Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-16
RriRandaEe fa RtaIy-sE srrIbIe Atrocities
uusn a Peasant.

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I RrfRandaEe fa RtnIy-EE srrIble AtrocEass
upsa a Peasant.
Tie following Is On extract Of letter wTisiei
by Alexander Dumas, and published IN til
5isets. Il is the histoTy of poor patriot peas
ana Aaihieu FeFFara (the name of tas unhsp
py pesssat) is twenty two yssTs Of agei he
married, and father Of Two children. In 1856
be entered tbs national guard Of II Mglisuo, snl
tosk psrt 10 severed expeditions u1til May, 1861
when the geydes mobiles Wers dissolved II wa.
during this interval tbst he unc0ageieusly in
cured ths vengeanee. Of q brigsBd chiel named
CTesceHzo Gravina, IN an eDcoupleg Of the nj
1iiia with band Of these briFauds, one Of CTes
ceuz0'5 friards, Domenico Colaeci, Tss killed
at least EBch was the assertion Of one of Fer
rara's neighbors, kind Of spy, holding out onf
hand to the bTigsndsi and the other tothe ia1d-
ed pFopTietors. This msE even seeussj Msthieu
FsTrsrs Of having killed Domenico Coiiueei
Now, the fact Is, poor Ferrara did noi ever
know Of The death Of this bHRsbd. But I viii
now give you the story il Alexander Dumas
Own words:
Cr5scerEo Grsviua swors veneoaBes upon
Hatbisu EsrTsra, who was complessly igaarsnt
hist no wss under the weight Of the vengaares
Of so powerful an enemy. On the 29.h Of Hay,
1868, abcut todr O'clock iu The afisrno6u, while
he's ss working on an estats called R.-sal.s
Belonging H D5n Chystsilrs TivTi rich PRO
TrietosYs Of LEufis, and, v hiIs he was employ ed
ni.h axe IN E8Ed, in 5phtsiaF the truck of
= chestnut Tree lSt had been cut higher up
the mountain, and bad rolled dswn into the val
leg, he found himself suddenly surrounded by
fCEr bTixsnds, and thrown ayOn his bsck BY
sEo Of them, while the o.hsr two aimed their
6esIIzs at him 0Aa Of these four, the chief,
CrescenZo GIavina, WAS armed with short re-
velYer Fias; the others had doRble-barrelsd gems
and reviewers. They 5heR gaTroted him with
cords mad Of twisted branches Of the chesuut
tres; a. the last glsnseI Of bis eyes, which
were Row to be torn out OF their sockets, could
impress Ldzir aspect upon the memory.
They were al men 10 tie prime Of years and
strength, from thirty to forty yesTs Of age; they
wsre sll well, bui not uuiformly dressed, wearing
their cartridge-b boxes backed upon thsir issksts
Oao cnly wore hat in the sty le of tbs Bsrss-
giisri wish plVue OF green feathers. 9as of
.hs bandits, addressing himself to the chief
called bim CTesceyEo GEsViHa- The prisoners
blood gsn cold Et Tie sound of this name. Oay
three months before al unfortunate peasant, BE-
longing to PaIini, named Pasqgale Celatsi, had
fallen inie al hands, and had bis upper eyslids,
ana bis uPpsr LIP, and bis nose, aud bis ears cut
Of. The peasant then paid EsTticalsr attention
30 CresceTzO, WbO was 70 b The lAstOtlsc sct that
the peer creatures eyes wsre to bsbold. Hs
was : maB Of sb0ut t0rty-six years Of age, Bsd
ef middle height. Besides the revolver As, Be
had also 6 b,acs Of pistols, one ia cash jacket
pocket lie sss flrmeTiy sawyer, bat, haviHg
aouimittsd murder, had been condemned TO ahs
gs!legs for tWsaty years, bu! had escaped irom
the BsEnO At Css.elamaEe, while Ganoaldi was
entering Nsplss fed 20 the mountains, and hss
I'D tbs he Of q bUgand ever since
Al sigs rom tbeiT chief, tTO Of the bgigs1ds
