The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-06-09
Austrian ExcesSes.

The horrors committed bv the hordes Of
savage under the command of Gen. Gyulai
are only to be cqualed in the accounts of the
INVASION by Atula. At S4 in the morning.
or thereabouts, numerous band OF Austrians.
IN dirty and torn attire. entered the city of
Iortona and took up their position in the
castle. Other bodies followed SO that the
town was soon overrun with these beings
more like wild beasts than men. Two su-
perior officers called upon the municipal
functonaries to demand food and forage to
the amount of so 900 rations, bu, their con-
duct was not unbecoming: the contrary.
they seemed tolerahly polite. and even the
behavior OF the soldiers at first gave no cause
10 suspect that they secretly medtated plum
derlng the town. Whatever our first homes
may have been, they were not destined to
last long. for very shortly company Of
toulans issued from the castle, and dividie1
spread through the town. AgcR' shonkeener
ing ei tht9Hm6hs u hsbonre his goods but. before thev
had even time to shut their shops and stores,
bands Of and 10 presented themselves 1t
different points in the city. some seizlng upon
all the goods they could arrive at, others
preventing the tFadesmen from closing Their
doors. by main force. At the same time tho
sergeants and corporels entered the shops.
aud by threats forced the owners TO bring
out all the best things they had for the sol
diers to carry off. The first goods piuu-
dered We're those of Madame Scott. nodiste
and OF a merchant named a4llarati after
these came those OF the siiversmiths, then
+ some provision stores and taverns. The
general bake-h9use was plundered also. and
several hundred sacks Of fine flour aud wheat,
besides sum OF money, were carried off;
the stables We're all robbed. aud in every
street you saw Croat with an OK or horse.
which he was leading off to the encamp-
ment, with cool impuden ce which persuad-
ed one that they never had followed any
other trade than that Of thieving Mean.
while, q certain number Of them wenie1
their way to the suburb Of St Rernardino,
and entered the farm of Signor Stassano.
who gave them as much food and drink as
they wished for. In fact, the libations were
50 coploas and frequent that at night they
all returned In a state ofintoxication, bowling
ike demons, lnterspersng their howls with
the epIthet Of 'porca Piemontesa,' (as a vel
come 10 any inhabitsnt they might meet
firing their muskets in the windows OF the
houses and occasioning a general belief that
the town would inevitably be set on fire
The citizens had no arms 10 resist, even had
they been 50 disposed. and now have no
food. and the place Is cleaned out completely
The bishop was assessed at 3O, 900 francs,
some say 5000, for his share of the war
contingent. In the suburbs Of the town the
same horrors took place, every house was
sacked and plundered by these feroci3us
brutes, who are styled the defenders Of pub
lie order. sustainers 81 cur nationality and
our religion. Now that this band Of sayagea
has satisfied its appetite. it is leaving US
An order Of recall has arrived from head
quarters, and they are going of.
We hear that al Cas,elnuoya- -Scriy IA
Figuzzola, and Prossecurone. the same out
RACES were committed and by the threat oi
firing the town these bandits extorted what
ever they wanted from the poor terrified
trades people.