The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-08-22

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The adverse decision of the Italian tri
bunals In Garibaldi's suit for the nulliica
tion of his unfortunate second marriag
Was not generally expected. It gives Al
Immediate interest, however, to the Italial
hberator's peculiar and complicated famil,
4 relations. Garibaldi was followed from
South America 60 Europe by his faithful
ANITA, who bore him three children-tw,
scns-Mennoti and Ricciotti, and daugh
ter, Teresa, the " Teresa, All, Teresita, ;
ot Mrs. Browning's poem. Anita died in
1s4s, on the flight fiom Rome, in the for
estcf Ravenna. The dagger which she hae
always carried Garibaldi took from he
Side and wore it in remembrance of hel
/ until 1860, when he lost it in the fight O
/ Gaseria. It was subsequently recovered
and now lies on the little stand by his bee
every night. Meanwhile, during the cam
paign in Lombardy in 1859, he met the
young daughter of the Marquis of Raimon.
di, handsome and dashing woman, who
made the campaign as member of his
staff in male attire and on horseback. This
young woman offered her heart and hand
| to Garibaldi. They were married and had
hardly left the altar when the bride in
formed her husband that her declaration
was an imposture, that she was in love with
one of his aides-de-camp, Signor Confrimi,
and that she had only married him to es.
cape the consequences of her fathers an
ger. Garibaidi at once left her and has
since never looked upon her face. She
gave birth some months later to son, who
was registered as Garibaldi's child, and is
legally his heir. After Aspromonte Carl
baldi retired to Caprera, where he was
visited by his daughter Teresa, who had
been married to Gen. Stefano Canzio.
who, By the way, is undergoing a years
imprisonment for having resisted the Do
lice in March last, and brought with her as
her cbild's nurse peasant woman of Asti,
Francesca by name. Francesca nursed
Garibaldi with much tenderness during an
illness and one morning ne surprised his
daughter by telling her that she must find
another nurse for her child, as he intended
to make Francesca one of the family. By
this Francesca Garibaldi had three chill
dren, two of whom survive, Manlio and
Clelia. A recent letter from Rome de-
scribes her as being still what she always
was, o simple peasant woman. She is now
between 4S and As years of age, with
prominent cheekb0nes, with gray eyes
somewhat Of the almond shape, which re-
lieve with their vivaeiry her dull complex
ion, an abundant head of hair and o strong.
stout figure. Manlio, her boy, is the image
of his father. From all these domestic
complications it follows that while Carl.
baldi . eldest children are illegitimate, his
lat ter ones are equally illeeitimate, their
father being, In law, another woman's hus-
band, and the only heir the courts can rec
ognize Is the son Of Signor Confrimi and
Signora Raiuiondi. The Chambers, when
they voted Garibaldi $4,000 q year dn.
ring his lifetime, with remainder OF &c.
BOO year to his heirs, did not specify who
those deputies should be, an omission saf-
aciently remarkable in the circumstances,
aud from the consequence Of which relief
Is sought. The decision of the courts will
probably compel Garibaldi to have recourse
20 the Italian legislature, which can modi-
~ the act of donation 30 as to enable the |
liberator to secure the reversion of the re-
nainder at least to his own children. Should !
le die with matters standing as they are at
present, the complication would hardly be
more curious than that recently arising out |
If case in France. I'D which girl had de-
ceived man into marrying her. Though
,he pair had separated, and though the
,irps written avowal of her child's real pa
,ernity, and her husbands statement and
Vlll reaffirming the facts were produced in
the court decided that the child
must inherit the fathers whole estate.
n this French case. moreover, the pre-
umption was that the wife had instigated
;he murder of her unfortunate husband
Turing tour in Spain,
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