George, the jury—packer, a member of that once independent
county.

The May Castlebridge fair was niimerously attended by all
kinds of stock but business was dull in all descriptions except in
bacon pigs and prime sheep, which maintained -their late prices,
the former averaging 43s. to 465. per cwt.

 

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

Cu.iMrio.\'—May 22, at Leeson-street,_the wife of William Ben-
nett Champion, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son.

DEvrrTs—May 24, at 23 Great Charles—street, the wife of Richard
Joseph Devitt, Esq., of a daughter.

DOBBIN——Ma.y 21, at Stevens’ Hospital, the wife of the Rev. W.
P. H. Dobbin, of a son.

FIsHEn—May 18, at 36 Upper Sackville-street, the wife of J o-
seph B. Fisher, Esq., of a daughter.

FoG.uu‘Y—May 21. at Athy, Mrs. William Fogarty, of adaughter.

HonY—l\I-ay 19, the wife of James Hoey, Esq., Sion House, Dal-
key, of a son.

HYLAxn—.\lay 24, at Hodgestown, county Kildare, the lady of
Wm. Hyland, Esq., of a son and heir.

Hozir-:—l\I:iy 19, in Hume-strset, the wife of Wm. W. Hozir, Esq.,
of a daughter.

KILGAnnIrF—May 21, at Tuam, the wife of Joseph Kilgarriff,
Esq., of a son.

Ki«:oGn—May 16, at 33 Marlborough—street, the wife of Laurence
Keogh, of a daughter.

M.A.Loien—May 22, at Sweetmount House, Dundrum, the wife of
Charles G. Malone, of a son.

M’TEnNAN-——May 19, at No. 34 Lower Gardiner street, the wife
of Hugh M’Ternan, Esq., J. P., of Heapstown, county Sligo,
of a son.

MoN'rco.\iEnr-—l\Iay 14, at Portadown, the wife of John Monto-
mery, Esq., of a son.

PowELL——.\Iay 20, at Northumberland—road, the wife of E. Pow-
ell, Esq., of a son.

PHILLIPS-—-)Iay 16, at Gaile House, county Tipperary, the lady
of Richard Phillips, Esq., of a son.

READ-—May 20, at Ardee street, the wife of Thomas F. Read of
a daughter.

RUssnLL—May 14, in Waterloo-road, the wife of John D. Rus-
sell, Esq., of a daughter. .
TiLLr—May 20, at Chantilly, county Dublin, Mrs.Benjamin Til-

ly, of a son.

VELDE—l\Iay 23, in Lower Baggot street, the wife of J. J. Van
De Velde, of a daughter.

WIGu.A.ii—;\fay 22, at Trafalgar terrace, Monkstown, the wife of
John R. Wigham, of a daughter.

WHrrn—May 23, at William's Park, Rathmines, the wife of Mat-
thew James White, solicitor, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

BAT'1‘—-LOGIER—hIay 18, St. Peter’s Church, Samuel Wm. Batt,
Esq., Ratbgar, to Elsie Thodosia, daughter of the late J. B.
Logier, Esq.

BALFE—HAWKES——ApI‘il 16, at the Catholic church of Oran,
James Joseph Balfe, Esq., of Curreen, county Longford.
youngest son of the late Michael Balfe, Esq.. of South Park,
county of Roscommon, to Arabella Matilda Mary, daughter
of the late Charles Hawkes, Esq., of Brierfield, in the same
county. .

FoRsY'rH—YoU.\'G——May 19, at Monkstown, James Forsyth,
Esq., M. D., Culmore, to Eliza Letitia, daughter of the late
Richard Young, Esq., Coolkeiragh House, Londonderry.

HAxi3UnY—L.A..\'G—i\Iay 24, at Mary’s Church, Samuel Hanbury,
junr., Esq., of Ginnet’s, county Meath, to Jane Carlos,
daughter of Humphrey Lang, Esq., of New York, late of
Farm, in the county of Fermanagh.

KENNEi)Y—H.ivns—-May 24, in St. George’s Church, William
Kennedy, Esq., to Grace Marian, eldest daughter of the
Hon. Mr. Justice Hayes.

