The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-29
GARIBALDIS STORY.
The Tale of the Italian Patriots Life
as Written by Himself.
From the Pittsb,uq Despatch.

morning on Gen. Meno;ti Garibaldi, the
eldest son of the Italian here, who, with
his brother Riccotti, has just been brought
into prominence again by the recent publ
cation of his fathers memoirs.
Gen. Menotti Garibaldi lives near the
Place Solferino. in the high part of tine
capital, in modest villa which he bought
not very long ago. When l called the Gen
eral was absent and had time to look about
me- But first few words about the Gen
eral himself.
Menotti, is hard worker, and is busy
from morning till night. In the first place,
he is deputy, like his brother He repre-
sents Velletri, where his father won, in
1S49, one of his most brilliant victories over
the Bourbon soldiery. His duties at the
Chamber take up a large portion of his
time, for in Italy, deputy is a sort of adj
vocate whom the voters expect to look after
their own private interests as well as those
of the country at large.
Menotti is not rich. The father left no
fortune-only the 100000. that the State
gave each of the children. So beside his
legislative work, Menotti has many family
cares. He rents large farm in the Roman
Campagna which will some day be profit
able, but which now calls for much atten-
ton. So the busy deputy from Velletri is
seldom at home during the day, and the
evenings are devoted entirely to his
family.
Menotti's home is very simply furnished,
The parlor would resemble that of any or
binary citizen of moderate means if it were
not for the peculiar decorations, which are
of very military and patriotic sort. Be
tween the two windows is an oil portrait of
the hero of Italian unity, an excellent like
ness. The frame consists of wreaths of ivy
and laurel, an iron helmet and two swords.
Facing it are
TWO OTHER PICTURES,
one representing a scene in Garibaldi's
campaign in the Two Siciiies, and the
other his return from Aspromonte. Carl
baldi, badly wounded in the foot, is being
carried on the shoulders of his faithful
soldiers A long line Of Garibaldians,
dressed in their legendary red shirts, are
following their chief down the mountain
side. This is q very striking picture of
one of the most poignant episodes in the
career of the great popular leader In one
corner of the room you see the Generals
army saddle, his stirrups, case of pistols
and blanket.
The clock struck noon when Gen. Menotti
Garibaldi came into this room where | sat.
He is fine looking man, straight tall, with
a frank open face, which recalls that of his
father, although his features are not so
regular, and he lacks that Olympian gran
deur which gave to the hero an incompara-
BILE majesty.
The moment told him that represented
an American paper, he warmly invited me
to sit down and Immediately became very
communicative
eyes, l know he began, ''that the APP
preaching publication OF my fathers recol-
lections has attracted some attention in
America, where he was much admired,
and perhaps it would interest your read
ers if | were to say a word about this
work.
'Well, it was begun many years ago.
When very young my father was in the
habit of noting down, as they occurred,
with lead pencil in memorandum book,
all the events andimpressions of his adven-
turous career. At the end of each cam
paign he would write out a connected &C
count of it, based on these notes. 1t was
not until 1871 that the idea occurred to him
to arrange these separate parts so as to form
a complete and connected whole He was
three years at this. He developed some
portions and condensed others. But as a
general rule the impressions of the moment
were left intact, and readers will find in
these pages the freshness of facts jOtted
down when they occurred.
1.-The composition of this work was no
light matter, as it fills $50 sheets. You
must bear in mind that my fathers writing
SO that the printed text will fill about 500
pages.
MY father took great care of this manu-
script. He was always afraid that his most
important papers might be stolen. And he
had good reason to feel SO, for re had par
ticipated actively in many of the grand
events of mis- time and had corresponded
with the highest personages in Europe. He
was in the habit of confiding to his sons or
trusty friends
VALUABLE DOCUMENTS
that he wished to preserve. These mem
oirs were placed in my hands in 1874, and
as was continually worried about their
safety ! had a safe built on my farm at Car
rano, in which the precious manuscript was
carefully shut up until it was recently put
into the hands of the printer"
''Is the manuscript entirely in the hand
writing of Garibaldi!n | asked
Eyes, every word and line of it.n
The General then went on TO give me an
idea of the nature of the work, and closed
with these words:
Here and there my father speaks critic
ally of the events and men of his time, but,
as a general rule, his structures are very
sober and measured. You know that when
he began to play a preponderating role in
Italy his popularity was not always looked
npon with an unjealous eye IN some quar-
leIS. III WIS eIuuIbu, Dub nOU NluuOub
many grumble, and more than once at
tempts were made TO weaken his influence.
After his death he might easily have pulled
away the mask from his perfidious enc
mics, but he preferred, on the contrary, to
pass lightly over these parts of his story,
SO that you will not find in the new volume
all the determinations that you might ex-
pect.
more than half of the volume is given
up to my fathers life in America. He had
the warmest affection for the New World,
where he enjoyed alike the esteem of the
people and the great men. He appreciated
all the more deeply this sympathy because
he felt that in his native land 1t was only
the popular affection for him that was sim
cere. The pretended regard in high places
he took at its real value.
But there was another reason why my
father devoted as much space to
HIS AMERICAN CAREER.
He considered that what he had done in
Italy was pretty we'll understood already,
and did not need very detailed treatment.
America was far away, and Europeans
needed to have elucidated for them the OBJ
Scurities and perplexities of the public
events of those distant lands.
Then, too, he found great pleasure In
going over those early years of his career in
which was nurtured his military genius,
and which were the starting point OF his