Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-12-23
GarIbaldf.

The mere narrative OF Garibaldi's lite
reads ike medieval legend or a tale
heroic times. He is at once the Ulysses
and the Achilles of the Italian national
epic. Long before his name had been
heard in EuroJe his exploits, both by
sea and land, had made it word of
power in the new world. Having been
involved in revolutionary intrigues he
quilted Europe in 1886 for South Amer
lea, only 70 return after twelve years
exile, the story Of which, with it's stirring
adventures both of battle and peaceful
| enterprise, is as romantic as any subse-
quent portion OF his wonderful career.
In ls4S Garibaldi returned 10 Europe,
allured, like so many other Italian pa
triJts, by Pho Nono's accession. But
| though he soon found that his hopes in
| that direction were TO be disappointed,
Garibaldi did not return in vain. His
share in the defense Of Rome against the
troops OF the French republic under
| General Oudinot and his victory over
| the Neapolitans in the campaign OF Vel
| letri served 10 show his countrymen
that they would not want leader ready
TO 90 all lengths when the time came.
! The time did not come for another ten
years, and the intervening period was
one Of sorrow and humiliation for Carl
! baldi.
After the disastI ous Roman campaign,
ending with the occupation Of Rome by
| the French troops and the overthrow of
| Mazzini's triumviIate, Garibaldi was
/ hunted from place 70 place; two of his
/ devoted friends were taken by the
Austrian troops and shot without any
form OF trial; his heroic wife, Anita,
the companion of all his adventures and
perils, succumbed to the exposure and
/ privation of his flight, and the general
himself only escaped from his more i'm
! placabe fees TO be arrested by Sandman
| troops and carried To Genoa, where La
| Marmora, who held the command, al
! lowed him TO retire to Tunis.
When Victor Emmanuel made his
/ peace with Austria, and the hopes of
| Italy seemed extinguished for the mo-
mcnt, Garibaldi once more crossed the
Atlantic and settled in New York as a
tallow chandler. He returned to Eu-
rope in 1855, and in 1859 the war be-
tween France and Austria brought him
again into the field. Here we approach
the better known, or, at leass. the better
remembered, parts of Garibaldrs even
ul career. All the world recollects tn
exploits of the Chasseurs des Alpes,
whom Garibaldi organized for noun
tain warfare, and led with consummata
daring along the sub-olpine ranges and
to the very summit of the Stelvio pass
before the sudden peace Of Viilafranca
put AN end for the moment TO the rising
hopes OF Italian patriots and statesmen.
Still more familiar is the story Of the
campaign Of the following year, which
was begun in Sicily by Garibaldi and
few devoted followers, and ended
in n few months at Naples. when
the victorious patriot, who took no re-
ward for himself and asked for none,
handed over the crown Of the Two
Sicilies to Victor Emmanuel and retired
to his farm in Caprera.
This was the crowning point of Carl
baldi's eventful career. Here end not
indeed, his efforts, but his irect achieve
ments, in the cause OF his country's free
dom. The crowniDg OF the edifice was
reserved for other hands than his. and
the task was to be accomplished by
other means than he knew how TO
employ. .-LondOn Letter.