Show for to desist news A encee of the volition se lie i in venice y r ST BY ALEXANDER OTT there is venice the proud the beautiful and ever memorable city of the aogi rising with its domes and spires churches and monasteries nas teries its palaces and prisons as if it by enchantment out of the lagoons lago onos of the adriatic sea black coffin like gondolas and barcas are solemnly gliding through the dark and sluggish waters of the canal azzos azoa canals while the piazza d di santo marco with its interesting reminiscences of othello and desdemona represents the usual bustle and life of a motley but picturesque multitude there the doged nobleman walks the lordly square there pretty dark eyed signoras sig noras are sen seen promenading adin with ga gay caval cavaliers cavallers cava liers lers 1 while priests aud and monks with their their broad round f fullmoon full tuil ull uli moon faces aces and ana the characteristic simper on their lips meet you at every step and such wag was venice in the summer of 1848 when a multitude of people had assembled on the piazza dl santo marco the only square of the city of the bogli in order to listen to the excellent music of an austrian military band which was performing every evening to the delight of the gay venetians the sea whose waters were broken into small silver waves by a gentle breeze was mirroring the starry heavens to a person of a romantic cast it was one of those lovely evenings which have inspired manya noble bard to strike the lyre all alt seemed to be happiness and beauty all like the creation of bf an oriental fable remote from the noise of the tumultuous life of that famous square a handsome young cavalier cavaler whose manly form was enveloped in the graceful folds of a large cloak a plumed hat on his head was slowly pacing the steps of the splendid marble staircase leading from the piazza clown down in the sea suddenly the sound of splashing oars of an approaching gondola fell on aa his ears he stopped listening A voice whispered ered idis itis Is me ST silvio ivio 1 in the next next moment a boat came up to the steps of tha the staircase and an elegantly dressed gentle gentie gentleman manof of a tall and stately form flung himself in the arms of the young 0 cavalier t My idear my ever faithful silvio exclaimed count alfieri for such was the stranger at last the hour of revenge has come when we shall free ourselves from the terrible Ads austrian trian yoke 0 italia he continued a dark night hangs nice hice a pall over thy beautiful country many diany a persons person a bright hopes have hive been but far away over the dark and treacherous ocean of revolution I 1 see once more the sun of happiness shine on my unhappy fatherland I 1 grasp now again convulsively for the shrines of iny household idols for the bands of those who have in vaia vain shed their blood f for at our independence cei cek ascending the steps of the staircase the two cavaliers cavaliere cava liers issued forth amid the moti throng of the piazza suddenly a nian nan with adough a rough tough red cap and a tri kade on his head cried viva italia viva alfieri italy for evert alfieri for everl ever eyer down with the austrians Aust rians and a thousand voices burst out as a it were vere simultaneously italy for fr everl ever down with the traitors while 64 tb amazed musicians musicians with the few guards endeavored to make their way to their barcas a confusion yes a storm arose during which the passions of the low crude po populace of venice were exhibited in a striking and graphic manner the inthe prisoner ot oss the leaden roofs count Alfi alfieri gri is 19 released roared all at once a man with a truly stentorian voice tears rolled immediately down several ferocious countenances while others were brandishing their knives inive s and dak dag daggers gers aers crying long live the republic long live alfieri and to crown the climax of this remarkable scene the multitude rushed at itt that young youn cavalier and as many as could bestowed stowe d the most fraternal embraces upon him thus weeping embracing and shouting sometimes by turns sometimes imes altogether that heaving stormy mass of human beings moved on till they reached the canarazzo cana lazzo where a large number of gondola omni busses received as almany many of that wild I 1 concourse as could find room I 1 that quaint city in all the splendor of lun lunas s silver light reflected on the water presented something so fairy like something po so provocative to the imagination AS the doges dodea palce palace the bridge of 81 sighs g h and the with ibs ils classical associations nt of shylock don antonio and don Balt hazzar unrolled themselves before the eyes of the excited populace ia in their floating ve chiles that they th ey forgot for a moment their feelings of hatred against th forestieri fores foreigners ini and ind burst forth fortu io in shouts of admiration mi ration at the sight of the magnificent panorama spread out before them but suddenly chite passing an austrian fortification situated on a small island the unsuspecting people in their boats were treacherously chero cheTo ully greeted a tornado of iron mis flies tiles adre AdTe A dreadful adful scene followed now count alfieri anu ani ah i his friend silvio sheering their cou nt endeavored to take the fort which as they supposed contain contained ad but a small garrison by fi on therefore they rowed with the intrepidity 0 of heroes eroes the women with tb ohp VA vior alor r of t tha tea ancient romans enczur s aging M their ts bands dh abd sons while e the bul but lets WS swept over the altas bartas cuttle cutting za dow down aown ii men women and children by scores rac come ome on my brave f arl ri nils shouted the yvo yeo wo leade a and while their compan ton ioni loni made the air air ring wish the