Year: 1860

The man most talked of and looked after in
Europe at tn. present time is Garibaldi, whose
extraordinary movements have taken by sur
prise all who were in his counses. His exploit
in dashing into Sicily in the face of such terri
BILE odds as he is obliged TO encounter. would be
altogether astonishing but for the suppostion
that he has knowledge that the people of the
country are ripe for revolution, and even the
Neopolitan army sympathize to agreater or less
extent with the insurgents. The circumstances
of his embarkation lead TO the belief that Victor
Emanuel must have known his designs. He
could hardly have been ignorant of them, but
as he would have been bound by the laws of
nations to have prevented the expedition from
leaving his kingdom to make war upon pow
er with whom he was at peace, all official infor-
nation in regard to the movement was careful
ly kept from him. The Turin Official Gazette
makes a sort of excuse in answer to the foreign
journals which had expressed their surprise at
the conduct of the Sandman government and
accused the ministry of conniving at General
Garibaldi's expidition. 1t says that the gov
ernment disapproved of the expedition, and
sought to prevent it by all the means allowed
by prudence and the laws; that the expedition
took place in spite of the vigilance of the local
authorities that it has been aided by the SYM
pathes IF the people for the Italian cause. As
soon as the embarkaiion of the volunteers was
known, the royal fleet was ordered to pursue
the steamers and prevent a Decentralization,
and they failed TO prevent it, as did also the
Neopolitan fleet which had been cruising sew
eral days in the Sicilian water.


The mastery inactivity displayed in allowing
the revolutionist General to leave Genoa with
military force of over two thousand voun-
teers including mobiles, soldiers, artists ply
sicians, workmen, ect., occupying three steam
ers and well provided with arms and money, is
certainly quite remarkable. 1t is significant
fact also, that Garbald before leaving, procured
at the Bank of Genoa three millions of francs
in gold in exchange for French notes.


1t is the opinion Of many in Europe that tho
insurgents have allies in the ranks of the Nea-
politan army on whose detection Garibaldi re-
lies, or, bold as he is, he would not have en-
tered into contest apparently so unequal.


Should Garibaldi succeed in ridding the king
dom of the two Scilies of tyranny, and in ex-
tending the revolution, then may some compli.
cations arise more perplexing to the crowned
heads in regard to Italian affairs than last year
Sardinia would be placed in delicate position
for the revolutionary General is subject Of
Victor Emanuel, and member of the Sardin-
ian Legislature. He may nomnaly repudiate
Garibald and yet he may be looking forward
as the result of the revolution, to the unity o
| all the Italian States under his own sceptre.-
| A hundred thousand Picdmontese would have
accompanied Garibaldi, doubtless, if it had not
been necessary to make the departure of the
expedition as secret as possible, and the gov
ernments of the Peninsula are in that volcanic
state that portends revolution Throughout
those States who are yet under the dominion
of tyrants. Garibaldi is just the leader for thu
occasion. He is skiliul general. He ha
been tempered and toughened by adversely ant
exile, and has distinguished himself by brilian
successes 1t was Garibadi who struck tn,
hardest blows upor the Austrians in the earl,
part of the late war in Italy! He has always la
bored enthusiastically for the liberation OF Italy
He is regarded as hero by the Italian people
and, take MIN all in all, he beyond all othe
men is calculated to inspire the confidence AM
awaken the patriotic ardor of all classes in tn
Italian States who are not the partizans of tn
Pope or the Bourbons.