took F-rraTs and carried him mp the mcusiain
st Ri -nsnols. There they bound hiz 70 s tree
by the neck with twistsd Branches, si1nilar 10
hose with which they had tied bis hands Then
The two briEands withdrew, sad left their cEisi
70 play tie psr. Of exeeGiOner in tie terrible
scene that was to follow. CfoseeDzO Grsvina
drew bis pcrisrd, advanced toward the prissaeT
aud rested the poini Of it upon The part where
he right eye touches tie nose "IJ was wik
his eye" said he, that you saw my eaIRpAn-
i5R, DamsRC1 Celucci This eye shall Tear
gu; Grsgn Aud wIah tbs polRt Of his pohiagd
be, b. iacl, tore out the ball Of lhe eye from tbs
slsket. Ire psin which poor tsTTlTs iels wss
horrible, and be cried oct, Kill mo but 40 NOT
torture me in this manner"
But without hoodjnf IN the least what the poor
wretch said. CEsscenso csuisd tAo pOiut ot BIS
guaissd TO the LEFT eys--"ls is with tEis left eye
hat yeu play tho spy upon Us; .et the LETT eye
i5in the right" Ha then tore cut the left, iast
as he had done 10 The right one. Matthew Fer
rsTa aimcss tainted wish pain. Ho could tAen
feel tbai soms one was cutting off his nose sBd
ears, but the PAIN caused by these new acts OF
cruelty seemed almost losE in tbs gbtlul sgoBy
u hiGh sh5 loss Of his eyes had produced Then
be felt nothing more, having lost all conscious
moss When be came 20 himself he was OF
eourse biod; but, from the silence that Pre-
vailed around him, be judged that he was alone
He then raised his hands 70 his mouth and
gnawsd away the bonds By which they were
held together, sud after hs had liberated his
hands, began 10 unite these By which be was
55und to the tree. Then, stumbling, st every
step, and bis head burning as if surrounded by q
dame, he descended toward the spot from which
be had been carried of, when he hsaTd g sud
den cry Of surprise, EimBst Of terror.
Whoever yOU msy be, have pity oE me, and
help ME in Tegsiuing nay home " said FeTrsra.
Take my arm" sand the nan, END / will
gsije you but, poor fellow, who hEs done
shis 7"
"Crtseenzo snd his bigsnds," replied Ma
;hieu FersTs
"Ob! tEen," said the man, Withdrawing his
ARA frsm she poor wretch, i esnRo5 psHy
you iurtie,; they would Kill me it did" Anu,
Ia spite Of his cries, tee po9T blind man bsArd
The other hurry of, I'll the sound Of his foot
steps wac heard IN the distance. He thea began
20 gropa his way forward, as we'll as bo Wss
able Til be was met By the very man who had
accused MIN OF having killed D5msnico Col
iue l. The dsnouuce7, who now saw the results
II Lis cissa denGuc.sti0n, Is called Giovanni
Greco. The sight OF bis own victim, doubtless,
moved him 20 pity, and, without saying who he
Wss, be conducted him to the village, and
placsd him in the hands Of his wife, who went
slzlo5t cut Of her mind in seeing her husband II
this state.
F,T~a-a's wife is swsnsy-sigdt yesrs old. Her
g,side4 uaass vas Rsfaaiia R5a He has slso q
little gil, e-gvea months o!d his second child
has died since. On the 3lst Of Nay, FeTars
wss received into the hospital Of the pilgrims.
Such atrocities ss these seem. III France,
almost incredible. Yea, France must believe it
We ourselves have conducted the unhappy man
to the atsiisr Of a. Frslaeei, the excellent pbo-
togTaphsr, Of Eh5m we have ordered Ave hun-
dIei photographs, which will be sent off BsIi
Wednesday, 10 France and England We shsli
keep the best enc, in order to offer it to the CEN
mitles lor the suppression Of brigRndsge
ALgX. DUMAS.