Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-03-07
HE MASSACRE AT MILAN.-The de-.
.a'les ot this horrible massacre are graph.
ieally described in the following letter,
dated BIZ EA Ea
:, 9Th and 9th Jan. T64s


ieallyfescribsd in the following letter.
Milan. 9Th and 9Th Jan. Is4s.
AsyOuare aware, the young Milanese,
and indeed the population of this cityeH-
masse, resolved. with spontaneous move.
msnt ofpaiFiolisms to cease using tobacco
atter the frst Of January instant. Behold,
IN order of date, the results of this reso
luton, which hasior Austria financial
Importance ofmAay millions. ,-,, s.,.,
q gcYf Isl, -EYerythipg passed quietly,
and IN accordance with the faith pledged.
Netthet cigar nor pipe was visible, and
eSen!ihe oidiscornedi the weakness yield
ing to the temptation Of private pinch of
snuff.
Jan. 2d.-This morning Sunday two
fervent lemons. the Austrian. Capt. Mel
perg, and Castle, an.American phrenolos
gist, followed by wretches kept in pay by
the police, and without name OF country.
showed hemselves on the Corso with,
cigar in mouth. They had scarcely made,
their appearance. when Captain Neipere
received blow which caused him To-
cease the obnoxious practice, and Castle
at the same moment had his cigar knock.
ed out Of his mouth with cane, The
rest OF The smokers, who were no more
than released convicts, were bissed. hoot.
ed, and pursued, till they made suitable
amends for the outrage. In the evening
numerous patrols of troops Of the line,
cavalry and infantry, furrowed the town:
but there was no disorder. -----
Al midnight Radetski, the octopenarin
reeProbate, furious and thirstiDg for Italian
blood, sent sums of money and cigars by
thousands, to all the barracks together
with an "Order of the Day." so strange,
that l translate it for you, word for
word:
''Soldiers! behold the cigars which YOU
will smoke to. morrow, while traversinp
the town. You have arms, Take care
Ofyourselves.
Jan. 3d.-Monday. Ala o'clock. the
garrison in bands of 90. 100, and 900
men, sailed out to traverse the town, with
cigars in their mouths, selecting the pub.
lie prOmcnades in defiance OF the inhab
ltant'. For some time the people rema IN.
ed mute and calm spectators Of this AL
dacity; but finally, losing all patience,
they gave vent to murmurs and Kisses.
The AustFians waited for no other provo.
cation; hui heated with wine and enraged,
fell upon the unaruIed populace. The
indiscriminate massacre that followed was
all that the Austrian Governor could de.
sire; tcnmmenced at 6, P. M, and did not
terminate ill midnight. A hundred and
fifty of the people were carried wounded
TO the hospital, and great numbers in like
condition received succor in private hous.
es. cannot give the number of the
dead; but among them is Manganini,
counsellor of the Court Of Appeals, man
60 years Of age, much publicly honored
and este slned. In raising his dead body,
p the police found means to insert dagger
into his pocket, to make it appear that this
Respectable magistrate was an insurgens.
~. The soldiers, drunk with wine and
blood, fell furiously even upon the dead
bodies; and one young man was pierced
with thirtytwo wounds. t4'
bands The Podesta, Court Casiti, who found
himselfin the crowd, was also arrested:
recognized soon after, he insisted on being
conducted with the rest of the police.
When there. he announced, with much
indignation, to TOresani, the director of
. the police, that il his administration did
not forthwith given ample satisfaction to
the people and magistrates, for the disor.
der excited by it, he himself would hear
their complaints to the Emperor at Wen
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