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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Extract from a Rome letter dated July 30 reports revolts in papal towns Ponte Corvo and Benevento on July 4. Insurgents, led by local professionals and Neapolitan militia under Casella, drove out the governor in Ponte Corvo. In Benevento, 7000 rebels under Veliante assassinated three gendarmes, forced papal delegate Olivieri to capitulate and leave on July 11, and demanded incorporation into Naples, which was refused.
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Rome, July 30.
"There has been a revolt at Ponte Corvo, (a town belonging to the Pope, bordering on the kingdom of Naples on the 4th inst. The physician, surgeon, and apothecary of the place were at the head of it. They called to their assistance the Neapolitan militia, commanded by one Casella; and drove out the governor. The same thing happened at Benevento. They assassinated three gend'armes in the street; the rest, amounting to 30 or 40 men, retired to the Castle, where the pope's delegate, M. Olivieri, lived. The insurgents, whose number amounted to 7000, (though the better orders did not mix in the insurrection) displayed the tri-coloured flag, and were commanded by a person named Veliante, formerly a commissary at war. The delegate of the pope was obliged to yield, and quitted Benevento on the 11th, after having protested in form against these proceedings. The gend'armes concluded a military capitulation with Veliante, who signed it Organisatore del Carbonari di Benevento. The Archbishop, Cardinal Spinucci, aged 82, refused to cause a Te Deum to be chanted. Veliante went to Naples, and demanded the incorporation of Benevento with that Kingdom, but he received a positive refusal."
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Ponte Corvo And Benevento
Event Date
4th Inst. To 11th
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three gend'armes assassinated; papal delegate quitted benevento after capitulation; demand for incorporation into naples refused
Event Details
Revolt at Ponte Corvo led by physician, surgeon, apothecary with Neapolitan militia under Casella drove out governor. Similar at Benevento: 7000 insurgents under Veliante displayed tri-coloured flag, assassinated three gend'armes, forced 30-40 gend'armes to castle; delegate M. Olivieri yielded, protested, and left on 11th; gend'armes capitulated with Veliante as Organisatore del Carbonari di Benevento; Cardinal Spinucci refused Te Deum; Veliante demanded incorporation in Naples, refused.