Evansville Journal, Volume 17, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 27 April 1866 — Page 2

THE EVANSVILLE DAILY JOUBIVAi;, FRIDAY, APRIl 27, 1866.

v Correspondence Iisndon Herald. ! 1 IUly-Ma8sacre of Protestants. : ". Florence, March 27. T-sKr..-- We hsive had news from the South. The pleasant, thriving city of Barletta, famous in history for the brilliant feat of Italian arms, so graphically recorded in M. D'AzeglioV romance of ., 'Ettore Fieramosca," has just been - . ' the scene of a most ferocious outburst of. Christian Thuggism. That religious fanaticism should have produced . such deplorable results, in the heart , . , of the nineteenth century, appears absolutely incredible. . Unhappily, there is no doubt about the tacts, which areas follows: For about two ' ' j years a small Protestant society has existed in Barletta. Beginning with 0 two or three individuals, this body had - little by little swelled to forty v members, who managed to support a little school and a chapel, in which ' ; officiated a pastor named Gaetanq Gi- - aniui, a native, I believe, of Florence. The existence of this modest evangel ical community was a thorn in the f.esh to the priests of the Romish faith, who naturally traced this alarming spread of heresy to the introduction " V '" -of,- the ..pestilential Sardinia statute. ' ' So far, nothing can be said. Prayers were offered up - in the churches " - f, -fin itiA nrtrtraraw-in thaoA Kani

1Z brethren-1"' K uHwy- returned Jh$ . , compliment at their- own Sunday ser: " ' L vices. Even this was a polite-atten tion for which both parties might be reciprocally grateful. But so 'idyllic

a , 8tate;oi,tnrngs was aoomea to De ,f abruptly r; terminated by the; arrival

. oi tnree . auaresimaasn. or xienien

is s ,.- preachers, dispatched to the rescue of

i r , ' ' what on the wane in Barletta; These

' .. X5cleaiastieal firebrands (the names' of

: . ' : . i 'two or them are fathers rostigiine

-.'! land Trentadue) lost no. time in de

nouncing the hideous .wiekedness'of

which the folks of Barletta had been

guilty, in tolerating the presence of

. ... these Godtforsaken heretics. I And, it

" "was hinted, that, as. the: benign mnui ...: ?. ence of prayer had proved, ineffectual i ... . , in the present case, a goodWke'n eudi gel might be advantageously subutt- ; ' : tuted, as a means of orthodox persuai, v :'('' eion. Nay, in case of need, the Church ' had often found that a bundle or two ! 1 of faggots would admirably serve her purpose. In this way, it had been her privilege, by God's: blessing, to nave many millions of erring souls, at the trifling cost of the destruction t of the poor, perishable bodies '"' ' to which they were temporarily attached. This pious exhortation was - renewed with additional unction on St. Joseph's -day, and the congregations, brimful of Divine zeal rushed out of the churches, with; fiendish . yells of, "Death to the Protestants! Death to the damned I Hurrah for : , Jesus Christ! " ' Down with the here- " ' tics! Long live the Church! Long - lire Victor Emanuel!". &c. . In fact, - all kinds of cries were raised any shout and any weapon being good for , the occasion The houses of the Protestants were sacked, the occupants thrown out at the windows, or hacked , :: to pieces, and the mutilated victims , some dead, some dying burned in the streets, an immense fire having .. ' been kindled for the purpose. The ! women were roused to a pitch of indescribable fury Btabbing and ston- ; . ing many of the hapless martyrs; and dancing, with - unearthly ; shrieks, ." ' . ;v round the flames of their auto-da-fe. . , For two hours the rioters had it all . their own way, and as the Protestant , Minister had taken refuge in the - house of the Prefect, the place was besieged by the mob, the officials were ,4i put to flight, and all of the furniture was thrown out of the windows. The Under Prefect received n. blow nn the

i: ':'J (head from a stone, and a delegate of

ponce, wno. Dy some mistake, was supposed to be the Pastor Gianini, received such ill-usage that he died on

the following day. In the course of

time order was restored, and four ;f i I hundred soldiers are now quartered in the city. As many as seventy-five t,. personshave been arrested, including four Priests, a Capuchin, and six or ; seven women. The prisoners have been removed to Tram, not without a

