, 1860-11-17

Mark, this Ia the history Of thousands u /
tens Of thousands In the Kingdom Of the Two
SicIlles. md as surely rs the writing in the pa-
Lace Of Belshazzar was that of the hand Of God,
this successful revolution Is his work also
-aIter some little time Poerio came in, and
more affecting scene never witnessed. Twelve
years or more had passed SINCE they met: agc
and suffering liad changed many beyond tue
power Of recognition; hut as their earlier fea-
tures grew IN his returning memory they
threw themselves on his neck and embraced
him. Fcllcc Tirri wcpt like Child and left
without saying word It VIE enough to haye
seen his old friend After d warm greeting
from the Baron, I left this moving scene, the
more 60 that fresh visitors were coming In
every moment, and deputations from all
Just outside tic gateway there il another
aud widely different scrue-a large crowd
and 4 temporary pulpit resting against that
gIand monument In hunor Of the Madonna in
The Piazza del Gesuiti. There is II man with
dark flowing locks and beard and moustaches,
who takes OF a black Calabrlan Int and feather
rs lie mounts the stairs. III has red Garib:s:-
Ill coat, and military boo1s and spurs, and 4
whip and sword aud pistol, like the old Puri-
tan warriors, and t0uTAous hangs loosely
over Ills shoulders. lie Is the Padre Panta-
lc0Ec, u Sicily, man who never leaves Carl
l,aldi, TO whom he is devoted. lie urges On
tlic great duties of voting, says something
about the '' Madonna SautisslInnh to please anu
,7anqullizc the old women, male and female,
and winds up With d "V1ya Garibaldl! Viva
rittorie Eminanucle Viva Maria Santis*i-
mai" which is responded TO by some with 4
bravo! ~ and by others with feeble, whining
cry Of "Viya Maria Santissima;" aud all this
tuok place just opposite the doors Of the
Church Of the Jcsuits.
The Padre comes down from his platform,
aud surrounded BY multitude and band Gnl
banners, goes to some other place, while l 70
%$ nj ar
uur sick country1ncn. 1t Is Sunday morning,
and mercy is better than sacrifice, so / look in
nn these poor fellows, who tell me that they
are very comfortable and well attended TO, and
arc very grateful for attention. Altogether
there are nine in this hospltnl, principally from
sickness, and only one case gives anxiety, who
was wounded last Friday, the ball passing
through the tleshy part OF his Icy, but he is do
ing wen. They a=keL for nothing, as they
wanted nothing; i little paper for writing and
some books they would like they said, and
these they have bad. And now to one or two
tic nearest hcrc they have pollcd ! 500 IN
hour since the morning. Many priests had
been there, but no monks, although large
monastery Of the Donl;nicz.ns was close by;
many sick and inflrm and blind had been
brought up. as in the other quarters, and the
voting had gone on quietly IN: orderly
enough.
In the courtyard were assembled tue Ma
tional Guard, with dahlias In the barrels Of
their muslcts. Close by is the polling place
Of the Quarters Pendino and the Porto, 1t is in
the great hall Of the University, where some
Is years ago Ferdinand II. received the scicn-
title men OF Italy who were then sowing the
seeds Of that revolution which has slncespread
through the length md breadth Of the land.
There WIS band in the gallery, which played
at Intervals, and IN elevated platform was
erected at the end, on which the uEns were
l.
SAME attentions were paid us here ~ at oil the
other statious, and after having heard that ii
few priests aud suMe Dcnedctincs lad voted,
and about s, ,0O0 persons in all went on to the
Quarter If St. Giuseppe, i'll the Municipal Pal
acc. Pocrto voted i'll that quarter, and on be-
ing asked whether he would take Isl" or
No" created laugh hy Lis wayygsh hrsita-
tion. need not say with how much cnthusi-
asm he was received. The last quarter Wis.
tied was that Of Chiaja, where I wns told by
orc Of the returning officers that 1000 ont Of
9,000 lad already voted.
The forms were the same here as In all other
stations, aud require no observation, but 4
curious fact was HAT many Of the women pre-
stntcd themselves with tho votes Of their
husbands, who were fishing ut sca-yerv prof.
eriy they were refused. This brings me down
to four o'clock, aud am looking for reposc
and Ic1reshment, but there is d great crowd as
scmblcd in tho Riviera di CHINA, and Hungnr-
-
tlonal Guards and GIrj5aldini keep off the
crowds from tho gates Of the Hotel d'Angle-
ternc.
Garlbaldi is there, and crowds Of admirers
are Waiting outside or pressing on to catch Mt
least Il glimpse uf him, or better, to touch lis
hand. l saw him, and begged favor, which
he instantly granted TO me with that kind
voice every one must have remarked in private.
Tile wonder appears lu be that with all the .ti-
tieness ofa woman he eau yet exercise 10 great
nn influence over the minds Of the mil
lion, win them by his softncss, and urge them
on at The same time to deeds Of the greatest
daring. For three mortal hours the crowd re-
maincl outside, aud then followed him on foot
and in c.irringc to the railway, chccrin. him
Justify all the time. atr. Mason Jones, whom
I met this evening, will tell my countrymen
nll about it when lie returns to England, for
he is in the midst Of everything, and is collect
Ing hosl Of material for his lectures on Carl
ba!di, with whom lie llas lad two long iutcr-
views,
cannot close the day without looking in
again at the polling booths Of Monte Calvaro
and San Fertlinando. In the former place they
had gone to the "Teatro Nuoyo" actors, or
clcstra and ali to the Piazza To sing the Hymn
Of Garibaldi. At The Quarter Of San Ferdi-
nais1o little was .loing, iur it was 10 o'clock,
but thc ladies' were tllronginy in to sign m ad-
dress to Victor Emanuel, copy Of which I
will scnd, il time permits ME. And thus ends
the 21ss Of October, 1SGD the day from which,
let It's hope, will date Il new and bright cru IN
the history Of the Two Sicilics. =