Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-09
A HERO GONE.
Death of GaribaldI-sketch OF His
Career.

Death of Garibaldi-sketch OF His
Career.
General Giuseppe Garibaldi died at
$50 O'Clock p. m, June z, of bronchi-
tbs, at his home on the island of Capre-
ma. All the members of his family
were at his bedside, having been hasti-
ly summoned by wire
Giuseppe Garibaldi was born at
Nice, then part of Italy, July D, 1907.
His father was the owner of a trading
vessel, and the son had strong pre-
diction for the sea. He adopted the
calling of sailor and soon became a
bold and skillful mariner. In 1880 he
had command of a brig, and about the
same time became interested in the
project of Italian unity and republican
ism, through intercourse with an Ital-
ian patriot who was passenger on his
vessel. In 1884 he made the acquaint-
ance of Mazzini and other French liber-
ais. From that time he became the
fiery patriot and implacable foe of des-
potlsm the world has since known. In
1884 ne was compromised in revolu-
tionary utbreak in Genoa, but escaped
to France. He resumed a seafaring
life. Later he went to South America,
and offered his services to the repu5-
lie of Uruguay when Roras, the dicta-
tor of Buenos Ayres, made war upon
it. He distinguished himself by his
military leadership, and was raised to
the supreme command of both naval
and military operations. On the break
ing out of the war between Italian lib
erals and Austria in 1913, he FASTENED
home. He took distinguished part
in the campaign, and commanded the
gallant but unsuccessful defense OF
Rome against the French in 1919,
marching out of the city as the French
marched in. He reached the coast with
his South American wife and set sail
toward Venice in small fishing craft,
but was pursued by Austrian vessels and
compelled to land His wife died of ex-
haustion, and he buried her III the
sands by the sea. He succeeded in
making his escape through thousand
dangers and fled to America. For a
time he was tallow chandler in Brook
Ign. He took part'and did brilliant SER
vice with the Piedmontese in 1855
against the Austrians The elimination
of his wonderful career was in 1860
when he placed himself at the head oil
the revolutionary uprising at Palmero.
crossed over to Italy as its lib,rator, and
borne on wave of popular enthusiasm
entered Naples, the king flying before
him. For brief time he acted as die
tator. subsequently he put to route
the royalist army which had fallen back
to Capua, numbering $4,000. He then
relinquished his command to Victor
Emanuel, subordinating his fierce Re
publicanism to his still more ardent
passion for the plishment of Ital-
ian unity and declining all personal
distinction or aggrandizement, set sail
for his home on the island rock of Cap
rere, where for years be resided in pat
riarchal simplicity, now and then issu-
ing some string address or letter glow
ing With republican feryor and sympathy
with every movement against in toler-
ance and despotism. Caprera is a
small island in the Mediterranean Sea.
off the mort coast of Sardinia. Its length
is five miles. Gen. Garibaldi owned a
greater portion of the island, which is
chiefly famous because of that fact.
EDS
His last appearance as soldier was
IN the FranoC-German war. When the
French republic was proclaimed he put
himself at the head of a somewhat
motley and cosmopolitan band who
gathered at his call, and rendered his
services to France. He was then old
and an invalid, suffering tortures from
rheumatism. He marched from the
south of France as far north as Dion,
but did not reach the field of the main
operations of the war. With detached
bodies of the Germans he had some
sharp skirmishes, AID it was his for
tune to capture the only Prussian flag
taken during the war. With the return
of peace he again sought his island
home. In the winter of 1874 5 he was
elected to the Italian parliament, and
on his arrival at Rome was welcomed
with great enthusiasm by the people,
and King Victor Emanuel paid honor
to the stern republican chieftain. His
health was such that it did not permit
him to take any part in parliamentary
proceedings, and his tastes and habi-
tudes were little fitted for such a posi-
ton. With Mazzini, he shares the
honor of having been the most indomi-
table of the leaders in the cause of
Italian unity, and he is perhaps the
most romantic figure that has appeared
on the stage of action in the present
century He had the simplicity Of
character united with the personal
courage and proves of the heroes OF
antiquity. Without intellectual devel-
ment of the highest order, he had a
grandeur of character that can hardly
be paralleled in modern times.