The Sun. — 1823-05-28 (London, England)

ITALIA)/ BANDIT.—[From the Notes of a Traveller in /tdgy.]—The following, is an aeixunt of an Italian bandit, who was shot in Italy by the order of General Church. " The most astonishing bandit, whose exploits somewhat resemble the celebrated ones or the famous Rinaldo Rinaldini, wits a priest, named Cyro Anichiarico, born in the small town of Grotagil, on the road from Tarento to Lecee. His first achievement was the murder of a whole family in the town of Trancavilla. He had, at the time of his death, been a bandit tiir more than twenty years; and, from' his daring and success, the country people believed him to be a devil or magician, and scoffed at the soldiers who were sent to pursue him. When the French General Ottavio, a CorsiCan by birth, commanded in this province, a man one day presented himself before him, and said, with a fierce air, "I'liebandit whom you have so long hunted know before you, but if he is molested, you will be assassinated before night-fall.' Anichiarico turned and disappeared, and from that time General Ottavio doubtless hail faith in the belief of the people, for the bandit was not taken until he was, pursued by a body of troops under Gen. Church. When this General was one day in pursuit of the banditti and their leader, he was accosted by a peasant, who drew him aside and gave him some intelligence concerning Anichiarico. On the very next day this peasant was found dead in his village, with a paper pinned on his breast with these terrible words inscribed.— This is the fate of all those • who. betray Anichiarice— The last band' which this leader commanded, was called . the .' decided .' each Man possessed a certificate, bearing two death's he;tds, with bloody eroblems, and the great words of ' Justice, liberty, or death,' signed 4 Anichiarico.' I saw one of the certificates 'in General Church's possession, ' which was written with' human blood. At last, in Ja. nuary, 1810, this astonishing bandit, finding himself' be:. set on 'all • points by the soldiers under the command of the General, threw himself at about sunset, in an old tower, in the midst of a farm yard, near the small town of Casuba,hoping probably that in the dead of the night he should be able to escape through the soldiers, many of whom were his friends, and all of whom believed him to he the devil. But in the course of.one hour after, it was perceived that he had taken this position, acloseline of light troops was drawn round the tower by .ortlgi of the General, out of Tooth of musqUet.sheto anti after a siekeof 3f; bears, hewas forced .to surrender himself, and the remnant of his band having fired 'ayeity all their cartridges, and killed and wounded eleven of theenenly. Ile was carried to Trameuvilla, the scene of the first murder, and there shot. It was on a Sunday, when he was sentenced to be executed; and General Church sent to.ask the priests of the town, if it was according to their religion to shoot 4 map on that day. Their answer was—' the better the day the better deed.' Anichiarico died like a madman. Front eight to ten thousand persona actually treated with were assembled to Ilee-lti°l shot, find to the last moment they Perfect scorn the notion that bullets would pierce such a man."  . WAra'