vigorous attempt to rescue them. But

the rioters were kept under, and for- , : ; tunately without bloodshed. ' The clerical press is unmoved in the . . presence of these terrible facts. Ac-

i7 cording to the Unita (Jatolica, the '-whole blame is imputed fo the nere- , tics, -who presume to scandalize the . faithful by their perverse spirit of prcselyteism, and to the Government foCencouraging schism. Thirteen lives have been lost in t , this lamentable affair, which appears .-, , to have been no accidental : circumr , .' - stance, but to have had its origin in certain general measures concerted at - Home, for the purpose of maintaining , , , an agitation amomj the ignorant classi ; es, the ultimate object being evidently .' ' 1 to produce a state of things by which , : -. the Emperor of the French may1 be - induced to - postpone the withdrawal , of hia troops from Home. Small dis- - turbances. also provoked by the elorl

gy, are reported from various parts of

iui.. The- Magsacre at Barletta, Italy:. ' Florence (March 29) Cor. London Tliaesl The Barletta. massacre turns out t

be little inferior m atrocity and ex

tent to the worst ot the hrst accounts

that reached -us,"' and the Diritto scarcely spoke in an exaggerated

etram when itaeciarea mat a priest at the head pf an ignorant and brutal people had renewed in little Barletta

the savage scenes ot the night of St

i . . jpommualcated. - TO J. AND I- X.

Bartholomew in France." w The in" stincts of fanatical priests seem the

same in all ages and countries ; other-T i8 Toady pone? How can it be

wise one mignt wen wonaer at the perpetration of sueh atrocious crimes, id the name-of religion, in the year 18G(, and in a country that claims to rank with the most civilized. It is notorious, however, that the Terra, di Barr is by no meanf. one of the most enlightened districts of this peninsula, and what has just occurred there may serve as a lesson to those Italians who cannot be told of the vices, ignorance, and fanaticism Of a large portion of their countrymen. ; - - A letter vf the 24th of March, from Bavlctta; " published in the (Jorriere

delU Mar die, says: ( j ; Three houses burnt and-six persons killed. . I visited the rnins this morning, and the families of some of the victims, ,- I .will not dwell on the Gainful impression produced by; the lackened walls and broken-furniture, the traces, of, blood still visible on walls and pavement, and the grief of weeping;orphans; I will limit myself to factsiV. It appears that ' the Lent preachers, instead - of exciting the faithful . : to : : repentance-, regularly

LwicDcuuing their- destruction as a

ini whichthe Evangelical 'meetings

are held, killed -nn.. cold - bi0od,,two hf ttth"ers"hr-fell-intotheir hands, : smffshedtelrjfthing iff the house, and set fire to it. T'he proprietor and the preacher escaped over the ro6f, and I am happy to say that the latter found shelter in the house of the,X!anon Gabriel, Jiizzi., The .Cond.nct of the National Guard cannofcbotoo severely blamed. The meeting-house is not more than thirty metres frpm' their post, and the butchery took place literally before their eyes, without their stirring a finger to prevent it. A For

two "hours the ? mob toft fanatics" did -f 1 tr - -iJ i- --5 J i il

wuui lb pieaeeu, anu uurui ; iiirce houses and. killed five persons.,,. A sixth died yesterday of his i wounds. The number of wounded is great, but the list is not yet '- complete, j Besides the priest Ruggieri Postiglione,- two other priests, a monk, and more than two hundred persons" are already, incarcerated, and fresh arrests are being constantly made. j .

- Haa-turned from life's full joysonearth To sleep beneatt the clay T ' Oh ! how to realize that no.w . ! , ' , - Her smiles no more we'll meet, That words of love have ceased to flow' From lips to us so sweet! - To feel thaf one so lovely, too, , That filled our hone with, glee, . i t-1 Has took her flight from earth to Heaven , How strange it seems to be! But, then, alas!e see her hot,' :i: ; No more her voice we hear; -f;r;-i That voice, that thrilled our hearts with

' joy, - - ' i " Because to us so dear. ; ,, , ;fc - uii? Around our table, as we sit, v" ' ', ' . A vacant place is there .. . . The place that she was wont to fill, " -Is but an empty chair. ' And Oh ! her booksj her work, her toys, In every spot we find ; i Turn where we may, we see the fruits ' Of busy hands and mind. : 1 , How heavy was the stroke that said, 'tH Give up your darling one; v Forsheis mine I claim her now ,. ,:. And now must take her home.' ; , : We scarce began to realize i ,;.

