Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-03
Present Condition of the Romagna-The
Peoples Opinion of Pho Mono.

A correspondent of the London Chronicle
writes as follows from Ancona, June Q:
On Wednesday evening, the 30th Of May, |
found myself at the Hotel des PoStes, at Bo-
logna, for the purpose of taking my place in
the Courier for Rimini. On entering the
courtyard was astonished at the sight oil
an escort of soldiers who were loading their
muskets. After this operation they mounted
kind of covered cart, drawn by three post
horses, which was destined to follow us on
our journey.
| turned to the passenger who occupied the
seat next to mine in the numbering vehicle
for an explanation of this phenomenon. He
was a corpulent aUocato of the city we were
leaving.
ut is only the escort" said he, quietly.
What" exclaimed, ian escort Are we
then threatened with danger on the road2 !
thought the country was quiet"
"You are right" replied my new acquaint-
ance; "the country is quiet, and the escort is
merely an indispensable precaution-one Of
those little Inconvenience, in fact, we have
inherited from the former Government. You
see, before the revolution of last year we had
two powers here, and two sets of police
The Austrians found they had quite enough
to do with political offenses, without troub-
ling themselves about crime of any other
kind, so that the robbers had it all their own
way, and to such an extent that in Bologna a
bank was robbed in broad day, and within
sight of an Austrian sentry, who, no doubt,
thought it was no affair of his-robbing a
bank having nothing to do with political
conspiracy. The Pontifcal authorities were
supposed responsible for the suppression OF
crime, but, in reality, they only busted them
selves with trying to discover what were the
real opinions of persons suspected of Liberal
tendencies. Assassinations and robberies
still continued. Not even the police agents
had any interest in re-establishing order, OF
in dispensing the numerous banditt that
infested the roads.
"The fact was that the Government gave O
good round sum to the Legate for police pur-
poses who put two-thirds of it in his own
pocket, and handed over the remainder to
the two or three superior functionaries, who
divided it among themselves so that nothing
remained for the police-agents and gendarmet
but their bare ordinary pay. They were moi
even paid their expenses on their professional
expeditions, and they of course gave them
salvas little trouble to hunt down Of
tenders; while their chiefs, on the other hand
took especial care not to listen to any charges
of blame in the matter. However, as the
roads swarmed with brigands, the Govern
ment mails and treasures were protected by
escorts. As for simple individuals they did
as well as they could; and if they complained
of having been robbed or maltreated, they
were answered gravely, that if they had re-
mained at home, it would not have happened. y
But said /, ''the Romagna now belongs
to the King; has not an end been put to this
state Of things?' r1
Certainly there has, but the habits and
morals Of population can not be changed in
month; moreover, we are proceeding
toward the frontier, which is full of the cul-
prits the Papal authorities on the other side
have allowed to escape, with the object OF
annoying us; it has, therefore been consid-
cred prudent to continue for the present the
old precautionary measures"