The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-20
The Heroic aaribaldi.

Garibaldi has fought under many flags
and In many chimes, by land and by sea, but
not in the fashion Of Dugald Dalgetty. never
for money. ever for fame. To the betrayal OF
freedom no money would tempt him.
Garibaldi was second mate on board n YES
sci trading between Nice and Odessa when
he was first innOculated by q disciple Of
Mazzini's with the idea that Italians wsr0
made for some higher destiny th2nI,7
cooks. hair-dressers, and ~
world. Driven to
when he and his 81
Joined his Standard
fideO asaiFfse fscss, ii5 ~ it,iis iL4v5
weight in gold to yield the pass. At that
time he is pictured as having been 20 compile
w penniless that his clothes were in tatteTs,
and he had often to wait until morning light
to write a report by being unable 10 buy
candle. For days and days, his fare AMI that
of his followers was a few beans streeped in
water. Such was the force Of his example
and their own sense Of honor, that his coun-
trymen, were as faithful as himself and as
accomplishing, despite all hardships and pri-
vations and arrears Of pay, 10 the astonish-
ment of the crew Of commissaries in every
country, who fancy that punctual pork N
tons and cash pay are the sole sustenance Of
military stamina, the sole incentive TO soldier
ly ardOr. 1t is notorious. they were obliged,
SO unwilling was he to receive thing which
could subject him to the faint Of being mer-
cenary, to borrow his worn cloak and other
attire, and then affect TO have lost them, in
order to replace them with new outfit. And
some years since, when q similar epithet Of
soldier of fortune" was applied to him by
Lord Brougham, in ignorance Of his true char
acter, these facts were detailed BY the British
ambassador, Lord Howden, who as Col. Car
adoc, was in South America at the time, and
who bore the highest testimony to his noble
character, both as soldier and man. nhis
course of command. he was sharp, short and
decisive, as the Iron Duke himself Whenev-
er there was black sheep in the flock, who
preyed upon the people, he coolly had han
shot yet was he when fighting against Rosas
as when fighting for Italy, as considerate Of
the comfort Of his band as a mother Of her
children nursed them in sickness, sustained
them in sorrow the first TO advance where
danger was greatest-the last TO retreat,
whatever the odds, and they were often Z
thousand to one. Eight bullets at Monteyi.
dec have been known to riddle his ragged
costume in day, leaving his Carnra skin,
white as monumental marble, uachiseled by
single scratch.
Then his defense Of Rene under the trium-
virate Of Mazzini, Armanelh. and Soft. was
in ITSELF sufficient to stamp the uprising Of
the nationalities in 1S48, as an intellectual
phenomenon that will command the admira-
ton of posterity. The military Judgment
and fertility Of resource exhibited by Carl
baldl on that occasion is admitted. bv Che
highest military authorities, to have never
been surpassed. A more thorough TYNE Of
the genuine old Roman never thundered AZ
the gates Of tynnts, or lightened in the Geld
beneath the eagle crowned banner of the Re.
public In appearance, as may be remember
ed by those who have seen him, while with
true republican energy and Independents. he
earned his livelihood as manufacturer ofean.
dies, on Staten Island, he is not mike he
portraits Of the great GeRoese, Columbus 6or.
whose native city he started ON this laSt er-
petition OF freedom. Like such old StNmn a.
hero, IN whose mould he has been cast be e
an amphioious warrior, and battles on shore
and sea with like skill and hardihood. I'm.
like Mazztni, who considers a crown ON
any brow, from the Alps to Syracuse. = Sin.
he IS practical, and thinks Piedmontasa 6raa.
iom better than none. Thus, now. aAer
vicissitudes, but ever true IN re-
me cause, he has unfurled the tri-color In 81
,ily, amid the prayer Of all lovers Of freedom
o. or strength and victory to its blds.-NY
Tribune.