MR. FILIPANTE gives the following notice of this Italian revolutionary
leader in a communication to the _Evening Post_. "His exertions in
behalf of the liberal movement in Italy have been indefatigable. As
active as he was courageous, he was among the first to take up arms
against Austrian tyranny, and the last to lay them down. Even when the
triumvirate at Rome had been overthrown, and the most ardent spirits
despaired of the republic, Garibaldi and his noble band of soldiers
refused to yield; they maintained a vigorous resistance to the last,
and only quitted the ground when the cause was so far gone that their
own success would have been of no general advantage.
"The General is about forty years of age. He was in early life an
officer in the Sardinian service, but, engaging in an unsuccessful
revolt against the government of Charles Albert, he was compelled to
leave his native land. He fled to Montevideo, where he fought with
distinction in the wars against Rosas. At the breaking out of the late
revolution he returned. His military capacities being well known, he
was entrusted with a command; and throughout the war his services were
most efficient. He defeated the allied troops of Austria, France,
and Naples, in several battles; his name, in fact, became a terror,
and when the republic fell, and he was compelled to retire to the
Appenines, the invaders felt that his return would be more formidable
than any other event.
"From Italy he went to Morocco, where he has since lived. But his
friends, desiring that his great energies should be actively employed,
have offered him the command of a merchant ship, which he has
accepted. He will, therefore, hereafter be engaged in the peaceful
pursuits of commerce, unless his country should again require his
exertions."
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