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      Position Of The Allies And The Austrians...

      appear , his Majesty the Emperor of the French , disregarding the standard rule of warfare , to leave no fortress in the rear untaken , intends to give Verona the gp-by , and push on to the east of Venice , withr out troubling himself with the formidable square of fortresses on the Mincio and Adige . Since the 10 th of June , the corps of General Niel and a PLedmontese brigade have been organised , so as to be able to join Garibaldi in his attack against the southern part of the Tyrol . There are two easy roads through the mountains to Itoveredo and Trient , General Niel , when once in possession of Trient or Roveredo , can , if he likes , push on at once to tke rear of the Austrians , and establish himself at Vicenza . Napoleon would then , either by an attack on Verona , or an advance a little to the east , have to restore his communication with these troops from the north . Supposing the case that the movements sketched out in these hasty words be cleverly executed , the Austrians would have kept their inaccessible fortresses , but lost Italy . *' Some encounters took place on Thursdaj r . The Sardinians advanced from Lonato in the direction of Peschiera , and had an affair with Austrian outposts . The French , after some fighting , passed the Chiese at Montechiaro , with great force , and pushed a reconnaissance as far as Goita , in the direction of Mantua . These encounters were evidently but insignificant , though the report from Turin , which is , as yet , the onty one we have received , tries to make the most of them . The loss of life seems to have been very small .

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      Affairs At Venice. On The 14th The Rumou...

      AFFAIRS AT VENICE . On the 14 th the rumour was spread in this city that the French were coming , and . that the Austrians were about to capitulate . A large crowd was soon collected in the Piazzetta , which continued to perambulate the Piazza and the Piazzetta very harmlessly ; but towards five o ' clock some noisy patriots began to hiss before the Austrian guard-house at the Palazzo Dogale , and as the soldiers made no demonstration , their example was speedily followed , and there ' was a regular tumult of fteschi , via i Tedeschi , & c . The soldiers behaved very sensibly : they brought out their colours , formed hi a long line , and the officer ordered his men to load with ball cartridge and to fix bayonets ; and three summonses made , the mob dispersed . About six o ' clock an order was posted up recommending all well-disposed people to stare a casa , and intimating that the soldiers would make use of their arms on the slightest provocation . The Piazzetta . and the Piazza San Marco were filled with troops during the night . On the 20 th the commander of the fortress announced that : several disturbers of the peace had been expelled the town . The arrival of foreigners at "Venice is onlj' allowed on special permission . " We are in a comfortable state here , trul y , " says a letter from Venice ;—" a , French fleet outside —proclamations inside , stating that at the smallest sympton of insurrection the city will be subjected to fire and sword , and that anybody ringing church bells , waving a flag , ov making a signal of any kind , will be immediately shot , without the formality of a trial . The excitement I find to l > c a most excellent thing for a sluggish liver ; " it beats calomel hollow . The Milan Gazette relates that on the 6 th the authorities of that city ordered n grand illumination for the victory of Magenta . The Venetians , it ia added , were thrown into consternation at this news , but were soon consoled on seeing at a distance the French fleet illuminating also ! A French squadron , with 15 , 000 fighting men . on board , has quitted Toulon , and it is suspected that the expedition is directed to the Tagliamento , a sluggish and shallow river , whicl ) rises in the Julian Alps , and falls into the Adriatic a few miles to tho east of Venice . It is . probable that tho Piave , which is close to Vonice , has not dept h of water enough for vessels carrying artillery . A corps d ' arm € e has loft Vienna for tho coast , and another corps , under Lieutenant-Gonoral Count Degciifold , is now passing through Germany on its way to the Southern Tyrol . « -

      Attitude Of Prussia. Tub Nord Announces ...

      ATTITUDE OF PRUSSIA . Tub Nord announces that in tho province of Brandenburg tho 4 th , 7 th , and 8 th corps of tho army will take up position between tho Lower and Central Rhino ; the 3 rd and Oth upon the Upper Rhine and tho Mahie j the 5 th corps ( Poson ) will proceed to its destination by the route of Silesia , Saxony , and Bavaria . The doparturo of troops will take place about the 1 st of July . , , We also learn that Prussia lias demanded permission to march 31 , 000 troops through Hanover to the Ifchino between tho let andtlio 5 th of July . . ¦ " Those telegrams ( says % \\ Q Daily News ) are calculated to glvo rlso to exaggerated apprehensions , if regarded apart from the diplomatic attitudp of the Prussian Government . So far us those military arrangements tend to commit Prussia to active intervention at a futuro stage of tho war , they , of

      course , add to the complications of European politics ; but at present they are merely precautionary . The advance of a Prussian army to the Rhine after a grave diplomatic disagreement with France , such , as the rejection of an offer of mediation , would have a seriousness which would be incontestable . But that is not the present situation . Although the Prussian Government has announced its intention to interfere diplomatically for the restoration of peace , it has not yet thought the time come for proposing bases of pacification to France . Much remains , therefore , to be done before a case for the employment of these troops can arise .

