Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-12
joseph Garibaldi.

Joseph Garibaldi.
Prominent among the italian pa
triots who achieved for their native
land greater measure of unity and
freedom stands Joseph Garibaldi.
He has now passed the zenith of his
fame in his physical, if no. his men
tai powers; still his name will always
be associated with those who have
strugsled in the cause of freedom
Since he salutcd Victor Emmanuel
as King of Italy, and then quietly re
tired to his farm onthe Island of Ca
prera, his military career has not
been either successful or brilliant.
1t is not surprising, therefore, that
he has been unable to add muc1
strength to the French standards,
and that his labors in behalf of the
Republic have been of small avail.
He has been successful leader of
irregular forces, but even in bis palm
lest days would MT probably have
been formidable opponent for
commander of regular troops ally
where out of Italy.
Considering his birth. and advan
tages, however, his career has GER
tainly been remarkable one Gar
ibaldi was born at Nice, of humble
parentage, in 1907. He chose a
sailor career, and soon became DIS
tinguished for his GOODNESS and
bravery. He seems, however, to
have had g natural liking for levolu-
tions, for as early as 1882, he was
implicated with Mazzini in conspir-
acy against Charles Albert, King of
Sardinia, and was obliged to quit the
country Two years later, he re
teated his attempts, and being, while
sent, ,icondemned to delth, he escap-
ID to Mar. Ell: es wherehe taught math-
elnatics, and also signalized himself
nursing the sick in cholera hospitals.
He was also at one time naval Off
Ger in the service of the Bey of Tu-
mis-, and in 1886 he fought for the re-
public of Rio Grande against the
empire of Brazil. In 1S49, when the
French Republic formed an alliance
with the reactionary party in Italy,
lie defeated General Oudinot, gained
a victory over the Neapolitans at
Palestrina, and was wounded at Vel
letri. He defended Rome during the
siege for thirty days, and ultimately
broke through the enemy's lines with
4OCO infantry and 400 horse, escap-
ing safely to San Marino. Here he
was compelled to disband,his troops
and seek safety at Genoa. During
the terrible harGships Of this fight,
his faithful wife sank and died. Soon
after. Garibaldi embarked for the
United States and became a manu-
facturer Of soap and candles i'll Sta
ten Island, N. Y. From thence he
went to California, China, and Peru,
in which latter country he received a
military command. Thence he re-
turned to Genoa, and became Cap
tain of steamboat. He subse,
quently settled as farmer in the
desolate island of Caprera The
Franco-Austrian war of 1859 drew
Garibaldi from his simple C.ncinna-
tus like existence. Again the Pied
montese authorities received him
coldly, but with his seventeen thou.
sand Alpine Chasseurs. ae perform
ed excellent service on numerous
battle fields. He was naturally deep
ly disappointed at the sudden peace
which was arranged between the ri
val Emperors, and he protested en-
ergetically against the annexation of
Savoy, and especially of Nice, to
France. And now comes the most
wonderful part of his career. Pro-
vided with funds from private sources
| he arrived at Marsala in Sicily with
thousand men, on board two steam
ers. He gained victory over the
Royal troops at Catalagmi, captured
Palermo, and then crossed over to
the mainland. King Francis fed
from Naples, Capua and Gaeta sur
rendered, and Garibaldi hailed Vic
tor Emmanuel as King of Italy. He
wanted to complete the unity of TIA
ly by taking Rome and Venetia, but
yielded to the advice of Cavour, who
recommended waiting policy, and
returned to Caprera, though king
maker aud winner Of kingdoms, as
poor as he started. AT this point Gar
abaldi reached the zenith of his fame.
Since then he has been engaged in
many unsuccessful attempts. In
1852, determined to obtain posses
sion of Rome, Garibaldi then made
a descent on Calabria, but he was
surrounded by the Italian troops al
Aspromonte, under Pallavicini, and
taken prisoner, after being severely
wounded by musket ball in the an.
kle. For some time he was In dan
ger OF amputation, but at length DR.
Nelaton extracted the bullet. In re-
membrance of his past services, the
King pardoned him, and he returned
to Caprera. He is, however, still
very lame from this wound, and is
therefore in great measure untitled
for active campaigning.-HearM ana
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