Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1860-07-12
GARIBALDI.

l was disappointed and began to believe
we had been deceived, when some one said
There is Garibadi." 1t was true Ac-
companied by q gentleman in citizens dress.
he was leisurcly coming towards us. A Sec
ond look was necessary to assure one of the
reality. There was not a more ordinary, un-
assuming and apparently unintereeted man
in the whole scene than he.
Wearing brown felt hat pulled forward
over his eyes, a red flannel Shirt coarse heavy
shoes and pair of blue pantaloons, into
the pockets OF which both hands were thrust.
and with no coat on, Garibaldi looked more
like any Yankee farmer coming in from the
field, than the leader Of a revolution. I'm
destanding who we were, he shook us warm
ly by the hand, and in good English assured
us that we were welcome. He was lust 60
ing to dine, and with the remark that our
forefathers had tables as poorly furnished.
he invited us to eat with him. So we sat
down to dinner which carried ones thoughts
back to the days of our own Marion. The
General was seated at the root of tree on
small box Saddles and baskets were
placed around for the rest of us. A dozen
or more, sitting and standing, with the aid
OF clasp knives and fingers, made lively
attack on huge kettle Of cooked meat, on
IONS and potatoes, placed on the ground,
assisted by liberal supplies of country wine,
tasting better in our tin cups than at the
most costly feast. 1t was rare sight and
one to he remembered for lifetime. Carl
baldi was of course the most interesting of
the whole but, apparently unconscious of
of it, he kept up general conversation,
making numerous inquiries Of his friends in
New York--of General Avezzani in par
ticular, with whom I was acquainted, and
who had fought with him also of Col. Colt,
who was personal friend, and had present.
ed him with four revolvers, and one hundred
more for his men, which, through some blul,-
der, had been left behind in his departure
from Genoa--a loss which he felt very much.
III personal appearance Garibaldi is about,
five feet ten inches in height, strongly w
not heavily built, but wit
hand like iron.; fair compF Of Pr9fJaifliewhat
sunburnt and has a full short beard, origin
ally red, but now partly gray high,
straight forehead, brown hair, with partial
baldDess, and dark eyes, set far back, give
him when uncovered, an air of quiet dignity
which cannot fail to impress one with an un-
defined feeling of respect and admiration,
though his whole bearing is such as to make
a stranger feel perfectly at his ease. There
is something remarkable about his profile
which | have never seen before the FORE
head and nose appear to be in the same
straight line, without any indentation be-
tween them.
There an air of unassuming modesty about
him in every thing. In conversation quiet
smile is almost continually on his face he
speaks slow y, several times turning aside to
give orders and receive intelligence. In
speaking of the coming fight, he made no
that he labored under great
from want of arms and dsci-
pline Though he had plenty of men-all
except the 1000 Piedmontese who came
with him were hasty and unrestrained, and
would require long time to become prop
erly disciplined, great part of them were
armed with nothing better than than pixies
of the most primitive construction, scythes
and butcher-knives but he evidently was
not disheartened
1t was difficult to realize that we were re-
ally with Garibaldi, eating from the same
dish with man whose deeds of daring and
patriotism have made him to Italy what
Tell, Wallace and Washington were to their
countries. But the man was there. In the
absence of gay uniforms, the pomp and &C.
complshments Of war, he was just as great
as when received by King or Emperor after
exploits which aStonisled the world.