
have seen the joy and heard the blessing
" on the Emperor, and you would ha'
,e judged, as ! do, that by that single NOV
"' seemingly unimportant, and which won
pass unnoticed elsewhere than on Il
- spot, he won no despicaple amount
: popularity"
tic In connection with this we subjoin Il
following which we find floating round