Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1862-07-17


When Sarah Jane, the moral miss,
Declares it's very wrong to kiss -,.
I'll bet shilling see through It
The damsel fairly understood ,-
Feels just as any Christian should
She'd rather suffer wrong than do it,
THE STORY OF AN ITALIAN HEROINE.
A letter from Florence, in the London Atbe-
aCeuna, gives this account of an Italian heroine,
who joined her husband in following the fortunes
of Garibaldi: - ~. f.. .....g-
"Qne of those long and picturesque torehlight
funerals, which are so striking to a strangers
eye, as they wind up to the new extramural bu.
rial ground Of Florence, among the olives and
expresses Of the steep hill of San Mioiato, issu.
ed from the Duomo few evenings ago, and took
its way at the Ave Maria towards the Porta San
Nicolo, followed by great concourse of all
ranks of persons. 1t was the funeral of Tonina
Marinello, young Venetian woman in the
bloom of life, who had fought bravely by her
husbands side in the ranks of Garibaldi's gal
liant thousand when they swept VIGOROUSLY
through Sicily, from Marsha to Messina, and
thence to Naples and Capua, carrying all befors
them.
The carrying home of the poor Garibaliina
whose short life had ended sadly in Florencs
amid the straits of pinching poverty, would at
any time have called forth manifestation Of
TeSpeCG dilu SyuipdIuy' NOtc, vi CouISo9
the crowded following of the procession was
sweled by those of the ultra-red party. who
would fain have given it the appearance Of q
demonstration.
The little story of Tonina is moving touch
of romance in real life, yet is simple and winning,
as were her slender figure and fair pale face,
shaded with the goldenbrown hair which so Of
ten shines out from the canvass ofthe old Vene-
tian painters. Nothing of assumption, nothing
of unfeminne or theatrical sternness contributed
to shape the attitude of her quiet courage Her
husband, who in his early youth had fought the
battles of l848, was employed when the war of
1859 broke out, and the youth Of Venice emf
grated by hundreds into the neghboring liber-
ated provinces, in the dangerous service of guide
TO these fugitives from Austrian vengeance,
across the desolate tract of country laid waste
by the caprcieus foundations of the Pc, which
lies between them and the longed-for river bank
from which they steered across into a land of
safety. The secret liberal committees of the
Venetian territory had in their employ many
such trusty servants, ready to dare all risks to
convey the ardent young volunteers, penniless
and friendless across the parilous ground, and
to pass them from one to another under cover
of night unscathed by Austrian bullets, to the
frontier. Marinelo and his wife were among
the bravest and trustiest of these guides, until,
after many months exercise of their dangerous
profession, the suspicious of The Austrian author
tiles fell on them, and they too were forced to
fly with their only child q little girl of tender
age, and take refuge at Modena.
"Garibaldi's noble forlorn hope was just then
setting forth for Sicily. Marinelo quilted his
temporary refuge and hurried to join it, and his
wife, refusing TO be separated from him, left her
little one to the care of dear friend who prom
Used to adopt her as his own, and went to Genoa,
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started they set sail in the first fishing boat that
left the port for Marsha.
"Once there, Marineo joined the Sacchi brig.
ade of volunteers but though both he and his
wife were well known for bravery and good con-
duct to Colonel Farracini who communicable,
the Stringent orders issued from headquarters
against the admission of women into the ranks
rendered it matter of no small difficulty for
Tonina to remain at her husbands side. She
did, however, at length prevail with the Colonel
and her name was entered on the rolls as that
of Antonio Mirnello, the boy brother of her
husband; nor did any individual of the corps in
| which she served during the whole campaign
guess her sex, which was known only to Colon
els Ferracini and Bossi Her slight figure and
youthful appearance tailed well with that Of
number of the striplings who fought in the ranks
beside her she wore the common Garibaldian
uniform. and endured fatigue and hardship to
the full as well as her comrades-and the hard
ships and fatigues of that campaign were NEITHER
slight nor few. .-..
Her commanding officers gave high testimo-
ny to the valor, the discipline and the unAagging
spirit of this unassuming little Venetian heroine
who was decorated by the Generals own hand
on the field of battle. They say she was ever
the first to volunteer for some dangerous duty,
and the last to quit her post while that duty was
uNf nI lod ond oil that Gho voRad fhn
affection. respect and admiration of her fellow.
soldiers by her bravery in the field and her good
humored helpfulness in camp fe
"Tonina fought through the campaign un.
scathed though her husband received several
but not severe wounds. When Capua was taken
and the volunteer5corps were disbaDded, hus-
band and wife turned their steps again towards
Modena, and, finding the friend dead who had
given home to their child, brought her on with
them to Florence, and there lived poorly on
from day to day, partly on their own small earn.
ings, and partly on the assistance given to them
by the Committee for tho Venetian emigration.
1t was not before the wife was far gone in vast
ing disease of the lungs that the extreme dis
tress of the poor household was fully known to
those who had means to relieve it. Succor was
Immediately and generously given the dying
mother was placed under the best medical care
and the delicate little girl sent to the seaside
and admitted into the admirable OspizV Marin;,
or hospital for sickly children, at Via Reggie
But the help so much needed came to late for
poor Tonina though the same care two or three
months earlier might have saved her life. She
died as meekly as she silad lived. in the homo
where she had struggled through her last suffer
ing year Of existence. The arms she had borne
in battle and her faded red Garibaldi shirt were
laid among the garlands on her coffin; and q
simple gravestone will be placed above her at
San Miniato, where the beautiful church terrace
looks out over the towers and dames Of Florence
to the sunlit hills"
+ ONE HORSE LoyALrY.-The Springfield Ke~
publican says: Ii.
Here is sort of one-horse loyalty which
attempts to sweeten the bitter task OF condemn
mo treason, by classifying secessionists with.
abolitiopists, as equal enemies Of the govern
ment There is class oil politicians who have
been engaged fer years in abusing abolitionists,
"a the enemies of the Uuion. AL at once, they
find their old associates turned traitors and
learn that they have been made the tools Of the
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