TnEs'rox—-CoDv—May 19, at the Metropolitan Church, Marl-
borough street, John P. Treston, Esq., solicitor, youngest
son of John Treston, of Carrenadin Lodge, county Mayo,
Esq., to Ellen, youngest daughter of the late William Cody,
Kilkenny, Esq., and niece of Patrick Costen, now deceased.

DEATHS.
B.incI..iv--May 19, at Dungannon, county Tyrone, Sir Robert
‘ Barclay, Bart., of Pierson.

BRowi\'n——May 19, at his residence, 14 Holles street, in the 62d
year of his age, John Browne, of the firm of Browne & No-
lan, Nassau street.

BENNETT-May 20, in Bandon, J oseph Bennett, Esq.

C.iMPi3ni.i.——May 17, at Aughnacloy, county Tyrone, Ellen, wife
of David Campbell, Esq.

CLARKE—-May 22, at Garville terrace, Rathgar, Mary, wife of
John Clarke, Esq.

CALDERWOOD—At his residence, Sion-hill, Drumcoudra, Mr. Thos.
Caldérwood, aged 73 years.

DALY-May‘ 14, in North Great George street, Miss Charlotte
Daly. sister of the late Malachy Daly, Esq., of Raford,
county Galway.

DEMPsEY———May 21, at her residence,’ Manor street, Margaret,
relict of 1' . James Dempsey, aged 44 years.

GrIRDWOOD—;\ 17, at Mountview—terrace, Belfast, from the
effects of an accident, Diana, wife of John Griswold. Esq.,
of Lurgan.

HiLL—May 16, at Larne, county Antrim, aged 80 years, Mary,
relict of George Hill, Esq.

HUBi3nnr——May 19, in Simpson’s Hospital, in the 64th year of
his age, Thomas Hubbert, letterpress printer, much regret-
ted. He was a native of the county Clare.

InwI.\'——May 18, at Longford—terrace, Monkstown, H. Irwin, Esq.,
Streamstown, county Sligo, aged 80.

LL'iL\i—May 16, at his residence, Lumville, Kings County, Wm.
P. Lumin, Esq.

Roonn-—May 14, at Fermoy, Mary, wife of Dr. N. W. Roche, R.
N., and aunt to the Rev. John Macnamara. R.I.P.

Moxcx—M-ay 11, at Rathbeggan, county Meath, J. Monck, Esq.,
deeply regretted.

. M.-iLLEr—-May 22, at Wicklow street, of whooping cough, Susan,

daughter of R. F. Mallet, aged nine months.
MURrHi'——May 24, at his mother’s residence, 1 Common street,
. Mr. Patrick Joseph Murphy, of Kevin street, aged 21, after
a short illness. R.I.P.

MCNALLY—~hIay 21, Maryanne, youngest daughter of the late
Patrick Mchlally, of Summer hill, aged 20. May she rest
in peace. Amen.

MCCLENAHAN——At No. 8 Prussia street, Maryanne, wife of Mr.
George i\fcClenahan, late of Belfast.

PAr'ri«::«:—May 18, at Innoshannon, county of Cork, J as. Patten,
Esc .

Poi.soN—1—May 19, suddenly, of acute pintonitis, John _Howison,
aged 12 years, eldest son of Thomas A. Polson, of Rosehall,
Templeogue, county Dublin. _ .

PuncnLL—May 22, at Callan, county Kilkenny, Mr. Pierce Pur-
cell, deeply and sincerely regretted. _

RYAN——May 29. at her residence, in Thurles, Miss Mary Ryan,
the beloved and respected sister of Thomas Ryan, Lower
Baggot street. _ _ _

Sisir——May 8, at Castlehyde, near Fermoy, Kate, wife of William
Sisk Es .

W.i.LL.ici:,—-liiflay 16, Anne, relict of R. G. Wallace, Esq., solici-
tor, Newry.

mum. «V J was

MR. JAMES A. Dix, editor of The Boston Journal, in a letter to
B, W. Robinson, Esq., of St. Louis, says: “The last census of this
State was taken in 1855, when we had a population of 1,132,369;
foreign population, 245,263, of whom 181,304 were born in Ire-
land, and only 9,653 in Germany! Estimating the adult male
Germans as one to five of the whole number, there are but nine-
teen hundred and thirty in the State. By the census of 1855, the
population of Boston was 138,788; of this number 52,_923 were
of Irish birth, 2,666 of German, and 7,877 of other nationalities.

