Worcester daily spy., 1860-07-11

PALERMO, June 16, 1S60.-The day before
! yesterday Gen. Letizia called on Gen Carl
baldi, amounting the speedy evacuation of all
the remaining Neapoitan troops and request
ing the Dictator to take such mearsures that
the retreat of the last batch should not be mo-
| lested During nearly all this time the Nea'
politans have been haunted with the idea that
Garibaldi with the best intention, will be un-
able to restrain the towns people and the Squd0ri.
They have found the population of Sicily so
unruly and wild that, in spite of all proofs
that they have had of the ascendency Garibal-
di and his men have acquired over them, they
cannot persuade themselves that any one else
would be able to do what they never could. 1t
was in order to have some security in this re-
spect, that they stipulated, in the Sth article of
the convention, that the seven prisoners should
only be given up when the last stsoldiers had EN-.
barked from the Molo. What makes them even
more nervous is that they put little trust in the
Neapolitan troops. All the advanced posts
toward our lines have, therefore, been occupied
by the foreign battalions. Vain precaution,
for the spirit of insubordination has sez, d
these latter as well as the natives Since the
foreign troops have LETT the posts, more than
hundred have deserted, and are now being
formed into separate company. They get
handsome sum il they come over-S30 if with.
out, and $40 if with their rifles. The pay is
likewise higher, and there is plenty to eat,
which is not the case with the Neapolitans.
Shut in as they are, they must live on biscuit
and salt meat-this latter only now and then.
The ships are too busy ia taking off things to
bring back provisions. Thus the troops are
in the most trying position any army can be
in. The desertions take place in patches of
four or five, and not rarely in broad daylight.
Two days ago one of these patches deserted,
and was fired upon by their own sentres.
The pickets on our side, hearing the firing,
thought there was an attack, and opened fire
likewise, so that the deserters got between
two fires, which, however, did not hinder them
fir m crossing over safely
No one doubts and the Neapotans less than
any one else, that the troops which had been
here must be first re. organized before they can
be led again into action. AS for the officers
there is no secret that most of them have no
heart in the flight. That horrible Italian
idea" has made ravages among them, worse
than any epedimic could do Against the
Sicilians the feeling of aversion is still strong ;
but as for Garibaldi and his men, wherever
there is contact with them it has more the
| appearance OF friendly intercourse between
companions i'll arms than adversaries Only
! the other day | saw one of our red shirts sit
| ting on the parapet of the citadel and having a
long conversation with some of the officers
who came up. The name, the prestige, and
the brilliant leadership of Garibaldi has great
deal to do with this change. They had been
taught to consider him as reprobate and
hllbuSer, and found him the most noble mind
ed and chvalrous of men treating them rath-
er as msled friends than enemies instead of
taking advantage Of their distress, he did all
IN his power to relieve il; his brilliant
advances has impressed them with his mil
itary qualities, and brought home to them
the incapacity of their own wornout gem
erals. Instead Of trying to humiliate them
and thus bring his own superiority out in re.
lief, they saw him only anxious to avoid ev-
erything which could hurt THAR feelings. All
this taken together has done more to open out
| their minds and feelings than any lectures on
Italian unity. They begin to understand that
there is. something higher and nobler than to
be the Sbrrt OF bigoted king that for them,
likewise, new career may be at hand-to
fight for the freedom and independence, in
stead of the servitude of their country They
see young men occupying high positions in the
J national army by their own merit, and invol-
unfairly compare it with their own slow adj
yancement and the system of favoritism which
| leaves no chance for eXertion. The tilibuster
has become hero in their eyes, and the hand
tul OF adventures who accompanied him the
bold champions of a noble idea.
bdTIOaltu, us tne standard bearer OF liberal
and national ideas, is even more formidable to
the Neapolitan government than as a military
commander. lie begins by defeating and then
converting his enemies. | have heard from
third parties, who see both sides, that the Ne.
apoutans make scarcely secret of their con
version, and if it were not that the govern
ment has taken good care to carry off the
families OF the officers to Naples as hostages,
and that others stick to their colors from a
feeling of military honor, not many would
have gone back to Naples, except, perhaps, in
company with the filibusters.
Correspondence of the London Times.
The Capture of the sardinian and Aneri.
can Vessels.
NAPLES, Juue 20. AS the matter involves
n great question of public law, | continue in
detail my report Of the piratical capture of the
American and Sandman vessels. After post
ing my letters on Saturday, the Marchesc
Villamarina had an interview with Signor Ca
rata, demonstrated with him on the capture OF
the Utile observed that it might produce an
interruption OF friendly relations and that he
should go to Gaeta and get his report from the
captain, unless he were sent for to Naples
Oaraia, alarmed ut the appearance of affairs
salu he would take the orders of his majesty.
Later in the day, the Marchese Villamarna
was informed that the captain of the Ute
would be brought to Naples on the following
DAY Az the same time Mr.. Chandler was i'm.
formed that it would not be necessary for him
10 leave Naples, as both captains would be
forthcoming the next morning. In short. A
Neapolltan steamer left the same nipht lor
| them. On Sunday uOrninO Mr. Chandlo,