The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27
WILL THE GEAR Go MAD:
M0w Terror of Assassination Killed
Hing: Ferdinand Ii. Of Naples.

10 have ones house surrounded by police
men, and to drive out rapidly and fca!fully.
enscohced IN Il close steel plated carriage
under L heavy escort Of cavalry, ma seem to
most tllgliSllnen very annoying. Few in our
lslanu can realize how terrible it is. | have
been So close an observer of Utmost identically
the same circumstance, that my recoliections
may Ia this matter be Cf interest. do not
speak of Russia, but Of the State which %
wears ago more closely resembled What Russia
is now SO far as smouldrring rebellion and
repression g., than perhaps any other Euro
pean country. King Ferdinand II. of Naples
was a warm admirel and close !mitalor Of
Nicholas the Gar, a, well as his personal
friend. In bulk ana dignity Of port the
Slcilian King was second only to the Gar.
Ills face bore a very strong likeness to the
portrait Of the Emperor Nero. His rule was
personal. HIS labor was immense,
ing in summer at all events at + a. m; and so
complete and Jealous was his supervision of a
Kingdom, which was regarded as a personal
estate. that it used to be said that not a pump
could be fixed by a municipality without the
expires permission Of the King. In his rule
King Ferdinand vas aided. to an extent diff
cult for English people to realize, by the
clergy, both regular and secular. Obedience
to the Church was the first requisite to obtain
the favor of the King. In return. The police
OF the Church Was more subtle and universal
than even that of the mOucllards.
IN the Sth of December, 1856, ! was pres
rnt at a grand military mass on the Campo di
Mario, near Naples. At the head of a bril-
liant staff King Ferdinand held IL review that
day of some 10000 of his troops. As the Bird
eSlmen OF chasSeurs-a regiment specially
formed by General Nunziante to replace the
Swiss troops as a body guard for the King
was marching past the royal station, a private
in the fourth file from the King calling ont
"One, two, three, four!,' rushed across the
rank and charged His Majesty with a bavonet.
In my opinion it was the heavy aud lumber
ing character of the sabre bayonet alone that
saved the King. He was just grazed, he after
wards told me-, N the left of his abdome
AnCfhcer pushed his horse against The assassin.
who was knocked down and secured. For
the homer the conduct of the King was
admirable. He drove at once through Naples
IN a small pliaetOn, with no escort--a thing
which he had not done for many months. He
Threw open his palace to receive all " no came
to congratulate him on his escape. His apart
mientS were crowded, and the King moved
through tie thrOng, speaking 10 every one.
Addresses ralned OH the palace from all The
provinces of both the Sicilies. Then ciInc
reaction. In the February following the
attack | had another audience with the King.
who was then i'll his great palace at Caserta.
l went by command. Two miles from the
palace my carriage was surrounded by a patrol
of mounted cavalry. When they learned who
| was they did nOt search the vehicle, but
detached il couple Of soldiers to accompany it.
Before the great west front porch of the pal
ace stood II line of infantry. Everything
hes"kened il s:e-r. The aspect Of the King