BY an act of last session of parliament, 22 Vic., cap. 14, for
the abolition. of manor courts, and the better recovery of small
debts in Ireland, a power is given to justices at petty sessions
to hear and determine causes for the recovery of debts between
party and party, under the value £2, such debt having accrued
within 12 months previous to _the date of the process. An
appeal subject to certain conditions, lies to the chairman of
quarter sessions.

T H E  P

EUROPEAN NEWS.

BY the Argo, from Galway,
days later news from Europe.

. The Paris Pays states that England is endeavoring to renew
diplomatic relations with Naples, but only on condition that
France will simultaneously do the same.

The correspondent of the London Times reports that several
Colonels of Swiss regiments are compromised in the conspiracy
against the Crown Prince of Naples.

Portugal has declared her neutrality.

_ The London papers of May 30th, give accounts of the expedi-
tion of Garibaldi and his volunteer corps across the right wing
of the Austrians in Upper Lombardy, which has been by far the
most striking and successful episode of the campaign.

On the evening of the 27th, after a furious fight, which lasted
from 5 till 8 o’clock, Garibaldi entered Como, amidst bell ring-
ing and the general illumination of the town.

The combat was renewed at Canierlosta, and the Austrians
again gave way and retreated.

All the steamers on the Lake of Como were in the possession
of Garibaldi.

Garibaldi has reinforcements of troops. At Como the artil-
lery has been reorganized, the National Guard mobilized, and
volunteers are hastening to increase the militia.

In order to refresh the recollection of our readers we will
state that Como is an Episcopal city of Lombardy, capitol of a
province of its own name, at the southern extremity of the Lake
of Como, in a delightful valley, enclosed by hills, covered with
gardens and with olive and chesnut groves. The population, in-
cluding its nine suburbs, is 16,000, of whom 7,000 belong to the
city proper. It has a public library of 50,000 volumes, a bo-
tanic garden, three gymnasia and a museum of antiquities.
Como was a place of importance under the Romans, having
been rendered so by a colony of Greeks sent there by Julius
Caesar, when it obtained the name of Noloum Oolmum. It was
the birthplace of the younger (and probably also of the
elder) Pliny, of Volta, and of Pope Innocent XI. A colos-
sal statue has been recently erected to Volta. Como is a
lake of North Italy, Lombardy, an expansion of the river
Adda, which enters it at the foot of the Lepontine and
Rhetian Alps, and quits it at Lecco, in the midst of moun-
tains from 1,000 to 1,300 feet in elevation. It is of a very
irregular shape, being separated into the two branches of Como
and Lecco by the promonotory of Bellagio. Extreme breadth
between Menaggio and Verona, three miles. Length, from Como
to Riva, thirty-five miles. Como is, on account of the beauty of
its basin, and its favorable exposure, the most celebrated of all
the lakes of North Italy. Its shores are covered with elegant
villas, among which are the Villa d’Este, long the residence of
Queen Caroline of England, and the Villa Lenno, on the sup-
posed sight of Pliny’s villa. The lake abounds in all kinds of
fish; its navigation is liable to interruption from sudden storms;
regular steam communication is established between its princi-
pal towns.

The national movement is spreading, and the town of Lecco
is free.

The Austrians in considerable force have occupied Dobbe.

The Austrian war steamer on the Lago Maggiore kept up a
three hours’ cannonade upon the town of Cannobbio, without
much effect.

Advices from Lugano, dated noon of the 28th, state that the
Austrians, pursued by General Garibaldi, were withdrawing to-
wards Milan.

General Garibaldi had occupied Camerlo and Lecco.

Insurrectionary movements have taken place in the Valtel-
line, and 800 Valtelline insurgents are now on board an Aus-
trian steamer.

Valtellina is a circle of the Austrian dominions. consisting of
the upper valley of the ‘Adda, southeast of the Grisons, and
forming the Austro Italian delegation of Sondrio, which, with
Tirano, Chiavenna and Bormio, are its chief towns.

