Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-28
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,r.oTEgNARY OUTRAGEs IN
SICILY

y wsv he interesting to our readers 70 AM"
a. "a c%oplition Of affairs in Southern
TtaIv. and what's TO be expected Tor the haIur9
Of that country if the Legitjmist InsurFectiOh
l. norurompty suppressed. We therefore COL
-. from onr foreign files Of a late date some
.t,tsmsnts which throw light on the matter;
- L-;n.ndage extends a little everywhere,
AaItv In the Calabrias, the AbruZZi,
49, ~ Ctritsuata. The band when had IT'S
S = DIzce in the royal forests OF Persano,
n LIZ pgsstum, after having plundered the
T;nq,s hunting lodge there, had been driven
ont and scattered, but some few handfuls sue
cos5ad 10 making their escape into the Cala-
briss. The same happened to a oaha IN 20
t-o1s in the province Of CosenZa. Number
;ng some six hundred men, it overrun some
small villages, establishing what its leaders
called provisional governments, plundering
ANA numbering at its pleasure. Surrounded by
ths troops in the little town Of Spinelli, after
four hours fighting, and having lost a great
number Of their body, the brigands took to
fight. The peasantry OF the country, armed
with every sort Of weapon, gave chase, and
the pursuit was SO terrible taat only a miserd-
be remnant Of the bTigsnds succeeded IN bury
ing themselves in the forests.
A heroic ~exploiti is told Of a beautiful young
woman ia EuE hAllt1E Va LtAnNAAAH
of her uncle, a Liberal priest, was invaded by
some twenty brig5rd ~rufians. One Of the
leaders was amusing himself by stabbing the
Door priest, who was old, wheR the girl rushed
10. flung herself on him, snatched in an instant
the brace Of reviewers be had IN bis belt, and
shot him dead. She ran through all 1.-THE rooms
firing upon every brigsBd she found engaged IN
plundering the house. Sic shot four OF them.
Alarmed at this unexpected attack, and not
- oF 81 the rufT1ua IN the
other roomsran out. She, still pursuing them,
succeeded, before they could get a knowledge
Of the enemy they had to encounter, in closing
the front door against them. The bTigands at
tempted to set fire to the house.
From the balcony she put out an old musket
belonging to her uncle, and fred upon them
again, and then displaying from the window q
tri-colored flag, cried, 'VIva Gari0aldl," WITH
all her strength. The miscreants fired an IN
efectusl shot or two, and fairly ran for it. A
few moments after a captaln OF beTsagheIii
who lust came up, found the exhausted girl in
a faint upon the dead body OF her uncle.
A proclamation, dated the 18th July, ans
ppblisbed bv the pretended provisional govern
ment Of Cotrone (Calabria) shows what may
q. be expected from the insurgents said to be II
the pay of Francis II.
Wherever there may be several bands LEI
then elect a chief, and endeavor to fall on toe
great towns. Let JHem cover Tue country wiz
guerillas, fatigue the enemy By marches aEd by
feigned retreats across the mountains; lead
them into narrow deiles, where a few mer
NAV easily destroy them by rolling down rocks
from the steep sides 'Of The precipices. II
order to prevent the maneUvers Of the cavalry
in the plains, strew the ground with fragments
Of glass, rails, and pieces Of old iron, and dig
up the ground in places where artillery ar
likely to be placed. Intercept the principa
roads by, digging deep bitches at intervals o.
fifty yards and, in places where 1t may bt
useful, break down the banks Of the riverI
and cause them to overflow or change thei
course. Be careful to destroy all the boats, 81
as the more completely TO embaTrass the sPe
Tstions of the enemy.
The authors Of the proclamation recon-
mended that all PiedmOntese prisoners shall b
sent back to their native country, but that NJ
quarter is to be given 10 the soldiers Of thr
Hungarian Legion, who, as soon as they shall
fall into the hands Of their opponents, are t
be hanged on the highest trees near the road
side The ciemency which the provisional
government Of Cotrone promises to the Italian
troops is, however, but iilusoTy, as the PIocia
nation concludes with the following words
"Shame and discrimination to those who op'
pore our triumphant march," This pTOcisma
ton is Published in the name of the Pope ans
King Francis.