The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-10
GARIBALDI GIUSEPPE,


II my soul,"-Hayper's Weekly
GARIBALDI GIUSEPPE.
and patriot died at his home in Ferara on
Friday morning of last week, aged rs years
We copy from the Chicago Inter,Ocean the
following sketch Of his live:
Garibaldi. who has been known the world
over as "the Italian patriot" was born at Nice
in 1907, He was a sailor and the son Of q
sailor. His visits to the city of Rome and his
observation OF Its condition educated him to
be u revolutlOnlst and he was eXiled from
Italy. He went to Tunis, then to Rio janet.
70, then he espoused the cause OF struggling
Uruguay, and fought on land and sea for ten
or twelve years IN the service of that republic.
In 1S40 he sailed from South America tor
his native Italy with few of his companions
and fought in the armies of his country
against the French invasion. The Italian
army having been defeated and scattered,
Garibaldi resolved to continue the struggle
on his own account, and at the head of lie.
gion Of 1000 or 5000 men he conducted a
campaign against an army five or six times
the size ofhis own, showing mastery genius
IN maneuver, the most audacIous courage,
Finally, his support having been reduced to a
handful of starved men, he surrendered, after
| a gallant defense against large French force
and their Austrian allies. The conditions
under which he surrendered not being full.
filled, Garibaldi, with about 800 of his men,
attempted to escape IN fishing smacks. They
were discovered by the Austrian fleet and the
most of them recaptured, but Garibaldi with
few comrades escaped
While in South America he married a
Brazilian woman Of great beauty and intel
lectual accomplishments, who accompanied
him in his adventures by sea and land, shared
all the hardships and exposures of his camps
and the dangers of his battles. She escaped
with HIM at this time, but died of fatigue and
exposure before he could reach place OF re.
tuge. Her courage and devotion has been
the theme Of poems and rOmances without
number.
The French authorities issued a proclama.
ton imposing the penalty of death upon any
Que who gave the fugitive food or shelter, but
he was finally enabled to escape to America
arriving In New York in the summer of 1850,
where he was received as hero. He refused
to be llonized, and engaged as common
workman IN candle mandatory on Staten
Island for a time, after which he made tour
Of the country andwas everywhere met with the
most enthusiastic plaudlts. His next endeavor
was as commander of Peruvian vessel in
which he made several voyages, and was finap.
clally successful In 1857 he settled at Nice,
where he lived in retirement until 1859, when
he Joined the army of Sardinia in the war
sgalnet Austria, commanding a famous corps
known as THE Hunters of the Alps" and
rendering important services. In May, 1860,
he captured Sicily, and assumed the dictator.
ship of the island. A few months afterward
he took command OF the Sandman army and
overthrow King Francis, whereupon he re.
signed the dictatorship of Sicily and restored
the island to the Kingdom OF Italy.
Then he retired to the small island of Ca
prera, and in 1862 was made commanuer.in-
chief OF the Italian army. A few months af.
terward he issued an address appealing to the
Hungarians to rise against Austria, which
brought him into disgrace with the Italian
government and he again retired to Caprera
to plan an attack against Rome. LOUIS Ma.
poleon attempted to prevent his movements,
but he raised force of 1000 men and crossed
into Italy when he was defeated, being scri.
ously wounded and taken prisoner Suppos-
ing his wounds to be fatal the French govern
ment allowed him to take to his island, where
he recovered and remained in seclusion until
1867, when he organized another revolution,
was arrested and made a prisoner at CaDrera.
He evaded his guards Joined the insurgents
and lea them against the papal armies but
was again defeated and made prisoner His
claim OF being an American citizen finally Sc.
sured his release, and he again retired to his
island home, where he remained until 1870,
when he again seized his sword, this time in
behalf of the French republic and fought
through the Franco.Prusslan war. He was
elected deputy to the French assembly, but
declined and returned to Caprera, where he
cultivated vineyard and engaged in literary
pursuits until 1875, when he was chosen to
represent his island by the Italian parliament,
devoting his energies to the reclamation of
the waste lands of Italy, and the amelioration
of the condition OF the poor.
His literary labors have not added to his
distinction, as his lack of education did not
permit of writing above mediocrity. They
were mostly phillipics against the papacy and
kings, but he published several novels that
have been widely read. He was soldier and
not statesman or man of letters, and his
fame rests upon his devotion to liberty and
the cause of the oppressed. Although offered
the most tempting titles, honors and rewards
by the monarchs of Europe, he declined them
all, and contented himself with the ardent
admiration of his countrymen, and the repu-
tation of An unselfish patriot