ITALY AND GARIBALDI.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 6, 28 November 1862, Page 3

ITALY AND GARIBALDI.

We have now details of Garibaldi's rising. Our last intelligence gave the simple fact that tie had crossed over from Sicily to the mainland. It does not appear that his .reception at Calabria was quite so enthusiastic as at Regain. The following letter from Garibaldi Himself; relating to the unhappy conflict at Aspromonte, will be read with the greatest interest :— 41 On board the Duke of Genoa, September !. " They thirsted for blood and I wished to spare it. Not the poor noldier who obeyed, but the men of the clique who connot forgive the revolution for being the revolution— it is that whirh fisturbs their conservative digestion — and for havens contributed to the re-estabttsnnient of our Italian family, Yos. they thirsted for blood ; 1 perceived it with sorootr, and I endeavoured in sonsequence to the utmost to prevent that of «ur assailants from beine shed. 1 ran to the front of our line crying out to them | no"t to fire,' and from the centre to the left, . where my voice and those of my aides-de-camp could be heard, not a trigger was pulled. It was not thus in the attaeking side. Having | arrived at a distance of 200 metres, they beean ! a tremendous fire, and the party of Bersaslieri ! who were in front of me directing their shots against me, struck me with two balls, one in the lefi th»gh, not serious, the other in the ankle of the right foot, making a serions wound. As all this happened at the opening of the conflict, "tfnd ss 1 was carried to the skirt of the wood afier being wounded, I couln see nothing more, a thiok crowd having formed around me while my wound was bf'ing desrseil. I feel tertainhowever, that up to the end i»f the lin" whic-h wns at my litter, and to th;«t of my aide«-de-«*mp, Tiot a single musket was fired. As there was no firing on our side, it was easy for the troops to approarb and mingle with ours; and when I was told that they wished to disarm us I replied that the men might disarm themselves The intentions of my companions were so little hostile, that 1 enly "by this disarmed in the crowd some officer* and regul.tr soldiers. It was not so on o«r right. The piocoiotti, attacked by the regular troops, replied by a fire upon the whole line, and although trumpets sounded to cease firing, there was at that spot a smart fusilode, which lasted not more than a quarter of an hour. My wounds led to some c >nfusion in our lines. Our soldiers, not seeing me, began to retreat into the wood, to that little to\ little the crowd round m? broke up, and the most faithful alone remained. At this moment I learned that my staff and Colonel Pallavicino who commanded thft regular troops, were negotiating upon the following considerations: first, that I shond be free, with my staff, to withdraw where I pleased, (1 replied, "On board an English vessel.) Second, that having arrived at the sea shore, the rest of my companions should be set at liberty. Colonel Palla vieino coitducTed himself as a valorous and intelligent chief in all his military movements, and he "h;-s not been wanting in respect <»r courtesy trnvsiTds me »-nd my people, ■ He showed his grief in having to shed Italian blood; but tre Intel reoeived peremptory order*, and had to obey tham, My arrangements had been purely defensive, and I had hoped jto avoid a conflict, seeing the very strong position that I occupied, and entertaining fhe hope that the regular troops had received orders less sanguinary. If I h*d tiot been wounded at the outset, and if my people had not received the o-der, undeT all circumstances, to avoid any collision whatsoever with tire regular troops, tho contest between men of the samcrape would have been terrible. However, far be'ttfr as it is. Whatever may be the resnlt of my wounds, whatever f.ite the government prepares for me, I have tire consciousness of having done my duty ; snd the sacrifice <*'f my life is a very little thing if it haa contributed to save that of a great nivmber of my fellow-conntrymen, In the hazardous enterprise in which I and iriy eomponions had fhrowc ourselves, with heads bent, I hiiped nothing good from tha Government of Rattazzi But why should I not have hoped for less rigour on the parr of the Wing, having altered in nothing the old pfogromme, and having deci pd not to alter it at any pice? What afflicts me most is this fatal distrust which contribute not a little to the of national unity "Hmvpver »t may be, 1 otic* again present to Italy a serene front, assured of having done my duty, Onre more, my unimportant life and the more prerious oties of so rftawy gener. n- yune men "have "been offered as a holocaust to the holiest of causes — pure from all vile personal interests, *• G. GARIBALDI." Ehe Waa&erer of Vienna publishes th«" following letters, which, it states, have passed between CeneTal Garibaldi and the American Consul at Vienna : " To 'General Garibaldi, Rpezia, Italy. ■"Vienna, Ist September. "General-"- As it has not been prarticable to you for the moment to accomplish the great patriotic tvork yott 'undertook fn the interest of your beloved cmntrjs I take the liberty of addressing you tbre present letter, with the view of learning whether it would not enter into your plans to off tus your valiant arm in the contest which we sustain for the liberty and unity of our great Republic. The combat in which we are engagen does not interest us alone, but the whole civilized world. The transport and en thusiasm with which yoa would be received in our country, in "which you liave passed a portion •i-f your H-fe, would be immense ; and your mission which would be that of leading our brave soldiers to fight for the same principle to which you have nobly devoted your entire existence, would be altogether conformable to your intentions. I shall consider myself. General, extremely fortunate if 1 could reeeire your reply. — I have the honor to be, &c> " Theodore Canisiuts, " Consul of the United State's of America." The following was General Garibaldi's reply— •' Sin— l am a prisoner, and dangerously wounded, consequently it is not possible for me to dispose of myself. Still the moment I have obtained my liberty, and that my wcunds are healed, 1 shall seize the first favourable opportunity of satisfying my desire to serve the great American Republic, of which I am a citizen, and whtrh is now flghUng for universal liberty. —I hate the honor to be, &c, " Gaiubat.di."