Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-06-16
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?. A. ROY, Editor.
Biography Of Garibaldi.

! life Of this distinguished patriot, who
now attracting so much attention bot
in Europe and this country, in the Nes
. American Cyclopndia. The latest at
, counts received from Sicily bear date Q
, the 2oth, and state that a general battI
between Garibaldi and the royal troops
had been fought outside the walls of Pa
lcrmo. During the struggle the roya
forces We're entirely routed, and Carl
baldi entered the city triump phantIy
and assumed the Dictatorship of Sicily
. Here is the article referred to:
+: Giuseppe GaribaIdi, an Italian parti
san General, was born in Nice, July
/ I, 1906 His father educated him to
his own profession, that of a mariner
f. From his earliest childhood he was re.
markable for his affection towards his
parents and his sincerity to his compan,
IONS; while a mere boy, at the risk OF
his own life, he rescued from drowning
poor washerwoman, and in after life
/ he pertormed similar actions on several
! occasions. His second voyage was to
Rome, when the condition of that capi-
tai made deep Impression on his mind,
and led hlIn into those revolutionary
| views which, in February, 1884. result
cd in his exile from Italy. 4Ie first went
I to MarseiIics, and earned his living by
making voyages to various ports. Hav-
ing been left sick at Gonstantinople, hc
became a teacher till lie could find 81,
opportunity to rcomba!k for Marseil.ys
whence he sailed for Tuuis and thence
tor hio Janelro. At Rio he met Rosetti,
with whom he entered into commercial
partnership, but soon discovered that
neither OF thcm was suited for mer-
chant. About this time Zambeccari ar
rived in Brazil from Uruguay, then
lighting for her independence: becoming
acquainted with GaribaIdi and Rosctti
he persuaded them to espouse the cause
OF that republic, and Garibaldi, with
twenty companions under his command,
embarked in a small craft which he
named the Mazzini In an engagement
with two launches, which he beat off, he |
received a gunshot wound in the neck. /
which near J proved fatal He landed |
at 6ualaguay on neutral soil, where he |
was treated with some outward respect
and consideration, but he soon discov-I
cred that he was to certain extent a
prisoner, being prohibited from moving
more than short distance from the city.
lie cndeavored to escape, but being be-
trayed by his guide and retaken, he was
brought back bound hand and foot and
was tortured nearly to death with the
view Of eztorting from him the names
If those who had favored his flight. Two
months later he contrived to reach Mon
evideo, where he found his friend Ro-
'ett1, and the two returned to Uruguay
mi joined land expedition under BentpI
Gonzales, in which Garibaldi distin-
5uished himself. Until the termination
# the war he was employed in the SER
ice of the republic, chiefly at sea- though
ometimes on land. Prior to the cessa.
ION OF hostiitIes Garibaldi married ,
'outh American woman Of extraordinary
nergy and devotion, AMI she from that |
Ime became the companion Of all his :
angers and prlVations by sea and land !,
ltter the war he returned to Monte l.
!deo and taught mathematics, till Ro- '
as, the Dictator Of Buenos Ayres, de-
Jared war against the republic. The :
Of the war was disas- L
.ous the city itself was besieced, d
'any were seized with panic, the Min Il
ter OF War, Vidal, robbed the treasury u
nd fled and public affairs seemed to be u
n the brink Of ruin. Garibaldi organ )
ed fotIla, recommended the forma- I
on Of ans1talian legion (the command .
which was conferred on Auzani), and :
lough especially charged with the de- = =
ce-by5sea, he frequently fought witt. !, .
I'D commanded the Italian legion +
onteyidco was saved. In the spring U
ls4S Gariba!di sailed from South l .
merica with portion of the Italian III Il,
glon, and on arriving in Piedmont VI VI
aced himself at the disposal of Charles II II
lbert, BY whom he was coldIy received. ~ II.
few days later the King being de- " VI
ated, Caribaldi with a few resolute 1T "
publlcans prolonged the resistance III III
It'll forced across the frontier by SUI a. a.
rlor Austrian detachment. Returning ~ ~
Nice to his mother, wife, and child ~
Il, his repose was but short. In the x
tumn he went to Bologna, where, -
ough the people wanted him, the Pa q a
| government rejected him. On the III =,
sht of the Pope the new executive o'
We to GaribaIdi command, sending III
II to watch the Neapolitan frontier ca
ar RietI, ,ep which situation lie re-
1ncd till the spring Of l849, when the J.
It act Of Avezzana, the new Minister y?
War, was to call Garibaldi to Rome M III