The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-06
THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER REPORTS FROM
THE SEAT OF WAR.
lFiom the London Times. Nav l9l

At the present moment have q correspondent at
either camp OF the forces gathering for deadly conflict
Piedmont and Lomoardy, or, strictly speaSug We
have correspondent at Tun and another with the
headquarters OF the Austrian general The gentlemen
selected tor the oscnarge OF these most important duties
bring TO the execution Of their respective tasks every
qualification OF ability and impsrtia,y; but
readers ihs, they must be prepared to hear the story of
the came events tod i'll tao very different ways They
differ in oer accounts already and the divergence viii
increase from day day The in the will
Austrian each event other will represent the
Franco SaTGpan We publish this very Gay
the conduct of the forces
in PIEDMONT From rurin we hear that tnsir exac-
tions have been carried barbsrous extent; from
Austrian headquarters at Gortara told that disc
pine is 30 rigdiy maintained in the Austrian army that
General Bepedek Lad shot for stealing property
worth only few francs. From Turin We hsve accounts
of violence offered ia miles Of women or daughters out
rnged IN the presence of their parents; from Morara
are that the population of Piedmont regard the Aus
TRANS as lberators, welcome them with open aud
that nothing wouh be easier than to RAISE the population
with which they come INTO contact against the Sar
oinian government Noesf the allegations do not exact
ly dspTove each oner IN the sharp technical way winch
would recommend sen 10 the apprehension OF special
pleader al least they violent contradiction aud the
OF state Of facts would to Imply
Of the other 10 account are that the
Austrians been already guilty OF crimes of which
one hears with shudder, and with feeling of shame for
humanity when tbev are in an ,,eIv
defended town that has been taken by ASSAULT Weturn
to our letters from Morara and there tina asserted
that the orders TO treat the Inhabitants well peremp
tory, and that they obeyed willingly Indeet, the
conduct Of the natives such to gooi
even nom less goodDatured fellow than Austrian
hOuleI certainty H." we ay o0tu accounts before our
rea3ers as receive them, neither adding diminish
ing little, that the public, having both sidea repre-
eented before 1t, be able at decision
The fact really is that from the position which they
respectively placed the Austrian CORES oonoent viii
hear slmoet exclusively Of the atrocities aed
ead 10 be perpeYaed by the FrancoSsrdnian forces,
while hs coeague at Turin will be diligently informed OF
every bsbarous ACT committed by the Austrian troops
For part do not believe that in the long
there will be found much difference between tue conduct
Of the troops either respects We believe
that the French Agerne regiments will Lombard
village pretty much as the Greats have aed in Piedmont
War is q fearful thing at best, and the guilt and
shame OF what is to happen in Upper Italy 10 the
course OF the ensuing summer must ret upon the
heads Of the politicians VINO have plunged Europe
into an unnecessary for the sake Of carrying
own selfish views, as much as with the fierce soldery,
whe Will certainly jus. what soldiers have done before
them upon similar occasions The gull. and s anne, we
say, be upon the poers and Of this war not
upon the brutal Instruments they employ. Thus Is that
men start back from the consequences Of their
The partsans OF war policy shudder at few isolated
outrages at The commencement Of conflict sucb this
Let them wait little, till the plains Of Lonbardy
saturat win human blood aud the towns and villages Of
Italy laid waste and their nJer feelings will be buned
They will be reacng OF the slaughter of of
their fellow creatures with comparative Indifference The
French and Sandman AMI Austrian bayonets will all be
red enough before the work Is done