The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-04-09
Arrival Of the Italian Exiies Rt Cork.
IRON The Cork Ixaninr.l @.s.''


All the party having been put on
board at Cadiz. the Dstid Stewart was
tuwed out 10 sea for distance Of nearly
200 m he's. by Neapoli'on war =" amer.
The steamer then cast Of, and left the
ship With a fair wind from the cast -
Scarcely, however, was the ship well
away from the protection of the steam
er's guns, than the exil"s, in q body,
came to the captain. delivered TO him I
protest against being carried to New
York. and called upon him TO make for
the frst port he could reach in Engisnd.
The captain, one third Of whose fright
had been retained as guarantee for the
performances Of his contract. reruonstrst-
ed with their demand to have him break
his engagement, and ultimately refused.
They appeared 10 acquietce in his decis.
ion, or, at Least, pres,e their DEM nd no
further that evening; but the next morn.
ing it wis again renewed, and in moro
decided and thrcstening manner. A
yonng italian, named Raffaelli Setten.
brini, had shipped with the csptsin in
Cudiz, ard signed articles as a s"amsn.---
Up to that moruing ho had done his
wok with the rest Of the crew. But
when the asscmblage waited upon the
captain, he made hi. appearance ir the
uniform Of . sna'e Of one Of Che Galway
line Of stesmcrs-a handsome blue frock
coat. with bright gilt buttons, gold emp
band, &c This position he really had
held, but it turned out that he was the
son Of Luigi Sc,tembrini. who. he~rng
of his fathers conditional pardon, and Of
his destination, left for Spain, and resort
ed to the ruse We have mentioned 10 join
him. The captain of the ship b. feves
that he was de-patched by the Italian So
cie,y Of London to aid the prisoners ia
the course they subsequently took Tho
exiles stated that they had navig gator
in their party. and that even if they had
to take the ship ou, Of the hard 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
bein, old, and all with constitutions
more or less enfeebled by au imprison-
ment of ten years, so that long voyage
would be torture to them all, and death
perhaps to some They co ptended also
that, being under the American fas,
they were free, and had no righ. to DO
taken anywhere but where they chose
These arguments backed up by the pre-
ponderance of physical force. the cxiles
being sixty-six, while the crew was but
seventeen, and the manifest determine
tion Of the former to resort to extremi.
ties to carry out their Intention, CON-
PEELED the captain to yield, aud turn tho
vessels head northward. They wero
temperate and polite in manner, but about
their determination there could be 10
mistake. They set guard, Of threes or
fours in turn, TO keep watch over the
compass, and see that the ships head
was KEEP, in the direction of the haven
they looked for. The weather was bsf.
ling aud the passage was tedious. Tho
captain intended msking for Cork, but
missed the harbor in fog, aud had got
as far as Ballycotton, but having fallen
ia with a Cork pilot beat back again so
that at length, after Il voyage Of II days.
the ship anchored in the man of-wsr
roads. AS fast US possible The whole
band got themselves conveyed ashore to
Queenstown, and testified in the mos,
lively manner their joy a, being Mt last
assured Of freedom. The enthusiasm Of
-ome rose to such pitch that they actu-
ally kissed the sol, on which they first
planted foot as freemen. S nae Of them
state that their sight has grown dim from
the length of time they have BEEN in
p'ls)n, an svne : en- tn have grown
rather pseina'Grvly gray; but as tar as
W. are able TO judge, there was not in
their appearance anything to indicate
their having endured ? 'culiar hardships.