Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-13

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writes ftom Palermo on the 10th ult., as fol- |
lows .r.., ii .1-ig u g,oL -9g91I
The day before yesterday Gen. Letizia |
called on Gen. Garibaldi, announcing the
sneedy evacuation of all the remaining NeaS
politan troops and requesting the Dictator to |
| take such measures that tho retreat OF the |
| last sbatcllrshduld not be rnolesred. During
nearly all This time the Neupolitans have been
| haunted. by the idea that Garibadi withrt
best iptentou, will be unable TO restrain the
| towns papple and the sduddriJ They have
found the pDpulnSono Sicily SO uuruly and
| wild that; iufpte of all proofs they hayehad
| Of the ascendancy, 1Garibaldl and his men
| have acquired over them, they can not per-
Esuade- thenselves- that any one else would be
able to dowhat they never could 1t was IN 1
order to have some security in this respect
that they stipulated, in the eighth article o.
the, convention, that the seven prisoners
should only be given up when the last SOL
diers had etnbafked from tAe-Aole. q ~
| What makes them even more neryouS ils
that they 4putF little trust in the Neapolitan
troops. All the advanced posts toward our
4 rnss hays, Therefore, been oocupied by the
foreign baatAlions..l Vain preeaution, for the
spirit of INSTRUMENTATION has seized these
latteras wsllasl the natives. SINCE the for
n eitn troops have kept the outlying posts
| more tl1an q hundred have deserted. They
!, get handsome sum il they come oversee
II II without, AND $40 il. with iheir rifles, The
i pay is likewise higher, and there Is plenty to
tans Shut in as tiqy are they must live on
biscuit and salt thel ltAa.tbis latter only now
and then The ships are, too busy in taking
4; off 1thfngs' 70 bring back provisions! Thus
- the troops are IN The most trgi ngposition any
y army can be- III. & The deserHons take pace
4 in patches OF fourior five, hna not rarely III
bread dqylight aays lag ago ,s one %, oI ,heIT
/. own sentries, The pickets on,our side hear-
Ilqnk the firing, thought fthere,was an attack,
and opened Ere like vice. so that the deSerters
!. got between two fires, which, however, did
hot hinder them from crossing over safely.
No one doubts, and the. Neapolitans less
= than any one else, thot tue troops ,whieh @ nau
haen here must be first .reorganized before
" | they can be led again into action. AS for the
q officers, there Is 10 secret,that most of them
r have no heart iu the fPht. That horrible
u "Italian idea has made ravages among then
re worse than any epidemic could do, Agains
y the Scilians the feeling oil averaion IS SUI
strong; but ag for Garibaldi and his men
to wherever there is contact with them, 1t ha
to more the Appearance of friendly intercours
between conlpanions in arms than adver
3aries. Only the other day saw one Of ou
Q. red shirts sitting on the parapet OF the citade
81 and having q long conversation with some @
81 the officers who came up. The, name tn
IL prestige, and the DfllllhnL ltdueIeup " Ool
w baldi have n great deal to do with this change
they had been taught to consider him as
reprobate and fillibusier, and found him th
ce most undetermined and chivalrous Of mer
all treating them ratheras misled friends tina
enemies, instead Of taxing advantage of thei
,r distress he did allin his power to relieve !
His brilliant advance has impressed Them wi!
sl.1a tke fiieiip peei+3 of their own worn OF
Id gonerals. Instead of trying to huniliat
a them, and thus bring his own superiority o!
IN relief they saw him only anxious to avoi
n every thing which could hurt their feelings
,r- All this taken together has done more
open out their mipds and feelings than an
lectures Of Italian unity. They begin 70 Vi
N, derstand that there is something higher an
ne lnobler then to be the sbirrt ofa bgoted Kin
/ II that for them, likewise, new career may !
rl at hand--to fight for the freedom and. ind
rAa pendence, instead of the seyYitude of the
~ country. They see young men occupyir
! high positions in the national army by the
elf own merit, and involuntarily compare
Iri- with their own elow advancement, and &
system of fnvoritsm which leaves no chan
s6r exertion. The fillihuster has become
rh, hero in Gheir eyes, aud the handful Of adve
'ol turers who accompanied him the bold char
, pions of q noble idea. ,,-....s
70 = Csaribaldi, as the standard-bearer of lbel
ia and national ideas, is even more formidat
to the Neapolian Government than as mi
/. tary commander.s He begins by defeati
t a. and then converting his enemies. | ha
ore, heard from third parties, who see both sid
lth that the Neapo itans make scarcely secret
bp their conversation, and If it were not that
a Government has taken good care to carry.
d the families Of the officers 10 Naples as III
70 taees, and that others stick to their COLI
from feeling of military honor, not ma
esi- would have gone back to Naples except, p
lew haps, in company with the filiibusterS.