      Prussia arras in order that when the time for mediation comes she may intervene with effect . It follows from-what we have stated , that the reports of the Belgian papers respecting the terms of Prussian mediation are premature . Should the conflict on the Mincio prove of a decisive character , and not degenerate , owing-to the successful resistance ' of the fortresses , into a protracted war , the diplomatic intervention of Prussia will probably follow the first great battle . Early in the week we noticed t . he prevalent rumour that a treaty had been concluded between Austria and Prussia with reference to this war . We are enabled to state that this report is completely erroneous . "

      The Holy Father And His Subjects. The Ci...

      THE HOLY FATHER AND HIS SUBJECTS . The city of Perugia , in the Papal States , obeying the impulse given from Northern Italy , declared openly for Italian unity , established a kind of provisional municipal Government , and offered to place itself under the dictatorship of the King of Sardinia . The King of Sardinia , under the guidance of-the Emperor " of ' the French , declined' the offer . The city was consequently left to sue for mercy from the Papal Government , which , however , it does not seem to have boen inclined to do . A despatch from Turin says :-: —Advices have been received from Arezzo to the 21 st . The Swiss regiments which have left Rome attacked Perugia on the 20 th hist . Great resistance was made , ' notwithstanding " that the defender . * were few . After three hours'fighting outside the . town the Swiss entered , and the combat continued , for two hours in the streets . The Swiss trampled down and killed even women and inoffensive persons . The next day the outrages , arrests , and firing on the people recommenced . The town is in a state of siege . " Doubts are thrown upon the accuracy of a speech attributed to the King of Sardinia declining the dictatorship of Bologna . It now appears that the King has actually appointed two provisional administrators of Bologna—the Marquis d'Azeglio and the Marquis de Rora , and that he does not intend to abandon the Roman provinces to anarchy if the Pone shows himself unable to protect them .

      Garibaldi. Tins Chieftain Has Issued A B...

      GARIBALDI . Tins chieftain has issued a bombastical proclamation to the inhabitants of Brescia , which wns received with tumultuous enthusiasm . " The incredible successes of Garibaldi and his band ( says a contemporary ) against strong divisions of disciplined troops are now explained . That active and daring partisan commands no motlej * troop of adventurers or outcasts . The * Chasseurs of tho Alps' represent the volunteers of Italy fighting for their freedom . When we learn that a single town of some 40 , 000 inhabitants gave 3 , 000 willing and eager soldiers to Garibaldi ' s corps wo nro no longer at a loss to corapreliend that leader ' s victories . Tho truth is , that he has been thrown into the very country best prepared for hia reception , and best calculated to provide him with what ho needod . Garibaldi had but to advnneo and occupy . With a consummate appreciation of his duty this intrepid chieftain pushed his enterprises to tho very verge of temerity , Knowing that audacity , under such circumstances , was his true policy , he declined no odds , however desperate , nnd soon found that the followers whom ho lost by his daring were replaced by volunteers attracted by his renown . Altogether , what with the universal sympathy of the population , the natural advantages of tho country , and the prestige now acquired l > y five weeks of victory , it is probable that Garibaldi commands as effective a division of troops as « ny in the Italian armies . "

      The Ac Cusation Against Marshal Count Ca...

      THE AC CUSATION AGAINST MARSHAL Count Cavouh has addressed a circular to tho ministers of Sardinia abroad , in which lie brings a charge against this Austrian general amounting to nothing loss than cold-blooded murder . He says that on tho 20 th of N * y «¦* Torrioella , an Austrian patrol arrested tho constable of tho vlllngo , and comnollea him to take thorn to tho house of a family named Cignoli . Waving searched ovorv pnrt of tho house the soldiers ordered all tho family and somo other persons who happened to bo in tho farmyard

