The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-07

first end unPeT afterwards. often caused me eat
my share, Tor soon learned it was wise TO retase
"whie these two mon were preparing the inside,
the other two were cutting MP the caroase The
b east W first cut OFF aud then the shoulders; the
o eCp was tken cut in half WITH the axe, and then
tine boz es re laid on stumD cut tn, IN,
would hold the meat while abother would take nOd
OF piece With his lett haud and cut with his rRht
As It was cut up, the pieces would be put into
larOe co ton handkerchief, wnch was )read ont
the ground; the liver END lungs ere cut up in the
came wav; the tat was { en- put IN the cdtdgjI,
and, when IN melted, the kidnevs and
heat az the latter lad been appropriated by
one helping himsel1 by dipping his fingers in the
pot. lhe pieces of liver were considered tine prizes
once and after a shor, time the Dot was takeI off
the fire and jerked so as to bring the under pieces
to the top"
A few notes, taken almost at random, will
give an idea OF the ordinary way OF life of the
brigands and the captiveo:-
"No fire made to-day on account of the
proximity OF the soldiers, who dis urbe0 the band
last night. Bread small quantities was divided
among us, but there was no water" "Some
OF the band arrived with two sheep l TejOiced to
see tn, m, for We had not Lad any meat for five or
SIX days. The sheep were Oh killed, skinned, and
in the great camp.kettle; but Visconu were
hOrrlleO az fuuing we had TO eat the meat without
bread. had secured neart whicn roasted on
stick, and dilided with VlscCnt as l always old
with any thing that i could secure apart from the
general DIVISION On seaIching III my Ocket found
httle piece OF bread, which had put away and
torPotten This l ate as dessert, 10 take away the
taste OF the meat We were told not to eat all Uut
TO reserve some for the evening. An hour before
sunset every thing was packed away, and we were
informed that long march was before US Twas
very cold, and biting wind blowing, so that
was rat er pjolced thau Otherwise for dreaaed
sleeping in the open air in these damp cold mig IT'S
u ways dreaded, too waxing MP in the morning on
account OF the piercing cold. 1t was q long uphill
walk through the forest II very DARK, aud
had the greatest officially in following. found the
best an as to grasp with my lett hand the shoulder
or mUzzle # the gun of The before me AS we
approach tue summit Of the mountain the force OF
the VINO and the cold increased. Several of those
in front went o., VIII e we're halted, and told TO
I've down, as the tops of the mountains are al ways
dangerous, lor the soldiers are often sta
"In tle middle of the day there was one of the
usual alarms. whicn proved TO be caused by four
five more OF the band who had come to join u.s.
WITH I, EN- was one OF the women she nad been
shot right through by tho accidental discharge of
one OF their guns. lhe bal had broken the bone IN
two and tie arm was susp nd d and wrapped up in
numerous Observation-Disclosures No food was
giy{n gn to us al, day, but to my joy, found IN my
shared it with Don Francesca and then turned out
my pockets, and picking out the DIRT ate the crumbs
arrived bIiPaDds that the troops were all around
us. Great caution was observed. lu the even.
ing two or three ascended the mountains to
search for snow, and IN about an hour returned
with great mass carried q stick We ate
quantity OF this to assuage our thirst, not having
any water for tour-and-twenty hours. found this
want OF water Verv irving al first, but soon had not
only to get accustomed TO it, but very often to fare
ave had to go two days without anything to
cal ioray was made into .he country near, and
three sheep a live, were brouVht back. When tneY
were beng cut up was much dlsgusted az seeing
Generoso and Anto, 10, who general acted as
bu chers, tearing mouthtuls of raw meat with their
teeth tIOm the carcass just like wolves. l asked
them why they did rot wait for to be cooked, aud
thev said, Why should we, when we are dying OF
hunPerP"
Apart from privations, the brigands we're in
continual alarm that the soldiers might pOunce
upon them at any moment. AT one time the
captain went off on a scouting party, and was
gone three days; during the interval those who
remained with the prisoners had not a morsel
OF TODD. When the orIgands returned II was
clear that something had gone wrOpg:-
"lheY in a dreadful state having been
waking the last thee days and nights ncessant.Y,
without having had anything. 10 eat, and they
were OF cour @ grevously disapponted at our nlVlng
10 food or Il em, and iheY vented the feelings
accordingly by abusing and threatening me. The
were red and gisienmg from the feyerish
state i'll Which they were 1 ON Over-iatigue aud
want of food; heir clothing 90, was very much
torn, and covered with dirt and dust, and the
majority OF tn, m very iootsore For long
time was AFRAID to ask them any questions, gong
on the Innclple of least said soonest mended.'
especially as the question of cutting Off my ears,
etc was again discussed. AT last learned that
there were 4UOO soldiers concentrated around
u foni, ana osts on al the mountains, so that the
brigands were unable 20 remain near the town; and
besides TINS, the peasants would not provide any
bread"
This talk about "cuttlng off ears, ETC." refers
to an unpleasant habit that some OF the briganSE
had OF threatening to send the ears or nose OF
the captive 10 his friends, by way OF spurring up
their zeal IN forwarding the ransom. Once they
were apparently nearly on the point OF dong
this that Mr.. Moens made up his mind to cut off
the top OF an ear himself in the hope of saving
the remainder. He reasoned that piece would
probably answer the brlgands' purpose as well
as the whole; and II only the top was gone he
could HIDE the mulllation by his hair. Once IL
was suggested 10 send his beard, 'WIth piece
OF the chm attached" Tor the same purpose.
They had, moreover when out of humor, a very
iSqurpCqblp habit Of 0IspISsiOU hatOrp IN m the
best places 10 strike in order to kill a man, and
OF thrustbg their long knives between his body
and arms. He met all their threats very
cOolly, telling them that they mighE Kill him as
soon as they pleased His GOODNESS and pluck
clearly won their admtraIlon; and most likely
their threats were never quite seriously meant,
although it was clear that they would never
have allowed him to be rescued alive. When.
ever there was a skirmish-and there were
sCVeral-some OF the gang we're always placed
| so as to be able to shoot the prisoner. For the
rest their treatment was not especially brutal.
| He Jared in general about as well as the gang
| themselves, though that was hardly enough.
| In tact, they appeared to look upon their cap
| tiyes as lawful prisoners of war, 10 be duly
exchanged" Tor money. Tney would undoubt-
| edly have killed them rather than allow them
| to escape or be rescued. 1t was every way for
| their interest to keep lem alive; and when the
sum agleed upon was received they showed no
disposition to keep them longer,
Manzo kept very good discipline among his
| followers, and was in no way scrupulous as to
| the methods OF enforcing It. Once Guange. one
| OF the band, got into noisy quarrel with a
''cUmpanOn.n The captain ordered him to be
| quiet; and as the command was not at once
| obeyed he rushed upon him, knocked him down,
and kept hitting him and rubbing his face on
| the stones until it was bruised to jelly. Ii
was not very easy TO be merry under such Cir
cumstancec; but once, when luck had given
| them a sheep, and they dared to make a fire
| TO roast il, the gang made very fair attempt