The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-28
ne meeting OF the Neapolitan Ex.
hies-Thctr Landing I'm Ireland.

usnS In ATetanOs
The arrival of the Nsapolitan Exiles at corh
| has been noticed. 1t will be remembered tba,
though pardoned, they were sentenced to banish
ment, and that after having been deported frou
.ne'e native country to Spain, ii was af.eward
determined that they should be sent to Amer,cs
accordingly, the David Stewart was chartered !,
take them from Cadiz to New York. where nno,
landing, each was to receive the sum of Sl2o AN,
De released from all further control, They hat
been brought from Naples to Cadiz in a Neapoita,
transport, from which, after about three weet.
they were put on board the David Stewart. From
tue Cork Examiner We copy the following mar,
ticuiars: p"'
All the party having been put on board at caa;u
tue DaVld stewart was towed out to sea for A dis
lance OF nearly ZOO miles, by Neapolitan va,
steamer. The steamer thei, cast Off and ,s1 ,sa
snip with fair wind from the east scarcelv
however, was the ship we'll away from the nro,sc
ton OF the steamers guns than the exiIe. In a
Dody came to the captain delivered to him protest
against being carried to New York, and called
upon him to make for the first port he could ra.ch
IN England The captain, ouethird of whsse
freight bad been retained as q guarantee for tha
performance OF his contract, demonstrated with
their demand to have him break his enyagament
and ultimately refused. They appeared to acnni
esce 10 his decision, at least pressed their de-
mand no further that evening; but the next
morning IL was again renewed, and in a more de
cided and threatening manner
young Italian, named RaffselIi Settembr;,;
had shipped with the captain at Cadiz. and sign
articles as seaman. Up to that morning he had
done his work with the rest of the crew. Bnt
when the assemblage waited upon the captain he
mace MS appearance in the uniform of a mate of
one OF the galway line of steamers-a handsome
blue irock, with gilt buttons, gold cap band, &C.
This position he really had held but IL turned
out ne was the son of Luigi Settembrini, who,
nearing OF his fathers conditional pardon and
o! his destination, left for Spaiu and resorted To
the ruse We have mentioned to ioip him The can.
taio OF the ship believes that he was by
the Italian Society of London to aid the prisoners
IN the course they subsequently took. The exiles
stated that they had a navigator In their marty
and that even if they had to take the shin out of
the hands OF the captain and crew, they would be
able to sail her without their assistance They
represented to the captain that they had been two
months at sea, many of them being old and ali
with constitutions more or less enfeebled hv an
imprisonment OF ten years, so that long VOYAGE
would DO torture to them all, and death perbans
70 some They contended, also, that being under
toe American flag, they were free, aud that thew
chose. 'Ae'
These arguments. backed up by the preponder.
ance OF physical f"rce the exiles being &C. while
the crew was but II, and the manifest determina
ton OF the ioImer to resort to extremties to car.
ry out their intention, compelled the CAPTAIN 70
yield, and turn the vessels head north ward They
were temperate and polite in manner, but about
their determination there can be no no mistake-
They set guard of threes or fours iu turn. In
keep watch over the compass, and see that the
ships head was kept iu the direction of the haven
they looked for. The Weather Was battling, and
the passage was tedious. The captain intended
making. for Cork, but missed the harbor in a
fog, and had got as far as Blllycottop, bat
having fallen in with a Cork pilot, beat back
again; so that at length, after passage of four
teen days, the ship anchored In the msn-ot-wsr
roads. As fast as possible the whole band got
themselves conveyed ashore to Queenstown, and
testified in the most lively manner their joy at
being at last assured of freedom. The enthusi-
asm of some rose to such pitch that they actuaI-
ly kissed the soil upon which they first planted
foot as freemen. Some Of them state that their
sight has grown dim from the length of time
they have been in prison, and some seem to have
grown rather prematurely gray; bnt as far as we
were able to judge, there was not in their ap-
pearance anything to indicate their having en-.
dured peculiar hardskips During the voyage
Poerio, whose health has been greatly enfeebIed
used to get ont Of bed and sit deck for couple
of hours daily. On his arrival at Queenstown he
caused himself to be removed to private lsdg-
ing. In appearance he is short, thick set. and
rather good looking. His age is fifty-ive but his
looks would indicate that he is somewhat Older
He now speaks bat few words of English, though
IT ID said he at one time knew the language weli-
The want of exercise in speaking or reading it,
during the period of his lepg imprisonment has
almost entirely ob!iterated it from his memory
The young raor to whom we have already alluded
Is of very prepossessing appearance. We have not
learned the ultimate intention of this baud of
exiies, but il is very probable the great maiority
OF them will go back to Italy, seeking refuge in
the Sandman kingdom Under any circumstan-
ces, Poerio, will, we believe, go to Sardinia.