New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-26
The Miracle" Of Hracelano.


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rive every Quarter of the Eternal City rasonrdin,
win the din: One balcuennv fSojoccn The
miracle of BracciaD0. with tho psplsnftiGns IN
tue streets in the Caik4 on the public profnanalps
and in the saloons, nothing is talked lr but The
miracle,
Within forty.aigLt hours Rome fOrgots the vital
questions Of the moment the imuendirr war which
aglfates the whole peninsula and tbg teIppIamg
which electrfy ordinary men, TO occupy itselI with
this iurgle The subject is in every mouth irnIn
that Of the Cardinal to that of the fdca$l9 of the
Rpetta and the full particulars may be vurrha .ed
at the corner Of every street. From this authentic.
narrative we learn that Felix aad Antonio di Gui.
sepUe of Ventura hr0ihgrs ortrtnaliv of flori-
tignQnn in the Neapoltan prQvince3 we're stained
with every crime. BY turns brigauds on the high.
way aud adTyit sharpaIs in The towns tbey igl-
lowed thetr vocation in every part Of she uogtiGcgl
territory, committing feluHes without numher
Finally they were both arrested, and were tried
aad condemned to death by the supreme tribunal
Il the council. The Pope RENTED the capital
sentence on Felix, the least guilty. committing hs
punishment 70 hard tabor for lite. II was mpus-
,ible to extend the same GlemenuY to Antoliu 6j
Giuseppe. He WAS accused Ut eleven murdera
committed ia twenty three years--na confessed to
five. He Cut off the tYo breasts gf yuung Girl
and, more dreadful still, he was suspected Of having
assassnated his own mother. The sentence was
that he should be beheaded ut Braccano. the
scene of his latest crime-the murder of Pietro
Paolini, berdsmaL, In the prison of this town
Antonio began to eViHco great con,riIion, CON
essed to the priest and devoted bitnse,f "a Yeliri-
Gus duties, celebrating especially every day in his
dungeon the service of the mouth Of Mary - in
honor of the Holy Virgin. On the eve OF the day
anDointed for bis execution, he Informed his con.
fessor with an air OF profound conviction that the
madonna had appeared to MIN, and announced
that she accepted his repentance and that he
should not die On the ECaiuid but live to eXpiate
his crimes and become Que Of her servants This
statement he repeated when the officers came to
read his condemnation to him, at the same time
declaring that he richly deserved his geutence to
which he listened Without the least discnmposure
He bpked permission to walk to the Scaffuu bare
foot; aud on his way thither, aud even as he
mounted to the platform, he reiterated bis c0nyc-
tion thathe Should net be executed. LIE made the
same statement to lie assembled crowd, askiog
their pardon for his crimes, bat addmg that he
would not bid them adieu. The pcupe listened i'll
silence thinking lin mad and they were confirmed
| IN this opinion by the composed manner in which
| he kael5 down and uffg red his neck to the axe.
The cxacn.tancr seized the handle Of the gulo-
tine, which he'd been tried 10 the night aud found
| To act effectively. Iue ceaver, Ualea with
enormous weights, nov descended, bul wonder
| ful to relate, il st0Fpad abruptly two fingers
| ien0El frgm tie neck ut the lna.uIdGtur,
| The executoncr. resgia.e in his duty, reset the
apparatus; again the htUde izil. hut it was agan
3lrrested Gs SGo saIae poiaS, as py an 11vis,n E
h%v"1d roDtrol ma sSo,,te1 ,,,nsr3on nardnn n
| while many leyped on The scaGoId and released
The culPrit by force. \ courier vas dispatched
70 09Ian ms Pat9Gn Ion Z" Igs t"Pel % ana y y c9nh
orjsred aH ianiry s n segVn tbis dira"tion n q
miracle has, in the interim, made such rapid pro-
gress as an article OF ialh, That it has been EGcog