The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-06-11

AUSTRIANS DEFEATED !
St. Johns, N. F., June 4.
The steamship City of Washington, which
left Liverpool on the 18th ult., and bound
for New York, has been intercepted off this
point by the news yacht of the Associated
Press.
The news is of great importance and an
nounces the first important blow in Italy,
Tho Allied and Austrian forces have met and
the latter have been defeated. The battle
took place at Monticello, a town in Austrian
Italy. The Austrians were fifteen thousand
strong and made the attack, and after q Sc
we're engagement were obliged to retreat
The Allied army lost seven hundred, while
| the Austrian loss is estimated ct two thou
sand. A number Of Austrians had been
captured and taken prisoners to Murselles.
(NoTE.-There are two towns Of Month
bello in Italy as described in the Gazetteers.
The dispatch does not give the position Of
the one at which this battle took place.
One Of the Montibellos is town of Austrian
ltal y, ten miles southwest of Vicenza and
defended by two castles. The other is q
village 25 miles E. N. E. of Alessandria,
where the Austrians were defeated by the
| French in 1872. 1t will be seen that the
ports were occupied by Marshal d'IIilliers
Of the French army. BY the previous ac-
counts this General was posted on the main
road from Novi to Genoa. Reporter.)
The battle Of Monticello took place on
the 2lst of May. The Austriaus, who were
commanded by Gen. Stadion, attacked the
posts of Gen. Barquay d'Hillers. They
were driven back BY Gen. Forey's division
after u furious combat, which lasted four
hours. The allies carried Monticello, but
did not pursue the Austrians. Two hundred
Austriaus were taken to Marseillcs. The
Austrians were 5000 strong, and lost 1000
men. The allies lost 100, among whom were
many officers.
The Austrian account Of the battle differs
widely from the above.
The actual force of the French is not sta
ted, but it is reported that it numbered
5000 men besides q regiment of Sandman
cavalry.
A bulletin issued by the Sandman Gov
eminent announces that the extreme left of
the Sandman army, under Gen. Baldini, had
forced a passage over the river Sesia, putting
the Austrians to flight.
Gen. Garibaldi had entered Pavia with
6,UOO men for a revolutionary purpose.
1t was rumored that six English men Of
war had entered the Adriatic Sea.
Revolutionary movements are reported in
Lombardy.
The King of Naples is dead, and Francis
IL. has assumed the Government of Naples.
The British Admiralty have formally in
vItcd tenders for the carriage of a monthly
mail 10 and from Austria via. Panama.
\ general meeting Of the stockholders of
the Atlantic Telegraph Company had been
called to sanction the agreement with the
Government, and to issue 100000 new
capital.
The Paris Monticur announces that France
uaacres to the abolition Of privatccring, and
that 4 neutral flag covers the cnemy's goods.
The Breach OF Promise in St. Louis.
The late verdict in the case of Shaw rs.
Cars:ang, for breach of promise, in the
Court Of Common Pleas Of St. Louis by
which the plaintiff receives one hundred
MonSGrd dollars, seems to be without a par
allcl and while is is quite natural to suffer
our sympaties to be all with the young and
interesting Miss Ellie in q contest with rich
o.! bachelor, it is difficult to repress the
feeling that the action Of the jury was OPP
prcssvc and tyrannical. 1t does not com
port with any notion We have Of Justice
Upon this subject the Evening Meas says:
Why did the plaintiff ask for only one
hundred thousand when the generous jury
would Just as soon given her five times that
amount? Why be content with a single
handful Of down from the wcll-feathered
bird, when it was Just rs easy to pick him
entirely, or, at least. to strip him of half his
golden plumago? Fortunes are not made
every day. The defendant acquired his,
only by half Il century of patient, lahorious
toll, frugaity and economy. Why then,
did not the plaintiff make good use Of her
opportunity, and ask for enough to make
fifty persons rich, instead of being content
with u sum that will only suffice to make ten
comfortable for life: We suggest 70 the
plaintiffs counsel, if the idea has not occur
red to them already, that they redeem their
blundcr, by moving for new trial, and
amend heirpetition by claiming, say $780,
900.
Seriously, this verde: is a too preposter-
Gus burlesque, ever to have been rendered
in q dignifed Court. 1t is O. scandal and
disgrace to Missouri Jurisprudence. II
g!ows with the rcycngcful spirit Of fearful
ral;calism. 1t palpltates with the brutal
fury of Red Republicanism. 1t bears upon
its face the idea that property is robbery,
aud that rich men, with however much sweat
and toll their substance may have been &C
CURED, are only objects of prey to cormo-
rants. 1t is an unexampled absurdity, as
morally outrageous as it is legally farcical.
The Result in Virginia.