New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-01

mated with fine spirit, and fought valantly; but
for an attack on Veuetia he will need, not hand
ful Of men, but scores and even hundreds OF thou
sands. 1t will not be guerilla contest in the
mountains, but an attack on strong f0rtresSes ana
great battles in the plain. The opinion IN France,
and especially among military men, who went
through the Italian campaign s, that such con-
test would be very speedily decided in favor Of
Austria, and that it would be the utmost rashness
on the part Of Piedmont to engage ia it.
A letter from Turin in the Detats contains some
passages pertinent to the subject above referred to-
The following is an extract:
The exhibitions of volunteers from Genoa are
made publicly. The volunteers march through
the streets with their officers at their head and
drums beating; they are even in uniform, but
without arms. They halt before the house of DR..
Bertani where they are passed in review by a
member of the Sciiian Committee, and where they
receive their pay; after which they are embarked
in commercial steamers, All this occurs as pub
liely as possible. The number of volunteers who
have left Genoa for Sicily Is about 10000. ] can
guarantee the correctness Of these figures. The
first detachments were composed of old soldiers
OF Garibaldi, who had gone through the campaign
Of 1859 under his officers, and OF young men car
ried away by patriotism. Afterwards it was found
necessary to take away all that came aud it is un-
fortunately true that there have been enrolled
crowd Of those adyenturers from all countries who
are always ready for any enterprise. What is still
more serious is, that to augn1ent the number Of
volunteers desertions have been provoked from the
army, in which, unfortunately, there are to be
found large number of young men little accus-
toned to the rough PiedTnontese discipline, and
very much disposed to desert especially with a
patriotic pretext. Public opinion has been reused
by this, and several Turin papers have published
articles against these manGuVers.
The present state of the national army is not
completely satisfactory. Last year Piedmont had
an army feeble in numbers, but admirably organ
lied. At the present time, the army is numerous,
but its organization, and especially its discipline
leave much to be desired. independently of the
hs1t+ hf ~
from the banks of the Mincio and the frontiers OF
Romagna The popularity Of the Minister of War,
General Fanti, has suffered greatly in consequence
of all this. The GGzettd del Pop0t0, which has
materially contributed to overthrow General La
Marmora, now attacks his successor. NJ. Borromeo
private secretary to NJ. Farini, is still at Genoa to
see the execution Of the orders given by the Minis
ter-that is to say. to make sure that the exped
t0ns OF volunteers directed to Sicily and not tC
the Roman States. Four mcn-of,war have been
sent to cruise off the coast to prevent any disem
barkation. You may rely on the truth of this
You know that there has been on this head q sort
of treaty between Farni and Bertani. 5....
1t may now be said, however, that the secret
Government, which, for some time past, has exer'
cised its functions side by side with the regular
Government and which organized the Sicilian ex
peditions, has no longer an active existence. 4f
Farini President of the National Society, is at tht
baths of Acqui, and Bert left for Sicily with one
the last expeditions.
The Constit1ttoane1 has a letter from Turin
| which declares positively that the PiedInontes'
| Cabinet has received from NJ. de Rechberg not'
to the effect that his Government will not tolerate
| descent by Garbaldi upon the Neapolitan terri
tory. The Austrian Minister makes IL incumben
on Piedmont to prevent such an attempt, and de
clares that, in the contrary case, Austrian troop
would march through the Roman States to the as
sstance of the King Of Naples the very instant tn
Caribaldans should land You will perceive tina
this information substantially corresponds wit
that which have written above, and which email
1 ates from quite different quarter The Consta'
tionners correspondent adds that it is almost ce
tain that Signor Bertan had official mission fro
the Sandman Government to confer with Gal
haldi concerning the Austrian note.