Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-08-12
The Losses of Austria.

Whatever may be Austrias future indemni6cation-
for it vaguely hnted that at the death Of the sick
man she will come in for slice of Turkish province
certain that she has lost considerable by the late
war Her men, money, military prestige and political
influence all diminished and there is also terrific
rial loss for the Austrian eagle no longer flap his
wings over the plains of Lombardy and one Of its finest
possessions is lost to the Austrian crown
The of this lost district of Lombardy is eight
thousand five hundred and thirty-eight square miles,
and the population about two million eight hundred
thousand 1t is of the most densey populated por-
tions of the earth there being lin 1e49 two hundred
and seventy-nine persons to each square mile. The
northern part of the territory, bordered by the Alps is
mountainous, but the greater part is huge flat plain
thicky strewn with cities and villages and almost en-
tirey in state of cultivation indeed ourths of the
Inhabitants of Lombardy depend for subsistence upon
agricultural pursuits and the land is cut up into small
farms seldom exceeding seventy acres in extent while
some comprise not more than ten The farms are
well irrigated and the science of hydrostacs has been
successfully and practically developed.
LOmbardy possesses of the nobest cities of TIA
y among which those that have borne conspicu-
GUS place in European history. The principal of these
is Man place which untes with the traditions of the
past much of the vitality and progress of the present
In size and population it surpasses Turin and is now
the finest city in the domnions of the King of Sardinia
The Cathedral of Man one of the noblest edfces in
the world, is the proudest architectural work which
Victor Emanual can call his own.
Pavia with its noble Cerosa and University; Bres-
ca, town rich in both medieval and classic remains
and possessing important Notifications Bergamo, with
its upper-town, relic of the past and its lowertown
alive with active trade Como, with its picturesque
walls washed by the of the Lago di Como, and
forming an agreeable entry into Italy from Northern
Europe; Cremona, with a remarkable Campanle and
other architectural wonders Peschiera at the foot of
Lake Garda and of the four fortresses of the famous
Quadrilateral Crema, Lodi Sondrio, Varese, Lugano,
and scores of smaller places all transferred to the
House of Savoy and lost to the Austrians OF course
the latter lose with them the modern improvements
they had added to the premises during their occupancy
the railroad from Milan westward through Northern
Lombardy with its elegant statonhouses, the
corresponding telegraph ine the additional Notifications
at Milan, Pavia and Peschera the improved carriage
roadsa go to the proprietors Many of the cafes
and shops of Lombardy contained framed engravngs
presenting Francis Joseph, the Austrian Emperor 1t
would be curious to learn what will become of these and
how long it will be before they will be replaced by por
traits OF Victor Emarue, King of Sardinia and Lom-
hardy.
These the losses of Austria It may be said the
Italian provinces always trouble to her. and that
she will get along better without them this talk is
however, much like that applied to rich men who, when
they lose their property by reverses Of fortune
minded of the and troubles that property enailed
on them, and exhorted to take things as they come
This philosophy s however, not always perfectly salts
factory to the losers.-New York Post.