The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-10-29 00:00:00

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his feet. In the struggle he received a .tab from •
dagger belonging to one of the agents in his right side,
and again fell to the ground, this time to rise no more. me
corpse was laid on • bier and carried in triumph to the qua.
Iwo. All the town rushed out to nail terrore della Montagne,
and all that day and the next following people continued
assembling before the Palette San Glingtmo ; it became nee
cessiu7 to place sentinels at the gates In order to prevent
the multitude from invading the house. A deputation of the
lower classes actually came to Cavalier. Colmeyer, and re-
quested that the dead body might be publicly exposed; but
he wisely refused. In the evening, however, It wee brought
to the Campo Santo Vecchio, whither the mob proceeded.
Many carriages were to be seen there, for there wag
scarcely • Neapolitan who did not try to catch
a glimpse of the body ; one touched it with his
stick, another put his hand into the wound, all more or lees
insulted the corpse, so that once more • guard was required
to protect the dead man. 11. 1. described as robust, without
corpulency, and his complexion Is said to be remarkably fair.
His features had a calm, almost dignified, uprestion, and
were regular and agreeable. Ills hands and feet were ex-
ceedingly small—aristocratic, as an eyewitness of his as
turn expreues himself ; the whole appearance of the body, in
short, placid and &Hindle,.
On him the police found several object', which! enumera*
as they are eloquently demonstrative of the strange mental
condition of the man and the singular contradiction between
hie conduct and alleged, pub/ape unfeigned, faith. There
was a common little portfolio, with a great many letters
bearing different addresses, according to the numerou
feigned names which the briganie wee wont to annum On
one side of the portfolio were written in his own rough
handwriting, eeverel verses directed to the Bavionr—"o
cuore di Ceeii quell° C tiro posso fats" In Italian " 0 euere
di Gesu, 5001 ch' 10 die° posse far (a..) This was not the only
token of his fervent piety; for he wore a little armlet with
the Image of St. Ciro round hls neck and carried In his
pocket • little brau eatenairs, containing fragments of the
bones of Santa f'rencesca, Han Colombo, San Giattloo, /Lod a
Mt of the Holy Virgin's veil; besides an Image of :ants
' Marta della Palm.% a meditation on the passion of Our
Saviour, a paper with the worde, "Antonio Cazeolino, I am
the son of Mary addoloralcs, for in the heaven is the Lord,
and nobody to more master than he." Further were
found a half sheet of the Gazette del Popolo of the
20th of May. an elementary alphabet with the catechism,
which seems to have served him the purpose of a spell-
ing book; • white cambric handkerchief of the finest tex-
ture, with two P.'s and • crown embroidered in the
corner of it, and another common red and white mocker-
chief ; 40f. in paper money, and • few eons; a photograph of
his own estimable person ; • letter which hu not been
shown; his long dagger, and, &still more dangerous weapon,
• matchbox. In order to strike terror into the hearts of his
victims, he used in say to them, "You must either pay me
SO much or I shall set fire to your house," showing the
matchbox, and, indeed, he more than once executed
his threat. The inexhaustible pockets of thin sanc-
tified brigand coetained • great many more ar-
ticles ; for Instance, a small linen bag, wherein were
flutrea of saints, among others, that of the Virgin, San
Joseph, and the Bambino, with the words "Usaft. Giuseppe,
Maria—Vi done ilcuore e Vanirea sans ;" an image of Notre
Dame de Salette, and several others buides. But the crown
of all was • Hut, I cannot tell whether consecrated or not,
wrapt in a paper, both wafer and paper red with blood, wine,
or the dye of the red flannel he wore. By all this you may
gee that the legend did not err °oncoming hlm, for he had
his legend to the following effect :—Cacctitere Sant' Antonio,
having alwaye carried about him relics of the Saints and our
Saviour 'duly consecrated in the form of the Host," wits In- /
vulnerable to gun or sword. • In this latter point the legend, I
however, proved false, and the photograph had well-nigh ,
proved a better defence than the Host itself, for It had been '
perforated in the middle by the mortal stab.

