The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-31
The Arrival of Italian Refugees in.

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Ii We announced the arrival in Queenstown,
I on March 9Th, of the American ship Da-
vid Stewart, having on board Poerio and his
companions, whom the Neapolitan Govern
ment had set free from the dungeons of that
i State, 1t will be remembered that, though
] pardOned, they were sentenced to banish-
ment, and that after having been deported
from their native country to Spain it was
afterwards determined that they should be
sent to America Accordingly the David
Stewart was chartered to take them from
CadiZ to New York, where, upon landing,
each was to receive the sum of $l20, and be
released from all further control. They had
been brought from Naples to Cadiz in a
Neapolitan transport, from which, after
about three weeks, they were put on board
I the David Stewart From the Cork Er-
aminer we copy the following particulars:
| i"All the party having been put on board
/ at tCadiz, the David Stewart was towed out
to sea for distance of nearly 200 miles by
a Neapolitan war steamer. The steamer
then cast off, and left the ship with fair
wind from the east. Scarcely, however, was
the ship well away from the protection of
the steamers guns, than the exiles, in
body, came to the captain delivered to him
protest against being carried to New York,
and called upon him to mako for the first
pert he could reach in England. The cap
tain, one-third of whose freight had been
retained as guarantee for the performance
of his contract, demonstrated with their de-
mand to have him break his engagement,
and ultimately refused. They appeared to
acquiesce in his decision, or at least pressed
their demand no further that evening; but
the next. morning it was again renewed,
and in more threatening manner.
| A young italian, named Raffaelli Settenl-
brini, had shipped with the captain in Gadiz
and signed articles as a seaman. Up to
that morning he had done his work with
the rest of the crew. But when the as
semblage waited upon the captain, he made
his appearance in the uniform of a mate of
one of the Galway line of steamers--a
handsome blue frock, with gilt buttons.
gold cap band, etc. This position be really
had held but it turned out he was the son
of inigi aSettembrini, who, hearing of his
fathers conditional pardon, and of his des-
tination, left for Spain, and resorted to the
| ruse we have mentioned to join him. The
| captain of the ship believes he was des-
| patched by the Italian Society of London
TO aid the prisoners in the course they sub
sequently took. The exies stated that they
had navigator in their party, and that
even if they had to take the ship out of the
hands of the captain and crew, they wonld
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 all with constitutions more
or less enfeebled by an Imprisonment of ten
years, 80 that a long voyage would be tor
ture to them all, and death, perhaps, to
some. They contended, also, that, being
under the american fag, they scere free, and
| Udt they had no right to be tdkeR dRy,Ohere
but ,ohere they chose. These arguments,
backed by the preponderance of physical
force, the exiles being sixty six, while the
crew was but seventeen, and the manifest
determination of the former to resort to
extremities to carry out their intention,
compelled The captain to yield, and turn the
eesseSs head northodrd. They were tempe
rate and polite in manner, but about their
determination, there could be no mistake
They set guard OF threes and fours in turn,
to keep watch over the compass, and see
that the ships head was kept in the direc-
ton of the haven they looked for.
The weather was battling andthe passage
was tedious. The Captain intended making
for Cork, but missed the harbor in fog
and had got rs far as Dallycotton, but hav-
ing fallen in with a Cork pilot, beat back
again; SO that at length, after ii voyage of
| ! days, the ship anchored in the man of
war roads. As fast as possible, the whole
band got themselves conveyed ashore at
Queenstown, and testified in the most lively
manner their JOY at being ut last assured of
freedom. The enthusiasm of some rose to
such pitch that they actually 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 prematurely gray but, as far
as we are able to Judge there was rot in
their appearance anything to Indicate their
having endured peculiar hardships During
the voyage, Poerio, whose health has been
, greatly enieebled, used to get out of bed, and
sit on deck for a couple of hours daily On
his arrival at Queenstown he caused himself
to be removed to private lodging. In APP
: peaIance he is short, tkickset, and rather
good-looking. His age is fifty five, but his
looks would Indicate that he is somewhat
older. He now speaks bnt II few words Cf
, English, though it is said hc at one time
/ knew the language well. The want of ex-
> ercise IN speaking or reading it, during the
. . pellou Oh MS fohS lhpriSOnihehti has almost
entirely obliterated it from his memory
The young sailor to whom we have already
alluded is OF very prepossessing appearance
We have not learned the ultimate intention
OF this band OF exiles but it is very proba-
bile the great majority of them will go back
To Italy, seeking refuge in the Sardiui,,Il
Kingdom. Under any circumstances, Poe
rio will, we believe, go back to Sardinia.
A BEAUTIFUL WHiTE SLAVE MANUMITTED
IA young and beautiful woman, Agnes
Wright, was mannmittcd in the Probate
Court yesterday by her owner, Reuben
Wright, of New Orleans. Had it not been
known that she was n slave, no one would
have suspected tfat she had Ia particle
of African blood in her veins She had gen
tel manners and style, and was as elegantly
dressed as IL Fourth street belle. The Pc
cuiiar relation her late master bore to her is