Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-06-09
THE TIMES ON GARIBALDI.

a man like Garibaldi is sure to do something
worthy of note; if not successful, he will at
least be heroic If he does not subvert, he will
shake throne; if the Scilians do not remem-
ber him as a deliverer they will cherish his
memory as martyr He will neither sneak
out of his enterprise like Spanish Bourbon,
nor will he carry it on in manner to insure
the destruction of himself and his followers
like John Brown. He may fail, but he will
have carried terror to the heart of the Govern
ment in Europe, he will have lighted candle
in the South Of Italy which will never be put
out, and, though he may not live TO see the day.
yet the liberation of the whole Peninsula from
that thraldom which the North has already
thrown Of ~~;il be p.;~-;r-'.. ~. work. Tho
great excitement which has been caused by his
expedition is a proof of the confidence which
the world has in his powers, and its conviction
of the rettenness of the Neapolitan Govern
mcnt. Were Garibaldi common man, an Or
tega laboring under the haucination that his
cause had followers, or Smith OBren fancing
that Heaven had endowed him with influence
over mankind, the Bourses Of the continental
cities would not be affected by the sailing of
the General and his little band from Genoa.
Were he even merely brave soldier, we shoIld
look with anxiety and pity on his proceedings,
and remember how the brilliant Murat found a
grave in those very regions and on the same
errand of dethronng the House of Bourbon.
When every hour may bring strange and i'm
portant intelligence it is perhaps useless to in
dulge in speculation. But. according TO what
we have already learnt Sicily is by this time in
a flame, and not only the island, but also Gala
bria and the Abruzzi. The course of events
has been pretty much as follows On the night
of the 9TH ult. the expedition set out from Genoa,
Garibaldi having seized two steamers belonging
H. G.. :.
is said, to 2000 men, and after making, it would
seem, somewhat of a detour to avoid the Nea-
politan cruisers. it reached the coast of Sicily
and landed at Marsala on the llb, pushing on
to Calata Fimi and Alcamo, where the insur-
gents are now concentrated. The reports con-
nected with the landing are very contradictory
An official dispatch from Rome dated May IA
says that two Neapoitan frigates have sunk the
steamer Lombardo and captured the Piedmonte
while from Turin it is reported, under date OF
the 10th, that the Piedmonte had not been cap
tured. 1t seems likely, however, that these two
steamers must have fallen into the hands of the
Royalists, and, indeed, it is probable that Carl
baldi will look with unconcern on any such
event. He of course merely used them TO ge;
to the island; the notion of sending them back
for reinforcements is absurd. Garibaldi and
his 2000 men will be merely the nucleus round
to be gathered; he must have made up his mind
to depend wholly on native assistance, and to
conquer the Bourbons by the aid of their owr
subjects, and perhaps of their own soldiers
What concerns us more is the course of events
in the island itself; and here the General seems
to bo doing ~sll he evraoted Nc
one can forget the military genius which Carl
baldi exhibited at Rome, and his frmness in
defensive warfare has been more than equalled
al. l.. r
the Austrians. This time twelvemonth, when
it was announced that Garibaldi was rushing in
| on the Austrian territory with handful of men
the universal feeling was, that whatever might
| be the issue of the war, the fool-hardy leader
would be crushed by the masses of the enemy
| which were concentrated about the Lakes But
| he was not crushed. With ;ncrediable rapidity
he made his way from point to point, avoiding
combats, except where he fought at something
| like an equality of numbers, attacking the Aus
trians when they thought him at distance, and
iniicting on them, if not great losses, at least
shameful and provoking defeats. Garibaldi
may very well be expected to do something OF
the same kind now. 1t is clear that the insur-
rection is in full progress, and that the Royal
troops have as yet been unable to do more than
hold their own. If this was the case before
the arrival of Garibadi, it may be presumed
that the prospects of the Sicilians will he won-
derfully frightened by his presence, by the vigor
which he will infuse into their movements, and
by the Encouragement he will inaict on their
enemies. The dispatches of the Neapolitan
government are ominous by their vagueness.
When potentate like King Francis merely an
nounces in general terms that "all goes well, u
that his troops have inflicted serious loss on the
insurgents, and when he continues these asser-
tons day after day, it is fair to believe that the
chances are pretty evenly balanced The -four
ish of the Royal trumpets would be louder
longer, and more joyous if any real advantage
had been obtained. Now, the official despatch
dated May Is, is to this effect -"Garibaldi is
in Sicily, at the head of the Filibusters. The