Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-11
GARIRALpps SECOND WIFE.
The Great ,I.iberAtor's MafrimoniaI
Infelfcify--The Sad ROmnnce OF
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Infelfcffy--The Sad EOmnnco OF n
| wedding Night.
| Anne Brewster writes from Milan to
the Boston Advertiser: The villas on
Lake Como have various attracionsi
some are historical, some are simply
hospitable, although elegant enough to
be show villas, which they are not, and
some have curious histories, Near Como
is a palatial villa, with forest.llke
grounds, which is one Of the many villas
belonging to the father Of Garibaldi' Is
second wife, the marchese He has re-
fused 100000. for this villa dell Ormo.
but il is said he will take million If
offered. In it and on its vast grounds
was held the Common Industrial and
AGRICULTURAL Exhibition OF this season,
which gave me chance to see the build
ing. The villa has some superb halls in
it, and the grounds are very large. 4
A gentleman who sat next me the
other day at a dinner party gave me
little bit of romance about the Marchesa
Garibaldi, as the second wife of the ia
nous Italian General is called, | had
heard that she was the wife of Garibaldi .
son. caifsi $50
mot at all said my dinner table
companion, Milanese count, who knew
all about the strange affair; she is the
second wife of the General himself. She
left him the day after the wedding, and
they have never met since.
/ looked all the questions | was dying
to ask, upon which he added, with a
laugh and a shrug, as if he knew more
than was proper to tell at that moment.
No reasons were evergiven on either
side."p vs,4 rrrr e. .tfrlg
The subject was dropped, but II re.
called to me strange story | had heard
some years ago of second marriage of
Garibaldis, and which served me well to
join on to the unfinished or broken link
that my dinner acquaintance had given
me. I'll tell it to you as it was told to
me, and you can join the two links or
not, just as you please. 1t was at least
dozen years ago. The lady was young,
titled, rich, handsome, and fast. No
name was given me. She conceived a
desperate, passionate admiration for the
famous "liberator Of Italy" She was
young enough TO be Garibaldi's daughter,
and he was posing then, as he had always,
for the inconsolable widower-the cele-
brated Anita, his first wife, who accompa-
MED him through many of his adventures,
and whose sad death has been so often
and so touchingly described, is supposed
to be the only love of Garibaldis life.
Nevertheless, the marriage took place
between the General and the young
marchesa. But, sad to relate, on the
wedding day, after the ceremony, Cara
baldi received information, with un
doubted proofs, of the immortality of his
young bride. Why had he not been in
formed sooner2 can not tell you any
thing but the simple story as | heard it,
/ never ask questions on such occasions
| think it keeps the cream of romance
from rising properly. When the newly
married pair were left alone, Garibaldi
told his young wife what he had heard,
but added: "If you will say you are an
honest woman, will lake your word"
but if / cannot, what then2 asked
the marchesa.
1--WE must part forever this very mo-
mem" replied GaFibeldi.
3 The young woman turned, left her
husband OF an hour, and never saw him
again. 1t was said that the stories
against her character were false, and the
young girl, though gay, was innocent.
But her pride- was so wounded at the
charge being made by her husband at
that moment, and in such peremptory
manner, that she scorned to justify her
self; his want Of faith in her dispelled
her illusions and broke the charm of her
love. H..
saw the Marchesa Garibaldi at one
Of the regattas on Lake Como early in |
September. She is about thirty'five
years old, Ishould think handsome
but coarse,looking woman; has fierce,
defiant black eyes, dark skin, heavy |
black hair, parted on one side. Thrust
through the thick braids at the back was
an oxydized silver sabre, placed in the
same way that the Trasteyere tortoise
shell daggers are worn in the hair. She
was dressed very simply in seta cruda,
or raw silk, costume, and round hat with |
cock.of-the woods feather