Litchfield enquirer., 1860-03-22
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1eAalyl 1s nor tne IAtchheId Enqmrel
 JOSEPH GARIRAIDT

jt .saaszgl IA Fr For tue lAtchheld Enquirer. | JOSEPH GARIBAIDI
 l Joseph Garibaldi whose name has bacons
 so familiar to all the world. was hcr, sts
 Nice seaport on the Mediterranean ahoct
 one hundred miles S. W. ofTurn-iust win.
 in the boundary line of Sardinia four miles
 from the French frontier. He was the son
 of a sea captain, and inherited the spirit of
 enterprise, independence and adventure which
 are characteristic of this class of men. Gar Iibaldi-sympathized with Mazzini-took part in his first attempts, and in consequence was
 obliged, on the suppression of those attempts lt to exile himself from Italy. He went to
 Marseilles and crossed over and made short
 stop at Tunis in Africa. Soon he embark
 ed for South America, and entered the ser-
 wee Of the Republic of Uruguay, then strug- giing tor independence against Gen. Rosas.
 the Dictator of Buenos Ayres. Here he
 formed an Italian Legion--of which he was
 the leader, and which consisted in part of his
 own countrymen. The Independence of
 Uruguay, having been achieved, Garibaldi
 with Brazilian lady whom he had married settled down as farmer, and remained in quietness, till he was reached by the news of the Revolution that broke out in several
 European States in l848.o That news was to him like the blast of trumpet. He res garded it as summons and as such obeyed.,
 hastening home to Italy with his wife, sons. and party of his own countrymen-who
 like himself had been residing in South America. @ " ~f
 First Garibaldi went to Lombardy. and engaged for short time in guerilla warfare
 in the nelghborhood of lake Como Mean
 while Pope Plus had made his escape from
 Rome, and Mazzini had been chosen Trium-
 vir of the city. Garibaldi hasteued thither. and took loading part in conducting the defense of the city against the French, who sent thither by Louis Napoleon, laid siege to it. Garibaldi displayed high military qualities in the course of this defense; skill. energy, and undaunted courage. He did not abandon the defense till the last ex- tremity, and left the city by one gate as the French army rushed in at another. Gari- baidl, with his wife in delicate state of health and small band of his followers: now turned their course towards Venice. Tho fugitives wandered hither and thither amone the Appenines, and finally reached the shores of the Adriatic, when obtaining at small post some thirteen fishing boats he em. parked with his forlorn party. The little fleet were almost in sight of Venice, when an Austrian armed brig hove in sight and bore down upon them. Eight of the boats were taken or sunk, and five escaped; one of the latter contained Garibaldi--his sons and invalid wife, and few others. He made for the land. His wife Annita was much worn down by fatigue and exposure, and on the eve of childbirth, had to be carried. Garibaldi had faithful friend, who aIterua- ted with him, in this labor; and thus they wandered in woods and mountains few days, At length, Annita was too ill to bo moved further, she was laid down in an emp- ty cottage that they chancsd to find in c retired place, and there she died. Garibal- di with his own hands made her grave and deposited her in it; and bidding it an eternal farewell, wandered on with his boys. After countless dangers and fatigues he reached Genoa.
 The revolutionary spirit was by this time completely checked, and nothing more in that sphere remained to be attempted. Gar. ibaldi came over to America, lauded at New lork--spent some time at Staten Is- land, went to South America, made several mercantile voyages to Genoa, and having thus earned some money, he eventually pur- chased a small Island near the coast of Sar- dinia, called Caprena, and then settled down, as cultivator of his land By this time he had come to regard the schemes of Mazzini as visionary, and waited for some practca- ble scheme of deliverance for Italy. His sentiments and character as we'll as the hold he had on the hearts of the Italians were known to Emanuel, king of Sardinia. As soon therefore as Austria assumed an atti- tude of decided hostility to Sardinia, Ethan. uel and his minister Count Cavona summon. ed Garibaldi to Turin. He obeyed the sum. mons, and was immediately advanced with the title of Lieutentant General, and en- trusted with the command of volunteer force then about to be raised That body of men soon reached five thousand and what service they rendered in the Italiun cam paigt is well known to all. The future of Garibaldi remains to be disclosed, that it will involve something great and honorable for himself and something useful and glori- ous for Italy, we cannot but confidently hope. fss. --as