The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-27
Rirbmonn 4ispatft.


rhe Insarrectisn In Sicily. The Atrocities |
which Caased u.
The Official journal Of Naples confirms the
repression Of the insurrection at Palltmo on
The i,h inst. The rebels attacked the royal
troops at in the morning, then retired and
shut themselves up in the Convent, which
they harricaded. A battalion Of the 9Th Regi.
ment OF the line made \ sudden assault, on the
.urrectionists, but were driven back with
loss. The Royal Artillery then
opened a breach, and the Convent was taken
by assault The insurgents and their arms
were captured. The journal adds:
Several bands of rebels having risen in the
beaten and pursued in all directions. The Of
fciAl journal does not speak Of any insurrec-
ton, but announces that General SabzanO mas
placed Palermo in state OF siege, and Also
adds that a teiegraphic dispatch received on
the afternoon OF the jih inst, affirms that all
the other provinces of Sicily have been tran
quill, and that the inhabitants Of Palermo mad
not taken part in the combat OF the 4th.
Letters state that on the evening Of the 9th,
an immep Sc crowd. $1,000 strong: blockaded up
the Rue Tolide at Naples, and raised shouts OF
.vira In Constitu.id idn.'' before the residence OF
the Papal Nuncia. ~1ae streets were quickly
TURIN April ll.-According to news from
Naples to 10th, the insurgents, numbering
about ten thousand well armed men, were
concentrated in the Sicilian lsiands ana nau
interrupted the canals communicating with
Palermo. The troops quarteIed IN that city
were attacked every night The Neapoiitan
fleet was cruising along the coast
The Opinione publishes the following dis-
patch. dated April 10Th 1.-THE insurrection
in Sicily appears to be spreading. Inc ois-
patch Of troops continues. Great agitation
prevails ut Naples"
This revolution has been brought on by
atrocities, the narration of which is almost
incredible. The correspondent Of the London
Cronicle says:
The police of Palermo desiring to lay their
hands on certain Casimir Cuisamo, VINO, De-
ing suspected of patriotism, had taken 10
flight, arrested as hostages, threw into nitny
dungeons, and put to the torture, his o!d moth
er, has rife and has sons and daughters. Eleo-
nora, the youngest OF the latter, a charming
and beautiful GIRL lately married to respect
able citizen, underwent treatment mat moved
the W hole capital TO pity. Madame CataIano
the wife of the celebrated advocate OF that
name made such en- ntreaties 10 the Director
Maniscalco that she obtained leave to take the
poor young victim to her own house, becom-
ing answerable for her appearance. At the
present moment EleOnOra Cusimano is resld-
ing a the country seat of the Countess Ron-
chibile where she is slowly recovering. Her
relatives are still in prison.
As regards the torture, each commissary,
each jailor, has his own way OF applying it
i
they are but too true, and can be established
by official documents and the reports of the
medical officers. The famous PUntillo owes
his reputation to the kind OF torture he ap-
plies in the very office of his cOmmI sary snip,
making the patient sit down on 4 chair, with
an open work seat furnished with razor
blades, and having underneath a chatting dish
Of burning coal.
But the one OF the satellites of the Director
General that excels all Others, is evidently
the famous Captain Chemici. born peasant t
of the village OF Belmont, once roober oy
profession, and now an officer OF police ana q
rich proprietor. Sent by Maniscalco to the
town Of Nicosia to find out the assassin OF 4
certain Gorgone-a government ofhclai killed
out of an incident arising from an eAnlcitioh
on his part of An Incredible tran sport OF 1ury-
out of thirty individuals thrown into prison
on the most indefinite suspicion OF telng I'M
plicated in the crime, Chemici cho1e two al
haphaZards TO make an example OF, ana TO as
suage his thirst for torment The two unIor'
tunates, Rosario Chimera, of the Vale d'Olmo
and Pizzolo, underwent the most horrible
treatment, such AS the "cap Of silence" the
"angelical instrument starvation, beating to
deaths door, &c, without being brought tc
confess to an act they had never committed
This police 1unctionary then seized ON the
| wife OF Chimera, young and handsome "o'
man.
After having perpetrated on her the mos
| abumipable violence. X
| the poor creature deposed that her Husband
| had said formerly that be should like to xii
| CApL. (TOrkOue.' lnlS testimony, 81 OUtalHcu
| was Immediately taken down by an officer O
| Justice brought for the purpose and ChemicI
| rejoiced a having an inkling OF proof, return
ed 10 the dungeon of the prisoners to inform
them that ChimerA's wife had confessed. They
| still persisted in heir denial, and he then haC
| recourse to a mode Of torture OF such mon
| strous obscenity that description is impossi
| BILE. The sufferers At last yielded. and con
| fesscd whatever was required. Chemicl hat
them then taken, with all the display posi-
| bic, TO the place where the crime was com
| mitted, SO that they might repeat before
| magistrate, and in the presence OF the assem-
| bled crowd, both the avOWal of their gull
| and Of the exact spot in which they had place
themselves to fire the fatal shot. WheI, how
ever they were brought out into the light an
air OF heaven, and into the presence OF thsi
fei,ow-citizep.. a breath OF energy revive
| the martyrs. They raised their heads, An
with a feeble but firm voice proc laimed them
selves to be innocent. and denounced the lnfs
moas means employed against them.
| A cry of horror arose from the assemble
| crowd and the sbirri hastily surrounded thsI
and carried them back to prison gagged. In
former torture WAS again applied; ChimeI
and Pizzolo again sank under it ; and, confirm
Ing their first ;,yowal OF guilt, were taken
| Catana. the chief town OF the province, TO
tried. The high criminal court, hndlng ev
| dent marks of the tortures they had endure
| admitted their explanations, ordered that the
| should be visited by a medical commission
| who were bold enough 10 report the truth
! the risk of themselves getting into trono
| with the police-annuiled the confession mat
by the pretended culprits, aud proceeding to
fresh aud more regular inquiry, by u judi
| ment Of the 20th Of November, 1889, decIa''
| m. f,co accused innocent, and ordered that the
should be Immediately set at liberty: No
| outstanding this solemn verdict, Inc u'
happy men are still In prison, by Inc PIE
| sure of Director ManiscaicO.
ONE POINT OF U N-The Charlestc
Courier reports one point OF perfect agreemel
: among the delegates to the Convention:
IA delegate" or delegation is sufficiel
| introduction to the public rooms or quartz
| of any one Of the delegations, and the sprig
, | mint tastefully arranged in liquid bOuqu
| has been recognized as An olive branch by Il
| .a.,,..autu,iyss from Maine and CalifOruj