Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-07

toned ere in the direct route from .MarsalA "
Palermo. Iu following that route tho Insurgents
would have to traverse a6r"ken mountainous
country. new to them aud well known 10 the Nea-
poltan soldiery. twas highly probable that they
might be attacked Mt disadvantage, and 1t was
certain that the regular, army. Of the King oi
Naples would be better supplied with military
stores, than the -aivsa.srss whe. had just come
ashore. Private letters from Palermo were recei.
we'd recitug rumors Of success of tho bands of
liberators Mt places not to DO found on tho map,
but these seemed hardly sufficient To outweight
the two steady ofhcial announcements from Ma.
plcs and Rome, which declare regular victory.
spoke ot hags and prisoners and slain all in the
hands OF the Royal army, and told how tho enthu
sastio soldiery were driving tho passes of the
mountains and dsrersing the rebellious bands
that lnrked in the deGles This was the first Il light
OF telegrams which came 10 Us from the scene Of
conflict.
To-day the tide has turned. and it is the friends
ol Garibaldi who have tho ear OF Europe. From
Turin We have an announcement contrRdicting the
oiicial account of the Battle Of Calaa Fima.-
\ telegram from Palermo, coming down to the
18th. describes Palermo as in state of siege. the
surrounding countries ns in'full insurrecton. 900
in-lrgcnts IN arms to ,in Gnrlbaldi, the city in
agitation. and the populsce eagerly sympathising
with the country people outside. Close upon each
ohcr the kilograms now crowd aud it becomes
e,i tent, that. whatevor may be the true history
ol the affair at Calata Fimi, that contest was not
If nature t. delay Gnribaldi's advance upon
Palermo On the Is and 10 there was fght,and
the Nrupolitan troops were driven back. The
result of this that Garibald seems to have
occupied in force the village Of Morreale. which,
~ the mnp shows, is situated upon hill command
Ag Palermo. If Garibaldi has any guns with him,
this position must render tho condition of tho
Nenpoltan garrison desperate. The commander
seems to have been Of this opinion and to have
sailed forth to disodge his besiegcrs fnr now
comes our crowning Telegram. which brings down
news TO last Sunday night, and tells Va that tho
Neapoliton army has bcon entirely defeated closeto
Palermo.
Tho chain Of fact. thus strung together seems
tn be quito consistent. IL the news holds true,
Sicily is lost to the House Of R.urbop. The Object
Of Garihnd has evidently been to get possession
OF the distant Of the two great military posts
OF the island BY this time no must be in pos
session or Palermo, or u such portion OF it ~ he
can hold without command OF the sea. Ills friends
do not claim for him that there has yet beon any
important detection Of tho Neapolitan army, but
neither Palermo nor Messina is fortified with
view to defense from an enemy coming from the
interior. II the King has lost Palermo. Messina
must follow, and there is not much chance of re-
conquest by the present King OF Naples. Sho
impulse here is to rejoice. AS the news passes
from man to man, even among tho most consersa-
tive {" English societies 0r assemblies, every luce
lights mp with joy. No one cares to wait md
ask himself to what this success oan lead. lie
exults in the simple fact that detestabe tyranny
is crumbng into dust.
In these days, when nation must 90 as strung
man armed and when mo one can know what
tho morrow will bring forth. we must judge facts
they rise. Thus far the removal Of tho tyranny
Of this King Of Naples, 10 in itself, good. Whit
it may lead to we cannot tell. That Nc may
sec the French eagles oirclng and swooplnt in
this part "f the world is very probable: that new
difficulties and utw combinations may be pr"u-
ced by this great gain to tho interests of humanity
is very probable. Garibaldi may be mixing up
the elemeuts Of that great European war: which
even Lord Granville last night showed up in n
shadowy prospective; but while he is fighting
against such tyranny ms that Of Naples, We can.
got refus. him our sympathirs. and we cannot but
rejoice at his