Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-12-08
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out Europe Brl 40 was tho STORY
of The Nrugucr the heroic French
chip which hard pressed by is Eng
lish enemy. 'uailrl ils culurs ~ the
most, and went down with all H.
crcw, refusing to ~ man 10 surrcu.
der or Ia he saved, crying with their
latest breath, Viva Ia Franco -
That story WIS not only told
throughout Europe, but lived aud
was believed, and done rs good ser,
vice ia the world ~ II lie can do, for
one or two generations, til Mr., Car
lyle, angry that lie should live SO
tlouri>hingly, and continue Ia cunt
her the earth, took the trouble 10
dcmolish it, and show to the salts.
i!tction OF everybody that it indeed
the Ncngucr did 90 down, the crew
of that heroic ship wcrc-und were
very ready aud glad to bc-Saved
by the "pcridious" enemies who
sent their vessels to the bottom. II
WAS hardly more worth the trouble
Mr., Carlyle took to kill it, than it
is worth while to kill troublesome
fly in summer, 1t is not very diili.
cult to do; but there are 50 many
other flies.
But sinccsuch lalschoodS are foist
ed into what calls itself history, and
live there, il is worth while to put
on record, automatically, II very Sim
liar story. The Palestro, and the
crew and officers of that Inflated
ship readily did what the French Of
the Ncngucr falsely asserted them
selves to have done,
The Palcatro was a steamer con-
structod in France for the Italian
Government; of 300 hon Sc. power,
armed will, four Armstrong guns,
of which two were 80 and two $50
FOUNDERS, and manned by $50 men.
She was commanded by Capt. Luigi
Alfredo Cappcllini, a Livomcsc, who,
ut the time Of the battle, was IS
years Of age, Ills first lieutenant
was Erncsto Nitcrbo, Of Naples
The other officers were Niccnzo Gaze
ciottollo, Of procida; Antcllo Lanso,
.Iimahnclc Borbaro, Carlo Marcellc,
IG'aIl of Naples; Fabrizo Fubrizc,
of Palermo; Andrea Dcgostina and
rietro Ribaud, Of Naples; Ferdi-
nando Garzilli, Of Solotra; Carlo
tloag, of Florence; and lastly, Clio,
yanni Banner, of Naples.
The Palcstro formed. together
with the iron clad Re d 'Italla, and
the San MARITIME, II group against
which the principal impetus of the
enemy was directed. In attempting
to execute n manouvrc for the sup
porting the Re d 'Italia, which was
hard pressed, the Palcstro became
surrounded by three vessels Of the
enemy, two Of which were iron clad
and the third partially armored.-
The PaIcetro fought well and gal
iantly under these difficult circum-
stances, and the unequal struggle
had already lasted fora considerable
time, when it WIS perceived that Il
heap Of Goals on board had caught
fire. The first Lieutenant, Vitcrbo,
rushed with a body Of men, while
the action was continued us holly
as ever, TO cXtinguish the fire. But
it had already got beyond the means
available for the extinction of it,
and he reported to the captain that
all efforts to subduc it were in vain.
BY This fine the Palcstro had be-
como involved in so.dcnso body Of
smoke that the Austrans, considcr
ing that the fire on board xJLld do
for them ;l7-,tSat they had as yet
been unable to do for themselves,
shecrcd off and abandoned the Pal
estro to herself. Captain, said the
Lieutenant, sit is vain; the fire can
not be cXtinguished.'
'In this case" returned Capt.
CappclIini,H'we must abandon the
ship. Here are the Independence
and the Governolo at hand. First
put the wounded ON board Of them,
and thea let the rest of the crew go
likewise.
"And you captain!'
at is my duty TO remain with
my ship"
If so, returned the lieutenant,
YOU shall not be alone. And there
upon raising his voice he cried:
Men OF tho Palcstro, the ire is
beyond our power. We cannot put
it out The captain orders all to
save themselves on board the indie
pcndcnza and the Governolo. He
himself, will however, remain on
board the Palcstro.'
On that arose universal cry
from the crew, eve will all remain
with him Long live the captain /!
1iurrah for Italy ?"
And so they not only said but
did.-The wounded, however, were
sent on board the other vessel. Then
Capt Cappellini, anxious to sell his
'iifc and those of his men as dearly
as possible, directed his ship with
all thcpower of her engines, direct
.1y against the nearest Austrian YES
vel. But the fire on board his own
. wasitoo quick in its fatal progress
TO allow him ever this satisfaction.
Before he could reach the Aus
trian ship the fire reached the
magazine of his own, and the Pal
cstro was blown into the air, to-
getbcr with her noblc-hcarted crew.
Pnnch, who is made to father all
+ witticism, has the following parody
,Of a nursery song:
''IIush-a by Pontiff upon the
swords prop;
e.. When the sword moves the pape-
dom will rock,
When the prop breaks the strue-
ture will fall,
And:down comes. papacy, pontiff
and all. "
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