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necessary work, good and. agreeable in, the sight, of a God 'of love.' No wonder if euch'ibadJ seed'.produced abomi nable fruits s But it; appeatsjthat polities and , reaction were combined with religious motives. I am assured that one hundred: and fifteen houses

were ', doomed . to 1! pack J. and -fire;'

ami inati:a; asir oi ; mem; .is an .the: . 'hatid :j bf ' justice. "'Be?-: that

as it may, on Monday, the,,19th inst., pj-d grant us strength; in faith, to add, a horde of fanatics entered the housep Ana Blessed bViiis name." t m. s.

r t That God had taken one,.

' When yet another call was made, 1 . - , And she was takeTi hpmfc '

, 6, may bur hearts be taught, to say ; Father, 'thy wu WdonV? f

AUd ' when ; Thy. Spirit thin gives 'us .".i-'..".i!.Tnirt.h: '', ''.'-'t i ''ifi .Uuiy

i:.J-- ( r, ,: . ., ; ., ... . " iTheviictory wlUb won.-'i i( ' l''r

III !,,! -, 1 -,,.-F v,.,y , ,, !t- ); -'ur hearts can say the Lord doth gie-r-; ";,;Hetakes'awaT the'Banet;'i'j; ' ' '

CORRESPONDENCE.

. toMercbants only, on appli-

,- r. . 5 '". 1 1, V '"" tCommunlcated. Standing Picket Before Corinth. . It was a lone outpost where I stood Bentinel, wrapped in a gloom of melancholy, pensive as that of Volne, when gazing on the wrecks of Empires, or wretched as the exiled Marius, who wept like a child when he eat on the ruins of ancient Carthage, once the seat of glory and power. The blushing virgin moon, like a young bride, far through the realms of ether, on her midnight throne, shed a dim radiance over the sequestered scene. From out some secluded ravine, came the sepulchral voice of a ghosdy owl, . ! ; Making night hideous." At a neighboring farm house all was still, save - n .;. J... " The watchdog'n honest bark." Bats flitted like winged Spectres before my vision, hightening the loneliness of the occasion by their presence. The night hawk had flown to its haunt amid the deep umbrage of a towering forest, which stood like a dark wall to the right hand. In front, within gunshot range, lay the wily foe, for at intervals I could discern the flash of a hostile gun, proceeding from an ambushed post. No salute came from me, for I abhorred shooting at random, especially by moonlight. Far to the rear, over an unbroken landscape, . I could see ' the flickering camp-fires burning low.

A tew ; hours had wrought a great change. No merry groups, with " lusty life." chatted on the conquests of war or the adventures of love. The din made by martial spirits had subsided into a serene stillness, for, generally, the sons of 3Iars had consigned themselves to the arms of Morpheus, who weighs down the eyelids, of humanity. - -;: --.; ; '-; 't : A chain of guards kept up ' their measured tread around the quarters, where snow-white tents ' gleamed in Cynthia's beams, like marble tombs in some large cemetery. . I.. As I gazed on the slumbering prospect, methought of the vast responsihilifv imnnRM nn mo Iit nnmnxliia

What if ; I : should have espoused :,A f E W ; STOCK !

ireacnery, uuu iei, we enemy into our campf A ' wholesale butchery might have ensued, i: The, impulses, of 'that occasion made my heart throb with enthusiasmv for, I felt Very proud of the important position assigned' me, A' deserter came to my post that evening with the report that the hosts of Beauregard were preparing for an advunpA nn our lines. ' The intllHnni,

proved afterwards to be false, still I JVO 4 FIRST .STV retained a' strict vigilance through, the ; -; t " . . , , lonely watches of , that night, resolving " - .' " . ,'T;-' to do my duty or perish on that deso-'; R?M,PiEB.By; THE late spot. J. N. McClure. 1 "decWtf 1 ENTAL BANK-

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