Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-18
Garibaldf and his Volunteers.

Tne Florence correspondent of the London
Telegraph writes about Garibaldi:
al had no sooner settled down than | went in
quest OF General Garibadi. 1t was the easiest
thing in the world to discover bis quarters, but
exceedingly difficult to And him at homs.
Ubiqu, is his motto, just at present He is here,
the e, and everywhere Id Como to-day, 10
Lecco tomorrow, in Cantu the next, in GAIA
rate the fourth. Hi. movements are, morrow, r,
necessarily shrouded IN sec ecy, and, CONNIE nd
ably dssirous the Italian authorities may be
to give the correspondents of English journals
.he Information they seek, they are suil more
desirous TO prevent any facts gaining publ CITY
which might become known TO the Austrians
"The General was lying do~nj but after a
quarter Of al hour or so the secretary though
ne might be visible. AT the end of that time
ne walked softly on tiptoe to the door of an H.
ner room, half opened II, peeped In, exchanged
few words with some one within, then beck
oned TO me, and without more ado l was in the
presence of Garibaldi.
"Ihad never seen him before. When he
made his triumphal entry into London was In
America. So tnat it was 8 sight, good at least
for my eyes, to gaze at last upon this famous
man, and TO see him there hale and strong and
| ten years younger. so far as appearances went,
| than had imagined him TO be. Photography
| has not done him lus,lce. The sun, like caium
| nv and the calumnia,or's favorite weapon, the
| frying pan, backens all with whom MS rays,
| through the medium of tie c,mera, come ln
contact. In the eartes de vsite Gar. .baldl looks
somore, meagre aud worn. | was sur prIssd TO
see a hesrty, jovial man, with great blonde
| beard. But tor the eyeglass he used and the
stick he carried, there we're no traces visible of
| L me which have dashed against him, or OF the
| cruel bullet uhicn struck him at Aspromon,e ,e.
1 II.
grip into tine bargain; snd if it be snobbish 10
havs wished to kiss that horny paw, am gla'-
to have been, for once in my bis at ali events, a
snob most egregious. Isupposs he wore the
renowned red shirt but this garment was not
visible. His upper m was all swathed in one
OF those ample striped blankets, through hole
| 10 which the head is passed, and which are called
| in some palts of South Americ- gregos and in
| Mexico serdpes. As a head dress ne wore q
velvet cap OF the pork pie form, and very CO.
quettishly worked with god embroidery. And
il there be- no peril of falling into the Bathos BY
aludlng to a hero's boots-I think there Is no
such peril, for are not the boots of Napoleon an
inss parable part OF his entity p-I may mention
that GaribaldI's extremlties were shod IN double
soied, square toed, lace ups, the posse ession Of
pair OF which would have instilled great JOY
in the heart of British clodhopper, but which
would scarcely have excited the admiration o
siverstick In waiting"
alt was about seven o'clock on Saturday eve
ming when l left Gsrbaldi. At two O'Clock Oh
Sunday morning he and the whole of his stat
! left Como tor Lecco on the lake, purposins
thence to repair TO Bergamo and Brescia, whict
last is on the very confines Of the Italian Tyro
to the north and within few miles of Desen
sano on the sas., on the Venetian frontier. Or
ders had been left for the FIRST regiment Of vol
unteers, two thousand strong, to proceed a
once to Lecco. by haf-past eleven all prepa
etions had been made for thsir embarkation.
" Tue Garibaldans encountered by NJ
baggage and accompanied by no train. Tina
which q volunteer possesses he carries abou
him. Over his red shirt saltirewise ne has
cloak, greatcoat, or Macintosh twisted light.
into a roll and tied At both ends. Secured L
a belt round mis- waist Is his 9. rtouch box; pen
, dent TO frog in his bayonet. Over bi
shoulders, too, ns may have strapped v,ode
. canteen or q sandwich box, or . LIQUOR hask, O
, some tri6ing pecsssaries and luxuries in tn
way of socks, needles and thread, pocket hand
kerchiefs, luc,fer matches, and cigars bsstows
in one OF those lsathsrn pouches with braxs
, clasps whloh. according to Mr.. Anthony Rich
n were common among the ancient Romano, an
h called fsade, but which are Low vsnded b
!, Msssrs. Parkins and Gotto under the appslh
ton Of euErisr and dispassh baga In not, th