Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-22

New YORK, June 2I.-The steamship Persia,
from Liverpool on the 18th instant, arrived here
tonight, bringing three days later advices from
Europe
DIR. G. Bailey, editor of the National Era. pub
lished at the city Of Washington, died oil board
the AragO on the 5th.
The frigate Cumberland was at Madeira on the
LIST of June.
The Bank of France gained e. ,OOO,VoO during
tine month.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company. at a recent
meeting, adopted the report heretofore published
They have authorized the acceptance of the Brit
ism Governments agreement, and the raising of a
new capital OF t6OO,0OO.
The Red sea cable broke, and has lost sixty
miles from Cape SiderO.
The British ministry have been defeated in the
House Of Commons by majority of ~ Ii was
expected they would resign on the llth
British sloop of war had been capsized in a
tornado on the African coast and lO7 lives were
lost The captain and 20 Of the crew were saved
The details of the battle of Magenta were being
but slowly received They do not change the
complexion of the previous accounts. The losses
have undoubtedly been severe on both sides The
AustTidnS official account only acknowledges 10
$500 killed and wounded. but says the enemy
lost fully half as much again.
Ii was reported, but not confirmed that Gen.
Gyulai had been dismissed from the command of
| the Austrian army, and Gen. Hess appointed com
mandcr- in-cllief.
The Austrians have retreated beyond the river
AIDA. Their headquarters were near Cremona
at last accounts.
Napoleon and the King of Sardinia entered
Milan Oh the sth, and still remained there They
Were enthusiastically received
The latest accounts say the allies were advanc-
ln1 from MILAN, and Prussia showed signs of aid
ing Austria.
THE BATTLE OF MARIGNANo.
Later accounts from ltdy the Ausrians
have met with another reverse, having been
driven from Mariguano, Ia town of some ONO
Inhabitants, IL miles southeast Of Milan.I with
the loss Of 300 prisoners.
Five hundred Iouavcs were killed or wounded
at MariguanO. The Ausirians lost / 500 men ard.
had ,?iH made prisoners. The battle lasted nine
hours.
The armies were preparing for another general
engagement.
The official Austrian correspondence of tho 10Th
states that the Austrian army was continnin,r its
retreat beyond the AIDA. and that IFS hel,lq u;iy1s
Were at Cavatt'%ozzi, b fore Creu oIa
=. n special dispatch TO the London Times says
that on the 9Th tue second Austrian army had It's
headquarters ut CodnegO, on the AIDA
At the battle Of Marignano the Austrians were
entrenchcd, and Gen. paraguay D'IIilliers was
sent To dislodge them He took the village with
little loss. No details had been received Gen
Bentdick commanded tue Austrians Gen. Ur-
bon Is said to have effected his retreat by Cassano
The Austrians evacuated I.aveno. aiyandouinu
their material of war, and taking shelter in yes
Sells in the Swiss waters.
The BATTLE AT MAGENTA
1t turns out that Marshal Canrobert was no,
wounded at all at Magenta. All accounts Of the
a.
non; He had no orders to proceed to Magenta
but lie heard the of the battle and rushed ON
and saved the army.
The Paris Moniteur Of the 10th contains the fol-
lowing details:
The concentration of our troops on the Pc de-
ceived the enemy into the belief that we intended
IL cross the river. On the morning OF the 9TH
70 $50 Austr ans were in position opposite to TIM.
Emperor, and the Grcnadcr division OF the Imne
rial Guard was obliged to fight tLat disproportion
ate odds All Our generals displayed great encr-
eFli m nfp xkrDsx la
and Maadhurt. the commanders of the Grenadiers
Were killed '
A bulletin then describes the operations of Gen
Mcmahon, who lost 500 men. but put M ,ssI
Austrians hOrS dK cO1Hbdt ard made five, tbous,nJ
prisoners. Austrians had on their side four cores
darmee. The same bulletin then sums up the re-
suit Five days after our departure from Alessan
dria our army had three cOmbats, gained one bat
tie, freed Piedmont from the Austrians wLo since
the affair at Monticello, have lost % JsN men in
killed and wounded, ten thousand prisoners and
seventeen cannon.
The defeat of the Austrians at Magenta il said In
have produced All immense sensation in Germanv
correspondent Of the Daily News piv,s tSe
following details: In less than two hours the allied
monarchs had deplOyed $1,000 men against tho
Austrians whose force StjU,O strong with n
powerful artillery They were compelled 10 move
on most disadvantageons ground. As their l,ft
was soon turned by Marshal Canrobert's corns
supported by zen. Faults division, the Ausirians
were obliged To fall on their ,eatre at Abbi,te
GrassO. The Austrian centre, thus swelled bv tho
uhltu Columns OF tnelf lett wing, soon in
disorder, and thousands fell crushed by the French
artillery.
Gen. Mcmahon had now reached the soene and
seeing the movement, came TO break the disor-
defed centre of the Austrians, charging with AN |
impetuosity seldom witnessed supported by Gen
Durand's division which stood i'm reserve I6ovino
slowly beside him. The shock was terrible Tbee
dead and wounded were falling by the thousand
but the Austrans routed and the victory won
This writer says that twenty Austrian guns were
taken. The Zouaves had seven hundred of Their
number killed or wounded |
A brigade In Gen. Canrobert's corps was almost |
entirely destroyed in the last charge. |
The Emperor and King were always in the |
thickest of the fight Military men are unanimous
Ia their praise Of the strageic combinations of the
Emperor.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The King attended mass at the Cathedral of |
Milan on the 9th, when a Ts Deupa was SUMO
he rode through the city, when the
enthusiasm Of the people was indescribable
The King issued a proclamation TO the Lon, /
bards, saying; their independence having been
occurred, regime liberal and durable would be /