The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-22

mountain begins again TO protruae mto tho pa.ln
they are Parco and Madonna dele Giraffe,
owe. which carriage road leads the Paa del ,;rcci
wd Ccreone two old Albanian colonies established Ike
good number in this part Of Sicily, by emigration after
the death Of skanderbtg Another spur runs out into the
plain, and forms another anphheatre Iore rugged and
picturesque than that Of Morreae and dominated by the
Geb Rssso In the dip rugged horse path asccnds,
called The fasso della Mazzena leading down 70 the VII
laCe Of MsihDer situate the only bghgoaf into the
interior and Ca,ana The Cob Rosso falls on to-
wards the and Cape Zafarano and N the lower de
preston is the high road from Palermo ~ Catana IL
almost parallel TO the road the seasborc as far as
Abae and then cuts across to the sonth From this de-
scrption you will that the Neapolfans possessing the
command Of he sea- had all the Of conccntrc
position especially with an enemy who Was weak in artl
general concentration Of their forces the plain
clearly Indicated with the single exception Of the plateau
OF Monreale which is position in ITSELF and commands
the read from the interior for some distance The dsad
vantage him who attacked was considerably increased
by the dcu nature o. Inc mountains, which makes al
ble that any change OF the attack implied great cir
cult The Neapotans who . had studied the thing for
rated their forces in the plain merely occupying the
plateau Of Monreale.
CHANGE OF PLAINTIFF SECRET COMMITTEE.
Gar,baldi could not unite his forces IN time 70
arrive at Monreale before The Neapoans had occu-
pied it in great force, and when he arrived in tho
victory Of calata Tmi, be saw that tho taking Of
Monreale could only be elected with great loss. He
wss TO surround and watch ali the outlets and for this
purpose the different squad Of the insurgents took up
positions all round the chain Of mountains which enclose
the bay II was one Of the finest sights you could see
when their fires bazed up at night and mingled their red
glare with the pale light Of the moon They were watched
by the inhabitants like the holy fire by the Prsce and
the sole occupation during the last eight days seemed
TO be TO observe and comment on their meaning Now
they seemed stronger peak more spread and
continuous the slope Of another mountain and the
hope knded by these fires the uninitiated lived.
mroes,ble to IA describe, and s,rons enough to
brave the state of siege which had been proclaimed
The The, secret M whcn n a mhaanea
the police, always found means 10 communicate with
Garibald in spite Of the military authorities The com
mittee known 10 exist and II circulated printed bull
etns almost daily but it was 80 organized that the po
lice although aware Of its existence could never discover
the members II kind Of frcema sonry, with dic
rent degrees Of initiation. No one not member Knew
more than one member The houses where the nestmgs
held continually changed, and all ooeyed
blipdly.
ready TO rise but imposed the condition thai he should
appear the gates Of the town. He accepted this
condition, and made his plans accordingly Seeing that
native insurgents 70 keep up the fires and engage the
by an almost incredible march along the mountain chain,
where the guns had 10 be carried by the he appeared
all at at Parco, on the road to Pana on the 23i
AS the Neapotans saw their mistake they sent
up hot haste towards Parco whatever they could mus
ter Of forces without exposing their position in the town
They did not think them sufficient, for after some Skin
mishng that day. they withdrew again TO their posi-
lower plateaus the Piana Borazzo and Santa
troops from MonreaIe, and, thus strengthened, made
another attack-the same witnessed from on board
ship. The purpose was gained they had got another
change Garibaldi withdrew leaving Just few of the
bands behind. These latter did not wait long TO follow,
Madonna dele Graze and Parco the same afternoon and
piaged and burnt the place. according to time honored
custom, killing number Of the peaceful in
habitants, and publishing, as usual, next day
splendid bulletin, announcing the defeat of the
bands of Gsribaidi, and promising their speedy
subsection. Although Neapoitan bulletins are not
much believed, yet there many in the town whose
hearts sank when they saw Garbadi retire second
time.
ryo, r,,o ,,o,y ,ho man with whom, ,bov hal N ao
nor did the Nea4ol,ans eher-although they ought To
have remembered veetr. 1t was REGULAR pour ptiens
back to Piana and sent his artillery further
back while he himself with his chosen band made his
followed his track TO Piana he had arrived yesterday
morning at Msiimer, on the high road TO caana where
he had given rendezvous 10 all the chiefains captains
on that side Of the mountain chain.
VISIT TO GARIBALDI's CANP-rHE FOLLOWERS
STRANGE AND ROMANTIC SCENES.
was SICK Of uncertain Tncn alone were 70 DC
darkness about the true state OF things Besides knowing
little Of the gallant Generals tactics had strong sus-
pcion that something impending which could DO
better from without than from inside the town. SO
determined to see whether could no. &C.. there some
ton and had seen one OF the captains popular man Of
this place, called Ia Maza, so determined likewise TO
have q trial. Some friends in the town Indicated the
way, and set of in the carriage Of one Of them. The
road TO Messna, starting from the Marina and the villa
where unes with the hishroad TO Mislmcri and
Catania. ] was advised TO take this last, as the
dcnce in their navy, and what with the s,raiagem Of
Garbaldi, the Ncapotans had paid little attention
sentres before the corner Of the villa Giua and post
OF score of men little further, in the oroi building,
were all that were IN the neishoorhood OF the town
bridge leading little stream torrent called Or
veto, which flows into the sea- about quarter Of mile
further on. All along these houses there a chain OF
sentrics and in the vicinity Of the bridge post per-
haps eighty men who furnished these scntries.
passed them without nm inquiry, and was free There
had been the Neapotan cruising about every
day all along this coast no necessity therefore felt
with my two Calabresc horses aud passed some American
officers probably bound for Soento At the very gates Of
the town the people had joined the instruction, but
there was kind Of neutral ground between the two,
which ended in village beyond Abate, the name OF
Insurgents were NOT and a, the entrance of The village
Of their armed men asked me for permission TO be
my guide thing which exactly suited me. As we
and trying to kiss my hands, asked me for arms They
were al ready to ioin eS, nal no arms. Which sa not
and Garibald We had TO galop OF IN order not TO be
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fnl mountain scenery in 'front.' brought me % the town
ing in character In tho little square held on
ono side the committee, which forms kind OF pro-
wooaen STEPS aasd outside was eu,Sroned tie chief
OF the stat Of Garibaldis expedition in prmi-
Two vanns American ocers. from the rnised states
steamship Iroquos without which one allowed 70
enter the camp As he had likewise given them an orcer
~ loihcu " VIC suo
heights leading the Gebel Eosso and the pass Of the
Mezzagna We had soon left behind the few remaining
houses and the Of the fcudal castle 10 the ethe
white limestone walls OF which had something in them
which reminded you Of skeleton The ground all about
is planted with olive trees, vines and different sorts Of
grain which all grow luxuriantly in spite Of the stony
nature Of the place The General had pitched his camp
tolcraby extensive plateau just above the ruins,
looking down on one side towards the plain and the range
which ends Cape Zarana while the other the peaks
OF the Gebe Rosso and the PASS Of Nezzayna visible
across depression In the ground looking very much
like an extinct ter, and partially hed with wa
ter, owing 10 the copous rains which hal fallen during
the last few days II Of those panoramas which
suggests naturally your pitching your tent there-that
is II you have one The word tent Is erased from the
military dictionary OF Garibald However, a popular
general has yield at times 10 his soldiers and he
could not prevent them rom sticking into the ground four
OF the ances with which the squadron who have
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