The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-12-05
NUMBER 27.

this country for another scene of labor De-
coming the owner with others of ship of
thousand tons burthen, the "Commonwealth,"
he, under the American flag, with a crew all
exiles like himself, all well-educatcd men,
many Of noble families, most Of them had
fought under him in Rome and Monte Video,
sailed for England. He arrived in his ves-
sci in the Tyne in 1854.
The free citizens of Tyne-side, friends of
European liberty, showed kindness to that
exiled son Of Italy in those days of his dark
est troubles. They presented him with a
telescope, and sword with gold belt. He
thanked them for the gift, as he said, from
his heart of hearts" and assured them to be
confident Of this-that whatever vicissitudes
of fortune he might thereafter pass through,
that handsome sword should never be drawn
by him except in the cause Of liberty. Work
ing roughly, he carried Goals from Newcastle
to Genoa.
The interdict against him was at length
removed, whereupon he settled down as a
small farmer in the island of Caprcra, off the
coast of Sardinia. There he remained till
hostilities broke ont in Italy last year by the
French and Sardinians warning against the
Austrians. Then he again girdcd his sword
the gift Of the people of Tync-side-about
his lons, and unsheathed its blade, as he
had promised them, in the cause of liberty
and patriotism. The defence Of Rome, amid
all the blunders and disasters of 1913, had
shown him that only time and opportunity
were wanting to develop in his countrymen
single minded heroism and constancy
worthy Of their ancestors.
The time had now come when the King
and the government of Sardinia appreciated
his merits As proof of this, they appoint
ed him to the command Of division, and as
he and his men were not to be considered a
part Of the army of Italy, they were not to
he treated as such, and he WAS not to be SUBJ
jec ed to official control or routine.
Immediately he raised his .ri-colored ban
ner, the boldest and most patriotic men in
Italy rushed to lis standard.
Ii the first proclamation he issued, he cha
racterized the Austrian as a 'pitiless, black
assassin, and robber." lie took the field
With commensurate energy. lie fought the
first action on the 4th OF May, when he sur
prised the Austrians at Vercilli, and compel
led them to yield to the ferceness of his bay
onct attacks. This success WIS rapidly fol-
lowed up by others al C..nerIqta, at San
Ferno at Malmatc, at Varese; and when he
had expelled the enemy from the latter place.
he entered Como, after fighting two battles
in one day.
Thi, done, he called the Naltcllinc into re-
belion; at once the hardy mountainers res
aonded to his cal. Again h. descended on
Varesc, like mountain torrent, again routed
he Austrians, and again entered Como,
where he strongly established himself. When
ii! his deeds in that campaign are considered,
ii his encounters, whc.h,r at the places just
mentioned, or at Casale and M)utcchiaro, or
IN the Tonale and the Stelyio. he was in
that great drama the first figure.
Great was the risk he ran, anl great the
yory he gained at the head Of his hot and
laring volunteers, as brave as lions. A little
hag containing a shirt, perhaps also pair of
socks; good boots, with leather CATERS up
to the middle of the legs; the trousers,
rather loose, stuck into the CATERS short
tunic of light gray linen, and over it a great
coat rea hing down to the knees a light cap
anI ride; thus uncncumbered BY baggage
or accoutrements, both officers and men ex-
hibited marvellous feats of mobility, quite as
marvellous as the martial exploits they per-
formed.
The magnetic ascendancy Garibaldi exer.
ci>ed over his men in that campaign, ard ex-
erciscs cv.r them still in the present Sicilian
is attributable not only to the sun
Of his countenance, and the music of his
voice, but to his being with them at the
sorest need, always foremost among them,
even when he asks Of them proofs offabulous
daring. He cngenlercd among them be-
lief that the greatest safety lies in the utmost
daring; anl there is no stronghold, however
to which be points, at which
his chasseurs will not dash, whether it
be in the power of human beings TO storm it
or not. Gariball is an instance Of what
wonders enthusiasm will work when raised
to its highest pitch BY noble cause. He
suffers from rheumatic fever, which he can
only shake of by incessant exertion. Ae-
,orGingly, he is never i'll on battle day, and
never well during an armistice or peace.
A CUnoUs REroRT-lIon. Alexander II.
Stephens of Georgia, was once running for
Congress, with an opponent ST unusually
arge stature, and on the stump one day the
discussion became unusually warm. Where
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