, 1860-10-19

Everything relating to Italy and Garibaldi
being invested with interest, we clip from ex-
changes the following Incidents
A Palermo letter gives the following Snecdote
of Sister Of Charity: "A young patriot
named Francisco Riso, was killed on April 4,
during q popular demonstration which took
place before Garibaldi's arrival. On April 90,
his father, Giovanni RisO, 60 years old, was shot
| by the Bourbon soldiers without so much as
trial. On the very day that Garibaldi entered
Palermo, a young and beautiful nun, Ignacio
Riso, the sister and daughter Of the two Risos
allowed named, left the convent, and amid the
shower Of balls and grapeshot, a cross in one
hand and poniard in the other, placed herself
at the head Ol Garibaldi's column, crying,
Down with the Bourbonsl Death to the tyrant
VengeancsV She kept he place as long as the
fighting lasted, and her courageous attitude elec-
tritied the volunteers. Ever since that day the
name Of lgnaci0 Riso has been held sacred
| When she passes in the street, the soldiers bow
low and bless her with the most profound re-
spect Garibaldi himself pays her great atten.
tor, and loves her as II she were his own
daughter"
The ladies' Of Aci have addressed letter to
| General Garibaldi, announcing to him the fact
that from d wish to follow the noble example Of
patriotism given by the women Of Upper and
Central Italy, they intend TO collect together
and forward him the sum oil 6,OO0E, which they
had intended for the purchase Of their summer
dresses. The donors express a wish that the
sum in question may 6e employed in the pur-
chase OF muskets.
Alexander Dumas says that the disinterest
edness Of Garibaldi is astonishing. lie allows
himself ten francs q day-nOt quite two dol.
lars this constitutes his civil list. The other
day he burned his panlalOOns by accident, and
having no others, he was quite embarrassed ioI
several days. He observed to Dumas: II |
were rich, would do as you have done-buy
me a schooner" At the same time he signed q
check for 100000 francs.
The daughter of Count Raimondi, who ac-
cepted the hand Of Garibaldi, but from whom
he separated himself Immediately after the per-
lormanee Of the nuptial ceremony, on receipt Of
a letter informing him that she was about giving
birth to child by previous lover, is now re-
siding at Freberg in Switzerland, and persists
in calling herself Madame Garibaldi.
Everybody has been made acquainted with
the prominent events in the life Of the great
chieftain; the history was incomplete, however,
without knowledge Of his birthplace. A
French Canadian paper now comes to the res
cue, and discloses this fact as fOllows:--
In the year 1912, noted lroquois chief named
Garrabaldeh, (signifying "Mighty in War, i'm
migrated frUm Western New York to Lower
Canada. lie had several sons, the eldest called
Joseph, who was called by the French hab-
itants, who could not pronounce the lrOQuois
correctly, GarraiIade. la the year 1890 old
Gauabal .eh did, aid Joseph was prevailed
upon by priest to acc mpany him to Italy.
He was educated by this priest, and received
Giuseppe as \ mare, Instead Of Joseph, and
was taught 10 write his name Garabaldi This
information was received from Francis Garri-
balde, at present living near SOrel, with whom
the gtat General constantly corresponds Per-
suns stil having doub on this important mat
ter can satisfy themselvs by applying To Francis,
at SOrel. II can no longer be said that Canada
has not produced one great man.