Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-06-06
RICH MOND WHIG.
THE PRoMRE OF TIE EXPEDITION.

be tied to a Tree ant shot TO death somewhere in the
neghborhood of Palemo history will describe him as
rash adyenurer ket thousand other namcIess victims
who had zeal without Judgment and courage without
conduct H nc shoul, drive the Neapoitans out of Sci
w. and hold his there until he had raj ed Naples and
chased the Bourbons fom the Peninsula he will be the
Tell or the Washington OF renovated Italy How is this
to be? Our British public has been for the last week in
patient to know. 1t sonly very few DAYS since it
heard that the idea of s invasion had been conceived
We can number the hours since Garbadi sailed from &C.
noa and succeeded in efectng his descent upon Sicily
Ever since that TELEGRAM arrived our British public has
considered itself iused that the expected news
loitered Unfortunately however Sicily is an island
Unhappily the roads few and very bad the noun
tans are very numerous the tegraphs in the hands of
the Government aud thera!ways yet to be made Add
to this that Glrbad habeen very thoughtess as to
land upon that part of tie island which furthes away
from the Straits of Mesm and the coast of Italy, and
which although it may p,ssb be best adapted for his
immediate object asbeng furthest from Naples,yet
is i'll situated for the early qualification of the audbe GU
riosity felt by his welwslers here in England
When therefore GariSati, on the lh OF this month
sprang ashore MarSlla eaying his be
taken trophies by his prudent pursuers he disappear
ed from the civilized worl For while we heard moth
ing at ALL Eina smoked no higher than usual aud the
ships of commerce and transit that passed the Island had
heard 10 more wonderful sounds than in all ages have
been supposed TO reach tue of those who passed
through those terrible Straits. In these days. when We
have been spo by teegnus we naturally grow first in
dgnant aud then Disguised il hero should take more
than three days in oveItmnng dynasty conqueiiug
a continent The more fesle portion OF the public were
beginning To doubt in tbaldL Some so far ~ to
think him altogether mytb and Horace Wapole has
iSpr0ved all The accusations against Richard H. and
Archbishop Wnacy has demonstrated the non-existcnce
of Napoleon it became qite likely that the NenrO
itan Government would succeed in pelsuading Europe
that there in Sicily no such person Garbadi-
Gradually, however, there came vague sounds from this
island Of classical echoes. The power ofthe King OF Ma
pes over tig wild mountainous piece OF earth concen.
trsted chiefly in Palermo and Mtssua Sicily is the
great shapeless stone which, as We in the map,
the toe OF the Italian boot is always kicking be-
fore IT, Palermo is ut the side OF this stone Ii
became known at last that Garibadi had landed
about 80 miles from Palermo, at seaport town called
NarsalI of l-renOwn for rs vine but row partially re-
deemed by its conneNiOn with hi' desperate enterprise
in favor of liberty. Soon after !. certain that Carl
bald htl landed came that he had held the toan
o. Masat under bOmbatIHtnt that he had sent iJIth
his OutpoSts reconnoitfe the position OF the Royal
forces that be had received the insurgen chiefs of the
ISLAND and that the NeapOital General had thought il
prudent 10 call all bis forces from The outlying posts,
and 10 concentrate them 10 Palermo. Thea doubt,
fol aud Inconsistent rumos hos Ganbald had advanced
% Morellr which within four miles OF Palermo: that
lie At Alcsmo, which is twenty-five miles from Pser
0o; that hr had been utterly routed at place called
C,l4s Eim which l. still iu hcr away iron Palermo and
that tue whole expedition had been dispersed chiefs kill
ei, aud las ani prisoners mken. All this was inson
sisten aud impossible in tts sequence but by no means
improbable ia its general puporL All the places men
toned IN the direct route from harsal 10 Palermo.
In following u,t route, tho insurgents would have Is
traverse broken mountainous country new TO them,
and well known the Neapoitan soldiery. IL is highly
probable that they might be attacked at disadvantage
and certain that the regular army Of The King OF
Naples would be better supplied with military stores than
the adventurefs who had just ashore Private let
n
Of the bands Of hbeTatOs At places 10 be found
10 the map but these seemed hardly sufficient to out
weigh the steady Official announcements from Naples
aad Rome which declared a regular victory, spoke Of
tgs and pr oners snd sain al in the hands OF the roy
al army and told how the enthI.iasc sOldery dr
Wing the pas OF the mountains and Dispensing the
belou- blud- that urked in ihe drirs. This the
first High. Of kilograms which 10 us from the scene
" conflict.
To dav The tide has turned snd it Is the friends Of
GlGhald who have the OF Europe. From Turin We
have au announcement cOntfalctug tie oicia
VI the battle oi Calail fmi i telegram from Palermo
coming down to the lsth describes Palermo in 4 state
OF siege the surrounding country in full insurection,
900 insurgents in TO join GoTibali The city in ag
taon and the populace eagerly sympIthzing with the
country people outside Close upon each other the ele
grams crowd and becomes evident that whatever
NAV be the true history OF the iir Calg.a Fmi that
contest not OF nature TO delay Garbslts advance
upon Palermo. On the 18th ald lC,h there was fight
OF this that Garbal to have occupied in
the village Of hOreae, which the map shows is stu
ua,e upon hill commanding Pseimo. II GITibaldi bss
any guns with him, this position must render the pos
ton of the Neapoau garrison desperate. The command
er seems have been of this opinion and have sailed
forth dislodge his besegers for crown
ing telegram, which brings down news to last Sunday
night and tells that the Neapoltan army had been en-
tirey defeated close to Palermo
The chain of facts thus strung together 10 be
quite consistent If the holds true Sicily is lost
to the House Of Bourbon The object Of Garibaji has
evidently been to get possession Of the dis OF
the two great military posts of the island By this time
he be in possession OF Parrmo Of such portion
Of it as he hold without command of the sea- His
friends do not claim for him that there has yet been any
important detection Of the NeapOlian army, but neither
Palermo Messna is fortified With view to defence
from any enemy coming from the Interior II the King
has lost Palarmo Messna must follow aud there is not
much chance Of reconquest by the present King Of Ma
pies The impulse here is 10 rejoice. As the news pass
es from man TO man. even among the Conservative
Of English societies assemblies, every face lights up
with Joy. No to Wa aud ask himself to what
this lead lie exuts in the simple fact that
detesable tyranny is crumhng into dust. In these
DAYS, when nation must 20 as strong armed
and when no one can know what the morrow NAV bring
FORTH iudge facts they rise. Thus far the re-
moval of the tyranny of this King of Naples il in Itself
a good. What il may lead TO cannot tell. That we
may the French eagles cfcling and sgoopiug
III this part of the world is very probabe that d
fcutes and combinations may be produced by this
great gain to the nterest Of humanity is very possible
Garibald may be mixing up the elements Of that great
European which even Lord Granville last hight
showed ~ in shadowy prospective, but, while he is
fighting against such tyranny that Of Naples
not refuse him sympshes and cannot but rejoice at
his success
REV. DR. CARTWRIGHT. THE METHODIST