The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-01
BALTIMORE.
rrIrRsDAY, NOVEMBER /, 1860

+or Of GaR1gALDI is once more in the as
aart He has not only cast himself loose from
" .ei,;ation with the Mazzinian faction, but he
~. o,oriousIv retrieved his partial defeat at Ca
sorto by signal victory on the banks of the Vol
.,rro Capua, indeed, still holds out, and the
rt Of C,aeta, which is also occupied by the loyal
-, continues to offer to the fugitive King an out
LAT of escape whenever his position becomes no
LONGER tenaole The offensive movement by which
he sought to recover possession OF his Capital was
wisely planned and ably executed. The loyalists
were thirty thousand strong, whilst the entire
force of the Garibaldans did not number more
than fifteen thousand; and of these, as the event
proved, the Siclian and Neapolitan recruits were
not to be depended upon. ''They made great
deal Of noise, says an eyewitness, 'but they
showed but little stomach for fighting" The
positions held by the troops of the Llberator were
also weak when compared with those around
Gamma. If these were forced there was moth
inc TO prevent the young King from re-enter-
inc Napes in triumph. For several hours
oftar the battle commenced the fortunes
Of the day were in his favour. The
Gorbaldians were driven from the heights
they occupied; battery defending one of the
most important points was captured and spiked,
and Int for the personal daring Of GARIBALDI, and
the extraordinary exertions which were made by
his chief officers, the courage of his troops would
have given way under the tremendous fire to
which they were exposed, and the constant rein
forcements that the enemy received from Capua.
The reserves on both sides were brought into
action, and so closely was the battle contested,
that there were times when it seemed almost i'm
possible to prevent the Neapolitans from bearing
down all opposition As it was, the final result OF
the conflict amounted to nothing more on the part
the Garibaldians, than the re-capture of the po-
sitons which they had lost early in the day.
The Neapolitans, though driven back, had evil
IDENTIFY not yet lost all hope Of success for the next
morning they made desperate attack upon Ca
serta, the headquarters of GARIBALDI-capured
BY surprise the barracks and some adjacent houses,
and might have succeeded in holding the town and
in clearing the road to Naples had not the Piedmon-
tese troops in garrison at Naples promptly respond
ed to the call of GARIBALDI. The arrival by rail
of these fresh and welldsciplined soldiers speed-
ly changed the aspect of affairs. In brief space
of time the Neapolitans were routed. part Of
them flying in the direction of Madaloni were at
tackled and scattered by the volunteers who held
that post under BIxIo, and some prisoners were
made. Five hundred others surrendered to the
Piedmontese, and two battalions whilst retreating
eastwardIy towards the river were intercepted
by the Brigade SAULIs and captured almost to a
man. The remainder being cut off from return
IL. Iln tain A
sion in favor of the latter was attempted the fol-
lowing day. but met with no success. So that OF
the five thousand men who surprised and nearly
carried Caserta on the morning of the End
of October, not more than q few hum
bred succeeded in re-entering Capua. AS three
thousand Neapoltans are reported to have been
placed hors du combat in the battle Of Volturno,
they must have lost in that engagement and
in those of the two subsequent days, inclu-
ding the twenty-five hundred prisoners taken by
the Garibaldians and the troops dispersed among
the mountains not far short of eight thousand
men. Yet, in spite of all these losses, the Neapol-
itans are so strongly fortified within their lines
at Capua, that GARIBALDI has found it necessary
to call upon Sardinia for assistance. 1t is, per-
haps, a fortunate circumstance for Italy that the
Dictator has received this temporary check in his
career of conquest. He has learned, by the
verse which he sustained at CaSerta on the 10th
of September, and by the loss of the strong posi-
ton at Caiazzo-which he has not been able to
recover-and still more hy the changing fortunes
of the battle of VotGrno-so hardly contested
and finally won with so much di1iculty-how
dangerous it is to place implicit reliance upon
mere valour and enthusiasm, when opposed by
troops superior in numbers; by no means deficient
in courage and tenacity of purpose, and altogether
better disciplined than his own. The lesson has
not been thrown away. He has accepted-per-
haps reluctantly, but Loyalty nevertheless-the
more prudent and crcumspect policy of CAvoUR.
He has consented to abandon his own cherished
scheme of assaultng Austria in her Venetian
strongholds, and of humiliating the Roman Pom
tiff by battcring down the gates of Rome. lie
has done even more than this He has yielded to
the wishes of the Italian populations for imme-
date annexation to Sardinia and by inviting
VICToR EMMANUEL to repair in person TO Ma
pies for the purpose of taking charge of the
affairs Of that Kingdom, he has virtually
surrendered his authority as Dictator to the
monarch in whose name he has so nobly
fought the battle of Constitutional liberty. With
the establishment Of a complete accord between
GARlBALDI and the Sandman Government, all
doubts rs to the future of Italy may be said to
have been dispeed. Count CAvOUR has tri-
umphed, but the triumph of the great soldier of
Liberty has not been less signal, for he has
achieved conquest over himself and at the height
of his power has subordnated his own prejudices
to the will of his King and to the good of his
country. The volunteers and the troops Of Sardi-
MIA will, henceforh fight Shoulder to shoulder, if
more fighting is yet to be done. Cialdini
is already on the march from the Roman frontier
to cooperate with the Garibaldians in the reduc-
ton of Capua; but the battle Of Volturno must
have admonished FRANCIS II. that his last stake
has been played and lost and that any further
attempt to defend position which is now threat
ened on all sides would result in a wanton
sacrifice of life VICToR EMMANUEL has
already entered Naples. Ten days ago the
Sicilians were called upon to register their votes
for or against annexation to Piedmont, and the
only territories now remaining, which are not
embraced within the present scope of the Italian
movement, are Venetia and that portion of the
Papal States which is known as 'tThe Patrimony
''of St. Peter" For these, CAvoUR is content to
wait, and he has confidently intimated that he
will not have to wait long.