New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-24
THE INTERIOR OF SICILY.
ne of The London Times.


ALA, June 90 1860
You must have a good map of Sicily to find out
where / am. In order 10 facilitate your search, l
nurt tell YOU that / am writing 10 yon fro one Of
those picturesque in the INFERIOR nestled on the
aide OF the mountain 46 miles from Palermo, close 70
the high road toward CaltAnssIta, CatAniA, and
@ Igenu.
frum he adquareIs, beyond the daily work OF prepare
ZION and organ zaon the Diet lis of which, however
in poriant for the national army, offer only moderate
interest your readers, thought trip to The lnte-
ror Of this hrTa inc0gnta would be welcome 10 them.
Il is not more than three days since left Palermo aud
have scarcely Travelled one fourth OF the length OF The
island Yet already that If not until you get
the interior that you ARE able toJudge OF the whole
Sicllian movement.
As Won know, there are three columns which AT this
moment aIe on their way through the island-one
which, proc edg by the seas iore, tends 10 ward Mes
tina the second, which passes right through the hesrl
OF the COUNTRY, by CaaDse u 10 Catnia; and third,
which travefsss the isaDO sOuhery direction from
Palermo 10 GrgvDu, and then will unite with the
second. Behind these three columns Is Garibdii, or
"a nziDg divisions aud pew reserves al Palermo.
The mode column the nucleus OF which consists OF
tie CsCcis or dse ALI aho came with the hrst expo
dton, the first 10 start Its composition vas tbe
work Of tss than fortnight In THIS time the cadrts
had 10 be made of the Caocatori, Sician volunteers
had 10 enlisted and brought into shape all had TO
be clothed rbe great St part Of them armed artillery
prepared the departments OF the attendance, hmou'
lance ard transport organized IN one WORD, all thst
10 be got ready and made To WORK.
Ii one OF the routine soldiers had seen the column
start he would have prognOsticated dissolution In "a
few DAYS and utter inability 70 proceed. Llnsn
blouses i'll great measure ad bltun, SHOES IN
different not to gay bad "inlendance inexperienced,
g,sat longing for the eshpos aud other attractions Of
Palermo tendency III the volunteers to go back ward
and shout rasner than TO proct ed forward and uld-
pately to fght-v.ry, these serious drawba rs;
but The tsseIiia thing done; the column started
AT Misimer the column halted for three DAYS to sup
ply as far as possible what wanted and ,hen
tueo its road ~ Viafri'e ltwould b. untrue To say
that all the volunteers euained that all go right
or tbat nolhiI WAS wanted but the coiumn was
ut least twc well organized when 1t left tisilmer
as ut three days ago. and every day since
| a oontide rable improvement has taken place. The
"reminiscences of Palermo are becoming weaker the
volunteers get Taste for campaigning IN II beautiful
country; we'll received every here and Toasted, the
organization works better aud better every day and all
are beginning 10 look fOrw ard instead Of 5aekward
There only been drawD back hitherto, aud that
!. the illness Of Gen. Tdrr, the commander, to whose
activity and energy The formation Of the division was
ABOVE a owing Still suffering frcm the effects Of the
wound received last year in The plains If LOmbardy
| while with Garlbaldi G.D. Tirr was nuJsDg his shat
te ed health the baths If Aqai when Garibadl sun
| moned hIa friend and follower 10 Rnd help the
Siciliars their struggle. Gen. Turr did nesita,e
for one moment 10 Iepfond TO the appeal Named Ad-
jutantGeneIa Of the force he exeIted himself to get
| the expedition started from Genoa 1t was owing 10
| his maJsgt ment that the expedition which had 10
leave with very little ammunition supplied this want
| ON the road, and at the time obtained four gus
in the most pected manner. lie the first to
loo, the soil Of Sicily and has been foremost in
oil he actions which led the taking of Palermo and
the eysruaii.n of that place. Named lnspe t,r.Gtl-
ea Il ia. National Army III Sicily, and charged with
the organization of tue First Division he rtoOk
| and completed the work. bat the expense of his
health. During the last few day Of hercuean labor
| in spite Of strong symptoms OF serious illness, ne
bauted his remaining strength and the very hro night
| OF bis departure from Palermo violent ind animation
| Of the chest with convusive cough aud spung Of
blood declared itself Despite Of the urgent ad vice Of
| all the medical men Of the division, he would not
abandon the post o0nfded 10 him. and persisted Ia pro-
ce.dipg 10 ViafraIe where he arrived dangerously ill.,
Another violent crisis forced HIN give
ill., and allow himself TO be transported back 10 Paer
mo. The morning Of the day before yesterday the
| officers and many men were assembled nj day break
before the house occupied by him III VIII frae
| 10 have another look ut their chief, who, although
HUI gar an, Of the nost popular IN the force
| with whom be has haired veal and woe. Many
hsrOy Caocatore had tears in his eyes when the
! risgo rolled on.
! mission military and political. The interior Of Sicily
has at a lines hao the credit Of being the
agabe part Of the isaDd-wild, poor uncuva.e aud
tits not opinion entertained alone by foreigners bat
il is one which you hear constantly repeated W people
| who have large property IN the island. As with all
unknown thngs there has been great deal Of error
and misreprest ntation ia this respec. have but
small portion yet but AT every stop hitherto things
become better instead OF and in every respect
find that the feeling Improves at every step Ms-
ueri ouly eigbt miles fro Palermo, was COL Ia tue
reception Of the troops. Whsn they arrived nignt
nothing WIS prepared; the bread not rsa ~, tao
stores had 10 be fetched from outside aud every face
WAS OF uncommon length. On inqairy, II was found
that the cCnssption bad frightened them, and, above