New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-12
PERSONAL.

Not lopg ago, a young and rising French arttst
was invited 70 dine with rich banker, who affected
literary ard artist tastes and was proud Of the 20
ciety of men of talent After dinner the host brought
forth splendidly bound album, AMI requested the ar
tist to crayon something Of the pages Instead
Of the anticipated ohand sketch, the painter wrote
few lines in the book, and handed it TO thu banker
who read as follows: Monsieur Be 80 good as to
lend NE hundred thousand francs and forget my ex-
irtsnce." Upon which the fnancier Immediately SAID
with smile "My dear Sir, you are 50 amisbe gen.
teman that cannot po,sbly forget you and you have
too much talent to live in idlepess."
We find in Naples c,rresp ondencs of consnen-
tai Journal the folio wing sketch Of Gsrbald: have
beard Linn speak, have been near him. he is wonder
full He has lions nature. His voice Is resolute and
decided bis hard large aud body ihickset In his mo-
ments of ang'r he must be formidable. In repose his
eye 10 placid and his smils pleasant. BE is not
man of genius, but an apostle. He walks In hs
fsth without weakness and without fear; he performs
nraclee In the tempest he lie the man to step from
lis boat and walk upon the waters. He believes in
his mission as others believe in their STAR and e goes
strait forw ard, sure of his destiny like all c'nqusrors
The other evening" during the fgbt at Carmina when
the soldiers fred upon the people with guns and can
Ion be was unmoved. He offered cigars to the nation
al guards that surrounded him, said Lss us smoke
while we waiting for them But he feels dap GER
and whenever be it he cries CT Uddo 10 -shith-
er Co. singular trait of his character Is iss perfect
simplicity. He is the only great man Of my acq1aia
ance who does not stttudinze. little grsndioquent
in bis speeches-like all true beeves-he 80 in good
faith atd not for the sake of grandoquencs. But IN
his he ia the most cordially familiar
man IN the wor d. He receives all importunates with
martyrs patiepce he does not keep them at dis
lance nor speak to them ike oracle. He is simple
and good. One trait among thousand: take the
most common because it is the moot striking AT Mes
sina believe one of the former companions OF Can
bsldi came and threw himself upon his knees before
him, asking, be said, an nmense favor. 1t required
great effort TO make the explain himself AT last,
when be bad exhausted bis excuses he said 20 the Die
tstor, ould like of your buttons; would wear
/, suspended from my neck an amulet and be sure
shall live forever. Garibadi tore of one of his but
tons and gave it to the man. As he has said himself,
be the child Of the people, and he is adored by them.
To the lszzaroni he ia a iant. God has sent him to
cave the country; many call bin Jesus Christ and his
,ffixrs apostles Alma asked in the name OF Can
bald; here everything is translated into devotion"
"A Paris correspondent says that young Partisan,
who had been imprisoned in Clichy for debt, gained
his release by the fJlOwpg ruse. By the laws Of the
country the creditors of the unfortunate debtor are
obliged 10 pay 80 francs month for bis support while
in confinement, and so long as each payment is regu-
larly made, the prisoner may lie in jail The person
referred to caused letter TO be sent to each Of his
tribuDg creditors, giving notice of his death. They
at once ceased paying his board and the prison doors
few open.
"A gentleman Just returned from Sicily informs
The Post that the notorious Hugh Forbes, John
Browns drill colonel has been dish ssed from his COM
and Of MeZzaro to which he had been called by Gar
ibsldi in Consequence of his having been associated
with the Roman Revoluionists in lS49, and from q
slight acquaintance contracted while he resid.d in thu
country FORBES it is sad, s now roaming over Sic
by consricuone in his denunciaron OF Gsr6ald aud
! Victor Emanuel. he wants Neapolitsn Republic
expecting to fish up from the troubled waters of new
| Government another office.