M. Felix Belly, a letter from Nicaragua to Paris states, has
obtained the complete ratification of his grant of lands, and on
the 29th March ground was broken with great ceremony for. the
digging of the interoceanic canal. He has decided to build a
town on the site of Fort San Carlos; the streets are already
traced out, and houses in course of construction.

A Vienna letter of May 21, to the London Jfmes, says :—The
common people in Greece are of opinion that King Otho will
soon be obliged to abdicate in favor of the Grand Duke Con-
stantine, who is to have 60,000 men and the whole of the Rus-
sian fleet in the Mediterranean placed at his disposal by the Em-
peror, his brother. The Greeks also say that when Constaiftine
is on the throne the Ionian Islands, Thessaly, Epirus and Mace-
donia will be annexed to the kingdom of Greece. We learn
from Corfu that the fortifications of that island are to be
strengthened.

 

on the 30th of May, we have five

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

A Havre paper gives an account of the mode of purchasing
pursued by the Austrians. A soldier in white enters the shop of
an unfortunate Piedmontese, selects certain articles. astonishes
said Piedmontese by putting his hand into his pocket and draw-
ing out an Austrian note. Piedmontese knows no more of its
value than he does of the signification of the Chinese charac-
ters on a stick of India ink; but the soldier insists upon paying
for what he has bought, informs the shopkeeper that the note is
worth such or such a sum, demands and obtains the change in
cash, and bids adieu to the rueful shopkeeper with a polite bow.

A battalion of Hungarian volunteers, 2,000 strong, arrived at
Vienna on the 19th May, and were received with the most en-
thusiastic cheers by the people. i

The Madrid journals of the 19th of May, say an announce-
ment was issued the day before that the Spanish government
had withdrawn the permission which it had accorded for liold-
ing a meeting to raise subscriptions for the Italians anxious to
return to their own country; such a course, it declares, being of
an aggressive character against Austria, and contrary to a spirit
of strict neutrality. ’

The Emperor of the French, says a correspondent of the Salut
Public, of Lyons, has given King Victor Emanuel a proof of his
high esteem, by confiding to his command a corps of the French
army, which will form the left wing, the Emperor himself com-
manding the right.

The ofiicial Venice Gazelte publishes a notification announcing
that all attempts to injure the railway lines, or to cut the tele-
graph wires, shall be punished with all the rigor of martial law.

The Modena Messenger contains the following :—Our govern-
ment lately applied to that of Sardinia, requesting to be in-
formed whether or not Sardinia accepted the responsibility of
the invasion and usurpation of the territories of Este, Massa,
Carrara and Montignoso, effected by Sardinian agents and troops.
On receiving an afiirmative answer, our august sovereign imme-
dately addressed a protest on the subject to the friendly Courts
which signed the treaties of 1815. The protest formally disa-
vows all the possible consequences of the usurpation, and official
notice of it has been given to all parties concerned.

The Dresden Journal announces that the Grand Duke of Tus-
cany renewed on the 14th of May, at Ferrara, the protest he
made at Florence on the 29th of April, before the diplomatic
body, against the events which compelled him to quit the Duchy.
The Emperor Francis Joseph, as head of the House of Lorraine,
gave his adhesion to this protest.

The Herald’s St. Peterburg correspondent says : No little sen-
sation has been excited here by rumors of a secret alliance hav-
ing been concluded between Austria and the Porte, by which
the former engages to oppose any rising of the Christian popu-
lation of Turkey, and to assist the Sultan to suppress it, if ne-
cessary, by force of arms. This would at once call Russia into
the field, as she could never tolerate such an intervention, which
would moreover be a direct violation of the treaty of Paris, ac-
cording to which no action is to be taken in the affairs of the
Ottoman Empire except by joint agreement of the great Euro-
pean Powers. It is certain that Prince Couza, the newly elected
Hospodar of Moldavia and Wallachia, has inquired, confident-
ially, of our government whether he could depend upon the pro-
tection of Russia in case of an invasion of the Principalities by
Turkish or Austrian troops, and I have reason to believe that
the answer was satisfactory. Similar communications have
been made by old Prince Milosh, of Scrvia, which have elicited
the same reply; and although the Turks, alarmed at the increas-
ing effervescence among their Christian subjects, have collected
a. strong army in Bulgaria, under the command of Omar Pasha,
I should think that under the present circumstances they would
be cautious not to take any step that might lead them to a new

I-I CE N I 

war with Russia. in which, this time, they would neither have
France nor England to defend them.

