Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-20
War and its Horrors Touching Scenes
in FRAMED.

We reccn Il 7 alluded to the horrors If war. and
gave II few facts calculated to show that ambition
aud revenge ire in most eases. the promltin. . rau-
ses. The following. which we copy from the Paris
correspondence, of the Boston T,orrief, gives II
picture at oItcr touching and thrilling
2G;h .April.--God save our country from war
fare, The : &c hes here are distressing. Men on
leave Of absc nee, which usually are constantly r-
ncwed until the term of service expires, are sud
denly torn lr ON their occupations-tram the
apotilecary SHOP. the dry goods store. the lawyers
office, the hos pi tal-to shoulder II mnsket and
march. If tie war lasts any time, their pros
poets in lie are blasted. Men cannot Jump the
c,un,cr' mt th in ~, and tent and harraek are i'll
schools To trai n orators OF silks and shaNls and
laces. Beside :, how numerous ar" tle "nnretnrn-
ing bravc!' To say that five hundred thousand
men now tran pi ng over the continent IN candy
uniforms saw til cir last Easter Sunday Yesterday,
would be to TN lcrstate the moral influence 81
battle-iells and war hospitals. Parents, broth
ers aud sisters tire aware that the In lttotf!'
with which Il ev deceive themselves most pro-
badly, refers to- ne meeting beyond the grave
There are 81 I IA ny chances against n return !.
How many finn lilies, especially in the country,
viii utterly ruin themselves to pay the four
hundred dollars necessary tn rausom their child
from the F." bio ID tax" us the con>cii ption is s.,
justly called in the energetic popular language.-
There tse so many families in France living on n
miserable patel { ground on the very Verge ri
wrctchcdncss. this sum is ms n fortune To iE"m.-
Nevertheless they generally manage To procure
II. They have been saved sou by sou for Year,
against the % cription drawing-inv." and Soy
oral oh stncki ngs full Of silver money a.e hid
away somewhe re ut the bottom of an oakcn chest,
or in some corr err of the ccllnrdirt n,or. Whrn
the "lal numt err is drawn the father goes t. the
nearest notary and mortgages his me>>uage, ire
uuchi!y 1t uSu. 'ipns interest, ana hcncctpryari no
hatcher, meat is eaten. no dinners are given On
tIe VILLAGE pat ON saints day. the chickens ar
al sold nj mar 1ot, not one j. kept Tor home. II
.Ickness or deaf h C. 'osseS that l.wlv threshold, the
, ttage and the resi- are soon III mt au tim II
"the hi .hcst AMI last bidder" ard thpse ulluckv
enough t. he alive IN list 90 into ~cr' lee # tlcy {
r"nas, 10 the p,or-ho use It they be Cd. Louis
Napoleon has il ere, : al this sort of distress cx-
rcliagiy since he las been IN power. ir in tsr
course OF srYcl Years h takes H.. oa0 men from
heir homes more that any previous gn,erlment
ut France has dome sir c. lSlr. What torrents Of
tears he has wrung from eyes in Frarer.. What
torrents of blood he is abldt wasting on tie
ground,
The responsibility Of tn oSc who induce such
scenes. is fearful indie, j. and il the struggle
should 70 on. what trrril lie incidents viii w be
called upon to record. l. ow many leartl,s viii
ne desalatel, now many he rrrs VII l." laseeaei
and hpw many til jusanos &c ruSeS VII .e p.os-
trlte upon CORY hattlc-tields
The AUSTRIAN VIEW OF TIE Tie Vienna
va t'EltIiitil VI tit ta 10 nv VI i l'i -,
says:
The Russian peace project failed l. ,causc France
in direct opposition to the orig lai proposition.
insisted that Sardinia should he adm ittcd to tie
Congress of the five Powers. AT tn" worry last mo
ineat the British government made an attempt to
lay the storm. Returning to its iii st roP"sitinn,
the English Cabinet, on the Goth ins tant. Offer.
cd to mediate between Austria ard France in
such n way that the immediate nnt general
d sarmament, and the settlement Of he existing
d iferenecs, should lie settled y m saI of di-
rect negotiations between the Nienn: md Paris
Courts. Austria accepted the oifrr ut .'ce, hut
France rejected it. While the Austria 4 imlny was
waiting IN this side of the Ticina for the eplv OF
Sardinia to the summons which had been sent to
Turin, and for the result Of the BIRTHS h negotin-
tons. some French troops landed at Genoa, and
others crossed the Alps intn sardinia. thereby vi
olating the stipulated neutrality of that part Of the
Savoy which is known as the Gepevois. The fore
going facts require no commentary.
a I've haze rrc- ived 1--WE