The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-14
RICHMOND, VA, THURSDAY, JULY Ia, 1859

his cheek, and deep bayonst-fhrust, received
from eehind, IN his shoulder. Most OF those
VINO were walking wore serious look-con-
sersing but little with one another, though
tney walked two and two--and few OF them
carried upon their faces any considerable ex-
preston Of pain.
Those who were more severely injured rode
upon donksys or In carts and few were car
Fied npon mattresses or mems shoulders. But
these were mostly officers, and nearly yall saw
carried in that way were 40 badly wounded
that their recovery is scarcely possible. One
had both his legs crushed by a cannon ball
Another had received n ball in his thigh. and
was evidently suffering the mOst In tense ago.
ny. Many Of those whose wounds were in
their legs were seated in chairs swung across
a donkey-one being upon each side. Several
who were thus carried. and were supported
by soldiers walking by their side, were app1-
rentiy unconscious, and seemed to he dying
Then would come carts, large and small, carry
ing three, five, and some of them ten or fiftesn
each
A steady stream OF these CHASTITY victims of
the battle Of the day, poured through the town.
stood in the crowd by the side Of them the
sad procession passed along and watched il at
this point for over an hour. II was not in ter
Fupted for a moment-exeept now and then by
n crowd Of prisoneIs-and il continued thus
from about i0 in the morning when it began
TO flow, until left the street, long after dark.
Every church. every large hall, every private
! house III the town has been taken for the ser
! vice of the wounded. Those whose injuries
are xlight, after having them dressed, pass a.
once into the ranks and mingie with their
/ comrades. looked into the church az passed
by All the seats, ralings. &c, had been removed
mattresses OF hay had been spread upon
the floor and were completely filed Wi Ia
wounded men. ia every stage OF suffering and
Of peril, lying side by side. The surgeons were
dressing their wounds Sisters OF Charity and
other woTne2 were giving them WINE and 9TH
eryvise ministering 10 their comfort but
morning / am sure, VIII dawn upon large
proportion Of them relieved forever from their
pain. If anything can b" more horrible than
a soldiers life, it certainly Is soldiers death
Six or eight times while | stood upOn the
street watching the wounded, there came along
sdua 3 of prisoners taken at various stages Of
the action Sometimes these would be only
three or four then twenty fifty or a hundred
and in one company over 100. They walked
closely together six or eight deep-the officers
being generally In the middle-aHd were
guarded by single file of troops walking on
each side As general thing they were not
mad looking men. Very many OF them were
yery young-n0t over III, ccrtainly-and only
now and then you would sec particularly
brutal and stupid cnuntenance. There was
nothing like anger and shame on their faces
they seemed generally wholly indifferent 10
their position, but looked about with good
deal of curiosity upon the crowd which sur
rounded them. They were generally silent
though now and then they would talk and
laugh with each other az they passed along
The officers We're, with scarcely any exception,
handsome, manly and intelligent fellows. All
was very coarse brown stun, made of fax,
very plain, and with scarce any attempt at or
nament Towards night carts began 10 come
in laden with wounded Austri2ns, hundreds
Of whom passed along while | stood there. 2sld
were taken directly to the hospitals, where
they received precisely the same trea trnent as
the French. Most of them seemed to be very
badly hurt. Among the number, both Of the
wounded and The prisoners, were many Hun
garians.
The hospital and churches Of Castiglione are
reserved for the wounded officers and the men
on whom capital operations are 20 be perform
ed, especially for the amputated, The medical
officers expressed surprise AZ the disproportion
Of men who were brought from the field with
wounds Of the arms ana legs and in effect we
observed this singuiarlty among the wounded
But then Ii must be recoiiected that il is
only wounds of the circumference that are not
fatal, and that those of the chest and abdomen
generally remain on tho field. The mos horri-
BILE wounds 10 look at however, are those OF
the face. Two Iouayes OF the First Regiment
had the whole under Jaw carried away, and
yet these brave fellows walked behind the carts
of their comrades more dangerously wounded
than themselves. Some had their eyes closed
from blows with the butts of the muskets
others had their cheeks or mouth hanging in
lan3b>aHT from sword cuts, others the cheeks
swollen 10 enormous dimensions from balls
that had pierced their faces through and
through.
The Cent Gardes had established their a,a-
bgiaHc< in the house at which we had placed
our carriage for safety during the battle Sew
eral of these men were wounded near the En-
prror. and the surgeon To the corps assured ne
that the Emperor had 4 ball the top of the
shoulder, under the epaulette. Several OF the
officers of His Malesty-s etns-Didj0r were also
wounded, and from all can learn the casual
ties among the officers on the French side were
numerous.
Paris Juno 2s) correspondence Of the London
Post.
NEWS OF THE BATTLE IN PARIs-GREAT Ex
CITENEST AND A PARTIAL ILLCMISATION.
Crowds were gathered round the bills
nouncing "the great battle and the great yicto-
ry." The expression of animated pride which
lighted up the faces of the groups surround
ing The official telegraph, clearly indicated
thar inward feelings. All classes, high and
low, were huddled toget ether and scram bling to
read the news. On reaching official quarters,
| found the French and PIedmontese dispatch
es recorded, in nearly the same words. the re-
suits of this great battle.
GDnnt WaIcwski arrived from s.. Cloud
abont twelve O'Clock, and up 10 that hour the
Empress had not received any other dispatch
than the one posted up on the walls of Paris,
and which reached her Majesty this morning.
two or three hours after midnight. l learned,
at the Sandman embassy, that both the En-
peror Napoleon and the King of Sardinia
were present at the battle, and il was sup
posed that the Emperor Of Austria was with
his large army. 1t is concluded that the 4 us-
trians, finding Peschiera threatened by siege
operations on the lake and invested by land
(probably not less than 2Uu.u0O men), and give
battle To the Allies The area of ground over
which the battle extended, clearly indicates
that both armies were very numerous and
that the Austrians had decided on risking u
decisive battle. Beyond this, all was spec la
ton. As walked up the Bonleyards later in
the day, l found the cafes crowded, and heard
nothing else but war conversa lions. Proba-
bly, not one hundred men in the whole popu-
lation of Palis have thought, this day, of any
thing else but the battle of Mincio. It will
probably prove that this was one Of the great
est battles of modern times. regards the
number of combatants.
The last dispatches Saw left the French
and Piedmontese forces in magnificent order
and in high spirits. They had every thing in
their favor led on by their soldier soyerrig gns,
we'll fed, and flushed with past victory and
the consciousness of fighting for a noble cause.
Let us hope this battle will convince the En-
peror OF Austria of the uselessness and crime
OF prosecuting war for which he is almost
personally responsible But | have my
doubts. Late accounts from Vienna say that
he had full confidence in being able TO drive
the Allies ont of Lombardy, and no one dared
speak 10 him of mediation or concession.
Since writing the above, l learn that n dis
patch has reached Paris which says the Aus
trians in the late battle suffered trightfully.-
Their losses, according TO this dispatch. are
IS 5000 Aors de eonlbGi, $4,000 prisoners 10 stand
ards and IS cannon. These statements must
be received with reservoirs it would have been
difficult TO make any estimates up To the
time any fresh dispatch could have left the bat
tie field.
Paris tJune e6l correspondence Of the Londsn
Times.
When we consider that, according to the
Emperors first account, the whole Austrian
army was on the field, and that the battle last
ed sixteen hours-from four in the morning
till eight in the cvening-and that the two
Enperors were present, we may be certain
thai ii was very great. Something is said of
10000 OF l2,00O killed and wounded on the side
of the French, and still more on that of the
Austrians; but / believe this is only conjec-