Tim French nattoe awn Li poems.-- -
found Itself compelled to carry on • war which -it —hia
neither sought nor wished for. The Governmert which was stoics extemporized declared that It had no other choirs
than to maintain the national honour and reodablish peace.
of She .ot=sTirsrattetessqu anwdlltrt:tre
demands the war goes on, although Ste authors have Weep-
peered, Frenob ambition ham no existence, and the manifest
desire of France Info pm,oe.
II It is further stated that in consequence of the reverses
which she has experienced France cannot carry on the war,
and that she ought, therefore, to acoept any conditions
which Prude annexed to peace.
Thus • war in which ambition was the secret motive is
replaced by a war in which ambition la mealy avowed
The Prussian army besieges Paris.
Why does It not enter Paris I Why does pads, 551'
rounded by the enemy and cut off from every other part of
France, offer inch unanimous, energetic, aid persevering
resistanoe—reeletance moat assuredly unexpected by the
besiegers Why Is France stirred to the very depths
thronglimat her whole length and breadth? In some paste,
teem want of mean. of defence, she can only show
bee emotion in bitter grief, but la most parts the
nation kindle" with • fury of patriotism It is be-
elines France refines to submit, o a foreign 'OWE,
as she his refused to hubmit any longer So an arnitirell
power without any effectnal check upon It DU became
die will neither submit to conquest nor courtlier. France
te no longer ambitious, but she is still proud, and the
will not lose her old activity. Do people think that
the example of Paris, which is so powerfoi in time of
peace, will be powerless In time of war Do they sup-
pose that fa.' army corps, still Incemplete, but
which are being formed in the Went, on the Loire,
In the South at Lyons, will remain Inert In the*
cradles and not march to the aid of Pada f Do they
Imagine that the inhabitants, driven Dom thekg burning
villages, will "tend motionless, waiting for the Mme when
they have permission to return to them f Is it likely that
the Volunteers the Franc-Tirane wandering In the woods,
will throw down their arms because their country is helpless?
Will the popular fervour, which is alwaym so ready to burst
Into demagogic pasaionate extremes, be appeased by • sign
from a diplomatic agent?
We do not know, and no one can foresee, how great may
li. trials France may still have to endure, nor to what ex-
tent slm may be called upon to show her courage and her
powers of enditranoe. net the trials will not fall upon
France alone ; and whether the draggle is short or long,
whether it is carried on without interruption or suspended
for a time she will not be found wanting to herself France
has material resources which no disasters can exhaust, and
moral courage which will be, not destroyed, but developed
by her reverses.

posseuttn

Will Prussia make an equitable peace with her, one that
does not threaten either her security or her dignity Or
will France be condemned to suffer and to struggle OD in-
definitely and at all risks/ This la now the great question
before us, and I do not hesitate to affirm that Europe is quite
as much interested in the answer as France.
Putting aside all chance, which may arise in the struggle
between the two belligerents, the speedy and peaceful
solution of thla question is In the hands of the neutral
Powers. They are not called upon for material intervention,
they need have no fear of being dragged into the war. 111,
weey wature.l that utey enould refuse anything that might
compromise them, but no one nein It. Still the more I re-
flect the more I am convinced that the moral influence of
the neutral Powers is all that Is necessary. Let them
declare that they are determined not to recognize any extra-
regent demands, and not to sanction, in behalf of Europe, a
false and precarious peace.

Neither Prance nor Prusda are dull blind Powers. They
are now set free from the Imperial Government which corn.
promised both and incited one against the other. Let them
chow that they wlil neither of them exceed reasonable
limlte—Pruasia in her dame, and France in her resistance.
It is for the neutral Powers to assign these limits. By to
doing they will acquire the glory of having establiabed in
Europe • policy if inn dreamt of, sometimes already em-
ployed, and that not without honour and result—namely,
the policy of a great European azbltratton In the duels of
nations.

have fits, and drag at loot one leg after you,
! you need not expect to receive either compensation
or compassion. And then you lose in pounds, shil-
lings, and pence. Your life Is not so good to Insure—
times aacinsdotßas will reject it altogether. You
"van .111 the doctor more frequently. Being less able to
bear privations in respect of warmth and luxury, your
habits are of necessity more expensive. You require
more money, and you feel leas capacity to torn it. You
have, in truth, expended or been robbed of a good deal
of vitality in • very short spaoe of time; in general
terms it may be safely said that • person who has been
really "severely shaken" in a railway collision loses,
on • favourable computation, at least three years out
of his life. Youth, resolution, and a sound constitu-
tion will, no doubt, get • man over it if the changes
are functional, not organic; but considering that
almost invariably the accidentmighthave been avoided
by ordinary carefulness and punctuality, even in
that case his injuries are a just cause of provocation
to the sufferer."