, 1859-06-10

Oh his own account With 4 ooo patriots he
entered northwestern Lombardy-the same
territory which he has now Sec
ond time ovezrfh--and defeated tbs AUS
trians in two bloodysfngagenents.* He then
went to Rome and assumed The defence Of the
new Republic agaiust the combined forces d
France, Austria and Naples. The herculean
energy and dauntless cour-ge Of Garibaldi in
spircd Ills soldiers with the highest heroism-
Regiment after regiment Of the veterans Of
A1xioss- wore hurled back from the gates of
Rome, and it was not until after bombar1nrent
-ofthecity, to which GaEibaldi had no meals of
replying; that be formed q resolution to cut his
war through his enemies to Venice wf.erc the
Republicans were making their last stand In
this lie wns almost successful, but arriving
with few boats in sight Of the mistress Of the
.Adriatic, ho was mctby the Austrian blocEadfnc
feet. Several Of his boats were captured, but
Garibaldi himself escaped to tho shore. Hero
his heroic wife, who accompanied him in all
his perils, died and was buried near the beach
ty her husbands hands. 4 single peasant
who asslstcd him was taken By the AustEians,
and hanged drawn and q,sartered
Garibaldi cluded lis enemies, trayerslpg the
forests and mountains from the cast shorc Of
the. Adriatic to Piedmont, whence lie en-
barked for America. In New York he
became the master Of trading resHl,
from which he obtained q livelihood; and
was subsequently engaged in the candle
md tallow trade. In 1854 he returned
to Piedmont md proclaimed his allegiance
to Victor Emmanuel On tue indirect ASSURANCES
Of the lattcr that the next italian revolution
would find favor IN the Sandman Court From
that time until tho present Garibaldi has lived
On his own farm on the little island Of Caprera-
The events Of his past life, no less thnn the re-
una.kable exploits Of the past two weeks, prom
ise for him the place Of conspicuous ability and
valor among the generals Of the wnr in Italy
| BROKEN ROCK As BALLAST FOR
| Railways.
| In our excursion to Lexington, KY, we OBJ
served that the Kentucky Central Railroad was
| hallasted for the whole distance. one hundred
miles, with broken rock. The reason given US
was that there was no gravel suitable for bal
last On the entire line The broken rock, pre-
cisely in the form that is used for Nc cAdamizing
streets, possesses several advantages, as bal
last for railways which we Should suppose
would bring it into general use, especially
where suitable rock ia abundant and gravel
scarce.
| In the first place it makes very substantial
ballast, and when once properly finished The
road will need little OF no repairs till the tics
rot, when they are very easily replaced. The
road is entirely free from dust, as the banks
are soon covered with sod. We have nerc'
| enjoyed moro pleasant ride than from Gov
| ington to Lexington. Another important nd
vantage especially in III open country, is thai
cattle and swine will not lie nor walk upor
tue track; whereas if properly gravelled it i:
4 preferred by them for both. Serious accidents
very often occur from this cause-suthcient q
least to warrant considerable additional OK
pcnse to ballast with pounded rock M
should suppose, also, tlnt the ties imbedde'
in pounded stone would last longer than il
gravel and clay, where they would be water
soaked for much Of the time by the storms
We make these suggestions for the cons'd
| Grafton Of our railway managers. The pound
cd rock on our open pralries would help t
compensate for the want Of fences. and witt
the new rock-csusLing machines recently III
vented in this city. we doubt whether bal
lasting with pounded rock would cost muc
more than gravel, especially If it must l.
brought long distance IN the cars. II
should be glad to have the views Of some Z
our practical railway men as to the value {
these suggestions, with az estimate Of the cor
parativc cost Of the pounded rock and til
gravel as a material for ballasting our wester
roads
| FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE o.
CHICAGO.
We arc glad to soc that the old fngics
: | New York arc about to follow the cxamrle
this young city, aud ina,fg,rate there the Cl,
cayo system Of storing, handling, vcntIatul
aud selling grain Elsewhere in this paper "
| publish III article from the Courier and EHqu
rer, in which the plan is set forth, to which u
invite the attention Of our readers i'll the graf
: | trade. Preliminary to spending dollar c
! iron bins, will not these old fogies send d
putation Of young men out here and look al tt
way the thing is done in this weste1
centre Of American commerce There are hc'
any where from six to bakers dozen
warehouses that they can copy from, in ii
| structure which they propose to erect, and
sure that when done, they will have made I
mistakes. Our dealers, with that breadth ar
comprehcnsiveness Of views which distinguss
the business men Of the West long ago aba,
) doncd the old methods to which New Yo1
!" yet adhercs and, now, having perfected the
system, they will gladly lend their aid to o
iogics "Down East" who are reluctantly Il
:, lowing their example. Let the young mt
come outi
n THE NEW FRENCH GUNS.