The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-16
Grealng telegraph
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1864
GARIBALDI "Ar HOME"

As a hero, as a redresscr Of public wrongs
Garibaldi is well known Co the world but few
have penetrated into his inner liie and observed
those evcr-rccurru9 traits which show what a
man is far more than the facts which will live in
history VMy General can have saved nothing"
said Captain - 70 me, "from his own exer-
tions for you know that at a very recent date he
was working for two francs a day. But his
brother died in 1852, and lelt him five thousand
francs-n li.te fortune 90 one whose want, were
few. With a small portion OF this, my General
might have purchased province in Sardinia but
he prefrred the solitude OF an island bought a
piece Of land in Caprera, and bringing over with
him his daughter Teresita, literally set up his
tent. Mrs. Robertson, an English lady, some
time resident there, took charge Of R.eConu.
soon the t,nt Was exchanged Tor a wooden house,
which, in course OF time, gave place to o few
room8 Of ordinary structure; ana so the house,
which will be long the OIL ct of IA pi grimage
70 many htro-woIshipper, grew into Us present
proportions
THE residue Of his small property Glribaldi
lent 10 cousin at Nice, and when his relative
died the executors made some difficulty about
the payment, Hs the General, with his usuaI sim
pie ttusttuness, had taken no ackuowled yment
for II. Pay me it YOU WILL said he, 'Or r. fuse
it. shall NOT 60 30 law about it and finally it
was refunded. 1t is a barren and unkiudly sOl,'
said my friend, lis that Of Caprcrl.' The fOrmI-
ton Is Of hard granite, and We have sent spsci-
mems OF 1t TO LePhOrn for sale bat as yet there
has been no demand. The island isleighteeu
miles IN circumference, is rugged IN tho extreme,
though the highest elevation is not more than
$50 feet. Game there is in abundance; wild
asses are found upon it, and fish swarm around
the coast; but comparatively small portion Of
Caprera admits of cultivation, and the winds
which sweep over il destroyed almost everything
IN the shape Of tree. SUI it must have been
inhabited by Roman co Ony, for ruins have
no nd oHp anffk ag,ff
which my General gave TO an English gentle
man. On so unprOmlslng spot gariblldi set 70
work, and perhaps the very difficulties he had 10
encounter added interest TO the spot. Already il
produces corn enough to supply our family,
which ordinarily consists of forty, as poor fol-
lowers are always coming over, and they are
never turned away. few olive and fig trees,
too have been planted; but they are stunted, as
the soil is not genial, and the winds torment
them. Flowers we have none, as the General
says potato is worth more than flower. Here
the General works with us, and we work hard,
too, for we must earn our bread. We have a
mill in the island, Of three horsepower, and
Menotu and l have the supcrntendence of all
the arrangements. AprOpOs Of the mill, /
will tell you an incident which will make you
smile. McnOtti and were each OF Us carrying
up TO II Il barrel of water on our shoulders w,Aen
one morning in the spring of 1868, Count r.,
who was staying with u.s. met us, and introduced
the Duke OF =, who had Just arrived with his
yacht The Duke looked puzzled, as we were, to
all appearances, two facchini; but, putting down
our burdens, we went up to announce the new
arrival. Il cannot receive him. said Garibadi
for | am too unwel.' He had taken one of his
customary doses that morning. The request was
urged again. But how can | receive the Duke
when refused to see Pepino this morning.
Now, Pepino was goatherd, who had come to
acknowledge some kindness. Meuott however,
at last conquered his fathers scrupes, and the
Duke was admitted; but Pepino was sent for i'm
mediately after.
Nothing can be simpler than my Generals
do AN lfrtVN -
two dishes, and those not luxurious We make
great consumption of eggs Teserying our fowls for
foreigners. When the Duke came we had fiesta.
fwe Kill any beast we salt down what is not
eaten when fresh. As for wine, we do not drink
any, partly from economy. Az one time we drank
little, but when the Polish Revolution broke
out, it was resolved to abstain altogether, and to
give the proceeds amounting to about fifty francs
month, to the good cause. How matters are
held together, however, It is impossible to say,
for Garibaldi spent every tarthlng of what re-
NAMED from his brothers fortune on the Nea-
pOlitan Revolution and you well know that, so
far from prohing by position which placed
everything at his disposal, he paid four francs
day for his dinner like the others, when lodged
in pTincely palace. He lives literally on PrOVi-
dence, and Providence takes care of him. He is
entirely careless OF his own ease or comfort. He
seems to take no thought for food PrOvi-
denCe, however, watches over him. The
English have sent us large stocks of pro-
VisiOns-sOups, biscuits aud other articles
whilst the quantity of linen that arrived when
he was i'll was immense. When he has been
travelling, friends, without saying anything TO
him, have subscribed together and paid the
bills. He is the worlds benefactOr, and the
world treats him as Its guest. Ii anything is
required to be done in the house, carpenters
or masons are senS from Leghorn. Some two
or three years SINCE, Workmen were sent from
Sicily to cultivate his ground and they have
remained ever since, though Garbaldi has never
taken them into his service. Even the steamers
which run once week to MadelenA are placed
At bis disposal, and his commissions executed
as labor of love. So active a man as is my
General / never met. l never saw him idle.
Even if he has a cigar in his mouth he must
be doing something; he makes regular baro.
metrcal observations, and one of us everyeYenng
notes them; every plant he sets in the ground
he registers. With all his mental absorption,
and his great bodily activity, his tenderness on