Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-31

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OF King from Whom he IL Descended-A
VagRbOnd 1TOnarch's Adventures.
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The genealogists have discovered that Gar
ibaldi, the liberator Of Italy, is of ''the line
age of king" A few words will explain
how, and what sort Of king 1t was. The
story may amuse our readers. si
Some German registers are produced to
show that more than 100 years ago, Carl
baldi, ancestor of the hero of these times,
married Neuhoff sister of Theodore
Stephen de Neuhoff, who was, at one time
for brief period, and under curious circum-
stances, King of the once Italian Island of
Corsica. The connection is remote and col
lateral. The Garibaldi is not Of the "lineage
of king" such as he was, but he and that
strange adventurer were. descendants from
the same German line.
The career of King Theodore of Corsica is
one Of the romances of the history of the last
century. He was a German by birth, q
baron in his own country of Westphalia,
and left home early, in consequence of a
reneontre, in which he killed his adversary,
a young nobleman, and fed into France
He there became page to the Duchess of Or
leans in the later days of Louis XIV, and
was attached to the court of the Regent in
the minority of Louis XIV. He served in
the army with some distinction, and was
employed in the diplomatic service, but he
dabbled in alchemy and finance, and was
soon ruined. He involved himself in the
grand scheme Of Jno. Law, and being over
whelmed with debts, was obliged to escape
| out of the country. He wandered about,
| from court to court, pretending, like Cagli-
ostro, to the possession Of magical secrets,
aud finally took up his residence at Flor
| ence, in Italy.
IV;t1 o,,Joo;t,, H. ,..:-ol Is...aa1f
up with political schemes, and had the ad-
dress to give himself importance as a man of
extensive influence in Europe. The Cor
| sicans were then in one of their periodical
| states of insurrection against the Genoese,
! who claimed sovereignty over the Island,
/ and Theodore persuaded the chief of the
insurrection that he could bring them SUBJ
stantial aid among the Courts of Europe.
| They accordingly elected him King of Cor
sica, under the title of Theodore /. He
| landed in the Island, to take possession of
| the sovereign power, in March, 1886. But
| the fierce Cersicans left him little powers
| although enough to prevent him from doing
some very cruel acts. They were even more
sparing Of money, if they had any, and his
| reign was a short one. The Genoese, in 8
/ few months, compelled him to quit the
Island, and after some feeble attempts,
during several years, to recover his throne,
he abandoned the scene, and took up the
role of rambling and pauper King-prac-
ticing every shift to gain the means for
scanty subsistence.
He brought up at length in London, and
lived there vagabond life. until his cred-
tors threw him into prison for debt. He was
confined there seven or eight years, living
precariously on charity. We believe he was
once liberated, by subscription, started by
Sir Robert Walpole, then the Prime Minis
ter to George II; but if so, he must have re-
turned to his old habits and been involved
again, for the inscriptions on the tombstone,
/ in London church, states that he had died
| just after being discharged under the act of
/ Insolvency. lla
With some remarkable qualities, among
which were undoubted personal bravery,
and very versatile genius, he lived the
life of a loose adventurer, and spent his last
days maudlin over his cups in parish prison
of England, talking Historically of his lost
| crown,