Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-06-30

Captain and twenty-six. of those on board
were saved. -.......... 10 f.-.t.
The Red Sea Gable broke and was lost
when only sixty miles from Cape Sidera.
NapOieOn's Entrance TO Yercelli.
The correspondent of the New York
Post writes from Vercelli May 3Oth.
Yesterday the Emperor. left Alessan-.
dria and made this place his headquarters.
The Austrians, who occupied Vercelli only
"a short time ago, blew up the arches across
the river .Sesia, but the Piedmontese SOL
diers succeeded in putting down bridge
that serves for the passage of the troops,
and even the artillery. J The Austrians who
were numerous on the opposite bank of
the river, commenced heavy canonading
when they fonnd that the Piedmontese
were about to attempt forming bridge.
A number of the Bersagliri (chasseurs)
swan across the river and attacked the
Austrians with the bayonet, causing them
to retreat, and thus enablethe laying down
of the bridge. s.I 1l ii l.s-s 80 f''
Arrived at the outskuhs of the place we
soon found out what was going on; the
sound of heavy and sustained musketry
was easily heard--the Bersegliari were
fighting the Austrians on the other side of
the river Sesia. Near. the bridge a regi
ment of Zouves was stationed; they had
arrived early in the morning, and had been
waiting ever since for the order to move
forward. Behind these troops pressed the
citizens of the town. Ladies in erinolines
and bonnets of the latest Paris fashion
were out in the pitiless rain; they pressed
forward as eagerly as the men, unmindful
of draggied skirts and faded bonnets.
A few moments after the arrival of tbe
wounded Piedmontese, l saw number of
men coming to US, and soon distinguished
that some of them were Austrians. They
were Hungarians, rather, as they wore
the tight-ftting blue trowsers and white
casaque. Among them was a man six
feet six inches, broad and stoutly built he
was walking by the side of very small
corporal of the Bersigliari, who had, it
seems, captured the giant. AS they pass
ed along the line of the two thousand sew
en- hundred Zouves drawn up along tie
road, the latter laughed at the contrast af-
forded by the captive and the conqueror,
but the Piedmontese rushed forward, jeer-
ing and shouting in derision at the poor
prisoners. l was pleased to observe that
the French officers reproved this action on
the part of the citizens of Vercelli, re-
minding them that we must always respect
misfortunes. s .l.-.. .f.- s..
Near me stood an old man who gazed
at the Austrians with an expression of fierce
hatred that was absolutely revolving. See
ing this 1 suppose in the look 1 gave him,
the old man approached me, explaining
that the Austriaus when they were on this
side of the Sesia had plundered his farm
and had violated his wife and two little
girls of twelve and fourteen years of age.
One of the poor children was dead, the
other and the mother were still dangerous
ly i'll. The old man, as he was telling his
tale Of woe, glanced at the passing Aus
trians with an expression of the most un-
dying hatred: .r5.s ,-l l.,f>s-iz z,i
. .'As soon as my wife and child are in
such state that can leave them, l will
take my gun and hunt down the dogs" ex-
claimed the old man. I left him telling
to the unsympathising crowd the story of
his wrongs. All of them had but a short
time before suffered more or less from the
brutality of the Austrians. ssoi -. /
While writing the last sentence, the loud
shouts of the people made me rush out to
learn the cause, which | ascertained to be
the. arrival of the Emperor, who left Ales-
sandria to day at three O'Clock in the af-
tefnoon. He got on his horse at the de-
pot, and rode quickly through the town to
the bridge, witnessed the passage of some
artillery and the third regiment of Zouves
that l mentioned above, and then rode to
the Bishops palace, which is to be his res
iGeuce during his stay at Vercelli. The
town is illuminated, and on all sides one
sees banners and transparencies bearing va
rious patriotic devices. ..s. 5af fr.Ii \
am assured by many of the citizens
that the priests keep the Austrians well in
formed as to the movement of the French
and Sandman forces. An officer of Zouaves
who was a short time since stationed at
Bobbio, near Genoa, told me last night
that he had just heard of the arrival at
that place of the Bishop as a spy in the
service of Austria. The French are the
more surprised at this owing to the SEEM
ing zeal and friendliness of this Jesuit;
during their stay at Bobbio he was con-
stautly proffering his services, and frequent
ed much of the society of the officers
his motives for so doing are now apparent.
l am told that at leas: forty persons have
been shot here during the past two weeks,
who were proven to be spies. At the
present time the strictest watch is kept, |
and all strangers coming to the place have
to give good account of themselves to
be allowed to remain. I.8o1 m
A regiment of Turcos that have just ar
rived and are camped out near the out
skirts of the village, attract universal at
tention. Many of them are Arabs, many |
of them NEGROES. and all of Them the most