New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-14


and certainly on the trail of Lobbias assassin and
for best known to the powers that
be determined to prevent the actual certtude az
any cost The facts brought to light up to the pres
ent moment are the following: On the night OF the
attempted assassination ayoung Cremonese, by name
ScOtti who lodged in the house of guard OF the city
gates in Vid AmorinO heard the pistol shots fired by
Lobbia, and rushing out to see what was up
when the wife of the guard came rushing upon him.
saying. They are killing my husband" On this be
ran down stairs and was seized by the guard dressed
precisely the murderer is said to have been dressed
was forced up stairs, and menaced with S DEAN
If he opened his month. These facts SCOUT
on the following day. communicated n, TO
to the fiscal advocate, Ne charged with the in
tgate, and on the morrow suddenly, without rhyme
reason banished from the capital and sent TO
Aquila, an insignificant town. Meanwhile, yonsg
induced him 10 swallow three pills and to go home
to Cremona He went, and on the following day
died mad raving of L0bbias assassns and screaming
=" Don't kill me-Pll say nothing" These are the
facts. The Gdfsetta al MilaRO and the other Liberal
papers infer that the city gate guard was the hlTeu
assassin of LObbia-that his wife gave Scottl POI:
sOned pills, and that the Government removed Nelh
for his rOp de zele in investigating the case. The
public demands that the body OF Scoth be eXhumed
and post mortem examination held, and the CITY
gate guard and his wife be arrested. But no slch
steps have been will be taken, and the impression
left the public is more easily imagined than de-
scrbed.
At last we are beginning to believe that the Ecu-
mencal Council will really take place, Though it
may seem strange, II Is nevertheless true that no
country in the world seems to take little interest
in the matter as Italy. ] see constant articles in
THE TRIBUNE and in the English papers. Austria
and Prussia are warming up France naturally Is
excited-but Itayf Italy doesn't care a fig tor any
religious question whatsoever An occasional aTtl.
Gle in the PdSerdRsG, scrap of news to the effect
that the works III ST. Pletro, IN Vatlcano. are pro,
ceeding; that the cost OF the preparations VIII
amount to 200 900 Roman Scudi that 5000 metres OF
drugget have been purchased. That is about all you
learn, unless you are q dgent reader of the Catho
n nst a
ascertain the attitude which the Italian Govern
ments means to assume, but at present II is am
biguous that curiosity is not likely 10 be satisfied
La Correspondence writes: The Italian initiative
has obtained all the success that could be
hoped for lsiel, and now we may await
the facts of the Court of ROme-save that II Will not
overstep with IMMUNITY the limits of the public rights
of States. The Italian Government has not made,
nor we think should make, any step direct or indirect
towards the Court of Rome, either III regard TO the
Council OF TO the relations existing between the two
territories. This Correspondence is Menabreas
private organ. He must be exceedingly perpleXed
how 10 act-he, the PdOlOttO in the midst OF ms col
leagues, many of whom free thinkers. But il IS
probable that before the Council commences we shall
have other men at the helm.
The news that an immense quantity OF corn rs
shipped from California for italy has caused sudden
fall in prices of two francs per sack just after haT
vest here in the Venetian Provinces 1t averaged II
francs per sack; now, il scarcely fetches Is francs
The maize crop promises fairly but the continuous
rains IN Spring, washing oil all the sulphur IRON the
vines and the intense heat that followed nave ruined
the vintage There is talk of 80 francs per masteo
QOs litres of masto whereas last year it cost but
from to 10 francs.
The silk worms have done well on the whole. espe
cially the genuine original Japanese but what was
feared last has come TO pass The eggs laid by
the japanese butterfly during the second Of res
dence in Italy take the disease easily aud fatally
as the natives. Slk-woTm doctors are still dlsputng
the of the disease have not yet agreed as
to whether it resides in the in the mulberry
but they do agree in stating that with the help OF
the microscope they can distinguish healthy from
diseased butterflies; that by pairing off only healthy
butterflies they secure healthy eggs, so that
there is some chance that this prolific source of
wealth may in the future be restored 70 these over
taxed, much suffering populations