New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-08
THE ESCAPE OF GARIBALDI.

in every direction to find Garibaldi" and at every
moment our hearts rose in our mouths lest he should
be found Now we are somewhat treasured, and
sit down to give You the details of wonderful
an escape as was ever eftcted-an escape which con-
VnCes one that if the First Napoleon had been like
Garibaldi-S buO, guCrier sal mar come all GScUtOhe
would hardly have ended his days as he did in ex-
lie at St Helena. wrote you on Thursday that six
men-Of-war with gunbOats, steamboats,, and all the
fishing craft of the Maddelena pressed into their
vice. were guarding the Island of Caprera that $50
men were on the island itself the nights in possession
of signal mon etc. SO far from eXaggeratlng un-
deuated the forces which. at this critical moment
with the Roman States in Instruction and France
interyening-the Italian Government thought tit to
employ i'm holding Garibad from his proper place.
and mp TO last night all these forces remained on
guard. but the bird had fed, and the cage had been
empty since the 18th inst not all the Kings vessels
nor all the Kings even could put the bird back IN
his cage again. How the door was opened shall
relate.
You uay remember that told you in one of my
former letters that when the General on "Wednesday
morning Oct y. became convinced of the trap into
which he had fallen by the appearance of the rrin-
cipe Umberto and Sesia off the Maddelena, where
the Gulnare and EspOratOTe already lay, he gave me
instructions 10 what was To do III case he should
be TeaTested-i. e., To publish the PROCLAMATION urge
on his friends that all his plans should be carried out
i'm Rome send his consent 10 MenOtt for him 10 as
sumo the cOmmand-in-chief. and then ransack land
and sea for means of release OF the many plans
mOOted lin Capreral the Generals own opinion was
that only one could succeed-"no large vessels,
much less steamers" he said, could, even with for
eign flags, approach the island Of Sardinia without
exciting suspicion but on the Italian coast there
was man who possessed little cutter who could
guide her in and out OF the waters OF Caprert I'M
seen and himself bllndtOld, and Menott, Bass0,
and myself, and thus" said G., could perform this
feat ana we can 90 where no enemy can follow rs"
Imagine my dismaY on arriving az LeghoIn
To hear that this man had started for the
Roman shores only the day before with his cutter
full of arms Still there are brave hearts IN ltaly'
and two men were found I'VE will call them Peter,
Genade, and Paul a Sandman, who aihImed that
they knew not only the waters but every rock and
every island between Sardinia and Corsica Money
was found. little schooner tIaIlana re9lsteredW
tuns chartered money deposited ID case OF loss ana
on the night of Sunday the 9Th Peter and Panl en-
barked with a captain and SIX sailors. As ll-luck
would have il heavy winds and dense log prevented
them putting tOse all the 1th and 9th they cVasted
or Law at anchor at the imminent peril of being
boarded and searched On the morning OF the Vtl,
sharp nOrtheaser came 10 their rescue, they weighed
anchor and at night put into Cape s. Andrea, aft the
Island of ST. Eliza. Thursday 10th. dead calm. but
at 2 fresh wind rose, and the 5. Giuseppe las we
viii call the schooner put IN at the Gulf OF Pnarelo
on the COrsican coast On the ltb, fog and contrary
winds, but still by dint of endless tacklng
they reached st. Maria, the most northern OF the
tiny islands between Corsica and Sardinia On one
of tins group of islands, Peter and Paul landed,
dressed themselves fishermen. procured nets ana
tackle and a SherbOat not sequesratcd by the nun
gry n.eu-Of-war ordering the schooner 70 cruise III
the waters for certain number of days aud at the
end of that time 10 return 10 the Italian coast III
was dark foggy night, and the tishe1ntn got along
famOusly, the Maddeena Point was rounded when a
chi rd Ia startled them, and they found themselves
surrounded by six boats full of armed men. To the
summons Paul replied promptly, IN lingo oi Sardinia,
Fishermen and in tTice two Officers were on
board were satisfied by the dress, tackle, and bare
