Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-07-21
MORE ABOUT NAPLES.

Our readers have not forgotten the thrill OF
horror which ran through the free portion OF
Christendom when Mr.. Gladstone disclosed the
outrages practced in the name OF justice by the
Government of Naples, or when Emile Girardin
denounced the barbarities inflicted on the unhap-
ply thousands languishing in the prisons of the
Roman States. The facts they stated have been
vaguely denied indeed, but never disproved, and
the denial has only serverd to deepen the gen.
eral conviction of their truth. The facts we
are now about to state are equally authentic
When the last Sicillian revolution broke ont,
a German gentleman, engaged in learned stud
les and residing on the island, took part in it.
After the rising was suppressed he succeeded in
making his escape to Turkey, where he now oc-
cupies highly respectable position But his
name, which is Peters, necessarily remained be-
hind him, as an object Of suspicion and hostility
to the Neapoiton police and every man bearing
such name, is of course foe. Recently Prus-
sian merchant of that name went to Naples by
steamer on pressing business but although he
had not the slightest resemblance to the former
revolutionist and his passport was in perfect or
der, permission to land was refused him, and a
guard was put on board, expressly to keep him
from going ashore. Surprising it must be an
error, he waited week in sight Of the city, but
to the ambassador Of his country, asking him to
have the misunderstanding remeded The diplo-
mat FASTENED TO the Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
who was astonished, regretted the affair and
promised to have it made right immediately
The unlucky Peters was now allowed to land,
but no sooner had he got ashore than swarm
Of gems d'armes fell upon him, and he was flung,
in chains, into filthy dungeon upon an island
in the vicinity, among robbers, murderers, and
the very dregs of Naples. This was done with
out judicial process, without hearing, without
the allegation of any ground, in short, without
any of the forms usual in civilized Countries
The poor fellow was kept there four weeks, un-
til finally, by lavish promises, he so far corrupt
ed one of the jailors, that he provided him the
means OF communicating his situation to the
Prussian Ambassador. The Ambassador has
tened to the authorities to complain, and de-
mand satisfaction. The authorities shrugged
their shoulders, and promised to remedy the
wrong. In fact, Mr.. Peters was presently freed
from his claims, and received a written declara-
ton that he was innocent, accompanied by an
order to leave the city at once, that is to say,
without attending to the business which had
brought him there.
Another gentleman of great wealth and high
social position, with the rank of Baron in Prussia,
was staying in Naples and took notion to
travel on foot to Rome. He had money plenty
and his passports in his pocket, but in the vicn-
ity of Fond, Terracina, while yet on Neapoitan
soil, he was beset by robbers, plundered Of ev-
cry thing, abused and left nearly naked. In des-
pair, he dragged himself back to Fondi gave in
formation of his misfortune and asked for the
means of returning to Naples. Instead of this,
he was arrested as highly suspicious indvidu-
al without passport, and confined in a wretch
ed hole. He begged and prayed to be sent to
Naples, even as prisoner, or at least to be al
lowed to write there. Both were refused, and
he was kept in prison for several weeks, till at
last, by promising rich reward, he succeeded
in smuggling through letter to the Ambassa-
dor, by whose active mediation he was soon set
free.
Such is the barbarous administration Of what
they call justice in the States of the Neapoitan
Bourbon, in whose dominions Plus TX. sought
an asylum when fleeing from Republican liber-
ty at Rome. Such abuses might not be surpri-
sing under cannibal potentate of the Fejees or
some other nation of Australia, but in coun-
try of christian Europe, in the 10Th century, we
could not believe them were the evidence of
their truth not beyond dispute. But what de-
gree of revolutionary anarchy can be worse than
such q state of things! N. Y. Tribune.
ARREST OF LAND WARRANT FoRGERs.-An
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