Litchfield enquirer., 1872-10-10
n AFaerican's Encounter with
 l-Ezl ll Bandits.

An AnaeFican's Encounter with La Patan, of Florence, dated Septem- Der 3.givna long and interesting account I Of an encounter between an American traveller and two robbers in and infamous resort known as the Leone q Ore, whith- CT the Anerican was lured by an acciden- | tai acquaintance formed in a railroad | coach while running from Ancona to Fog | gia. The American, whose name IS Stuy- yesant, found the Leone q Ore to be peo- pied by rough-looking persons, who i'm pressed him with grave suspicious. After retiring he was aroused by noise at the 1 folding doors which separated his sleep 1 ing from his sitting apartments. Mr. 1 Stuyvesant arose, adjusted his pantaloons and inspected his revolver and a pair of brass knuckles. Nearly an hour elapsed l without further noise, when the sound of 1 footsteps in the adjoining apartment at- tracted his attention. Pretending to sleep soundly. Mir Stuyyesant heard the fold ing doors gradually drawn apart, and then the whispering of mems voices be- side his bed. One said, ''Don't fear, he | Is asleep, whereupon the gas was light ed. Two robbers of huge build and fierce expression met Mir. Stuyvesant's gaze. They examined his valise, and having searched his coat pockets, were about to take apackage of papers with them, when l the heroic foreigner bounded from his 1 bed and demanded an explanation. A dagger was instantly aimed at him; but the American disposed of his assailant by 1 a shot which penetrated the latter shoul der blade The other robber brandished ! his stiletto furiously and aimed terrible ! h1orx, a+ 4ha ctro heart which hn | parried with his right arm, receiving a small feshR wound. A blow from the brass knuckles and another brought the villain to the foor After a number of roughs had gathered around Mir. Stuy- vesant's door, the later insisted on no one entering except the master of the hotel. 1 The Americon, having locked his door, presented his pistols at the landlord, or dering him to to keep quiet while he un- 1 locked window From the window he l jumped upon little wooden building and escaped to the street, whence he hastened i to inform the police. One of the wound ed men is named Erberto Bonaccio, a mo- torious jail bird and highwayman, who l was at one time intimately associated with FilIppo Casabianica and his gang.
 The Hotel di Leone d'Oro has been con- fscated and many important arrests made.
 NJ. GAMBETTA AND THE FRENCH ASSEM- BLY.-The announcement that M Gam betta had demanded, in a public speech on Wednesday night, the dissolution of the National Assembly of France, must have 1 astonished M. Theirs. Ever since the ad- journment of the Assembly there has been more than q nominal peace between the two men. At the time of the adjourn ment, M. Gambetta and his followers were urgent for dissolution; but M. Thiers is some way persuaded that ardent 1 Republican that the welfare of France re- quired it's continued existence, and it is SUD- ! posed virtually promised him that when the most important of the public questions then demanding settlement-such as the reor- ganization of the war debt to Germany, the rivision of the laws relating to educa- 1 ton, and so on-were settled, he would at least not oppose him in his scheme for a general election. From this time for ward no serious cause disagreement occurred until M. Victor Lefranc, the French minister of the interior, by order of President Thiers, forbade all public demonstrations on the twenty-second of September, the eightieth anniversary of the day on which the National Convention by formal decree abolished royalty in France and established the first republic 1 M. Gambetta had already accepted an in l vitation to attend one of these celebra- 1 tions. but when the order was promulgat- l ed by the government he recalled his ac- l ceptance in a note in which he advised his friends to obey the governmental or der The radicals, however, complained that M. Lefranc's instructions to the pre- fects were unnecessarily strict, and ac- cordingly NJ. Gambetta had a personal in- tervlew with that functionary, to procure a modification of the order. This inter- view was successful, the projects being instructed to take precautionary measures only against those demonstrations which were likely to result in disorder, and not to interfere in any case until tumultuous proceedings had actually begun
 Thus far the relations between M. Thiers and Gambetta seemed to be of the most amicable character, and as if to con- firm this era of personal good-feeEng it was announced that M. Gambetta was to make political pilgrimage through Savoy and Nice, where there exists the deepest dissatisfaction with the reactionary poli- 1 cy and monarchial tendencies of the French Assembly, during which it was currently 1 reported that he intended to give his l warmest support to M. Thiers and the pol ! icy of his administration.
 The news that he has revived the old cry for dissolution of the Assembly breaks the calm. His virtual demand that 1 the government of NJ. Thiers shall go be- | fore the people for their saction or rejec- tion, shows that he has been playing a
 s'deep game" or else has suddenly chang | IoJ ,c T e-1 -LoA Thiers will take this defection. Ever since he brow-beat the Assembly by his threatened resignation the President has l governed with softness and circumspec- tion. It is impossible to say whether, un-
 der this new danger, he will continue this
 course or show some of his old temper.
 It Is also idle to speculate as to M. Gam betta's object in this new move. Perhaps the evident determination of the govern ments of Europe not to enter into any al-
 liance with France to aid her in the recov-
 cry of her place in the family of nations,
 as shown by the recent meeting of the Emperors of Russia, Austria and Germa-
 ny at Berlin, has assured him of an unin-
 terfupted field of operations for any
 scheme which his fertile brain may have
 coniured up; or, on the other hand, he 1 may have dexterously sustained M Thiers
 in his old-fashioned ,absolutist notions fo1
 time, so that the minds of the radicals
 might be kindled to the point of a hearty
 and united opposition. At any rate, M,
 Thiers will probably postpone his consti-
 tution-making for while, although the
 masterly manner in which he has hereto
 fore used even the elements of opposition
 in strengthening his own government
 makes it altogether unlikely that he will
 be driven from the field.
 1 CLIPPINGS.
 To look ''spruce' you mustn't pine.