Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-14
Gdortestrr Daily Spp.
GARIBALDrs History

p'iiul. cIileL III te opinion OF many to this
Tmay' Garloaldl IS something between Fra
DlaYoa and Gasparone. People ascribe to
nun every crime committed in Italv Tor tho
last fifteen years and the stories told to his
ulscredIt are enough to startle a whole andi-
ence at the Porte-Saint-Nlartin Joseph Carl.
paldl was born at Nice, on the 4th of JuIv
loUf his family have always lived in that sea
port, and several of them are living there now
They have supplied the Sandman naval ser.
wee with excellent seamen, and have inyaria
ply enjoyed pubic estimation. Joseph, brought
up on tlle coast among sailors and fishermen.
was indebted to this rude apprenticesbin of
life for part of his physical and moral dner-
gy Already at that time the child was seen
10 possess most of the qualities since develon-
ca IN the man. Adventurous and brave he
ulsplayed IN his intercourse with his comrades
an extraordinary energy. To games ms well
as to work he brought strange ardor. but he
ing good as well as intrepid Garibadi was al
ways ready to take the part of the weak
against the strong. He would have said will
hngly what Manin says-'AU Injustice con.
Germs me- One of his mathematic teachers
NJ Arena, now at Nice, still speaks with emo
ton of his pupils good qualities.
'Garibaldi entered the Sandman navy at an
early age, and soon distinguished himself bv
ms courage and GOODNESS. Implicated in 1894
IN the Italian insurrectional movement. this
young seaman, compromised at Genoa ON ac
count Of liberal conspiracy, found himself
compelled to take refuge in France. He tray
eled on foot across the mountain to Nice
where he lay concealed two days in a friends
house, who by dressing him in the clothes of
farmer OF his, got him across the Var. Az
ter passing two years at Marseilles, chiefly in
the pursuit of his mathematical studies Gar
lbaldl embarked in an Egyptian corvette to 90
ana serve as naval officer in the fleet of the
hey OF Iunls. As he did not meet with n
part there to satisfy his active mind he could
not remain there longer than few months
30 he soon set out for Rio Janeiro The pro.
vince OF Rio Grande del Sol had erected itself
INTO Republic. Our adventurer made an of |
Ter OF his sword to the Government of IRA
quay, and received the chief command of fine
squadron intended to act against Buenos |
Ayres: The contest lasted two years. Dur |
ing TINS time the new commander, quite in his
clement performed such prodigies of valor
That the natives said of him, 1t is not a man |
Dut aeVli and so superstition got mixed up |
with his name. He had been seen in several |
encounters with his troops into the thick of
tne hight, then reappear safe and sound. and
Always victorious, from these terrible engage
ments, where the fighting was alwovo ba1'T7t,
hand. i-''iio "
Garibadi's influence over his soldiers &c
something wonderful His form. HercuIoon
strength, his fine, energetic and expressive
even his picturesque cos
tune, contributes to increase the nrestire bo
Yields, AT Salta he is surrounded-he and
3OO men-by 5000 enemies What does he
do He stands their fire without firing lois
them come up close, then charges them with
the bayonet, and sends them flying The
government OF Montevideo decreed on that
day that the Italian legion had deserved well
OF the country, and that it should take the
right, the post of honor, even when with ma
hye troops, in every engagement
The instruction of the Peninsula of 1S49
brought Garibaldi back to Nice. A part of his
legion accompanied him with it he acted
prominently in the war of independence
against the Austrians in U1Ie ovutnvfIr -y-,.Y
" here, a sharpshooter, he necessarily har-
assed their army.
At Rome, Garbaldi was the soul of the re-
sistance. Marshal Valiant, in his remarkable |
report Of the operations during the siege, did |
justice to the energy and skill of his adversary. |
1t was impossible to make more of the poor |
resources left at the disposal of the besieged. !
The volunteers fought there like veteran
troops. On May 8, at Palesuina, he defeated |
the Neapolitan army twice superior in num-
bers to his own. A few days later, at Velletri, |
where he was severely wounded, he was still
to win the honors of the day. Finally he sus-
lli0Cu lOT u hllOlS InOllll Ute ulllChS OF our
valiant army, and, as all the officers admit,
with admirable presence of mind, The episode
of the 8th bastion, represented by the brilliant
pencil of Horace Vernet gives an exact idea of
the energy displayed in that defence. In the
last council Of war held at Rome, Garibaldi, on
being called upon to state his opinion, proposed
the employment of extreme measures but
they were not approved. He then left the sa-
cred city with the remnant of his little army,
trayersed the enemys lines, and withdrew to
the neighborhood of St. Martin. There his
troops disbanded. Garibaldi reached Genoa
with two hundred soldiers who had refused to
leave him. AT the end OF few months he re-
turned to America, where he engaged very ac-
lively in trade and industry About 1852 we
find him again in command of the Peruvian
army. When the war ceased he returned
home to Nice.
For five years Garibaldi lived in retirement,
with his sons, on small island situated be-
tween Sardinia and the Madeeine--the Isle of
Caprera He tarmed on large scale, plough
ed up waste lands, and built large barns and
out-houses. From time to time he used to go
to Nice in a small cutter he kept for convey.
ing his materials. The most influential and
respected men of that city-thOsc of the French
colony, with Alphonse Kari at their head
know well how highly he is esteemed there.
This brave soldier, whose reputation III private
life cannot be assailed, knew how to acquire
the sympathy and respect of all His political
adversaries themselves acknowledge his honor
able character.
"'rhe Able Montolivo, the librarian of that
city, who has known the General intimately
from childhood, and thousand other credible
witnesses, have increasingly protested against
the calumnies uttered by certain foreign news
papers against this man, whose only demerit
in their eyes must be that of devoting all the
resources of his nature to the independence of
his country. A touching letter, written re-
Gently by Garibaldi to the old aid-dc-camp of
Prince Eugene, NJ. Planat de la Faye, shows
the generous sentiments of this man so ill-un..
derstood but too often Il thank you, my dear
friend says he, for your pistols | value them
highly as coming to me from you; and may
the hour approach that will enable me to use
them against the Austrian Soldiers, the only
beings in the world toward whom feel hatred.
You, the comforter OF our eXied great MANN,
preserve for me part of your affections, as to
one of the most humble but most devoted sol
diers of Italian freedom Whatever senti-
ments the world may entertain as to services
rendered by this guerilla chiettain, ii cannot
fail to perceive in him the essential qualities of
the captain, and especially his extraordinary
ascendancy over his companions in arm.
HIS wife, also, was a heroine she was
slam at her husbands side by the Austrians
She mad never left him in the battlefield, eth.
or IN America or Italy. One should read in
the history OF Ricciardi the account of hei
valiant behavior as the constant companion OF
all her husbands journeys and dangers. Il
would teach us to comprehend these excep
tional characters, so much sandered but fol
whom life itself is nothing but one long com
bat and IL glorious example of patriotism"
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