Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-07-01
ward on every field, with drums beating and
colors flying, true to the rights of the States,
the Constitution and the Union.
A HENRY CLAY VINO.


*Why would not Northern States do? Reckon
the Spectator thinks there would be no sschance"
tional party!!'
The Battle Of Magenta.
The battle Of Magenta, with its proceeding
conflicts at Buffalora, is already characteri-
zed in the loose language Of the papers as
zone Of the most bloody battles in the an
nails Of modern warfare, and second only to
that Of Weterloo." This is the language of
unthinking exaggeration On the contra
~, the truth is that when the number of the
troops engaged is considered in connection
with the fact that the battle lasted two days
the contest does not appear so sanguinary,
and is far inferior in its totals Of killed and
wounded to the bloody fields in which tho
elder Napoleon won glory and empire. At
Waterloo the French numbered IS, 900 and
the allies 100000, and the loss in killed
and wounded was 5000 French and 49,
900 allies. At Austerlitz there were but
10000 troops engaged whilst the killed
and wounded numbered ~, 900. At Jena
the battle was fought by 100, 900 men, and
the killed. wounded and prisoners summed
up to $1,000. At Eylau, the French num-
bered IS, 900 and the Russians IS 900; the
loss Of the former was $4,000 and the lat
ter q, 900. At Wagram, 1870 900 French
encountered 100000 Austrians, with the
loss of killed, wounded and prisoners of %,
900 French and 80, 600 Austrians. AT the
desperate battle Of Borodino, fought between
the French and Russians, the aggregate
loss in killed, wounded and prisoners was
about 100, 00O In all these battles, and
we might add other instances, the number
Of troops engaged was less than at Magenta
whilst the loss was much greater. The lat
ter is far, therefore, from being entitled to
be described as the s'bloodiest of battles"
and is rather remarkable, considering the
immensely Of the forces engaged and the
length Of time the contest was prolonged,
for the comparatively small number Of kill
ed and wounded. It was but seldom, even
in the wars Of the First Napoleon, that
quarter Of a million Of men were brought
into actual conflict as at Magenta. So far
as an isolated instance may be considered
as establishing a fact, this battle does not
prove that the Improvements in firearms
will make the contests Of this day any more
bloody than those which occurred half cen
fury ago. The pluck and endurance of the
contestants, rather than the arms they had
die, is, after all, the true measure of the
destructiveness Of war. Baltimore 4Anaeri-
can.
The New York Herald says:
.sTbn trophioc +b.t o,,;. N..o1..-
to have won are not the trophies Of dici-
sive battle, and the Austrian accounts admit
only a series Of encounters with varying
success. Thus far it does not look as
though the French claim, or the Austrians
! admit, that the turning battle Of the cam.
paign had been fought. This, it may be,
is reversed for the great ,quare which they
hold, fortified by the stroug positions d
Pescheira, Mantua, Verona and Lignano
If this is the case, the effort Of the neutrals
must yet be postponed for time. The
struggle there will be a bloody and terrible
one. Every effort will be n.. rcd by each o
the belligerents to bring its vas5 military
power to the scene, and the opening battle
with 300, 900 men, tell us how great the f.
nal struggle must be. 'sAustria can stamr
armies out Of the earth,' was the prouo
boast Of one Of her statesmen, and France
can do the same. The electric telegraph
and the railroad enables each to bring ur
its forces with great rapidly, and they will
be used to their utmost capacity. These
are the grounds upon which we must con
! template the political effect Of the battle Of
Magenta.
That Austria will refuse to admit tha,
it ia decisive we cannot doubt. She is not
only hardened in her theory Of government
by the lapse Of centuries, but her resource
are still intact, her fortified positions are no
| yet taken, her confidence in the coming as
sistancc Of Germany secure, and her belle
firm that Europe viii yet resist the Napole.
onic designs. With partial victory, whe1
bis prestige is involved, his dynasty at stake
and bis resources abundant, il is not proba
bic that Louis Napoleon will be disposed t
| recede from the high position he has taken
| that must be free to the Adriatic Even i
there were no other stimulus upon him; the
| rising populations around him must urge
him on, and convince him that struggle
has begun which would not now be ended
even if he were to withdraw from the con-
test. Austria could not restore her rule in
Italy without a struggle ofthe most sangui-
nary character, which would shock the
whole Of Europe and the civilized world.
''Under these circumstances it does not
seem to US that the pacific efforts of Eng
land and Prussia will realize the hopes that
are entertained for them in some quarters.
It is well known that at the conference OF
Paris, Austria refused to permit the intro
duction Of any motion relating to Italy; and
nothing has yet occurred to indicate that she
is more willing to submit her claims in this
respect to conference of diplomatists, or
even to congress Of Europe sovereigns. -
Before this can take place she must receive
great reverses and incur great humiliation.
These may come out Of the present war, but
before they can come, the struggle though
it may be short one, must be of the most
desperate character, and such as Europe
has never yet seen. The great armies OF
the first Napoleon and his anita gonists will
be left far. in the shade by those which may
yet be arrayed against each other before
this war is ended, and the hopes of the di-
plomatists must abide their shock"