The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-06-25

| "The garrison was almost entirel,
composed of Italians and Frenchmen
with a few manunistcd slaves, aud was
commanded by person to whom am
glad to pay this tribute. for he stood there
a dsint, rested Individual, seeking moth
ing for his own advantage. refer to a
person Of great courage and military
skill, who has just claim on our sym
pathies, considering the unjusti6abls in
terven,ion Of the French, and the recent
extraordinary and unnatural events that
have taken place in Italy. l refer to
General Garibaldi."
In ls48 Garibaldi returned to his ma
tive city with his Italian legion, and
found his Sovereign and countrymen at
war with Austria. He Immediately Of.
fered his services to Charles Albert, the
same who had condemned him to the
scaffold eighteen years before. In max
ing this tender of himself to the King he
proclaimed the principles which doubt
less actuate him in the present conflict.
"To make Italy one" he wrote subse-
quently, "to free her from the foreign
curse-this was my goal and believe it
to have been the goal Of most Of my
countrymen. Italy could not be migrate
full to her liberators. whoever they might
be-" The King received him coolly, but
accepted his services, and then placed
him in position where he could not fire
a single shot at the Austrians. Charl $
Albert was routed and lost hi. crown-
GaribslGi then began to operate on his
own account With 1900 patriots he
entered northwestern Lombardy- the
same territory which he has now sec.
Austrians in two bloody engagements.
He then went to Rome and assumed the
defence Of the new Republic against the
combined forces Of France, Austria and
Naples. The herculean energy aud
dspntless courage of Garibaldi inspired
his soldiers with tho highest henoism
Regiment after regiment Of the veterans
of Al gicrs we're hurled back from the
gates of Rome, and it was not until after
bo'nbardment OF the city, to which
''arlbaldi had no uieans Of reply. that he
formed resolution to Gu, his way
through his enemies to Venice where the
republicans were making their last stand
In this he was almost successful, bnt ar
irving with few beats in sight Of the
mistress Of the Adriatio, he was met by
the Austrian blockading feet. Several
OF his boats were captured but Garibaldi
himself escaped to the shore Here his
heroic wife who accompanied him in all
his perlls. died and was buried near the
beach by her husbands hands A sin.
Gle peasant who assisted him was taken
by the Austrian, aud huaged, drapn and
qunrtered,
Garibaldi eluied his enemies, travers-
ing the forests aud mountains from the
east shore of the Adriatic to Piedmont,
whence he embarked for America. In
New York he became the master of a trad
ing vessel, from which he obtained "a
livelihood; and was subsequently eng 're
in the candle and tallow trade. In 1854
he returned to Piedmont and proclamed
his allegiance to Victor Emanuel on the
indirect assurance of the latter that the
next Italian revolution would fad favor
in the Sandman Court From that time
until the present, Garibnldi has lived on
his own farm on the little island of Ca.
prcpa. The events Of his past life, no
less than the remarkable exploits of the
past few weeks, promise for him the
place of conspicuous ability aud valor
among the Generals Of the war in Italy.