The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-18

aud the American acting in the capac-
ity OF first mate. We sailed from Ches'
apeake Bay in January, 1851.
Our voyage to London was 4 success
sion OF storms, cyclones and hurricanes.
and had 81 not been los tAe foresight Of
Garibaldi, who had ordered new mas!s
put in the ship before leaving, we
would certainly have been lost.
We were caught in the same terrible
cyclone off the Banks OF Newfoundland
that wrecked the United States steamer
City of San Francisco, on which were
one thousand United States soldiers,
and only one-half OF which human cargo
was saved by the pluck and bravery OF
the captain and crew Of the English
ship Three, Bells
GARIBALDTs FINE sEAMANsHtP.
Garibaldrs seamanship was SO splen-
did that the American captain We had
on board was completely dumbfounded.
We passed q number OF wrecks,
especially one around which Garibaldi
veered our ship in the hope OF saving
some one. He said he would risk
boat Il only to save dog, He had a
narrow escape OF being washed over.
board one night during this voyage. a
water CasK broke loose from its lashings
and was rolling about the deck lmperlI-
ling the lives OF the sailors. The gem
eral called to me to arm myself with a
crowbar and burst in the head OF the
cask. He and / attempted the hazard
GUS task, and it was u providence that
we were not lost.
This only goes TO show that General
Garibaldi would rather himself attempt
4 task OF great danger than order 9TH
ers to do it. 1t is interesting when you
reflect uponit that had Garibaldi been
washed overheard during that storm
the unity OF Italy would never have
been accomplished.
The following is another illustration
OF the generals nautical sagacity: The
weather had been 50 cloudy that we
could not take an observation. We had
to 90 entirely by dead reckoning. Our
charts had been destroyed by huge
wave that had burst through the sky
light and flooded the cabin. The gener-
al asked the flag skipper, Mr.. Wild, who
had sailed between London and New
York, when he thought We would be in
the Channel. Not for three or Jour
days yet" Mr.. Wild said. But the gem
eral was sure we would be there that al
ternoon, and exactly at p. m. he Or
dered that the lead be cast, and sure
enough we discovered we were then IN
the Channel.
we arrived at 1.-THE Downs" where
the English fleet under Lord Napier
was gathered preparing to sail for the
Baltic to blockade the Russian ports.
war having been declared in the mesn-
time. ! remember We passed very close
to the flagship Duke OF Wellington, the
largest line OF battle ship in the Eng
lish navy. She carried l3l guns and a
crew OF 1900 men.
VISITED BY PROMINENT MEN.
Our ship was locked at the East In
dia wharf and there was continuous
stream OF people OF every walk in life,
from admirals, generals, lords and la.
dies to workingmen with their aprons
on, coming on board to get sight OF
the hero OF Rome.
recollect a lunch which Garibaldi
gave to several ladies and gentlemen,
among whom were Mazzini, the great
agitator OF Italy, and General Turr, the
Hungarian patriot. Our crew were
dressed in their best and the ship was
gaylv decorated TO do honor to the tes-
tive occasion.
Mazzini asked the general to let one
of the crew come into the cabin to
drink glass OF wine with him. That
honor fell upon me. My toast was
simply, "lhe union OF Italy, with
Rome as the Capital" Iechoed in this
simple toast the dream Of young Italy
the dream OF the poets, the soldiers
and the patriots who for centuries had
dreamed this dream without hope OF
its realization.
A great many generals and admirals
OF the British forces called upon the
general to get information from him,
he being acquainted with the Levant, as
to the mosG vulnerable point TO attack
the Russians. He modestly and logical
ly suggested to them some excellent
strategetical lines to follow. But though
they appreciated his suggestion and
agreed with him on many points, they
vet had to obey the orders received
from the war office.
During our stay in London General
Garibaldi was ieted by many distin-
guished men.
GARIBALDI AS A PILOT.
From London we sailed for North
Shields in ballast, expecting to load
with coal for Genoa.
Unfortunately the pilot failed to
come on board at the appointed time,
and the general, with his usual military
promptitude, determined to sail with
out him, an almost unheard of thing to
do. as the voyage from London to the
mouth OF the Tyne was one of the most
hazardous on the English coast. For
three days and three nights Garibaldi
never left the deck. and believe never
closed his eyes. Finally We arrived at
our destination without an accident.
The surprise of the seafaring men was
unbounded when they learned We had
made the trip without pilot.
At North Shields we loaded with coal,
and the miners and navvies vino
trimmed the ship raised by penny
subscription enough money to present
the general with sword. During the
presentation speech, which l had to in
terpret, the general not understanding
their dialect, he and were barefooted.
Now, when the nayvies came on board
they were shod with shoes whose soles
we're about an inch thick and studded
with hob nails. When the general saw
these most formidable objects he said
to me. Hurry up, Mamie, get my
shoes, for if one of these men should
tread on my toes with those hob nailed