Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-10-30
Y.lfA IN Italy.

u. f.ladstonesS revelations or what ne saw ana
Ia 4 Itsly, are exciting great attention. One
~ eases Ne describes is that OF Carlo Poerio,
.sS:,st minister under the constitution, denour-
IN low police agent as one of a reasonable
Ms.!,.~v. md tried last winter. The evidence
En:.S NJ Gladstone heard in open court was Of
nn. .".c.f ;nconcMsve kind, or conclusive only
vi ~ d. smrnorted by manifest perjury. The Pres
L'~s - In Court. one Navarro, was one of the
asss r... shom the alleged conspiracy was to des-
kas. 80 ~ tried the case, fined the counsel at
W.: os,e hundred dacats for ohiecting to his
E.s.oce. and eventually voted for the death Of
~ .rcased Indeed, all the judges are entirely
1ceodent On the government, and by them at
isstA Rcerio was found guilty OF belonging to
~ republican sect, and condemned to twenty
lsnr wears Of irons.
" y! Gladstone saw him in the bagnio Of Nisida
- hs conviction. with fifteen others. in low,
ARROW dungeon, chained in pairs. Their chains
- !. foliows: each man wears strong leath-
!, .;rth round him above the hips. To this are
.lMsrsI .he nnper ends Of two chains. One chain
q sc.r iorc heavy links descends to kind of
Scnhle ring 6xed round the ankle. The second
chain consists Of eight links. each OF the same
WEIGHT and length with the four, and this uni'es
the fro prisoners together so that they can staaa
about six feet apart. Neither OF these chains IS
srer nndone day or night The dress of the con-
,,er felons which. as well as the felon's cap. was
there worn by the late cabinet minister OF King
Terdinand Of Naples, is composed of rou I'll and
ra.rse red Jacket, with trousers of the same ma
s.r;al-very ike the cieth made in this country
hom what i called devils dust; the trousers are
,s.,lr black in color. On his head he had
suali can. which makes up the suit; it is of the
- material. The trousers button all the way
D, hat they may be removed at night without
dftarhing the chains.
The weight Of these chains. understand, IS
aleut eight retoli, or between sixteen and seven
Zen English pounds, for the shorter one, when
must Be doubled when we give each prisoner his
haN Of the longer one. The prisoners had a
heeyy linpsng movement, much as if one leg had
~ shorter than the other. But the refinement
q suffering in this case arises from the circum-
aaace that here we have men OF education and
keh feeling chained necessarily together. For
= nnrnose are these chains nndone anu the
reanins Of these last words must be we'll coasisi-
sred: thew are to be taken strictly. This system
q lettering was invented for these very gentle
men. poerio, fast sinking under hss calamity,
was advised to let his mother snpplcate the king
On his behalf but steadily refused. He has since
been removed to Ischia, further from pubic m
terest. - .s.s#@ ~
@Neyer befcre,s Mr. Gladstone concludes his
narrative. shave conversed, and never probably
shall I converse again. with cultivated and ac-
conplished gentleman, Of whose innocence. oSe-
dience TO law, and love Of his country was so
firmly and 30 nationally assured: whilst he stooa
before me amidst surrounding feions, and clad in
the vile uniform Of guilt and shame But he is
now gone where he will scarcely have the orpor-
tunity even Of such conversation. cannot hon
estlv suppress nv conviction that the object IN
TIE case Of Poerio, as man of mental power
sufficient TO be feared. is to obtain the scaffold's
aim by means more cruel than the scatfo'd,, an'
without the outcry which the scaffold would Gre
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