The same writer also adds: The chief item of news from the
Caucasus is the fall of Vcden, the great stronghold of Schamyl,
which was taken by General Eudokimoff on the 13th ult., after
a siege of two months. The Iniaum had withdrawn from the
fortress before it was completely invested, and retired into the
heart of his mountain wilds, which considerably diminishes the
importance of our victory ; but by all accounts his prestige has
been completely destroyed by these reiterated defeats. The en-
tire population of the Tchctchnia have acknowledged the sover-
eignty of the “White Tsar,” and Scliamyl will hardly be able
to carry on the war much longer with the small hand of follow-
ers that no surround him, who are coopcd up among inhospita-
ble mountains, where they must suffer cold, hunger, and priva-
tions of every kind, and may be tempted to make their peace
with the Russians by delivering up their leader. General Eu-
doikmoff, who is undoubtedly the most successful commander
we ever had in the Caucasus, has been raised to the dignity of
Count, and received an autograph letter from the Emperor,
thanking him for his distinguished services.

THE WAR NEWS IN PERSIA.

A letter from Tehcran, of the 14th of April, contains the fol-
lowing :

The complications of European politics have begun to attract
particular attention on the part of the Emperor Nesr-Eddin. The
usual torpidity of the Persian government seems to have disap-
peared under the present circumstances, and there is some rumor
of an approaching difference between Persia and Turkey, for
which the ostensible cause would be the delimitation of the fron-
tiers. Considerable armaments are now in progress, and would
certainly be much more extensive if the Shah was not appre-
hensive of offending England and Russia. His Majesty had de-
termined to pass the summer season at the camp of Sultanieh,
which already contains 100,000 men under arms, and far supe-
rior to any other body of Asiatic troops. The infantry, especi-
ally, is well organized, and having been drilled by French officers,
would make no coiitemptible figure in conflict with European
troops. The Persian cavalry, however, would be utterly unable
to resist a charge of Europeans ; the horses of the country are
by no means inferior, but the men have ‘not been trained by
officers from Europe. It is stated as a curious historical fact,
that Persian soldiers never hold out long against the Russians,
who often have great difiiculty in dislodging Turkish troops;
on the other hand, the Persians are invariably victorious when
they encounter an equal number of Turks.

French influence is in the ascendant at Tcheran, while Eiig-
land is losing ground. The English are not liked here, and the
French, if they set about it in earnest, might soon supplant
English commerce in Persia. All French manufactures are
eagerly sought after, and the French name is held in great res-
pect by the people. I should like to see the bonds of alliance
between France and Persia drawn much closer, and the conse-
quences would be adva_ntageous to both nations.

INCIDENTS on THE BATTLE or MONTEBELLO.

THE correspondent of the London,News, writing from Turin on
May 21, says: The first victory has been won—may it be a good
one for the allied armies. This morning, as I was returning from
Osti, I gleaned some important details, which, I am happy to
say, enable me to give you a fair, if not a complete, description
of the battle which was fought yesterday, and which will be re-
corded in the annals of the present struggles as the battle of
Montebello.

Since Thursday night it had been rumored in our camp that
the Emperor of Austria had arrived at Pavia, in company with
the Field Marshal Hess. Our informants, who had come from
Argino to the head-quarters of Marshal Baraguay d’Hilliers
through the bushy paths of the Casitisma country, had also re-
ported that a great deal of warlike bustle and marching had
been noticed in the Austrian camp, near the bridge of La Hella.
Thfltelegraph has informed you that on Thursday an Austrian
corps coming from Slradella attacked the position of Casteggio,
chiefly defended by the people of that place. After a brilliant
stand made by Piedmontese cavalry, in which Capt. Pola was
slightly wounded, the Austrians were obliged to retire. As soon
as Marshal Baraguay d’H‘illiers got wind of the fact that the
Austrians were plotting mischief for next day, he gave his orders
to, Gen. Forey to be on his guard with his division. This distin-
guished ofiicer moved his forces, therefore, in the direction of
Montebello, as it was thought that, after the retreat of Thurs-
day, the enemy would perhaps again attack the advanced guard
of our army.

