The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-16

ss.s V Day A report seems oonsscssd vim sssA~
Taecr ,se ~ , ossweea France and AussA sssus
AesssneIa has =. he appearances Of pacs expecting
might looked for SSs r s,ds on which tnG Anns
ia IN 'rsat arms the srerymen are al TIER guns
places daymes Of the ramos,ts "a ~n.s sa
infantry and batteries Of artillery Gepe,ss s s,a
ting the works There arc great man, rrrs @ 80
rampas and at Of the angles they arc nsansa
hickIy. minute inspection OF the foruasasions IL ~
possibe, owing to the standing ORDERS was assrsi ,s
officers not allowed the ranparts excers
Gully Is opposed to survey in the shape Of psrns
eponi all persons not employed In the works 10 kep
the high road Seen from the oasids, the ramaafs With
their range of leveed CONS and line OF fodiers heads
have moot warke appearance No sign, as yet, bow
ever Of the Arst One Of the 6rs things beard
vgevsno and Yortars, ami thar nonade bad been
beard the previous day The capDooads SCENE 70 have
been the Of the French vessels that had reached
Genoa with troops and the advance Of she Ausirans,
according the best accounts can obtain, limited,
up to Yesterday evening, 10 slsht IN
Alessapdra are varidlsly estimated heard them stated
as hah az 40 GOO men, but should 'hnk ha that nunber
and it really impossible 70 fix their numbers, because
changes are frequent. Some had marched out yes
and tasale. proclamation was posted At tie street
corners call ng the National Guard bold itself
70 The a. e @ rS1
that supported by respectable body Of Preach
On The oiher hand tho Ausrlans seem IN no hurry 70
push forward W. cannot .eIi what they may be com.
bripg, at what moment suddtn attack az several
POINT, may no. be made but = they intend 70 prods By
ioresta the arrival Of strong from France they have
no tme 70 lose As to their getting 70 rarn, app
likely, unless the French much beaindhand
their than there believe Uneas
II to be accounted for by fresh attempt at nsgota
ton tie apparent uDreadiness OF the Austrsps 10 in
expicabe. On Tuesday evening" at quarter past SIX
Baron Kelersrerg and Sigp0r Cesch della Santa Croce
ss q to hs he @ y
Sardnian stan. We thought hero that the Austrians
would have crossed the nsht or early yesterday morn
ing, instead CT which, eeterday evening AL they
seem to have done, s 70 send out light cavsry recon-
poissance. They must know the ground pretty well from
past experience, and their spies ought to have informed
them of the positions OF the Sandman army possi-
bic that the idea Of dash into Piedmont, II entertained
has been abandoned, and that they TO wait the
arrival of the French opportunity Tor battle ON
large scae nrst SUCCESS, however, small one,
would be great thing them for what toe Als,rans
want ia not sodioIship or courage probably not good
leaders, but prestige.
The COMMUNICATIONS in this country in the direction OF
the Austrian frontier dsily become limited, owing
70 military arrar gemen's and 10 tho closing Of railway
S syns sn ns-
the Interior TO longer received The utmost secresy
observed with regard to the movements Of troops POSI-
tons occupied &c and sharp seems to be kept
straneere EceIishmsn several years resident In Ped
mont and two English officers coming from Lombsrdy,
the two latter Oh the suspicion OF being Ausisns hey
bad their passports, and hours detention all the
INCONVENIENCE k41T00
EDslshmen Of military aspect not to wander about the
front at the present moment At Alessandria
ms TO one on General unoas sson the cRassseGs
Of the pnniues which has depot At Acqui notice
appears IN The Turin papers inviting al persons who had
selves at the Office in this capital In some OF the rcgi
ments at Aessandria and particularly in the ronader
ntced grea. many Of the lately enlisted volunteers nom
various parts Of fpy. q then, young men,
surtout Of gray CLOTH Sitting down in the
OF my wandeTings fell into conversation with
three Of them, gentsinany lads, all from Foreace who
had been barely months in the ranks OF the Pied
nontefe army They evidently found their new profess
although they would glady have dispensed with portion
Of the very large allowance Of drill 70 which they daily
subeeted in order 70 III them 70 70 shoulder
comrades. General della Marnora u . strict dieci-
pnaran and he has been Induced not very willingly,
IL eaid TO admit iDo the army large number Of the
Italian volunteers he Is determined that they shall faro
no bette, than so ss. native So0scIp 10 may
| and willing but sudden entrance upon Campaigning
will be trying to many Of them, and fee forced
| vas amused by the little re6nements Of their past
life which still cling to some OF them, and contrast
pns ed bes oDe * tSem Who spoSs ssxsn
well, and bad been IN England, produced . card case
bis reaisn. and company Another ioosed pousn
fully at bis hands, as rather ashamed Of thern and
them clean. And saw another Who was or duty, and
who, Judge from bis har, cut 70 the quick had just
DaoCS JeglmPny2l
on pair OF kid gloves with the man whose fingers
| had never been used TO support musket butt From
sn0S nt 'a s sns regular army
Will for the present be admitted. At least many
more are admitted il will hardly improve iis efficiency
for the willing recruits cannot converted into
soldiers by the mere act of putting them into uniform.
Volunteers continue TO arrive daily Upwards Of hun
railway; but among most Of the arrivals observe
large proportion of unders zed and feeble cooking boys
bave all along considered, however, tina, the Of
volunteers to be looked upon rather . political
demonstration than az valuable accession Of military
strength.
The Brigade Of Savoy the last troops Turin left 1t
late hour Tuesday night considerable owd
bed to them III. The National Guard relieved them
at their different posts The Savoy the high
est Spirits and seemingly overoyed at the prospect Of
The Extraordinary Commissioners or Civil Governors
lately appointed by Royal decree, have left for their
spectve districts decree nxes the redemption money
payable by couscpts belonging TO the levy Of leA9 ct
3,60tf or fl4s.
decree, dated the 2eib nst appoints the Prince Of
Carepapo be the Kings Lieutenant Gep~al, repre-
sentative during his Majesty absence from the caoal
and authorizes him sign Royal DEGREES he taking
serious Importance. Tho Proce has already signed his
first Decree ordering levy Of ESQ men for supplement
tary service in the navy.
THE SEAT OF WAR AND SCENE OF THE
GREAT STRUGGLE.
from the London Times, May 81
In the obscurty which clouds Intelligence from tho
Of hardly do better than to furnish our
readers With some preliminary knowledge the extent and
features OF the scenea proceeding which W be all the
acceptable admits Of being made both simple
and precise Whether the can, indeed be confined
long az is limited BY the boundaries assigned 10 t
there can be DO why the import Of every
Geographic despatch should not be immediasey compre
hepded.
The Kingdom Of Sardinia composed of Piedmont
its principal mass-in the centro, the ancient pro-
vince Of Savoy In tho northwest, and the mari
time territory Of Genoa in the southeast, ID not
above one hundred miles ip breadth from its western
to It's eastern frontier On the former or these fonters
10 aopg its entire length with France, ts
ally but the latter It is only partly conermnoas wh
Austria. its enemy. 10 the north portion Of the Swiss
territory and the south the Ducby OF Parwa supply the
border lnc leaving only acentral Shout
the entire length to be formed BY the territories Of
Austrian Lombardy The line in question, every body
is now aware constituted by the Ncpo and by
the Iogo MsggoTc, through which that nows
Rhone does through the lake of Geneva On the French