legs that the answer true, but said roughly,
You can't fish in these waters; you've no business
with boat where do YOU want 10 land y The Sar-
dinian named the exact point on the Island o. the
Maddelena where his home was supposed to
be. and despite the lamentations OF the
6ahp aho
and children, the six armed boats conveyed
them 10 land, thrust them on shore, and took away
their boat This was pretty 60 but Petei ana Iaul
kent IN their spirits. and found means 70 get the
news taken TO Caprera hocit will Ooze out don't say
but will not be the one TO put tne UONerhhent Oh
the track 60 entirely convinced were the CaptnreIs
of the Importance of the affair, that III their report
il merely figured as other fishermen landed anu
boat takenr On the morrow G.. managed to inform
his deliverers that ST. Maria too risky, that II
they would manage to get 10 Brandinchi on the Sar-
dnian coast with the schooner he would find his way
there So Paul Peter, and q. Is messenger no other
than the faithful Basso who cannot be hurt Dy being
named dressed as spOrtsmen. made for another point
of the Island of the Maddelena, got anOther boat
Inany of the cunning Islanders having buried theif
craft as soon as the Government began 20 lay hold OF
theInl and reached the Island OF st. Maria on inc
14th reGmbarked the schooner, and were 50 blown
abont by contrary winds that to gvOid the crlsln
steamers they were obliged 20 put in at Porto Nec-
chic. on the COrscan coast. On the 18th they man
aged to get Cape gag On 5de wbe2o fSsy
sought anXiously and vainly for o., ana where We
will now leave them to pay visit to Caprera
Garibaldi arrested as you know on the night OF
Wednesday the I'd of October, by the Sesia and
taken back to Caprera spoke but one word To- Basso
-" Seppelte u beccdcinO bury the, snipel y" the
other boats :" Leave them at their moOrlngs"
The other boats were the English yacht atwo-oared
aud four-oared boat. and wherry. On the morrow,
the 3D. these all at their moorngs, but full OF
armed men by order of Commander lsOla they had
been thus taken possession OF during the night and
the man-ofwar stirred afterward. Friday,
Saturday and Sunday the General busted himself
ol,o ~ farf al but
on Monday he received a warning to keep on the
lookout for friendly visits. Ii so happened that on
that same day Gen. FabbTuZz and another gentleman
arrived III the Government steamer, 70 try ana IN
duce him 10 resign himself to his fate, with assnT-
ances that it wOuld be best for Rome and so on lie
listened with his inperturbable face reminded them
that he had left Aessandra free. that steamer had
been promised 10 convey him back to Italy and that
the conduct of the Government was simply felonious
While they were discussing, in walked, unannounced,
two commanders of the Caprera feet-prObably they
found the door open, and meant no harm; at any
rate. the General, with real or feigned an
nOyance. informed them that ne pre-
sumed his house was his own, and that
he must decline these constant visits unless indeed
they had search warrant" Confused ana m0rtl-
fed the two commanders bowed their way out pro-
testing that they had only meant friendly call and
50 the matter ended. As they had no search war
rants and, as i suppose, some gentleInanly feeling
was left in Them the visit was never repeated, but
the land and watch was redoubled and other
steamers teegraphed for. From the moment Carl
badi received the warning" no outsider looked OIL
his face again the peasants missed him on the farm
his glass was no more seen on the towers but the
commander Of the fleet only imagined that he had
shut himself up in high drdgeon-aud this was III
fact the case. Nevertheless, after few days
they began to grow uneasy tue mail steamer
Sardinia was towed in ON her return from
Porto Torres on Wednesday, 9th; kept two
days alongside the Prince Umberto, and towed
out by manOf-war, aud followed almost 10 Leg
horn where she arrived Sunday, 18TH being the
first vague rumOr that the Gerard COs lost" II
was on that very night that the messenger reached
Camera BassO, before Tisking himself across was
r1oroJ 20 ,DeoYJL fLe sBiDe and TO leave Garbaldi