, 1859-09-23
Miscellaneous European Hens.

sinated and plundercd the Christians dur.
ing the salvage. The harS had 800 pas
sengcr5 from ConStantinople, and had no,
been heard Of
H55~ The British mail steamer nina
which left Alden on llth June, with some
$50 pcopb on board, was wrecked at 3
o'clock tn. following morning, upon dan.
gcrous ref in the Red Sea. Although all
the pasLGgsrs escaped TO land, it was noJ
without some difficulty, for the reef was
covered, for some distance from the land
'ing,pace, with coral and sharp-pointed
shells, that cut the feet at every step, and
caused such agony that some ladies at
tempted to crawl upon their knees, and
were frequently compelled, when the feet
happened to be placed upon a shell sharper
and longer than usual, to fall upon their
hands, the result being that the hands and
feet Of nearly all were cut and bleeding be-
fore .ho comparatively smooth and high
part of the rock was reached. On reach
ing the land, several of the officers sailed
in a small boat to Mocha, on the Arabian
coast, thirty-fvo miles distant, where the
Bristish war steamer Cyoieps was at an
chor. She Immediately FASTENED to the
relief of the wrecked passengers, and took
them from the reef, after they had been
there over three days. The crew, chiefly
Lascars, had deserted the vessel on the
first appearance of danger, and the escape
Of all the passengers was very remarkable
Bar At the battle of Magenta an en-.
sign of the Austro-Italian regiment Sigis-
mund attempted to desert to the enemy,
with the flag of the regiment; but the com
mander of Que of the battalons galloped
after him, cut him down, and returned in
triumph with the precious bit Of silk.
Ia~ A correspondent of the London
Star, writing from the seat of war, says :
al have been surprised to fnd SO many
Englishmcn among the officers of't the Aus
trian army. There is hardly regiment
without one. They are mostly, however,
attached to cavalry regiments, many of
which contain as many as three or four.
This fact bears evidence of the national
aptitude for horsemanship but whether
Englishmen manifest rrofnrnnce Of thai
branch Of the service, or whether the mill
Irary autifcait,es, taking account theil
equine genius, appoint them purposely t.
that branch, am really unable to say"
E9- Marshal Mcmahon, in letter writ
ten to a friend in Paris, concerning the
battle of Magenta, related that he saw a
whole regiment of the enemy destroyed to
The last man, the Colonel Of it embracing
his colors as he fell. The cause Of this
wholesale butcbery was McMahoh's hava
ing taken the Austrians in flank, and hav-
ing got possession, after terrible fight, of
the elevated railroad causeway, and placed
forty cannon, made on the new system, so
that they completely en6laded the dense
mass Of the Austrians below. One ball
alone was seen to knock down between
thirty and forty men. '-.s
BR~A correspondent Of the London
Morning Post says: Austria, true to her
principles and character to the last, never
more strikingly displayed her real colors
than at the battle of Solferino BY the
concentration of an enormous mass of men
on her right, her object was to overpower
the Sardinians, and, relying on the rashness
aud bravery OF Victor Emanuel, to effect
his capture, knowing well the weight which
the possession of such prey would have
upon the future diplomatic negotiations. !
now hear, from variety OF sources, that
this was the real aim and end Of the Aus
rian tactics Of that (for them) disastrous
day. What their army could not effect by
skill, they hoped to accomplish by superior
numbers" 81 ai
HarA young French soldier writes to
his mother from Castiglione: Dear moth
or, am yet living and lively, but | am moi
quite complete. The surgeon Of the regi
ment has just cut off one of my legs.
have been used to having the leg by me
and the parting was cruel. Do not weep
dear mother, but rejoice, rather, for l will
reioin yoa now, not to leave you again.
will always be, now, part Of your little care
party, thanks to the wooden leg"
bJ-The independents, of Brescia, state
that several yopng girls have made vow
not to marry Anybody but wounded soldier
of the army Of Italian Independence.
Ea-A touching story is related of {
Zouaye, who had picked up wounded
Austrian and was carrying him ont Of th'
melee. As he was trudgug along with th'
man upon bis neck, cautiously looking
around perceived that the poor fellow will
pair of scissors which he had contriveC
to draw from his pocket, was cutting oil
lock of his presorver's hair to keep as
memento
bsg~It is said to be peculiarly of Louis
Napoleon that he never puts his horse on
of walk. In letter to the Empress h
mentioned that this was his habit, in orde
that be might be able to remain on horse
back very long time without feeling ia
/ tigue. An aid-de-camp twists up little cl
garettes and passes them to him every threl
or four minutes.
psSF.SoDe Of the AustrianS seerl to hay,