The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-07-28
Europeau War Gossin.

The tone of the military correspondence of
the English journals shows that continuance
Of the war is looked for A letter from Italy,
in the London Daily News, goes SO far as to
say that ''the acceptance of Venice from the
hand of France would be exceedingly likely
to cost Victor Emanuel his CROWN" and that
'if the Government declared it necessary for
the maintenance of the national honor that
every man should step forth to be enrolled into
the army for the resisting of this insult every
man would come forward to offer himself"
The wounded are exposed TO much suffer
ing and privation in Germany, hotwthstand-
ing the recent organization of relief societies
on the plan of the United States Sanitary
Commission. The enormous number of casu-
slties has probably overtaxed the resources
of the commissions A letter from the Prus-
sian army, written on the day after the battle
of Ludowa, contains this passage
"In consequence of the rapid marches our
army is in want of every necessary for the
nursing of the wounded Thousands are lying
under the open sky, and after the engage
msnts of the 26th, 9th and 28th of June,
there was only one doctor for every thousand
who had been struck down"
The fugitive inhabitants of the villages have
taken all their horses with them, and hence
the wounded Austrians cannot be conveyed
to the hospitals, but linger out their lives on
the spot they fell. The Prussian military sur
geons make no difference between their own
ceuntrymen and the Austrian prisoners; but
still the fallen Austrians may lack, in many
cases, the necessary assistance"
The devastations of war are visible on all
sides. The Geological Garden at Dresden has
been destroyed. The smaller animals were
given away OF turned loose; the larger beasts
were killed, and the ground has been leveled
for fertilization. 1t is apprehended that the
fine Geological Gardens of Cologne viii suffer
the same fate.
The Duke of Nassau has removed his da-
monds and other articles Of value to Vienna
The property conveyed to that city is esti-
timated at the value of els0,000, and is de-
posted at the custom house.
A correspondent in the Austrian army
writes that, while the Bohemian and Hungar-
ian regiments compose the majority of the
forces now confronting Victor Emanuel 8
army, the Italian leves have been sent north
to meet the Prussians; so that very large
proportion-some say three-fourths-of the
men taken prisoners by the Prussians are
Italians.
A new uniform has appeared on the Ital-
ian battle-feld-th of members of the "In-
transitional Association for Succoring the
Wounded" who wear those words inscribed
on their hats, and have, as distinctive sign,
white band with red cross round their
arm. +,
The abbess of convent at Acquaviva,
where a body of Garibaldiaas was lately
quartered, has addressed letter to Colonel
Nicotera, thanking him and the men under
his orders for their exemplary conduct during
their stay in the conveAt. "The nuns" she
adds, "were all greatly edited at their CON
duct; the night passed in the greatest quiet,
and not fly was to be heard. 1t looked not
like soldiers quarters, but like the lodgings
of men who sleep in the peace Of the Lord"
The Austrian Ministry of War has ordered
fifty thousand needle guns for the Austrian
army. They are delivered at the rate of two
| thousand day.
| Lord Hartington's last act as Secretary Of
| War iu England was to order thirty thou
sand Enfield rifles to be converted into breech-
| leaders, in addition to the twenty thousand
| previously ordered
| In Paris, in the first week of July, the sale
Of maps of the theatre of war, by one house
alone, reached more than ten thousand in
forty-eight hours.