The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-01
The Coming Ncapoli,an Ex,.e..

! Spanish prows sailing from Cadiz bring nev
cargo Of Italians to this port, exes for life iron
their county, becans. Domba is vet king oi th,
Two Sicles, and because they were not patien
Of political tyranny. For weary, weary yeaf.
Of mprisonment-years whose length only cap
tives and the condemned do accurately span
ninety-one Neapolitan gentlemen have languish
ed in dnngeons-some under the sentences ol
compliant courts Of injusice-the most under
accusation only, and protracted arrest, vainly
demanding tr;al-all in the grip OF capricious
despot. who believesstba he rules by the grace
OF God, and knows that he governs by the fa-
/ vOr OF steel and ball cartridges. Yielding to
the moral and political pressure made upon his
tiger like instinc q, BY England and France, the
tyrant Of the Two Sicilies reluctantly and growl
iagly let up his hand from the political prisoners
in whose behalf Gladstone's indignant sympa-
thies made Christendom ring On the 9Th oi JAN
vary last, royal grace flowing from the palace
at Naples, loosed the fetteRs which corroded the
politically condemned in Nsida, Ventotine,
Montesarchio, San Stefano, Brindisi and Pesca-
ra. Death had been switter Of foot than the
messenger Of this extorted clemnncy. To four
OF these hapless gentlemen had he lovingly
come at night, and brought warrant OF free
dom that no Kings or jndiciaries can resist
The paternai government Of the Two Sicllies
knew not that Dardano, Leanja, Capria and
another were dead and buried, when they or
dered them into perpetual exile tender COM
mutation Of their sentences OF imprisonment.
Baron Perio, ex-Minister oI Ferdinand IT.,
these ten years rusting and getting gray in
dungeon, and Dono, and Castromediano, Plea,
Braica. Palermo, MolIica, and too many other
martyrs to liberty, are now undergo coing sentence
OF transportation for life TO the United States
They were shipped to Pozzuoli by night, and
hRr fuLa kc. ~.
Stromboli. Pirent, whose paralysis had been |
acquired by grief and imprisonment, was exam
med by medical commission and pronounced |
unequal to the voyage, and sent to Nisida in his |
helpiessness, without irons. Nisco, another Of |
the entombed family, was destined to Munich. |
10 these forced vOpagers across the wintry At
lantic, whose names We have given, were added |
a cofiie OF prisoners from the island OF Nisidi
ln the da. delay Of prepartion for the voyage,
wives and daughters we're admitted to the ship,
to meet and to part with fathers and brothers,
from whom stone walls, chains and absolute
rule had for many years separated them. The
painful interviews were hurred-;he voyage
commenced with passage 70 the nearest state
prison, where addition to this cargo Of exiles
or the American market was hoisted IN at the
next penal harbor more were embarked, among
hem Jacovel and Capria-thence the steamer
hurried TO the coast Of Spain. Several miles
rom the quays Of Cadiz, Spanish ships were in
eadiness to receive this political freght--to be
ranshipped at that safe distance, out of re-
pectful regard to the Spanish Embassador who
'ad protested against its being warehoused for
moment on his country's sell
For their equipment for q winter voyage to
his coast, these exiled gentlemen were 10 re
Give, oft Cadiz, a ttife over ten dollars EACH
IN their arrival iii the harbor OF New York, be-
ween forty and fifty dollars will be presented
0 them, with the assurance that they will be
ung il ever they return to the land that gave
hem birth, and the paternal information that
he world is open to them. in which to make
heir fortunes. They will land here in winter
voluntarily bring their misfortunes and their
iants before the gaze of cur citizens at a time {
t the year when all physical needs are the
reatest and the means of satisfying them are
East easily obtained.
Will not New York receive these exiles with
ender sympathy, and honor in their persons the
ause OF Freedom aud Just Government, for |
hich they have heroicaily endured ten years
lartyrdom in irons and confinement? Respect,
i'd and care are justly due to them from Ame-
cans, the trustees Of the principles OF civil
berty for the benefit of the word.-INew
ork Tribune.