New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-25
ITALY.
TIE ARREST OF GARIBALDI.

of the warning III the OWcdt GdSeHe, uen' us'il
badi left Florence for Arezzo, accompanied by hlt
| Caprera friends Basso and Barberini, Del Vecchio
Secretary. and myself. As the train started some
one said to him: General, you will be arrested al
Compiobbi or some little station where the popnlace
can offer no resistance" Possibly he answered
because this Government is capable of anything
but how they can violate my quality of deputy, nm
less ] attempt to cross the frontier can scarcely
see They know that | do not intend to import revo
luton into Rome but merely TO help the Romans II
| they rise"
| No more wasvsaid on the subject Along the road
the usual demonstrations at Arezzo the entire popu-
lace at the stations reception prepared in the Syn
dies house. The one cry of the red-shirts. who
thronged in hundreds, was: Take us TO Rome" His
reply How can ! take you' If the Romans rise,
shall do nv best to reach them and offer my arm.
You if you really wish to help them, must do the
same" Spies and provocative agents were not want
ing to induce the General some of his follow
ers to enrol volunteers, hut all had their
instructions, and followed them TO the letter.
On the next day Monday, borrowing a Liyy,
the General accepted couple OF carriages from q
friend, agreed to spend couple OF days III az ~
Chidrd and on Lake 1raslmene, and TO pay "a long
promised visit to of his favorte friends at Sna
Lunga. was the only one of the party who &C.
/ companed him 10 the carriage and can affirm that
neither al MarcianO, where halted, nor during the
drive nor at Sina Iunga, did he hold interviews with
any who could be suspected OF designs on Rome.
The object of his journey was simply TO pass the time
until the Romans should decide on stirring, or re-
lease him from his promise not 10 abandon them lie
had promised 10 be nj Peruga on the following day
where he intended 10 go afterward, he alone knows.
I'm the house where the banquet was spread ~ Slna
Lnga. there were but two bedrooms free; III one
slept the General IN the other Basso; MauIzo on me
floor. We were dispersed in houses IN the village,
and consequently were not present at the moment OF
arrest but the facts occurred thus AT ] a: IN. the
Syndic received news of the arrest, and Kept Inc
news TO himself At NJ. the house was surrounded
by two companies of the 3ith Regiment Of the line.
At a. IN. the Syndic opened the door aud allowed
the caTabinier 10 pass IN. Lieutenant knocked at
Garibaldls door and was admitted, presented a
paper-the warrant for arrest Garlbldi read ~ and
said: understand; can take my bath Ger
tainly'-but the Captain of the line refused thus
luxury and Garibaldi was taken from his bed To
the cart, without time being allowed for MaurnO 10
put him up a second shirt.
Somuch for the actual facts Listen To the nara
ton Of the Odicai Gd-Ciic Gen GaTibaldi quitting
Florence and AreZlO bent his steps toward the IRON
tIer.N YOu will see on the map that Sna Lunga IS
on the Siena line OF RAIL- ana rs 10 where the HeneIa
was gong after Perugia. repeat. he alone knows.
Gen. Garibad AZ Sina Lunga was warned IN the
Of the law To retrace his steps he was arrest
ed rOiia tout " on his refusal he conducted 10
Alessaudiia: deposits of arms were scqucstcicd.'
False again. He taken ioWdrd Florence by
special train; advice Of special tram sent, and
il was the danger signal at Sena alone that stopped
It. In "A few seconds some score of Sienese gathered
Release Garibaldi Viva In Repubca! they cried
few minutes and he would have been released, but
the caTabnerl forced the cnglne-dfver 10 speed on
tOrdrd Florence There counter orders arrived, the
engine changed, and the General taken 10 Ales-
sandria Not single arm was taken nclther 1aIl-
baldi nor his friends armed. Basso, on reach
luz the fortress found two TevOVers IN his bag, and
consigned them d the commander. The whole pop
uaton of Sjna Lunga amounts to 100; they had no
arms otherwise the Syndic and secretary would not
have escaped with merely torn cheeks aud broken
heads.
WGen. attracted by the clamor the friends gather
inn tn Ia hon he he
Neccho and BaTbcrin scrambled IN. despite the OPP
position of the ofcers-both ex-Garibaldian officers
of 1860, rs he sadly noted. SPED 10 the ie,egrapn
Office sent of n telegram 10 Florence and London
lust in time the Government, at n m, took pos
session of all the Offices and At Milan the arrest
was not known in the evening. Gathering together
his bath and bags and sending OFF Maurzio 10 Pc
ruga fOi the heavy baggage, took the hTst tram AL
Frassneto three hours drive from Sina l5unga, for
Florence. Arriving az p M. went straight 10 the
Home Office; said that must take on the Generals
luggage; was told what the OFFICIAL Gd,etfe also
affirmedl that he was treated with the utmost
considerationn-i mdssiBn rigudTdi-and that there
would be no difficulty in being admitted to the fort
ress At 1910 p. with the ready help OF the sta
tion-masteT, we picked Maurizo and heavy baggage
ont of the Peugia train deposited both IN the ex-
press and started at l0 p m for Alcsslndra. arlv-
ing al $3.50 a. M wednesday.
florence, as we left, seemed in a state OF siege.
The population e. not 20 boys and women , IN the
streets-cavalry and infantry all arrayed The
troops and national guard would not act against the
people and, although the syndie thanked the latter
trusted them little that the Houses OF Parliament
were consigned to the ber,qgIer This IN brief is
the story of Geneva Milan, Naplesof all the towns
where demonstrations occurred II blood was not
she'd IL was because there was no one 10 shed H. and
when the people understood that neither stones nor
insults stirred the soldiers from their steadiast pur
pose they naturally abstained from oiense
Along the line, from Florence 10 Alessandrla, the
news was spread by passengers. At Alessandria the
populace had Just begnH to understand who was lhel.
before the orders for my entrance, found state OF
things impossible to describerage, CONSERVATION,
scorn | was told that the Government had merely
sent word " four prisoners = that they only knew
who they were when they looked Garibaldi in the
face that he was confined in filthy room, but that
the m tarv authorities would see that he was fifty
treated When taken 10 his presence found all
true. He and Basso in one room, BarbeTini III
another room Had not slept wink having been
employed all night i'll hunting three species Of in
sectsT The Government denies this. Garibaldi's
written account is: " je snis donicM dams M dppdr
cement mm0nde on ma sdHe est dJd diter6e" 80 i'll
and haggard did he look that could hardly believe
that but sc hours had passed since babe him adieu
Presently the commander of the fortress led me to
a nice apartment, clean. healthy, well-furnished
lie apOOVized for the state Of things-they not
his fault Presently came the news that Gen. Pes
cello had arrived. They will carry me away by
sea said Garibad but never OF my own free will"
After telling me that he had already sent Del Vcccho
to Florence he gave me Instructions and i left him
al $40 for Genoa LeghoIn. and Florence. In another
letter shall narrate the how and why he went 10
Camera his intention to return TO the continent and
his re-arrest / close this with his version, pub
lished in his proclamation to the Italians:
'Adberng TO the desire Of a few friends, came 10
this nv dwelling-free and without conditions with
tbe promise that steamer should he sent immedi
ately to recOndnct me to the continent
SYRIA.
THE COLONY or JAFFA-oPrREssIvE TAXATION
IN sYRI,-LITERARY INSTITUTIONS IN BEIRUT.
From Our Special Correspondent
BEIRuT, Syria. August ~, 1861