Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-26
TER AFR1cA,s NEWS.

was understood that negotiations Tor Tue SUI
render Of Gaeta had already commenced
SURRENDER OF cAPUA.
Corre.ooudence Of the London Times
CAsERTA, Friday, Nov =
Yesterday afternoon. at P. NJ, our batter |
los onenpI ON Capua; this morning at ua"h /
tho commander of the fortress sent out 10 say |
tbot no was ready to treat. The negotiations
bnuau at 10 A. NJ. at Santa Maria, ana IN Tue
evening the capitutaton was signed. mus
the bnSbear which has SO long excited Neapol-
itan maginatIons has at last disappeared
When the approach Of the PledmonteSe rom
the north and Garlbaldi's expedition across the
Voturno made the main body of the Neapol-
tans withdraw behind the Garigliano, the pre-
parations to reduce Capua began, Capua lies
in one of the numerous sudden bends when
the river Volturno makes in It's course toward
the sea The whole town is built on the lett
or south ba..k of the river, and resembles III
shape an ivy leaf, two sides OF when are de
tended by the Volturno, while only the 'thiTd,
between the two river bends, opens out toward
ST. Tamaro, Santa Maria, and ST. Angelo IL
was against this side that the attack was Ill
rected. On the opposite side OF the river
single battalion, with two field gan3, was de-
taehed from the Piedmontese force at SeSse, TO
prevent any issue on the high road from Ca
pua to Gaeta. TO carry the place, the Ped
montese erected two batteries, one Of three
rihed twelve Founders, and two ten men
mortars, at distance of about looO metres
from the St. Tamaro side, and another OF
seven rifled guns to the left in the direction OF
La Foresta. Against st. Salvatore battery
OF three rihed guns and three mortafs was
| erected TO the right of the Santa Maria fodu'
| and batteVy OF two mortars to the rlgGt rear
of this battery. Against Santa Maddalena'
/ hot for pf llfGu 2uue
to take it in its left flank, and another Oh Two
! 80 Founders to take it in front
Yesterday afternoon, at p. NJ, the slgUal
| for the 0pening of fire was given, and our bat
| teries went merrily at it. But neither dId Inc
| fortress remain idle, and for the hrst hour a
! perfect shower of missiles was sent III me ui,
reuiion of the batteries, which, however, caused
very little damage. The aim could be but
imperfect, for the trees prevented good view,
and all was but guess work. Il was the same
on our side, only the bastions were larger 90
iects, and therefore more easily hit. during
the bombardmeni Victor Emanuel arrived at
ST. Angelo, and went up to the hel9h's 10
have a view OF the proceedings. But he very
soon returned towards Sessa. Towards night
| tall the fire became slack on both sides, anu,
with the exception Of now and then shell
which you could see traversing the ar all was
| still The outposts, however, reported having
/ iTdTu great UUlSG anu COhluSISAA ~ ~ 49, -
| which increased every time shell Tell.
| SATURDAY, Nov. Sit seems that the gar
rison OF Capua is much larger than we antlci-
| pated They turn out to be between 9UUO and
| 10000 men, among them a number OF the gen
darmere, who had taken refuge there as III Il
safe place Tie Natione, OF Florence, states
that at Capua 10 500 men and six generals had
been taken prisoners, and that, besides, The
| Piedmontese got possession OF ZJ0 brass guns,
| 100 gun carriages, 100000 muskets, lO,UUO
sabres. so military wagons, pontoons for a
bridge $40 metres in length, five hundred
horses and mules, large quantity OF stores
and ammunition, and several thousand articles
Of clothing.
FRENCH INTERFERENCE AT CAPUA.
GAETA, Nov. =, 1860.
We have been for several days under the in
fgence of a persuasion that change OF policy
altogether favorable to the cause Of trancls
H. mad occurred among the great powers
| There was strong evidence to warrant thls De
lief For four successive days the French
SQUADRON prevented the Piedmontese fleet from
landing troops on the right bank of the Garls
liano The French guns were all shotted, tie
decks were cleared, the sick were taken down
to the hold everything was ready ior action
| and indeed, there was Il moment when the sig
nal for firing was given on board the BretaSne
| and if the Sandman vessels had continued Il
advance only three minutes longer, they woult
have received Il broadside from the trencl
fleet.
Admiral de Tinan had ass red the king tia
he would project the line of the Galglano
and that he repeatedly told everybody abou
him that such was his intention. But yestel
dav French steamer came in with instrut
lions for the admiral, and thereupon the trenc
fleet left the mouth of the Garlglana and
sunset Yesterday evening it returned to til
port of Gaeta. The moment he was relieve
from the surveillance of the French lice
Admiral Persado opened a fire against II
Neapolitan camp, which commenced at III
the evening The weather during the nlgl
: was frighttul. There was a piercing win
with torrents of rain, and there is no improv
ment this morning. However, the cannona(
lasted all night, and is still goingon. The 81
is so rough that the Sardlnians cannot II
with precision and, Incredible as 1t may a
pear, am assured that the sole result OF tht
firing, up to this time, is the slaughter OF "
men and one horse. But inasmuch as
q coast is not fortified, the right wing OF /
. Neapolitan army, which was posted on
y sea, las received orders TO abandon the pc
% ton and to retire upon Gaeta and ltri.
The Gaeta Gazette of Oct. % states Il
= King Francis ii. sent his Minister OF Mar
- on board the Bretagne to thank Admiral
% barber de rinan for his most opportune
~ sistance, and TO transmit through the ADM
% his warmest gratitude to the Emperor OF
=, French for the instruction he sent to his 1'
~ 1t will be seen from What is stated above
- the instructions which 80 touched the hear
- the King of Naples were subsequently W
-. drawn
on Mr.. EDITOR The following parasr
II.