bold cry of defiance italy forever death to the tyrants 12 they rowed on at aleast last that maddened tide of human beings reached the fatal island impetuously they rushed meet their equally embittered foes from behind the fantastic shades of the lovely evening such wrecks of faces would be cast up to the light of the pale silver moon noon that you became at once convinced the i infection of the wildly shaken public mind had reached a fearful cr crisis is what a dreadful scenes scene several thousand thod thoi sand infuriated citizens engaged with a strong body of well disciplined troops in a most obstinate and sanguinary contest in which all the destructive tive power powers at mans manyo command were employed to hurl forth their murderous effects while the bursting of shells the low rumbling growl of musketry the wild hissing of tho the rockets the whizzing of round shot the sweeping blast and crash of grape and the yells of men and women victorious and dying formed a horrid din such as never before rose from the blue waters of the bride of the sea on the people rushed endeavoring to scale the parapet but the troops speedily succeeded in driving back the assailants assal lanta from the ramparts I 1 and whilst the gallant leaders were encouraging I 1 cou raging their men to renew the attack I 1 they were killed being deprived of those the they lyd almost worshipped wor shipped confusion and terror se seized z c t the he hitherto gallant citizens and completely stunned with the sound souad of the roaring cannon they hurried back helter belter to their boats in order to save themselves by flight ht but ui alasi the doom of the unfortunate people was sealed seated for the soldiers maddened almost to frenzy by the desperate attacks of the assailants rushed liow ilow fram the ramparts while their artillery again thundered forth against the fugitives and soon succeeded in cutting off the retreat of the miserable po populace u A horrible scene ensued now neither mercy nor pity was shown by the imperialists men alen women and children the aged and the young all ali were massacred alike and even the corpses of the victims were seized mutilated and hurled burled in the sluggish waters of the la boonos not satisfied with this massacre which reminds one of the sicilian vespers and the gleat revolution in france the austrian general had immediately af after ter these dreadful dreada ua scenes a great many of the suspected citizens seized i and put in the dungeons of the leaden one of the most horrible prisons in venice venace if the walls walla of that terrible place hadtke power of spee h what dreadful tales would be told of youth beauty and virtue being doomed to pass long long dreary years in the cold damp vermin haunted cells of subterranean an dungeons immediately after the bloody scenes described ascribed scribed above the fated city was proclaimed by the military authorities as being in a stage of siege and in order to stop any f urther further outbreak of revolutionary movements the prisoners were after a hasty trial either sentenced to death or solitary confinement with hard bard labor for life ilfe in a large gloomy vaulted chamber of the leaden leaded roofs a number of staff officers among whom fhe the notorious general avab avas conspicuous were seated in a semicircle semi circle while a stron strong 0 detachment of gens darmer darmes pirri cirri police and troops guarded every avenue leading to that terrible place of human vengeance suddenly the great bell of san marco alarco was striking the hour of 11 in the forenoon and at the arthe fi girst first r reverberation of the sound from the ca campanile in lali jail e a number of prisoners well manacle and chained were slowly and sullenly entering the so called hall of justice ily by a raisel raised binger finger from the president of the court martial for such it was the unfortunate victims halted waiting with the resignation of doomed persons their unavoidable f fate tate ate now the names of those thus fatally recorded were read the owner stepped forward to the green table round which the military judges were seated A short but scrutinizing glance glanca at the prisoner a hasty consultation of tho the members of the court martial and the president xinliu ringing his silver bell announced in the usual f formula 0 1 a in the name of his imperial royal majesty the emperor ferdinand of austria the con COD vict at the bar will be within six hours from lif life ilfe e to death by means of 0 powder and lead on passing the chain of or prisoners in the hall the doomed individual exchanged a f few ew hurried words of farewell and kindness but the parting was soon over some shed tears while others maintained a really real ay stoical fortitude throughout those dreadful proceedings thus several hundred unfortunate citizens were hurrie deither to a cruel death or to A living tomb while thousands perished in an open contest but I 1 drop now the curtain upon that bloody drama adding that the movements of a gari baldi mazini cavour and victor emanuel are merely the necessary effects or results of past ast wron wrongs s ingli inflicted c ted upon the italian nation ge because a sew when tena lena an n age is ripe for great changes the signal alone is wanted to rouse the whole community into action as if struck by the v A aid aid of magic and ana those who icho have thus sup plied that want aid and aad proclaimed it aloud are appreciated by all as the great authors altho altha they have only pronounced with their voice and by their the i r actions that which has long since existed I 1 hi tha the lap of time and has become al sj ready matil matul ad within ane he souls of all alk i i i thirty six tons of tack tacks s were w e re recently se sent bent from taunton mass to diff different ernt purchasing localities |