You will not have forgotten, that from the time of the Gallic
and Puuic wars down to the last great European conflict Monte-
bello and Casteggio have been important military positions.
This last mentioned place was besieged by Hannibal, who did
not really conquer it, but bought it from Publius Darius. A re-
markable memorial of the Carthagenian General still exists—a
spring of very pure water, called by immemorial tradition “ The
Fontana d’Annibale.” It was near Casteggio that on the 9th of
June, 1800, the great battle between‘ the French and the Aus-
trians was fought. This battle, so wonderfully described by
Thicrs, is usually called the Battle of Montebello, from the vil-
lage where the French finally routed the corps de reserve of the
enemy. Fifty years ago the fortune of the day was there decided
by Victor; yesterday it was decided by the bold assault of Gen-
eral Beuret, who paid with his life the victory obtained by the
Forey division, a brigade of which he commanded, and by the
Sardinian cavalry under the orders of Colonel De Sonnaz.

At 11 o’clock yesterday, 15,000 Austrians, under the orders of
General Zobel, were seen to move towards the Piedmontese posi-
tion of Montebello, which were occupied by 800 Sardinian horse-
men supported by two batteries. The Austrians wcre marching
in echelons, their right wing bent in the direction of Branduzzo,
their left flank supported by a large artillery, on Casona, whilst
their columns of attack of the centre advanced, by Piazale, to-
wards our lines of Montebello.

As soon as General Forey was roused by roll after roll of mus-
ketry on the left, and by the sharp report of Austrian and Pied-
montese guns, he marched with the second brigade of his devi-
sion in the direction of Montebello to support the Piedmontese
cavalry, which by this time had already advanced to meet the
encm .

Thz battle of Montebello scarcely admits of description. It
was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, hand to hand fights, of
sanguinary encounters, of desperate charges and assaults. The
shells and bullets of the Austrians burst so thickly among our
troops that our centre, already engaged, was obliged to fall back
on the right of our lines, retiring from Montebello, protected by
a ravine filled with brushwood, which descended towards the
main road of Veghera.

As General Beuret led on his men to support our centre, it
was observed that a body of the enemy had gained the top of a
hilly ground behind the French division on the right. A deadly
volley was poured into them, and, protected by the fire, both
Piedmontese and French came out from the ravine and went
boldly to meet the enemy. The effect of the new French guns,
carrying their bullets to a distance of more than two English
miles, was so great that the Austrians were soon obliged to fall
back on its reserve, and Montebello was again occupied by our
men. By this time the third and fourth brigades of General Fo-
rey’s division had reached the scene of the action. This distin-
guished officer had left in support of a small band of the national
guard—who, by the bye, fought bravely—his first brigade, send-
ing an orderly ofiicer of his staff to Marshal Baraguay d’Hilliers,
asking support if need be.

Having thus given his orders, he came on with his Zouaves at
the pas de‘cIuzrge. One battalion of Chasseurs d’Orleans rushed
by, “ the light of battle on their faces.” It was accompanied by
two battalions of the line, commanded by Duchef and Lacretelle.
The shock was terrible; Lacretelle fell dead from his horse, Ma-
jor Duchef fell dead after him; our men still advanced a la bag-
onetle. An Austrian Colonel and 200 Croats were made prison-
era. Assailed in front by the French; broken by the impetuosity
of the charge of the Sardinian Monferrato light horsemen, led by
the brave Colonel Morclli; attacked on the right by the second
brigade, and by our artillery all along the line, the Austrians
began to retire after a struggle of six hours. At five o’clock P.
M. they were driven pell mell down the hills towards Stradella
on one side, and towards Casatisma on the other, leaving mounds
of dead behind them.

We had won the day. The Austrians were therefore unable
to force our positions, though they were 15,000 strong, with a
powerful artillery, thus outnumberiiig us by 6,000 men. Forey’s

division numbered scarcely 8,000 fighting men, and was support-

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ed by 900 Sardinian horses. You must not forget that this brave
cavalry, led by young Colonel De Sonnaz, sustained for an hour
the flrst shock of the enemy, thus giving time to the French to
come up.

