THE HISTORY OF GARIBALDI.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 202, 27 September 1859, Page 4

THE HISTORY OF GARIBALDI.

"Garibaldi entered the Sardinian navy at an early age, and soon distinguished himself by. his courage "and coolness. Implicated in 1834 in the Italian insurrectional movement, this young seaman, compromised at Genoa on account of a liberal conspiracy, found himself compelled to take refuge in France. He travelled on foot across the mountains to Nice, where he lay concealed for,two days (i in a friend's . house, who, by dressing him'in the clothes .of a farmer of his, got him across the Var. After passing two 'years at Marseilles, cheifly in the pursuit of his mathematical studies, Garibaldi embarked in an Egyptian corvette, to go and serve as a naval ■ officer in the fleet of the Bey of Tunis. As he' did not meet there with a part to satisfy his active mind, lie could not remain there longer than a few months. So he soon set out for Rio Janeiro. The province Rio Grand del Sol had erected itself into a republic. Our adventurer made an offer, of his sword to the military, Government of Uraguay and received the chief command of the squadron intended to act against the Buenos Ay res. The contest lasted two years. During this time, the commander quite in his element, performed such prodigies of valour that the natives said of him, " It is not a man, but a devil !" and so'supers'tition got mixed up with his name. He had been seen in several encounters to dash with his troops into the thickest of the fight, then reappear safe and sound and always victorious, from these terrible engagements where the fighting was always-hand to. hand. Garibaldi's influence over his troops is something wonderful. His form Herculean strength, his fine energetic and expressive head—everything, even his picturesque costume, continues to increase the prestige he wields. At Salta he is surroun-ded-—he and 300 men—by 3000 enemies What does he do ? He stands their fire without stirring; lets them come up close, them with the bayonet and sends them flying. The Government of Monte Video decreed on that day that the Italian legion deserved well of the country, and that it should talce the .right, the post of honor, even when with native troops, in every engagement. The insurrection of the Peninsula, in 1848, brought Garibaldi back to Nice. __ A part of his legion accompanied him ; with it he acted promptly in the war of independence against the Austrians in the southern Tyrol, where as a sharpshooter, he incessantly harrassed their army. At Rome Garibaldi was the soul of the resistance. Marshal Vaillant, in his report of the operations during the seige, did justice to the energy and skill of his adversary. It was impossible, in fact, to make more of the poor resources of the besieged. The volunteers fought there like veteran troops- On May 9, at Palestrina, he defeated the Neapolitan army, twice superior in numbers to his own. A few days later, at Velletri, where he was severely wounded, he was still to win the honours of the day. Finally, he sustained for a whole month the attacks of the French army, and, as all the officers admit, with admirable presence of mind. The episode of the Bth bastion, represented by the brilliant pencil of Horace Vernet, gives an exact idea of the energy displayed in that defence. In the last council of war held at Rome, Garibaldi, on being called upon to give his opinion, proposed the employment of extreme measures; but they were net approved. He then left the city with the remnant of his little army, traversed _ the enemy's lines, and withdrew to the .neighbourhood of St. Marin. There his troops disbanded. Garibaldi reached Genoa with 200 soldiers who had refused to leave him. At the end of a few months he returned to America, where he engaged very, actively in trade and industry. About 1852 we find him again in command of the Peruvian army. When the war ceased he returned home to Nice. For five years Garibaidi lived in retirement with his sons ;on a small island situated between Sardinia and '-. the Madeline, the -Isle of Caprera ; he farmed on a large scale, ploughed up waste lands, and built large barns aud outhouses. From' time to time he used to go to Nice in a small cutter he kept^ for conveying his materials. The mpst'iftfluential and respected men of that city know well how highly he is esteemed there., tlis Avife also was a heroine; she was slain at her .husband's side by the Austrians. . She had .never left him on,the battle field either in America or ha\y.—Netos,ofthe> World. The Arrests in the South of Ireland, — The campaign against the Killarney Phoenicians is not yet terminated. The correspondent of the Cork Examiner, writing from the first named town, thus announces recommencement of active operations on the part of the constabulary :—"Jeremiah Cronin, ex-policeman, clerk to a respectable architect of this town, and brother to , tlie young "gentleman of the same name who has been, for some time enjoying the .hospitalities" of the Castle, left here on Friday morning for Dublin in charge of a constable. So sudden and unexpected (at least ; ;byhis friends)was' the departure of 'ihis young mac, that nothing was heard of it until hours after the train. left: At a late hour on' Friday night, William Mayberry, of Kent-mare, was arrested at Cloheneen, were he has been employed by , Col. Herbert as a bbat-builder. He is a respectable, well-conducted person; and is .for the present lodged 'in, our Bridewell. SBhie commotion was caused here yester--I'day when itbecam'e known ,tHat an active 'search was being made at several respectable lodging-houses,]?)^ some members of jthe.constabulary in-coloured, clothes for a man. named; M'Oarthy from .Ken- ' mare, and whose brother was just after arri.ving in town. Every room of each house .was closely examined —cocklofts,-, haylofts, '•stables, ''piggeries', ■ turf-houses,' sind'even ihe'-it tubs and water barrels were looked into '*~b»t all in vain y the fugitive was iidwhere.