The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-18

when che ggudurmgs tracked him to-
his humble lodgings after thc failure of
the attempt Co blow Napoleon III into
eternity by devices then now, but now
grown horribly familiar
Orsiui was % well born Italian youth.
He saw his tlthor boo chains for political
reasons while ho was % child I'm arms. and
so became q well uur-yd rcvoluuouist
With difficulty his ardor was rcprcs-cd by
"a rich uncle who was his protector ANA
az % he graduated from O university only
90 be- arrested a- principal I'm the con-
spiucios of ls4A He was sentenced TO
the galeys for life, but wus finally amnes
tied.
The next four years wcro spent Jos plot
ting tho overthrow of Austrian power and
of the pope I'm the grand uprising Of ls4s
he was captain 1f band of volunteers,
fought iu several battles married and en-
tered the Roman parliament About that
time the young patriot fen i'm with MAJ
zini the Chief of Young Italy, and was Sc
locted 10y him for various dangerous mis-
sions While thus engaged he was cap
tured by brigands and turned over to Aus
tria He escaped in disguise and rejoined
the patriots in Rome shortly before it fell
into the hands of the French. From that
time the France of Napoleon III was cOu-
pied with Austria i'm his undying hatred.
In 1853 Orsini was again sent on a mis-
sion to head un uprising In Lombardy and
was betrayed into the hands Of the gen
darmes. Tho end was Punishment, and he
reached London only 90 learn of the loss
of his wife and that his rich uncle had
abandoned him. Whilcin London ne dined
with Garibaldi Mazzni Lcdru- Rollin,
Kossuth and other reyolutionists and was
finally sent TO italy to head an uprising.
He escaped capture by feigning death in
the mountains and after perilous wander
ings reached Genoa.
From Genoa Orsini went To switzerland
under Nfazzini's orders TO gather arms and
recruits for a forov into Italy. The milf
tary part of the enterprise wa. intrusted to
him and he WINS seized nv Swiss uolice
,,ron s7,snici,p On tho ,,-4,. to 1,risor a
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Dack7 turned 10 OIslLl
SWllZcrlunu was at lhat time "a rendeZ-
vOus for political COuspiratOrs. and Orsini
formed mt Zurich lasting friendship with
Emma Ueryypvh a woman of romantic
s,-,ot1,i,. ,-b tI,,,, nj a,-,d M, small
a.. ~, . ~ -. - -,
Pm an WIG iDi '''ie va 'iil7 'i'' i'''i'' u
9Ao DD'tlIic lll' l',''lIl vi llL7 C"lIillIuilI
cation with tine friends OF liAllau lnde-
peudenCe outside the distracted realm. In
1851 he passed through Italy i'm disguise
and ypDt1rpd into Austri0 cp1DseIcd nv
Iy,g-5,+b ana NT,yziri tb.+ rho Tt,li,r col
~ -,
- III 'lio ,'7.I l''!i 'liiiy 'I.ls-lu ~ i'isSi
ga'eu 10 IeNolI ana lhertDy slIeilgl men lne
hands OF the reVolutOnlsts. Passing
through Vienna, he entered Hungary,
where he was arrested and returned to vi
cnun In cbnius he Travelled from Dlace to
Mac and ,yos finally I,d,,ed i,, a DUNGEON,
81, - - go, 49, ~,
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sIrohHs7u lorlIc77 III Llhl!' me 7lory Oh
his existence there and his wonderful es-
cape was told by him on his arrival in
London in June 1856. The following is
the narrative substantially as it appeared
in the Landau naners.
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