The last charge made by the Sardinians was fatal to Colonel
Morclli, who fell mortally wounded from his horse. Besides this
loss we have to deplore 200 dead and 300 wounded. Anionrrst
the last the names of Colonels Griot, Les Barre, De Bellefonds,
Dusmenil, and Major Ferussal, all French superior officers, are
to be noticed.

General Forey and the Sardinian cavalry colonel, De Sonnaz
behaved nobly. It is impossible to ascertain the loss sustained
by the enemy, because the oflicial report has not yet arrived in
Turin. According to the accounts of my informant, the Aus-
trians have lost 1,500 men, dead and wounded, to say the least.
It has been noticed that their men could not stand the impetuo-
sity of the Zouaves’ and Chasseurs’ bayonets and of Sardinian
swords. As soon as they were assaulted by the deadly weapons
they were all driven pell mell from their positions, and the vil-
lage of Montebello was thus taken and retaken thrice during the
action. I make no pretension whatever to send you a correct
description of the battle. As I have already said, this brilliant
exploit admits of no description; it is only a sketch that I present
to your readers.

Now, that the Austrians have left Vercelli and Tortona we
have the full details of their barbarous exploits. It would oc-
cupy some columns of your paper were I to record the endless
list of their attrocities. What is more shameful is, that these
outrages of Croats and Lancers and Bohemian Infantry were en-
couraged by generals and officers. At Vercelli the chief of the
Austrian commissarait actually stole a carriage and two horses
belonging to Count Mela. The poor coachman, who had driven
him to Mortara, thought it was his duty to remonstrate. He
was threatened with the bastinado. The coachman then asked
to have his cloak restored to him, and the answer was “llcmtello
star buono per mio domeslico” (the cloak will be useful to my ser-
vant). You would scarcely believe that the Austrian official
had the impiidence to write to Count Melta, thanking him for
the carriage he had stolen. An old peasant of the farm Aza-
vecchia, belonging to a Signor Larghi, was shot by a Croat be-
cause he could not move quickly enough. A boy, fifteen years
old, has_ been subjected to the bastinado at a place called the
Cappuccini, m the neighborhood of Vercelli. The poor lad has
been removed to the hospital, and there is but little hope of sa-
ving his life. At Ca.lcolabio, a small hamlet, three English
miles from Voghera, a young girl has been violated by an offi-
cer belonging to the Ugolini Croat regiment. The poor creature
could not stand the hame of the Slavonic brutality and threw
herself into a well, out of which she has been taken half dead.
The beautiful country house of Marquis Cusani Botto Adorno
has been plundered and devastated at Branduzzo, The valu-
able gallery, one of the finest in Lomellina, has been destroyed
to the last picture. A famous Madonna of Leonardo is thus lost
to the artistic world. At Pizzale, a village near Voghera, the
church has been plundered, and men and women barbarously
wounded by the Austrian sharp shooters, screened in a mvine_
Every bushel of corn, every sack of flour has been taken away
and every cask of wine emptied and wasted, the poor peasant;
being thus left starving and helpless.

If we were to believe our reporters, who came yesterda from
Gyulai’s licad-quarters of Mortara, the right wing of the ustri-
ans, the Emperor Francis Joseph arrived yesterday at Garlasco
between Pavia and Mortara, on the right bank of the Ticino:
His Majesty was accompanied by General Hess. It seems also
that the Austrian General Benedick is dead from a wound he got
in the affair of Vercelli. The Emperor of the French went yes-
terday, only attended by his aid-de-camp, to inspect the famous
battle field of Marengo. This morning he has gone to Vorrhera
to visit the men wounded during yesternay’s hard fight. Ifl am’,
correctly informed, Lieutenant Colonel Marchess has just left
Genoa on his way to Toulon. This gentleman, who was in the
Venetian navy before and during the insurrection of 1848, holds

now the place of Director of the materiel of the Royal Darsena at
Genoa.

   

FRENCH SOLDIERS ON THE MARCH.

