The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-16
Our Messina Core spondeMce.

Our Messina Core spondeMce.
MlsslsA, March 9, 1861.
Retrospect Of haian A6airsAs;saa in 1860 and ts6l
Tie Late Srgc--hcoident Board Il. ta;tcd Ss,lss
FtigGte Ei,hmord-Dsah OF q Bostoaizl, d.,
lianc arcem cd aeernum Messnepsium iebelorum east
GUM cona'ruHit-tdfoius III
Thus resds an inscription the inner door o. the ca
del OF Messpe and truly it has hitherto always been the
terror and ohastscmen Of the people whenever they
tried to oppose the tyranny OF the Spauards and the
Bourbops In ls4s the city was nearly destroyed by the
citadel, and 1t is the only stronghold left to the
Bourbons of all their proud Kingdom OF the rwo Settles
To understand the position of the citadel it Is ne
cessary to back to July 1560 The day after GarDad
had the battle OF Melizz1, convention
into between the Garha iiap Major General Medic aud
General Gary Neapoltan Governor OF the province o.
Nesslna by which areed that the Neapoau .roops
should be Withdrawn from nessna aod reom forts Con
zaga and Castelliano, the heights b.hGI the
town the arms, ammunition &c, III the afore
said forts to be sent 10 the citadel The
troops OF Garbaldi TO enter the to6n. The port
to be FREQ both 10 the Neapoans and Garbailans. Tho
town shall be obliged TO furnish to the citadel on pay
ment provisions, &C. The citadel sba net drc upon til,
town unless attacked rso thence and then oay upon
such points from which the attack proceeds.
This convention Afterwards Confirmed by Msrshs
Fergola commaudant of the citadel and General F4orc
| Governor OF Messipa-
Immediately upon this followed Garbadrs brilliant
campaign in Calabra, the taking of Sspica the Pebscie
and the flight OF the royal family 10 G.eta During
all this tmet tha, is, Up to January 135imatters re
maned in t1iu quo a Messna; and whenever tGcyo sa
scarcity Of provisions at the citadel thysal 70 ire
upon the town Immediately brought forth an abunisnt
supply The citizens OF Messins unwilling en- ,,g,
IN host lities during tbs seas1n whcn neu "
hundred vessels were in port receiving clsgoes I'd
would have been greet pity f the greater part OF gl
rope and America had been deprived OF oranges daring
| the spring and summer. Both parties anxjully
locking forward to this result Of the opc atoms before
Gaea, the hessinans fondy believing tha upoI 'he f
OF Gacta the csdcl would surrender occasl1u ly q
French steamer would arrive bringing Sil to
the citadel in tle shape OF money ami proy s,ons or
few ccets would desert from eta lei end 81 10 that
Narahal iersoa eXpesled soon 70 receive reinforcement
AT length, on the morning os thc Il ii O! February
that Gaeta lad fallen. Trcoior aJgs waved from win
dows, bes ruug I. Dams surg churcaes U.sas
rcsounded in the streets, AMI everybody w4 sith
| joy.
One of the conditions o, the csptulat1n at Gaeta pas
that the garrison should rentld prisoners OF unt
the citadel at Meesna should srrencer therefore Gene
raj Chiabbrera set summons to Marshal Ferg3a 10 sur
render, informing him at the tme Of the fall OF
Caeta To this Marshal Fergos replied that hs consider
ed the citadel entirely independent " GaeI, AMI wond
know h3w to defend himsef 70 Inc last extremity. Uron
this refusal being made known 20 Victor Emanuel tue
sea and land fofces that had operated aglns GAeta
ordered TO Messina, AMI Adnai Pcfs4bo and General
Caldnl soon made their Appearance aud preparations
| for hostilities began.
