Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-09
The Europeau War.

an austrlalt corps, Keeping oul vi hl'iiioiy
range. las they thought were utterly con-
founded by Il volley sent bang into the midst
Of them, from a distance Of seven thousand
metres, dismounting their guns, and causing
immense destruction of men.
The Pays announces that a general officer,
who arrived in Paris from the seat Of war in
Italy, says that two battalions of ritlemen,
one Austrian and the other French, having
observed each other on different sides of the
river Pc, commenced firing. Great was
the stupcfaction of the enemy" says the
French General, lat seeing that their balls
did not reach, while our balls struck their
soldiers with disastrous precision. They i'm
mediatcly dispersed, leaving twenty Of their
men on the ground"
The French infantry soldiers no longer
wear the sh0ko, but the light KEPT instead,
all the heavy shakos being DOTTED before
marching, and the other accoutrements be-
ing made such as not TO impede the treest
action Of legs and limbs. The neither integ-
umcnts are not suffered 10 reach down within
Il foot Of the ground, smart CATERS being no
recipients of mud, and the whole rig of the
men being adapted not for show, but work.
Pipe clay and strengthening collars are not
in such veneration as they may be elsewhere.
The Paris letters show Il great want OF con-
iidence, and seem TO hint at some increased
disturbance in the foreign relations.
The London Times disparages the battle
of Montebello, calling it a tenth-rate victory,
and accuses Napoleon with having sold him.
self to the demon of military conquest.
The details received of the battle of Mon
tebello state that the General of Brigade,
Beuret, and Commandant Dushet, are among
the French officers killed.
The Vienna correspondent of the London
Times says that the Austrian strength con-
sisted of three brigades, and their loss was
about the same rs the French.
The Times remarks that the Austrians
must have fought well. for they must have
carried the town of Costeggio, which had
been barricaded by the French. before they
could have reached Montebello. The Aus
TRANS seem in the first instance to have been
successful. and were only driven back when
the French supports came up.
In Gen. Forey's account he thinks the Aus
trian force was not below fifteen to eighteen
thousand. The prisoners captured place 1t
far above these figures.
Great praise is awarded to the Sardinlans
for their conduct in the battle.
The division of General Renault, which is
nearest the enemy, Is superb. Their brave
Commander had a narrow escape Il few days
ago of being killed while makinga reconnois-
sance on the right bank of the Pc. While
the French were looking On from Il distance
without firing, the Croats sent a few shots,
one of which struck Il chasseur of the Cen
erals escort. who was close to him. The
French soldiers. on seeing their comrade fall
from his horse. cried out, Try again, gentle
men. YOU shall be paid of hereafter cent per
cent
lie Sport. organ of the Paris Jockey Club.
which circulateS exclusively III the higher
classes. comes out with a list of forty mem
beers Of the club who have gone to fight III
. Italy comprising the quintesSenceof Partisan
male society. Most of these hold high rank
in the service, some are voluntcers-De Gram
{ mont, Polignac, De Ia Rochefoucauld, DE
Saligrac-Fenelon, Nicomte Omer Talon, Mar.
ouis De Gallifet, CUmte De Genlis, Prince
= De In Moskwa. The oldest Italian houses
: from every district of the peninsula have sent
representatives TO the Piedmontese army, the
t LittaS, Borromeous. and Trivulzios of Milan,
t RicaSoli and Serristori of Florence, Bentl-
voglios from the Legations, Marquis Cberto
Paliayicini, the largest land owner round
Cremoua. the five sons of the late distinguish
ed Count BaIbo; in fact the liberating army
list is the UJro doJO, or peerage book OF the
| land.
t 1t is said that a staff Of photographers is
about TO be organized t join the army of ltaly.
The Cause of the Recent Tragedy in St. Louis.
There are many persons who will recollect
that the Boatmcn's Saving Institution of st.
Louis. then located on Chestnut, between Main
and Second Streets, was mysterlously robbed
Of between SIS, 900 and 10000 in notes Of the
Bank of the State Of Missouri and gold. At
that time, the business Of that institution
was done mainly in Missouri paper and coin.
Joseph W. Thornton was Secretary and prin-
cipal bookkeeper of the concern, and had filled
that place from an early period Of its history.
There were those who, on the discovery of
the abstraction Of the funds, did not hesitate
h point to him as the guilty party, and for
a wear or two he was under the strict watch
Of the police. and vet the Board retained him
in his office for some time afterwards.
Some inadequate efforts were made for the
recovery of the stolen money, the Board mean-
while pledgingtheir individual fortunes to the
depoSit0rS, Ia save them from loss on account
of the abstraction of 80 large a sum. The
institution itself continued to enjoy the pub
lie confidence, although no satisfaction was
ever obtained in regard to the lost money
After IL while Thornton was discharged or
resigned his place in the office, and it was
filled by some one else. Ii is reasonable to
suppose that he was still an object of suspi-
cion, and by and by circumstances directed
attention to his lie kept 4 de-
post account at the Boatmen's, and the tel
Ter discovered that he was in the habit every
week or whenever he made q deposit, of pre-
senting one or more Of the same notes
which had been paid out to him on
some check, putting them in with other
Missouri bank notes, suspected to be the
proceeds Of the robbery already alluded
to. His intention was doubtless to get all
the stolen notes back into the institution by
this process, and thus cover up the delln-
quency. Two or three years ago, Mr.. Thorn
ton caused to be presented at the bank of the
State of Missouri for redemption, some 81.
200 of obliterated and soiled notes. This
excited suspicion, and on being questioned
as to the manner in which they came into
his possession, it was stated that they were
found buried under Il tree which had been
pulled up by a steamboat to which it had fas-
tened its cable, and that he had purchased
,ha,, Thiu innroasaI rho Suapiainn