Mr. TROWBRIDGE, of New Haven, has written the following let-
ter from Geneva to the New Haven C'ourz'er. It contains some
complimentary remarks on the discipline and order of the French
army, and the polite dcportment of the officers: — 

I have to acquaint you with our leaving Turin (not deeming
it prudent to expose the ladies to such immediate proximity of
the contest), at 9 P. M. on Monday, for this city, where we an-iv.
ed safely at 10 P. M. yesterday. Leaving Turin, we took the
cars for Susa, at the foot of the Alps, which usually occupies
about two hours; but being delayed by meeting l0no- 1;1~a,ins of
cars filled with French soldiers, we did not arrive till 12, mid-
night.

At Susa, a sublime scene awaited us. Immediately in the
large open space in the rear of the depot, 15,000 of the French
army arrived during the evening—some actively preparing to
take (as many as could) the cars. A wilder midnight—scene can
hardly be imagined. Camp-fires, with their dark line of smoke
throwing their lurid lights upon the immense hosts; the sound:
ings of bugles, the hurrying to and fro of ofiicers columns
marching, was a scene long to be remembered. For two hours
we were in the midst of all this, occupying, in common with offij
cers and soldiers, the cafe attached to the depot, from the door
of which we looked out upon the army, occupying even to the
spot where we stood, and by which they marched to the cars
sixty—five of which, drawn by three engines, took their departure;
while we waited,

It is strange what a perfect sense of security we felt surround.
ed by these regiments of soldiers. They were under the most
perfect discipline. Not a word was uttered that could offend
the most susceptible. The officers were extremely polite——even
amidst all the stern duties devolving upon them under such cir-
cumstances, never passing the ladies of our party without a pa.
lite salutation. They, with their men, were in high spirits and
although having endured a march of 33 miles across Mount ,Cem'§
since 4 A. M ., appeared fired with high enthusiasm for the fioht
At 2 A. M. we took the diligence, six in our party, Major Frgnk;
liii, of the Indian army, of whom I have in a former letter spo-
ken, being the sixth. We commenced the ascent with 18 mule;
attached to the diligence—the night very dark, with dense clouds
and rolling thunder.

At 5 A. M. we were well towards the summit, in the midst of
a heavy snow storm, the mountain being entirely covered with
it. At 6 A. M. we met the advance guard of the French and
soon the main body were in sight, the columns marching at’ease
(that is, each man allowed to march and carry his musket in thd
easiest way to him). Before we arrived at the foot of the moun-
tain, we had passed through over 20,000 soldiers of
For two hours they were marching through a pelting
Was it not an inspiring sight, then, in the Pass
encounter the French legions, fired with zeal, with their eagles
at their heads, anxious again to meet their old enemy on the
fields of Marengo and Lodi.

What a stiéange flqircumlstance that we should h
mitted to wi ness e sub ime sight? We were assin
their columns constantly for six hours. The i7)vorld%iz?sn::vg::-
seen such rapidity of movement as has been exhibited by Napo.
icon, in bringing on the field of action his legions.

the empire.
snow storm.
of the Alps, to

ave been per-.’.’

   

A DISPATCH from Vienna announces the death of the Ban Jel-
lachich, famous during the Hungarian war, as an unscrupulous
ruler, and a firm adherent of the Emperor of Austria. No Ban
of the Croats ever possessed such entire power over that wild

unruly tribe, as J ellachich. In spite of the life of warfare he’.
had led, he was devoted to the arts and sciences, and was the in-
ventor of the art of fixing the color on zinc, by means of acid

now so generally adopted, and which, in France, has increased
the value of zinc, according to returns of the Vielle Montague

more than forty per cent. during the last few years. ’

   

A connnsroxnnnr. in describing the Artesian well near Loni -l
ville, Ky., says it is _two hundred feet deep, and throws up a je
of one hundrqd feet} in hlililght. From the taste and smell of the
water I shou d ju «re t at in boring they had ta. d th .'
sewer, of his Satanicbmajesty’s dominions. ppe e mam

Tun violence of the late tornodo in Illinoi . b ‘ . .
from a story that is told of a pair of yoke cattlifnwiliicli itliafilggg
curely fastened to a white oak stump: when the storm passed by

the head, horns and yoke were found attached t th -
the remainder had “gone up.” 0 e Stump’ but