St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-08-04
kOSSuth in Italy.

kossuth, having arrived on the
22d at Genoa, proceeded on the fol-
lowing day to Turin. All along the
way, on every station, crowd of It.
alians assembled to cheer him a con-
voy of Hungarian prisoners met him
at one place, and recognizing the
great leader of their country, shouted
their eljcns At another place woun-
ded Italian broke through the crowd !;
he had belonged, in 1913, to Col.
Months Italian Legion in Hungary,
and wished to express his delight at
seeing once more the arms of Italy
and Hungary joined. At Asst the
military commander himself acted
as fugleman to the cheering multitude.
At Allessandria kossuth had to ad-
dress the crowd in Italian. After two
long interviews with Count Cavour at
Turin, the Hungarian exile, in compa-
ny with confidential friend of the
Sandman Minister, set ont for Parma
to the headquarters of Prince Napole-
on. Up to Stradella, where the rail
road communication comes to an end,
the same scenes Of enthusiasm were
witnessed as on the road to Turin !;
but here of course, the Italian lost his
trace. When he arrived after mid
night at Placenza, the guard at the
gates received him with a blunt "Che
davolo fate cositardi." He could
quietly go to hotel without being
recognized At breakfast, however,
the waiter brought the foreigners
book to get the names of the guests
inscribed, and seeing the name Kos
suth," he rushed ont of the room like
a mailman. Not five minutes passed
before all the thirty thousand inhabi-
tants of Piacenza knew it, and, as if
called together by an alarm bell, rush
ed under his windows and shouted
their riras with the heartiest good
will. The Mayor and municipality
appeared in his room to offer their
compliments and their services. Mon.
tanclIi arrived, the respected late
Minister of Tuscany, who lost his arm
in lS4S, fighting at Curtstatone for
the liberty of Italy. The room is
soon overcrowded with visitors. Kos
suth must take a drive with them
but as he comes down the stairs the
crowd rushcs to him, kissing his
hands and garments, the horses are
Embarrassed, the Italians drag the
carriage along thousands aud thou.
sands follow, flowers are shOwered
from the windows and with all the Ell,
thusiasm Of renascent liberty the pop,
ulation lavishes its caresses on the
stranger whose name is connected
with liberty, and therefore is taken by
them for pledge of their own freedom.
At 2 o'clock p. M. Kossuth arrived
at Parma. The town was gaudily
adorned in expectation of the arrival
of Prince Napoleon. Kossuth's com,
panion having been recognized by
some Italian standing before the hotel
he asked, Count Cavour?" kossutl
said, NO." when suddenly the eye Of
the Italian lighted up, and he began
to shout, "kossuth evviva kossuthr'
In few minutes all the town was
alive with the news the crowds as
scmbled outside the hotel the visi.
tors thronged the parlor and guard
of honor was placed before the door
The Governor of the Province invited
him to his box in the theatre, which
Kossuth Of course declined, since il
was Prince Napoleon who had to re-
ceivc the ovations of the people Oh
that day, and kossuth would not di
vert the attention of the Italians
In fact, if sympathy alone could
save Hungary, it would already be
saved. But, Of course, the liberation
Of Il country requires something more
On the 2sth, kossuth set out for the
headquarters of Napoleon, provided
with letters of Count Cavonr and
Prince Napoleon to the Emperor.