The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-10-12

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4SQ mile 70 press the hand Of Garibaldi. All
dong the rood, at - different minor headquar-
ea1s kcouvorsed with Garibaldi's men and officers.
y = not rare to find In this singular corps the
common soldier q better informed and educated
I'm than his epauletted commander. The charm
thrown By the hero Of Moptevideo over the whole
1n!nn population has enlisted young men of the
Aighegtelad1 artists, literary men, professors and
ecno4au, IN his ranks as mere privates. Even the
votszan Montanelli, once a rufer in Tuscany, and
ff many years an ilIustrious exile in Paris, the
uuthor Of Comma. and other historical and literary
works, Quilted his wife = Turin, and followed his
enly son, who had embarked as a common soldier
u this periious venture Among a hundred Ita-
iians you find, perhaps, five OF six adventures of
al other countries-French, Swiss and Germans,
Spnnards, Americans Of. both continents, and
wen . chinese and an Engishman.
Most OF Garibaldi's Offices, especially the staff
and th0se who are nearest his person, are old, we'll
txlod friends, who have borne arms with him in
South America, or who have at least fought by his
dds In L0mbardy and Rome in 1882 Several
- captains, chiefly Genoese, who cruise! with
him., follow his fortunes by land as they did for
yurs ut sea- l was for some time in doubt
whether the secret of this extraordinary mans
Way was grounded on love or fear, but no I'M
certainty remains now in my mind on the subject.
There was a young captain, indeed, who told me
be would rather face a hundred Austrians than
address even the most necessary question to Ga
ribaldi when he appears among his men with the
brim Of his cap pulled down on his brows; but
ON . close inquiry, l find that this terrible chief
tain had rs vet no occasion to shoot n single man
for Standardization Spies, indeed, he has caught,
and dealt with them In u very summary manner,
hut on none Of his followers has ever any punish
yuent been inflicted, not even that most severe
punishment of all, ex pulsion from the corps. 1t
- the sun OF his counrenance and the music OF
his voice which exercises a magnetic ascendancy
over these men. He asks of them proofs OF almost
6bulous daring; but he is with them at the
soFest need, always foremost among them. The
hero of q hundred fights, always distinguishable
for bis tail stature. lofty bearing, and mew
fauciful costume, GaribaIdi was never wounded.
His followers aver that the Tyrolese no longer
turn their rifles towards him, as they are con-
Yinced that the man has made his bargain with
the devil, and sold his soul TO render his body
bullet-proof- The example Of the chieftain has
engendered a belief among his followers that the
greatest safety lies In the utmost daring, and
Garibaldi never points to any impregnable strong
hold at which-his chassenrs will not dash, wheth-
er it be In the power of human beings to storm
it or not Sum up all the deeds OF the corps
during this campaign; remember the encounters
at CasaIe, at Varese, Como, Montechiari, and on
the Tonale and Stelyio: consider that Garibaldi,
whatever exaggerations fame may have allowed
itself, never had more than four or five thousand
combatants at any time under his orders and to
this that he had to contend with the deadly sfut@er
Of the renowned shooters OF the Tyrol and Syria,
while bis men, with the exception of fifty Genoese
and the Englisbman, were armed with muskets
by the side Of which old Brown Bess is an Enfield
rifle. and you will be able to understand what
wonders enthusiasm will work when raised to its
highest pitch BY q noble cause, and borne up by
unlimited confidence in the leader.
The leader was Ill in bed, as said, when / went
20 ZEE HIM at Lovere, about noon on Monday last.
Gazihnldi Is never i'll on a battle day, and never
we'll during an armistice OF a peace. He suffers
from rheumatic fever, | was told, which he can
only shake OF by incessant ~exertion. 1 had a
Iona talk with the officers Of the staff in the ante
chamber, and was kept waiting for about half an
hoors - . there was a lady in the case" But,
upon having my name and GRAND conveyed to the
Genenl.l was admitted into his sleeping apart
ment- The General lay in his shirt-sSeyes on a
hsge bed, the Iady-rathera youDgand eood-look-
IND perrou-sitting in q chair at the foot of the
bed- She was, l believe, a sutton for the release
Of noue one of the young Alpine huntsmen. her
relative, Who had either got tired of the game, or
va particulariy wanted by his friends at home.
GaxibaIdi was born in 1907 and Is, therefore,
6fty-tFv years old. he has a bright, cheerful
lock=the color Of his skin and hair betoken a san
guine Temperament. There is not one of the
bases, lithogrsphs, photographs, &C., which are
sold BY thousands throughout Italy and Europe as
GarihaIdiis portraits, that gives the slightest idea
Of re expression Of that noble oountenance. There
y not the Ieset approach to fereeness or wildness
about the heFO's eountenance. He looks ~inteli-
cene, earnest, benevolent, and afiable in the ex-
ueme. Ee i omewhat narrow about the tenn
ple-round headed, square visaged- He has a
6ns head, bat not very massive; a large, but by
NO menns . broad fa0L Even his beard is absurd
" exngxcr7ted by the men who have worked at
his likeneu, or else he has lately been trimming it
In the excessive heat The hair is brown-red, and
has been rich and glossy. The eye struck me as
lixhf gray, but with a tint of the lion-red in it.
Hnv voice Is clear, ringing, silvery-toned. Nothing
can equal the gentleness. freedom and ease of his
address He sat up in his bed, without the least
e0ort, to welcome me- and, like one free from suf-
fering, he held out his hand, and said he was bid
On by q common friend to take me by the hand,
and would be happy to do So He then leant ON
hig elbow, and proceeded with my errand-which
Il no mans business. As l surveyed that fine,
bgiEhtf acc, that powerful yet elegant and symmet-
sic1f frame, and bsbeld the fair, plump, Lombardy
lady seated by his bedside, 1 could scarcely attend
20 3hnt 1 was saying, as my imagination ran back
% lie scene in the Taiisnaan, and l fancied 1 saw
the liou-hezrted King lying on his lions hides, and
his lovely Queens suppliant at his feet for the
life Of the Scotch knight Truly, Garibaldi is one
Of natures own kings and leaders ofmen. 1t was
neither lair Justice nor good taste to represent
him - 3 trucuient bandit or as a theatrical hero
Loaded with stars and crosses by more than one
m0ua1ch, he never wears any decoration or distinc-
ton whatever. His costume is, OF rather was,
pict1resque, yet extremely simple, suited to the
elfnats where lay the scene of his earliest exploits,
end ccnm0n among the people who first trusted
him Nth the supreme command. At rest from
fmmodiata action, he shuns the gaze of applauding
mulei1udes and seeks humble employment in quiet
rotircnent He Is the master of a merchant ves-
ol,Fof the owner of a plantation in some solitary
~, The momsnf he ceases to be a guerilla chief
- : general. Hei is a modest. gentle, independent
Gkrz1c<er. BE is strongly devoted to King Victor
n1nnueIs interest, but 1 will venture to say he
&kvex appear at the court of Turin, nor eat
&1nd Of bis well-earned Generals pension.
men Of Garibaidi and his officers loudly and
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