On the 2sth OF February Sandman friga.e entered
the port and dsembarked regiment OF bersl cri (le
mem. Immediately Marshal fergoa notice n .be
diercn, foreign consus that he wished the post cleared
| as he intended TO commence firing upon the town Il
twenty four hours The American Ergish and Frtnch
| CoEsus Immediately went beard tAs Uatod states
s,ehmer RIchmond nd and hell consultation,
assisted end il was resolved to send 10 Fergoa and
prevail upon hm not 10 fire against The tovi lhey
wero coarsoasiy received ard Fetgoa promised uo @
ire until five o'clock !. 81 the following DAY, aul
Arotner consultation was appointed for o'c0.k
on the following morning, when prhnps matters might
ha amtH ia that 10.
clear the port was sent 20 the Cnnss and foreign
Of war, letter was a'so wrie b. Fergcia General
ard materials was not dscouinuel he Fersola) wo1ll
feel obi gcd to fire. not up,n tie vessels dscmbark
ing and The fortin 5aious, bn, also up3a the city
General Caldini replied as follows
wA you 'so Saye done sf@ ne & 'sSS sSsor
l. Victor Emaaue having been declared King oc tag By
~ MY ss open rebellion.
ns but 'ss a sgsn e S s1S y3r sn no terms
49, t.s u sou Is mpcn me NE ey M after tac aof ol
% y .ha as sha eans the mum Of citizens vho mag
hat yoaf enea,s, and ,bose q your oal'ars shall ue
and as,yr qhst sss ab,n9 vau ar ."s nsva v
the popuaoe os Mesana, a..
such letter could only have been written " man
under great eNctonent ana must btve been rcg ~
soon as feut II naturally produced bal Effects
Aceordinely on the morning o. The ist o Earch. yaen
the Consuls, accompanied BY two Gu ors of the II b.
mond, vert to the ctadol, they found DC Aartuo he
second IN command, who snowed them Caldnis lc..er,
hatons Nth such man. However, a pro?ostou WAS
made BY the NcapoiiaDs thai mixed depu;atpn, c)u-
sistng OF Srdnians and Ncapoans, should pro3cci 10
Rome and submit the whole matter 20 Ffaucis n
With THIS proposition tho American AMI lag sh Coz
Hus the FIRST Lieutenant ~ the Chm1nl aQf hs a}s
who all showed great zeal in the % humanity veut
to Ciadini who replied to them
Gentlemen my King has sent me here TO take toe
citadel, and not to scDd a. putaons besides, this
matter entirely between Italians"
Thus negotiations a. end, and the harbor n
medstey after presented busy appearance, ,rchant.
Of al nations and sizes busy engaged tov.
ing out OF the haroor The S0l0n, French OF
steamed away at three O'Clock H. NJ. Tho Jnied sta es
steamer Richmond and tho English frgate Terrible
maired quietly NJ anchor, while thcir boats tusy
engaged n assisting the merchantmen
At FIVE O'Clock p. " precisely few shots we're fred
from the bastion Don iIasco, which did no harm aud
we're not replied to.
few days after this a Neapouan boa, went
alongside the American and English men OF war and
requested them ~ leave tho port the Nespolitan so
diors exaggerated that they might nj any tina
nre into the city. The OF. war complied with this
request, and went out or the line Of nre this was vc
days since put as yet no firing has taken place Mean
while Cialdni busy erecting works aud planting bat
teries and the battle viii probably begin In a week
The works n possession OF the Ncspotans consist OF
citadel mounting upwards OF three hundred guns smong
which are some parhans; the enterna fourteen gns "a
cssemate the Salvatore at the entrance OF the bb1r
nifty guns and the Bason Don Basco, ten guns, 10 oil
some four hundred pieces.
Against this the Sardnians bring TO bear mortar bat
terry OF twelve ten inch mortars az s'ance o qlref
OF mile battery OF eight sixtce Founders, rihsi
guns two heavy batteries of twelve fry po inlcI pn
pon r'hef and two hater'es ~ twenty rSTd n ~
canIoa' fou m1t understand that Al tassa oa''srl1