Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-27

bodies they were obliged to march. l'aY.
heard M estimate of the number .! the '!'.a''
We saw about three thousand :laS'tla1
prisoners brought in. How many were s;'Ne1
during the day could not be ascertaned.
saw une crowd of 600. another ot .'3o, MI.
many smaller squads. The Austrian woun'ie'
were piled into the carts sometimes lliis
criminatcly with the French. The largest
gang saw were brought in by the TurccS
They were obliged to stop on account OF the
crowdirg at the point where stood, a,'d
thus had an occasion to take good loo:i al
them. a considerable proportion OF ,''eSc
were Lombards, a fact which large and :av.
age-looking Turco Of the escort evidently ald
not know, for he explained to lis il! r'dlc,i!mg
them, that they fired but once and then laid
down their guns. Poor fellows, they wc;c IL"
doubt glad to remain on their own soil: r'c'i
as prisoners, and one only wonders a; the
blind esotism of the Austrian rulers IL pla-
cling reliance upon men who have no low; tor
them and who arc compelled to iight az INST
their brethren and their own liresl,leS. Lie
Hungarians also were in cunSiderablc-;'I'm-
bers, and some of these were large and "lags-
nificent physical men. But they wer> not
quick enough nor powerful enough To-, our
Turcos and ZouaveS, who, while reno ring
justice to the goodwill and obstinacy win
which they fought, merely talked OF their
nferiority as a matter OF course and oi tLsir
own success as equally q sure thing.
The Austrian uniform, Willie convent, ut to
the wearer, is most unsaniy and uns":lier.
like in appearance, consisting Of adust.c' !ored
coat, dirty green pantaloons, and cap almost
invisible from its size and color. The o:;icers
we saw, were exceedingly handsome, G ntle,
manly looking men, and were distinguished
more particularly from tic men by Lrlsdt
golden star on the front Of q dark green cap
The officers walked in the middle Of tae
gangs of prisoners, and although they re-
manned silent, they did not look downca,t or
Inundated. The men chattcd with such OF
their escort Us could talk German or Italian.
In and about Castiglione, there were ,OO0
soldiers in charge of the enormous traii OF
the army, while in the rear of the town ihere
reuained o reserve of 2O,G0J men, to port
the army in case of disaster. Add to this
10000 or $4,000 wounded men in Castigl:one,
and several hundred thousand men scattered
over the plain in conflict, and dead on the
ground, and you have a scene cncompassed
in space of eight miles diameter, such. per
haps, as this land Of great battle scenes rerer
saw before. From, the high peaked bluff from
which we watched the last hours of the battle.
all this scene could be taken in and conlpre-
hendcd at one glance. 1t was great battle.
and surely ought to decide, once for ail. Tie
vast superiority of french over Austrian arms.
The Emp"ror's headquarters were moved
from the village Of Castiglione to Volta: Tie
most distant Of tic captured villages, at e
O'clock in the afternoon. The crossing OF the
Mincic viii no doubt take place to.morrow.
for Volta IS within Il mile or Two of,his river,
and the Emperor will lot now be likelyto
NV. tho c.n,,,,. MATAknNt'