New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-29

s.c =, ch.r, IN b;s second desiring him not to lose
,;vbt os nj. co,,mt which was commanded by Bixio |
Ru, thin steaper was the ftsr of the two, and after
~ houra !, hecame 90 dark tnas she could no longer
hs sesn. Garitaldi was called, and he ten ordered
q la,te,u 70 be hoi-ted a. a signal, 10 NJ
40 lot Bixio see that he was too far ahead, and
mu,, sacken his speed Bxo did, in fact, see the light;
but knowing Garibalds order to have none en- board
after nishtfa he concluded tina. it was some Nespoi-
ian ship giving chase. On tho nsant he wore bis
own vessel round and steered right against the SNIP
posed craft If the enemy, with the Intention OF running
into her, and knocking hole in her side II possible
But WHEN the two vessels neared each other Carl ,ai
By the faint glmmering Of the stars, saV and recos
nized biz consort and having rung the large bell on
board signal previously agreed upon betweel himself
and Bixo and spripging TO the wheel no avoided the
colision But for the chiefs nerve and presence OF
mind, the expcdtonary force would have beeh
destroyed then and there and Garbad have been sent
10 the bottom by hisbest eod, who would have per-
hans shared lis fate. Capt Gastadi, who is young
Seaman comparatively, being only seven and twenty,
shook tn emotion as he was describing this s,ene,
where the hopes of Italy so near the brink OF
ruin.
Concerning the. landing and the fighting, the same
| officer thus spoke:
| II seen 10 me like dream ia less than month
have msde that wonderful landing have been prescott
al three fgtte the last Of which, and bloody one
| war was In Paermo and here am come back Nth
my mind full of the things have SEEN hardly dare
10 tell them, ttey appear 30 astonish ny rrarioaiu
| had a sort If magnetic attraction for me. Though
| was half dc IN with huager and fatigue, could not
bear that he should me tagging benlnd; and be-
eve that many were III my cas--anxlous 10 ngnt 6a'
quite tired ont, and kept up mainly by the moral inna
ence OF Garitald who was himself as gay as If on
| pleasure trip. Ii IL not true that the Neapollt Aus
could hive prevented our Decentralization. They
| did pot arrive till we had landed, and were briJg-
ing ON shcre the last munitions. We tramp q ios
three Gays and three bjghts through sun and
rain and III this wearied Out state we gave battle a.
Calaafmi. believe that we conquered throngh
sheer DESPERATION for We gave ourselves up for DEAD
Luckily for us, the Neapolitan soldiers begta to hire
before we were within range, while We did not re-.
sloI except by Il stray shot or 60. We descended
into the valley that lay b.tween u.s. ran up the oth7r
slope and, when cort, tired into Them. by this TINE
they had used w all their cartridges; bat as W. were
only about Is PAGES apart, and they were on higher
ground they tried the effect of throwing at us the large
stones which ~sIe lyi"g gentifglly about One OF
these stones struck Garnadi on The arm, whereupon
we shouted and charged with the bay onet and they
| bruke and Fan away. At that mouent we forgot
hui ger aud fatigue and overlook aud Killed some o
the fugitives. Half an hour a'erward ho~eyefi we
with us if fresh body had att cked us. lnstead Of
this fortunately, we received OF men srd
Provisie from all pats people having began 70 De-
Il
of our doing something Since that oay having rested
little, we have fought here and re, or unanswered
in order 10 second the of other bands which
The General alone was acquainted with. | saw
Scliaino who had imprudsndy advanced too far, die
like a hero saw rio fall dahgerouly wounded,
and by this time he must be dead; saw Cari, such
dandy in Parr fighting like lion, and exciting the
admiration OF ALL Bixo, usual, aeted like desper-
ate fellow, who does not know what danger is. All
there gallant men were wounded by the time we took
| Pal rmo.
Here the narrator was interrupted by the question
But how dd this fight 90, what movements did Carl
laldi make He replied:
tell very little abont il at all, for sll saw was
the point of my bsyonet and thai of some enemy, and
all h,ard The thunder of the artillery round about
| me. know that Garioald sent away the guOs ana
| few squadrons another spot saying tGat If the
| ,nedy wanted TO take these guns we should in the
mesn tin take Palermo and so we did, but it still
seems 10 me an impossibty. Not one of "a had more
VI al seven cartridges in hrs pouch The Scilans had
Dohipg but fowlTg pieces without bayoncts; they had
| pixies, few pistols, and some oand-greuadeS. But
they fought like devils urged ON by the womon, como of
wb III foue at their SIDE Then the deserti)n. began
aid the officers being left alone said they were well
| pleased 10 be made prisoners Of.