      to follow them . The search had resulted in the discovery of asmall amount of shot . The persons arrested were nine in number—seven men , a girl , and a boy of fourteen . The patrol led them up to tlie Austrian commander , who was on horseback on the high road , in the midst of his men . After exchanging a few words in German with the soldiers in charge of the prisoners the commandant told the constable who had served as a guide to remain where-he was . He then ordered the nine i : nfortunate peasants , who could not make themselves understood , and who were trembling all over , to descend into a path by the roadside ; they had scarcely gone a few steps when the commandant gave a signal to a platoon to fire on them Eight of these unfortunate men fell dead ; old Cignoli , mortally wounded , gave no signs of life . The Austrian troops resumed their march , and the conimandant , -turning : to the constable , told him he might go ; and that he might not bo detained by other Austrian troops in the neighbourhood he gave him a card to present , if necessary , as a safe conduct . This card was a simple visiting card , bearing , under a count ' s coronet , this name : — " Feld .-Marscb . all-Lieutcnant Urban . " Shortly afterwards the inhabitants approached the spot . Old Ciguoli , who had recovered his senses , was taken to the hospital at Vog . hcra , where he died five d ; iys afterwards . ' Such enormities , " says the Count , " need no comment . It is an assassination as cowardly as it is vile , and of which , at most , an . example could be found only among savages and barbarians . ' ' We are glad to observe that the Austrian Government declares it is in a position to oppose a flat denial to the reported cruelties attributed to General Urban in the message of Count G . ivour . The Austrian Government , promises soon to publish ample details .

      Count Scirltck. The New Commander-An-Chi...

      COUNT SCirLTCK . The new commander-an-chicf of the Austrian army was born at Prague and entered the military service in 1808 . At the battle of Aspcrn , in ISO !) , he was lieutenant of lancers in the coi-ps of General Hubna . In ISI . ' j he was named chef d'escsi'dron and orderly officer to the Emperor Francis JJ ., and took part in all the principal engagements of that ' period . He lost ail . eye in the battle of Wrtehau , which prevented his beinjy employed during tlie campaign of ¦ ' 1814 . The remainder of his promotion to that of general of division took place during a time of peace . After the involution of Vienna , in 1848 , he was appointed commandant of a corps d ' armec , not more than 8 , 000 strong . He succeeded in maintaining himself against th < e insurgents , and when he was afterwards united to General Hnynau against the revolted Hungarians , he took a . brilliant part in that campaign , particularly in opposing the junction of the armies of Dembinski and Gcorgey , and in co-operating by that manoeuvre in thu surrender of CJuorgey to the Russians , In 1854 , when Austria armed at tho time af the Eastern question , he had successively the command of the 1 st and 4 th corps d ' amide in Gallicia . Count Schlick is a distinguished and energetic soldier , and a great favourite with the army , every member of which knows by si ^ ht the veteran , who for many years has worn u bluck patch over his left eye . Schlick is an excellent cavalry officer , but it remains to be seen whether lie knows how to handle an army of 150 , 000 men . General Count Degenftild , who formerly belonged to the corps oi Engineers , succeeds Sehliuk » s commander of tho 4 th army .

      Mr, Buchanan On The Union. Pjussidbnt Br...

      MR , BUCHANAN ON THE UNION . Pjussidbnt BroiiANAX was entertained at Ralcigli , North CuToliiia , on the 2 nd inst ., and responded to mi address as follows :- ^ - " My public life has been a long one , and I have been engaged in many political battles ,. nnd they are now rewarded hy your muiIoh of approval . I am glad to be hero in I he capital ot North Carolina , which you h ave rightly niimci Raleigh , thus aiding in perpetuating that great name . Ho fell a victim to a waulc und pusillanimous tyrant t but , thank God , nothing of that kind can occur hero-no such injustice can . be perpetrate , ! in this land of liberty . It has become fashionable now-a-duyfl to discus * the valuo of tho iTniAn . it was not fashionable twenty yoara ago .

      It was not every transitory evil that led us to a division of the Union . Let the friends of a separation of tlwi Union succeed , and tho cause o civil and rolifflous liberty throughout tho world will receive a deathblow . My friends havo spoken of tho war procroBflin g in Europe , In which kings nru endeavouring to overthrow dynasties , and generals to win now glories , wliilo tho poor people , who are really tho Buirerorfl , are not thought of . Thin npoctuclu ought to teach us tho valuo of our institutions . I lore you are to-day a body of sovereigns , who have elected mo your executivo—not your ruler—whoso aotn are to bo jealously watched and accounted for , beside © some acts lor which lie Is not guilty . Though the sun of my political lite is growing dim , I shall novor

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 25, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25061859/page/7/