, 1860-06-23

Of two steamers Of tbs Royal marine, who left
Palermo yesterday evening, 1t o'clock, tug
glng soma sailing vessels filled with wounded,
aad who arrived this morning at tho military
port, think it Unnecessary measure Of precau-
t,on 10 state my source exactly. We'll, then,
tbi. is the story: -
Yesterday at o'clock in the morning, Gen.
Landi is said to hRIe left with 5000 men and
four pieces Of artillery, in ordsr to attack
battery planted By Col. 0rsini Oh the esplanade
Of the little place called Patrula, nsar Regano,
on the Turco road, between Cayini aud NRrsala.
This cannot be quite correct, az think-but
give it Al receiyed it. Tbs outposts Of the in.
aurgen1a Wele commanded runs The descrip-
tion Of the soldier-by man who boru the
countenance given IN church paintings of Jesus
Christ. I believe shat the officer thus des1g.
mated is Col sirtori, who indeed has some r.
tbs painters, from time immemor.al, to our
Saviour. He permitted III Eeapoltan column to
approach hss Posasioa cfrY close, aud Msn charged
them so!th tAs 5ayonet. Only few reports Of
guns we're heard; then frightfoI massacre
took plaee-nothing but Tie hayenet and aide.
arms beng used s4Ftor1s-or whoever the
officer was-companions seem not to have
amounted to more than 700 or 900. Gen. LAMA,
informed Of the engagement, drew ont his
whole army 10 the town, ~ well a outaide the
gates, but did not venture bes"~d :, ~. ,,z. -
LIS inEFanoa..s n..eI.s. Gen. Landis force be- beusn n
at list to yield before the terrible innrtns Of
the insurgents; bnt. while slowly Withdrawing.
neyerthe 'ess kept up the: fight. The patriots,
reekleesly continuing: their. movements in 3D.
the Royal forces. Placed under the necessity
to sacrifice these men, or to hasten the day Of
battle; Whfch was beliered in Palermo to be
destined for day Or two later, Ga1ibaldi seems
to have thought it his duty to accept the latter
alternative, md gaTe the order fol general
met on the part Of the Roy alists By q terrible
FIRE Of artillery, which, however, seems not 10
have had very deadly effect, from rant of good
gunners practice. It was then 10 O'Clock in
the morning,
Here the narrative which is made to me of
this eventful day becomes more confused. The
following is the main substance OF ii !: The fur
ther advance Of the insurgents took place in
Two columns, in quick nareh, Garibaldi himself
marching at the head Of one Of these columns.
Oh foot, with sword in hand. Col Orsini, with
his few pieces Of artillery, had in the meantime
succeeded in dismountiug some of the Royalist
artillery; other pieces had been deserted By
the frightened attil1erymen. and were insult
clently attended to by the ot6cers who had stuck
to their posts. One company-the name given
is Ar1ell, which is upkuown to me--then seems
to have musiaied, and to have nailed-uot the
guns, as they were ordered, but-thcir officers
I, 70 ths ths g9qasea5ages rheEe thsy yeEe found
l.,
and bis men carried the whole line of the outer
intrenchments,. and droYe the Kings forces
back into the city.
The citizens Of Palermo. seeing the soldiers
demoralized aud beaten then began to throw M
barricades and attempted IN insurrection. but
The forts and the eight men ot.Har began at
once to shell the sireess- The Consuls and
Commanders Of the foreign men.ofWar in the
roadste4d, who had ali asse.abled On board the
Hannibal Commander Adniral Nnndv onaned
Il communication with Admiral Snlazar, Of the
Neapolitau aeet, protesting against the bonn
bardment. The result Of the negotiations that
took pface was. that the bombardmept wps dis
continued at S o'ofock in the afternoon, Just
when the Amelia, by which I hare received
these reports, left the port filed with wounded,
Hho had been placed. on board in lurry, and
without much attention to their suffering. At
Q O'Clock the bomb6rdment recomms need. The
Commander Of the Amelia, however, expresses
Tie belief that it WIS not the city, but the posi-
tion Of Garibslaia forces outside the gates, that
formed the aim Of the gunners- At 4 .o'clock
,lls portion WINS between the advanced redoubts
thrown up BY Gen. Lama and the last houses OF
the city. whose gates had been closed, and
Whose street had been barricaded. Gen LAMA
himself had taken up his position behind the
barricaaes Of the inner circle Of the streets Of
Palermo, at Potta di Te1raauoYa. nea- the Mu-
o1o, ard near the old Campo Santo. His armr
was discouraged, and refused to renew the tgbt.
which the infantry in the morning had kept up
with much ooursge and spirit Some officers
had lost their lives in attempts to reduce the
soldiers to discipline. Desertinns into Garibal-
dis lines had taken place Of officers as we'll as
This report, partly collected from the months
Of wounded and terrified men, NAV be incorrect
in some details; but, in the main, hare reason
to believe it to be in accordance With truth.