, 1860-05-28
THE sIClLIAN INsURHECTI0N.

PA1raxo, Sicily, April -. 1870.
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set1h segshfs, Routed q R<sfn<nf! 1r soI-
difrs--Thfrs<<n or shs Prtnetpat GtftEsHs
Shof~.kaek or .4ntns anftion among fHf
EoaafTy People.
You are already aware that an iDsut1ect!on
broke out il Sicily on the 14sh inst, e1,entaing
WEB premature. Without ammunieion-~1th
no we'll digcsted rgenization-w1thoat even
knowing each others intentions and plans; me
country people in different parts Of the 1sisno'
rose at about the same time, and drove out the
Neapolltan oficiais among them. Inc move.
asa s9saaa in thents9aor = p1t ~
hardly anYthipg remained in possession OF me
King of, Naples, except the cities on tue coast,
Of which this IS the principal Had these been
able to- have famed q cnuce1ted plan K4h the
-rest; the whole island would -to-daJ hfse-been
free and able to- bid de6Ance-ta Bomba tue sec
ond: Unfortunately. although for lang time
really to jojn 1hem. The CITIZENS Of fateemo ois
trusted tie support Of the country people IN
such q movement. The district was mutual,
and to i j. due their failute should they not
Living in our land of freedom, Jon eau hardly
conceive Of the difficulties in forming such an
organization as is necessary to throw. OF tho
yoke IN country orerrun and tEodaen N n,.h the
dust by swarms Of priests aud soldiers II the
people have remaining sufic ent spirit eren to
wish for liberty, they. deserre some credit for
j. Hired spies are in eTeEy corner and place
no one il safe-his brother may betray him
to be shot or dragged oif for years to crowded
prisons. As 4 natural consequence II has been
adiioiuted affair; but even as it is, if the coun
try people could only obtain arms and powder
Something to 6ght with--there would be no
doubt Of their success. Thus far tley have
fought like perfect devils, on every occa-
SION, with q desperate courage. showing
TINT they know it. is MI OF nothing with
them. 0nlT yesterday morning. d few
SAINTS, impeEfectly armed with seythes, pitch
forks. and q few rusty muskets, d1oEe back for
nearly teren miles regiment If the King, and
this morning seven or eight cart loads Ut dis.
abled soldiers came into The city. One instinct
tselJ recalls to mind n similar exploit OF cur
fore1athers when they commenced the struggle
for liberty. 4 part Of this success i. no doubt
the point Of revolution, and the soldiers are
not 70 zeaIous as they otherwise would be; but
it shows that the cilians hayeuotlost I'll their
ancient spirit Of bravery, aad it must excite
our hyeliest sympathy.
Holding Palermo, the King is rapidly filing
1t with soldiers, of which there are alruady
about l3, 900 here. and the mail steamers whict,
he hired and appropriated as transport. are
bringing them in daily by hundreds.. There
are really no muskets or powder in tue COUNTY,
TIE city is in a most deplorabIe state, with
| misery in every form. Soldiers, the misera.
BILE 1a=-7roni at. Naples, dressed out in red
'breeches''' and blue. coats, with mutkets OF
their shoulders, and receiving as pay: fou,
cents per diem. lounge about ii scores. 1.as1
Saturday thirteen Of the principal citizens were
marched cut and shat down like dogs. These
were the remnant Of twenty persons who were
| betrayed BY monk, who, like second Judas
brought the soldiers to their rendezvous, Fiyt
Of them escaped, aud for week were concea!e.
On the roof Of the house, living on linchen ane
moss The other two got of shcrt distance L
q sort Of care, and here they were concealed b.
the country peoples children, who, under th,
pretence Of playing about the entrance, man
aged to throw pieces Of bread inside for thei
| sustenance- AT the end # week the soldiers
| getting some information Of it, drove the chil
dren away aad stationed guard there-,oo la,e
howeser, for their friends having been busslY q
work alt the while, tile same day effected an en-
trance from the otber side, BY whicl, they es
capped. Il is made punishment ef deaih I,
possess gunpoWdtr or arms; no two persons Ut
allowed to walk together, and the marks Of bul
lets on doors and walls show how well til
bloody 81 stt N has been carried out. There i
no communication with the country. The Pos
Office is closed, and the mail steamers seiztd
and with an iron hand every thing in Palerm
| is being gradually crushed out,