New-York tribune., 1871-11-07

construction OF koads In the Southern Provinces
Hitherto much has been Left to provincial and commu-
nal councils who have done little or nothing Hence
happens that even In the nehborhood OF this great city
there arc large populations cut OF fom sny large city
without the Of bringing their produce TO market
Ibeleve too that to ts fact may be attributed the
bri0andage which has desoiatcd many distcts ana
which still lifts It's head occasionally In places
the Bay not month has elapsed since we we're warned
OF new band near Ebon. This 10 q sc0urge however.
which has much diminished 1t has not entirely dsap-
peared and which would be efectualy destroyed by
good roads 1t may be that the frauds Of contractors
have impaired their extension for while It IA calculated
that mile of road in France costs 6oo and in England
q go in Southern italy it costs s72,ioo
There is at this time trial going on before the th.
unals of POtenza which show clearly wnata h0rflo"
scourge brgandage has been 10 the south OF ay and
unfortunately IL cannot be considered an exceptOnaI
case The trial began few days ago and viii not ter
inmate Is thought, before the 18th inst Tho accused
are In number most OF them youths, but among them
are woman and monk. AS TO tho crimes lad to their
charge they innumerable One OF them called Vro
d Mare, has 1c3 charges against him2S ot mhrccrRh1
SO OF there Is not or scarcely one who
has fewer than so charges against MN, ware
some have "a, rs, es, So, and 80 on "hen
the President read his opening charge to an
ovorcrowded court, there was q general shudder,
and the so that many Of the murders were com
mitted not In action but from pess luxury OF 0ru-
tality sometimes to give taste VI POWDER soue-
times to try poor countryman who had escaped into
tree had wings" Potenza Is the capital Of tho Basil
caa the largest province in Southern ITALY and can
remember in the good old days OF Ferdinand II, when
there only ma road,which traversc It's "a when
the mails left Naples day under strong guard Those
were the happy times whom the police looked after tho
body and the priests took OF the SOUL which they de-
graded as much possible for them do Hence
brgaudaRe and the utter soppase Of all agricultural and
iavt1a Of Vrln M
through the Province surveying expedition, re-
ported to me that whole districts lay uncuyatcd
cultivated that the produce failed " pay the cost OF
working the land Under the new government Ct miles
and 732 yards Of road have been constructed In tho
Bascata, forming six connecting lines between places
which were, only few years ago, cnt OF from cViza
ton Such another that which ls now In pro-
ress in this largo province will, therefore, be impossible
Roads and schools boen the great necessity Of tho
country and to be Just the Government has been fully
sensible OF 1t. To speak again OF schools ana N refer
ence more particularly to Rome.
Before tho Goth September, 1870, there was not ono
municipal school In the capital though there were many
under ecclesiastical direction. What the character OF
the instruction given there may be inferred from
the condition Of the people and the general aspect OF tho
country The local authorities at the instigation OF
course Of the Government have done much In twelve
months to supply the great want OF inc
people. Already there have been formed
fourteen gratuitous schools for the elementary
instruction of boys These day schools, and about
30I pupils attend them There also eight evening
schools for the attended BY $50 pupils lgnt
day schools and nine Sunday Cor secular nstro-
tom have been opened for girls who attend them 10 inc
number OF LAO, rural day and evening srnoS 90 Also,
for males, and day aud evening schools of Ieslk1
for girls In all, through tho efforts OF the mu,
nicpality 616l young Romans are now PROVIDED
with good elementary instruction, and, what Is
| better, are rescued IRON the depressing ana as
grading Influence OF the priests The number may ap
pear small TO you but eUnAideE for moment me
bgotry to throw obstacles in the way Of enlightened
education And the work is advancing.