The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-07-27

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AnesaIse Faos apoa sAs Dassls Or soi
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The serious nature Of the victory ". have
won upon the Minclo bursts upon us like
thunder. The finger df God h upon thi..
war. So disastrous is the triumph, that
the Journals are forbidden to hint at ths
consequences till they have been weighed
and measured according to the capAbllity
of endurance evinced BY the pcopM ms
truth cannot be borne all at once, aud must
he allowed to slip out by degrees.
Mel is dead-but the fact must be broken
quietly to the public. ~E
paraguay dHilliars is dead, and this, cir
cumstance, though fully as lamentabis as
the other, is to be announced first. In,an,
the French are said to have lost five of their
best generals, and not to have crossed the
Mincioi The shade of Metternich hover
cd round the combatants, and the prophecy
of the old diplomat is verified.
The death of General Mel Is invested
with the most impressive circumstance. -
Before the battle he had said to his friends
TINT IA this action he was resolved to win
the baton--the laurels won by Mcmahon at
Magenta preventing him from sleeping. =
After the battle he was nowhere to BE- found,
and for some time serious apprehensions
were entertained that he had been taken
away a prisoner, or been buried beneath 4
heap Of slain with the chance Of not being
recognized. After diligent search the
General was found lying insensible beneath
the dying charger which had conveyed him
through the combat, and whose expiring
struggles were pressing the small remnan;
OF life out Of his masters body. The Cen
eral was conveyed, still insensible, to the
ambulance, where it soon became evident
to the experienced eye Of Champoullion'
that no hope Of salvation remained
The Emperor was sent for In all haste
Not word passed between them, but the
Emperor took from his own neck the token
Of Marshall of the Empire, and laid it up
on the dying warriors bosom. Even 1t
this dread hour, nature rose unconauered
and claimed her sway. .....'
The General started up suddenly, and
f1inging his arms around the Emperor's
neck died in the actual effort of expressing
his gratitude. The baton and Gordon q.
Marshal Of France have lleen his life-long
dream, and he died in the full tide of JOY
which the accomplishment of all his hopes
produced. 49,. .....
paraguay d 'Hilliers seems to have been.
struck down by cannon ball, and died
without word or exclamation. .......-
r Lebeuf, another good general, is aiso
among the slain; while, strange to say
CASTOR de la Rochefoucauld, who left the
diplomatic career to join the army in this
campaign, is taken prisoner by the Austri-
ans, along with many others of the same
way of thinking. -.s es
Two other generals have died Of their;
assure you that the most serious and diff
ficnit consequences ct present to be the
telling of the balefll disasters Of this glori-
Gus day.
Already does the cry 60 forth from the
army to recall Lamoriciere, the man who
never led the Zouaves to such pale, uncer-
tain victories as these, but to terrible, and
decisive conflict, wherein the enemy, in
stead of retreating in good order. hecause-
Ue N3sch Wefc tO0 much, exnAAaep0 10
pursue was wont to Zee in full dis,nat,
put to the rout without mercy, and followed
till none remained. The Minciois not pass
ed-the fortresses remain uncarried as vet.
Of what service has this tremendous:
slaughter been to the cause it has ostensi-
bly, been meant to aids The Sandman
cavalry exists no longer; it has perished,
been annihilated beneath the heavy charges
of the Austrians. The French cavalry
has likewise suffered severely, and upon
the whole the cold and cautious nature Of
the bulletins announces plainly that moth
ing has been accomplished. Not a word
has ever been said about the unsuccessful
attempt upon Peschiera, which took place
two days before. News, if not wholly bad,
may be poetised into glory but when it
comes marked by defeat, it is ignored al
together.