The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-06-12

who leveed their rifles at him and his soldiers
Nevertheless, he began forming up his men, asl
well as the nature of the ground would permit,
when Vardarelli appeared upon a projecting
Ecrag.-" Down with your arms or you are dead
men! he shouted in voice Of thunder. The
bandits repeated his summons, and the echoes
repeated their voices, so that the troops who had
not made the same VOW as their colonel, who
thought themselves surrounded by greatly supe-I
ror numbers, cried out for quarter, in spite of
the enreates and menaces of their unfortunate
commander Then Vardarelli, without leaving
his position, ordered them to pile their arms, and
TO march to two different places which he point
ed out TO them. They obeyed, and Vardarelli,
leaving twenty ofhis men in their ambush, came
down with the remainder, who Immediately pro-
lceeded to render the Neapolitan mllskets use
less, (for the moment at least,) by the same pro-
cess which Gdliver employed to extinguish the
conAagration of the palace at Lilliput
The news of the affair put the King in very
bad humor for the first twenty-four hours, after
which time, however, the love of Joke over
coming his anger, he laughed heartily, and told
the story to every one he saw; and as there are
always lots of listeners when King narrates,
three years elapsed before the colonel ventured
icule of the court.
The general commanding in CaIabria takes
the matter rather more seriously, and vows the
destruction of the banditti. BY offers of large
pay and privileges, they are induced to enter
the Neapolitan service, and prove highly eff
cient as troop of gendarmes. But the general
cannot forget his old grudge against them; al
though, for lack of opportunity, and on account
olo r,DffI, lo,r
ged to defer his revenge for some time. Att
last he succeeds in having their leaders assas-
mated, and by pretending great indignation, and
Imprsoning the perpetrators of the deed, he lulls
the suspicious of tho remaining bandits, whoI
elect new officers, and, on an appointed day,
proceed 10 the town of Foggia to have their cleo
ton confirmed Only eight of them, apprehen-
sive of treachery, refused to accompany their
comrades The remaining thirty-one, and wo-
man who would not leave her husband, obeyed
the generals summons.
1t was on Sunday, the review had been public
| ly announced, and the square was thronged with
spectators. The Vardarel entered the town in
perfect order, and armed to the very teeth, but
giving no sign of hostility or mistrust. On reach
ing the square they raised their sabres, and with
one voice exclaimed, g Vipa IL Rel" The gen
eral appeared on his balcony to acknowledge
their salute. The aid-de-camp on duty came
down to receive them, and after complimenting
them on the beauty of their horses and good
state of their arms, desired them to file past un-
der the generals window, which they did with
precision worthy of regular troops. They then
formed up again in the middle of the square and
dismounted.
The aid de-camp went into the house again
with the list of the three new officers; The Var
darelli were standing by their horses; when sud-
denly there was great confusion and movement
III the crowd, which opened at various places,
and down every street leading to the square,
column of NeapoGtan troops was seen adyan-
cling.
The Vardarellwere surrounded on all sides--
Perceiving at once that they were betrayed, they
sprang upon their horses and drew their sabres;
but at the same moment the general took off his
hat, which was the signal agreed upon; the COM
mand "Faccia in terra" was heard, and the
spectators throwing themselves on their faces
the soldiers fred over them, and nine of the
brigands fell to the ground, dead, or mortally
wounded. Those who were unhurt, seeing they
had no quarter to expect, dsmounted, and form
ing compact body, fought their way to an old
castle, in which they took refuge. Two only
trusting to the speed of their horses, charged
the group of soldiers that appeared the least nu-
Imerous, shot down two of them, and succeeded
i'll breaking through the others and escaping
The woman owed her life to similar piece of
daring, effected, however, on another point of
the enenly's line. She broke through, and gal
loped off, after having discharged both her pis
tolls with fatal effect
J, The attention of all was now turned to the
remaining twenty Vardarelli, who had taken ref
uge in the ruined castle.-The soldiers advanced
r against them, encouraging one another, and ex-
! pectng to encounter an obstinate resistance but
/ to their surprise, they reached the gates of the
castle without shot being fired at them. The
, gate was soon beaten in and the soldiers soon
, spread themselves through the halls and gale
ries of the old building But all was silence and
| solitude; the bandits had disappeared.
t After and hour had passed in rummaging eve
) ry corner of the place, the assaants were going
5 away in despair, convinced that their prey had
a escaped them when a soldier who was STOPPING
$ down to look through the air hole of a cellar,
t fell, shot through the body.
The Vardarelli, were discovered; but still it
G was no easy matter to get at them.
S Instead of losing men by direct attack, the
G soldiers blocked up the ar-hole with stones, set
+ guard over it, and then going round to the door
= fthe cellar, which was barricaded on the inner
side, they heaped light faggots and combustibles
against it, so that the staircase was soon one i'm
@ mense furnace, After time the door gave
c way, and the fire poured torrent into the re.
G treat of the unfortunate bandits. Still pro
G found silence reigned in the vault. Presently
two carbne shots were fred; two brothers, de-
d termned not to fall alive into the hanos of theiI
is enemies, had shot each other in DEATH A mo
& ment afterwards an explosion was heard; bandit
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