The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-19


hen.y, seif-complaccnt Austrians Is ehuckIine
~ ne formal surprise that Is TO come off at
a. M he attacks, at day break, chooses his own
.,i',s hnd point of attack, and remains master
~ ti'e held. so, again, the Austrians, coming
~ very respectable means, In no respect sui
hea ny any inyentiyeness or breach of pre-
saesht into possession Of u fne body OF
shhrp-siiooters, deolt tremendous disaster
ngnlast inc French. The French opposed arti-
bcial To The Austrian natural advantage, but
not 30 ns toequaiize the two armies In the rifle
mere Whs another point, however, in which
w" TWO hatfons were equal. Tho Austrian
i,'Vuhthheefs 90 not use cannon In their Sun.
ahy games. Here France went ahead, and
Austria marched aE taS The consequences
nave been obvious enough. The battle of Sol
mIiho mas been won By the superiority OF the
= febch aftiiiery. The shells from the French
rined ennnon fell at distances whence the ole
guns could not reply. Every reader can work
ont the result. The enemy's artillery was ST.
fenced before II conld come within effective
distance Mans thews and flesh are to day as
they wfrs Il thousand years aco but machine
ry II not this imInatahle Mere "pIuck," and
courage, aud standing still in squares. and
coming forward In lines, il Of no use il there
~ mn engine Two miles off which will NOW
down your lines aud reap n death harvest in
your squares bsfore you can reach your living
enemy. All that Is left in such a case TO a GEN
ti"inhu OF The old school is 10 die with dignity
ana consiabcy, scorning, IL lie should go please
with his last breath the foo that seeks victory
fxcIDEsTs OF JHg WAR.
The !Senttn,Ae dg Jnra gives the following as
a true story, told by a sergeant who was pres
ent when the Emperor NAPOLEON ordered a
temporary bridge 70 be thrown over the Ticino
Tor the passage OF his guard His Majesty
asked the captain Of the pontoon company
how long 1t wonld take him to make bridge.
" Two hours anda half sire by making haste .
Captain" said the Emperor, taking out his
watch, :" give you an hour and a quarter
" sire, "e Will cndeayor to do IL in that time"
no, do not endeayor, but do it," In few
minutes several boats were Joined one 10 the
other. The Emperor jumped from his horse,
ana Notwithstanding the rcmonstrances Of his
stan, began to cross. Sono OF the ftsteninRs
OF the boats were rs yet 50 slight that the cur
rent threatened to carry the boats away
More Teinonstfances were offered but the En-
peror dld not so much as listen to them. As
fast as an additional boat was attached TO the
l!ne the emperor Jumped upon it, saying to
the workmen, in a low but impressive tone,
" Make haste" Within the hour and n quar-
ter the bridge was finished, and General Cler,
with his brigade, passed over il to attack the
Austrlans. The captain was sitting on pile
OF timber WpIng the perspiTation off his fore
mead, when the Emperor turned round TO
speak to him, and, squeezing his hand, said,
"Commandant, / thank You"
"A letter from Brescia, in the Steele, relates 4
fresh exploit of General d'Urban, as he passed
through Calcio, some short time back Being
desirous of continuing the traditions of his
predecessors, he Immediately, on his arrival
summoned to his presence the heads of the
municipality. When they arrived, he order
ed them, in peremptory manner, to deliver to
his army, within the delay of seven minutes
100 oxen, lG0 sacks of oats, 100 casks of wine
and 12,0O0 swanzigs. The delegates remon-
strated, saying that the village was poor, and
that the time allowed was TOO short. The onl y
answer made by the General was to draw out
his watch, and pointing at the hour, to say
THE delay l allow has commenced gentle.
men, The delegates looked at each other in
alarm, and after minutes consideration
proposed a sum of l. LOCO swanZigs in lieu OF
the other objects demanded. The General
made no answer until the seven minutes had
expired, when he said that he would make no
compromise, and arrested the delegates RS
hostages. On the following day, during the
hasty retreat of the Austrians the three pris-
oners effected their escape and returned to
Calcio. These gentlemen-who are NJ Ricci
advocate, and MN. R.selli and Bonetti, landed
prOprietors-have been presented to the En-
peror at the Villa Odofredi.
Tho Semaphore of Marseilles SAYS: Tho number
of Austrian prisoners who have arrived at this port
that Gen. Guylal must have made iSht mistake
when he limited his los, to 1000 only.
News has reached Paris that Gen. Cotto, one Of
the Emperor's aids de-camp. who was with tho
army of Italy, has died suddenly from the bursting
OF an sneurlsH.
A Berlin letter states that NJ Knapp y resident
in 4 town Of Nestphaiia. has just received from
the Pruss2n soYernment 100 600 h,ers for 200 ried
for more cannons to the value of 6O0CO0 thaers-
It is indeed blowing great guns in Prussia just now,
If this story is to be believed.
letter from Prague says: Part of the French
prisoners have been sent tn reside at Therescen-
stadt, opposite Leitmeretz, on the Elbe. They OK
press gratitude In the manner in which they are
treated by the Austrians. Three months allow
ancs hiss been paid them in advance and the off,
crrs are allowed all the liberty their situation por-
mits.
EXTENSION OF TIE sARpINIAN FRONTIER.
The PicdmOntese Gazette announces that tho
greatest activity has been displayed in ORGANIZING
the Sandman customs lines along the new frontiers
both the Swiss side and that of the Pontifcai
States, the lines that separated Parma Msdena and
l.omDardy from Piedmont being suppressed. All
the Sandman customs laws and the new tariff have
been printed, and the new lines are to come into
operation within a fortnight.
THE NEW ENGLISH STEAM RAM.-The new
monster iron steam ram of Great Britain,