The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-06
Like q Tale Of Heroic Times.

Inc mere narrative of Garibaldi's lift
reads like medieval legend or a tale
OF heroic times. He is at once tho
Ulysses and the Achilles of the. Italian
national epic. Long before his name
had been heard in Europe, his exploits,
both by sea and land, had made it 4
word OF power in the New. World.
Having been involved in revolutionary
intrigues, he quilted Europe in 1886 for
South America. only to return after
twelve years. exile, the story Of which.
with its stirring adventures both of bat
tie and peaceful enterprise, is as roman
TIC as ary subsequent portion Of his
wonderful career. In lS48 Garibaldi
returned to Europe, allured like SO
many Italian patriots, by the promise,
soon to be blighted,. of Pho Nono's
accession as !" the Liberal Pope" But
though he soon found that his hopes Il,
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 un-
der General Oudinot and his victory
over the Neapolitans i'm the campaicn Of
Velleri served to show his countrymen
that they would not want leader ready
to 60 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
Garibaldi.
After the disastrous Roman campaign.
ending with the occupation OF Rome by.
the French troops and the overthrow Of
Mazzini's triumvirate, Garibaldi was
hunted from place TO place; two of his
devoted friends were taken BY the Aus
trian troops and shot without anv form
OF trial; his heroic wife, Anita, the conn.,
panion of all his adventures and perils.
succumbed to the exposure and priva-
tion OF his flight. and the General him
self only escaped from his more impla-
cable foes 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-
ment, Garibaldi once more crossed the
Atlantic and settled in New York as a
tallow chandler. He returned to Europe
in 1855 and in 1859 the war between
France and Austria brought him again
into the field. Here we approach the
better known. or, at least, the better
remembered, parts of Garibaldi's s event.
full career. .All the world recollects the
exploits Of the Chasseurs des Alpes.
whom Garibaldi organized for mountain
and led with consumnnate dar.
ing along the sub-alpine ranges and to
the very summit of the Stelvio Pass be-
fore the sudden peace of Villafrancs
put an end for the moment to the rising
hopes of Italian patriots and statesmen.
Still more familiar is the story Of the
of the following year, which
was begun in Sicily by Garibaldi and 4
few devoted followers and ended in q
few months at Naples, when the victo-
rious patriot, who took no reward for
himself and asked for none, handed
over the Crown of the Two Sicilies to
Victor Emmanuel and retired to his
farm in Caprera. as
This was the crowning point of Carl
baldfs eventful career. Here end not,
indeed, his efforts, but his direct achieve.
ments, in the cause of his country's
freedom. The crowning of the ediice
was reserved for other hands than his
and the task was to be accomplished by
other means than he knew how to en-
ploy.-Lo,stlon Times.