New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-20
The Day After the Battle Of B1ontebeIIo.
The following is translated from letter to Paris

The following is translated from letter to . Paris
journal:
Within fifteen hours after the battle was over, We
entered Monticello, where were only an advanced
still desert. The inhabitants, who had ned lie dsy
before on the approach Of the enemys colomns were
returning tfmdy, one BY one watching and listening
sharply, to find ont the condition OF their houses
sa he streets those q The Ausass il lie Dro
portion Of to Of the Allies While n. GiIdrau,
my fellow-trayeler, was sketching for rIastrasion
the scenes Of the battle according to the description
Of the Piedmontese officer, went into some Of the
houses.
Everywhere saw soldiers dead and stiff in the At
titudes In which they had been struck. Bodies strewn
In pools OF blood furniture broken walls grooved by
balls doors and windows smashed bayonets bent and
twisted, muskets which had been used a. Clubs all
this made up one Of those scenes which are never for
gotten.
went to the cemetery 1t was literally filed with
considerably elevated above the road and has wall
which is pierced with grated openings. It might al
most be called fertilization. All the intrepidty and
incredible dash Of our soldiers was required to dis
lodge desperate enemy with so little loss.
have seen the Austrian prisoners Many OF them
are Hungarans, and openly express their joy at being
in our hands They tell, in bad Italian, Incredible
stories OF their snfterngs since the campaign com.
menced, and OF the sorry state Of Gyulais army.
letter to the Constitufionnei from voehera,
dated May %, reads as follows:
found our soldiers engaged in the sad work Of
carrying Oft the wounded and buryipg the dead.
Many souvenirs Of the battle Of day before yester
day have been collected, such az arms bits Of uni
forms, double eagle plates, bayonet sheaths, etc.
The dead whom have seen are nearly all dressed in
the white vest and the green or blue Pantaloons the
cofare is in the form Of inter. Nearly all these
men were young and stout but still their features be-
trayed great fatigue. and the prisoners say that
| many days their corps darmee has suffered much
from forced marches and pEivation Of food.
ora a.
nestle Of the Emperor, Hungarian, has spoken with
several in the church Of MontebeIIo where they
assembled and all were rejoiced Ct their capture:
| they get along easily with the mishaps Of war.
The Austrian officers have been cordially received
by ours who offered them everything-wine, coffee
and cigars-and most have accepted. But some will
answer questions one, Hollander has not spoken
word. CT
The village Of Monticello has suffered greatly In
nearly all the houses there corpses even now 1t
ia not 90 at Casteggio; there the engagement was
| outside Of the town.
TIE GROUND FoueHr OvER.-A correspondent Of
the New York Express says in reference to journey
recently made through Italy:
We were now about to traverse the very ground
fought over by the present belligerents which has
been the arena Of the world since Hannibal halted
under the immense cypress of Somma, said to be two
thousand five hundred years Of age under which had
stood a day previous. This wonderful tree, one Of
the largest Of its species known stands on the field on
which that great strategst of the world defeated the
drenched and half frozen legons of scipio, for The
contest took place in mid-winter. Twentythree feet
in grth, it rises to the hight Of one hundred and
twenty-one. Hannibal reposed under it Julius
Cesar visited it, and Napoleon respected it, altering
bis road to spare such living monument Of the past
From Aroma we travelled through Oleggio to Novara
whose fortications, once so important, now par
TALLY dismantled. Between this place and Oleggit
the road is bordered by rice fields and swamps which
render the country cold and unhealthy to its OWL
population, and mortal to strangers Thence, t.
Turia, the country changes its characters, and be
comes at times woody, varied and attractive. Th
entire country however, in rainy season, resemble
the bottom lands of the Netherlands and is often cor
as of solid ground.