The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-18

hands, and that his army must be quar-
tered and fed at their expense. AZ mo-
ment when all trade is naturally at stand
still. most of the smaller trades-pcople are
nearly ruined, many of them having had
more than ten soldiers each quartered on
them.
The town had to pay an imposition OF
half million of dollars, and the whole
country assessed to pay three times the
amount of the ordinary taxes. Inc fruS-
slams have taken possession OF inc raiiroaas
and their enormous stores of materials,
which tbey have sent 10 Berlin, also, the
Government stores and even the hospital
beds, having had in this hot weather inc
inhumanity to turn the poor sick Hanove-
rian soldiers out OF them, giving tneh'
nothing but straw, and that in the slltfy
garrcts of the hospital, to lie on.
Quitting Hanover in the haste the army
did. much was left behind them, among the
res, the military medicine stores; but TINS
they had the confidence to believe, that as
Prussia as we'll as Hanover had taken part
in the Conference at Geneva ut the cnd OF
the last Italian war, in which it was agreed
to respect as neutral all hospitals and eve
rvthing regarding the aid of sick or wound
cd, their officers would be permitted to fol-
low them with what was requisite for the
use of the army. This permission was,
| however, refused, and these stores with all
the others, sent to Berlin. The military
chaplains who attempted to join their dii-
/ fcrcnt corps were all sent back.
The Prussians have sent gunboats to all
the principal ports Of the country, taking
possession of everything they found, even
at Gcstermunde Of the Kings private
yacht. The conduct of the Prussian SOL
dicrs in the town has been excellent, and
they have been well treated by the inhabi-
tants, among whom they have many friends
and relations. They express the greatest
horror Of this unholy war, and are not par
ticular in the expressions of their opinion
Of the government which has brought them
into such II position.
Such was the confusion in the town that
on the retreat of the army many stores and
guns would have been left behind had it
not been for the devotion of the tOwnspeo-
Pile, who broke open the stores, and the
railway being still open, transported the
goods to the station and dispatched them,
working day and night without orders, even
the little street boys helping, and as the
Prussians were actually entering the town
harncsScd themselves to and ran Off with
gun, which they conveyed toa place Of
safety.
WHY THE HANovERIANS Surrendered.
The eventful 18th of June witnessed the
surrender of the IIanOverian troops near
LangcnSalHa, in the Prussian province OF
Tl,,- would hnvn hnnn havn IN
pieces had they heStated any longer to
lay down their arms. The troops TO whom
they gave themselves up as prisoners of
war were Pomcranian landwehr and the
coutingcnts OF the Dukes OF Cohurg- -Gotha
and Altcnburg. The men will he paroicd
and sent home. The officers retain their
swords and are allowed half pay ont of the
lIanoveran revenue the King and Crown
Prince have their private property left to
them intact, and on condition of under
taking nothing to the prejudice Of the Go
vernment during the war, may choose
their places Of residence anywhere ont of
Hanover. About fifteen hundred wounded,
the victims of the late encounter, arc Sala
to be distributed among the burghers of
Langensalza. DR.. Frerichs, native of
Hanover, and one of the most famous ply
sicians in this capital, has been dispatched
to LangenSalza, with numerous assistants,
to relieve the sutierings of his compatriots.
THREAT TO NASSAU.
The news of the Hanoverians being dis.
posed OF, and the twenty thousand men sent
in pursuit of them available for other SER
vice, had no sooner transpired than Prince
lIohcnzollcrn, the Prussian commander in
the Renish provinces, issued proclama-
ton in witch he announced his resolve to
march upon Frankfort. This proclama-
ton is addressed to the Nassaucrs, who
in it are informed that in invading their
Duchy the Prince will be acting as the
enemy of their Government, but not of
the people. He will make his entry, he
SAYS, to avenge the wrongs Of his sove-
reign, whose Wetzlar territory has been
trcspaSscd upon by the Federals; he will,
which is equally important, appear as the
lorerunner of that unity indispensable to
the nation, and but too long obviated by
selfish potentates. The NasSaucrS are one
and all favorable to Prussia and hostile to
their Duke, whose unblushing illegalities
they have so long been compelled to en-
durc.
Siehrow June aSl correspondence of the London
Times.
FEELING THE ENEMY.
Last night the PrusSian advanced posts
were pushed forward to the tops of the
range of hills which bound the valley OF
Licbcnau on the north. This morning
General Won Horne, who, with the Eighth
division, held the outposts, had advanced
early to occupy Licbcnau. AS his ad-
vanced guard entered the village the Aus
trian rear guard were discovered tearing
up the pavement, in order to form q barrl-
cadc across the narrow street through
which the high road runs. On the approach
Of the advanced guard they retired to the
hill over which the road to Turnau passes
south Of the village.
THE AUSTRIAN POSITION AND FORCE.
Here the AuStrians took up position.
Their artillery placed on the brow of the
hill, looked down upon the village of Lie
bcnau, which Horne had just occupied,
and their cavalry covered the guns. But
they were not in force. They had no in
fantry, and their whole strength appeared
to be only four regiments of cavalry, with
two batteries of horse artillery.
Horne's division passed through the vii
lage, and began to ascend the hill, while
General Won IIaunn came down to Lie
benau with the cavalry, and the field artil-
lcry took up position on the hills which
bound the Liebenau valley on the north.
Thus the guns of the Austrians were on
the southern, those of the Prussians on the
northern range which form the valley OF
I,iebenar. the valley between them is